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1996 Farmington NH Police Department Color Card Set
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A Farmington NH Police Department card set with photos, name, job title, bio, and other information about each member of the local law enforcement entity in 1996. The cards also have safety tips. They are double sided, with a photo, name , and title on the front and bio, safety statement, sponsors, and attribution on the back of each card. They were brought to the public by the Farmington Womens Club. Other sponsors were Shop N' Save, Lilac Mall, Barron Brothers Development Inc, Taylor Rental, Farmington Ambulance Corp, Pierce Ford Sales & Service, CL Doke Heating Services, Davidson Textron Inc, Farmington Police Association, New England Cablevision, Farmington National Bank, and Cameron's Garden Center
Size: Each Card 2.5" x 3.5"
Condition: Excellent
FHS- Kyle Leach
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Farmington Womens Club
Photography by Photo Assignment Inc Raymond, NH
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Pro Image Publishing
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1996
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1996
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Donated by Joann Doke
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Salilt ¥&tA Fife aad
Company
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�Copy of the
R
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G
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S
T
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of
P I H E
B L U F F
C O T T A G E
e
Cottage erected, i n May
1893
Property owned by S.S.Parlcer and
Ned L.Parlcer of Farmington,K.H,
Present owners(1930)
S.S.Parlcer of Farmington,S.H.
and
S.P.Bate of Detroit.Michigan.
�The o r i g i n a l r e g i s t e r i s copied
f o r e a s i e r reference and reading
and s i n c e t h e p r i n c i p a l items to
he preserved were the names of
gaests and dates and memo of time
when a d d i t i o n s , a l t e r a t i o n s and r e p a i r s
were made,this copy omits much
i n t h e way of comment on the weather
and pleas\ire of the guests.
s,p,]y,
1930
�TREES ON OUR COTTAGE LOT
Ash.
Beeoh
Bi3?ch,white
Birch,gray
Birch,yellow
Cherry,v;ild
F i r balsam
Hemlock
l&iple, s t r i p e d
Uaplc,rock
Maple,red
Maple.white
Jane 85,1923
Oak,red
Oak,-/hite
Poplar
Pine,Norway
Pine,white
Spruce
Shad Bark or Jane B e r r y
Sugar Plum
Hornbeam or Ironbush
Mountain Ash
Alder
Scrub Oak
SHRUBS OH OUR COTTAGE LOT
Blueberry,high
Blacksnap
v/ild c u r r e n t
V7itoh Hazel
Ground j u n i p e r
Laurel
Sweet F e r n
V/hite Ironbush
Blackberry
Willow
Wild rose
diittaoh
The rocks on our l o t a r e granite,mioa s h i s t
and hornblende,all transported by g l a c i e r s .
�R3C0RD Am
REGISTER
OF
PIHS BIIJFF COTTAGE
OWNERS: SAMUEL S.PARKER
AND NED L.PARKER
1893-May-Cottage completed by F.R.Copp.
1 8 9 3 - J u l y End- t o 5 t h
Cottage f i r s t o c c u p i e d by p a r t y c o n s i s t i n g
of
W i l l Herring
E d i t h Pinkham
Ned L.Parlcer
Minnie Hussey
Mr. & Mrs. S . S . P a r k e r
1893- D a r i n g summer and f a l l season the f o l l o w i n g
v i s i t e d t h e camp:
Harry S.Parker
James F.V/oodward
E l v i r a Voodward
Miss A l i c e Abbott
Rev.J.S.Harrington
Mrs. J . O . H a r r i n g t o n
L e o r a F.Horne
Mrs. C.E.Newman
Mrs. Almon L e a v i t t
C.W.Tibbetts
Mrs. M.l!].Tibbetts
Mr. & Mrs. C.3.Home
Edna Home
Florence Colbath
John Haynes
M i s s E l l e n Varney
B l a n c h a r d Hayes
R.S.Colbath
John L . C o l b a t h
Llay C.Colbath
N e l l i e A.Sdgerly
Frank S.Edgerly
Mr - Mrs.F.Hussey
Amanda Home
1893-Oct.IE-Mr & Mrs. S . S . P a r k e r and John & i!ay
Colbath.
1893-Nov.E-Mr. & Mrs. S . S . P a r k e r and Mrs. N e l l i e
D a v i s . I n d i a n implements and camp s i t e found
on h i l l s o u t h of camp.
�18
9 4
1894
l i y E & S - K r s R.B. /hite,II.B.White.Mr. & Mrs. S.S.
P a r k e r . Took deed o f Jones l a n d w e s t o f u s .
May-
F r a n k Swett and S . S . P a r k e r spent two
days on improvements. l a k e t r o u t about.
J u l y 4th-Hed P a r k e r , M n n i e Hussey,MR. & Mrs. F r a n k
Hussey,Amanda Home and Mr. & Mrs. S.S.
P a r k e r . S.S.P. and P.Hussey b u i l t causeway
l e a d i n g t o B i g Rock.
J u l y 15-Harry S . P a r k e r , E l v i r a 'foodvmrd,Agnes B e r r y ,
Winnie B e r r y , U e d P a r k e r , J l i n n i e Hussey and
Mr. & ICrs. S . S . P a r k e r spent few dt^ys.
P e r c y S a f f o r d and W i l l Lougee c a l l e d .
J u l y 2 5 - A l i c e B l a i s d e l l , M r s . S.G.v/aldron,Hed P a r k e r
Amanda Horne,ITell E d g e r l y , L e o r a Home and
Mr. & Ivlrs. S . S . P a r k e r camped t i l l A u g . l s t ,
P i c k e d 1 1 q.ts, h i g h bush b e r r i e s on P e r k i n s
Beach.
Aug.14- E.P.lute,S.P.Nute,Harry N u t e , N e l l i e Nute,
H a r r y S . P a r k e r and J,1r. & Mrs. S . S . P a r k e r .
J o s i e Rast c a l l e d .
Aug.
Mr. & Mrs. J . F . K e i t h o f Lynn and John Roberts
and wife,Ned P a r k e r and Minnie Hussey and
Dena P e r k i n s .
Aug.
F r a n k E . E d g e r l y and w i f e and S.S.t'arker &
w i f e . Oscar iilmerson a n d Elmer G i l e s c a l l e d .
Oct.
W . L . B e r r y , C a l i s t a B e r r y and Mr. & Mrs. S.S.
P a r k e r spend fern d a y s .
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9 5
1895
IEy~10-H.S.Parker,H.B.White and w i f e and S.S.Parker
and w i f e .
1 1 - Ditto,Hed P a r k e r and ^ a r l P r e n t i s a r r i v e .
l£-Ditto.
12-Heard l o o n . C l o s e d earnp and rov/ed t o B a y .
May E5-C."7.Tihbetts,George F . B e r r y and S.S.Parker.
26-D.L.Furher and w i f e , M r . C l a r k , v / i f e and daughter
of Dover c a l l .
E7-Cl03ed oamp.
May E 9 - B . F . P e r k i n s , w i f e and Dena w i t h L e o r a Home,
S.S.Parker and w i f e , l e d P a r k e r and Mr.
^ a r t w e l l a r r i v e and go f i s h i n g .
30- D i t t o . Follov/ing f r i e n d s e a l l e d |
Agnes L . B e r r y . E v a I f u t t e r
Ora Whitney
Ralph P a r k e r
P.H.Safrord
Arthur- R.S.M.Berry
Miss J . a . K i l e s
3 1 - P a r t y l e a v e s f o r home Mrs.Jferker and Leora
Horne r e m a i n i n g t o s u p e r i n t e n d b u i l d i n g o f
s t a i r s on the p o i n t and b r i d g e o v e r brook,
Jane 1-3.S.Parker j o i n s camp,
E-Close camp,
June 9-ned P a r k e r and ^ a r l P r e n t i s , J o e B r e c k e n r i d g e
and O h a r l e s and John Cooke c a l l e d ,
Junel5-Mr. & Mrs, ^ a r l Blake,Mr,&Mrs,Horatio Gate
and sons and MR, & Mrs, S,S,-t'arker,E.S.Berry
C h a s . P e r k i n s and S.S.Parker s u r v e y and
e s t a b l i s h l i n e between P a r k e r l a n d and P e r k i n s
land,
June 1 6 - D i t t o , Saw l o o n ,
June 17-Closed camp.
June 26-Mr.Colbath,Mrs.Berry,F.A.Colbath and Mrs.
S . S . P a r k e r . l a t e r Mrs/ Haddock w i t h t h r e e
c h i l d r e n and Leora Horne.Howard Haddock
Mrs. C.E.Home and S.S.Parker.
June B 7 - D i t t o
June S 8 - D i t t o
June E 9 - D i t t o
June 3 0 - D i t t o
July 1-Closed camp.
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9 5
1895
Tuly 3 -H.S.Parker,Mr. & Mrs. 3.S.Parker,3.P.Ifate
and L e o r a Horne.
July 4th-Hed L . P a r k e r a r r i v e d . W i l l i a m Moore and v/ife
Mrs. . / i l , L e a v i t t and ^imanda Home and Mrs.
Rock Jones c a l l e d .
The f o l l o v / i n g a l s o c a l l e d d u r i n g the day:
Mr. & Mrs. A r t h u r R . B e r r y
George ?/hite
Percy Safford
Misn L e i g h t o n
Ora / h i t n e y
P i t t Roberts
Joe B r e c k e n r i d g e
Agnes B e r r y
N e l l i e Cloutman
Jaines Bowditch
Ralph P a r k e r
V/innie Beri'y
Eva M t t e r
A l b e r t Wallace
Addie Newman
SPORTS
Tub Race
1st Arthur Berry-prize - s a l t f i s h
2nd S.S.Parker
"
./elcorae soap
Swimming r a c e - l s t A . R . B e r r y - p r i z e - s a r d i n e s
2nd Joe Breckenridge-almanac
'
Double s c u l l - l a d i e s
Ist-AgQos Beri'y and Addie Newman
(cookie medallion)
2nd-Mary i^arker and V/innie B e n y
(badge o f honor)
Doable s c u l l - g e n t l e m e n
I s t - G e o r g e Joimson 8i S . s . - ^ a r k e r
( C o n g r e s s i o n a l Documents)
2nd-Arthur B e r r y & P i t t Roberts
(badge o f honor)
Single seull-l&dies
Ist-lft^es Berry-Prize-sardines
2nd-Addie Newman- "
almanac
Single scull-gentlemen
I s t - 3 . S.-i-'arker-Prize-goId medal
2 n d - P i t t Roberts "
Cong.document
July 5 t h - c l o s e d camp
�18
9 5
1895
Tuly 12-Frank Hussey and Minnie Iluaaey and Mrs,3.3.
l a r k e r . P o u n d r e c o r d t h a t ilioauda Horne,Mrs,
i l l L e a v i t t , M r s , H a r r i e t t Moulton and Mrs,
N.B.Hussey h a d i n v a d e d c o t t a g e , F r a n k Hussey
w o r k i n g on c o n s t r u c t i o n o f p a n t r y ,
July 13-Ned P a r k e r who came i n l a s t n i g h t r e t u r n e d home,
July 14-'7ork p r o g r e s s e s on p a n t r y ,
July-18-Ciosed camp,
July 31-Mr. & Mrs, S . S . % r k e r , E l v i r a "/oodward,H.S.
P a r k e r , N e l l i e Hute.Stan Bute a n d H a r r y B u t e ,
Caught two p i c k e r e l i n Boat Cove,
Aug, 2-Heard a l o o n , H e l l i e E d g e r l y v a n d Mother a r r i v e ,
Aug, 3-Bute f a m i l y l e a v e , J,F,Woodward a r r i v e s .
Aug, 4-Bed P a r k e r and Minnie Hussey c a l l , v/e v i s i t
Loon Cove where F.R.Copp r e a d y t o b u i l d h i s
own c o t t a g e t h e r e ,
Aug, 5-3.S.Parker r e t u r n s home.
Aug, 6-Mr. Si Mrs. J.P.Woodward l e a v e w i t h E . S . P a r k e r .
S.S.Parker and L i n d l e y Palmer a r r i v e .
Aug. 7-Mr3. E d g e r l y and Mrs, Home go t o Gilnumton,
Aug, 8-Close camp,
Aug.l7-Mr, & Mrs, J,F.Hussey,Minnie Hussey,Mrs. D.E.
C h e s l e y and Hed L . P a r k e r a r r i v e .
Aug.l8-Built b a n k i n g on E a s t s i d e o f house.Mr. Hussey
leaves u s .
Aug.l9-To B a y f o r p r o v i s i o n s .
Aug.20-Ditto
Aug,21-Ditto
Aug.22-Ditto
Aug,23-Cut a number o f sroall t r e e s . A l o n z o F r e n c h and
w i f e and Master George F u r b e r o f Haver h i l l , M a s s
c a l l on u s ,
Aug,24-Break camp,
Aufe,30-Lin Palmer H e l l Edgerly,Mary -^'arker and S.S.
Parker a r r i v e .
Aus,31-Ditto,
Sep. 1 - A d d i t i o n s today a r e C l a r e n c e Horne,Agnes Home
Edna Home.Hervey P e a r l and I n a P e a r l ,
Sep, 2-6Iose camp,
Oct, 2-Mrs, Henry D a v i s and Mr, & Mrs, S.S,Parker.Shot
a t t h r e e ducks a l s o a t p a r t r i d g e on woodpile
but no c a s u a l t i e s .
�18
9 5
1895
oot,3 - H,S.Parker a r r i v e s , 3 . 3 , P a r k e r l e a v e s ,
Oct,4 - 3,3.-^arkor back v;ith u s a g t i i a ,
Oct,5 - Mr A Mrs, C a r l B l a k e a r r i v e , M r s . U.S.Davis
aiid H.S.Pai'ker l e a v e ,
Oct.6 - P.Ju.Mooney and w i f e and W i l l H e r r i n g , A l s o
I J a f a y e t t e '^voodnoan and \7ife,Samuel C o l b a t h ,
Miss G e r r i s h c a l l on uo,
Oct.7 - C l o s e camp h a v i n g h8.d rom-arkable f i n e wca,ther
and b r i g h t moonlight o v e n i n g s ,
Oct. 1 1 - Surveyed l o t f o r L..7oodman.
DtiC.19-S.P.Itote and S.S.Parker.About s i x i n c h e s
of i o e .
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9 6
1896
May 16-Mr. * Mrs. S.S.-'^'arker open camp.Water v e r y
h i g h , C o l b a t h & v/oodman c o t i age n e a r l y completedk
May 17-Heard l o o n . Y i s i t e d George B e a r d and a t Loon Cov<
May 18-Closed camp.
May 29-James Hayes and w i f e , G r a c e Hayes,n.S.-^arker,
S.S.Parker and tlary E . P a r k e r a r r i v e d .
May g o - V i s i t e d B l a c k P o i n t and Ghesnut Cove f i s h i n g
but no l u c k . Sav l o o n a t F o r t Point.Ned P a r k e r
and w i f e a r r i v e . I I e d o a u ^ t v t h r e e brook t r o u t .
Picked d i s h of s t r a w b e r r i e s .
May 31-Mr,liayes and feunily r e t u r n from Loon Cove S t a t i o i
t o Fa. mington,
June 1-Snov/ on Sandwich Mountains, Close camp,
June 2 1 - l I r , a Mrs, l e d L . P a r k e r spend day. Brought
p a i r spoon o a r s .
July 3-H.3.i'arker,3.S.Parker,Mary P a r k e r and S.P.Nute
and Leorp Home a r r i v e .
July 4-E.D.Roberts and \7ife,Ned P a r k e r and w i f e , C y r u s
T u t t l e and ?/ife.ilmandit Horne a r r i v e , Mr.Thayer
and v/ife of Hadley,MEiSs camp on h i l l behind
c o t t a g e , voodman C o l b a t h camp completed.
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1896
July
July
5-VisitecL a t J.F.Cloutm;in»s c o t t a g e . Towed.
bctcic by Dr.v/heatiey.
6-Closett camp.
J u l y 11-S.3.Parker,Mary P a r k e r , R a l p h i'arker and
B e s s i e F e r n a i d . H a r d r e ? from Bay a g a i n s t
s t r o n g v'ind.Display of N o r t h e r n L i g h t s .
July 12-v'ent to Loon Gove and G e r r i s h J^oint.
Measured o l d h a r d pine stump.S^jft i u d i a .
July 13-Closed
o-mp.
J u l y 19-Mr.& Mrs. ' . . ' i l l Herring.Mr.^c Mrs. Ned P a r k e r .
I X i r i n g day f o l l o w i n g C c t l l e d : Mr. & Mrs.
j.ai;.ii]dgerly,Mr. & Mrs. C h a r l e s P r i c e and
c h i l d r e n , M r . & Mrs, W i l l Gate and ^ . y H u c k i n s .
July E2-Mr. d Mrs, E.D.Roberts and Mr. & Mrs. Ned
P a r k e r , Mr.ThJs,yer s t i l l i n camp.
J u i ^ 2 3 - ? a r k 3 r and Roberts have rough passage t o
^ay and go to Farmington. iteturn a t n i g h t
and w a l k t o cainp. ? e r y y/indy,
July 24-Quiet,
J u l y 35-H.S.Parker a r r i v e s . Ned and Roberts d r i v e
up a f t e r s t o r e c l o s e s r e a c h i n g camp a t 12:40AM
July 26-Beautifu3- day.
J u l y 27-Break oamp,
Aug.
Aug.
6 - V i r a /oodwp.rd.P.s.tTrker.lvir, & Mrs. S.S.Parker
7 - V i r a i l l . D r . / h e e l S r c a l l e d to see h e r .
3,3,
H.3. -^arker go to Farmington.Return
w i t h I-lr. A Mrs. Ned P a r k e r .
Aug,
8-Veryhot,
Aug.
9 - V i s i t e d Loon Cove and Echo P o i n t .
Aug, 10- Cl0i?ed cejnp,
Aug,
Aug,
Aug.
Aug,
Aug.
12-Miss i U i c e B l a i s d e l l o f % v e r h i l l , N e l l i e
E d g e r l y of C a m b r i d g e , N e l l i e Hayes o f M i l t o n ,
Ai'i£indii Horne,Mr, & Mrs,
SaS.^'arker.
l a - A l i c e B l a i s d e l l and Mrs. Horne p i c k f o u r
q.uartr> of b l u e b e r r i e s .
1 4 - N e l l i e Hayes r e t u r n s home,
1 5 - P a r t y c h a r t e r s D r . / h e a t l e y ' s boat f o r voyage
to Bay f o r s u p p l i e s , L i n Palmer and S.S.Parker
r e t u r n w i t h them.
16-Sxplore C a s c a d e . C a l l on H o r a t i o Gate a t B e a r d
Cottage.
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Aog. 17-n.L.Cate and Mrs. Shepard c a l l on U3« Palmer
builds r u s t i s seat,
Aug, 18-Kate •^arleer,Belle B r e w e r , C h a r l i e B r e w e r ,
S , P . I I u t e , l e l l i e Nut(g,S,P.Itute,Harry M t e and
M o l l y Ilutc and 3,3, arlcer a r r i v e , f i n d i n g
Mary Parlcer i n charge o f camp.
S,P,Ifate l e a v e s i n P.M. S.S.Parlcer and S.P.
l u t e and C h a r l i e Brewer c a t c h f i v e p i c k e r e l .
Aug. 19-Measured l o t . E , 3 . % r l c e r a r r i v e s . O t h e r g u e s t s
leave.
Aug, 20-Spont dfiy c l e a r i n g up t h e l o t .
Aug, 2 1 - E u i l t p l a t f o r m around B i g Rock, C l o s e d camp ^.
ana rov/od t o B a y ,
Aug, 2b-H,S,Parker,Hed P a r k e r , M i n n i e Parker,Mrs.>C h a r l e s Holmes ?/ith Gordon and Ralph Holmes,
Aug, 27-Hed l e a v e s .
Aug, 26-Quiet.
Aug, 29-H.S, & Hed P a r k e r remove two U-rge r o c k s t o
foot of s t a i r s from heaeh.Chas. Gate o f Hamraond.La.
d i n e s v/ith u s .
Aug, 3 0 - C a l l e r c wore: Mr, & Mrs, E.I).Roberts,G. 7.
Holmes,C.H.Pitman and \/eston G a r l a n d & w i f e .
Aug, &l-Gloae caup.
Oct.
Oct,
Oct,
Oct,
Oct.
9-Mrs. K,3,Gate,Robert and Rex Gate and 3,S,Park'
and Maiy P a r k e r ,
10-Ice i n brook,Forest b e a u t i f u l i n c o l o r s ,
11-Sav/ l o o n , F i s i t e d K e l l y s h o r e and found p i e c e s
of I n d i a n p o t t e r y .
12-Amanda Horne a r r i v e s . H.S.Cate and S . S . P a r k e r
hunt p a r t r i d g e s .Ho l u c k .
l a - C l o s e camp.
Dec, 3 0 - S . 3 . ^ a r k e r slsated t o camp from B a y ,
EHB
0 F T H 3 S S A S 0 H
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Apr, 2 S - S»P,Iu.te Jind S . S . - ^ a r k e r v i s i t camp. I c e
n e a r l y gone,Water a f o o t above f o o t of
s t a i r s , a n d c o v e r s b r i d g e toward C o l b a t h
cottage,
Apr, 2 5 - Mr, & M r s , W . I . l a t t e r and Hed & M i n n i e
Pa,ri:er.Ga.ught t e n l a r g e s u c k e r s i n Jones
b r o o k . B i s h e d foi* shs,d,Ho l u c k . R e t u i ' n e d home.
%y
May
May
May
May
llay
Miiy
May
May
15-Ea.lph Pai^ker and 3 , S . P a r k e r , W a t e r Itj f e e t
from f o o t of s t a i r s , Su^';fir plum and c h e r r y
t r e e s i n bloom.
16-Quiet,
17- C l o s e camp.
21-S.S.Parker,Mary Parker,'//.L.Berry,Mr3. J . P .
H a l l l ^ S r r o l l H a l l . Bioy n£ye£> a r r i v e s w i t h
housei-old goods i n evoniiii^.
S E - C a l i s t a P e r r y and J . i 3 . 3 , K a l i a r i i v e . p:'ishing
but caught o n l y p e r c h a c c o u n t of h i g h w i n d ,
2 Z - E . D . R o b e r t s and a i f e and l e d P a r k e r and w i f e
r e a c h camp,
24-I)eparted v i a Loon Gove s t a t i o n .
3 G - H , 3 . P a r k 3 r a n a lied aiid M i n a i e P a r k e r open
camp, B''ollowing c a l l e r s : P e r c y S a f f o r d ,
Ora lYhitnoy, R a l p h P a r k e r , M a u d B a r k e r ,
I f i i l i a r a H o y e s , 3 t h e l D o w,Fr ed Brown and
ICitty IXirgin,
31-ClosG ccrap,
June l l ~ 3 , S . P & r k e r and H a r r y AmaKeen a r r i v e and
s u r v e y M i s s Day»s l o t . Lake v e r y h i g h .
June 19-Mr. & M r s , n,B,White and C a r l "7hite and
M r , & M r s , 3 , S . % . r k e r . B r i d g e from C o l b a t h
c o t t a g e s t i l l under w a t e r ,
June EO-Hed P a r k e r and Frejak Hussey a r r i v e . I ^ a i d
corner stohe of s t a b l e ,
June 21-Our boat t u r n e d o v e r a^nd s e a t s vmshed away
by h i g h w i n d s . C l o s e camp,
July
July
3 - E , 3 . P a r k e r , M i n i i i e Parker^Mr, & Mrs, J,P.Hussey.1
4 - l e d P a r k e r and F i r , & M r s , S . D . R o b e r t s a r r i v e .
Mr.Hussey and 3 . D . R o b e r t s and w i f e l e a v e .
Work p r o g r e s s i n g on s t a b l e .
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July
5Keeping
6o o o l and
7working
8on
9stable,
J u l y lO-Breaic camp,
J u l y 21-Re"r,3.I!.Goodwin,Mr,3 Goodwin,Mrs,Quinby,
Lena ^^uiaby,Amanda Home,Leora Home and
Mrs, S.S.-parker a r r i v e . To A i k e n * s f o r i c e ,
July 2E-Cniiet,
July 23-Mr,Goodwin t a k e s p i c t u r e s , G o to B a y f o r
supplies,
J u l y 24-25-26-Same p a r t y , C l o s e camp,
Aug, 7-Minnie Parker,Agnss B e r r y , B e s s i e P e r n a l d ,
and Ralph P a r k e r ?,rrive,lQd P a r k e r and
P e r c y S a f f o r d drove up a t 12:30 Afl,
Aug, 8-Had el's.ms b3.ksd i n t h e sand,
Aug, 9-Closed camp.
Aug, 15-Vfaldo O.Vamey and H a t t i e Kurd o f A l t o n
and Hed P a r k e r and Minnie P a r k e r . F i r s t
corn r o a s t of season.
Aug, 19-H,S,''^arker,S.S,-^arker and Maiy P a r k e r a r r i v e
Also H e l l i e Sdgerly.
Aug. 2GAug, 21-S.P,Nute a r r i v e s . Caught two p i c k e r e l , B r i d g e
no?/ open t o t r a f f i c ,
Aug, 22-Hed P a r k e r and Minnje P a r k e r a r r i v e . S p r i n g
w a t e r drin?CHble f o r f i r s t time t h i s y e a r ,
Aug, 23-CloBed camp,
Sep, 25-H,S.Parker,S,S,Parker and ifery P a r k e r a r r i v e
F i n d Cfunp b u r g l a r i z e d and irBiisaoked,Entrance
e f f e c t e d by b r e a k i n g west f r o j t window on
second f l o o r . Ho s e r i o u s l o s s ,
Sep, 2C>-Hed P a r k e r and Minnie P a r k e r a r r i v e , v/e see
gray s q u i r r e l s t a r t t o swim the Bay but
tui'ned back when we went to h i s r e s c u e ,
Sep, 27- Closed camp,
Oct,
Oct.
5-3,S.Parker,Mary P a r k e r and Edna Horne,
G-Captured a b l u e j a y <?jnd a p i c k e r e l ,
ifevving b o u l d e r s a t l a n d i n g s p l i t out,Aggie
Horne a r r i v e s . Hew r o a d a c r o s s Bay b e i n g
finished.
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1897
UcTT 7 -.lent
to Indian Camp on G e r r i s h Point,
Fo\md large p e s t l e on beach, oottery
fragments and part o f p i p e , a l s o o l d
f i r e p l a c e , Dr,.7heatley and A.ii;,i\itnara
take l a d i e s f o r r i d e ,
Oct, 8- Took p i c t u r e s , C l o s e d camp and returned home.
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UP. E6-Ned a r k e r came to camp,to p a i n t boat.
Arah Jones did the work.
ft,
9-Rev.S.E.Sinclair,3.S.-^arker and S.P.Nute
Lake f u l l of r o t t e n i c e .
ly
1-Mr. 8c LIrs. .V.I.Nutter and Mr.c'i Itrs.Ned
Parker,
y
5-3.S.5arker and Mary Parker a r r i v e and
launch the boat.
U
13-S.3.Parker v i s i t e d camp a f t e r c a l l i n g a t
the Beard cottage purchased y e s t e r d a y .
ly
18-S,3.Parker and Mary Parker c a l l a t camp.
May
May
May
May
May
27-3.3.Parker,Mjary Parker and S.P.Nute a r r i v e .
28-J.M.Davis and N e l l i e Davis of H a v e r h i l l
and H.S.Parker,Minnie Parker and Ned Parker
arrive.
29-7i3ited C r y s t a l F a l l s and G e r r i s h P o i n t .
Hed and compunion c a t c h 30 t r o u t . look
pictures.
30-Built a wharf .S.P.Nute went home.
31-/.F.Baston takes b r e a k f a s t w i t h us having
ridden 90 m i l e s yesterday from Lynn on h i s
wheel. Close oamp.
June 16-3,3.Parker,l,tery Parker,Leora Home,Imogene
St rat ton, Edna Home,i)jnanda Horne, Rev. Siho l a i r
wife and son arrive.<^aught f i v e p i c k e r e l and
t\70 (luarts of s t r a w b e r r i e s .
Jane 17-Vi3ited Cascade and G e r r i s h Cove f o r b e r r i e s .
June 18-Caught four p i c k e r e l . Hew road completed.
Closed camp.
July
July
July
July
July
2-H.3.Parker,E.P.Nute,Hed ^arker,S.S.Parker,
S.P.Hate,Harry Nute.Vira
Voodward,Hellie
S.Nute,Mary Parker,Minnie Parker a r r i v e d .
3-Hottest day ever experienced a t l a k e .
4-News of d e s t r u c t i o n of Cervera»s f l e e t o f f
Santiago received.High wind,no fiirworks.
5-E.P.Nate and ffamily,S.S.Parker and Ned and
Minnie r e t u r n home.
6-Provisions gone i n c l u d i n g 19 loave^j of bread
so we c l o s e camp.
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1898
Tilly 20-Mp. & Mrs. Ned Parker and Mrs.J.F.Hussey.
July 21-Ned went home hut returned.Cyclone i n
Famincton.Only l i g h t shower h e r e .
July 22-Cruiet.
July 23-H.3.Parker and J.F.Hussey a r r i v e . N e d gets
in a t 1 Ail.
July 24-v';uiet.
July 25-.,'e depart.
July 27-2.H.Cook and wife,Ltrs.Agnes Home and Edna
Home,Nellie Edgerly,S.S.Parker and Mary
Parker a r r i v e .
July 28-Cook and Parker c a t c h s i x f i n e p i c k e r e l .
July 29-Hot and q u i e t .
July 30-auiet.
July 31-Clarenoe Home and Mrs. Amanda Home a r r i v e .
AUg. 1 -Entire party v i s i t Bay and walk back,
y.ug, 2-Blackberrie3 and high bush b l u e b e r r i e s r i p e n i n g .
Aug, 3-Close camp.
Aug.
i
'Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
^ug.
AUg.
. Aug.
I Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
12-1^. & Mrs. Ned Parker,H.S.Parker and Harold
Tibbetts a r r i v e .
13-Ned walked to Bay f o r p r o v i s i o n s .
14-P.H.Safford and George F.Berry c a l l .
15- Nothing but r e s t .
16-More of same.
17-Ralph T.Parker and h i s c o u s i n Fred Jood of
Lawrence,Kansas a r r i v e .
18-;uiet.
19-Ned caught t e n t r o u t i n Jones Brook.
20-Rest.
21-Go to Campmeeting.Ride to S t r a f f o r d Club i n
steamer Farmington.
22-Close camp.
Aug. 25-Slvah Hayes,Fannie Hayes,S.P.Nate,Mary Parker,
and S.S.Parker a r r i v e .
;, 26-Y/elcome Jones catches s t r i n g of whiting o f f
Big Rock.Leaves them on porch and a c a t t n k e s
them away.
27- Bessie F e m a l d a r r i v e s . J o h n Cloutman c a l l s .
28- V i s i t Cascade and I n d i a n Gove. Set b i g f e r n
i n tub.
;• 29-Cl03e camp.
. 13-S.S.Parker and Mary Parker v i s i t camp and
close i t f o r t h e w i n t e r .
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15-iJ.F.Nute and S.S.Parlcer v i s i t camp.
I c e i s 25" t h i c k .
Hay
22-t'Ir. • Mrs. S.S.Parker.Found peewee with
nest and four eggs under p i a z z a .
23-Roturn home.
IMay
!fey
Mr
May
May
25-Rev. O.K. Sine l a i r and wife,TIorris S i n c l a i r
Mrs. Home,Judge Shute and Mrs. Shute of
Exeter,Dick Shute and s i s t e r N a t a l i e and
S.S.Parker and Llarj Parker.
26-Men rowed to Chesnut Cove find f i s h e d f o r
t r o u t . Shute f a m i l y r e t u m by afternoon
t r a i n to Rochester where they w i l l take
c a r r i a g e to E x e t e r .
27-Chesnut Cove again.Catch two t r o u t . Close
camp i n the PM.
June lO-Charles /.Tibbetts and S.S.Parker v i s i t
camp,stopping a t Rocky Point Cottage.
Jtoe 30-R.S.Parker,E.P.Nute,S.P.Nute and S.S.Parker
July
1-Nellie Nute,Harry Nute and Molly Nute
a r r i v e , E . P . Nute having gone down f o r them.
My
2Jtily
3-Ned Parker and Minnie P a r k e r , V i r a Voodward
and S.S.Parker and I/Iary Parker a r r i v e .
Caught s i x p i c k e r e l v/eighing nine pounds
E.P. c a t c h i n g liirge3t(2%V l b . ) Best c a t c h
yet made by our campers.
4-Usual Fourth w i t h f i r e w o r k s .
July 5-Nute feunily depart. Leora Horne a r r i v e s .
July
66Ned and Miimie r e t u r n home.Catch two p i c k e r e l .
July
7-Pick b l u e b e r r i e s . Close camp.
July
July
Jaly
July
10-Ned Parker,Minnie Parker and Mrs.Hussey.
11-J.F.Hussey a r r i v e s .
12-H.S.Parker a r r i v e s .
13-H.D.Parker c o n s t r u c t s s e r i e s of steps i n
banking a t l e f t of house.Returns home.
Jtly 14-Close camp and go home.
26-E.<].Cook and w i f e , F . P . P i e r c e and w i f e ,
S.S."*'arker and Mary Parker.
WLy
2728-'>7.A.iamball,y/ife and son Join p a r t y .
July 29-Cold and wind^-.
July 30-
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Toly 31-Klraball3 depart,
|B£. 1-Edith A.Gowen a r r i v e s ,
ing, 2- N e l l i e Sdgerly l e a v e s . Vie break camp,
ing.
Aug.
Aug.
5-F, 7.Doring,3,3,Parker and S,?,Nute a r i v e ,
6-Visit Barr l a n d , P i c k b l u e b e r r i e s . F i n d stone
of Indian rafg,on h i l l behind cottage,
7-Break camp,
Aug, 19-H,3,-^arker,S,3,-t'arker,Mary P a r k e r , N e l l i e
Edgerly,S,P,Nute and Leora Home l a n d ,
.ug, 20-Q:aiet,
21-H,3,Parker and 3,P.Nute r e t u r n home,Nell
Roberts,Agnes Home and Edna Pome a r r i v e .
Also Fannie F a l l ,
Aug, 2EAug, 23-3,P.Nute r e t u r n s to camp,
Aug, 24-3,P,N, walks to Bay f o r s u p p l i e s ,
Aag, 25-CrO to campmeeting, Fannie F a l l goes home,
Aug, 26- H,3,Parker and 3,3,Parker j o i n p a r t y ,
Aag, 27-jJrs, Augusta Rose and E z e k i e l Hayes c a l l ,
Aag. 28-Close camp.
Oct, 5-S,3,Parker v i s i t s camp f i n d i n g water lower
than ever before.
5oT. 11-H,S,Parker and S,S,JParker c a l l a t camp,
snowstorm p r e v a i l i n g .
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S E A S O N
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0 0
y-Ked Parker,i.lianie Parker.I.Iary Parker and
S.O.Parker walk up from Bay.Ice 1 6 . C u t
fourteen holes f o r f i s h i n g .
tl, 8-Measure distance a c r o s s Bay from B i g Rock
at 1295 feet.V/ater l & ^ f t from B i g Rock,
lb. 9-Mary and Minnie leave f o r home. H.S.'^arker
and Ned take i n l i n e s . Catch only one cusk.
Close camp.
5-S.S.-'^arker c a l l s a t camp. F i n d s wharf and
bridge to B i g Rock badly damaged by i c e ,
Mayflowers i n bloom, V/ater a s high a s l a s t y e a r .
17-S,S.Parker
c a l l s a t camp.
25- H.S.Parker and S.S.Parker open camp,
2627- Find peewees i n o l d nest,under p i a z z a roof.
Repair platform and bridge.Mary J'arker a r r i v e s ,
V/e v i s i t G e r r i s h Cove shore.
28- Set out small spruce t r e e on l o t .
29- Cl03e camp.
2-S,3,-*-arkor and S.P,Nute,Fished and caUjght two
p i c k e r e l . Perch too p l e n t i f u l , F r e d Perce of
Dover a r r i v e d . Mosquitoes very annoying,
le 3-Visited upper cottage and shore near AikenJ's.
le 4-Pearce l e a v e s f o r Lover awheel,'Ve walk to *ay
at 6 JiK c l o s i n g camp.
e21-3.3,'^'^&rker,Mary Parker and Minnie Parker a r r i v e .
Could not uailock door so forced r e a r window.
Jto.22-CtLUght 2^ l b picker-vl, Mr,& Mrs, augene Foss
arrive.
^,23-H,S.'^arker a r r i v e s . S,S,
Mary Parker leaveo
Foss catches four t r o u t , L a d i e s p i c k a quart
of strav/berries.
Jto.24-Ned Parker a r r i v e d from Rochester on a wheel
with S.P,Nute from Farmington,
Jta,25-Close camp, H,S, a r k e r goes to Volfboro to
soe Uncle Dock. Jul. 3-H,3.Parker,S.S.Parker and Ifery P a r k e r . L a t e r
Ned Parker sjid Minnie Parker and Byron Home
and wife a r r i v e on t h e Greyhound,
W.. 4-Breezy and oool,
Jtd. 5-Hic;h wind. Close camp.
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0 0
woe
Tdy 27-h,Lj.parlcer,3.?.ITute and S.3,•'•arlcer,advance
guard a r r i v e . L a t e r 3,?,Hnte,iJdllie Ilute
Mary Parlcer,P.F.-barker,Harry Hute and Molly
Hate a r r i v e . C.V/.Tibbetta brings up wood stove.
My 28-LIinnie Parlcer and V i r a 'Voodward ai'rive.P.F.
Parker and S.P.Hute b u i l d an I n d i a n teepee and
3lee|) i n i t .
My 29-Ned Parker a r r i v e s ,
July 30-Rebuild wharf. P.F.Parker puts up r a i l around
Big
PvOek.
My 31-Seven quaj^ts of b l u e b e r r i e s picked.
Aug. l-P.F.'^'^arkGr,]Ied ^'arkor and S.P.Hute go up
Mt .Major,
Aug, 2-Remnved boulders from our harbor,
lug. 3-3.P.Nute walks to Bay f o r p r o v i s i o n s ,
ing, 4-nunt for Indijin pottery on opposite shore.
ing, 5-Part of p^irty go to Bay to s e r v i c e s .
ing, 6-Nute f a m i l y a l s o H.S.,Mary,S.S,Parker and V i r a
V/oodward depart.
Aug. 7-S.?.Nute r e t u r n s with news that Perce i s to
leave f o r Y/est so we c l o s e camp.
Aug.
9-H.S.Parker,Ned Parker and Minnie Parker r e t u r n
to oamp. Lay f l o o r around stove i n shed.
Aug. 10-Minnie fJnds four mice i n i c e box.Arah Jones
comes up and c a t c h e s f i v e n i c e p i c k e r e l f o r u s ,
Aug. ll-Close camp. Daring t h i s s t a y a game of b a l l
was played i n back f i e l d ,
Aug, 17-Mr. & Llrs. C.E.Home,Leora & Edna a r r i v e . P i c k
three quarts of bla.ckberries.
Aug, 18-Mr. ^5 Mrs. Byron Giliiiaii arrive.More blt;ckberries.
Aug, 19-Leo C i l n a n and Hai-ry P u l s i f e r a r r i v e . H i g h v;inds.
Aug. 20-A11 go to Loon Cove by team. S.S.Parker and
Mary Parker a r r i v e .
Aag. 21-Bernice GiLiian a r r i v e s .
Aug. 22-Party come and go,some l e a v i n g f o r home others
returning to camp.
Aug, 23-Frank Webster,Leo Oilman,Orrin i'all,Mrs. Chips
Fletcher aro now of the p a r t y ,
tag. 24-Vi3ited Club House a t West Alton,
lag. 25-Portion of party went over lake on the Mount.
ftDgt 26-Harry Puis i f or and Roy Armstrong a r r i v e .
Close caiap.
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0 0
1900
3ep726-H.3.Parker,C. /.Roberts and v/ife,S.S.Parker
and v/ife open camp,
3ep.27-Kunting but no l u c k ,
Sep.28-Saw seven ducks,too high to shoot. Close camp,
»t,22-3,S.barker c a l l s a t camp.
JOT, 7-H,S,Parker and S,J,Parlcer c a l l a t camp,
E N D
O F
T I T S
S E A S O N
^ Bay" 4-S,3,Parker and 3,P.Nute c a l l a t oamp but are
unable to get i n ,
lay 16-H.3.Parker,3.S.Parker,Mary
Parker and 3.D.
Roberts open camp,
lay 17-HeBair wharf, H,S,Parker s e t apple and plum t r e e ,
liy
Close camp,
Jin, 5-ij:,D,Robert3 and S,S,'^arker c a l l a t camp,
Jta,24-n,3,Parker,3.3.Parker,Mary m r k e r and Leora Home
Caught good pickerel.Peewee has b u i l t nev/ n e s t .
Am.25-w'ork on bridge to B i g Rock,3,S.P, goes home,
Jtta.26-3,3,Parker back. Repair w o r k . V i s i t B a r r ' s It-nd,
Jttn,27-Abbie L i n s c o t t and Mr,Colemaa c a l l . C l o s e camp,
M, 2-H,3,Parker,S,S,Parker,Nell Noyes and Mr,Clark
a r r i v e to d r i v e a w e l l .
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0 1
1901
3-Driving w e l l . Pound tvo f e e t water a t 21 f e e t .
Started at 6:30 m found water a t 8:00
AM.
Mary Parker,Minnie Parker and Edna Horne a r r i v e .
Jaly 4-Repair causev/ay and v i s i t Mrs, K e l l y . F r e d Pearce
and S.P.TIute a i r i v e ,
ftily 5-Close ca.mp,
Jaly 6-Mr, & l i r s , L.R.Browne of Melrose and H.B.White
arrive v i a Jenness staamer
July 7- ,uiet,
July 8-Iirs, V/m, Tings.te and Mrs, H.B. Vhite a r r i v e ,
July 9-/ra,.'/ingate a r r i v e s , C a t c h eleven p i c k e r e l ,
/ingates l e a v e f o r home,
JulylO-Uuiet,
Jttl,ll-R.B.;7hite and w i f e depart,
Jal.l2-Quiet,
Jtil,13-.7ent over laJce on the Mount,
Jal,14-Mr. & Mrs, C,H,Brovm of Farmington v i s i t u s ,
Jtil,15-Close camp. Boh t a i l e d red s q u i r r e l mentioned,
Jttl,22-H.S,Parker,3,3,Parker,P,F.Parker,Hed
Parker
S,P.Nate,3.P.Hute.Harry Hate,Mary Parker,
Minnie Parker and H e l l i e Hute and Mollie Hute.
Harry Hute catches 3 bass,2 whiting,6 s u n f i s h ,
Wt.23-Repair v/harf and b u i l d r u s t i c s e a t ,
M.24-Vira 'Joodward a r r i v e s ,
Jal.25-?i3it Sandy Bay,Catch 2 p i c k e r e l , P i c k b l u e b e r r i e s
Uncle Joe Drew c a l l s ,
Jtil.26-Vi3it Sandy Bay again and f i n d arrow head and
bits of pottery,
Jal.27-R.De'.7itt Burnham takes o n r p a r t y on Greyhound
to Rattlesnake Island,See baldhead eagle and
two l 0 ) n s , H a r r y catches a p i c k e r e l , E,P,Nate
constructs r u s t i c s e a t on lov/er p o i n t ,
Jalt28-P.F.Parker l e a v e s f o r Hew York,
Jttl,29-'7e close camp,
, 8-S.S,''^arker and Mary Parker, V i s i t Sandy Bay,
, 9-Again v i s i t Sandy Bay cottage,
Aag,24-H.S,Parker,3,S,l'arker,Mary Parker and Edna Horne,
C a l i s t a Berry and '.Vill Berry a r r i v e l a t e r ,
Aug.25-Visit Sandy Bay and Echo Point,Cascade very f i n e ,
V/ater h i ^ - v / i t h i n foot of s t a i r s ,
in£.26-V/e close camp.
�19
0 1
1901
^ep7-7-3,3,Parker,Mary Parker,Rev•.'c Mrs• A,L.Colder
and Ilarold a r r i v e . Took a number o f p i c t u r e s
with 3.3.P. camera,
S«p.28-Caught p i c k e r e l f o r b r e a k f a s t , P a i n t e d r u s t i c
seat r e d , V i s i t e d Parker cottage No,3 and Echo
point,Clpsed camp,
Oot, 17-3.3.Parker,Mary 'arker and E.3.Parker.
Oot,18-Shot tv/o p a r t r i d g e s b£.ok of 3am Colbath's
High wind and c o l d . Retnnned home.
HOT,21-Rev,ft.,L.Colder and 3,3.Parker v i s i t camp.
Some snow on ground.
19
0 2
1902:L'ir.l3-Rev,A,L.(T0lder and w i f e and S.S.-t'arker
and v/ife v i s i t camp.Ice 18" deep.Mr.Colder
remained over night and caught one cusk,
Apr, 17-3.3. and tTary Parker a t oamp, Rlayflov/^rs
in bloom,Ice went out Apr,2nd & 3rd,Very e a r l y .
May 1-Rev,A,L.Colder and wife and S.S.Parker and
wife and Harold Colder.
May 2-Caught one bass.Peewee i n nest a g a i n .
May 3-Return home.
Hay 20-Dick Shute of E x e t e r w i t h Frank Swett and
S,S,^arker i n camp.
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0 2
Itey 21-Fi3h0d f o r trout, but no lucic.aimnubciBtaip.
May 22-Fi3hing again,Return home.
May 29-H.3.Parlcer,3,3.Parker,Mary Parker and
Fannie Hayes open camp.
May 30-Peev/ee has n e s t f u l l of young,3,P.Nute
a r r i v e s . P a i n t i n g and r e p a i r i n g .
Kay 31-Caught f i v e perch i n Boat Cove.
Jun, 1-K.S.Parker and Stan go to Bay,others to
Cascade.
Jm, 2-Retum home.
Jul. 3-Rev, A,L.Colder fuad wife,and Harold and
S.S.Parker find Mary Parker a r r i v e ,
Jul. 4-Mr.Colder p a i n t s view of lake,A,£,Putnam
given our party a r i d e ,
, 5-Dean Knox and v/ife and Mrs, Mooney c a l l ,
,22-Annual outing of family-H,3,-barker,3,S,Parker
Ned Parker,Mary Parker and Minnie Parker,
E,?,Nute,Nellie Nute,3.?.Nute,Harry Nute
and Molly Nute and Edna Home, Molly and
Edna both f a l l i n , Dr,Patten'a house n e a r l y
completed,
Ja.l.23-Harry catches f i v e f i s h ,
Jui.24-(iuiet,
Ju.l.25-Ned and Arah Jones c a t c h 13 large p i c k e r e l ,
Arthur Waldron and wife c a l l , A l s o F r e d Pearce
and wife End i^^ugene Ogden of Dover.
Jul.2C-Ned and Arah go to Oilman's pond i n E a s t Alton
and c a t c h seven pickerel,;lrah c a t c h i n g tv/o
on one hook a t once, Mrs, S.S.Parker b i r t h d a y ,
Ju4.37-Georgo Davis,George Roberts and Clarence
lYoodman c a l l ,
,28-E,P,Nute and Ned Parker f i n i s h r u s t i c fence
and E,P.Nute completes f i n e r u s t i c seat near
s t a i r s f S,P.Nute goes home,
Jtil.29-Close camp,
Aug.l6-H.S,Parker,S,S,Parker,Mary
P a r k e r , V i r a v/oodward
and Mrs, Natt Roberts a r r i v e ,
Aug.l7-S.?.Nute c a l l s on u s , iJLsoA.E,Putnam.William
v/entworth and Harry Horton c a l l .
Aug.l8-.7omen v i s i t campmeeting,John F , H a l l , w i f e and
daugliter c a l l ,
Aug.l9-Measure land a c r o s s the l a k e ,
Aag,20-Iieora Home a r r i v e s . Vis i t Patten's i n new home,
Aug,21-Return home.
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0 2
1902
Oot, 25-C,F,Tovrae and S,S,par]cer c a l l a t camp.
•r—— -
19
0 3
1902
Jan. 14-Ued -'^arlcer a r r i v e s alone and s e t s a number
of l i n e s , I c e 12" t h i c k ,
15-Caught four cusk. Went home.
Mar. 7-Rev,E,D,Disbrow,v/ife and daughter and S , S ,
Parker and Mary Parker v i s i t camp,walking
down on the i c e from Loon Cove,Ice 18" t h i c k .
Walked on i c e to Bay,
Mar. 27-Rev,S,D,Disbrow,S.P.Nute and S.S.Parker i n
oamp. Lake s t i l l i c e covered.
Apr, 22-Mr3,Ned Parker, S.S. park er and Mary Parker
open camp. Water lower than a y e a r ago,
Apr, 23-Ned Parker a r r i v e s , F , P e a r c e and Harry Horton
call,^Peewee j u s t f i n i s h i n g n e s t ,
Apr, 24-Return nome,Saw t h r e e loons. Beard cottage
s o l d today.
May 14-H,S,Parker,3,S,farker and Mrs, S.S.Parker
row to camp from Loon Cove a f t e r having to
put i n a t C o l l i n ' s during bad shower.
May 15-Selected s i t e f o r new c o t t a g e , V i s i t e d Stodard
a t Sandy Bay,Three eggs i n Peev/ee n e s t .
May 16- Leave f o r home.
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0 3
1903
SajTSO-n.S,Parker,Ned Parker,Minnie Parker,
May 31-John 0,-7,Jones c a l l e d , L a k e Tory low, Peewee
nest f u l l of yoxing,
JUl. 2-n,3,Parker,S.3,4*arker,Mary Parker.Find peewee
with second brood of young,Boat r i d e i n Dr,
Patten's boat to K e l l y cottage and b r i n g back
our brown boat,
J u l . 3-C.0,York drove w e l l a t our nev7 cottage,Water
at 21' but w e l l driven 26»,Ned and M n n i e
arrive,
Jol, 4-Boat r a c e s from Cambridge Club to Sandy Point,
Fred Pearce and wife,Ed Cook emd w i f e , . / i l l
Kimball,wife and son a l l of Dover c a l l ,
S,P.Nute j o i n s us a t 8 PM.
JUL, 5 - V i s i t B a r r ' 3 f o r milk.Sing a t Pearce cottage.
Jul. 6-Heard a loon t h i s morning.Close camp,
Jal,13-Martha Manning Disbrow,Katherine Ruth Smith
of NY,Mrs, F,Conger Smith,NY,Edward D.Disbrow,
Maud B.Disbrow a r r i v e . S.P.Nute guided the
party i n over C h i l c o o t P a s s ,
JtJ.,14©Party v;ent over lake on the Mt,7/ashington,
Jtil.l5-The Dominie and the Doctor climb Mt,Major,
Jul.l6-Party retiirns home,
Jul,16-H.S.Parker,Mr. & Mrs, S,S.Parker,Leora and
Edna Home and S.P.Nute a r r i v e to look over
and f a m i s h the new cottage the "Lookout".
Jul.l7-Laboring around the Lookout.
J u l . l 8 - S t i l l a t v;ork.Albert Otis j o i n s u s ,
Jul,19-Return home,
Jttl.27-Mary P a r k e r , C a l i s t a B e r r y , K a t r i n a Nau and
Mary F,Colbath of .7ashington,D,C,
Jul.31-H,S,Parker,MR,(5: Mrs, E,P,Nute,Molly and
Harry Nute,S,S,Parker and Ned Parker a r r i v e .
Had to break i n r e a r door,E.P.Nate,S.S.Parker
and Ned r e t u m to Farmington.
Aug. 1-Vira V/oodward j o i n s us,Mr, & Mrs, Towns and son
C a r r o l l call,E,P,Nate r e t u r n s v/ith basket of
hot l o b s t e r s ,
Aug, 2-Quiet,
Aug, 3-Ned P a r k e r goes to Bay f o r white i r o n bed,
Aug. 4-Re V, Dish row. Prof ,Towne and Ned Parker climb
Mt,Major and p i c k 25 qts blueberries,Htirry
Nute c a t c h e s Ifirge p i c k e r e l ,
Aug, 5-Rainy,
Aug. 6-S,P.Nate back with us.Prof.Arah Jones and
Ned Parker c a t c h f i v e p i c k e r e l , S.S. & Mary
Parker a r r i v e .
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0 3
190S
Hg.'
Aug.
Aug,
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
'Aug.
Aug.
^Aug.
7-E.?.Ifate goes to Concord,S.S,Parker to
Farmington,Four more p i c k e r e l caught, H,S,
Parker and Ned s p l i t wood,
8-E,P,Nttte b u i l d s a length of r u s t i c fence i n
f r o n t of cottage,
9-Mary and Minnie go to Campmeeting, S,P.Nute
Miss Maude Drew,Kenry Browne and Miss Minnie
H a l l v i s i t us during the day.
10-::.P.Nute f i n i s h e s r u s t i c fence.atgjcBJganxgxaii.
11-Most of party l e f t yesterday.H.S.x-arker
a r r i v e s . C h a s , P e r k i n s gathered his'^hay i n f i e l d
near the cottage,
12-Quiet,
13-Mrs, Hussey a r r i v e s , H , S , r?- Ned Parker s p l i t
l a r g e l o g and placed i t a t l e f t corner of
cottage,
14-!;Ir, & Mrs, Towne c a l l , Towne and Ned go to
F a l l s brok f o r l i v e b a i t but k i l l good s i z e d
p i c k e r e l w i t h an oar,
15-S,S,Parker and J,F,Hussey a r r i v e ,
16-Quiet, S,S,Parker l e a v e s f o r home by wheel,
17- Close camp,
5, ? -Mrs, L o i s A,Manning of Andover,Mass. Mr, & Mrs.^
John H.Manning of Croton^Mervyn M.Manning,
Mr, & Mrs. a.D.Disbrow and Maud B.Disbrow
spent HHB two weeks a t camp. Took p i c t u r e s
of cottage and c h i l d r e n i n boat,
Sep. 1£-S,3,Parker and Mary Parker a r r i v e to v/atch
p a i n t e r s on camp Lookout,Painted s t a i r s
and platform. Returned home,
^Sep. 28-H,S,Parker,MR, & Mrs, S,S,Parker,Trimmed out
new l a n d a t fooji of h i l l ,
Jot.
10-Albert O t i s and v/ife,Mrs, C,E,Home and Edna
and Mirs, S.S,Parker c a l l e d a t oamp.
Hot.
2-S,S,Parker v i s i t s cottage.
Hot.
4-S,S,Parker drops i n a g a i n .
Hot. 11-Mr A Mrs, A l b e r t Otis,Fir, & Mrs, S.S.Parker
and i U b e r t LaBounte b u i l d bridge over s p r i n g
stream,
loT. 12-n,S,Parker and E,P.Nute a r r i v e and s u r p r i s e
u s . Bridge f i n i s h e d , .7e c l o s e camp f o r season,
END
OF
THE
S E A S O N
�19
1904
Jan,
Jan,
Jan,
0 4
7-7alcLo C.Varney PM a t A l t on, Byron H.Horn of
Rochester and Ned Parker a r r i v e to f i s h ,
8-Dr,Stokes of Rochester a r r i v e s ,
9-Rough weather,Poor f i s h i n g , R e t u r n home,
Aprl. 8-Mr, & Mrs, S.S.Parker v i s i t camp,Ice over
e n t i r e Bay but open round s h o r e s .
May 7-I.Ir,& Mrs, S,S,Parker and Mrs,Randall v i s i t
camp but stop a t Lookout cottage.H.S.Parker,
A l b e r t LaBounte and Whitehoues are f i n i s h i n g
road begun l a s t f a l l .
May 27-Llr,& Mrs, S.S.Parker v i s i t Camp Lookout
and c a l l a t Pine Bluff.Some g l a s s broken by
heavy h a i l storm previous day. Stopped a t
Camp Lookout, re turning home May 3 1 s t ,
June 4-S,S,'^arker i n camp,
Jtine 5-Fred Pearce and Harry Horton a r e a t L a k a i r ,
Jane 6-Closo camp,
June 22-Mr,
Mrs, S.S.Parker and S.P.Nute a t camp,
Jun. 24-7ent to Sandy Bay, Prof .Bering a r r i v e s a t
Lookout, Retum home.
Hoard
Jun.28-Mrs.J.G.5toraxd o f S.Dak.,Ralph D.Hoard,ditto,
Mrs,Thomas T . S u l l i v a n of Chicago,S.D.Disbrov;,
Mrs, Disbrow and Maud Disbrow.Enjoyed s e v e r a l daj
climbing Mt.Major J u l y 1st and 2nd, Returned
home J u l y 2nd.
Jul. 2-H.S.Parker,E.P.Iftite,Mrs.E.P.Nute,Harry Nute
Molly Nute,!to. & Mrs. S.S.Parker open camp.
Jul. 3-(>aiet.
Jul. 4-Sports a t Pine B l u f f .Contestants included
F r e d Pearce,Harold Kimball,Ernest Day,Dr.
Charles Patten,S.P.Nute,S.S,Parker,7ill Kimball
Mr.Yeaton,Herbert Emerson,Al Vamey,Mrs. E.Day,
Miss Johnson,Merrill Patten,David Patten,
Harry Nute,James Planner and L a f a y e t t e .7oodman
were r e f e r e e s . P r o f . D o r i n g a l s o attended.
Jul. 18-Joseph Loud,Mrs.Loud,Harry and Marion Loud,
and David Loud of j\ndover,Mass. and H.S.Parker
S.S.Parker and Mary Parker open camp,
Jul. 19Jul.20-
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0 4
Jul,2I-Molly jRUte Joins u s . a blueberry t r i p to
Mt.MaJor r e s u l t s i n tv/enty q u a r t s .
Jul.22-Celebration of S t e l l a Loud's birthday.
Jul.2S-Aunt E l v i r a /oodward a r r i v e s .
J u l . 2 4 - V i s i t Sandy Bay.
Jul.25-B6rt Stevens,Belle Stevens,Mildred Stevens
and George 11.Stevens a r r i v e f r o a L i t t l e t o n .
JU1.26-Celebrate Maiy Parker's birthday.
Jul.27-Joseph Loud goes home.Party goes to Bay i n
rowboats.
Jul.28-Birthday of Dana J.Loud,8 years o l d , V i s i t
Farmington,dinner w i t h N e l l i e N u t e , v i s i t
Mr,Doring i n evening.
Jul,29-Bert Stevens l e a v e s u s . Prof.Doring c a l l s ,
Jul,30-Close camp,
Aug.14-H,S,Parker,Ned Parker,S,P,Hute and Harry
Hate a r r i v e a t camp,
Aug,15-n;aiet,
Aug,lb-Qaiet,
Aug,17-K,P,Nute,C,;7.T,V/illson and Mrs,Hed Parker
arrive,
Aug,18-K.S.Parker,E.P.Nate and Hed Parker depart,
E,D,Dlsbroiv and B u s t e r Manning spend night
w i t h u s a f t e r climbing *lt,MjiJor,
Aug,19-Arah Jones c a l l e d , E,P,Hate b u i l t r a i l i n g
up the path,n,S & Ned Parker l e a v e ,
Aug,20-Close camp,
Sep,18-Mrs, J.M.Davis,S.S.barker
a t camp f o r the day,
Oct, 7-Mr,
&
hira,
and w i f e , c a l l e d
S.S,Parker a t camp f o r the day,
Hov,10-Mr,& Mrs, Ned Parker and Mary Parker v i s i t
camp and care f o r bedding e t c ,
Dec, 8-H.S.Parker and S.S.Parker a t camp. F i n d
lake f r o z e n to Aiken's P o i n t . I c e four
inches a t oamp.
END
OF
THE
S E A S O N
�1905
itar.lG-Red Parlcer and S.S.Parlcer v i s i t camp.Two
f e e t of ioe and heavy snow.
Apr,
Albert Otis.lfery Parlcer and S.S.Parlcer
at camp. I c e over lake but open near s|^ore,
Apr,S8-IvTr. & l-Irs. Nod Parker v i s i t cejap, Water low.
Find Mayilov/ers.
:!ay 13-S,S,Parker a t cottage,Water lowest i n 20 y e a i ^
May 24-Ned Parker and S,S,Parker and Mary Parker
a t camp f o r day. Painted boat and r u s t i c work,
Jan,ll-IAr & Mrs, Ned Parker spend day a t camp. F i n d
sweet peas,creepers £tnd vegetables growing
finely,
Jun.22-Carpenters and masons begin work on k i t c h e n ,
Jun,23-H,S.Parker,Ned Parker and Mary Parker a r r i v e ,
Jan.24-Chimney completed,Good s t a r t on k i t c h e n .
Jul. 4-H.S.Parker,Vira •,Yoodward,S.P.Nate,Mrs.a.P.
Nute,Stanley and Harry Nute Ned and Minnie
P a r k e r , F r a n k l i n Parker,S.3.-^'arker,Mary Parker
A.N.Lin'Joln,v/ife and s i x children,Robert
Taiuier 8.nd v/ife,L.'.Voodman and w i f e , F r e d
Pearce and w i f e , , / i l l ICimball,wife and son
Harold,Mr.Bradley and Miss Gov/an,i^.yeaton
wife and tv/o daughters. Dr. Pa tten,v/ife and
t h r e e children,Mr.Wheeler,wife and two
children,Dr.Garland and wife,Smma H a l l and
Minnie H a l l , F r e d Patch and Don Patch,Miss
B u t l e r and o t h e r s . A l l enjoyed the day v/ith
v/ater races and about f o r t y s a t down to a
p i c n i c dinner,
Jal.l2-Mr .^c Mrs. Ned Parker and F r a n k l i n a r r i v o .
Stay a month during v/hich we have among other
callers,H.S,-i-'arker,Vira Woodward,Mr, c?; lAra
J,F,Hussey,Miss Maude Drew,3,P,Nute,Etta
T i b b e t t s and Harold T i b b e t t s . M r . M r s ,
C,/,Holme3 and sons,Ralph and Gordon Ocunp oh
the beach f o r a f o r t n i g h t .
Aug. 16-Close camp.
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0 5
1905
Iig72<i-Mp & Mrs. S.S.parker/7,L,Berry and C a l i s t a
Berry open oamp,
Aug. 27Aug,2Q-^//e leave f o r home*
Sep, 6-S,P,irate i n quest of Aunt C a l i s t a ' s s p e o t a c l e s ,
Oot, 6-Mr & Mrs, S,S,Parker,Paint back door,
Hov, 3-Nsd Parker and S,S,Parker c a l l e d .
SSD OF T H E SEASON
19
0 6
1906
7eK7 1-H,S,Parker,S,S,Parker,Mary Parker and Ned
Parker open oamp, Borrcv/ed Pearce c a r t and
hauled ^ c o r d v/ooft up from the swamp,
Apr,19-D,J,Blli3on,Jtiliet P,Zimmerman,Eleanor F ,
Sander,Maud B,Pisbrow,Leora F,Otis,Mary
Parker,S,S,Parker,
16-Mary Parker catches 3 j[ I b . l a k o t r o u t i n
our f r o n t door yard,
y 17Hay 1819-S,S,Parker,Mary Parker and Florence Fayes
leave f o r home a f t e r s t a y i n g a t Lookout,
lay 30-Mr & Mrs, S,S,Parker,D, J , E l l i s o n and J u l i e t
P,Zimmerman
31-Close oamp.
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0 6
190C
Mr26-Mr
isra, 3.3.Parlcer,S.P,Nute and Molly Nute
at oottage,
Jun.2?d[ir^SjLsa,ry_begln3 e r e c t i o n of h i s cottage,
,28-C,S,IIorne»s coTtage coiSpleTed t h i s month.
Close camp and r e t u r n home,
r
Jul. ?-H,3,Parlcer,;:Ir & Mrs, S,S,Parker and S,J,'.Voodward
arjbire,
Jul. 4-Nute familj' a r r i v e d . T e r r i f i c thunder shower
drove us i n s i d e . I n evening went to Pearce
cottage to hear graphophone concert,
Jul. 5-John P,IIurd,Dena Perkins,Grace Hayes,Roy
Fraser,M£iude Drew and S,P.Nute stopped a t
camp,took boat and spent day a t the Cascade,
..Jul. 15-Maude Drew,Ellio Cloutman,iiilva Pike,S,P.Nute
at the cottage f o r the day,
Jal.l8-H.S.Parker,3.3,Parker.Vira Woodv/ard,Mary Parker
Maude Drev/ and S,P,Nate a r r i v e d ,
ftil.l9-TJp a t d£iybreak. Shingled p i a z z a roof,Ned a r r i v e d ,
Jal.20-S,P.Nute continues on the roof,
M.21-Stella Jjoud and Dana Loud j o i n u s ,
JUl,22-Find n i c e piece of I n d i a n pottery a t B i r c h Landing
ftil,23-Vira,Father,Stan and Maude r e t u r n hoae,
ftil.24-Cl03e up camp,
Aug. 4-Mr3, F.J,V/oodward,Lir ?c Mrs, 3,3,Parker,H,S,Parker
and S,P.Nute i n cajup.
ittg. 5-Vi3ited Home's cottage.Rode i n t h e i r boat,
in^'. 6-K.3,Parker and S.P.Nute board the wharf over,
ing. 7-Hed,Minnie ana F r a n k l i n and Leora a r r i v e ,
ing. 8-3,P.Hute responding to Dr,Patten's c r y f o r help
discovered Dr,badly burned i n h i s bof.thouse and
boat a f i r e from gasoline explosion. Put f i r e out
v;ith wet canvas,S.P.N, rowed to Bfiy i n 20 minutes
^HP
and phoned f o r Dr. / h e e l e r , F r a n k l i n got h i s head
stuck i n s l a t s of p i a z z a r a i l ,
^Y"?' 9-S,S.,H,S, Parker and S,P.Nate extend r u s t i c fence
I
to stairs,Two war oanoes passed today,
liag.lO-Took p i c t u r e s of F r a n k l i n , L e o r a and S,P,H, go
home,3,P.N, painted m s t i c fence,
11-Quiet,
^ K , 1 2 - H e d and Stan a r r i v e i n Dean A l l e n ' s steamer.
Very c o l d n i g h t ,
^ • g . l S - S a u i r r e l s very tame,at l e a s t eightbof them,Old
T
Bob T a i l s t i l l on deck. Close oamp.
�19
0 6
1906
-Mr,
Mrs, E,D.Disbrow and Maude Disbrow
enjoy the cottage and l a k e , Also E t h e l A,Hoard
of South Dakota.
U 6-H,3,rarker,Mrs,E,J.v/oodward,Mr * Mrs. S.S.Parker
i n oamp.
et, 7-JvIi^
Mrs. Day c a l l e d . A l s o Mr,Pearoec
Oot, 8-Aunt V i r a goes home. S.3.•'='arker goes gunning
on other shore but b r i n g s back only R . R . t i e s .
rt,26-S.S.Parker
v i s i t s cottage.
r,I£-Harry Hute and S.S,Parker v i s i t cottage.
EHD
OP
THE SEASON
mm
19
0 7
E'x'728-I,lr3. S.S,Parker,Holly Hute,Florence Hayes
and S,S.Parker.About 16" of i o e ,
ipr,23-Mr & Mrs. S.S.Parker open up oottage. And
c l e a n up the upper cottage. I c e breaking up.
v/ater v e r y low,
lay
lay
lay
lay
lay
223tMr & Mrs S.S.Parker,Leora O t i s and Fred Pearce.
22-Severe f r o s t . ButaraxJamg.Leora goes home,
23-Trout f i s h i n g a t Red Rock Brook with some l u c k ,
24-v;ent to ^ a y , T r o l l e d f o r t r o u t , S e v e r a l b i t e s ,
25-,7ater f r o z e l a s t n i g h t , Retum home.
�19
0 7
1907
7un7 8-Mr & l i r a . 3,3.Parker../ater very low.Season
about two weeks l a t e t h i s y e a r ,
Jta, 9-Go to Chesnut Cove and L i t t l e Mark I s l a n d
with K.O. i n h i s boat, l/innepeesaukee Yacht
Club house being e r e c t e d . F i s k e cottage near
Dr.'.Yheeler Just completed,
Jun.lO-Retum home,
Jto,20-H.S,Parker,S.S.Parker and Mary Parker a r r i v e .
Spent day i n r e p a i r work,S,P.Nute a r r i v e s ,
Jtin.21-Ned a r r i v e s , D o r i n g v i s i t s u s f b r i n g i n g w i f e
and daughter,All go home except H,S. & Mary P,
J\m,22-Close camp,
J\il, 3-H,S,Parker,S,S, & Mary Parker a r r i v e ,
hU 4-Repair v;ork, Savary fam_ily_ visitL_U8,Savary
Just c o n p l e t i n g ^ h i s camp,Strawberries p l e n t i f u l ,
M. 5-Edna Horne Joins u s ,
hi, 6-'.7ill Woodman takes u s w i t h Mrs,Pearce,Mrs,
W i l l Kimball and Miss Cowan to the Club House
to see the r a c e s ,
Jol, 7-Go to Bay v/ith Harry -Waldron,
hi, 8-Return home,
•o
-Ned,Minnie,Franklin,Stan and Ifaude spend day,
M.SO-Neliie Hayes and daughter N e l l i e , M o l l y Nute
and Mr & Mrs, S,S,Parker,
Jal,31-Ned a r r i v e s , P i c k b l u e b e r r i e s , P e a r c e s c a l l ,
'.u,'^, 1-A quiet day,
.j, 2-Wind and storm w i t h h a i l ,
;, 3-Go to Cascade and M r s , L i n c o l n ' s , P i c k b e r r i e s ,
Llrs,Hayes,dciUghter and Molly r e t u r n home,
J, 4-Pearces gave us a clam dinner i n Patten's t e n t .
About twenty f i v e persons present,
Aug. 5-Break oamp,
:,11-Maude Drev/ and S.P.Nute here f o r the day,
j,28-Leora,Edna and Mrs,Parker c a l l a t camp,
Sep. 8-3,P.Nute and R,T.Pearl having stayed overnight
leave e a r l y t h i s morning i n rowboat f o r tour
of the l a k e .
�1 9 0 f
1907
^SpTia- S.P.imte and R . T . P e a r l r e t u r n t o oamp a f t e r
making c i r c u i t o f t h e l a k e v i s i t i n g Vfolfhoro
M e l v i n V i l l a g e , C e n t r e Harbor and W e i r s ,
Sep.21-lCr & Mrs, S,S,Parker,Measuj?e beach a t B i g Rock,
F i n d i t f i v e f e e t toward P a t t e n ' s ,
Sep,22-Hed,Minnie and F r a n k l i n a r r i v e d . Saw f l o c k
of t w e l v e ducks toward A i k e n ' s , S.P,Hute c a l l e d ,
Oot,12-S.S.t*arker and Mary P a r k e r a r r i v e d and went
a c r o s s t o l a n d on othe s i d e of l a k e ,
Oct, 1 5 - H , S , P a r k e r , E l v i r a v/oodward,S.S.Parker and w i f e .
C.W.Tibbetts a r r i v e d t o h e l p b u i l d r o a d on o t h e r
side of lake,
Oot.l6-Qaiet,
Oct.l7-Parker and T i b b e t t s meet r o a d w o r k e r s a c r o s s l a k i
Oct.lS-Parker and T i b b e t t s complete road.H.S.Parker
r e t u r n s home.Tough time r e t u r n i n g account h i g h
w i n d a n d w a t e r . % d t o t u r n back once,Close camp.
19
0 8
1908
7fin722-Mr & Mrs, S.S.Parker v i s i t both c o t t a g e s ,
i c e about a f o o t t h i c k . C a t c h S>-'^ l b c u s k .
Also large perch,
Apr,143.S.Parker i n camp. I c e b r e a k i n g u p ,
A p r , l a - S . S . P a r k e r . I c e out i n Broads but c o n s i d e r a b l e
i n the B a y ,
Hay
3-!ffi & Ivlrs. S . S . P a r k e r v i s i t camp.Lake a t h i g h
w a t e r mark.
�19
0 8
1908
fcy 19-l.lr So lara, S . S . P a r k e r i n ec.mp.
May E O - F i s h i n g b u t no f i s h .
May a i - V i s i t A i k e n ' s P o i n t . R e t u m home,
Jun. 3 - S l v i r a Woodward,H.S,Parker,Mary P a r k e r ,
and S . S , P a r k e r open c a m p . A s s i s t e d by C.v/,
Whitehouse b e g i n work on new w h a r f .
Jun. 4-Hed,Mlnnie and F r a n k l i n Iferkor J o i n u s , F r e d
B e r r y b a n d X s a Peavey v i s i t u s ,
Jun, 5 - S t i l l a t work on w h a r f ,
Jun, 6-Wharf f i n i s h e d ,
Jan. 7-(>uiet,
Jan, 8-Minnie and F r a n k l i n ^ t o v i s i t L e o r a a t
Home c o t t a g e ,
J a n . l l - L e o r a and Minnie e n t e r c o t t a g e and f r i g h t e n e d
by a mouse,
Jon, 18-Mr & Mrs S , S , P a r k e r a n d Mrs, Ben R a n d a l l ,
Smv f l y i n g s t i u i r r e l ,
Jun,Sl-I)epart t o Lookout Cottage,Heard l o o n ,
J a l , 3-Mr & Mrs, S,S,Parker,Dana Loud a n d M o l l y Hute
a r r i v e s t o p p i n g f o r f i r s t time a t o\ir new
f l a g s t a t i o n Keewaydin,
J u l , 4-Rev,J.D.Smiley,wife and son and two daughters
t a k e d i n n e r v/ith u s .Hed,Minnie iind F r a n k l i n
a r r i v e . M r , L i n c o l n and f a m i l y c a l l e d on u s ,
Jul. 5 - ^ i e t ,
Jul, b - D i t t o . V e r y h o t ,
Jul. 7-90 degrees,Hed a r r i v e s ,
Jul, 8-Minnie goes t o A l t o n f o r I c e , S,P,]rate
a r r i v e s , M o l l y goes home,
Jul. 9-S.?,Hute goes t o Hampton Beach f o r t h e day.
F o r e s t f i r e on Mt.MaJor,
Jul.lO-Maude Drev/ a r r i v e s ,
Jul. 11-Mr & Mrs, S,S,Parker go home,
J u l , I S - K . S . P a r k e r a r r i v e s , R e g i s t e r s 92 d e g r e e s ,
Jul,13-Hed and f a m i l y l e a v e , A u n t 7 i r a a r r i v e s ,
Jul. 14©
Jul, 15-H.S.Parker d e p a r t s , F i r e on Mt,Major under
c o n t r o l a f t e r burning since J u l y 9th,
JUl.16-Close camp.
�19
0 8
1908
logT 7-Mlss I f e r g a r e t E l l i s o n , H i s a B e s s i e H a r t , H i s s
C l a r a Snov/,Mis3 Terepa Perlcins,Mis3 C a r o l i n e
S m i l e y and Mrs. S.S.Parlcer. A r r i v e d by boat
c o u r t e s y o f A.E.initnam.S.S.Parker a r r i v e d
i n evening. L i n c o l n s c a l l ,
ing, 8-George and / i l l E l l i s o n j o i n p a r t y . E n t i r e p a r t y
Journeyed t o l a k e Shore P a r k i n L i n c o l n l a u n c h
the /innecon and s a ; rfiees and enjoyed clambake
• 9 - E l l i s o n boys d e p a r t . P a r t y w a l k s t o Bay.
'11 > 10-Break camp,
iog. 16-S.P.Iftite,Mrs. C.G.Rowell and Maude Drew.S.S,
P a r k e r v i s i t s camp d u r i n g t h e day,
lug. l Y - V e r y r a i n y - P a r t y r e t u r n s home,
. £S-John 3 . L o c k e vnd w i f e , S l v a t i and F a n n i e Hayes
S . S . P a r k e r and w i f e .
, 22-Attended bajiJptism a t Sandy P o i n t ,
jhg* 24-Closed camp.
, 30-Mr & Mrs. B,Baston,i'lis3 C l a r a Heal,Miss H a t t i e
Thayer,Miss Gladys Oilman and Mr & blrs, Hed
P a r k e r and F r a n k l i n spend t h e day.
irigyt#y8-8li »l?aTkw isxtwygKBgDrstimigyWaJ^^
Sep. 7-Guests i n attendance a t L a d i e s A i d P i c n i c .
/.E.Howard
D.E.Edgerly
'/.F.Thayer
J.D.Smiley
L.E.Foster
J.R.Kelly
A.S.Putnam
E.H.Thomas
John C.Hay
C.W.Tibbetts J . B r e c k e n r i d g e S . 3 . f a r k e r
Hed P a r k e r
H e l l i e Hayes
H e l e n A.Roberts
Abbie Putnam H a t t i e F u r l o n g Mary E . P a r k e r
Annie F o s t e r F r a n k l i n P a r k e r Mary A.Parker
C c r d e l i a Cook (Los j i n g e l e s )
ICyra S d g e r l y
i«p. 8-?jir & Mrs. S . S . P a r k e r , F r a n k l i n and Mrs. Hed
P a r k e r b r e a k camp.
Sep, 26-Hr & Mrs. S . S . P a r k e r w i t h H.L,Edgecombe and
S . P . H u t e . V i a i t Sandy Bay and Mountain View
c o t t a g e and Red Rock B r o o k , P a i n t r u s t i c f e n c e .
See f l y i n g s q u i r r e l a g a i n ,
Sep. 27'-Q,uiet and h o t ( 8 5 degrees) C l o s e camp.
�19
0 8
1908
IJoU 1 0 - S , 3 . P a r k e r i n eamp a l o n e , Water v e r y lov7,being
n i n e f e e t from west s i d e o f B i g Rook,
Oet. 11-Return home,
„ , ,
it. 17-Mr & Mrs S . S . P a r k e r i n camp. ? e r y h o t . V i s i t
Sandy Bay, Get l o a d o f wood,
Oot, 18-Fiud sjjone implement a t B i r c h Lanfi^ing,
loT,
8 - S . 3 . P a r k e r and S.P.Hiite b e g i n work on i o o house
and t a k e boat out of w a t e r ,
!o7» 11-S.S.Parker and Hed P a r k e r w o r k i n g on i c e house,
C.v/.Tibbetts a r r i v e s w i t h l o a d o f f u r n i t u r e ,
f a t e r so I o n S . S , v i a l k s around be&.eh t o upper
cottage,
V, 2 1 - S , S . P a r k e r v i s i t s eai^ip, Water now 17 f t l O i n ,
from w e s t c o r n e r o f I t g x t g B J c o u r b i g b o u l d e r .
mm
O F lEE'SSASOM
19
0 9
1909
i ? r 19-Mr & Mrs, S . S . P a r k e r w a l k i n g from Bay on 2 f t
of i c e . Walked back t o Bay.
16-Mr & Mrs a S . S , P a r k e r . I c e
bottom of b o a t ,
ipr, I 7 - R a i n y , g o home.
J u s t gone o u t . P a i n t
ipp, El-Had P a r k s r , l i i n n i e P a r k e r and F r a n k l i n ,
22-3.3,Parker and Mary i ^ r k e r a r r i v e ,
ujjs, 23-Close camp.
Hay-
5-S.S. & Hed P a r k e r a t eamp f o r day.Hed c a t c h e s
2ii l b l a k e t r o u t .
�19
0 9
1909
Hafld-Mr A Mr a. S.S.Parlcer a r r i v e .
May 15-10 luclc f i s h i n g so r e t u m home.
Kay 29-U.S. P a r leer, S.S. Parker,Mary P a r l c e r , Minnie Parlcer
and F r a n l c l i n a r r i v e ,
Kay 30-Maude Drew,i<a.tty Durgin,Mis3 M e r r i l l , M i s s Dunlap
and V e l s o r a Lfethews v i s i t e d u s from t h e Bay.
Maude l o s t h e r glasses,blov;ai o f f by win.l,
31-3.S.Parlcer found t h e glfi.sses,Mrs, S a v a x x ^ a j ^
.Olive c a l l e d ,
8 10-L.B.Foster,W.P.Thurber and Hed P a r l c e r , F i s h e d
d u r i n g day and r e t u r n e d home,
Am.24-lCr & Mrs, S.S.Parlcer stop a t camp f o r t h e day.
Jim.27-3.S.Parker
hU
and Hed P a r k e r a t camp.
7-Mr Sz Mrs, Hed P a r k e r . F r a n k l i n , J . B r e c k e n r i d g e ,
S d i t h Pinkham H e r r i n g and A l i c e Pinkham spend
the day at eamp,
, 2 1 - H . S . P a r k e r , P . P . P a r k e r , S l v i r a Woodward,Harry,
and M o l l y Hute,l.lrs,Hed P a r k e r and F r a n k l i n
and Mrs, 3.S.Parker.Hed a r r i v e s l a t e r ,
Jul,22-S.S.Parker a r r i v e d ,
Jal.23-Harry goes t o Sdgeeomb's.Vira goes home,
,24-Rainy and c o o l ,
.25-S,P.Hute and H e l l i e Hute,Hed P a r k e r and S.S.
P a r k e r J o i n p a r t y . A . 2 . C a r t e r , w i f e and daughter
o a l l . A l s o Chas.'7.!rhompson,wife and dfiughter,
a l s o C h a r l e s H . L e r r y , H a r r y Hute goes home,
Jiil,26-Mary P a r k e r ' s b i r t h d a y observed,
tel,27-P,F.Parker and Hea P a r k e r v i s i t Mt.MaJor and
pick t e n quarts of b l u e b e r r i e s .
Jal, • ;-p£irt o f p a r t y r e t u m t o Farmington and din.e
M^lth Mrs, S.P.Nute,
• 29-Kot and q u i e t ,
lal»30-Party goes t o vj'olboro aboard t h e F o x and v i s i t
U n c l e C h a r l e s and C o u s i n K a t e ,
111,31-Hothing t o r e c o r d ,
lag, 1-Molly and Atint V i r a r e t u m home. P a t t e n boys
37/in a c r o s s t h e l a k e ,
lug, 2-Molly back i n camp,
3-Mrs,Lincoln c a l l s ,
liig, 4 - V i s i t L i n c o l n caup i n e v e n i n g ,
, 5 - P r o v i s i o n s short.Hed and Sam go home,
, 6 -Close camp.
�19
0 9
1909
I!ug7l7-Tl,S.Parker,P.F.Parker and E l v i r a /oodward open
camp, S . P , l u t e and Maude Drew a r r i v e i n p o u r i n g
rain,
Aug. 18Aug, 19Aug.EO-Stan and Maude d e p a r t , H a r r y l u t e a r r i v e s ,
Aag.£l-Mr & Firs S . S , P a r k e r w i t L C.Roberts and w i f e
a r r i v e an^. go t o upper oaiwp,
Aug.EBAug.23-Ned and Minnie P a r k e r go home, S.S.Pr.rker and
Mary P a r k e r raove dOY»'n from upper o o t t a g e ,
Aug,24-P.F.Parker catohes f o u r b l a c k b a s s ,
Aag,25-Yery v/arm,
Aag,S6-Close oamp,
Sep, 4-Arthur Jones and w i f e , S t a e e y and w i f e and two
o t h e r couples occupy c o t t a g e o v e r Labor Day,
Sep,25-Mr & I t r s , S . S . P a r k s r ,
Sep,26-FrGd P e a r c e d i n e s w i t h u s . S t a t i o n a t
nearly constructed,
ICeewaydin
Sep,30-Mr & Mrs, S.S.Parker a t eamp and Sandy
Oct,
Oct,
Oet,
Oet,
Bay,
6-Mr A Mrs 3.S.Parker a t oamp,
7-led,Minnie and F r a n l c l i n P a r k e r J o i n u s ,
8-Go t o r i d e w i t h F r e d P e a r c e .
9-We c l o s e camp,
Nov, 17-S.S.Parker a t eamp. Water 1 7 f t 6 i n . from
n o r t h c o r n e r of b i g b o u l d e r .
SICD OF THE SEASON
�1 9 i 0
1910
iiP?. fi-iChe Ned P a r k e r s spend day h e r e , I c e went out
y e s t e r d a y , v/ater v e r y l o w ,
Apr,14:-Mr & l l r s , S . S . P a r k e r p a i n t boats and do
o t h e r odd j o b s ,
Apro28-Mr & !.Crs, S.S.Parkor a t camp.
Water f r o z e l a s t n i g h t .
Apr, 29-V/ent home.
Hay 1-Hed P a r k e r and f a m i l y a n d Mr & &Irs,'7inslow
Thompson,l/Ir & Mrs,Byron Horn and Miss Connor
of R o c h e s t e r ,
toy 28-Mr & Mrs,S.S.Parker open camp,
lay 29-Hed and f a m i l y come up f o r t h e day. Have r i d e
i n C l a r e n c e Homo's b o a t . S e c K a l l e y Comet,
By 3 0 - ? a i n t s e t t e e , s e t g l a s s , g o home,
fcl, 2-Mr A Mrs. S.S.Parker i n camp,
hi, 2-Tho Hed P a r k e r s a r r i v e *
Jid, 4 - f ) u i e t .
hi, 5-Return home.
fcl, 13-H,S.Parker suid Mr & Mrs. S . S . P a r k e r i n eamp,
fta,14-Aunt V i r a and Mrs, Dolbreen w i t h two c h i l d r e n
v i s i t u s f o r t h e day,
Jal,15-Gatch a b a s s and a p i c k e r e l , H e d and F r a n k l i n
j o i n I'.s,
Jul.lGto
Have had b e a u t i f u l v/aather and f i n e t i m e .
M.24ftil,24-?oyagG i n F o x up t h e l a k e .
Jtil.PS-Return home,
iug, 2-iiIaude Drew tmd M o l l y Nute and S t a n Hute r e g i s t e r .
log. 3 - L a z y ,
tog, 4-Rain a l l d a y ,
. 5-Benjamin Sanbom and H a r r y K.Rogers a r r i v e d a t
1 AM by auto l o f t a t O.E.Horne's cottage.lfciude
sind. M o l l y l e a v e f o r homo. E n i e u t T r x c k e y and
H a r r y Nute a r r i v e , R e u n i o n Thornton H a l l Gang.
, 6'-Departure o f T r i c k e y , S a n l ; o r n and R o g e r s , a l s o
S.P.Nute ;7ho dropped i n t o see u s , H a r r y Ifute
leaves,Maude Drev? and S.S. & Mary P a r k e r r e t u r n .
Maude and S t a n row t o Bay t o danee a t Oak B i r c h
Inn,
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10
1910
H i 7 7- S t a n goes t o Farmington but r e t u r n s ,
Aug. 8.•Trimmed t r e e s a t upper c o t t a g e , C l o s e camp.
Sep, 5-Mr & £Ir3,IXvig]it Sdgerly,Mr & Mrs, S,S.Parker
Mrs,19'ed P a r k e r , F r a n k l i n , i n camp,
Sep,£2-S,S,Parker c a l l e d a t oamp,
?,23-Mr & Mrs, S.S.Parker i n camp,Water 1 7 f t 5 i n ,
out from b i g b o u l d e r ,
'S«p,24Sep,25-Retum home,
llOT, 8~3.S.Pa.rker and Hed P a r k e r a t Kjajnp, v/ater now
26 f t 6 i n , out from o u r b i g r o c k ,
EHD OF THE SEASOH
19
1 1
911
720-Hed P a r k e r and S.S.i^arker i n camp. A s s i s t i n
s t o r i n g 42 c a k e s 0 ^ 1 7 i n , i c e ,
pr,21-Mr & Mrs S.S.Parker
open around s h o r e ,
i n cajnp. I c e i n l a k e but
p, 2 6 - S , S c P a r k e r , I c e s t i l l
here,
p, 2S-Mr 3y iCrs, S . S . P a r k e r . I c e s t i l l
here,
jr, 30-The Hed P a r k e r s i n camp. I c e going o a t today,
6-S.3,:^rker a t camp. I c e went out May 1 o r 2nd.
10- S.S.Parker and I r a t i u i n t a t camp,
11- R e t u m home.
�19
1 1
1911
Jfey 16-Harry Ifute and Hed Parlcer i n earap.
May E3-H«3.Parlcer and Mr & Mrs. S.S.Parlcer.
May 24-Parlcer and A l l e n extend S a s t s i d e r o a d ,
fey 2 5 - R a i n y , R e t u r n home.
Jan.
4-S.S.Parlcerat camp. Jlr.Tanner v e r y
ill.
Jun.20-H.S.Parker a^d the Hed P a r k e r s a r r i v e .
Mr & Mrs. S.S.Parker a r e a t camp Lookout,
Jun. 2 1 - Cool and b r e e z y
Jun,22Ditto
Jtin,23Ditto
Jun. 24Ditto
Jun,25Ditto
J a n . 2 6 - ? i 3 i t E a s t shore and p i c k s t r a w b e r r i e s ,
J u l . 3-Mr
. Mrs, 3.S.Parker.George and S a d i e
Varney w i t h u s o v e r n i g h t ,
J u l , 4 - " f i t h C.E.Horne and Edna we v i s i t Lake Shore
and have p i c n i c d i n n e r .
J u l . 5-Return home.
J u l . 9-Mr & Mrs. B e r t S t e v e n s , M i l d r e d S t e v e n s ,
George Hiram S t e v e n s a l l o f L i t t l e t o n
w i t h H.S. P a r k e r and Mr & Mrs, S . S . P a r k e r .
J u l . l O - A l l but H.S.Parker go t o Wolfboro i n
steamer Fox and v i s i t U n c l e C h a r l e s ,
Jul,11-92degrees,Return home,
Aug. 1-Mrs.Hatt Robets,n.S.,S.S. & Mary P a r k e r .
P i c k h i g h bush b e r r i e s i n A i k e n ' s swamp,
Aug, E-Hed,Minnie and F r a n k l i n J o i n u s ,
Aug, 3 - Q a i e t ,
Aug, 4-Mrs,Home,Iaora and G e r a l d O t i s and Miss
S c h l e n k e r c a l l , S . S . - t ' a r k e r b u i l d s bank w a l l ,
Sep, 4-C.T.Hayes,S.M. & H.W.Hayes w i t h i,lrs,
P a r k e r a t camp f o r the day.
Sep,24-S.3.Parker
boulder,
S.S.
i n camp, / a t e r 1 9 f t from b i g
Oct,25-S.S.Parkers ajtid Hed P a r k e r s a t camp, ./ater
now 20 f t from b o u l d e r .
EHD
OF THE SEASOH
�1 9 1 E
1912
Ip?7l7-Mr & Mrs S.S. P a r k e r , I t r & lirs.Ned P a r k e r
and F r a n k l i n . L a k e c o v e r e d w i t h i c e .
Apr.l8-Saw f l o c k o f d u c k s , r a i n y . R e t u r n home.
A p r , 2 7 - S . S . P a r k e r a n d l e d P a r k e r w i t h two men
c u t hrown t a i l moth n e s t s from t r e e s .
I c e went out A p r , 2 2 n d ,
M?.y 1-Mr & Mrs,
S.S.Parker p a i n t
hoats.
Hay 18-Mr & M r s , S . S , P a r k e r i n eamp, .
Eay 19May 20-Return home,
Ifey 2 9 - V i r a Woodward,Leora O t i s , G e r a l d O t i s ,
Mr & Mrs, S . S . P a r k e r a t c a m p . S r n e s t
Day o c c u p i e s Lookout.
May 30-C.E.Home moves o u r f u r n i t u r e from depot
t o Lookout Caa^.
Ifey 3 1 J u a . 1-Return h o m e .
Jun, 3-Mr & Mrs S . S . P a r k e r a t oamp, Mrs P a t t e n
stops overnight w i t h u s *
J u n . 9-'v'e c a l l on C l a r e n c e Home.
Jun.lO-Spend dtiy a t Lookout. R e t u r n home,
Jun, 1 7 - 3 , S . P a r k e r v i s i t s camp, and w i t h p a r t y
a t C.E.Home's i n c l u d i n g George V a m e y
and w i f e , l e d F r o s t a n d w i f e .
Jun. 1 8 - F i s h i n g t r i p and g e t somp n i c e b a s s .
Jun. 19-Company d e p a r t s and we move t o P i n e B l u f f .
Jun.20-The l e d P a r k e r s j o i n us.We measure G.M.
B y a r d ' s l o t n e a r Red Rock Brook,
JUl. 3-Mr & Mrs, S.S.i'arker
J u l . 4-Mr & Mrs, E . P . l u t e a n d Molly,Mr & Mrs.
l e d P a r k e r and F r a n k l i n . R e v . J . D . S m i l e y
and son c a l l .
J u l . 5-See l o o n a l s o l a r g e b l u e h e r o n . H e l l i e
Hute and M o l l y r e t u r n .
J u l . 6-Hot,
JUl. 7 - H o t , F r a n k l i n l e a r n s t o swim. We have r i d e
w i t h C.E.Home.
Ju.1. 8-Hot. We r e t u r n home.
�1912
I5r724-Mr & Mrs. S.S,Parker v i s i t camp,
Jal.25-Mrs,E,J,Wooclward,Ii[rs,Harris Dolbeare and
two sons C y r a s and R i c ^ r d and daughter
H a r r i e t , ! l r & Mrs,Hed P a r k e r and F r a n k l i n
v i s i t u s f o r t h e day. A t n i g h t we row
a c r o s s and p i c k elevOTi q u a r t s o f b l u e b e r r i e s
i n an hour,
Jal,E6-Cool,
Jal,27-v7ork on s t o n e w a l l . P i c k t e n q u a r t s o f
b l u e b e r r i e s i n an h o u r , F r e d t a k e s u s a c r o s s ,
Aug, 3-Mr & Mrs, S.P.Hute and Mol?^,Mrs,Minnie P a r k e r
and F r a n k l i n i n camp,
Aug, 4-Mr 8s M r s , S . S , P a r k e r and Hed j o i n p a r t y ,
Aug, 5-Cool,
Aug, 6Aug,12-Aunt Y i r a j o i n s u s ,
Aag, 13-Charter F o x and a l l a t t e n d r a c e s a t B a y ,
Aug,16-E,P, and H e l l i e Hute,Molly,Hed and F r a n k l i n
r e t u r n home. F r a n k l i n swims twenty s t i r o k e s ,
Aug,18-Mr & Mrs S,S.Parker and E l v i r a c l o s e camp,
Sep, 8-Mr & Mrs, S,S,Parker,Mrs C , E . S i n c l a i r and
daughter K a t h e r i n e open camp,
Sep, 9 - C a l l e d on F r e d P e a r c e and Mr,Doring,
Oct,2S-Bagene H,Cory and S.S,Parker,Water aboutb
f i v e f e e t out from b i g r o c k .
Dec, 5-Harry Hute and S , S , P a r k e r a t camp.'Water about
s i x f e e t out from b i g r o c k b e i n g h i g h e r
than u s u a l .
MD
OF
THE
SEASOH
�19
13
1913
JSnTH6-Mild.0nly 6 i n . of ice.Wed P a r k e r , M i n n i e
and F r a n k l i n spend the day h e r e ,
jipr,17-ilr & Mrs,S.S.Parker a t camp,
Apr,23-Mr & Mrs, S.S.Parker,LIr & Mrs.Ned P a r k e r
and F r a n k l i n a t camp f o r t h e de^y.
Apr,E4"-Franklin c a t c h e s e i g h t w h a r f t r o u t o r
suckers x ^ e i ^ i n g 19* I h . F r e d Pearce takes
u ^ t o Sandy B a y f o r M a y f l o w e r s ,
Apr,S5-Return home.
Hay 15-Mr !c i a ? s . S . S . P a r k e r i n camp t o p a i n t h o a t ,
Ifey 16-Rainy,Return home.
Jun, 1-Ned,Minnie and F r a n k l i n P a r k e r here f o r t h e
day.Water a t h i g h mark,
Jan. 4-Ha.rry Nuto and Mr & Mrs,S.S.Parker a t camp.
Jon. 5-Work around Lookout Gamp .Ned v i s i t s u s and
H a r r y and Ned go home.
Jim.l5-!I?he Ned P a r k e r s h e r e f o r the day,
Jttn,28-Nute f a m i l y - E . P . and N e l l i e , S . P . and Maude,
and Haryy and M o l l y .
Jan.29-Ned and Minnie and F r a n l c l i n a r r i v e . Mr &
Mrs
N a t t R o b e r t s spend the day i t h u s .
Jtan,30-S,"'.Nute went to Concord r e t u r n i n g w i t h two
r o a s t c h i c k e n s , c l a m s e t c , S,H.!rrickey and
J . B e n n i s o n and daughter c a l l , a l s o Mr & i i r s
Coleman from B a y . A l s o H a r r y Rogers.
hi, 1-Tery h o t . B i g f i r e o b s e r v e d up the l a k e ,
Jul. 2-Smoky and o v e r c a s t ,
Jul, 3-/e c l o s e csimp,
Jtil,13-The Ned P a r k e r s a t camp, Mr & Mrs,F.R.Copp,
M r s . P u r i n g t o n and Mr & Mrs C.W.Marston d i n e
w i t h u s , Sam & Mary P a r k e r a r e i n C a l i f o r n i a ,
ftd.30-She Ned P a r k e r s a r r i v e ,
JtLl,31-5?o Bay f o r grub s a i l i n g home ?/ith u m b r e l l a ,
Aug. 1-Arthur !I?wombly p a i n t e d E a s t end o f c o t t a g e ,
V/e go home.
Aug. 10-Ned,Minnie and F r a n k l i n P a r k e r h e r e f o r day
�19
13
1913
Hg;E9- -Mi* & Mrs,S.S,Parlcer i n camp.
Aug,30.-Attend r a c e s i n Kayo ¥;ith C.S.Home.Forty
to f i f t y power boats i n a t t e n d a n c e .
Aug. 31- •Ked,Minnie and F r a n k l i n a r r i v e , F o u n d arrow
head,the b e s t y e t , P a r t y r i d e s t o Chesnut
Cove i n S&yo. V i s i t V / i l l Hodgdon a t Mt.View.
Sep.25-•Mr &. Mr S.S. S . P a r k e r and Mr & Mrs l e d P a r k e r
and F r a n k l i n .
Sep, 26- •See a l o o n . R e t u m home.
Oct, 5 - l e d P a r k e r and family.Saw
our bay on a r r i v a l .
t h r e e ducks i n
Get, 9-Mr & Mrs,S.S.Parker a r r i v e ,
'Oct.IO-Repairs a t Lookout Camp,
Oct.ll-ClOw^G camp,
Nov. 6-S,S.Parker and l e d P a r k e r c u t S40 b r o w n t a i l
n e s t s from our b i g b i r c h ,
^l07,2O-Mr Si Mrs S.S.Parker v i s i t camp coming by
motor boat w i t h F r e d A r c h i b o l d ,
Dec, 13-S.S,l>arker a t camp,Ground b a r e , l a k e open,
ElS
OF
19
THE
SEASON
14
[1914
I ipr, 18 -S . S. P a r k e r and E.J.Schock work on b r o w n t a i l s .
[ipr,25-Mr & Mrs.S.S.Parker a t camp.Ice went out
Apr, 2 0 t h ,
3 - l e d Parker and family here f o r t h e day.
�19
14
1914
l a j ~ 1 4 - l ! r & Mrs S.S,Parlcer.Lake e x t r e m e l y h i g h .
Kay 15-nigh w i n d s .
May 16-Mr,Randall comes t o h e l p u s . R e t u r n home.
J/Isy 28-Mr ft Mrs,S.S.Parker i n cajap.
Bay S9-Geo, /.Vamey and \7ife and A.Home p i t c h
t h e i r t e n t -with u s ,
Kay 30-C,E.Horne t a k e s u s f o r r i d e ,
Sfey S l - T T i s i t R a t t l e s n a k e I s l a n d w i t h C.E.Home.
Jun, 1-Close eamp.
Jto. 6-Hed P a r k e r and f a m i l y and Mr & Mrs
Reed spend day a t oamp.
Sari
J a l . 3-Mrs E . P . m t e , M o l l y mite,Mr & Mrs Ned P a r k e r
F r a n k l i n Parker,Mr & Mrs
S.S.Parker.E.P.
Nute a r r i v e s l a t e r ,
J u l , . 4 - B e a u t i f u l day, G e r a l d and L e o r a O t i s c a l l ,
J u l , 5-E,P. and M o l l y Nate go t o Bay f o r g r u h ,
S,S,,NED,and F r a n k l i n P a r k e r go to B i r c h
Landing and f i n d p o t t e r y and a n c i e n t k n i f e ,
J u l . 6-Men l e a v e f o r b u s i n e s s ,
J u l , 7-S,P,l!ate J o i n s u s a ^ i n ,
J u l , 8-Cloud;'' and w a r n ,
J u i , 9-'I)itto.
J a l . l O - M r s Bor.ing and daughter a r r i v e a t Lookout,
Jul,11-Thunderstorms,
Jal,13-Quiet,
J u l , 1 3 - R e t u m home,
Jul,H2-Mr & Mrs,S.S,Parker and liIrs,Natt Roberts
a r r i v e i n camp,
Jt»l,23-Rainy but p i c k e d some b l u e b e r r i e s ,
J \ i l , S 4 - R e t u m home,
J t t l , 2 6 - l e d P a r k e r and f a m i l y , A r t h u r Jones
f a m i l y spend the day h e r e ,
Aug,
Aug.
Aag,
Aug,
Aug,
Aug.
Auga
and
E-Mr & Mrs Joseph Loud,Rev,Harry Loud,Bana
Loud,Mr & } i l r s , S . S . P a r k e r open camp.
3-Blueberrying,
4-Joe and f a m i l y go by a u t o to M i l t o n M i l l s ,
5-At home a l l day,
6-Joe,Harry and Dana Loud and S.S.Parker c l i m b
Mt.MaJor,Picking e i g h t q u a r t s of b e r r i e s .
7-Loud f a m i l y go t o Wolfboro by a u t o . I n PH
C.E.Horne g i v e s them a boat r i d e .
8-Loud f a m i l y s t a r t f o r L i t t l e t o n . P e a r c e t a k e s
P a r k e r s t o Bay t o parade o f motor boats and
races.
�19
14
1914
'Mgi' 9-Ne4 ParJcer and f a m i l y a i * r i v e . A l l r e t u r n home*
Aag.E5-lfed P a r k e r and f a m i l y i n camp.
Aug.Se-Minnie and F r a n k l i n go t o Bay w i t h Horne,
Aug,27-Quiet,
Aug,E8-Rain, C l o s e C8jap,
Sep, 6-The Hed Parkers w i t h Mr * Mrs, ?/alter Sheiraan
end E t h e l he3?e f o r t h e day.
Sep,22-Hed P a r k e r and f a m i l y , M r & Mr3,S,3.Parker,
Sep,24-Warm and f i n e .
S0p,25-Close camp.
Oet, 2-Minnie P a r k e r and F r a n k l i n , M r & Mrs. S,S,
P a r k e r i n oamp .Mary T i h h e t t s J o i n s u&.
Oot. 4-S,S,Parker and w i f e a r r i v e , v / e a l l r e t u m home.
Oet,12-Mr & JArs,S.S.Parker c a l l on way t o upper oamp.
Nov. 1-Mj' & Mrs S . S . P a r k e r , F r a n k l i n , H . S . P a r k e r and
F r e d Wiggin a s d r i v e r o f t h e new autoraohile
c a l l end c l a s e earap f o r t h e y e a r .
1915
Jten, 17-Mr & Mrs Hed P a r k e r and F r a n k l i n and Mr & Mrs
W a l t e r Sherman and E t h e l spend t h e d a y ,
Mar.24-Mr & K r s , S . S , P a r k e r v i s i t oamp. Lake l o w .
F o o t o f ice.We w a l k t o Lookout on i c e .
May
5-Mr & Mrs S.S.Parker and H a r r y Hute come
t o oamp w i t h auto f o r f i r s t t r i p .
�1 9 X 5
X915
EyTlO-Sdna.Arthur
and Mary 3 , P a r k e r open oamp,
Jon. Z-YLT
Rlrs Hed P a r k e r , F r a n l c l i n , H a r r y Nute
and Fir & Isirs S . S . P a r k e r i n eamp on a
r e n o v a t i n g t r i p . F o r e s t f i r e i n r e a r o f Joe
K e l l y * s n e a r S i n e l t i i r ' s eamp.Harrow escape
f o r hoth ctimps.
Jon.ES. •Mrs S.P-Hute,Molly,Harry,Stan andMaude.
Jim.29. •MR & Mr S.S. S . P a r k e r a r r i v e by^auto b r i n g i n g
f o o d and r e a d i n g m a t t e r . H a r r y d r i v e s c a r home.
Jun. 30-E.P.Nate a r r i v e s . M r & Mrs Benjamin Eugene
Sanborn were m a r r i e d a t Wolfboro today and
me.de t h e i r f i r s t s t o p a t oamp where we gave
them a weddJLng b r e a l c f a a t of b o i l e d p o t a t o e s ,
r o a s t beef and o n i o n s . They had a e h a u f f e d r
and were en r o u t e t o t h e mountains.
J a l . 1.•Rain.
J a l . 2.•Rain. Boston r e p o r t s 4.33 f a l l , g r a e t e s t i n 20 y]
J u l . 3- •Rain.E.P.Hute r e a c h e d eamp b r i n g i n g M i s s M.
H i l l o f Concord, Maude and S t a n row t o Bay.
'Fine
and c l e a r .
J o l , 4.
R
a
i
n
.
hi.
5.
J u l . 6- •E.P.Nute and M i s s H i l l l e a v e . A l s o Mr & Mrs.
S . S . P a r k e r . E t h e l E d g e r l y and t h r e e c h i l d r e n
a i ' r i v e f o r t h e day..Lincoln boys c a l l , a l s o
C a r r o l l P i p e r and MisB D a v i s from I'lolfboro.
Have h a d f i r e e v r y evening i n s t o v e .
JUL 7.•E.P.ITute went to Concord.Minnie P a r k e r and
H a r r y Nute t o Farmington.
JUl. 8.•Rain ag'ain. We l e a v e f o r home.
Jal,31-Mjp & Mrs S.S.Parker,J.lrs Hed P a r k e r and F r a n l c l i n ,
Aug. 1-The f o l l o w i n g members and f a m i l i e s from t h e
Farmington C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church C h o i r v;ere
here f o r t h e day:
F r a n k Hayes
B u r t o n Hess
Pansy Peavey
Addie C a r t e r
H a r r y Knox
Crace Clements
Fred.Clements
C h a r l e s L.Eayes
lArs J.H . L e i g h t o n
E r n e s t Peavey
C a r r o l l Peavey
L i l l i a n Currier
H a z e l Ie i g h t o n
Grace E .Coats
Mrs,F.Hayes
Stan D o i l i v e r
Grace Ham
Ray C u r r i e r
J.E.Leighton
E.E.iamball
E.W.Coats
Aug. 2 - R a i n , Hed and F r a n k l i n c a t c h 1 7 i n , p i c k e r e l ,
Aug. 3 - F a i r , W a t e r r i s i n g .
Aug, 4 - q u i e t .
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Bg7 5 - R a i n ,
Aug. 6 - ? i s i t Sanfi|f B a y . P i c k b l u e b e r r i e s ajad b l a c i c b e r r i e
Lake i s a * l e a s t 15 i n c h e s h i g l i e r t h a n on J u l y 1
Aug, 7-Rain and f o g . C l o s e camp,
Aug,14-lir & Ivtrs S . S , P a r k e r i n oajnp. Buy t h e Mendota,
Lake s t i l l r i s i n g ,
Aug,15-Har:by a n d M o l l y Hute a r r i v e i n o a r t o t a k e u s
home,
Aug,21~Mr & Mrs,S,S.Parl:erAlttiiiii« ttM. F r p n k l i n a r r i v e ,
Aug,E2-Hed P a r k e r a n d Don S c o t t a r r i v e . L e , k e r i s i n g .
Aug.23-Hed r e t u r n s t o b u s i n e s s ,
Aug,24-Piek l a r g e q u a n t i t y o f b l u e b e r r i e s a c r o s s l a k e ,
Aug.ES-'iforked on nev; b o a t ,
Aug,26-Ladi®B a t t e n d campmeeting,Mr Jesse.n h e l p s me
w i t h t h e new b o a t ,
Aug,27-S.S.Parker goes t o Dover,Marion,Ralph,Florence
and E a r l A l l e n v i s i t u s ,
Aug,E8-Cold 8Jid windy,
Aug,29-Same, •Je r e t u r n home,
3ep,12-Harry Bute ?;ith Mr & M r s . S . S , P a r k e r a t Lookout,
T r y out t h e new b o a t ,
Sep, 18-S,8,Parker a t carap,Mr Whitehoues l o o k s o v e r
s i t e f o r Doathouse,
Sep,19-Hed,MiAnie and F r a n k l i n , M a r y P a r k e r and H a r r y
Hate a r r i v e i n o a r f o r t h e d a y ,
Oot,12-S.S.Parker.Young Mr Savary»s f a m i l y a t t h e i r
camp. S t a r t up p a r t r i d g e n e a r our f r o n t door.
Oot.l7-In S . S . P a r k e r ' s auto corner S . S . , M a r y , F r a n k l i n ,
Minnie and Hed P a r k e r ,
(tet,22-Harry Hute b r i n g s S , S . P a r k e r a n d v / i f e i n a n t e .
Oct,23-Mr V/hitehouse b e g i n s work on f o u n d a t i o n f o r
boathouse.Stim a n d F r e d learao
t a k e boat out
o f TO,ter.Pearce»s s t a y a l l n i g h t w i t h u s .
Wind blows a g a l e ,
Oet,E4-ltiraber a r r i v e s from P e r l e y B a r r , R e t u r n home,
Dec, l - S . S . P a r i c e r v i s i t s camp.
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Jan*26-Harry HU-te and S.S.Parlcer v i s i t cottage
and have hoat c r a d l e d f o r moving.
Jan.Sl-Boathouse moved today over the i c e to
new location.S.S.Parlcer a t camp.
Apr, 6-Mr
& Mrs S.S.Parlcer. I c e not s a f e f o r t r a v e l .
Apr.l8-Ioe reported to have gone out today.
May
7-Sed Parker.H.S.Parker and S.S.Parker.Water
h i g h . Trout Jumping a l l day.
May 25-Mr & Mrs,S,S,Parker,Paint rov/boat,
Jan,
6-Mr & Mrs,S.S.Parker,Mr & Mrs Ned Parker,
H.S.Parker,
Jun, 7-Repair vrok,
Jon, 8-Iarge loon n e a r our p o i n t ,
Jun, 9-&ray s q u i r r e l i n r e a r of oamp, Retum home,
Jun,14-Mr & Mrs,S.S,Parker and H a r r i s Pike,Work
on boathouse,
Jun,15-Pinish work and r e t u r n home,
Jun,24-Mr & Mrs,S.S,Parker.Find wharf and end of
s t a i r s badly damaged,
Jun,25-Hed and Franlclin Parker a r r i v e w i t h P r e s c o t t
and work on boat and boathouse.In evening
Mt .Washington went dovra by l i g h t e d and V7ith
band on board.
Jan.26-Close camp.
J a l . 4-S.S.,Mary,Hed,Minnie and F r a n k l i n i n camp.
Rainy,windy and c o l d . Lawrence Y.M.G.A.
boys i n camp on Day's P o i n t .
J a l . 5-Mr & Mrs S.S.Parker go home.
J a l . 6-Close camp.
Jul.17-Mrs.S.P.Hate,Molly,and Mr & Mrs.S.P.Hute,
J u l . 18-3.S.Parker and S.P.lMte work on boat and
f i n a l l y get i t going.S.P.Hute a r r i v e d .
Jal.19-Hot.Pat new b a t t e r i e s i n Mendota.
J a l . 2 0 - H o t . A l l i n bathing.
J a l . 2 1 - I n Mendota to L i t t l e Mark and back. "Repaired
pomp and s c r e e n doors.
Jul,22-S,P.Hate and Harry a r r i v e from fConcord.
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JaI723-Meadota running f i n e . P r e a c o t t looked i t over.
S t a i n e d the hoatfeoaae.
.E4-S.P. and Harry went to Concord,Mendota goes
to Bay twice »also t o Sandy Bay v/here ?/e
s t a l l e d and were towed home,
,25-S.S.Parker,Mr,Savary and Stan went to Sandy
Bay and picked "berries and a boat load of
dead pine limbs. Trimmed boathouse,
,26-Closed camp,
"1.29-Mr & Mrs,S.S.Parker i n camp.
1.30l-,31•, 1-Mr & Mrs F r e d Pearce J o i n u s and we a l l
occupy Pine B l u f f t i l l Aug,14th,
,12-Minnie Parker and F3?anklin J o i n u s ,
,13-Hed Parker a r r i v e s .
,14-Retum home.
ittg,19-Wiil B e r r y and Mother,Fred Pearce and S.S,
Parker.Very hot,.7ater has f a l l e n 14 inches
since Spring,
,26-Mr & Mrs,S,S.Parker,Minnie and F r a n k l i n
Parker i n oamp, Pearces s t a y overnight with u s ,
tag,27-Helt J o i n s u s v/ith F r e d e r i c k Clement,v/ife and
c h i l d r e n and Frank ]fe.yes and w i f e ,
isig,E8-Retm'n home.
p, 2-Mr & Ivlrs S.S,Parker,x^,Minnie Parker and
F i u n k l i n open caii\p,Mr,Doring,wife and
daughter open Camp Lookout,
• 3-Hed Parker and Mr & HPS,Fred Pearce a r r i v e .
, 4 - A l l go t o Odd F e l l o w s P i c n i c a t Lake Shore Fark.j
p.22-S,S.Parker,Hed Parker and F r a n k l i n s h i n g l e
west roof of cottage.
f,E8-Mr & Mrs.S.S,Parker h e r f o r the day,
t,28-Fred Pearee and S.S.Parker here to look over
the boat.
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I p r 7 l 9 - s . S , P a r k e r anfl. Leon Rioharclson i n earap.
I c e m e l t i n g arotmd s h o r e s .
18-S,S.-i^arker,Ned P a r k e r , H . S , P a r k e r p a i n t boat,
I Hay E6-S,S,Parker and Leon R i c h a r d s o n p a i n t b o a t ,
\jm,
8-JJIr & Mrs. S.S.Parker .Molly Nute and Leon
R i c h a r d s o n open camp.
I . 9-Repair v#ork a t Lookout and p a i n t i n g b o a t ,
u l O - G l o s e camp.
U20-Mr & Mrs.3.S.Parker nnft Leon.Water h i g h .
F r a n k B u t l e r and Norman H a r t f i e l d c a l l .
I , E l - R e t u r n home.
\hl»
4-Mr & Mrs.S.S,Parker,Mr & Mrs, Ned P a r k e r
F r a n l c l i n and Leon i n camp. L o t s o f s t r a w b e r r i e s
We v i s i t Loon Cove and Sandy B a y , F i r e w o r k s
viewed by S a v a r y s and S k i n n e r s ,
|ftil.l7-Mr & Mrs 3.P,:^te,Molly and Leon R i c h a r d s o n
a r r i v e by auto t o back door.J/Ir & Mrs S.S.Par
ker a r r i v e by t r a i n ,
L.18-We t a k e F r e d P e a r c e t o Bay i n Mendota.
L,19-Shov;ers,
iJtil.EO-Close camp.
L,E6-John S,Gilraan,Maude Oilman v/ith John J r , and
B a r b a r a a l s o l e d , M i n n i e and F r a n k l i n P a r k e r ,
hl.E7- •Hot
ftll.ES- •Hot,led goes t o town,
|ita,E9- •Hot,
L,SO. •Mr John Rhodes and f a m i l y and Mrs,Cora G a r l a n d
spend day w i t h u s . John Gilmfui goes t o L a c o n i a ,
L,31. •Whole c o u n t r y s u f f e r s w i t h h e a t ,
J. 1- •Minnie P a r k e r c e l e b r a t e s h e r b i r t h d a y .
E- •Showers.
345 -Break eamp,
7-Mr & Mrs S , S , P a r k e r , I i e o i ^ O t i s and G e r a l d ,
8-Heard l o o n , P i c k e d up M o l l y Nute and N e l l i e
Hayes a t the B a y ,
9- P i c k e d l o t s o f b l u e b e r r i e s i n p a s t u r e n o r t h
of Red Rock Brook, And g o t soaked by shower,
iag,10-Molly goes home.
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Hgril-Mra C.E.Home a r r i v e s , / e go to B i r e h Landing
and Sandy Bay,Leon p i t c h e s a tent and s l e e p s
in i t ,
iUg,12-Pick W e l v e quarts of b l u e b e r r i e s a t Red Rock
Brook p a s t u r e ,
Aug,13-Cluiet,
ittg,14-Ileliie Hayes,Otises and Home r e t u r n home,
tog,15-C±HKH3aBaiBii,Mr & Mrs S.S.Parker alone,
ittg,16taig,17©gtch three p i c k e r e l , B i n e w i t h Jewels a t
the Horne cottage,
lag,18-Fair and cool,
liig,19-C,W,!I?ibbetts c a l l s , A l s o L e s l i e and eight
Boy Scouts,
,E5-Harry Ifate brings Mr & Mrs,S,S.Parker to camp.
Also Leon Richardson, Edna Peavey and C a r r o l l
Peavey c a l l ,
,E6-Congregational Choir of Farmington P i c n i c ,
Frank Hayes and w i f e
F r e d e r i c k Clements,v/ife,and c h i l d r e n
Mrs,E.S,Adams and daughter
I ^ o r a and Gerald O t i s
Arthur Jones,wife and daughter
Herbert Brome,Ernest Kimball,Pansy and C a r r o l l
Peavey,John and Blanche Leighton,Mrs R , C u r r i e r
and F l o r a B,Huntress c a l l upon u s .
P a r t y i s photographed on the wharf,
,S7-Cold,'We depart f o r home,
,14-IIed Parker and S.S.Parker a t camp. See f l o c k
of S9 ducks. Water f i v e f e e t from b i g rock.
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IS1730-S.S,r€«i»ker and Leon Richardson,Lake
low, l e e teo f e e t t h i c k ,
Ivlaj
very
3 - 3 , S , P a r k e r and Leon Rieha,rdson.Paint boat.
F i n d d r y beach about s i x f e e t outside of
b i g r o c k . I c e r e p o r t e d a s going out iipr,24-25.
Kay 11-Mr & lira S.S.Park®r,Iulf,?arker'Minnie Parlcer
and Leon R i c l i a r d s o n
May 1 2 - l e d a r r i v e s , D e s t r o y e d many ^ p s y moth n e s t s .
May
18-Mr & Mrs,3.3.Parker,Leora O t i s , G e r a l d O t i s
and Leon Richardson, f o r the day,
Jun, 3-Mr & Mrs,Natt F.Roberts,Mr & Mrs,3.S.Parker
and Leon a r r i v e . C ^ t o h 3 t r o u t and gather
strawberries,
J\m,2b-Mr & i i r s S . S . P a r k e r and Leon R i c h a r d s o n ,
Jun,E6-lfork a l l day a t Lookout,Y,M,G.A, boys i n camp,
Jun,E7-Worked on boat and boathouse,
J u l , 3-Mr & Mrs, S, B.Parker .Minnie and F r a n k l i n Parlc»r
and Leon Richardson.
J i l l , 4-Hed a r r i v e s , S . S . P a r k e r and I^on get stuck i n
the sand a t iCeewaydin s t a t i o n , G o to Bay aad
to RedcRock region i n Mendota,
J a l , 5-Close oamp,
JUI,30-Mr & M2?s,3.S.Parker a t camp,
J i i l , 3 1 - G e r f i l d O t i s and S.S,Parker p i c k b l u e b e r r i e s ,
Aug, l ~ P a r t y v i s i t Sandy Bay and Red Rock Brook,
Aug. E-We v i s i t LibbybMuseua w i t h Leon,Gerald and
Leora,
Aug, 3 - H o 2 ^ n O t i s a r r i v e s ,
Aug, 4-2?ake D r . K e l l e y and f a m i l y and Dr,Huntress
and f a m i l y f o r r i d e i n Mendota a l s o E v e r e t t
Walker and wife,Horman o t i s . w i f e and two
c h i l d r e n , L e o r a and G e r a l d , F r e d Pearce,Mrs.
Pearce,Miss Gowan and Miss Osborn c a l l ,
Aug. 5-Retum home,
Aug.lO-Mr & Mrs S.S,Parker and F r a n k l i n a t camp,
A u g , l i - D r , K l l l o r y and family leave Lookout,Dr•Huntress
moves i n w i t h h i s f a m i l y ,
Aug, 12-C|pcrikdy w i t h mist,
Aug,13-Dr,Pierce the d e n t i s t occupies Lookout,
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'ka£:.i4-Tery h o t .
tog.15-Franklin
and S.S.Parker c u t l e a n i n g p i n e a t
foot of s t a i r s .
Aug.l6-Repair f e n c e s on Red Rock Brook l o t ,
Aug. 17-Windj^.Franlclin goes home,
Attg,18-Li^ht f r o s t ,
Aug,19-Glose eamp,
Aug,S4-Mr & Mrs,S.S.Parker and M o l l y i f u t e .
Aug,E5-Return home,
Sep, 2-Mr & Mrs,3,3,Parker a t camp,
Oct, 8-lflr & Mr3,S.S,Parker,Leon R i c h a r d s o n and
Raymond Moore,fake h o a t s out o f w a t e r .
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Ipr7l9-S.S.Parker and Leon R i c h a r d s o n a t camp,
Kay 24-S.S.Parker,F3?anklin and Leon a t eamp.Painting
hoats .Water h i g h , Gypsy moths ha.tching,
Kay i51-10p & Mrs,S,S,Parker,Leon and F r a n k l i n , W a t e r
very high.
Jun, l ~ R e t u m home.Leon and F r a n k l i n w a l k i n g a s
a Scout t e s i ,
Jun,
7-Mr & M r s . S . 3 , P a r k e r , G e r a l d O t i s , M o l l y Hute
and Leon R i c h a r d s o n i n camp f o r t h e d a y .
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"^ST.lS-IAr & l i r a S . S . P a r k e r , M o l l y Nute,Leon i n ofirap.
J a n . 1 4 - F i s h i n e but no l u c k .
Jim.l5-&;eturn home.
Jan.29-Mr & Mrs.Alonzo I . D a v i s and Ned P a r k e r a r r i v e
t o v i s i t A l b e r t Davis,VM.Nelson,Leon R i c h a r d son and F r a n k l i n P a r k e r who a r c camping w i t h
Fi^uak B u t l e r .
J u l . S-Mr & Mrs S . S , P a r k e r , L e o r a O t i s , G e r a l d O t i s ,
and I ^ o n R i c h a r d s o n ,
J u l , 4-Harold T i b b e t t s and Mi',Bro\ c a l l ,
J u l , 5-Close oaiap,
J u l , 2 4 - S , S , P a r k e r and Mary,Ned P a r k e r and M i n n i e ,
Jul,25-Ned and Minnie r e l s i r n , L e o r a & G o r a l d a r r i v e ,
Jul.26-Mary*d b i r t h d a y , L o o r a & G e r a l d go home,
Franliiin arrives.
J u l , 2 7 - 3 . S . & F r a n k l i n go i n B/Iondota t o Aiken»s
Point f o r blueberries,
J u l , 2 8 - G e r a l d and Ned r e t u i ' n ,
Jul,29-To Sandy Baj'' bluebQrryiiig.Leon goe^ home.
J u l . 3 0 - C l o s e oamp,
Aug.l4«41rs.S.P,Nute,Molly,feude,Stan and Leon a r r i v e ,
Aug.15-Rain. To Bay i n Mendota,
Aug,16-Mr & Mrs.3,S.Parker imd E . P . B i t s a r r i v e . S t a n
paints r u s t i c r a i l i n g .
Aug.l7-Several c a l l e r s .
Aug.l8-ar ^5 Mr S.S, 3 . P a r k e r l e a v e . H a r r y Nute a r r i v e s ,
Aag.l9-S,P, and H a r r y Hate l e a v e . R a i n .
Aug.20-S.P.Hate r e t u r n s t o camp,
Aug.21-Brok9 camp.
Aug,31-Mr & Mrs S,S.Parker and Leon R i c h a r d s o n ,
Sep, 1 - Y i s i t Red Rock Brook end b a r ^ i n w i t h PIr,
Neivhall f o r more l i i a d . R e t u r n hoaie,
Oct,IB-Mr & Mrs.S.S.Parker,Leon £ind P r a n i c l i n i n camp*
Dee.23-S.3.Parker,Franid-in
and Leon enjoy
skating.Ice 6 inches.
fine
Dec,29-"Ms 1^ Mrs J.G.Haigb.,George H a i g h , L e o r a , G e r a l d ,
Franklin,Rosa leys,Catherine Oilman,Yiolet
Howard,Doris Card,SiGhard Udal3.,Slaie B e r r y ,
Leon R i c h a r d s o n , A r t h u r Gcnlc^j.James T h a y e r ,
C a r r o l l Peavey a n d S . S . P a r k e r s k a t i n g ,
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1930
Apr, 3 - 3 , S . P a r k e r , F r a n k l i n and Leon i n camp,
Apr,18-S,3,r'arker
tlay
a t camp,
9-Mr & Mrs S.S.Parker,Leora
I'r'y^ E 6 - S , S . P a r k e r , H e d , F r a n k l i n
and Leon i n camp,
and Leon p a i n t boat,
^oi^mVii'-Mr & Mr&,S,S,Parker and Leon R i c i u i r d s o n ,
J u l , 1-Ifed ? a r k e r , 3 , S . i * a r k 0 r , L e o n and Oeorge Haigh
r e p a i r i n g wharf,
J U l , 3-Mr & M r s , S . S . P a r k e r , L e o r a and G e r a l d O t i s ,
J u l . 4-Mr & Mrs.Hed Parker,Mr & M r s . 7 , J . E n g l i s h
and two c h i l d r e n ,
J U l , D - F r a n l i i i n P a r k s r and Rapiond Moore J o i n u s ,
J u l , I E - M r & Mrs,S.P.Ifute and F r a n k l i n P a r k e r a r r i v e
by B .3; M.S.S.Parker b r i n g s Mrs.E.P.Hute and
M o l l y by a u t o .
Jul,13-Hed a r r i v e s . Hot,
J u l . l ' i - S . P . H u t e b u i l t a m a i l box and a f f i x e d i t t o
p o s t n e a r boathouse f o r w a t e r d e l i v e r y o f
m a i l , Hed r e t u r n s t o F a r m i n g t o n ,
JuI,15-E,P.HutG a r r i v e s from C o n e o r d e P i r s t m a i l
r e c e i v e d by R.L.D, b o a t ,
Jul,16-I'oo oool tOi s'.irim,
J u l o l 7 - B r i t e and f a i r , /ent t o Bay and took Har3?y,
Helen and Eugene F , Hute from t r a i n . T h i s
week we have c l e a n e d out i e o house and made
i t i n t o a wood shed,painted t h r e e c h a i r s ,
r e p a i r e d and p a i n t e d pump,Franklin goes home,
Leon a r r i v e s ,
J U l o l S - A l l t h e Ilute f a m i l y t o g e t h e r , S t a n a n d I f e r r y
alimbod h J . l l a c r o s s t h e l a k e and p i c k e d
b l u e b e r r i e s . H a r r y Hutes went home.
Jul,19-S,P.Ifute l o r e f o r Concord,
JuJ.,20-Painted c l o t h e s post,I.Iade and p a i n t e d garbage
box and s t a n d ,
Jci3.,21-Picked b l u e b e r r i e s a c r o s s l a k e , i n p a s t u r e ,
Ju.l,E2-S,P.Hute r e t u r n s t o oamp,
Jul#2S-Broke camp,
Jal,2G-Mr & Mrs,S.S,Parker and G e r a l d O t i s ,
Jal.29-Picking blueberries.
Jul,S0-Vi3it Bay.
Jul.31-Quiet,
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Aug, 1-Leora O t i s and Leon Richardson a r r i v e ,
Aug, 8-S,S,Parlcer,Leon Richardson,Ernest Kirahall
and Raymond Moore i n camp,
Aug,21-Rev,Harry L o u d , S t e l l a Loud,Mr & Mrs S,S,Parker
and Leon Richardson,
Aug,22-Cloudy and v/amn,
Aug,23-Attend campmeeting,
Aug,24-Sntire p a r t y w i t h Mr Skinner and d a u ^ t e r
and O l i v e SavJiry go i n lona ( S k i n n e r s hoat)
to /olfhoro to c e l e h r a t i o n of 150th a n n i v e r s a r y
of the town,
Aug,25-E,D,Roberts,v/ife and daughter c a l l . Catch one
hass a t Red Rock,
Aug,2€-Leon catches seven hompout,
Aug,27-See hydroplane,
Aug,28-Q]aiet,
Aug,29-Ned and Minnie arrive,?/e c l o s e camp,
Oct,10-Rev,J.G.Haigh,S,S.Parker,Franklin
a t cottage.
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To look a f t e r the Mendota,
Mar,13-F.P.Pierce,Hed Parker,Leon Richardson,and
S,3,Parker a t eamp. I c e thawing.
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Mar,30-Ioe went out Maroh ^8th t h i s year.Leon
Richardson and S.S,"^arlcer i n camp,Find
r e a r of hoathouse four f e e t under water,
the two outside supports having heen
destroyed hy ice,Mendota had s l i d hack
through door and n e a r l y a l l of i t under
water,We gather a c c e s s o r i e s but are unable
to move boat,
Apr, 2-Engineer F.P.Pierce,Capt,Geo,lynch with h i s
steamer,Leon,Raymond Moore and S.S.Parker
to rescue of Mendota.Tov/ed i t around to the
beach.Propeller,shoe and anchor and t o o l s
lost.Otherwise boat i n good aMhpe,
Apr, 3-Haul Mendota i n l a n d a||d block i t up.
May
6-Mr & Mrs S.S.:^rker,Leon and F r a n k l i n at camp,
•faint rowboat. Creosote gypsys a t Doring
camp f o r I^Jr,Doring,
toy 15-S.S.Parker,Ned and Leon spend day.
May 30-Ito & Mrs.S.S.Parker,Mr & Mrs Ned Parker
Leon Richardson and Raymond Moore a t camp.
Jun,15-Mr
Mrs,S.S,Parker,Franklin and Leon a r r i v e
to rescue one s i d e of boathouse which had
f a l l e n into the v;ater,Blov7ing a ^ l e . C a n n o t
s t a y out i n rowboat,
Jan,24-Mr & M r s , S . S . % r k e r , F r a n k l i n and Leon i n camp
Jun,25-Painting and r e p a i r s ,
Jun,26-Hed and Minnie a r r i v e . P e a r c e s c a l l . Launch
the Mendota,
Jan,E7-Find p r o p e l l e r of Mendota, Return home,
J u l , 3-Mr & Mrs,S.S.Parker,Leon and Mrs. N e l l i e
Hayes,Leon c a t c h e s 12 hompout,2 t r o u t ,
J a l , 4-Ned Parker a r r i v e s . Hot,
J u l , 5-Cooler,Close camp,
J a l , 2 S - E l i z a Colbath of Los Angeles and Mr & Mrs
S.S.Parker and Leon Richardson
Jal,22-Quiet,
Jul,23-Hydroplane g i v e s us an e x h i b i t i o n ,
Jal,24-Mr & Mrs C.E.Home call,v/e r i d e to Wolfboro,
Jul,25-Hot,
Jal,26-QuiBt,
�' .
mzi
7iir727-pioic blaoicberries.Ned,Minnie and Capt,Sevan
and ¥/ife a r r i v e by a u t o ,
Ail,E8-Frank:lin J o i n s u s ,
JUl,29-Heavy t h u n d e r s t o r m s ,
Jal,30Mss f i s h i n g b u t no l u c l c .
|;til,31-Glose camp.
Aug.21-Molly Bute,Maude Hute and S t a n Hute a r r i v e ,
Aug,22-CouldnH s t a r t Mendota,Fire i n s t o v e f o r comfo
iiig,23-3.P.H. t o F , t o see h i s f a t h e r , B r o u g h t E r l e i e
E d g e r l y bade,also D o r i s and E l e a n o r , P u t up
s t a g i n g o n e a s t s i d e o f house and s t a r t e d t e a r ing o f f the s h i n g l e s .
.24-Bdgerly g i r l s went home.Franlclin a r r i v e s ,
S.P.H, l a i d t h r e e bundles o f s h i n g l e s ,
,25-Hed J o i n s u s ,
,26-Hed r e t n r n s home, Leon a r r i v e s ,
,27-Steamed c l a m s , S , P . H . and Leon b r i n g up 2500
s h i n g l e s from t h e B a y ,
, 2 8 - F r a n k l i n went home,
Jtag,29-Leon goes home,Ben Sanborn,R.K.Rogers w i t h
w i v e s v i s i t u s , P a i n t e d west w a l l o f k i t c h e n ,
Aug,30-Closed camp,
Oct, 7-Hed and M i n n i e and Sam and Mary P a r l c e r ,
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l y T . 4 - M r & Mrs S,S,Parlcer,Agnes Home,Arthur J e w e l l
C l a r e n c e J e w e l l and G e r a l d O t i s i n camp.
, 4-Mr & lira S.S. and Mr & lira, H.L. Parlcer,
Bought ne\ rov/boat o f L y n c h ,
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.2-Mr & Mrs Hed P a r k e r and F r a n l c l i n . G a l e b l o i v i n g .
|Jan.l3-Mr & Mrs S . 3 . P a r k e r a r r i v e . ; / e r e p a i r r u s t i c
f e n a e n e a r s t a i r s b u i l t by S.P.Bute i n J u l y
1902 and i n t a c t t i l l now.
|Jim.l4-Rainy.
1.15- Mr & Mrs S.S.'^arker depart.Hed and F r a n k l i n
shingled the k i t c h e n .
1.16- C l o s e oamp.
1.27- F r a n k l i n P a r k e r and John F.Dame i n eamp.
1.28- R a i n ;
1.29- To Bay.Heavy shower d e l a y i n g Mt.V/ashington.
iJun.SO-iass life,pgaret H i l l and George Haigh c a l l e d .
P l a y e d c o r n e t a n d Jews h a r p but they d i d not
hamonize,
i l , 1-To t h e B a y a g a i n , i ? a i n ,
2- Mr & iJIrs Hed P a r k e r , Mrs, E l m e r Knox, L o r en
H m m r d ^ d V i o l e t Howard a r r i v e d , L a t e r L e o ^
l^iiox,Elmer Knox and J e s s iOaox a r r i v e d ,
a , 3 - H a r r y , H e l e n , E u g e n e F , , C h a r l o t t e Hate and
Mrs,S,P.Bate,Mr & Mrs S.S.Parker and Leon
Richardson a r r i v e ,
4-A p l e a s a n t day,Lake h i g h e r than any y e a r
s i n c e 1857,
'Jal, 5-Cloudy, A l l hands a t work,
i J a l , 6-^Aary P a r k e r and H e l l i e Hate p a i n t t h e b o a t ,
7-Close oaiiip,
:,20-Mr c% Mrs,S,S,Parker,Mr C". I;Ir3,Hed P a r k e r and
F r a n k l i n , V f o r k on f o u n d a t i o n s f o r g a r a g e ,
|fol.21-All busy,
.,22-Return home,
a,29-Mr & Mrs S.S,Parker,!.iEr & Mrs A r t h u r J e w e l l
and t h e s m a l l J e v / e l l s ,
.,3a-rir & I^Irs Hed P a r k e r , i l r
Mrs C,'^,Floyd
and c h i l d r e n , F r a n k l i n , L e o n , G e r a l d O t i s a n d
Alex Katcsky v i s i t u s ,
3- Mr & J I r s S , S , P a r k e r , H e l l i e Hute,Molly Hute,
and Hed P a r k e r a r r i v e , S t a r t work on garage
v ; i t h Erasmus E l l i s , B o s s C a r p e n t e r ,
4<-Molly p a i n t s t h e f e n c e ,
5- F r a n k l i n a n d M o l l y s h i n g l e garage,Mary p a i n t s
i t and t h e work i s done.
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Aug. 6- Leon,Alex K a t o s l s y , G e r a l d O t i s and L e o r a
O t i s j o i n us.Harry,Helen,Eu^eneF. and
C h a r l o t t e B a t e v i s i t us d u r i n g t h e day.
A|Eg. 7 - R a i n .
Aug. 8 - S h i n g l i n g and p a i n t i n g g a r a g e . A l l a t work.
Aug. 9-Mr & Mrs Bed P a r k e r d e p a r t . R e s t o f p a r t y
l e a v e l a t e r c l o s i n g eamp.
Aug.20-Hed,Minnie and F r a n k l i n P a r k e r a r r i v e and
s t a y a v/eek.
Sep. 2-Mr & Mrs.S.S.Parker,Leon and A l e x K a t o s k y .
Sep. 3-Mrs A l b e r t O t i s and Mr & airs D o r i n g c a l l .
Sep. 4 - C a l l on Mrs B u t l e r a t Loon Cove.At Sandy
Bay measure l o t s f o r Mr A l l e n and F r a n k
Lougee.Paint a n d s t a i n garage,
Oct, 1-Mr & Mrs C,W,Floyd,Madeline,Charlotte
and C a r o l i n e Floyd,Mr & Mrs Bed P a r k e r ,
Oot,20-S,S,Parker,Franklin,Leon,and Hed P a r k e r
c l o s e up eamp f o r t h e w i n t e r ,
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Jifay 20-Mr & llrs S.S.Parker,Leon R i c h a r d s o n ,
Mrs.Rohama Hayes.Lake low.Ten f e e t o f beach
from f f i o t of s t a i r s . F r e d Pearce d i n e s w i t h \
May 29-Mr & airs l e d Parker,Mr & Mrs S . S . P a r k e r ,
Leon R i e h a r d s o n . A l l e n F o l e y and F r a n l c l i n
P a r k e r . Cool w i t h s l i g h t f r o s t .
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f a y 3 0 - P a i n t boats,!,irs.Aiinie Korwood and Miss Ann
HoKTOod v i s i t u s .
May S i - l e d aad Sam f i n i s h new l e n g t h o f f e n c e .
C l o s e oamp,
Jun,20-Mrs.lorwood,Er's,led P a r l c e r , F r a n k l i n and
J.F.Dame,
J u n ^ E l - S t a n Ilute,M8.,\jde l n t e , M o l l y l u t e , M r s E.P,
m i t e , l e d Parlcer,Mr & Mrs S . S . l ^ r l c e r and
Leon aiGhardson. Leon and Hed r e t u r n t o F ,
F o r s e t f i r e s ap the l a k e ,
Jun,22Jim,23-FrtmlLLin c a l l s on u s , S t a n p a i n t s f e n c e .
See f i v e young d u c k s ,
Jun,24-Harry,Helen,G-ene and C h a r l o t t e a r r i v e w i t h
l o a d of food i n c l u d i n g clams.Sam P a r k e r s
and Hed P a r k e r s d e p a r t ,
Jun,25-Breezy,
Jun,26-Harry Hates l e a v e . S t a n s p r e a d g a l l o n of
r a r e o l d r a i l r o a d r e d p a i n t which S.S.P.
dug up and d e c l a r e d t o he 20 y r s e l d .
P a i n t e d hoth s t a i r s , p i a z z a on e a s t and n o r t h
and g r e e n f o r the pump,Both chipmunk and
r e d s q u i r r e l s came t o s t e p s f o r f o o d ,
Jan,27-Break camp,
J u l , 3-Mrs, S.S,Parker,Mrs.Hed P a r k e r , L e o n
Riehardson,Ruhama Hayes and F r a n k l i n Parker.
J u l , 4-S.S.Parker and l e d a r r i v e .
J u l , 5 - F l o y d f a m i l y c a l l . A n d Mr Savarjr,
J u l , 8-The Hed P a r k e r s and F l o y d f a m i l y . A . 3 . C a r t e r s
call,Rode to G i l f o r d i n Floyd's ear,
J i l l , 9 - C a l l e d a t C a r t e r s and t h e y dined w i t h u s ,
A p a r t y o f e l e v e n aro\md the t a b l e ,
J u l . 1 0 - F r a n k l i n p a i n t e d the r a i l g r e e n , P i c n i c a t
the C a r t e r s .
J u l , 11-71 i n d y ,
J u l . l S - T ^ v c deer seen n e a r P e r k i n s barn,Ride around
l a k e i n F l o y d auto v i s i t i n g Sunset H i l l
n e a r Thomas P l a n t e s t a t e .
iug.
5-4Ir & JIrs Hed Parker,Mr & Mrs S.S.Parker
L e o n , I ^ o r a dnd G e r a l d O t i s , A l e x Xatosky
and W i l l i a m Hayes,
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1923
6-Freaiicliii Parlcer and G e r a l d O t i s J o i n u s .
Mrs i S l s i e H u n t r e s s v/ith u s .
Aug. 7-v/ork on stone w a l l on beach.
Aug. 8-Pranjcliri aad Ger&ld go horae.
i u g . 9-Mr & Mrs S.H.ICelly,Laura Loclce and H e l l i e
Hayss c a l l .
A u g . l O - Y i s i t Sandy B a y . S e t out s p r u c e and s t r i p e d
raaple on our l o t ,
A u g . l l - V i s i t e d E i r e h I^mding.Worked on v m l l ,
iUig.lS-Broak eamp,
Aug,23-C,v/.Ployd and f e j a i l y and Mr Sa Mrs Hed P a r k e r
spend t h e day,
Sep, 7-Mr & Mrs S.S.Parker,Mrs.Ifery T i b b e t t s , L e o n
E i c h a r d s o n and A l o x i C a t o s k y . S e l l Mendota,
0©t,ll-led,Fr£mklin and S.S.Parker and Leon v i s i t
Qimrp aiid put b o a t s away. Lake v e r y lov/,
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Jon,22-Mr <& Mrs Hed Parker,Mr ft Mrs George L . P e r k i n s
Mr & Mrs M e l v i n E a r l e J r . and daughter,
Jan,25-Mr & Mrs S.S.Iferker,Mr & Mrs Hed P a r k e r ,
and H a r r y I l u t e . P a i n t boat,Set out mountain
a s h g i v e n by Mr G e r r i s h ,
J u l , 3-?Ir & Mrs S.S.Parker,Mr & ?lrs,!fed P a r i e r and
F r a n I c l i r i , L a k e low , t h e r e b e i n g f o u r o r f i v e
feet, o f beach a t f o o t o f s t a i r s .
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HT," 4-i:i0d oovery p i a z z a r o o f v/iljL p a r o i d r o o f i n g ,
J a l , b-Hed goes home,Franklin cUid S.S,P. p a i n t ,
J u l , S-Ued rstui'na t o earap, V i s i t Saaclir B a y , F l o y d
f a m i l y , L e o n and Alerc c a l l . Close camp,
J u l , 7 - l l r s 3.P.Ilute and S t a n and l^aude a r r i v e , No
p a t t e r n s i n t h e guard hoiiee. S k i n n e r s a r r i v e
f o r season and f i n d dead duck under the bed,
Jul, 3-ouiot,
fcl. 9-nobody d i d n o t h i n g ,
Jul,10-ScrGened f r o n t door,lied a r r i v e d ,
J u l . l l - N e d goes homu,
J a l , 1 2 - H a r r y Iluto and f i i m i l y b a n d H o l l y Ilute f t r r i v e .
Also S.S.Parker.
J u l , 1 3 - Y e s t o r d a y ' s gueats d e p a r t i n r a i n ,
Jtil,l<'»Flre i n t h e s t o v e was c o n f o r t ! i b l e ,
Jul,15-Plugged l e a k s i n b o a t , P a i n t e d i n s i d e o f same,
J u l , i f . - B r o k s sarap,
Jul,18-Med P a r k e r and S,P.Hute a t camp f o r a sweater
and a swim,
Jul.E7-Hed P a r k e r and w i f e , S . S . P a r k e r and w i f e ,
J u l , 2 8 - P i c k 3 Ciuarts o f r a s b e r i i e s on n o r t h s h o r e ,
J u l . 2 9 - / o r k around camp,
Jul,39-C>uiet,
Jal,31-Cooler,
Aug, 1-Rev,a,D.Disbrow c a l l s .
Aug, 2-Hed goes t o town.
Aug, 3-Agnes I l o r n e , L e o r a O t i s , C l a r e n c e J e w e l l and
l e o r a J e v / o l l -with F r a n k l i n P a r k e r spend d a y ,
Aug, 4-Cloae camp,
Aug,27-J.F.Dame and F r a n k l i n P a r s e r , R o b e r t
and A l e x Katoslcjr c a l l on u s ,
Aug,28-Visited '7hitehouse c o t t a g e ,
Bennett
Oct, 5-Mr & Mrs S.S.Parker and Mr & lUra Ned P a r k e r
Leore. Otis,£iKsidtbsLeon and A l e x v i s i t cam_ ,
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JlmZ a - Mr & Mrs S.S.Parlcer,Rev.p.H.Reissig,Leon
aaci. A l e x T i a i t Ciimp.
j t e l l , 3-Mr & Mrs S . S . P a r k e r , M o l l y
Ruiia,ma Hayes i n oamp,
Jujk, 4-QuiGt F o u r t h ,
J u l , 5-.7a r e t u r n home,
Nute,Leon R i c h a r d s o n
Jul,l'7-Poi'ce P j i r k e r ano. A d r l n n Cooper o f C a l i f o r n i a
x ^ r a n k l i n and S . S , P a r k e r , P e r c e and A d r i a n p i t c h
t e n t and s l e e p i n i t ,
J u l , 1 0 - R e p a i r i n g b r i d g e near S a l a r y ' s ,
J a l , 1 9 - l i 3 i t j3as& shore f o r m s p b e r r i e s and b l u e b e r r i e s
F r e d Poarce and Mrs Pea; c e v i s i t u a ,
J a l , 3 0 - f i l r & Mrs'Stan Nute,MrB a,P.Nute and H a r r y a r r i v e
J t i l . P . l - P e r o e , A d r i a n a n d Ned P a r k e r t a k e t r i p on Mount,
J u l , 3 2 - H a i n y and o o o l ,
J u l , 2 3 - T o Farming-ton and ^acfc,
J a l , 2 4 - S . 3 , , N 3 d L,Perce F . P a r k e r w i t h A d r i a n Cooper
and S.P.Nute climbed S t a r i g h t Back and p i c k e d
t h i r t y quarts of f i n e b l u e b e r r i e s ,
JftLl,25-Maude cana 17 p i n t s o f b e r r i e s t o t a k e t o D e t r o i '
A d r i a n and M o l l y go t o Bay w i t h O l i v e S a v a r y ,
J u l , 2 6 - R a i n , H a r r y Nut3 w i t h G-ene a n d C h a r l o t t e a r r i v e d ,
Fr4iL P e a r c e c a l l e d w i t h Horn Deaf born P.M. a t
Dover and ffm.Roberts o f R o l l i n s f o r d . M o l l y and
Stan cleaned barn of r u b b i s h ,
3WL,27-Ralki, IvIra,31izabGth Drew a r r i v e d i n e v e n i n g ,
Jul,20-Mr&,Drew r e t u r n e d home, Mr <?; Mrs S.S.Parker
arrived,
J u l , 2 9 - S . S . and P e r c e P a r k e r , A d r i a n Cooper and S.P.Nute
c l i m b e d Ht.Mr.Jor and p i c k e d 28 q u a r t s o f b e r r i e s
FoLlDwing them Maude ar^d M o l l y v/ith H e l e n Nute
and h e r two s i s t e r s and M i s s J^iavls v/ent up
S t r a i g h t Back and p i c k e d about 50 q u a r t s . I n
e v e n i n g Maude canned 12 q u a r t s f o r Perce and
and f i n i s h e d 24 p i n t s f o r h e r s e l f , .
Jul,30-Mr & Mrs S.P.Nate and Mrs E.P.Nute q u i t camp.
Jul,31-Moll5',Perce,S.S.-i-'arker and A d r i a n a g a i n c l i m b
Mt.Major and p i c k 30 q u a r t s ,
Aug, 1-A.R.Beck and w i f e o f Roxbury stop w i t h u s ,
Aug, 2-I.eon a n d A l e x v i s i t u s ,
Aug, 3-Clohe camp except t h a t A d r i a n s t a y s t o work
for
Mr,Skinner,
Sep. 5-Mr &Mi's,S.S,Parker,Nellie
Leon a t camp,
Nute and M o l l y and
Sept-S.P.Nute o f D e t r o i t p u r c h a s e s i n t e r e s t o f Ned
3?arker i n t h i s p r o p e r t y .
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5 ^ . 1 5 - H a r r y J h i t e ^ S t a n Nute and Gene a r r i v e d b r i n g i n g s t o v e and o t h e r f u r n i t u r e , T h e n r e t u r n e d .
, ^ . 1 7 - l f l r & Mrs S.P.lJute i n camp,Snow a t Rochester
Ny y e s t e r f l ^ r and two d i e d o f c o l d a t C l e v e l a n d , F r o s t a t Farmington June 1 6 t h ,
Jtoi,18-Cool,Lock camp so Maude c a n be i n F , tomorrow
and S t a n goes deep s e a f i s h i n g ,
Jun,£8-Mr 6 I ^ s S.P,m^te,l'Irs,K.P.Nute and M o l l y ,
i l r r i v e i n e v e n i n g , S t a n w i t h H a r r y and t e n
o t h e r s went f i s h i n g o f f Y o r k H a r b o r . P a r t y
caught 284 f i s h w e i g h i n g above 1600 pounds,
S , P , I I , and H a r r y caught 34 f i s h v/eighing 114 l b
Jan,20-Molly l e a v e s , Mr & Mrs S.S,Parker a r r i v e , C o o l ,
Jun,21J o n , 2 2 - V a r i o u s r e p a i r s raade, Molly r e t u r n s t o camp,
Jan,23-l;Irs Drew and Gene a r r i v e , S t a n b u i l d s forms f o r
concrete r e t a i n i n g w a l l .
Jun,24-Harry Nute and C h a r l o t t e a r r i v e . H a r r y and S t a n
completed c o n c r e t e w a l l . Saw p a i r o f l o o n s ,
Mr & Mrs S , S , P a r k e r , H a r r y and C h i l d r e n l e a v e ,
Jan,£5-Took Mrs Drew t o Bay f o r h e r r e t u r n home,
Jun,26-To F , and back w i t h M o l l y ,
J u n , 2 7 - S t a n made cement s t e p on s i d e o f h i l l and
painted part of r u s t i c fence,
Jun,28-Stan,Molly,Maude and Mother Hute d r i v e t o
?/olfboro,03sipee,Union,Milton a^d F a r m i n g t o n
and back t o camp,
Jun,29-Harry and Helen l e f t c h i l d r e n w i t h u s and
t a k i n g Nash drove t o I f a n c h e s t e r w i t h H e l l i e
\?lllson,Mr3,V/adleigh and Mrs,Shapleigh,Harry
and Helen r e t u r n e d t o camp a t 9PM
Jun,30-The Harry.^Butes r e t u r n home,
J u l , l - P a i n t i n g and r e p a i r w o r l : , E a r l i n e E d g e r l y a r r i v e s
J u l , 2 - A d j o i n i n g c o t t a g e s w i r e d f o r e l e c t r i c i t y ?;hich
has j u s t been t u r n e d on. C l o s e eamp,
•
Jul,
H a r r y Hute and f a m i l y and Wadleigh s i s t e r s
occupy camp f o r unnamed p e r i o d ,
J u l , 2 1 - S t e l l a Loud and Mr & Jirs
S.S.Parker i n camp.
J U l , 2 2 - S t e 11a's b i r t h d a y . Hot w i t h w i n d and re.in,
J u l , 2 3 - F r a n k l i n , J o h n Dame and F l o y d g i r l c a l l ,
Jal,24-^/ork on Gulch r o a d ,
J u l , 2 5 - M o l l y Hute j o i n s u s ,
Jul,26-lvlary P a r k e r ' s b i r t h d a y . F i n e day,
J u l , 2 7 - A r t h u r J e w e l l j o i n s u s t o work on s t a i r s . M e l l i e
Sanders c a l l s ,
J u l , 2 8 - J e w e l l and P a r k e r v;ork a l l day on s t f t i r s ,
J a l , 2 9 - H e l l i e Sanders l e a v e s . S t a i r s completed,
J u l , 3 0 - T e r r i f i e storm l a s t n i g h t r o c k e d t h e c o t t a g e ,
J u l , 3 1 - J e v / e l l goes home, F r e d T h a y e r and p a r t y p i c k
18 q u a r t s o f b e r r i e s on Mt,Majol?,
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2 6
1926
5« l-¥laiBi and f a i r . We move out and c l o s e camp,
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^r,20-S,S,Parker,Hed P a r k e r and He.rry Hute,12 f e e t
o f beacli from f o o t of s t a i r s .
14-Mr "z l i r a , S.S,Par k e r , M o l l y I l u t e , G e r a l d O t i s
"
and C h a r l o t t e H a t e ,
fey 15-Cool and rainy,7/e r e t u r n home,
lay 28-Leon R i c h a r d s o n , R i c h a r d M i l l e r , I i r & , S t a r r e t t ,
R i c h a r d J r , , H a r v e y and George M i l l e r ,
lay 29-C4aiGt,
lay 3 0 - P a r t y l e a v e f o r l y n n ,
f a l , 1-Mr&
M r s , S . S , P a r k e r and Gene Hute,See many
s q u i r r e l s , h o t h r e d and chipmunks,
l a l , 2-Mr & i i r s . H a r r y Hute w i t h C h a r l o t t e and Rhoda
ji
Have f i n e v i e w o f hoat r a c e s a s t h e y t u r n e d
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a t huoy n e a r our p o i n t ,
JUl, 3-Ed and I r v i n g J e h s t e r and George P i k e c a l l ,
JUl, 4 - ? e r y c o l d ¥/ith h i g h w i n d p r e v e n t e d b o a t i n g
I
and c e l e b r a t i o n s ,
r a l . 7 •Mr & Mrs.S,P,Hate r e a c h camp i n e V e n i n g , R a i n ,
J u l . 8 • F a i r and c o o l ,
M l . 9 •Molly Hate a r r i v e s i n e v e n i n g .
J a l . l O - D o r i s E d g e r l y c a l l s a l s o F r a n k Copp and Mr &
Mrs.ClementS.Harry Hate and f a m i l y and Mother
B i t e spend the day w i t h u s . S ^ r l i n e and Leon
I^lmer c a l l .
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2?
1927
J u l ' . l l - F i n e and warm,Water splendid,Had 3 chipiminlcs
g a t h e r i n g doughnuts,Stan made cement s t e p f o r
porch s t a i r s ,
•
J u l , i 2 - H o t . D r o v e t o F , and l e f t M o l l y and Mother,
S t a n and Maude r e t u r n e d a l o n e ,
J u l , 13-Ho t , S eve r e thunder showe r •
J u l , i 4 - n o t , S h o w e r s , The H a r r y Ifutes drove up i n t h e
e v e n i n g b r i n g i n g w i r e announcing death i n
I
D e t r o i t o f W,J,Reineke,partner of SPH.
b a l , 1 5 - S u l t r y and damp. Worked on r o o f of b a m «
RUl,16-Vory h o t , Showers.Molly i n oamp,
Jul,17-Hot and showers a g a i n ,
J u l , 1 8 - C l o a r warm day,
Jul,19-StgJi f i n i s h e d * a s t roof of barn,
Jul,20-Mr & Mrs,S,S,Parker a r r i v e , S t a n and La.ude t o F,
Jal,21-Mr & Mrs Hamlin and c h i l d r e n and Mrs,Chandler
spend day v/ith u s ,
J u l , 22-S t a n Uute, C h a r l o t t e V/adleigh,Miss D a v i s and
S . S , P a r k e r went b e r r y i n g on S t r a i g h t b a o k and
s e c u r e d 55 t o 60 q u a r t s o f b l u e b e r r i e s ,
•
Julo23-Fog and r a i n ,
J u l , 2 4 - ? i s i t Fred Pearce,
J u l , 2 5 - R e p a i r v;ork,
J u l , 2 6 - C h a r l o t t e Wadleigh,Joe Wadleigh and M o l l y l u t e
J o i n our p a r t y .
J u l . 2 7 - l t r s . F r a n c i s V/adleigh J o i n s u s .
J u l . 2 8 - C l o s e camp.
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2 8
J u n , 16-Harry and M o l l y Hate xvith Gene and U n c l e Sam
and Aunt Mary v i s i t camp f o r second time t h i s
s e a s o n , l a k e h i g h vm h i n g o v e r l o w e s t p a r t of
our w h a r f . P a i n t b o a t .
J a l , 3-The H a r r y Hutes and M o l l y w i t h Mr & Mrs
Parker.Mosquitoes t e r r i b l e .
S.S
�19
2 8
4-F r a n ] c \ i n P a r k e r , G e r a l d O t i s , A l l e n Twombly,
and O l i v e S a v a r y c a l l on us.The H a r r y Ifutes and
M o l l y r e t u r n home. The S . S . P a r k e r s st^.y t o
f i g h t mosquitoes.
5- 03.0se oamp*
4-Mr &. M r s . S . S . P a r k e r and Gene Ilute i n camp.
5-Harry,Helen,lihoda and M o l l y Hute a r r i v e .
6-BreaJc camp.
1 - Mr & Mrs.S.S.Parker,Miss V i r g i n i a Harmon and
Clarence J e w e l l .
2-B l u e b e r r i e s a n d b l a c k b e r r i e s .
3- P;; i n t s t a i r s and make g e n e r a l r e p a i r s .
4-More r e p a i r work.
5-A f t e r b l a c k b e r r i e s on o p p o s i t e s h o r e .
Aug.16-Return home.
Sep. 5-Maude and S t a n Hute open camp.
Sep. 6-To F . f o r steamed clam supper.
Sep. T-'-Mrs
S k i n n e r and daughter c a l l e d , Maude f e d
chipmunks r e p e a t e d l y from h e r hand.Saw f i v e
ducks c l o s e i n s h o r e .
Sep, 8-Mr & Mrs Leon Palmer c a l l e d . M o l l y i s brought
up from F .
Sep, 9-Harry Hute and f a m i l y and E t h e l C h i l d spend
day w i t h u s ,
Sep,10-SPH b u i l d s t h r e e cement s t e p s ,
Sep,ll-y/ent t o Gilmanton t o v i s i t E a r l i n e Palmer,
u n c r a t e d and s e t up l i b r a r y t a b l e ,
Sep,12-Fed g r a y s q u i r r e l on f r o n t porch,He h a s wounded
f r o n t leg,Chipmunks a l l t h i t j u g h t h e house and
t a k e peanuts from our l a p , 8 s h e l l e d n u t s a r e
normal load.Have f e d drj l b s , o f n u t s t o C h i p ,
C l o s e camp,
Oct, 4-Harry Hute and Mr & Mrs S . S , P a r k e r t o eamp
to p u t up boat and make snug f o r w i n t e r .
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�19
2 9
1929
Maj "30-Mr Si Mrs S.S.Parlcer .Molly Hate and Gene
H u t e . l ^ e h i g h e r than usual.Vlhaitf somewhat
damage4.6ene and Sam p a i n t boat £md i n s t a l l
the pump.
Jun,13-Mr & Mrs Harrjr lu.te,lihoda and Mr & Mrs
S.S.Parlcer v i s t t oamp and p u t boat i n w a t e r .
J u n , 25-Harr^T,Helen,Gene ( C h a r l o t t e ,Rhoda ®ite
S i e l c i e and Mr & Mrs S,S.Parlcer r e p a i r w h a r f
and r o o f on shed.
Jul.16-Mr & Mrs S . S . P a r k e r , V i r g i n i a Haa^oiRaal.
C l a r e n c e J e w e l l i n camp,
Jal,16«Fair and wam.
J a l , l ? - R e p a l r work,
J a l . l a - T i s i t B±mh
Laming.
J r t i , i 9 - C i f m d y and o o o l ,
J u l . 2 0 - C l o s e camp,
J a l » E 2 - ^ & Mrs S.P.Kate open oarap.VVaim.
J a l . 2 3 - H o t , Hed P a r k e r and Harrjr Hute and familyv i s i t l i s f o r a swim,
J u l , 2 4 - E l e a n o r E d g e r l y and two g i r l f r i e n d s c a l l ,
Jul,25-MrS.Drew w i t h t h r e e l a d i e s c a l l , H e d ctnd
H a r r y come up f o r t h e a f t e r n o o n . C a l l on
the Savarys.
J a l . 2 6 - P i n e . Maude anci S t a n made t r i p around t h e
l a k e on t h e Mt,Washington.
Jui,27-Hot,'JPo P, r e t u r n i n g w i t h Helen,Molly,Rlioda,
and Charlotte,Gene and H a r r y i n F o r d brought
l a r g e c r o c k f o r pump,
J u l , 2 8 - H o t , H a r r y and S t a n i n s t a l l orook about pump.
A l l i n swimming,Severe shower w i t h wind i n
the H i compelled Mt.vfashington t o swing i n t o
Loon Cove f o r s h e l t e r . H a r r y Hutes and M o l l y
r e t u r n home.
J u l . 2 9 - E a r l i n e Palmer and baby w i t h u s a l l day.
B u i l t a n o t h e r cement s t e p , P a i n t e d p a r t o f
r u s t i c fence,
Jul,30-!!!o F , and brought M r s , C h a r l e s C h i l d , S t h e l
and lames C h i l d , S t a n , J a m e s , G e r t r u d e ejid
L o u i s e and E d i t h Decker and Edna M i l l e r
went up Mt,M8,Jor f o r b e r r i e s , M e t Rev,
Disbrow on mountain,Took C h i l d f a m i l y back
to F ,
J u l , 3 1 - l e d P a r k e r saystwo o l d s e t t e e s a t camp came
from o l C Farmington s c h o o l w h i c h was moved
away when p r e s e n t H.S, was b u i l t i n 1875,
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2 9
1929
TaXTSl-ReT.Blsljpow and ^ r t y c a l l e d and went
swimratng.
Fine and warm,
Aug, l-Bare f e d two chipraonks d a i l y . We c l o s e
csaap and r e t u r n to F a m i n g t o n ,
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A typed copy of the seventy-four page Ned Parker Pine Bluff Cottage register booklet, typed at the hand of Ned Parker. The register covers a period of 1893 -1930. Included are photos and comments that may not have been in the original record.
The register contains weather notations, musing on local happenings, details of visits from locals and people from afar, building updates and repairs, remembrances of celebrations, and accounts of day to day tasks and meals. It reads as a who is who of the Farmington, NH community during the four decades it covers.
The cottage was in Alton Bay, Lake Winnipesaukee formerly owned by S.S. Parker of Farmington and S.P. Nute
Please note the first file is a photo of the cover, the second is an encapsulated Zip file with an EXE that will open an interactive flip book of the yearbook upon download, and the last file is a PDF version. The best version to view is the EXE Flipbook of the yearbook, but you will need to download, unzip, and execute the flip-book file.
Size: 7"x 9.75"
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Circa 1893 -1930
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Officers
F R A N K R. C O P P
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E D W I N H. THOMAS -
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PRESIDENT
-VICE-PRESIDENT
FREDERICK CLEMENTS
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- CASHIER
Birectors
FREDERICK CLEMENTS
FRANK R . COPP
HAROLD A . CRANE
RALPH P. HERBERT
ORIN N . HUSSEY
EDWIN H . THOMAS
Assistent to Cashier
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IRVING T . YOULAND
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F A R M I N G T O N N A T I O N A L B A N K is
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some time previous to January i , 1 8 5 5 , such records
as are available not giving us the exact date. O v e r
three-quarters of a century have elapsed since that time and
volumes might be written on the changes w h i c h have taken
place in the T o w n and also in methods of banking.
W e find that back in A p r i l and M a y o f the year 1 8 7 2 ,
C i t i z e n s ' Meetings were held to give consideration to the
organizing of a National B a n k . A s a result of these meetings, G . W . H e r r i n g and Charles W . T h u r s t o n proceeded
to Washington for the purpose of obtaining permission to
organize, and this authority was given under date of M a y
15, 1872.
U n d e r date of June 3 , 1 8 7 2 , Articles o f
Association were adopted, and a Board of nine Directors
elected.
T h e following men were elected to the B o a r d :
G . W . H e r r i n g , John H . Barker, A l o n z o N u t e , Charles
T a l p e y . J . F . C l o u t m a n , H . B . Edgerly, C . W . Thurston,
M a r t i n L . H a y e s and E d w i n W a l l a c e . T h e Directors then
chose the following officers: G . W . H e r r i n g , President, J . F .
C l o u t m a n , Vice-President, and T h o m a s F . C o o k e , Cashier.
T h e certificate of organization was s w o r n to before
D a n i e l W . E d g e r l y , Notary P u b l i c , under date o f J u l y i 9 ,
1 8 7 2 , and sent to Washington upon receipt of w h i c h a
Charter was granted by Honorable John J a y K n o x , C o m p troller of the C u r r e n c y , under date of J u l y 2 7 ,
1872.
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T h e following officers served from July, 1872
Additional Directors Elected at Last Annual Meeting
January 8, 1929
JOSEPH L . MCLAUGHLIN
NATT F . EGBERTS
FRANCIS
NED L . PARKER
J . MOONEY
JOHN B. EHINBS
GEORGE E . EMERSON
CARL
FRED W .
S . THOMAS
BROWNE
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President
Cashie
G . W . Herring
J . F . Cloutman
J . H . Barker
F . E . Edgerly
D . E . Edgerly
F . R . Copp
Thos. F . Cooke
J . B . Edgerly
Jas. B . Edgerly
Frederick Clements
1872
1877
1884
1907
1926
1928
1872
1879
1880
1914
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January, 1928.
1877
1884
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1926
1928
1879
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1914
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I n the following pages w e w i l l outline briefly the
various departments o f the institution.
y
I n presenting you w i t h this little booklet; it is our
y
desire to bring to your attention the facilities w h i c h w e n o w
y
have available for the handling o f your business.
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I t is our aim to meet the needs o f the community
w h i c h w e serve and i n order that w e might render better
service than has been possible in the past w e have equipped
this building w i t h all that goes toward the safeguarding o f
your interests.
W e believe i n the future o f Farmington.
W e believe in its industries and i n its citizens and so far as
is possible w e desire to be o f assistance in making this community a better place to live i n i n the years to come.
W e want you to feel that this Bank is more than is
represented by bricks and mortar and by its steel vault
doors and polished w o o d w o r k .
W e want you to feel that
within this institution are men and women w h o are here
for the purpose o f serving you and that it is your privilege
to consult w i t h its officers at any time.
COMMERCIAL DEPAETMENT
H a v e you ever considered the advantages o f a checking account.? I n this department are handled all accounts
of corporations and individuals who have formed the practice o f making all payments by check.
O n the first o f
every month your bills come i n from the grocer, plumber,
doctor and tax collector.
I f you have a fair balance in
the form o f a checking-account, h o w easy it is to write
out your check in payment of the b i l l . Furthermore w i t h
the return o f your check properly indorsed, you have
the acknowledgment o f the indorser that such an amount has been paid by y o u . A cancelled check is an
excellent receipt.
I f you live out-of-town and in a c o m .
munity w h i c h is not served by a banking institution, w e
invite you to open an account and do your banking by
mail. M a n y o f our customers find it inconvenient to come
to the Bank during banking hours, but the mailing o f their
deposit brings a prompt acknowledgment from us and
w i t h the allowing o f time for the collection o f funds, they
are then in a position to draw against the deposit.
E v e r y facility that modern banking methods can give
is n o w at your command.
I f you have been doing your
business here in the past, w e feel very sure that you w i l l
greatly appreciate the n e w quarters and the accomodations
n o w provided.
I f your banking business has been carried
on elsewhere, w e invite you to discuss w i t h our oflicers
the advantages o f a connection w i t h this institution.
SAFE DEPOSIT DEPAETMENT
H o w many o f you realize the advantages of a Safe
Deposit Box.? Into these boxes go your insurance papers,
bonds, certificates of stock and many other papers o f value,
the loss o f w h i c h w o u l d bring to you no end of inconvenience and trouble.
�V o u w i l l be appreciative of the private coupon-booths
w h i c h w e have provided for our safe-deposit box owners.
T h e renter o f a box is given t w o keys and no one
other than the renter (except as they m a y appoint a depu t y ) has access to the box.
O u r boxes rent from three dollars to seven dollars and
fifty cents per a n n u m .
W i t h the increasing demand for
this protection, w e have added one hundred boxes.
The
vault in w h i c h your box is kept is of modern construction
and is guarded by electrical devices w h i c h assure the
owner o f the m a x i m u m amount o f protection.
Saving is
accustomed to
we k n o w that
w a y in w h i c h
largely a matter of habit, and i f vou become
setting aside a certain part of your earnings,
yo u w i l l be most pleasantly surprised at the
your balance increases.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
O u r main vault has been considerably enlarged d u r i n g
the n e w construction and provides storage space for silverware and other valuable property at a very moderate charge.
T h r o u g h our connection w i t h the First N a t i o n a l Bank
of Boston, we are able to be o f assistance to our clients w h o
desire to send mone\ to relatives and friends in foreign
countries. I f you desire to make remittance to any of the
principal cities or towns in F r a n c e , G e r m a n y , I t a l y , S w e den or any other country, we cordially invite you to allow
us to make arrangements for y o u .
W i t h the opening o f our n e w quarters, w e take pleasure in announcing the opening o f a Savings Dep a rtment of
the National Bank.
O n e of the safest w a y s of carrying funds w h i l e travelling, is through T r a v e l l e r ' s Cheques.
W e can supply
these in denominations of $10,
$20, $ 5 0 , and $100.
at
a very small cost.
I f you are planning a trip abroad, w e
recommend that you allow us to secure a Letter of C r e d i t
to be used along w i t h your T r a v e l l e r ' s Cheques.
T h e advantages o f a Savings account are w e l l k n o w n
to many of our customers, but we w i s h at this time to recommend to any w h o are not i n the habit o f systematically
saving, that they set aside a small amount to be deposited
in the Savings Department.
A m i n i m u m deposit of O n e D o l l a r w i l l be accepted
in opening an account and a deposit book w i l l be issued
in your name. Deposits may be made w e e k l y or m o n t h l y ,
at such time as is most convenient for y o u , and the interest
on your balance w i l l be added to your book at least once
a year.
T h e s e matters can be handled on v e ry short notice,
and it w i l l be our pleasure to serve you at any time.
CHRISTMAS CLUB
T h e Christmas C l u b Plan is many years old in the
banking w o r l d , and w e are making our start this year as
w e go into our n e w home. Several accounts have alreadybeen opened under this p l a n , and we cordially invite y ou
to come in and talk it over.
�A small saving by a weekly deposit throughout the
year provides you w i t h a substantial lump sum for your
Christmas shopping, and very considerably eases the financial burden w h i c h falls on most of us at just this time of year.
W e believe that i f you once try the p l a n , you w i l l
be greatly pleased.
STOCKS AND BONDS
W e cordially invite you to make use of our facilities
for the execution o f your orders w h e n b u y i n g or selling
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HISTORICAL
NEW H A M P S H I R E
A
Issued
occasionally
by
P U B L I C A T I O N
the
N E W HAMPSHIRE
H I S T O R I C A L
SOCIETY
in the interest o f service to people w h o would broaden their knowledge
of N e w H a m p s h i r e ' s long and enduring history through an evergrowing understanding o f its collected books and papers and
its objects o f art and craftsmanship w h i c h are here preserved for safe-keeping, reference and inspiration.
October 1952
I N T H I S NUMBER:
" N e w Hampshire
Indians," by Robinson V . Smith.
Vol..
VIII
Remembers T h e
No. 2
�]VEW
H A M P S H I R E H I S T O R I C A L
C O I V C O R D ,
BMEW
S O C I E T Y
H A M P S H I R E
President
Huntley
N.
Spaulding.
Vice
Presidents
Louis
S.
Cox,
E l w i n L . Page. Secretary
Elmer M.
Hunt.
Treasurer
Dudley W . Orr.
Trustees
Huntley
N.
Spaulding,
Louis
S.
Cox, E l w i n
L.
Page,
Dudley
W . O r r , Foster
Stearns,
James
W . Jameson, Herbert W .
H i l l , Richard W . Sulloway, Archibald
M.
Peisch,
Harry
Merrill,
Robert W . U p t o n , L a u r e n c e F . W h i t temore, P h i l i p M . M a r s t o n , S h e r m a n
Adams,
William
G.
Saltonstall.
E L M E R MUNSON H U N T ,
Director
New Hampshire Remembers the Indians
BY
Member
Loo\ed
shire
at historically
have
ever
to see events
land
quite
religion
should
parts
of New
from
the Indians,
done
with
In
compiling
by
were
i6oo's
that
the
these
ijoo's.
woods,
fields,
It has been
Englanders,
as
out or ma\e
in some
New
Ossipees
the
and
permanent
of
the
fishing,
you
wish
fish
on these
and
It all.
right
some
Indians
and
shores
no other's.
There
guns
more
laid
But
fur
are
and
many
probably
and
here
cannot
more
we at least
deadly
way
wanted
The
in mapped
of these
squares
for
than
to stop
to roam
the
settlers
Indian
that
the
New
had
to
drive
Hamp-
time
and
they
that
receded
the
from.
Penacooks,
be
considered
have
of
as\ed
'aggression?
use for
both
our
out"
came
hunting
of
us
but
arrows,
so
we
you."
the countryside
Englishman
squares
have
on
roamed
might
an act
land
the
not "driven
tribes
is enough
in
from
ivho
originally
they
he
places
of the
advanced,
committing
deer-meat.
out his land
New
is true in New
of them
which
and
Penn's
however,
ingenious
in
a section
record
latter
Indians
return,
to this land,
have.
being
First
and
students
colonization
not
ta\en
is
Hampshire
here
were
coastwise
you
undoubtedly
game,
they
the
many
history
of the tribes
William
the
In
Your
The
in
many
of
"Are
as you
a general
a good
Pequaw\ets,
settlers,
contrive
The
of
the
as much
and
must
exception
in
and. Indians
Indians
them.
English
where
land-owners.
new
We have
As
and west
the
over
been
more
of times
by some
the
But
since
to research.
of New
memory
as occurred
Yorl{.
Hampshire.
With
with
just
in New
to the north
given
assumption
treaties
prevails
he has added
mountains.
cases,
of the Dutch
this
captures
found
over
churches
of Indian
weel^s
colonists
rivers
elsewhere,
shire
To
and
still
account
the
casual
induced
the Indians
French
has long
account
the
has then
Hamp-
been
did.
to perpetuate
the
them
of
he
in Neu/
that not much
many
between
numerous
and
at times
a chronological
in
that remain
jaith
concise
to the late
Indians,
names
French
has devoted
resulted
and
the land
the Indians
contests
affairs
and
The
Society
has usually
England
while
and
Smith
to give
there
events
a new
Mr.
reader
the settlers
be said
of it than
has endeavored
early
prevail.
and
of Indian
The
the New
it might
some
records
sense.
between
Hampshire
Hampshire,
which
jetv
between
SMITH
Hampshire Historical
made
as a quarrel
or a quarrel
which
ROBINSON V .
New
which
never
in
who
would
been
built
search
arrived
be
on
his
to
�HISTORICAL
2
N E W
HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL
N E W
HAMPSHIRE
.3
this day.
Was there room enough
for both the white
man and
the
Indian?
This is one of the questions
raised by this
article.
Another
is the question
of colonization.
The Indians
were
free
from the domination
of a European
civilization
they had never
known.
The white man was not free from it and has never quite been to this
day.
He was a colonizer,
forced to pay tribute ta his native land.
His
traditions
were brought
from another continent.
The Indian
knowing
no other native land than this one paid no such tribute either in money
or sentiment.
The white
man in 7776 broke
off his relations
with
Europe,
apparently
forever,
only to become forced to return to them as
now.
This provocative
account of the New Hampshire
Indians
raises
the question
as to whether
the natives were not, in fact, nearer to what
we call "freedom"
than the colonists then were, and have since
become.
The New Hampshire
Historical
Society Library
is rich in
Indian
lore which has been drawn upon extensively
by the writer of this
article.
No less than three hundred
and twenty books on the American
Indian
are available
for research,
devoted
to such topics as Indian
treaties,
captivities,
wars and other general
headings.
The entire subject
has
long since needed to be explored,
explained
and organized
as Mr.
Smith
has now attempted
to do.
That the predominant
"captive"
element
found
here is unique
in
American
histcrry is evident.
In no other state in the union has such a
motive
on the part of the Indian
appeared
to such an extent.
The
native Indian
does not appear to have sought
primarily
to
annihilate
the aggressor
or scalp him.
He desired to capture and sell him just as
he did a deer or beaver skin.
His customers,
the French,
wished
to
buy the English
colonists in order to absorb them into their own
settlement project and to convert them to their religion.
It was not
necessary
for the French to tell the Indians this.
There was a vastly larger
market
for captives than for scalps and they k^ew
it.
Only with the
which
might better
these raids to obtain
of New Hampshire's
and slaughter,
but
captives,
who were
ending
of the so-called
French
and Indian
War,
have been called the French
and English
war,
did
captives
subside.
With rare exception
the
history
first
two hundred
years is not one of
"massacre"
one of Indian
treaties,
trading
and the taking
of
ultimately
ransomed.
In their desire to capture the settlers alive and then sell them,
the
Indians,
however,
defeated their own purpose.
For the white man survived and brought
a civilization
in which the Indian
way of life
could
not survive.
The Indian
names of rivers, trails, mountains,
lakes,
and
towns remain,
with here and there an exhibit
or tivo preserving
the
noiu almost forgotten
Indian relics in our
museums.
EDITOR.
f
I ^ H i s year ( 1 9 5 2 ) m a r k s the a n n i v e r s a r y of G e n e r a l J o h n S t a r k ' s e x p l o r a I
tory visit to R u m n e y , N e w H a m p s h i r e , the point on the B a k e r R i v e r
\r w h e r e he w a s c a p t u r e d by the I n d i a n s a n d t a k e n to C a n a d a . I t is
a n u n u s u a l c o i n c i d e n c e , s e l d o m r e c o g n i z e d by h i s t o r i a n s , that the
B a k e r R i v e r is n a m e d for T h o m a s B a k e r , w h o w a s also c a p t u r e d forty years
e a r l i e r a n d l i k e w i s e t a k e n to C a n a d a .
J o h n S t a r k w a s r a n s o m e d soon after his c ap t u re , t h r o u g h the efforts of
C a p t a i n P h i n e h a s Stevens a n d M a j o r N a t h a n i e l W h e e l w r i g h t , g r a n d s o n of the
f o u n d e r of the t o w n of E x e t e r , both ambassadors to the F r e n c h g o v e r n m e n t of
C a n a d a sent to negotiate the e x c h a n g e of p r i s o n e r s .
T h u s is i n v o l v e d a series of i n t e r e s t i n g h i s t o r i c a l c oi n c i de n c e s, a l l r e l a t i n g to
the N e w H a m p s h i r e I n d i a n tribes a n d t h e i r n e i g h b o r s , to the efforts o n the part
of the colonies to become safe f r o m a t t a c k s , a n d to the w h o l e c o l o n i z a t i o n efiFort
of p r e - R e v o l u t i o n a r y days.
T h e first of these coincidences is as before stated, that T h o m a s B a k e r , J o h n
S t a r k a n d C a p t a i n Stevens h a d a l l been prisoners of the I n d i a n s . B a k e r not only
has a N e w H a m p s h i r e r i v e r b e a r i n g his n a m e , but received a g r a n t of l a n d , a
p a r t of w h i c h is n o w S a l i s b u r y , n a m e d B a k e r s t o w n i n his h o n o r .
O r i g i n a l l y a n a t i v e of N o r t h a m p t o n , Massachusetts, b o r n i n 1682, T h o m a s
B a k e r w a s t h i r t y years o l d w h e n he became a n " I n d i a n s c o u t " i n c o m m a n d of
a c o m p a n y of t h i r t y m e n o n a n e x p e d i t i o n agai n st the I n d i a n s i n the " N o r t h
C o u n t r y " u n d e r orders f r o m G o v e r n o r D u d l e y of Massachusetts.
H e undoubtedly received this a p p o i n t m e n t t h r o u g h h a v i n g been c a p t u r e d some ten years
e a r l i e r , a n experience w h i c h t a u g h t h i m I n d i a n modes a n d m e t h o d s . H i s other
i m p o r t a n t experience w a s his m e e t i n g i n C a n a d a , w h i l e a c a p t i v e , w i t h M a d a m e
C h r i s t i n e L e B e a u w h o , vi'hen three m o n t h s o l d , h a d been c a r r i e d there as C h r i s tine O t i s by the I n d i a n s .
�HISTORICAL
GENERAL
JOHN
STARK
was born
in Londonderry
1728.
When he made
his famous hunting trip and when captured
in 1752,
he was
ttnenty-fotir.
He served with Rogers's
Rangers
and
under
General
Amherst
at
Ticonderoga and Crown
Point.
John
Stark's
greatest
fame
was
achieved
at the Battle of
Bennington,
fought
largely on New
Yor/i soil at
Waloomstic.
There
he and his New
Hampshire
soldiers
intercepted
the
southern
march of Burgoyne's
army
and
defeated
it.
The occasion
was
said to be a turning
point in the
American
War of Independence.
Starli
was made a Brigadier
General.
He
was the author of New
Hampshire's
State Motto,
"Live
Free or
Die."
N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL
N E W HAMPSHIRE
5
shire H i s t o r i c a l Society's Collections,
T h u s C a p t a i n B a k e r became i n v o l v e d i n
one of the f e w r o m a n c e s g r o w i n g out of the
French and Indian W a r s . Christine L e B e a u
w a s the d a u g h t e r of R i c h a r d O t i s of D o v e r ,
and his w i f e M a r g a r e t W a r r e n . H e r father
had been k i l l e d a n d h i s house b u r n e d i n the
I n d i a n r a i d on D o v e r i n 1689, the r a i d w h i c h
w i t n e s s e d the s l a y i n g of M a j o r R i c h a r d W a l d r o n , one of the l e a d i n g figures i n the early
h i s t o r y of the c o l o n y .
II.
C . A l i c e B a k e r , i n her
New
England
this
Captives,
volume
True
has
Stories
also
of
described
affair.
Mr.
K e t c h u m is not c e r t a i n w h e t h e r
Cap-
t a i n B a k e r met h i s w i f e i n C a n a d a or
after
her r e t u r n to D o v e r , but he l e a r n e d that their
m a r r i a g e w a s a h a p p y one a n d that they h a d
six
children.
One
of
these,
Colonel
Otis
B a k e r , had a daughter, L y d i a , w h o married
Colonel A m o s
A r r i v i n g i n C a n a d a w i t h her m o t h e r , the
d a u g h t e r , C h r i s t i n e , h a d been b a p t i z e d i n the
F r e n c h C h u r c h a n d at s i x t e e n m a r r i e d to a
F r e n c h g e n t l e m a n , L e B e a u , w h o appears to
have d i e d soon after. T h u s she m i g h t legally
t a k e a d v a n t a g e of the p l a n for the e x c h a n g e
of prisoners a n d r e t u r n to D o v e r .
C o g s w e l l of D o v e r .
Another
L y d i a , b o r n of this m a r r i a g e , m a r r i e d P a u l
Wentworth
of
Sandwich
and
became
the
m o t h e r of the H o n o r a b l e J o h n ( " L o n g J o h n " )
W e n t w o r t h , first m a y o r of C h i c a g o .
Christine
Captain
T w o interested h i s t o r i a n s h a v e set d o w n
the events w h i c h o c c u r r e d i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h
the m a r r i a g e of M a d a m e L e B e a u to C a p t a i n
Baker.
One
was
the
Reverend
Silas
K e t c h u m , l o n g P r e s i d e n t of the N e w H a m p shire A n t i q u a r i a n Society, a n d a m e m b e r of
T h e N e w H a m p s h i r e H i s t o r i c a l Society to
w h i c h he left his l i b r a r y .
T h e Reverend
K e t c h u m ' s article appears i n the N e w H a m p -
Baker
Baker,
lived
her
to
be
husband,
Massachusetts
i n the l e g i s l a t u r e a n d d i e d i n
These
of
first
of
aged
town
the
representative
'753'
the
eighty-four.
was
Brookfield,
seventy-one.
were
not
the o n l y
captives.
The
I n d i a n h i s t o r y of N e w H a m p s h i r e i n fact is
m o r e a history of persons t a k e n to C a n a d a by
the I n d i a n s t h a n a history of battles or scalpings.
W h i l e other states w e r e the scenes of
e x c i t i n g battles
tured
in
with
books
and
the I n d i a n s , l o n g
legend
as
counters w i t h the n a t i v e s i n t h e i r f u l l
giving forth
INDIAN BORDER DECORATION. ENSIGN & THAYER'S
MAP
IN T H E N E W
HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY'S
COLLECTION.
war-whoops
tomahawks, N e w
and
pic-
bloody
en-
regalia
waving
their
H a m p s h i r e has to be c o n -
tent w i t h p e a c e - m a k i n g e n c o u n t e r s , occasional
"massacres,"
and
the
various
captivities
in
w h i c h a considerable n u m b e r of settlers w e r e
t a k e n to C a n a d a , a n d later r e d e e m e d .
I n d i a n h i s t o r y i n this state b e g a n w i t h the
coming
of
the colonists
i n the
1620's
and
lasted u n t i l the close of the so-called F r e n c h
and
I n d i a n W a r i n the
about
a century and a
1760's, a p e r i o d
half.
The
of
territory
w h i c h is n o w N e w H a m p s h i r e w i t h its l a k e s ,
rivers, mountains and
I n d i a n habitation.
valleys
was
ideal
for
F i s h and game abounded,
p r o v i d i n g both food a n d c l o t h i n g .
T h e tribes
w e r e by no m e a n s large a n d u s u a l l y content
to stay w i t h i n l i m i t e d areas.
F r a n c i s P a r k m a n , the h i s t o r i a n , has w r i t t e n
a d e s c r i p t i o n of the I n d i a n s to the n o r t h i n
A c a d i a w h i c h seems to a p p l y e q u a l l y w e l l to
New
GENERAL JOHN STARK.
FROM A
P R I N T IN T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
Hampshire.
I n l a n d A f a d i u , he says, w a s a l l forest, a n d
vast tracts of it are a p r i m e v a l forest s t i l l .
Flere r o a m e d the A b e n a k i s w i t h their k i n d r e d
tribes, a race w i l d as their haunts. I n habits
they were all m u c h a l i k e . T h e i r villages w e r e
on the waters of the A n d r o s c o g g i n , the Saco,
�6
HISTORICAL
"LONG
JOHN"
Wentworth
graduated jrom Dartmouth
in tlie Class oj
i8j6.
He was a member
of New
Hampshire's
distinguished
Wentworth
jamily.
After college he went to Chicago
and
became
editor
of
"The
Chicago
Democrat."
He served
as a
Representative
in Congress
and was
first elected Mayor of Chicago in 18^7.
He was the author of the
Wentworth
Genealogy.
N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL
N E W HAMPSHIRE
tlic K e n n e b e c , the Penobscot, the St. C r o i x ,
anil the St. J o h n ; here i n spring they planted
their c o r n , beans, a n d p u m p k i n s , a n d t h e n ,
leaving them to g r o w , w e n t d o w n to the sea i n
their birch-canoes.
T h e y returned towards the e n d of s u m m e r ,
gathered their harvest, and w e n t again to the
sea, w h e r e they lived i n abundance on d u c k s ,
geese, a n d other w a t e r f o w l .
D u r i n g winter,
most of the w o m e n , c h i l d r e n , a n d oltl m e n
7
r e m a i n e d i n the villages; w h i l e the hunters
ranged the forest i n chase of moose, deer,
caribou, beavers, a n d bears.
T h e i r s u m m e r stay at the seashore w a s perhaps the most pleasant, a n d certainly the
most picturesque, part of their lives. B i v o u acked by some of the i n n u m e r a b l e coves a n d
inlets that indent these coasts, they passed
their days i n that alternation of indolence a n d
action w h i c h is a second nature to the I n d i a n .
H e r e i n w e t weather, w h i l e the torpid w a t e r
was d i m p l e d w i t h rain-drops, a n d the u p turned canoes lay idle o n the pebbles, the listless w a r r i o r smoked his pipe u n d e r his roof
of b a r k , or launched his slender craft at the
d a w n of the J u l y d a y , w h e n shores a n d
islands were painted i n shadow against the
rosy east, ancl forests, d u s k y a n d cool, lay
w a i t i n g for the sunrise.
T h e w o m e n gathered raspberries or w h o r t l e berries i n the open places of the woods, or
clams a n d oysters i n the sands a n d s h a l l o w s ,
a d d i n g their shells as a contribution to the
shell-heaps that have accumulated for ages
along these shores. T h e m e n fished, speared
porpoises, o r shot seals. A priest w a s often i n
the c a m p w a t c h i n g over his flock, a n d saying
mass every day i n a chapel of b a r k . T h e r e w a s
no lack of altar candles, made by m i x i n g t a l l o w w i t h the w a x of the bayberry, w h i c h
abounded a m o n g the rocky h i l l s , a n d w a s
gathered i n profusion by the squaws a n d
children.
The
white
men
of
England
came
to
the
s o u t h e r n shores of t h i s t e r r i t o r y a n d the w h i t e
m e n f r o m F r a n c e to the n o r t h e r n
The
INDIAN
PIPE.
NEW
HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY'S
COLLECTION.
T H E HONORABLE JOHN W F X T W O R I I I ,
FIRST MAYOR o r ("HICAOO. FROM A
PHOIOGRAPH IN T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
boundaries.
colonists of these t w o n a t i o n s differed
in
t h e i r r e l a t i o n s to the o r i g i n a l n a t i v e s , a l t h o u g h
both asserted
conversion
publicly that their purpose
was
a n d c i v i l i z a t i o n , not a n n i h i l a t i o n .
SECTION OF MURAL I N THE MASCOMA SAVINGS B A N K , LEBANON, BY BERNARD F .
CHAPMAN.
FROM ' T I E T Y - T H R E E YEARS
OF PROGRESS" I N T H E N E W H A M P SHIRE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY'S LIBRARY.
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HISTORICAL
HISTORICAL
N E W HAMPSHIRE
K i n g J a m e s I for i n s t a n c e , Jiad said p i o u s l y
w h e n the colonists
the early
i6oo's
first
began to e m b a r k
that he
hoped
the
in
venture
" w o u l d result not o n l y i n profit but t e n d to
the g l o r y of G o d i n p r o p a g a t i n g the C h r i s t i a n
faith among
infidels a n d savages a n d
t h e m to h u m a n i t y a n d c i v i l i t y . "
bring
T h e French
colonists, l i k e w i s e , w e r e a l m o s t u n a n i m o u s i n
t h e i r z e a l to t u r n the I n d i a n s i n t o C h r i s t i a n s ,
a supreme
example
being Father Rasle
the priests associated
It cannot
the early
be a s s u m e d
New
and
with him.
by a n y m e a n s
Hampshire
colonists
here a n d b e g a n i m m e d i a t e w a r f a r e
to d r i v e the I n d i a n s out.
that
landed
intended
T h e r e w a s m u c h to
be l e a r n e d f r o m t h e m .
T h e science of t r a p -
p i n g , the habits of a g r i c u l t u r e a n d e v e n
skills
of
fishing
were
largely
the
unknown
to
t h e m a n d the I n d i a n s , as they t r a d e d , c o u l d
teach
them
a
great
p e r i o d of f r o m
deal.
1623
Thus
to 1675
the
first
w a s a t i m e of
peace-treaties a n d l a n d purchases, the agreements m a d e by the E n g l i s h b e i n g to a i d the
I n d i a n s against other tribes a n d to a l l o w t h e m
full h u n t i n g and
the
fishing
newcomers
privileges.
might
without molestation.
occupy
I n return
their
villages
T h a t this p l a n
worked
to a degree for a l m o s t a n e n t i r e g e n e r a t i o n
is
significant.
W h i l e there w a s a w a r against the I n d i a n s
INDIAN ARROW W I T H SIONK
ARROW-HEAD.
FROM T H E
N E W HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
i n the first h a l f c e n t u r y of A m e r i c a n c o l o n i z a t i o n i n N e w E n g l a n d it d i d not occur i n N e w
Hampshire.
conducted
I t w a s against the P e q u o t s
l a r g e l y by C o n n e c t i c u t .
torian,
Belknap,
period.
Darby
reports
Field
h a v i n g discovered
sent there
who
is
to l o o k
the
the
savages except
with
gold
short
and
There
quarrel
war
and
Captain
a leading
figure
who
John
were
direct
effects
on
New
1643
of the N a r r a g a n s e t t
nomo,
enemy
i r e of
the
capture
of
the
had
and
Indians
a n d a treaty
was
m a d e by
with
success-
which
New
almost
t w o decades.
It
is
significant
that
during
this
period
o c c u r r e d one of the great events i n A m e r i c a n
h i s t o r y , the active
attempt
at c o n v e r s i o n
of
the A m e r i c a n I n d i a n s to the C h r i s t i a n f a i t h ,
i n k e e p i n g w i t h the professed a i m s of K i n g
J a m e s a n d his c o l o n i z e r s C a p t a i n J o h n S m i t h
and
Captain
New
John
Mason,
the
pioneers
of
Hampshire.
O b v i o u s l y , h o w e v e r , n o n e of these
gentle-
m e n h a d the o p p o r t u n i t y to do a n y t h i n g v e r y
p r a c t i c a l about i t , but J o h n
Eliot did.
He
" e n g a g e d i n the great w o r k of p r e a c h i n g u n t o
the
Indians,"
according
established
thus
in N e w
to
was
the
the
who
historian
forerunner
the
next
of
century
H a m p s h i r e as the
same
H o w m u c h the t h i r t y years of peace f r o m the
in
history.
against
Connecticut
the
other i n -
aroused
of
H a m p s h i r e w a s assured protection for
Wheelock,
in
Chieftain, Mianto-
Pequots,
Narragansett
ful
Eleazer
affairs
execution
Winthrop
U n c a s , C h i e f of the M o h e g a n s , w e r e
in
afterward
Hampshire
ill-advised
Governor
to
do
with
E l i o t ' s e n d e a v o r s is a m a t t e r
1630's to the
of
speculation,
i66o's
had
John
but c e r t a i n it is that there w a s peace i n those
years,
which
colonists
war, however,
The
E f f o r t s to p r e v e n t a w a r m a d e by R o g e r W i l l i a m s of R h o d e I s l a n d a n d a c o u n c i l h e l d by
and
h a d served i n t h a t w a r .
T h e Pequot
Samuel Eliot Morison,
in his admirable essay on John
Eliot,
sums
up
Eliot's
achievement
by
saying
that
"Indian
converts
could have
grasped
none oj the intellectual
subtleties
of
Puritanism,
hut if the mental
attitude
of prayer is worth anything Eliot
performed
a great and noble
work-"
JOHN E L I O T PREACHING TO T H E INDIANS.
FROM A P R I N T IN T H E N E W H A M P SHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
Gookin
part
subdued
Hampshire
While preaching to the Indians
many
significant
questions
were
asked
by
them
oj the preacher,
among
them:
"Why is sea-water salt and land
water
jresh?"
To which Eliot replied,
"Why
are strawberries
sweet and
cranberries
sour?"
Another question was, "Ij God could
not be seen with their eyes, how
could
He be seen tvith their sotds
within?"
Eliot's answer was, "If they saw a great
wigwam
wotdd
they think
that raccoons or foxes had built it that had
no wisdom?
No, hut they would
believe
some
wise
workman
made
it
though
they
did not see him.
So
should
they believe
concerning
God
when they looked up to Heaven,
Sun,
Moon and Stars, and saw this
great
house he hath made though
they do
not see him with their
eyes."
sort of preacher i n a s t i l l m o r e p r a c t i c a l w a y .
with
Underbill,
in N e w
JOHN
ELIOT
was horn in
England
in 1604, coming to America
in
1631.
As a minister at Roxhury
he met an
Indian prisoner jrom whom he learned
considerable
0/ the Indian
language.
He began preaching
to the Indians
in
1646.
He established
a mission
in
Massachusetts
jor "praying
Indians,"
and
with
his friend
Major
Daniel
Gookin extended his activities
throughout
New
England
prior
to
King
Philip's
War.
was
had
9
with
w h o d w e l t i n the southeastern
Connecticut
1637."
credited
w i t h the I n d i a n s .
remarkable
of
that
for
been, he s a i d , " n o
Pequots
T h e his-
during
the W h i t e M o u n t a i n s
i n part
p a r t to trade
that
and
N E W HAMPSHIRE
an
gave
the
opportunity
New
to
Hampshire
establish
them-
selves i n the n e w l a n d a n d b u i l d u p the protection they needed against
The
days
of
n o n e too l o n g .
preparation,
B y 1665
the
future.
however,
were
the g r o w t h of
New
the
E n g l a n d a n d the coast t o w n s of N e w
all
s h i r e h a d i n d i c a t e d a need for e x p a n s i o n
Hampto
N e w E n g l a n d of w h i c h N e w H a m p s h i r e w a s
the n o r t h w a r d .
a
T h e y h a d n o ideologies l i k e the m o d e r n ones
part
and
open
warfare
was
theatened.
T h e I n d i a n s k n e w this too.
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HISTORICAL N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL N E W HAMPSHIRE
II
K i n g P h i l i p ' s W a r i n 1676,
dron's
settlement
in
on M a j o r W a l -
Dover.
After
three
years of neglect of their c r o p s , h o w e v e r , the
Indians discontinued their attacks.
New
Hampshire
commemorated
King
P h i l i p ' s W a r h a l f a c e n t u r y later w h e n G o v ernor
Jonathan
Governor
Hampshire
John
Belcher
and
Wentworth
grants
to
the
Lieutenantmade
New
descendants
of
soldiers i n that w a r , m o s t l y f r o m M a s s a c h u setts: N a r r a g a n s e t t N u m b e r T h r e e , n o w A m herst;
Narragansett
Goffstown;
Number
and Narragansett
Four,
now
Number
Five,
now Bedford, were all named i n commemor a t i o n of the great N e w E n g l a n d w a r w h i c h
SMITH (MKRISON HOUSE. DOVER. FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTIXC
IN T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
CAPTAIN
JOHN
LOCKE,
of Rye,
whose sword and the sickle with
which
he defended
himself against an attack
by Indians
who took his life, are
among the most valued possessions of
The New Hampshire
Historical
Society, came to America from
England
in the early i6oo's.
Settling in Dover
and later near Locke's
Neck i" Ry^,
he was reaping his fall harvest
when
several Indians attacked and killed him
but not before he had slashed one of
them with his sickle and cut of) his
nose.
Sickle
and sword
were
given
to The Society many years ago by The
Locke
family
Association,
to
which
they
descended
through
successive
generations
of Lockes.
of
" e n c r o a c h m e n t " or " a g g r e s s i o n "
resented
the
occupation
of
their
b u t they
coastwise
l a n d , their f i s h i n g w a t e r s a n d t h e i r i n t e r v a l e s
by
strangers
whose
civilization
seemed
to
m a k e t h e m p e r m a n e n t o w n e r s a n d not m e r e
tribal
transients as
the I n d i a n s h a d
always
been.
The
r e s u l t w a s a n occasion of f a r - r e a c h i n g
consequence
to
New
Hampshire.
King
P h i l i p ' s W a r w a s d i r e c t e d p r i m a r i l y at M a s s a chusetts, C o n n e c t i c u t a n d R h o d e I s l a n d b u t
it w a s a n a c t i o n by a great C o n f e d e r a t i o n of
Indian
tribes, w h i c h
England
i n c l u d e d a l l the
natives except
the P e n a c o o k s ,
Ossipees a n d the P e q u a w k e t s .
t i m e the
F o r the
w a r r i o r s i n c l u d e d the tribes
New
the
first
from
the n o r t h , w h i c h t o o k i n the M o h a w k s a n d
others later to be k n o w n as the " F i v e
Na-
tions."
The
colonists
blockhouses
h a s t i l y b u i l t stockades
and
a n d d i d a l l they c o u l d to erect
fortifications.
Nevertheless
there
were
I n d i a n attacks on B r o o k f i e l d , Deerfield a n d
Northfield
i n Massachusetts
and,
following
K I N G P H I L I P . FROM A PRINT IN T H E N E W
HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
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HISTORICAL
THE
NARRAGANSETT
WAR had
other indirect
effects on New
Hampshire, in addition
to tlie naming
oj
its towns.
In this war tlie
wealthy
Captain
Thomas
Howard
was
killed
and his widow
later married
a Connecticut jarmer,
William Moor.
Upon
his death, liis son, Joshua Moor,
finding himselj
with more property
than
he needed, deeded land and
buildings
near Lebanon,
Connecticut
jor the
jounding
oj Moor's
Indian
Charity
School, which ajterward
became
Dartmouth
College.
HISTORICAL
N E W HAMPSHIRE
completely
annihilated
the
on t h e i r t r a d i n g .
Narragansett
Waldron
W i t h a n u n s e t t l e d peace r e i g n i n g i n most
New
death,
England
the
New
following
Hampshire
King
killed.
Philip's
I n s t e a d the occasion t u r n e d
colonists
ginning
Indian
blockhouses
s c o u t i n g parties
sent out.
were
A
built,
defense
leader
of
the
colonists
fight
and
was
others
w e r e c a p t u r e d a n d t a k e n to C a n a d a , the be-
em-
north.
More
the
M a n y d i e d i n this
b a r k e d on a p o l i c y of a r m e d e x p a n s i o n to the
and
of
a long
attacks
series
of
such
continued
at
Salmon
E x e t e r , a n d the n e a r b y t o w n s .
force
captures.
Falls,
Y o r k , Maine,
w a s o r g a n i z e d i n a l m o s t every t o w n a n d v i l -
was
lage.
Exeter
ham, Rye, in N e w Hampshire, and Haverhill
were
declared
and
Haverhill,
the
frontier
Massachusetts
and
in
bounties
w e r e offered for I n d i a n scalps.
THE
FRENCH
had early reasons to
distrust the Colonists.
Belknap
points
out that the English,
under the Treaty
oj Breda
had ceded the land
jrom
the Penobscot
to Nona Scotia to the
French in exchange
jor the Island oj
St.
Christopher.
"On these lands," says Belknap,
"the
Baron de St. Castine had jor
many
years resided
and carried on a large
, trade tvith the Indians.
In the spring
'• oj i68S,
Governor
Andros
oj Massachusetts went in the jrigate Rose, and
plundered
Castine's
house and
jort,
leaving
only
the ornaments
oj his
^chapel to console him jor his loss oj
arms and goods.
This base action provoked Castine to excite the Indians to
King William's
War."
13
out to be a n a r m e d conflict i n w h i c h M a j o r
Indians.
of
N E W HAMPSHIRE
In
1680
New
b u r n e d a n d the I n d i a n s a t t a c k e d
Massachusetts.
Peace w a s m a d e w i t h the I n d i a n s by G o v -
H a m p s h i r e became a r o y a l
e r n o r D u d l e y i n 1703,
p r o v i n c e a n d the people left w i t h o n l y t h e m -
of
selves to l o o k to for p r o t e c t i o n . T h u s they c o n -
Anne.
t i n u e d u n t i l the o u t b r e a k of a n e w difficulty
themselves
k n o w n as K i n g W i l l i a m ' s W a r .
did
No
longer
w a s it against the s o u t h e r n I n d i a n s b u t the
fierce
tribes f r o m the N o r t h , the
William
the year of the d e a t h
I I I a n d the accession of
The
Indians,
at
St.
considerable
however,
Francis
in
trading
with
Canada
the
in N e w
H a m p s h i r e history a " t r a d i n g
at N a s h u a , c a l l e d Q u e e n ' s G a r r i s o n .
1689
meantime
allies
the
A i d e d i n A m e r i c a by t h e i r A b e n a k i
who
Penacooks,
in
turn
were
Cochecos
and
allied
with
the
Pequawkets,
the
of
there o c c u r r e d the
prisoners
and
the
lines
first
of
post"
I n the
exchange
towns
were
g r a d u a l l y e x t e n d e d to the n o r t h w a r d .
B e l k n a p , the h i s t o r i a n , says of this p e r i o d
F r e n c h a n d I n d i a n s w e r e a l l u n d e r the i m -
that " t h e g o v e r n o r of C a n a d a h a d e n c o u r a g e d
p l i c i t d i r e c t i o n of F r o n t e n a c at Q u e b e c .
the I n d i a n s w h o i n h a b i t e d the borders of N e w
T h e first o u t b r e a k o c c u r r e d at D o v e r w h e r e
England
the N e w H a m p s h i r e tribes h a d come to c a r r y
to r e m o v e
to
Canada"
where,
INDIAN
TOMAHAWK.
FROM
T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE H I S l O R i o A L SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
INDIAN T R I B A L CHIEF'S BEADED V E S T ,
W I T H H I S L I F E HISTORY ( F R O N T ) .
FROM
T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
and
New
E n g l a n d e r s , w h o established for the first t i m e
Abenakis.
a n d F r a n c e soon d e c l a r e d w a r o n
Queen
established
W i l l i a m I I I h a d become K i n g of E n g l a n d i n
English.
Dur-
INDIAN T R I B A L CHIEF'S BEADED V E S T ,
W I T H H I S L I F E HISTORY ( B A C K ) .
FROM
T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
he
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HISTORICAL
FOREMOST
among the French
missionaries
to the Indians
was
Father
Sebastian
Rasle, a much loved
Jesuit
priest, who apparently
possessed a great
personal
magnetism
in contrast to the
enthusiastic
but
comparatively
unimaginative
John
Eliot.
Father Rasle is said to have
hunted
and fished
with the Indians,
"always
erecting a chapel of bark that he might
say a daily mass."
His first church in
the colonies
was destroyed
by the
settlers in 170$ while
he was absent.
He built another,
adorned
with
paintings done by himself, and
maintained
an Indian
choir of forty voices
with
home-made
bayberry
candles
at the
altar which were said to have made a
"blaze
of
light."
Sebastian
Rasle compiled
a
French
dictionary
of Indian
terms which
has
been preserved.
He was killed
{1724)
near a cross he had erected
at Norridgewock
in Maine during
Lovewell's
War.
Many
years later a group
of
Protestants
and
Catholics
joined
to
erect
a monument
over
hts
grave
\
celebrating,
as his
biographer
• says, the "patient
toils of the
missionary and love of the darkened
soid of
*,the Indian,
placing the names of Eliot
and Rasle in a fellowship
which
they
indeed
would
both have rejected,
but
which we may regard as hallowed
and
true."
N E W HAMPSHIRE
adds, "they
the affairs
HISTORICAL
became
more
firmly
attached
of t h e F r e n c h a n d c o u l d be
N E W HAMPSHIRE
to
more
easily d i s p a t c h e d to the f r o n t i e r s . "
Thus
the
the conflect b e t w e e n
red
men
Indians
took
engaged
on
a
almost
the w h i t e s
new
wholly
seldom i n open w a r f a r e .
and
aspect.
in
The
"raids,"
C o m p a n i e s of
New
H a m p s h i r e v o l u n t e e r s often r e t u r n e d w i t h o u t
meeting
sudden
any,
w h i l e , as
attacks
by
in
1706,
small
there
bodies
on
were
Dover,
O y s t e r R i v e r a n d the t o w n s to the east.
the I n d i a n s descended
and
Great
Boar's
on E x e t e r ,
Head,
Later
Kingston,
taking
scalps
and
that
prevailed
prisoners.
Such
was
the c o n d i t i o n
the accession of K i n g G e o r g e I i n 1713.
at
The
s i g n i n g of the Peace T r e a t y of U t r e c h t i n that
year b r o u g h t a cessation of E u r o p e a n
hostili-
ties for a p e r i o d of t w e n t y - s i x years a n d
Hampshire
benefitted
accordingly.
New
INDIAN CHILD'S SNOWSHOES. N E W H A M P SHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
There
w e r e s e v e r a l e x c e p t i o n s , h o w e v e r , as far as the
Indians were concerned.
shire's t h i r d
I n 1722
New Hamp-
I n d i a n w a r occurred, k n o w n
as
L o v e w e l l ' s W a r , made famous through w i d e l y
circulated ballads a n d
The
Francis
first
serious
Indians
pamphlets.
attacks
at
were
Dover
in
by
the
1724.
St.
Cap-
t a i n J o h n L o v e w e l l of D u n s t a b l e i m m e d i a t e l y
o r g a n i z e d a c o m p a n y a n d m e t t h e m the n e x t
year at P e q u a w k e t , n o w F r y e b u r g .
Jonathan
F r y e , w h o s e n a m e the t o w n s bears, w a s C h a p lain
in
Maine,
F r y e b u r g w a s settled l a r g e l y by N e w
of
Hamp-
shire
Paugus
to
the
the
company.
people.
The
Indians
w e r e defeated
colonists.
Although
under
Chief
w i t h considerable
Chaplain Frye
was
i n the battle as w a s C a p t a i n L o v e w e l l .
loss
killed
The
N e w H a m p s h i r e t o w n of S u n c o o k , n o w P e m broke, was granted
years after
the
to L o v e w e l l ' s
men
three
fight.
B e l k n a p has d e s c r i b e d this p e r i o d i n I n d i a n
history v i v i d l y .
To
account, he says, for the frequent
w a r s w i t h the eastern I n d i a n s , u s u a l l y called
by the F r e n c h , the A b e n a q u i s , a n d their
unsteadiness both i n w a r and peace; w e m u s t
observe, that they were situated between the
colonies of t w o E u r o p e a n nations, w h o w e r e
often at w a r w i t h each other, antl w h o pursued
very different measures w i t h regard to t h e m .
As the lands o n w h i c h they l i v e d w e r e c o m prehended i n the patents granted by the c r o w n
of E n g l a n d , the natives were considered b y the
E n g l i s h as subjects of that c r o w n .
I n the
treaties a n d conferences held w i t h t h e m they
were styled the k i n g ' s subjects; w h e n w a r w a s
declared against t h e m , they w e r e called rebels;
PAUGUS
was one of the Chiefs of
the Pequawket
tribe.
He is said to
have organized
many of the
Indian
raids which brought on Lovewell's
War
in 172^.
His warriors
were
attacked
by Captain
Lovewell
on the
border
between
Maine
and New
Hampshire
near Fryeburg,
as they were about to
leave on an expedition
carrying
much
ammunition
together
with spare
blankets and moccasins for the use of captives.
Paugus
and all his men
were
killed in this attackA verse composed
the occasion
begins:
to
commemorate
'Twas Paugus led the Pequ'k't
tribe:
As runs the fox, would Paugus
run;
As howls
the wild
wolf, would
he
howl;
A huge bear-skin
had Paugus
on.
But Chamberlain,
of
Dunstable,
One whom
a savage ne'er shall
slay.
Met Paugus
by the
water-side.
And shot him dead upon that day.
and w h e n they w e r e compelled to m a k e peace,
they subscribed a n a c k n o w l e d g m e n t of their
perfidy a n d a declaration of their submission
to the g o v e r n m e n t w i t h o u t a n y j u s t ideas of
the m e a n i n g of those t e r m s ; a n d i t is a difficult point to determine w h a t k i n d of subjects
they w e r e .
Besides the patents derived f r o m the c r o w n
the E n g l i s h , i n general, were fond of obtaining f r o m the I n d i a n s , deeds of sale for tho.se
lands o n w h i c h they were disposed to m a k e
settlements.
Some of these deeds w e r e executed w i t h legal f o r m a l i t y , a n d a valuable
consideration w a s paid to the natives for the
purchase; others were obscure a n d u n c e r t a i n ;
but
the
memory
of
such
transactions
WAS soon lost a m o n g a people w h o h a d no
w r i t t e n records.
L a n d s h a d been purchased of the I n d i a n
chiefs on the rivers K c n n e b e c k a n d St. George
at a n early period; b u t the succeeding I n d i a n s
either h a d no k n o w l e d g e of the sales m a d e by
their ancestors, or had a n idea that such bargains were not b i n d i n g o n posterity w h o h a d
as m u c h need of the lands, a n d c o u l d use t h e m
to the same purpose as their fathers. A t first,
the I n d i a n s d i d not k n o w that the E u r o p e a n
m a n n e r of c u l t i v a t i n g lands a n d erecting m i l l s
and tlams w o u l d drive a w a y the game a n d
fish, and thereby deprive them of the means
of subsistence; a f t e r w a r d , finding by e x p e r i ence that this w a s the consec]uence of a d m i t ting foreigners to settle a m o n g t h e m , they
repented of their hospitality a n d were i n c l i n e d
to dispossess their n e w neighbors, as the o n l y
w a y of restoring the country to its pristine
state a n d of recovering their u s u a l mode of
subsistence.
T h e y were e x t r e m e l y offended by the settlements w h i c h the E n g l i s h , after the peace of
�i6
HISTORICAL
JEREMY
BELKNAP,
was horn
in
Boston,
IJ44,
entered
Harvard
at
fifteen, graduating
in 1762.
He tatiglit
sc/iool in New Hampshire
and
hecame
pastor
of the Dover
Congregational
Church.
He was the author
of the
first definitive
"History
of New
Hampshire"
in three volumes
and was one
of the founders
of The
Massachusetts
Historical
Society.
He died in
lygS.
N E W
HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL
17
It was i n the power of the E n g l i s h to supply them w i t h provisions, a r m s , a m m u n i t i o n ,
blankets and other articles w h i c h they w a n t e d
cheaper than they could purchase them of the
French.
G o v e r n o r Shute hat! promised that
t r a i l i n g houses should be established a m o n g
t h e m , and that a s m i t h should be provided
to keep their a r m s and other i n s t r u m e n t s i n
repair; but the u n h a p p y contentions between
the governor and assembly of Massachusetts
|)revented a compliance w i t h this engagement.
T h e I n d i a n s were therefore obliged to submit to the impositions of private traders, or
to seek supplies f r o m the F r e n c h w h o failed
not to j o i n w i t h them i n reproaching the
E n g l i s h for this breach of promise, a n d for
their a v i d i t y i n getting a w a y the l a n d .
GOVERNOR SAMUEL SHUTE. FROM
A P R I N T IN T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
SAMUEL
SHUTE
was governor
of
New
Hampshire
and also
Massachusetts from 1716 to 1724.
Through
his
influence
and that of his hrother
fohn
Slitite,
Earl of Barrington,
tlie
Scotch
settlers in the north of Ireland
were
welcomed
to America
in 1718,
where
they
settled
in
Londonderry,
New
Hampshire.
INDUS- SIGNATURKS OX E A R L Y M A P OF
N E W HAMPSHIRE " N O R T H COUNTRY."
FROM
THE
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
HAMPSHIRE
K i n g of F r a n c e ; and solitary traders resided
w i t h , or occasionally visited t h e m ; but no
attempt was made by any c o m p a n y to settle
on their lands.
U t r e c h t , inatle on the hmths to the eastward
and by their b u i l d i n j ; forts, block houses and
n u l l s ; whereby their mode of passing the rivers
and carrying-places was i n t e r r u p t e d ; and they
could not believe, though they were told w i t h
great solemnity, that these forufications w e r e
erected for their defence against i n v a s i o n .
W h e n conferences were held w i t h t h e m on this
subject, they either denied that the lands h a d
been sold, or pretended that the sachems h a d
exceedetl their power i n m a k i n g the bargains;
or had c o n v e j e d lands beyond the limits of
their tribe; or that the E n g l i s h had t a k e n
advantage of their d r u n k e n n e s s to m a k e t h e m
sign the deeds; or that no valuable consideration had been g i v e n for the purchase.
No
arguments or evidence w h i c h could be a d duced w o u l d satisfy them unless the lands w e r e
paid for a g a i n ; antl had this been done once,
their posterity after a few years w o u l d have
renewed the d e m a n d .
O n the other h a n d , the F r e n c h d i d not i n
a f o r m a l m a n n e r declare them subjects of the
c r o w n of F r a n c e but every tribe, h o w e v e r
s m a l l , w a s a l l o w e d to preserve its independence.
T h o s e w h o were situated i n the heart
of C a n a d a kept their lands to themselves,
w h i c h were never solicited f r o m t h e m ; those
w h o d w e l t on the rivers a n d shores of the
A d a n t i c , though distant f r o m the F r e n c h
colonies, received a n n u a l presents f r o m the
N E W
T h e inhabitants of the eastern parts of N e w
E n g l a n d were not of the best character for
religion and were ill-adapted to engage the
affections of the I n d i a n s by their e x a m p l e .
T h e frequent hostilities on this quarter, not
only kept alive a spirit of jealousy a n d revenge i n i n d i v i d u a l s , but jirevented a n y e n deavors
to propagate religious
knowledge
a m o n g the I n d i a n s by the g o v e r n m e n t ; though
it was one of the conditions of their charter;
and though m a n y good men w i s h e d it might
be attempted.
A t length. G o v e r n o r Shute, i n his conference w i t h their sachems at A r r o w s i c k , i n t r o duced this i m p o r t a n t business by
offering
thcni i n a f o r m a l m a n n e r , an I n d i a n bible,
and a protestant missionary; but they rejected
both, saying " G o d hath g i v e n us teaching a l ready, and if we should go f r o m i t , we should
displease h i m . " H e w o u l d have done m u c h
better service and perhaps prevented a w a r ,
if he had complied w i t h their earnest desire
to fix a boundary beyond w h i c h the E n g l i s h
should not extend their settlements. . \m a n , i n conversation w i t h one of
their
sachems, asked h i m w h y they w e r e so strongly
attached to the F r e n c h , f r o m w h o m they
could not expect to receive so m u c h benefit
as f r o m the E n g l i s h ; the sachem g r a v e l y a n s w e r e d , "because the F r e n c h have taught
us to prav to G o d , w h i c h the E n g l i s h never
did."
A considerable n u m b e r of prisoners h a v i n g
been t a k e n d u r i n g these t i m e s . N e w H a m p s h i r e , i n 1725, m a d e its first overtures to the
C a n a d i a n a u t h o r i t i e s for t h e i r r e t u r n .
The
F r e n c h g o v e r n o r at M o n t r e a l a r r a n g e d a
m e e t i n g of the C o m m i s s i o n , of w h i c h T h e o dore A t k i n s o n of N e w H a m p s h i r e w a s one,
w i t h the I n d i a n chiefs of the A b e n a k i tribe.
S i x t e e n captives w e r e r a n s o m e d as the result
of this m e e t i n g .
�HISTORICAL
N E W HAMPSHIRE
The
province
blessed
with
HISTORICAL
of
New
Hampshire
comparative
peace
I n d i a n s for the n e x t decade.
the
Settlements
i n tiers a n d n a m e d
ber, one, t w o , three a n d four.
by
19
was
with
ad-
v a n c e d to the n o r t h as t o w n after t o w n
g r a n t e d , often
N E W HAMPSHIRE
was
num-
N o t u n t i l the
accession of K i n g G e o r g e I I I i n 1741
d i d the
I n d i a n s a g a i n become a threat to N e w
Hamp-
shire.
T h e w a r s b e t w e e n the w h i t e m e n a n d
red
men
affairs.
had
heretofore
With
hostilities
been
purely
between
the
local
England
a n d S p a i n , i n w h i c h the F r e n c h a l l i e d t h e m selves against
the
began.
Hampshire
New
English, a world
would
conflict
be
drawn
i n t o this conflict, since it lay on the
border-
line between F r a n c e and E n g l a n d .
B y the year
between
1 7 4 4 there w a s open
the N e w
E n g l a n d colonies
warfare
and
the
F r e n c h to the n o r t h , s a i d to be to protect the
fishing
interests at C a p e B r e t o n but
to b e g i n
probably
a n e w series of attacks against
the
I n d i a n tribes c o n s i d e r e d to be a l l i e d w i t h the
French in
Canada.
T h e extent to w h i c h this w a s t r u e is u n certain.
As
early
as
1725
Vaudreuil,
the
F r e n c h G o v e r n o r of C a n a d a h a d i n s i s t e d t h a t
his g o v e r n m e n t
" h a d neither encouraged
or
s u p p l i e d t h e m for the purpose of w a r . " T h e y
were,
INDIAN M A L L E T . FROM T H E
N E W HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
"an
he
asserted
independent
(meaning
the
Abenakis),
n a t i o n " a n d s a i d that
war
w a s " u n d e r t a k e n by t h e m i n defence of t h e i r
l a n d s w h i c h h a d been i n v a d e d by the people
of N e w
('oi.oNiAi. l^LocK HOUSE AND Situ.KADI,.
FROM A P R I N T IN
T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL S o c i E ' r Y ' s COLLECTION.
England."
INDIAN BEADED MOCCASINS IN T H E N E W
HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
ONE of the New Hampshire
forts,
or "garrisons"
at Concord is
described
in a printed address given in i8go hefore Tlie
New
Hampsliire
Historical
Society.
It was htiilt, according to this
address: "of hewed logs, which lay flat
upon each
other."
The ends, heing fitted for the purpose, it continues,
ivere inserted
in
grooves
set in large posts, erected at
each corner.
They enclosed an area of
several square rods, were raised to the
height
of a common
dwelling-house,
and at two or more of the
corners
were placed hoxcs where sentinels
kept
watch.
In some cases, several
small
huildings,
erected
for the
temporary
accommodation
of families, were
within the enclosure.
Houses
not
connected with garrisons were all
deserted
hy their owners, and tire furniture
removed.
In the day-time
men
went
forth
to tlieir labors
in
companies,
always carrying their guns with
them,
and one or more of tlieir
number
placed on guard.
If the Indians
were
discovered
approaching,
alarm
guns
were fired, and the report
answered
from fort to fort.
On the Sabbath tJie
men went armed to the Iwuse of worship, stacked their guns around a post
in tile middle,
and sat down
with
bullet-pouch
and potvder-liorn
slung
across
their
shoulders,
while
their
pastor, the Rev. Timothy
Walker,
who
is said to have had the best gun in
the parish, prayed and preached
with
his gun standing in the
ptdpit.
Mr.
Atkinson,
shire
at
claimed
outside
the
representing
conference
t h a t the N e w
their
province
New
held
in
HampMontreal,
England
lands
and
the
that
were
whites
h a d as m u c h r i g h t there as the I n d i a n s .
is c e r t a i n that the N o r t h e r n I n d i a n s
o n l y a total of a f e w
Hampshire
One
square
It
occupied
m i l e s of
New
agreed
upon
territory.
thing
is a p p a r e n t
and
by h i s t o r i a n s : that the w a y to the a t t a c k
Cape
Breton
by
the N e w
Englanders
on
asso-
ciated as they w e r e w i t h the E n g l i s h C r o w n ,
lay t h r o u g h I n d i a n c o u n t r y a n d that the I n d i a n tribes there m u s t be o v e r c o m e
first.
appears,
another
however,
that
there
was
It
route a n d the battle of L o u i s b o u r g , the c i t a d e l
of C a p e
on
the
Breton, w a s actually fought
sea.
Most
of the
New
largely
Hampshire
v o l u n t e e r s w h o took p a r t i n it n e v e r s a w a n y
I n d i a n s , except those c o m p a r a t i v e l y
few
who
helped to m a n the forts p r o t e c t i n g the F r e n c h
c i t i z e n s of a n o t h e r w i s e
New
England
volunteers
clergy
peaceful
city.
had, according
to h i s t o r y ,
m o t i v e s ; first to protect the N e w
countryside
second
vaders,"
to
against
move
who
"aggression,"
the
had
t h i r d to
the
no
several
Hampshire
Northern
against
probably
and
The
w h o e n c o u r a g e d these
Indians;
French
"in-
i n t e n t i o n of
instigate
a
reli-
g i o u s " c r u s a d e " ostensibly opposed to that of
the F r e n c h , w h i c h w o u l d , as the
Reverend
G e o r g e W h i t e f i e l d p u t i t , be " u n d e r the l e a d -
�20
HISTORICAL
NEW
BRETON
was the name of
a New
Hampshire
town granted
by
Governor
Bcnning
Wentworth
in
ly^i
in honor of those w/io fought at Cape
Breton.
Among
the
applicants
for
land were Captain John Ladd and Captain Ebenezer
Webster, father of Daniel
Webster.
In lyyg
the town was renamed
Andovcr.
N E W
HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL
N E W
21
HAMPSHIRE
e r s h i p of C h r i s t , " a n d i n the w o r d s of P a r s o n
the
M o o d y of P o r t s m o u t h , " h e w d o w n the a h a r s
C h a r l e s t o w n i n his h o n o r .
i n the F r e n c h c h u r c h e s . "
Indian
W h a t e v e r a c t u a l l y o c c u r r e d , the F r e n c h a n d
I n d i a n s d i d not t h e n i n v a d e N e w
since
Louisbourg
siege,
with
Shirley
was
subdued
Colonel
and
settlement
attacks
subsequently
similar
to
C h a r l e s t o w n , but a p p a r e n d y
England,
following
was
i n by the F r e n c h forces,
a
named
the
one
at
not p a r t i c i p a t e d
also took
place
at
R o c h e s t e r a n d at C o n c o r d ( t h e n called R u m -
Pepperrell,
Governor
f o r d ) d u r i n g the same p e r i o d .
Lieutenant-Governor
Vaughan
attack
in
1746,
known
T h e Concord
i n history
as
"The
e m e r g i n g as heroes, n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g the fact
B r a d l e y M a s s a c r e , " r e s u l t e d i n the s l a y i n g of
that
five
i n the r e s u l t i n g treaty
of A i x - l a - C h a p -
citizens, whose
names
are i n s c r i b e d
on
pelle the E n g l i s h r e t u r n e d L o u i s b o u r g to its
w h a t is k n o w n as " T h e B r a d l e y
Monument"
original F r e n c h proprietors.
i n the w e s t e r n p a r t of the t o w n .
T h e monu-
T h e L o u i s b o u r g i n c i d e n t , h o w e v e r , w a s not
w i t h o u t its I n d i a n repercussions.
naki
The
tribes, bitter at the a p p a r e n t
t h e i r F r e n c h patrons, soon b e g a n
ment
Abe-
defeat
was
deeded
of
erected
to T h e
in
New
1837
and
was
Hampshire
later
Historical
Society.
retaliatory
A t the b e g i n n i n g of the S e v e n Y e a r s ' W a r ,
w a r f a r e i n earnest against N e w E n g l a n d a n d
k n o w n i n A m e r i c a as the F r e n c h a n d I n d i a n
New
W a r , N e w H a m p s h i r e v o l u n t e e r troops p a r t i -
Hampshire
in particular.
Forts
at once erected by Massachusetts
Four
or
Charlestown;
Great
at
were
Number
Meadow
W e s t m o r e l a n d ; G r e a t F a l l or W a l p o l e ;
Dummer
or
Hinsdale;
Upper
Ashuelot
H a m p s h i r e fortifications
Souhegan
East
or
or
The
Indian
these
places.
against
T h e encounters
do
most
ticut R i v e r
from
Canada
Indians,
directly
the
New
a
Johnson.
campaign
Hampshire
T h e f r o n t i e r t o w n s of S a l i s b u r y ,
not
down
and
the
seem
Connec-
preyed
located b e t w e e n the
panies of " R a n g e r s "
BRADLEY MONUMENT. D E E D E D TO T H E
N E W HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Robert
interest.
Rogers
of w h i c h that of
T h e a c c o u n t of R o g e r s ' s R a n g e r s is
upon
Connec-
I n 1747, h o w e v e r . C a p t a i n P h i n e h a s Stevens
h a v i n g o r g a n i z e d w h a t w a s p r o b a b l y the
of
"Rangers,"
a r r i v e d at
t o w n f r o m D e e r f i e l d a n d set u p
first
Charles-
headquarters
i n the F o r t k n o w n as " N u m b e r F o u r , " u n d e r
the j u r i s d i c t i o n of M a s s a c h u s e t t s .
F o r almost
the first t i m e a n I n d i a n " b a t t l e " o c c u r r e d o n
N e w H a m p s h i r e s o i l , i n w h i c h the a t t a c k i n g
force
was composed,
diers.
Although
i n p a r t , of F r e n c h sol-
this force
apparently
out-
n u m b e r e d the g a r r i s o n t h e i r a t t a c k w a s u n successful.
a
sturdy
plan
The
fort,
four-sided
b u i l t i n the f o r m
log
of w h i c h has been
ported
to
be
the
best of
stockade,
preserved,
an
of
exact
was
re-
its k i n d i n
New
E n g l a n d a n d a m o d e l for other t o w n s .
Ad-
miral Sir Charles Knowles, in command
of
the E n g l i s h fleet at B o s t o n m a d e the g a r r i s o n
a gift of a h a n d s o m e
gold-hiked
sword
and
Major
c l a i m s the greatest h i s t o r i c a l
t i c u t a n d the M e r r i m a c k .
company
extent
the I n d i a n s
a n d captives t a k e n .
of
to h a v e been by l a r g e bodies of I n d i a n s , but
the settlements
not
T h e s e i n c i d e n t s l e d to the f o r m i n g of c o m -
recurred
small groups w h o came
the
was
W a l p o l e , H i n s d a l e and Keene were all raided
Rochester.
attacks
against
t h e i r allies.
Souhegan
W e s t or A m h e r s t a n d at L o n d o n d e r r y , C h e s ter, E p s o m a n d
this
to w h i c h the F r e n c h h a d m a d e
Hopkinton,
Merrimack,
While
soldiers h a d reason to l e a r n soon the
w e r e b u i l t at
Pcnacook, Suncook, Contoocook,
i n the a t t a c k on C r o w n P o i n t
u n d e r the d i r e c t i o n of S i r W i l l i a m
Fort
K e e n e a n d L o w e r A s h u e l o t or S w a n z e y .
New
cipated i n 1754
or
S I R W I L L I A M IOHNSON.
FROM A
P R I N T IN T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
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HISTORICAL
N E W HAMPSHIRE
SIR WILLIAM
JOHNSON
was tlie
nephew of Admiral
Sir Peter
Warren,
tvho bore the same name as the New
Hampshire
town of Warren and who
received
a grant of land in the Mohawk Valley from the English
government.
Sir William
came to
America
and settled on this land in iJsS.
In
I74y it was largely through
his efforts
that the Mohawk
Indians
remained
peaceful
during
the
war
betiveen
England
and
Prance.
He held numerous
councils with the
tribes,
with whom
lie traded in furs
and othei- articles
and in 7755 was
given the "sole management
and direction of the affairs of the six nations of
Indians and their allies."
In this position he commanded
a force of some
two thousand
colonial
militia and two
or three
hundred
Indians.
In
iy6o
with a force of several hundred
Indians
lie joined
General
Amherst
in the
attack on
Montreal.
After the death of his first wife he
married
Molly
Brant,
a Mohawk
Indian and sister of Chief Joseph
Brant,
, whose Indian
name was
Thayendanegea and who was among the
Indians
educated
at Moor's
Indian
Charity
School at Lebanon,
Connecticut,
which
later hecame Dartmouth
College.
ROBERT R t x j E R S . FROM A P R I N T
IN T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE H I S TORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
told i n c o n s i d e r a b l e
in
his
which
Journal
The
of
d e t a i l by R o g e r s h i m s e l f
Major
New
Robert
Hampshire
ciety L i b r a r y has s e v e r a l
ing
is
first
Rogers
his
re-told
by
Rogers
T h e story
K e n n e t h Roberts
h i s t o r i c a l n o v e l , Northivest
Major
So-
editions i n c l u d -
the r a r e D u b l i n copy of 1770.
admirably
of
Historical
collected
in
Passage.
a group
of
excel-
l e n t m a r k s m e n , a l l m e n w e l l - e q u i p p e d to face
severe
hardships,
ments
i n the v i c i n i t y of F o r t E d w a r d , F o r t
William
and
Henry
after
and
several
Crown
engage-
Point,
the
R a n g e r s w e r e o r d e r e d by G e n e r a l A m h e r s t to
destroy
The
the I n d i a n v i l l a g e of S t . F r a n c i s .
march
took
T h e y were ordered
to k i l l w o m e n
them
twenty-one
and children.
They
the m e n , t a k i n g
and
returned
down
the
the
remainder
This
is t h e last n o t a b l e
New
Hampshire
history.
most
prisoners
Connecticut
G e n e r a l J o h n S t a r k w a s one of the
not
attacked
the v i l l a g e d u r i n g the n i g h t , d i s p a t c h e d
of
days.
by G e n e r a l A m h e r s t
River.
Rangers.
I n d i a n encounter
in
CAPTAIN JOSEPH BRANT, "THAYENDENEGEA." FROM AN ENGRAVING
IN T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
�24
HISTORICAL N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL N E W HAMPSHIRE
EMMA
COLEMAN,
in her
fine
study of "New England
Captives
Carried to Canada,"
says:
"Our Indian enemies
in the Intercolonial Wars were almost without exception from the missions, from
those
established
on the rivers of Maine by
priests going
to Indian
villages
and
from those in Canada, near
Montreal,
Three Rivers and Quebec, to which Indians from New England
and New
York had been urged to migrate.
And
back to their mission-homes
they carried our people, where today many of
their kin are
living."
SECTION OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH BLAXCHAUD'S MAP^ SHOWING ROUTE OVER
W H I C H INDIAN CAPTIVES W E R E T A K E N TO CANADA.
FROM T H E
ORIGINAL IN T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
I
or the I n d i a n s , c a m e
to A m e r i c a f r o m
they c o u l d h a v e w h a t they f o u n d h e r e , w h e t h e r
fish,
'America
h a d a precedent f r o m the S p a n i a r d s .
and brought
back
treasure
i n gold
and
E n g l a n d colonists k n e w there w a s n o g o l d a n d s i l v e r to be f o u n d .
is t o l d t h a t at one t i m e , l o n g after, a gifted
t h e e a r l y colonists of N e w
secution."
make
a
from
collected
considerable
either
South
the
New
The
story
speaker h a d t o l d h i s hearers
that
H a m p s h i r e " h a d c o m e here to escape r e l i g i o u s
per-
c a p t u r e a n d the events l e a d i n g u p to it.
Why
and
of
these people w e r e t a k e n to C a n a d a ,
h o w they w e r e treated a n d w h a t became
those
who
never
r e t u r n e d is w o r t h c o n -
s i d e r i n g at the outset.
of
colonization
was
T h e religious
as
important
H a m p s h i r e is u n i q u e i n h i s t o r y because of the fact
and
P u r i t a n of N e w E n g l a n d .
far
U n f o r t u n a t e l y for
H a m p s h i r e settlements
greater success
among
the
The
Indians
French
the F r e n c h
i n their
not
missionary
than
only
did
T h i s is one of the strange
M a n y of these captives w e r e t h u s
T h e s e prisoners
were
e l s e w h e r e , b u t of greater i m p o r t a n c e
the F r e n c h f a i t h , a d d i n g each t i m e , they h o p e d , to the s t r e n g t h of their
the F r e n c h . T h e i r v a l u e to the F r e n c h w a s
at
least
captures
threefold.
weaken
Not
the
only
would
E n g l i s h colonies,
over
to
own
c o l o n i z a t i o n i n C a n a d a a n d d i m i n i s h i n g that of the E n g l i s h colonies.
The
New
H a m p s h i r e H i s t o r i c a l Society's L i b r a r y has one of the best col-
lections i n A m e r i c a of " c a p t i v e " I n d i a n accounts.
S o m e are m e r e m a n u s c r i p t s .
MODEL OF BIKCH-BARK CANOE IN T H E N E W
HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
to the
I n d i a n w a s the o p p o r t u n i t y of s e l l i n g t h e m to
paradoxes
carried back
adopted
i n t o the tribes at S t . F r a n c i s i n C a n a d a a n d
A g a i n a n d a g a i n the I n d i a n s descended f r o m the n o r t h o n a N e w H a m p s h i r e
prisoners."
for
m a s t e r y of N o r t h A m e r i c a .
an
r i v e r s a n d m o u n t a i n s to be sold to the F r e n c h , not as slaves but as converts
them
allies i n the great s t r u g g l e
of h i s t o r y .
t o w n or v i l l a g e to " t a k e
the
converted
e n t i r e l y n e w p r i n c i p l e ; they treated the settlers as they d i d furs a n d fish s e e k i n g
p r i m a r i l y to c a p t u r e t h e m a n d sell t h e m .
the
F r e n c h C a t h o l i c of C a n a d a as i t w a s to the
that i n s t e a d of
k i l l i n g the " i n t r u d e r s " the I n d i a n n a t i v e s of the soil adopted
aspect
to
money."
fighting
or
a u t o b i o g r a p h i c a l g i v i n g the story of a specific
i n t o effective
first.
are
biographical
" N a y , " r e p l i e d someone i n the a u d i e n c e , " t h e y c a m e here to fish a n d
New
docu-
number
t h e m to t h e i r f a i t h but also c o n v e r t e d
England
H a d they not gone to
B u t soon
pamphlets,
English.
or g a m e or m i n e r a l s
silver!
printed
labors
or m e r e l y soil to be c u l t i v a t e d .
They
fragments
And
had
N T H E C O N T E S T W i t h the I n d i a n s i n N e w H a m p s h i r e the p r o b l e m before the
T h e s e settlers h a d been t o l d that i f they c a m e
are
ments.
the N e w
New Hampshire Persons T a k e n as Captives
by the Indians
settlers as to w h o s h o u l d h a v e the l a n d , they
Others
25
INDIAN D O L L .
N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
these
but
�HISTORICAL N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL N E W HAMPSHIRE
THE
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
clergy
were particularly
irritated to find that
captives taken to Canada hy the Indians
had been given special protection
hy
the
French
Government.
Governor
Penning
Wentworth
voiced this concern when he wrote Lord
Holderness
in iy54 that "the young people
(captives)
are exposed
to the craft
oj
Romish clergy and are in great
danger
oj heing corrupted
with the
pernicious
principles oj the Church oj Rome, who
are assiduous in pro.^elytizing
them to
their own
religion."
The
first
27
captives to be t a k e n to
Canada
by the I n d i a n s w e r e those f r o m H a t f i e l d a n d
D e e r f i e l d , Massachusetts
of
King
Major
i n 1677
Philip's W a r .
Ebenezer
One
at the e n d
of
Hinsdale, from
these
was
whom
the
N e w Hampshire town was named.
w h o escaped,
Indians
apiece
for
though,
were
brought
expected
at
their
the
back news that
to
receive
captives
eight
in
at w a r
with
these
pounds
Canada
time, E n g l a n d
not openly
Another
and
one
even
France
another.
T h e C a n a d i a n I n d i a n s , it w a s b e l i e v e d , w o u l d
j o i n the n e x t r a i d i f this one p r o v e d
finan-
c i a l l y successful.
All
the captives w h o s u r v i v e d the t r e k to
C a n a d a w e r e redeemed
the f o l l o w i n g s p r i n g
i n c l u d i n g t w o infants aptly n a m e d
Waite
and
" C a p t i v i t y " Jennings.
"Canada"
In
order
to a c c o m p l i s h t h i s forty-six t o w n s c o n t r i b u t e d
344
p o u n d s , 3 s h i l l i n g s a n d 6 pence.
i n t e r e s t i n g to note
that the t o w n of
I t is
Ports-
m o u t h m a d e the second largest c o n t r i b u t i o n
to t h i s f u n d .
T h r e e h u n d r e d p o u n d s of the
total w e n t to C a n a d a as r a n s o m
money.
W h e t h e r or not these I n d i a n s f o u n d
trade i n N e w
creasing
Englanders
number
of
such
profitable,
this
an in-
depredations
oc-
c u r r e d d u r i n g the n e x t eighty years w i t h N e w
H a m p s h i r e l o s i n g its share of m e n ,
INDIAN WAMPUM B E L T .
FROM
T H E NEW
HAMPSHIRE HISTORCAL
SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
women
INDIAN C H I L E .
FROM A PAINTING
FORMERLY OWNED BY SAMUEL G .
D R A K E , HISTORIAN. N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
they w e r e u s e f u l for prisoner e x c h a n g e s
for r a n s o m m o n e y .
be e m p l o y e d
sparsely
to bolster the labor
populated
and
F u t h e r m o r e they m i g h t
New
France.
supply
of
To
the
c l e r i c a l interests it w a s c e r t a i n l y w o r t h w h i l e
to convert
these
heretics
to
what
they
be-
l i e v e d to be the t r u e f a i t h , a n d this w a s done
w h e n e v e r possible.
thorough-going
Francis
T h e r e f o r e , they set u p a
bounty system.
P a r k m a n , w r i t i n g of
King
Wil-
l i a m ' s W a r , points out that
" T w e n t y crowns iiad been offered for each
male w h i t e , ten crowns for each female, a n d
ten crowns for each scalp, whether I n d i a n or
E n g l i s h . T h e bounty o n prisoners produced
an excellent result, since instead of k i l l i n g
them the I n d i a n allies learned to b r i n g them to
Quebec. I f c h i l d r e n , they were placed i n the
convents; and if adults, they were distributed
to labor among the settlers. T h u s though
the royal letters show that the measure w a s
one of policy, it acted i n the interest of
humanity."
SECTION o r MURAL IN T H E MASCOMA
S . w i N G S BANK, LEBANON, BY BERNARD
F . CHAPMAN. FROM "FIFTY'-THREE YEARS
OF PROGRESS" IN T H E N E W FIAMPS H i R E HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S LIBRARY.
�28
HISTORICAL
JOHN
WHEELWRIGHT,
the
founder of Exeter, came from
Lincolnshire, England,
where he was a vicar
in
a country
cliurch.
Sailing
for
America
in about i6^^ he
purchased
land at Exeter from the Indians
who
are said to have given
him a
deed.
The matter was widely publicized
but
the deed
was never authenticated
as
genuine.
Mr. Wheelwright
was pastor of the Exeter Church,
later
moving
to
Maine.
N E W HAMPSHIRE
and
children,
"captivated"
T h e settlement
next
by
u p captives
the r a i d here
brutally
Indians.
to C a n a d a .
in which Major
W a l d r o n , I n d i a n trader a n d
of the l e a d i n g
the
at C o c h e c o ( D o v e r ) w a s the
to d e l i v e r
was
HISTORICAL
figures
It
Richard
fighter,
a n d one
i n the colony, w a s so
murdered.
T h e H a n n a h D u s t a n episode is a m o n g the
first
records to appear i n p r i n t e d f o r m .
and
Mary
Neff
Haverhill,
set
were
taken
Massachusetts,
off i n the d i r e c t i o n
She
prisoners
DEERFIELD
teas protected
by a
Palisade
with
twenty
soldiers,
who
however,
were not alert, and
considerably hampered
by a deep snow.
Miss
Baker, in her book says "The
Indians
came in at niglit like a flood
upon
them, and tlie morning
dawned
on a
scene of horror."
Emma Lewis
Coleman gives a total of one hundred
and
twenty
captives
taken to Canada
in
noi
from Deerfield
alone.
N A R R A T I V E
o r, T H B
C
captors
Merrimack
River,
of C a n a d a .
They
a n d there
most
Mrs.
is celebrated
the t w o places.
Mas.
V
I
T
Y
J O H N S O N .
An A C C O U N T i f IJCI r\.y:
i;P.IN'.N
during Four 'r'ears » I'l 1".- I . '
were
and F R E N c H .
a n d t a k e n to C a n a d a , the latter re-
t u r n i n g to become the m o t h e r
dren.
at
of H a v e r -
h i l l , a n d H a n n a h E a s t m a n of C o n c o r d
captured
I
while
by m o n u m e n t s
H a n n a h Bradley
T
Dustan
of the p a r t y
they slept, r e t u r n i n g by canoe to H a v e r h i l l .
H e r memory
P
o ?
stopped for the n i g h t near P e n a c o o k o n the
k i l l e d a n d scalped
A
at
a n d their
29
N E W HAMPSHIRE
Samuel
Gill
of n i n e
of S a l i s b u r y ,
chil-
Massachu-
setts, w a s t a k e n i n 1697 at the age of n i n e ,
growing
up i n Canada
English girl.
ferred to r e m a i n a m o n g
students
and marrying
at D a r t m o u t h
I n the Histoire
the I n d i a n s .
were
des Abena\is,
Indian
of
Samuel
Abbe
Gill
of
d a u g h t e r of the R e v e r e n d J o h n
seven
Quebec.
at
Wells,
Purchased
Maine
from
J i . , :
.
.KTSlURf.,
C A R L 1 S L E, jun.
and
grand-
Wheelwright,
and
AT
D A V I D
fifty-two
white
blood.
f o u n d e r of E x e t e r , w a s c a p t u r e d
P R I N T E D
By
Maurauk
I n 1703 E s t h e r W h e e l w r i g h t , great
of
Three
his grandsons.
records a total of n i n e h u n d r e d a n d
descendants
an
H e never r e t u r n e d , h a v i n g pre-
at the age
taken
to
the A b e n a k i I n -
T i i T . E PACE OE T i i t JOHNSON- N A R RATIVE. I N T H E NE-W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY'S
LIBRARY.
d i a n s by a F r e n c h priest, she b e c a m e a governess i n the f a m i l y of the F r e n c h g o v e r n o r ,
V a u d r e u i l a n d later entered a n U r s u l i n e
C o n v e n t , e v e n t u a l l y to become M o t h e r S u perior of the U r s u l i n e s at M o n t r e a l , d y i n g
i n 1780 at the age of eighty-four.
She was
the o n l y E n g l i s h w o m a n ever to be so elected.
A n o t h e r instance of the u n u s u a l o u t c o m e
of I n d i a n c a p t i v i t y is that of E u n i c e W i l l i a m s d a u g h t e r of P a r s o n J o h n W i l l i a m s of
D e e r f i e l d w h o w a s c a p t u r e d i n 1704 f o l l o w i n g the I n d i a n a t t a c k there a n d t a k e n to
Canada.
R e f u s i n g a l l entreaties o n the part
of h e r parents t o be r a n s o m e d a n d r e t u r n e d ,
she b e c a m e the w i f e of a n I n d i a n w h o h a d
been b a p t i z e d by the n a m e A m b r o s e .
HKAD o i - HANNAH Du.srAN'.s TO.MAHAWK.
FROM A P R I N T I N T H E N E W H A M P SHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
T h e r e w a s also the case of the R o l l i n s
f a m i l y of E x e t e r , w h e r e a m o t h e r a n d h e r
t w o d a u g h t e r s w e r e c a p t u r e d , a n d the m o t h e r
r e d e e m e d , w h i l e the d a u g h t e r s r e m a i n e d to
marry into F r e n c h families.
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N E W
HISTORICAL
HAMPSHIRE
In
1725
the
Hanson
household
was
a t t a c k e d by eleven I n d i a n s .
T h e husband
a n d a d a u g h t e r escaped, but M r s . H a n s o n ,
her m a i d a n d several of her c h i l d r e n w e r e
c a r r i e d off. M r s . H a n s o n , the m a i d a n d three
of her c h i l d r e n w e r e e v e n t u a l l y r a n s o m e d ,
the youngest c h i l d h a v i n g r e m a i n e d as the
w i f e of a F r e n c h n a t i v e . T w o other c h i l d r e n
d i e d at the h a n d s of the I n d i a n s at the t i m e
of the c a p t u r e .
I n 1754, j u s t at the b e g i n n i n g of the S e v e n
Y e a r ' s W a r , the I n d i a n s r a i d e d the c o u n t r y Hamp-
s h i r e , t h e n a n e w l y settled f a r m area k n o w n
as S t e v e n s t o w n .
Scribner,
H e r e they c a p t u r e d S a m u e l
Robert
Barber,
Enos
Bishop
and
N a t h a n i e l M e l o o n w i t h his w i f e a n d several
children.
J E I I R Y , LORD AMHERST.
FROM
A P R I N T IN T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
T h e M e l o o n s w e r e t a k e n to C a n a d a , a l o n g
w i t h the others, a n d sold to a F r e n c h priest
aboard
Intercepted
BEADED B E L T
MADE BY
RACHEL
MELOON
WHILE
S H E W A S AN INDIAN C A P TIVE IN CANADA, AND S E N T
lo P E T E R K I M B A L L AT BOS-
CAWEN.
ORIGINAL IN T H E
N E W HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
by
a vessel b o u n d
an
for
Arriving
of the d a u g h t e r s ,
reluctantly
returning
where
married
New
she
Hampshire
remained in
to
Salisbury
" a d o p t e d . " M r s . Johnson's h u s b a n d w a s t a k e n
Reuben
to M o n t r e a l w i t h t w o others of the
Canada,
in
Greeley.
H i s t o r i c a l Society
purchased
The
a
for
seven
hundred
of her d a u g h t e r s j o i n e d the f a m i l y of the L i e u t e n a n t G o v e r n o r .
for
mistreated.
whose
Peter
Kimball
of
d i a r y is also i n the L i b r a r y , w r i t t e n
w h i l e he s e r v e d i n the w a r .
S a l i s b u r y captives w e r e
Of
New
Boscawen,
a l l the accounts
A l l the
other
of I n d i a n captives i n
H a m p s h i r e t a k e n to C a n a d a , the story
of the " J o h n s o n C a p t i v i t y " is perhaps
among
the best k n o w n .
A r a r e copy of the " N a r r a -
tive"
Walpole, N e w
by
printed i n
David
Narrative
oj the
containing
ing
is
four
in
Carlisle,
Jr.,
Captivity
an account
years
The
with
New
1796
Hampshire
and
oj Mrs.
of her
the Indians
Hampshire
sufferings
and
called
Johnson:
durFrench,
H i s t o r i c a l So-
ciety's L i b r a r y .
A c c o r d i n g to this record C a p t a i n J a m e s
J o h n s o n became a resident of
"Number
F o u r , " n o w C h a r l e s t o w n , i n 1750,
having
, ,
the
T h e y w e r e not
, .
C a p t a i n J o h n s o n w a s released on parole to enable h i m to secure a r a n s o m
of one h u n d r e d a n d fifty p o u n d s , w h i c h he obtained f r o m the N e w
government.
redeemed.
l i v r e s by
F r e n c h g o v e r n m e n t a n d placed i n the f a m i l y of G o v e r n o r D u q u w n e w h i l e one
b e a d - w o r k belt m a d e by her w h e n a c a p t i v e ,
Captain
group.
L a t e r , she says, she w a s also t a k e n there a n d
1763
has
learned
into w h i c h appropriate ceremonies they w e r e
were
r e t u r n e d to N e w H a m p s h i r e . R a c h e l M e l o o n ,
one
at St. F r a n c i s the party
that the I n d i a n s w e r e of the S t . F r a n c i s tribe
France.
E n g l i s h ship, they
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W h e t h e r their m o t i v e w a s to get these
articles a w a y f r o m J o h n s o n or not is u n c e r t a i n f r o m the account, but M r . J o h n s o n a n d
a l m o s t his entire household w e r e c a p t u r e d
on the n i g h t of his r e t u r n by a b a n d of seventeen I n d i a n s w h o took t h e m to C a n a d a w i t h
s u c h of t h e i r belongings as they c o u l d seize.
T h e a c c o u n t of the j o u r n e y c o n t a i n s a n u m ber of i n t e r e s t i n g i n c i d e n t s , a m o n g t h e m the
fact that the I n d i a n s d i d not t o r t u r e or m o lest t h e m a n d that one of the c h i l d r e n w a s
placed for the n i g h t b e t w e e n t w o I n d i a n s
a n d covered by a rope h e l d d o w n at each e n d
by a n I n d i a n w h o l a y on i t , so t h a t i f she
attempted to escape they w o u l d be a w a k e n e d .
D u r i n g the j o u r n e y a d a u g h t e r w a s b o r n to
M r s . J o h n s o n , w h o m she n a m e d " C a p t i v e "
Johnson.
w h o later placed M r s . M e l o o n a n d t w o of the
children
HAMPSHIRE
come u p the C o n n e c t i c u t R i v e r f r o m L u n e n burg
Massachusetts.
His
business
was
largely t r a d i n g w i t h the I n d i a n s , a n occupat i o n he seems to have enjoyed a n d profited
by. I n 1754 he left home to tour the c o u n t r y side i n .search of t r a d i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s .
He
appears a l w a y s to h a v e been o n f r i e n d l y
t e r m s w i t h the I n d i a n s a n d r e t u r n e d w i t h a
good stock of n e w articles he h a d p u r c h a s e d .
T h e H a n s o n c a p t i v i t y has been w i d e l y p u b l i c i z e d by a n a u t o b i o g r a p h y by M r s . E l i z a b e t h
H a n s o n of D o v e r w h i c h appeared i n several
e d i t i o n s , a n u m b e r of rare copies b e i n g i n
The New
H a m p s h i r e H i s t o r i c a l Society's
L i b r a r y . M r s . H a n s o n w a s the w i f e of J o h n
Hanson, a Quaker.
side i n the v i c i n i t y of S a l i s b u r y , N e w
N E W
A f t e r a year a n d a h a l f i n C a n a d a M r s
t v i t h her sisters a n d t w o d a u g h t e r s r e t u r n e d to the C o l o n i e s .
released after three years of c a p i v i t y .
a n u n in M o n t r e a l .
Ticonderoea.
Hampshire
J o h n s o n w a s released, a n d
M r . Johnson
was
O n e of the d a u g h t e r s r e n a m e d a n d became
C a p t a i n Johnson
later enlisted a n d w a s k i l l e d
M r s . J o h n s o n d i e d i n 1810.
j t-
m
,
1758
,
W i t h ^ t h e l ^ g i n n i n g of open w a r f a r e b e t w e e n F r a n c e a n d E n g a n d ,
^
at
,,
finally
r e s u l t i n g in the t a k i n g by the E n g l i s h of M o n t r e a l a n d Q u e b e c , the I n d i a n raids
on N e w
H a m p s h i r e cam'e to a n e n d , a l t h o u g h there w e r e
b e t w e e n the N e w
requent
encounters
E n g l a n d e r s a n d the I n d i a n s i n the v i c i n i t y ot the C a n a d i a n
border u n t i l after the close of the R e v o l u t i o n .
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New
N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL
Hampshire Indians H a v e Gone but
N
EW
HAMPSHIRE,
as
well
as
all A m e r i c a ,
may
it
might
have
gone
far
f o u g h t i n the R e v o l u t i o n .
PASSACONAWAY
was the
most
famous of the Penaeoot^ Indians
whose
lands bordered on the Merrimack
river
north of Concord, and their chief.
He
is said to have lived to be a
hundred
and tiventy years old. His dying
words
are recorded to have been; "Take
heed
how you quarrel with the English
for
though
you may do them much
mischief, you will be destroyed and rooted
of} the earth if you do."
Passaconaway's daughter is said to have
married
Winnepurkit
or Winnepocket
also of
the Penacook
tribe.
diflerendy
with
well
pay
tribute
to
the
H a d it not been for t h e m
soldiers
who
I t w a s i n the I n d i a n w a r s they l e a r n e d to
New
England
fight.
F o r m o r e t h a n t w o decades p r i o r to 1775,
m e n w e r e t r a i n e d here, t h a n k s to the I n d i a n s , to protect t h e i r h o m e s a n d g u a r d t h e i r
liberty.
O n e has but to r e a d the r e c o r d of
G e n e r a l John S t a r k a n d his fellow-patriots,
to sense the i m p o r t a n c e of the events that
preceded the w a r for the i n d e p e n d e n c e of
this c o u n t r y .
T h e early settlers h a d as m u c h difficulty i n
p r o n o u n c i n g the I n d i a n n a m e s as the I n d i a n s
d i d i n a t t e m p t i n g to m a k e t h e i r s p r o n o u n c able.
T h e y d i d , h o w e v e r , g i v e us
Coos
w h i c h they p r o n o u n c e d C o w a s h or C o w a s s ,
a n d w h i c h became the n a m e of a N e w
H a m p s h i r e c o u n t y . C o c h e c o w a s as near as
the colonists got to w h a t w a s
afterward
named Dover.
S u n a p e e the I n d i a n s apparently p r o n o u n c e d Soo-ni-pee, a s p e l l i n g s t i l l
occasionally to be seen o n old signs.
Occum
is the n a m e of a f a m o u s D a r t m o u t h I n d i a n
graduate.
.
WONOLANCET
was tlie son of
. Passaconaway.
Although
the
settlers
are said to have burned
one of his
•fenacook
villages in 167;, during
King
Philip's
War, the Penacooks
did
not
retaliate,
fohn Eliot,
writing
to his
friend
Sir Robert
Boyle, in
England,
calls
Wonolancet
"a sachem
of
tiie
greatest blood of the
country."
CHOCORUA. FROM A P R I N T I N
THE
N E W HAMPSHIRE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
CHOCORUA
is thought
to
have
been a member
of the Pequawket
or
Ossipee tribe,
but whatever
tribe Ite
was, he has always been New
Hampshire's favorie Indian.
In the earliest
records,
the Mountain
named for him
was
called
feckoyva
and
Chocorua
himself
is thought
to have spent a
good part of his life in the
vicinity
of Tamworth
and "died on the mountain, presumably
as a residt of a fall
from a
cliff."
Mr. Lawrence
Mayo, a life
member
of The New Hampshire
Historical
Society,
who
did considerable
research
on the "Legend
of Chocorua."
fhe
name of his monograph,
says,
"There
is a tradition
that Chocorua was killed
by white men and that his dying
curse
was responsible for a mysterious
bovine
malady in that region of New
Hampshire."
PASSACONAWAY. FROM A P R I N T IN T H E N E W
HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
33
L i k e w i s e w h i l e the n a m e s of our places
are l a r g e l y of E n g l i s h o r i g i n . N e w H a m p shire got m a n y of t h e m f r o m the I n d i a n s .
The
n a m e s of P e n a c o o k , Ossipee a n d P e q u a w k e t ( P i g w a c k e t ) are d e r i v e d
directly
f r o m the I n d i a n tribes.
O t h e r tribes w e r e
the N a s h u a s , the S o u h e g a n s , the N a t i c o o k s ,
the M o h a w k s , the N a m o s k e a g s ( A m o s k e a g ) ,
the N a r r a g a n s e t t s , the S u n c o o k s , the W i n n i pesaukees, a n d the P i s c a t a q u a s .
F r o m the
N e w H a m p s h i r e I n d i a n C h i e f s come our
n a m e s of P a s s a c o n a w a y , W o n o l a n c e t , C h o corua, Kancamagus, Waternome and Paugus.
T h e i r Names at Least R e m a i n
m e m o r y of the I n d i a n s for at least one t h i n g .
N E W HAMPSHIRE
SAMSON
OCCOM
(or Cecum)
was
an early Indian convert to the
Christian
faith, coming from the Mohegan
tribe
in Southern
Connecticut
of which,
in
1742, at the age of nineteen,
he had
become one of the
leaders.
Selected
by the Reverend
Eleazer
Wheelock
to attend his "college"
for
Indians
at Lebanon,
Connecticut,
then
called
Moor's
Indian
Charity
School,
and afterward
Dartmouth
College,
he
first became a school-teacher
and later
an ordained
minister
oj the
Gospel.
In 1764,
following
the close of tlie
French
and English
War, he was sent
by Wheelock to accompany
the
Evangelist,
George
Whitefield,
to
preach
and solicit contributions
to the
school
in England
and Scotland.
He is said
to have been instrumental
in
raising
a large endowment
fund, estimated at
twelve thousand pounds.
In his admirable book, "Samson
Occom,"
Harold
Blodgett
says that "without
Occom,
Dartmouth
wotdd
never
have
been
foimded."
C e r t a i n e n d i n g s o n our I n d i a n n a m e s fall
i n t o r e c o g n i z a b l e classes, s u c h as A n n a h o o k set ( H o o k s e t t ) , P e m i g e w a s s e t a n d N i t t i s s i t ,
a k i n to other n a m e s e n d i n g i n sit or set.
T h e e n d i n g coo\r 0 0 ^ ) finding itself i n
a g r o u p i n g of P e n a c o o k , P o n t o o c o o k , S u n cook,
Ahquedaukee,
Cowissawashook
( K e a r s a r g e ) , Aroostook, A m m o n u s u c , C o n toocook, M o o s i l a u k e , M o n o m o n o c , B a b o o s u c ,
U n c a n o o n u c , A s h u e l o c k ( A s h u e l o t ) , Massabesic, W a l o o m s u c , N e w i c h w a n n o c k , M e r r i m a c ( o n c e called M o n i a c k , M o n o m a c
or
M o n o m o c ) , has caused m u c h
speculation
a m o n g p h i l o l o g i s t s , some of w h o m consider
the e n d i n g oo\o m e a n m e r e l y at.
S i n c e there w e r e as m a n y different
ages or dialects a m o n g
the N e w
I n d i a n s as there are a m o n g
tions
the v a r i o u s
attached
there m i g h t
that w i t h
have
been
w o r d s to w h i c h the syllable at w a s
meaning
The
sec-
of the U n i t e d States, it is difficult
go f u r t h e r t h a n to conjecture
ooh
langu-
Hampshire
at
the
philologists
at g o i n g
mountain
seem
or
to h a v e
at
to
the
many
attached,
the
been
river
balked
further.
A n o t h e r g r o u p of N e w H a m p s h i r e I n d i a n
n a m e s a l l c o n t a i n the syllable squatrt.
Asquam
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HISTORICAL
N E W HAMPSHIRE
N E W HAMPSHIRE
35
ljut w e r e at least i n use by the settlers w h i l e the I n d i a n s w e r e here.
THE HUTCHINSONS,
Indson,
John,
Asa and Abhy, of the "Tribe
of fesse"
were famous
in tlie annals of
New
Hampshire
history as America's
foremost family of singers.
They were a
choir
of thirteen
at the
beginning,
growing
up in Milford,
New
Hampshire.
Later as a quartet, they
toured
America from the 1840's to the
iSyo's.
shire n a t i v e s , but g i v e n i n h o n o r of great A m e r i c a n
T h e f o r e g o i n g l i s t of N e w H a m p s h i r e I n d i a n n a m e s is by no m e a n s c o m p l e t e ,
they w e r e
M a n y other tributes h a v e been p a i d to the N e w
England Indians.
Our evening
dance is seen no more.
Its sound has ceased to flow.
And each one sings a mournful
dirge
In accents sad and
slow.
The whites have swept our
friends
away,
Beneath the turf our fathers
lay,
We soon must join them in
death's
sleep
And leave our homes to mourn
and
weep.
Shall I the bravest of the
chiefs.
On this isle make my bed?
0 no! the whites' polluted
feet
Shall ne'er tread o'er my
head.
I've buried my hatchet 'neath the turf,
But I will rest beneath the
surf;
The foaming billows shall be my
grave,
For I'll not die a white man's
slave.
T h e col-
lege s o n g of A m h e r s t a n d m a n y a n o t h e r b a l l a d a n d story, a l l tell of the part they
p l a y e d i n our early h i s t o r y , of w h i c h the verses of L o n g f e l l o w
James F e n i m o r e
C o o p e r are e x a m p l e s .
a n d the books of
M o s t p o p u l a r a m o n g the
compositions
of a decade or t w o ago w a s a s o n g c o m p o s e d a n d s u n g by the H u t c h i n s o n s
"Glide O n , My Light Canoe," a
fitting
H i s t o r i c a l Society's L i b r a r y .
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SAMSON- OCCUM. FROM A P R I N T IN T H E NE-W
HAMPSHIRE HISI-ORICAL SOCII:TY'S COLLECTION.
(Squam
Lake, mountain and river), W i n n i -
squam,
Asquam-Schumake
JVIonascon
or
Mascoma,
necticut)
Quampeagin,
(Baker
one they m i g h t
These names
do
the same tribe, so t h a t to
have meant something
different
f r o m another.
meaning
of squam
the n a m e S q u a m
(Con-
Squamannagonic,
(CJonic), and Squamscott.
not a l l c o m e f r o m
River),
Quonekticut
Several
quite
indicate
the
to be l a k e , i n w h i c h case
L a k e might, in
become L a k e L a k e !
translation
O t h e r squams
are
said
to be r i v e r s .
T h e n a m e s e n d i n g i n qua,
Piscataqua,
Pequawket,
a n d ]{et s u c h as
Wataqua,
Winni-
p a u k e t t , seem to i n d i c a t e w a t e r or r i v e r s also,
while
the
influence
of
the
French
may
be
t r a c e d , p e r h a p s , to the t r a n s l a t i o n of C h e b u c t o
to C h e b e a q u e , the n a m e F r a n c o i s
wa
(Plausua
Mountain),
p r o n o u n c e d t h e i r jr
Winnicoultt.
as pi,
since
and
to P l a u s a -
the
Indians
Winnicot
to
St. John Baptist was Sabbatis.
O d d n a m e s , s u c h as P a r m a c h e n e , A t t i l h a ,
Catamount, Mahomet, Monadnock, and Opechee are difficult to trace to I n d i a n o r i g i n .
called
t r i b u t e to this v a n i s h e d , b u t never-to-be-
forgotten race, a copy of w h i c h is one of the treasures i n T h e N e w
Glide on my light canoe, glide
on,
The morning
breeze is free,
I'll guide thee far, far out upon
The wild and troubled
sea.
Howl on ye blasts with all your
might.
Hide, hide thyself thou orb of light,
y.Roll on ye mountain
billows
roll.
The wonders of the deep
unfold.
And on the waves we're forced
to
roam;
There's
none to pity, none to save
The red man jrom the ocean
grave.
that
"here."
One of the most popular songs was
called "Glide
On, My Light
Canoe"
by J. W. Hutchinson
with these
words:
Glide on and bear me from the sight
Of yonder
shady
vale;
For oh! there is a with'ring
blight
Spread o'er my native
Isle;
The whites have driven
us from
our
home.
Hamp-
Indians.
but indicates some of the p e r m a n e n t records they h a v e left b e h i n d , s h o w i n g
They sang many popular songs and
popularized
others,
usually
on
such
subjects
as temperance
and
freedom,
calling
themselves
the Aeolian
Vocalists and singing
such ballads as
"The
Old Granite
State,"
"Let
My
People
Go,"
"What
Are
the
Wild
Waves
Saying,"
"The
Good Time
Coming,"
"The
Spider
and
the Fly,"
"Kind
Words Can Never Die" and many of
their own
compositions.
'l
~
, t
•
T h e names
T e c u m s e h a n d Osceola are late c o m e r s , not, of c o u r s e , related to the N e w
COVER OF INDIAN SONG, SUNG IJY T H E HUTCHINSON F A M I L Y .
FROM T H E N E W HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION.
Hampshire
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HISTORICAL
N E W HAMPSHIRE
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8TRArPORO
CORNER.
urdsy evening to spend Sunday w i t h
dsy, after a pleasant^fortniglit"ia\Mw£
£|iffevL 8 r H . and M r s Goodwin will
friends; she is one o f the very bright
dleton.
enjoy tbe two weeks' vacation allotted
H a v i n g is progressing dnely and
young women who have gone from
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Grace and'Mrs.
Dr.
EteatormUve Nerrtn*,
j i e ~ p s s t o r by the Congregational
many of our farmers have nearlv finished
Farmington to 'add to t h e worth of ed
W . P. Blake visited Mrs. Joseph Blake
church, by a carriage drive iii tni* S ' a ' e
Mr. B. 5. OmldwoU, la book-keeper in ucational circles in other^ towns a n d
A valuable colt, belonging to Cyrus
of Barnsteadi-on'Bunday,
land In/Massachusetts.
T h e y w i l l vi.it
Another of thejjumbeiJU Miss
1
K Koss, was found dead in the pasture, the First National Bank of Folton. Ky. States.
Xhe Woman'* auxiliary mission
•"I was completely run down. My i
completely
"I
[North"Epping over the Sabbath. Their
Bertha W i g g i n g whose/past seasonefbf
soaps and soaps/
became mo utxttrnag through Ion of __
unstrung
-ecame
Ffll Y MORNING. J U L Y 31, 1896. one day, last week
' •leep
arrangements include a vi.it to tbe hiaand worry t&j»t I text aore 1 would bo com* teaching has been spent in N o r ^ A t t l e - •ocietv will >meefc on Friday August 7
Miss M a m i e Y o u n g and friend of pelled toi giT* op my position, fwould lie
*"lth Mrs..*: E./Fernaia.
A.C W
but only one
torlo t o w n s of Concord and L e x i n g t o n .
awake all night long, and It took bat little boro*. M a s s ,/wheie'the Rev J ; H MeExeter hare been visiting the former's
Laren is a pastor
Ed/vsrd E.Trask is visiting hie Farm
HIT T H E B A L L HARD.
They made
PODl I8IIKT) E . r . K ,
rlilDAY
t t O R N l N O sister M r s . F T Staaton
ington home.
Miss l e a Peavey spent Sunday w i t h
the journey on their wheels.
friends in town.
A l Partnlostnn.N H . bT
H E A V Y
DATTIHG C n A H A C T E R I Z E D
Mr. Martin Welch of Lynn was in
The Barnum it Bailey big show, at
Mrs. Bradley Thurston and daughter
TUB O A U B AT BCttORT P A R K .
town aver Sunday with his family at
Rochester, Monday, was the attraction
I. F, ITRHNALiL)
"
Proprietor
were in t o w n on Saturday, and were
Breezy Brow
for many people from this place.
accompanied by the fomer's sister M r s
It was unfortunate for Manager San
Mrs Delia Blake o f Rochester and
Mrs
James Stiles, who with her
8 H Walt*ron, back to 8nmetnworth ders that b y reason of alcknoas, and other
Barnum a isn't in it with the Populist
Master-Willie Blake, are tbe guests of
three children has been stopping witb
Mrs. Harrison Wsldron is in Dover, circumstances, tils team that lined up
show that closed last week
Farmington friends this week
her parents, M r and M r s ( ' C . Dame,
to remain for a few weeks.
against the Sbmereworths, Saturday, at
Master HOBS Pearl o f Littleton is
for several weeks, returned to her home
Mrs. Albert Grsoger, formeily Miss Burget Park, was of the plcked-up vari
There is no rhyme for silver—8t
visiting his grandparents here. M r s .
in Merrimar, N H , last week.
Adelaide C Hajea, had been on from ety
1'aul Globe.
Unfortunate because It put the
!'earl's friends will be glad to know that
New Y o r k , but has gone heme, accom home team back Into last place again
Yet can anyone can make it jingle
Rev N C . L o t h r o p . a former pastor,
which is the soap of
she is meeting with fine success with
panied by M r Granger
occupied the pulpit a l the church agum
Gota had by no meanB recovered from
soaps and washes clothes
A wild man is roaming the woods o f
her work in vocal instruction in L i t t l e
The funeral of Mr Howard Jones his accident of the Saturday before, and
last Sunday, and was listened to b) i
Maine
H e i » thought to be an escape large audience.
ton, and hope to see her and Master
was held at his home in N e w Durham
with less labor and great
A call t o become pas
It wits noticeable la.bis work behind the
from the Populist Convention
Holman belore the vacation *eaaon ends
on Monday. H e leaves a widow for
tor of the church, has been extended to
bat
Both teams had 00 their batting
er comfort.
Bert P i k e , tbe popular driver lor F .
merly Miss Ella Davis, and two sons
Those fellows who are poking so Mr L o t h r o p and we sincerely hope it
togs, and base hits w e r e as plenty as
O Nutter, hat been off duty for a few
Makes hoaae* brighter
The death o f Miss Lucy Dodge, after flies about a bald man's pate. I^lghton's
much fun at the Populists whiskers, will be accepted.
days, because of a lame aide.
Makes heart* lighter
a long period of ill health during which playing at first was simply great, and he
should remember Parson M c K i n n e y
to shake i_e np ao that I could not poaalhly
attend to my btulueaa aa 1 should. In she was moat carefully attended, re had the unstinted admiration of the crowd
Mrs. John Otis and children ore vis
NORTH B A R N 8 T E A D .
connection with tbla 1 had Hvcr trouble, moves one o f whom can be said " S h e
• s e r i n Bta,H.T.
1 his is the best sort of weather to
iting friends in Barnstead.
hearlneaa a boat the stomach, and pains In
present. N&leaubad an unusual num
depart for an exploration of Oreenland.
Mms Ijfoora .1 Holmes i. quite sick different parta of my body. I was also moob hath done what she could."
George \ V Davis went to N e w Y o r k ,
ber of chances, and, -despite his errors,
reduced In flesh. I waa persuaded to. try
On the authority of the old Psalm tune
A forlorn little black child, she was
Wednesday, where he has a situation as
Mr
Simeon Webster is in town
nuide some g o o d plays.
TKADB KOTKS.
Dr, Miles' Restorative Nervine,
there aro " i c y mountains there "
brought from Virginia in the latter part
telegrapher.
renewing old acquaintances
The Score follows:
first procured a trial bottle from a local
rug({UtandKoodre«ultaquIaKlvfolkiw6d. I of the civil war, by the late Mrs James
Mr A Dull O W a l k e r of Michigan, is then procured a-Uof*
SOJIKBSWOBTH
M A . Trefethen of Exeter was in
The August Mcribner is the fiction
W e call the attention of our readers
-. B
Kdgerly who was formerly Miaa
lb po a e
art
t had uaod tbla up
number of that magazine, and contains expected here this week
to the advertisement o f the Salmon Oold t3wn, Saturday
Fogarty S b . .
Martha E . Pernald of South Berwick
< J 1
..8
am now on my tbl .
1 2 1
six
abort stories, a little comedy,
Mining Co.'s stock
I t is one o f tbe
S
Dr. and Mrs. J 8 Elkins were in
John K Davis visited his brother sleep soundly and eatregularly,something In the Fernalil home Lucy was given I l o b U p
and several special articles of wide S W Davis at Rochester last Sunday I could not possibly do before taking joar a kind and suitable training, in. all Brown Su
a
few producing gold mines and Messrs. Rochester last week, a* guests for a
Nervine. I am now fuUurteoocrtCLviQ ao not
Varner r f
6
popular interest
Crompton & Co. assure us. that d i v i short time of M r and Mrs. George E.
available w a y s , and up to the time L»Dgltcr l b
Mrs A b b i e W n g h t , o f N e w \ ork, iB hesitate to pronounce I>r. allies* uestoratlT
Nervine the greatest neroina on earth."
dends w i l l be paid.
A dividend to Cochrane.
Mr. Cochrane's only broth
10
when her mind grew clouded by disease GastoDguar e
visiting her parents M r a i d M r « Jubn
Pulton Ky
B- T CALDWELL
Witter TI
A \ e w York paper attempts to prove
I
the amount of ten per cent for 1896 is er, whose health ia seriously impaired,
she was a loyal and loving Servant to Lttwrtj c r
F Holmes.
Dr. Miles' Nervine la sold on a post
that the man of the future wjl! have no
is witb him in Rochester
guaranteed.
guarantee that the first bottle will Dene:
tbe mistress by whom she was regarded
Miss Blanche Tuttle has a crower that AUdragglatsaellttatIM bottles for la, of
lungs —Chicago Dispatch
la,
iggiatsaellttattM botttea
with affection, ai.d to her family She
James White is working in a shoe
FAUMINIITONS.
has laid a litter of eggs and wanted to
D A N A ' S Sarsaparilla Is not o n l y the
Which means, when that time cornea
became in 1877 a member permanently
best of all remedies for the Nerves, Liver, factory at East Rochester.
•b
bb lb
there will be no camp-meeting at Alton set >
of the household of Mr James B. Ed
Nestles u RB
Kidneys, Stomach, and Blood, but i f no
3 3
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Miss Daniels of Somerville has been
Bay
Mr
and Mrs. Samuel Walker of
Uml 3b
benetlt, you can get your money bock.
OMDr. Miles' N E B T B F u m n tor BPTKA.I. gerly of N o r t h Main Street.
Klrker,If
the guest of MissOra Whitney for a few
Piltafield, called on friends in ihis place
WEAKNESS. AU druKEtaU sell 'em f o r » c
The same guarantee applies to Dana's
o'lAQghliu 3I>
0
Religion was a great deal to Lucy, LelgbtuD lb
The Rev Julias H W a r d , of Boston, Sunday
Pills, Cough Syrup and Plasters. F o r days.
0
and she was msde early in her Nothern Cou, c
1
sale by Q . T . Jones, Agent, N e w Dur
has written a highly interesting paper
Hon. S. C. Whitehouse, president of
0
Mr
and Mrs U Alonzo H a l l of " T h e profounder patriot, the sort thai life a member of a church in South Uenoelt r f
ham, N . H
9-3in
Bikini p
U
on the late Harriet Beecher Htowe for
the N H . Musical Association, is very
Boston. Mass., spent a few days last bojs should be taught to emulate, i t a Berwick
0
She enjoyed
contributing lUrkor. r t
the AngUkt Forum
I t is a compre
enthusiastic in speaking o f the assem
week with James L o c k e and family
forbearing cituen and a profoundlv re toward the maintenance o f worship and
I.IVIKO PICTURES).
Totals.
hensive estimate of her career, her posi
<S
I S 13 17 24 1.1
blies at Weirs, last week
From a mu
but wben he does the auxiliaries of local church work
Mrs. K m m s Drew Clark of L y n n , luctant fighter,
Innings1 3 3 4 5 8 7 8
tion in literature, her moral aim—in
Somertworth
Almost everyone in N e w England sical point of view he declares it was
0 S K 0 0 8 0 1 0 IB
—
short, an analysis of what went to the Mass., spent the day last week with bring his howitzer out he enlists for the and it gave her great pleasure to make Ptrmtogton
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8—18 will remember the great series of living the beat ever held, though tbe attend
whole war " T h e same issue of the holiday or birthday gifts to her friends
her cousin, Mrs Jsmes Locke.
asrneu runs. Fartnlogton, 8 , Soaieraworth, 4.
making of this great writer
ance waa not equal to some former years
Two base hlts- PogartT, 3 . Brown, LangUer, pictures that was produced at K e i t h ' s
The school-board o f Barnstead held paper nsmed announces that, in view among those with whom she was asso (i&ctonguay. Wllley
Klrst b a » e on balls— Var New
T h e a t r e , Boston, two summers
George H . Johnson will g o to N o r
uey.Unstonguaj Liberty, Nedeaa, card. Coin.
Mr
J
B Bishop in the August an examination for teachers last Sntur of the welfare and honor of the nation ciated
back, and scarcely a person failed of wich, Ot , this week, where he will b e
Hit by plrheu ball-Cnru. Struck o u l - b . Hobba
She had no acquaintance with }ieople Noueaa lUcker s. Lolgbtoo 3, Com 8, E l k l o , 3 ,
Not as connected with sound monty, it will
Forum la o f the opinion that it is an day st the Centre srhool-house
A l l theatre goers will the guest of Hert Saunders.
bv Klfclna Brown, UastonjraAy. Liberty PaaseU seeing them
were support M r K m l e y in the Presidential of color hut waa devoted to"ber family
error to call bicycling a " c r a z e . " It is a large number of apphcanis
ball,—Gota 3. Throe base blt—B&rkor Double therefore be interested in the announce
campaign
Mr Emmons of N e w H a m p t o n , and
Of the houaebold nf ber happy home play- Langllor au<l Urown. I'inplres — USTlu
present
something
very different fiom that
ment j u s t made that an even more family, are guests o f Mrs J P . Elkins
I be Outlook of July 35 gives fine there remain only Mr Kdgerly and his a n u j Kogtirty
T h e simple fact is that t h e human race
Mr
Herbert
Hill
and family of
sumptuous and elaborate production is of\Tappan Btreet. T h e y are returning
younger daughter to sorrow for the loss
has discovered a new power for its own Rochester spent Sunday with relatives papers upon both McKinley and Bryan
The managers of the Cooheco League contemplated during the month of A u g home from a leisurely carriage drive to
with others upon Mrs Rtowe, the Kev of one so true and faithful , yet there
use. From the earliest dawn of civili
here. Returning they -left iheir two
held a meeting at Rochester Saturday ust,tbe first series to be put on M o n d a y , Rye Beach and other B^tore resorts, tak
zation man has been experimenting daughters, Ida and L o l a with their Francis K. Clark, I ) D , the foundei is content i n view of htt roimful release
There are some forty sub en largely for the benefit of M r . E m
evening and sustained the original scores August 3
with motion
Finally he has hit upon ^unt, Mrs. James C T u t t l e , for a week of the Christian Endeavor movement, on last Saturday, from imminent suffer
In the contested games between tbe jects in ail, some being original concep mons' health
and upon The Higher Life of Philadel ing
a device which makes his own body
One day last week Oruver Chesley phia, all these being wt II illustrated
KocheAtent and Soincrsworths aud the tions, while others are reproductions of
the source of power
H e has placed
T , E . Butler is in East P e p p e n l l ,
The funeral took place on Tuesday 1 lovers and Somersworths, »o the stand famous paintings.
agod 4 J years spent the day with his
Mass., this week
The good cruse of international bi
wheels upon his feet, and as a result
afternoon in charge of M r J P T i b
The artist who has been superintend
grandmother and for amusement, with
ing In the league Is as follows
metalliam is declared by the Bimetallic belts. Kitting remarks were msde by
finds his powers of locomotion tnulti
Onslow Jones and family sre at A l bis little axe, chopped down s tree 8 ft
*Fer cool. ing the production of these pictures is
l e a g u e of Ureat Britain to have made tbe Rev» S . H Goodwin, and appro
plied by five and even ten
Instead o;
1'laietl
Won
Lo.t.
M Castel-Bert, a Frenchman, w h o e ton Bay
high and 10 inches in circumference,
substantial progress in the past year, priate singing was given b ) Mr and s*»mer»worth
walking five 01 ten miles with more or
R<M.best«r
reputation largely rests upon the pano
brought it to the shed and sawed it into
and there is probability of a permanent Mrs. I ) YV. Kimball, Mrs. A K . Put Uorer
less effort and fatigue, he finds himself
ramie work that he accomplished in this
stove wood before he left it
Psnttingtoo
tribunal of arbitration between our own nam, and M r K. K. Carlton
traveling ten, twenty, flftv, and even
Inter
country, notably, " T b e Crucifixion,"
and the mother countrv
hundred miles, aocordlng to his pbyslca
ment was made in the Karminglon
LooK O u t
8hiloh," "Bunker H i l l , " " F r i b u r g , "
vigor and experience, with little per- for breakers ahead when pimples, bolls,
I IIIPN' C'OSTUIHUTION
A n important strike in the excellent cemetery, beside the grave of Mrs
etc., and some of the best conceived o f
ceptible fatigue and with a most delight carbuncles and tike manifestations of im printing house of J J Little it Co. in Kdgerly
^
the pictures are his
N o expense has
T h e y wouldn't ap New York City has been settled by
ful sense of animation
H e has become pure blood appear
A party of ciur citizens enj>i)ed an
Oo Monday morning a surgeon from
been spared In the production, and the
master o f his new power,—ibe moat pear If your blood were pure and your arbitration, the referee being President
excursion over the lake in the pteamer
Boston, assisted by l)r John Young ol
system In the right condition
They
pictures w i l l be produce 1 witb an accu
valuable he has acquired since he learn show you what you need—a good blood- Seth Ix)w of Columbia College Things
Dover and D r John C Parker of this Peihap.i last Sunday and report a fine racy of detail that i s amazing. T b e
ed to walk,—and it is honceforth a part purlfer, that's what you get when y o n like these make one feel that civilization
CURES OTHERS .WILL CURE YOU
time
i
town, removed s tumor weighing 32
lighting effects will be grand, more than
of his equipment for bis struggle with take Or Pierce's I .olden Medical I)ls- really advances and climbs upward as
Put y..ur money in the savings bank 6000 candle power being employed
pounds, from Mrs Solomon Hall, ol
cowry
life. Is it probable that having once
well
whose recovery earnest hope is enter for safe keeping and we'll warrant those
It carries health with It. A l ) blood,
l o Llqald u d P l U a
become possessor of a power like this
T o return to the exercises of 8unday, tained
burglars won't gett i
A trained nurse is in alien
skin,and scalp diseases, from a common
TUB COU1TT.
Dr Glidden's Rheumatic Cure will
the human race Is going to abandon it • blotch or eruption to the worst scrof — Mr Goodwin waa compelled to con
dance upon the patient.
We
visited the garden of Hiram
be a boon to you if suffering with rheu
A s wall might we expect it to abandon ula, aro cured by it. I t Invigorates the dense his carefully noted record of the
There is likely to be a formal reunion Stevens last Sunday and were v e r )
T w o wood ibis, a very rare bird in matism, for it absolutely cures every
I Ivor purifies ana enriches the blond, convention, in his re pott, as the Rev
railways, and gas, and electricity
this season o f the class of l b 9 1
surprised to see such s variety of veg this section, were shot st Salmon Falls form o f rheumatism
and rouses every organ Into healthful
For sale by
action
In the most stubborn forms ol K. N C Barnes was to speak at seven
Mr and M r s Frank Shapleifth re
etsbles growing on such a small piece recently
NKW KNULAND PAIU.
Roberts it Peavey, Farmington, N H
skin diseases, such as salt-rheum eczema o'clock in the audience room, concern turned lo Springfield Mass , on Halur
ol land.
Anyone interested in garden
Prof A E Thomas has been elected
tetter, erysipelas, carbuncle*, and kind ing prohibition
Mr Harnes is a very
ing will do well to cull and see for
Arrangements for the N e w Kngland red aliments and with scrofula lo every voung man and his gifts as a public
principal uf Austin academy, Strafford
BCt.'Kt.KN 8 AStniUA HAI.VB
C u r e for Headache
themselves wbat can be done in this
shape, and all blood taints, it effects per •pesker are certainly uncommon to men
Fair at Rigby Park and City Hall,
A s a remedy for all forms of heailucetia line with proper rare
The bent Halve In tne world for cut s,
•tOClAL AMD PCftHOrtAI,
fect and permanant cures of the worst
M r Stevens ha*
Portland, Maine, August 17, 18, 1 9 , 3 0
>f his years
Hardly any one doubts Electric Bitters has proved to be the very
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
cases
our thanks for a basket o f the largest
and 21, are now near completion. A
It effects a permaneut cure and
thai the manufacture and sale of intox best
Mrs. J K. French spent Sunday with sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
full and choire exhibit o f live stock,
IN U K D S U A I .
the most dreaded habitual sick headaches currants we ever saw and w e feel <afe
corns and all rddn eruptions and positive
icants, for use as beverages, should be
Mr and M r s . Geo. M . Btard at D o v e r
yield to Its Influence. We urge all who in saying that were ever raised u, this
ly cures piles, or no pay required. I t Is
equalling or exceeding that o f last year,
done away with
Palling the enforce
Miss O r a Whitney spent Wednesday Is warruntoed toirlve perfect satisfaction
are afflicted to procure a bottle and give town
is assured. Mr. S 8. Sanborn, of Bos
Burglars entered the handsome new ment of prohibitory law, a high license this remedy a fair trial
In cases of hab
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
with friends in Dover
Woh Dean ynu'ro •Iwayv In the leail
ton, is to exhibit some twenty-six head residence o f M r s . John Burleigh, at baa seemed to some men better than no itual constipation, Electric Bitters cures
box.
i>'or*KMle. bv Kobnrts & Peaveiy.
We never knew you fall.
Mrs. A r t h u r Beard spent s few day
of his celebrated French coaching stud , South B e r w i c k , Friday night, and se check at all upon (ha evil referred to by giving the Deeded tone to the bowels,
But tre'u like to know Just how yon fly
That kiln wltnout s ull
at Farmington with M r s . J P Elkins
eight or ten English and American cured nearly 8 4 0 0 worth of jewelry and l o enforce properly the laws of New andfew cases long resist the use ot this
medicine. T r y It once. Large bottles
8ay, A b e , don't let tbe boys fool you and Mrs. Richardson last week.
vehicles and numerous set o f harness, solid silver plate
T h e y held a
Hampshire, in this respect, a strong ouly fifty cents at Rolierts A Peavey's
for that is a genuine little N i g , I saw
four ot wbioh cost 8600 per set in Eng volver at the head o f the servant girl public opinion is necessary, or the drug store.
Mrs. George Tibbetts and son H a r
(2)
I M m winking at the Tarmington girls old have been the guests of Rochester
land. ( ' . I Hood, of L o w e l l , Is to ex who had been aroused by the noise, and authority must be used by State rather
n*st night as he turned
the crank friends in the present week.
hibit —though not in competition—his threatened to kill her if she made a n ) than IJCSI officials.
Don't take too much stock in what Joe
famous Jersey
cattle and Berkshire outcry.
< urcs lilieiiiiintlsin
Price, SOc
Mr. and M r s . Ben Wentworth are ai/ocsl officers never yet have found
says.
swina. T h e racing program is unques
mong the new arrivals at 0 ' ean P a r k
any attempt to carry out the spirit of
T h e D i s c o v e r y S a v e d His Life,
tionably the best ever offered by an)
Should suyono Sod tor umbrella
THE TUEN OF LIFE.
They make their home at Uemdan
M . Q CalUouette. druggist, Beavers- the law, to be a desirable undertaking
Marked on the handle T I I . f..
agricultural
society in the Eastern vlllo, III., says
And leave at the orsoe of the Now,
" T o D r King's N e w People who advocate temperance are
cottage.
Will receive ibe thanks I there bars left.
States. Thure are fifteen races, the Discovery I o w e my life.
Waa taken
apt to swell the successes of tbem who T h e
M o s t C r i t i c a l P e r i o d In t h e
Miss L a u r a Harrington has j o i n e d W h e o l e r & W i l s o n
yearling for a purse of 9 6 0 0 and the w i t h la g r i p p e and tried a l l the physi
Life o f a Woman.
cians for miles about, but ot no avail and sell liquors, through a lack of thought,
balance for purses o f 9 1 , 0 0 0 each
Mr James Perdue, an old soldier ber parents a t pcean Park for a. few
was given up and told J oould not live. indifference, or other cause, and the
New No 0, Family
residing at Monroe, Mloh . was severely days, and m a k e s a welcome addition to
Three
hundred and
twenty-severn
Having D r . K i n g ' s N e w Discovery In my sentiment of a community needs to be
afflicted with rheumatism but received the FahniRgton colony |
Sewing Haobines,
horses are named in the fifteen races, store I sent for a bottle nod began Its use
a v j n t m c . or Mr*. Kslljr, of PatchOfu,
rompt relief from pain by using Chamaggressive before any one man can do
thus assuring a large field o f starters
*Kev. G e o . H . Cat* and,family o f Rotary Motion and
and from the first dose began to feol bet
L o a « Island.
orlaln's Pain Balm
H e says: ' ' A t
effective work in the putting down of
The Adrian W i r e Co. are lo exhibit a ter, and after using three bottles was up
tunes my back would ache so badly that Newton, M a s s . , are guests qf/Oliver J
Ball Bearings
any practice which menaces the publir
There la no*period in woman'a earthly
I could hardly raise up. I f I bad not M . Oilman o f Alton. ..
car load o f wild animals consisting of and about again. I t Is worth its weight
,'
H a k e Them
In gold. W e won't keep store or house health.
career which ahe approaches with ao
gotten relief I would not be here to write
buffalo, deet, e l k , bear and coyotes without I t . " G e t a tree trial at Roberts
Rev. M r . Hauler, remembered for
these few lines.
Chamberlain's Pain
Mr Goodwin's conscientious and ex much anxiety as t h e "change of Life."
Easy running, quick, mpld and durable.
W
A Eddy, of Bayonne, N J., dcPeavey's drug store.
(2)
Balm has done me a great deal of good his evangelical work in this place last Prices nnviirinng to style and finl-h
Tet
during t h e
cellent remarks at the close of the meet
and C. H Lamson, o f Portland, will
and I feel v e r y thankful for I t . ' F o r Spring, is, witb bis family, occupying a Ensy payments, liberal discounts, f o r
Tni
HTATK.
i a g ^ a v e food for thought.
l i e never past twenty y e a r s
give daily exhibitions o f kite
flying.
sale at Parker's Pharmacy.
cottage at M i l t o n .
cash, or part cosh I
have
urges hearers to do that in which he w o m e n
Including tandem, mld-air photograph
•7-014 machines taken In exchange.
The musical convention at 'be Weirs cannot rightfully say " C o m e , " instead learned much f r o m
A t the recent great Sunday school
ing, drawing electrklty from the clouds
a woman.
Are) You Tired
of " G o , " but be tries to find oat bis
and other novelties in the w a y of air was a great success.
All tbe tune? This condition Is a A N Indication convention held in Boston, sfter s song
I t Is safe t o aay
that your blood Is not rich ani noartsaloi as It by Mrs. Dexter tu Tremont Temple, a
_
nd
navigation. I t is expected a Lillentbal
T h e late D r . F A C o l b y o f Berlin own duty as well as to indicate that of
ought to be and aa It 'may be If yon will"take »
t h a t women w h o J
AQBNT.
his audience.
?. . JS?
ffi? « " * t blood purifier, Hood's distinguished woman psssed £ ndtp t o
flying maobine will be in operation carried a life insurance o f #28,000.
prepare
•'
SanaparlUa. Thousands write. uSarHood'i 8ar- Mrs. Dexter, which read, " I thank.God
F A R M I N G TON, N . H
A pleasantly large number of people themselves
during the week of the fair. M r . Lara
aaparilta has cured them or thai tired fMUnr by
Laconia forms the first Bryan and
S+vlns them rich, red blood.
for giving you such a v o i c e ; I thank
were present at the lecture, and the f o r
son expects his 30 foot kite w"lil carry a S e w a l l club o f the campaign.
the
you for using I t . "
Rev. J B. Harrington made the open eventful
man aloft. Prof, and Madam L a Rnux
K e n d a l l it L a d d will issue a Bryan
.3°^HX" 'Jf
easily jet prom ptlyon tbs lire,
ing prayer. A chorus choir led the period,
will make doily balloon ascensions and
aad bowels. Cars kick hejatsab*.
Rev. E . N . C . Barnes w a i ihe'gViest
and Sewall newspaper in Manchester,
singing o f hymns.
parachute jumps.
A contract is made
IttsactoaitnertttaathassiveD flood', e
CHARLES A. BENNETT,
pssa.
ol M r . and Mrs, A. W 8hstifdrd while
beginning A u g . I .
aill'a the drst place amoof msdlcinei. li " T S
with T . W . Eok whereby he i t t o bring
Mrs. Ssflbrd, Mrs. Putnam and Mrs, through i t
in town.
,
One True Blood Portlier and n a m tonlo.
ALTON; N , H „
Camp I d l e w i l d on C o w island, L a k e Prank Pearl, who were at the Weirs ranch easier
John 8. Johnson, the world champion
Mr. and M r s . F . W . Coburo, Jr., o t
Winnlpesaukee, contains 4 0 boys this last weekj seem to have found th
bicycle rider, R a y McDonald, A l Weln
than in the
New Durham, will spend the next few
ing, and several noted French and Eng. summer.
musical gathering even more delightful past.
weeks at Y o r k Beach.
Ilsh bloyclistt direot from Europe to
T h e veterinary surgeons o f the 8 l a t r than in former years, and they say that
T h e r e la
John Berry was st home from Manrace and g i v e exhibitions at the fair. are to ask the Legislature t o establish a Mrs. Dexter o f our own county sang but one
cheater over Sutday.
T h e Portland W h e e l Club are to make S t a t e Board o f Registration in veterin superbly. D r . Carl B . Duft of N e w course t o
P R A L K B nr
a n seeding parade, t a d predict t w o ary surgery w i t b power t o debar from Y o r k , M r . Bancroft of Mootpelier, V t . , pursue to
Rev. I. 8 . Harrington went i » Ocean
8HIHGLE8, OLAPBOABDB, LATHS,
subdue the
hundred wheels in line, many o f which practice all w h o are not qualified.
Park, M o n d a y , wLere he -will remain Doors, W|ndova, BUnds. Builders' rtnlah, U u ,
Mrs. Brown o f Concord, and tbe inim
nervous com.
~Hair and-ttement. Screen Doors
will be ridden by ladles. Col. Brlgbatn
for the n e x t t w o weeks.
N o r t h C o n w a y proposes to psss its itable Blaisdell with his orchestra, with
aad salafi
vnm
plications,
o f Ibe National Orange, and several coaching parade this year.
TAWAHVirYORLiySFAIR
the pianists present, were favorite pera n d prepare
advocates o f good roads are t o lecture
lormers, and Miss D o r a Haley, of this
E. A. CkUkWrOIUl.
A. D. TOU.ES.
K, A- IJaOHTON.'
during the w e e k . Olive T h o r n s Miller,
county, gave pleasure in ber singing, the system
B K R I AND T B I B L
^ a l - C i t y Hall, will talk upon the birds
as did M r . Conant o f Concord, and for t h e change, p y d l f fi Pinkham'S
V e g e t a b l e Compound should b e used.
of N e w "EngTanuV
The report made on Sunday evening tith.rs o f the musicians engaged.
It |s well f o r those approaching- this
C&AWTORD, TOIX£S ifc CKX, XAHAG£R8,
Miss Blanche Townsend same on Sat
at the earlier service in the Congrega
time,
wrlfes M r s . P l i k h a m , a t Lynn,
T h e Fish and Game commissioners tional church, by Mr. Goodwin, was
{jSa&Skiors toC If. TAcrwr.)
Maaa, Shehak t h e experience pt years
will exhibit specimens o f our inland full of Interest, and was marked by
OFFICE— WilUoii' BlocK, Main Street, Farmington,
2T. JB.
i n Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and
nroared*ofChndren and sdnlta bava
flsb.
Hon.
Thomas B . R e e d ' s quota quotations worthy of rernetabrance, America, the five great continents. Sha toalihe/inalflvisina;.' Bbe-wilJ charge
bytaja treated
bntaram— the other dl.rjjea, mwayBp.
'
—
toma art'
Unas art.-JndWUOT. wluTa vaitobl. ap.
of government seed will b e exhibited. from many of the addresses made in ker medicines are being used by. suffer you nothing.
particular attenthjo rlTen to lasnraooe an Factories, knitv Hotels,I thrclUnrs, KerchandUe, and
rjBIta: t ^ tooina; oOaoalvs breath: hard
t»: f
S h e helped this woman, vrho says:—
all mods of insorabl
bpruoertr, UHheioIlowtng-Comvanlesr V}»r '
c
Thos. A . L a m b is to show a large col the national convention of the Y . P. S. ing humanity for the cure of sickness
fan
tatlbeUT.jrlui occasional arlplncs
4Ctna or Harttord. Oooa,
"I have nsed L y d l a B, Pinkham's
—
MaarSaitar at EnalanJ.
,
i about UaVnaVeli Mat aad ttchtnssL
lection of N e w England
minerals. C. E . held in Washington recently. nd disease.
Boston- firs aad Marine,
Uc^iharacun —"'^boatthsaaDarsras
KtRsABtsbritewart.M, J.
N e v e r was them such a nnlvarro! de V e g e t a b l e Compound In my family ten
Capital at Concord, » , U
Utaocwatahortnry
T h e r e will b e afternoon and evening One ot the sayings was that "every
y e a r s , w i t h t h e best results. Some
coosbjsrjnduiacf
mand, never such wonderful results.
Ooocord llntaal ot ta aeon),!». H .
rtb t atarrhtsenrlas
Saw.TATk.
sleep; ilow ft
concerts by leading bands as well as member of the society should be as a
naletlnnuui of Scotland
Shaker Digestive Cordial, a cure for t i m e a g o n q r d a u g h t e r had catarrh' ot
h ^Jtaado-ofPortsnwoUi.S.B.
a «ata»»>. tnada Is'
lire trnJerwrltzra or Concord N. H.
PrDTMeheaXotaal <o( Prutldance.B. r.
the usual exhibits and such novelties as IWe wire carrying energy to every other Indigestion, U prepared from roots and the w o m b , and i t entirely mxreaTher.,
rushfauc Usual of rnaaoun, Slaaa.
Palatine of Kr.Slantl: ^,'Mr- « «
may be found o f interest.
Every effort part of the body," and "to all needful herbs, and is a natural remedy, which I w a s approaching the .''chang*' of
is being made \o make { h i s the fair places outside of the organisation" may cures b y aiding nature and not by fight l i f e , " and was i n a deplorable/ condi
roe Insnrsww Company of Sqrtt ^ajartaa
»«<»««>
ing her.
attraction o f the year and the manage* have been added to the first phrase.
Shaker digestive Cordial makes those tion. U y w o m b h a d fallen, a n d the
oovniKfto rax 4i4rS&4&faft»*
ment are sanguine it will so prove. Another Vrotd of note was "pulmonary fat, w h o have become thin by not digest- bearing-down pains and backache w e r e
AOOI DEBT JH3TJBAHDB.-Tra»Tlera ol llartrorrl. \
terrible, and k i d n e y s affettted
Portland} Capo Elisabeth and O l d Or- patriotism."
One can. make his own ing their food.
PLATR UI.AS3 AND BOILER irfgOBASCK, fldalUxaia? CaanaUv o f N,
an4timaU«orN.r, Aasats,*M4'JIM.
i t restores tbe spirits and the appetite
chard at,thla, season o f the year are in application of this characterization.
U f X M8V$virCKi Stats hSeofsatV» MnraaIB«aerl|of Hcrarx, N.J.J. As-eis, »*Mo».l«r.
sC| of Newark, K.
~ I began t a k i n g t h e Cuuipuimd,
~
of those who ate dejected and fagged out
lossrsses s o Inst Rsaugi by l^ttfngj»bother »rti wanes or bnt|,
gala dress, and the special.rates granted
and m y pains ceased, t consider i t the
The Harper's weekly of July 18 has from the wearing effects o f Indigestion.
naiyean^a affltnat OyeJonaaan.1TjarjjJMtrt«^-awA rTTSFItflS Iff itliSSf
by
transportation companies should
I t relieves the symptoms o f dyspepsia strong bridge b e t w e e n siolrneea and
a short editorial upon Militant Patriot
exfu^uhooM»ttl«* """"P ''
§r tfcl^WWi Hal pojlpj oro«V fafoa* aile***. to
admit o f all bur people attending this
and, after using f o r a reasonable time, h e a l t h , and recommend it to everybody
ism, which is similarly suggestive, and
N o w England institution.
cores the complaint.
Office n«ys In Farmlngf-en Every Tuesday,
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its concluding phrase is-one to consider; Anally b y druggists. T r i a l bottle 10 eta. I m e e t w h o needs It."—MBS. L. E s x L r ,
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Article Lucy Dodge Death Memorial Farmington News, Page2, 1896-07-31
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Lucy Dodge death and memorial article from the Farmington News, Page2, July 1896. Lucy Dodge was a well known figure during her life in Farmington and is one of the most notable black historical figures in the local record. <br /><br />Note this article cotains biases from the period.<br /><br />The article reads:<br /><br /><p><em>The death of Mrs Lucy Dodge, after</em><br /><em>a long period of ill health daring which</em><br /><em>she was most carefully attended, re-</em><br /><em>moves one of whom can be said "She</em><br /><em>hath done what the could."</em></p>
<p><em>A forlorn little black child, the was</em><br /><em>brought from Virginia in the latter part</em><br /><em>of the civil war, by the late Mrs James</em><br /><em>B Edgerly who was formerly Miss</em><br /><em>MarthaE. Fernald of South Berwick</em><br /><em>In the Fernald home Lucy wsa given</em><br /><em>a kind and amiable training, in. all</em><br /><em>available ways, and up to the time</em><br /><em>when her mind grew clouded by disease</em><br /><em>she was a loyal and loving servant to</em><br /><em>the misstress by whom she was regarded</em><br /><em>with affection, arnd to be her family She</em><br /><em>became in 1877 a member permanently</em><br /><em>of the household mi Mr James B. Ed-</em><br /><em>gerly of North Main Street.</em></p>
<p><em>Religion was a great deal to Lucy,</em><br /><em>and the was made early in her Northern</em><br /><em>life a member of a church in South</em><br /><em>Berwick She enjoyed contributing</em><br /><em>toward the maintenance of worship and</em><br /><em>the auxiliaries of local church work,</em><br /><em>and it gave her greet pleasure to make</em><br /><em>holiday or birthday gifts to her friends</em><br /><em>among those with whom she was asso-</em><br /><em>ciated</em></p>
<p><em>She had no acquaintance with people</em><br /><em>of color but was devoted to “her family "</em><br /><em>Of the household of her happy home</em><br /><em>there remain only Mr Edgerly and his</em><br /><em>younger daughter to sorrow for the loss</em><br /><em>of one so true and faithful , yet there</em><br /><em>is content in view of her merciful release</em><br /><em>on last Saturday, from imminent suffer-</em><br /><em>ing</em></p>
<p><em>The funeral took place on Tuesday</em><br /><em>afternoon to charge of Mr J P Tib-</em><br /><em>betts. Fitting remarks were made by</em><br /><em>the Rev S. H Goodwin, and appro-</em><br /><em>priate singing waa given by Mr and</em><br /><em>Mrs. )D W. Kimball. Mrs. A E. Put-</em><br /><em>nam, and Mr E. E. Carlloo Inter-</em><br /><em>ment waa made in the Farmington</em><br /><em>cemetery, beside the grave of Mrs</em><br /><em>Edgerly.</em></p>
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Among the. Merchants.
The Farmington News
FRIDAY DDC. 20, 1907.
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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
t.At Farmington, N. H., by
EDWIN
H. T H O M A S .
Wo wish It understood that for printing a card
of thanks we chargo 60 cents, and five cents a
lino for lilt of flowers »nd for resolutions.
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OF SUBSCRIPTION:
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If paid In advanco,
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$1.00
Six months
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Three months,,
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Correspondence on matters oMocal Interest In
ttio town is cordially invited. All communications
must be accompanied by the name of writer, not
.necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of
good faith.
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Advertising rates reasonable and furnished on
application.
^ • A adreas all ordors and communications to
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FARMINGTON NEWS,
Farmington, N. H
Bon'voyage: ,-The fleet ~ A Merry Chriitnua to all our friends
Bed
men had the town
Wednesday
night.
Now«Heaven forbid a green Obnatmaa
in theariow line*. V . . , - .
IN MEMORIAM.
Farmington merchants are exceeding
ly busy these .days in their efforts to
make the best possible display of holi
day goods and so far they have succeed
ed.
T h e shp.w, windows never presented
a more attractive ' appearance than at
the present time. T h e stores are well
stocked and the merchants are ready to
give the trading public' of Farmington
and vicinity a large and most attractive
stock of . g o o d s " from which to make
their holiday selection.) Many report
that trade is already starting well and
that a great many goods are being put
aside for later delivery. The business
outlook in Farmington is particularly
good, nearly everyone being busy which
assures the merchants of an excellent
holiday trade. A traveling.man w h o baa
visited Farmington for 25 years, was in
town Monday and. reported that he re
ceived a n o r d e r a t e v e r y place he called
and that business was better in Farm
ington than any place be knew of. It
was one of the bright places on the map,
We call the attention of the public to
the m e r c h a n t s ' a d s ' i n the N E W S ; this
-week's paper contains s o m e very attrac
tive announcements.
A great many friends, including those
in Farmington, have been saddened by
the decease of Miss,Jennie E. NUes on
last Thursday at the private hospital of
Dr. Emerson, in Boston,-whither she
had been taken as a last resort, with a
faint hope* of prolonging her life. Ev
erything possible for her comfort was
done b y devoted relatives, both at home
anu in Boston, and her passing away is
deeply mourned. The funeral took place
Sunday afternoon at the School street
M. E. church in Berwick. Members of
the Sullivan high school class of 18S3,of
whiob the deceased was a. graduate, at
tended in a-body, and a large company
of friends gave token in their presence
and by the many beautiful flowers, of
their, esteem apd sympathy.
Among
family connections at the solemn service
was Mrs S. B*. Waldron of Farmington.
The casket waa placed in the receiving
tomb to await interment in the family
lot in the Farmington cemetery.
Miss Niles, born in Boston, Oct. 20,
1804, was the daughter o f Harris W , and
Mrs. Lovey (Libbey) Niles, the latter
dying when little Jennie was but a few
years old. T h e child then made her
home with..her aunt, Mrs. Ferrell, in
Chelsea, until the marriage of her father
to the*widow of D r . T u t t l e (Abbie Worster) of Somerswortb: She then return
ed to hiB.care and to that of the mother
between whom and herself there always
existed an affectionate and enjoyable
companionship. . ; -
The First Church and Parish.
PERSONAL.
N. h. Parker was in Boston Wednes
Probably two good .men whorhave
day. . •
charge of the regular collections at the
Congregational church never were more : ; Charles Whitehouse of Middleton was
pleasingly astonished in the course of in town this week. cheir Sunday duties than -were they on
John F. Cloutman is slowly gaining
December 15 when they found I n ' t h e from bis very serious illness.
morning offering a cheque for five hun
Miss Iva Whitehouse was a visitor in
dred dollars," this amount to be known
town Tuesday, from Rochester.
asthe Lucy Dodge Memorial Fund.^the
Edward F. Card has had a sharp at
Income to he used iu the support of the
tack of grip in the present week.
church and its customary exercises.
Frank J. Smith attended the State
The name given recalls to the elder, peo
at Manchester this
ple of tho community t h e ' s t o r y of a grange meeting
week.
loyal soul whose .devotion is thus com
memorated! but this ' should be known
M r s . ' C . A . Jones relumed to Old
also to our younger friends, - in merited Orchard Friday, accompanied h y . h e r
regard for both past and. present,,and as sister, Mrs. George W . Tanner.
a l e 8 8 o n f o r t h e future. In tho period ' Mr. and Mrs." Irving S. Grace have
of the civil war Mrs. Martha E. Edgerly c o m e home from the farm for the Season,
(her first marriage having been t o ' Cap but the latter is visiting in Middleton
tain Enoch Dodge who was'killed in the this week
war) brought a homeless little black girl
Do You Bat Pie?
to her own home in South Berwick", Me.,]
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"S ' y °
e misslughalf the pleasure of
and the child was known as.:Lucy life. Just order from your grocer a few pack
ages of " O U R - P J E " and learn how easy It Is to
Dodge. She was
taught everything make Lemon, Chocolate, and Custard pies that
practicable in the well appointed -house will please you. If your grocer won't simply
you, go to one who will.
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hold, and at both c o m m o n , a n d Sunday
schools, and became a faithful and com
A Crisis and a Craze.
petent housekeeper. She was nearly as
There are t w o forces which cause
much at home in Farmington ? as at
modern England\to move—a crisis and
South Berwick, attending her mistress
a craze. It Is far less necessary t o d o
in visits to her brothers, 'and to. ber sis something that It great n o w in this
ter w h o was the first wife o f " James B. country than it Is to* d o something that
Edgerly, and upon the marriage of. Mrs.' •will attract the attention of a great
Dodge to. the latter,'several'-^ears after many. The circumstances might have
the sister's decease, Lucy became per had a curious effect on the celebrated
manently resident in town and was ever of:the past could they have delayed ex
a devout attendant upon exercises^bf the isting until n o w . For lustance, Shake
speare today would probably have had
church, taking honest pleasure in con
to attempt to swim the channel to sus
tributing to its support and good works.
tain the attention o f playgoers, Crom
In failing health, after the decease' of well might have found it advisable -to
her kind mistress", Lucy was given every,; take trips in a "navigable balloon" to
possible care by the members pi the keep himself before the general public,
family which.she held as hers, until she' Garrlck might have elected to descend
followed those whose loss ' she > had from the skies In a parachute to adver
mourned. It is l i k e ' the conscientious tise himself satisfactorily, and it might
have been necessary -for the beautiful
and public spirited head of the "house
Duchess "of ^ Devonshire, to maintain
hold,- James Bl Edgerly, to .have planned
her social reputation, t o figure occa
thus generously for the continuance of sionally in the divorce c o u r t Motor
a part in the progress of the chnroh and accidents, thefts of jewelry and of
parish, in the name of' the loyaljfriend other property, fires and civil and crim
inal actions are, of course, more Impor
whose memory is thus perpetuated*
tant elements in the. building up and
maintaining of a "reputation" among
Possum.
us n o w than is mere excellence.—Lon
Preferably possum shor.ld be cjooked
don Truth.
over n wood fire In n.log cabin'anrj sea
soned with the odorous blue snio[ke of
Explosion by Music.
hickory-' and ash as- the! lid o f the-i
One o f the most dangerous of all ex
oven is lifted n o w and again t o i g l y e
plosives Is a black powder called Iodide
a glimpse of the promised- viarid' to
of nitrogen. When It'is dry the slight
those w h o wait with whetted appetite
est touch will- often cause It to explode
f o r ' t h e coming feast. With the) pos
with" great violence. There appears tc
sum and tuters there should be. served
be" a certain rate of vibration which
either ,the ordinary Kentucky.":corn this compound cannot resist
In ex
pone—If. such an adjective may be) not. periments to determine the cause of
Improperly applied to anything'so pare its-extreme explosiveness some, damp
—or the Olympian cracklln* bread of iodide of nitrogen was rubbed on the
the hog killing season. In justice to strings of a bass viol. It is known
the possum it must be said -that .'nei that the strings of such an instrument
ther corn pone nor crackllug bread is will vibrate when those of a similar
necessary, but it serves well not- onlj Instrument hnriug nn equal tension are
to mop up the gravy, but also to p r e played .upon. In this case, after the
vent the possum and the yams from explosive had become thoroughly dry
melting in the mouth too rapidly for upon the strings, another bass viol was
the flavor to be enjoyed in the fullest. brought near and the strings sounded.
The finest possums ori earth are found At a certain note the Iodide of nitro
In the woodlands of the Pennyriie dis gen on the prepared Instrument ex
trict of Kentucky, and they reach per ploded. It was found that the explo
fection, about' the time the perfumed sion occurred only when a rate of vi
pawpaw becomes so ripe that it falls bration o f sixty a second w a s com
from the parent stem and reposes in municated to the prepared strings. Vi
all of Its golden beauty'in the orange- bration of the G string caused an ex
tinted leaves that the earth has first plosion, while, that of the E string had
claimed as tribute from the frees foi no effect—Chicago. Record-Herald.
her enrichment — Louisville Courier
Journal.
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Buy Soon.
Xmas
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ACH- CHRISTMAS.it is always a perplexing question, as to just what to
purchase for a suitable gift.: The tendency of late years is to select
• - articles that have the advantage of being sensible, practical and use- v
ful, which proves our love, affection' or friendship^ much more, forcibly and
serviceably than the fancy unpractical articles which formerly were used s o 'i
extensively.
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We submit a'list of articles that we trust may; assisl you in selecting :-'
your Christmas presents, and-remember that the enormous stock which.we, .
carry presents an opportunity for selection which few stores, if; any, in New
Hampshire can equal.
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Clothing Dept.
Fur Coats
. Fur Lined Coats
Overcoats
'Raincoats
Reefers
Suits
Fancy Vests
House Coats
Bath Robes
Russian Vests
Beach Jackets
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Sweaters
Cardigan Jackets
-Sweater Cardigans...
Detachable Fur Collars v
Fur-Caps- . - Warm' Winter Caps
Toques
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-, Tarns
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Underwear
Union Suits
• Fancy Bosom Shirts " • """
. White Bosom Shirts; ,
Night. Shirts
Heavy Wool Shirts,
Soft Shirts. . Silk. Handkerchiefs
Linen and Lawn Handkerchiefs..
• in handsome special boxes
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Susperidersin handsontespc'l box's
Umbrellas in individual boxes
Neckwear ; ,
...Hosiery
Fur Gloves , Fur Lined Gloves
Dress Gloves. - Working Gloves,
Knit Gloves •
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Mittens of all descriptions V
Mufflers
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Sleeve. Elastics
Garters
V Wristers" ;
Ear Protectors /Cuffs <& Collars.
Cuff Buttons i
Collar Buttons
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'StickPins,Etc.
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J. P . Bennett, a dealer in men's fur
' Epsom salts seem to b e coming up in
nishings "during a long residence in
the scientific world. Farmington, will fit one out with • every
, T w o members of thiP cabinet,. Secre thing he may need in" his wardrobe or
taries . Cortelyou and Metcalf, are ill in his'traveling trunks. ~ Just n o w his
with grip.
windows show a dazzling array of. neck
ties, and a lady in search of a tie for
Are your I stockings g o o d and'.ready gift will be certain to find there just the
for that " n i g h t before Christmas, w^hen sort that will; please all concerned. In
fact, ladies often g e t neckwear from the
MRS CHABLES COOK.
r- alt .through the h o u s e , " e t c etc. etc. ..
men's clothier, for- their, own use; and
I t is w i t h ' d e e p sorrow that the. de
All the newspapers declare Thomas
there are-other goods in "the Bennett cease of Mrs7 Charles Cook of Gardiner.
H. Dearborn to be a hustler, and that
store, w h i c h ' w o m e n are in the way of Me., has been learned by the people of
it is. u p to pests to disappear or to be
buying,
her native town.-having taken place D e c .
exterminated.
>15, from' typhoid fever. M r s . Cook
The address'of Ex-Governor Black o f
was ' formerly Miss- Abbie Burnham,
New Y o r k and N e w Hampshire, at the
It is so natural to have the "giving daughter of R. T. and the late Mrs. Nan
meeting of the state bar association in impulse," when thinking of friends, that cy (Pearl) Burnham of this village,
Concord last Thursday, was one to b e of course Farmington alwayB gives home whe.re she was born in 1865.
She, leaves
read with profound consideration. It is people a g o o d holiday trade, be the her husband and five children, three
replete with.wise and, serious sugges puree full or lean. Still oircumstances sons and two daughters, the youngest,
tion.
w : "' " V ; , • _.r .
occasionally lead one to look, at goods boy being in his third year. -She la sur
i n , neighboring cities. ." T h e ..Safford vived also by theleather,, two brothers
Judge David Cross of Manchester, the
mark, for instance, familiar to Farming- and two sisters, one of tho latter having
i -• oldest practising lawyer in the United
ton folk since 18G7, never could be been the daughter o£ Mrs. Burnnam
States,* with a son who is both poet; and
passed by, and Mr. Percival H . Safford an earlier.marriage, to the late -Stephen
preacher,'gave "an' address Tuesday at
will give' an. excellent bargain at his Horne, a brother of Jacob H o m e
the old home of-Whtttier on occasion of
Rochester store, in all sorts of fine North Main street. T h e funeral was
the observance of the poet's centennial
ware, in" gold, silver and jewels, rare held this - Thursday afternoon at the.
-.rat Amesbury,-Mass.;;::.
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and in clocks of every shape, i n . c u t home of one of the brothers, G.
glass, gun-metal, and in trinkets, with Burnham of "Central street, and inter
W e agree with the Laconia Democrat countless charming trifles..
ment is to be made in family grounds in
in thls-wofd as to a recent .notable ad
Pine Grove cemetery, where a y o u n g
"The name of Feineman"'has been
-; dr<i«sijy Governor jflojd: ••We'--reckon
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cook was
the governor made o u t t pretty strong household word in this vicinity for gen
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buried a number of years ago. Mrs,
defence for the Granite state, and at any orations, and all descendants of "Fred
Cook was an excellent wife and mother
and of " H e n r y , " as the. grandfathers
, rate it is a pleasant relief from the" 'con
and sister, and she was ever a true
t i n u a l knocking^ fault-finding and .slurs used to call those diligent and - thrifty
friend, while her fine qualities won
- which most of our prominent men seem brothers, will find friends among our
her, wherever she was, a warm and en
: to delight in when they speak of New people, whether in one line of trade, or
during respect and good will. She was
.Hampshire and her institutions." . ,
another, and whatever the name over
preeminently maternal in the best sense
the d o o r in Rochester.
of the word, and was especially happy
' I t could but be a scene o f splendor
Lothrop and Farnfcam are old county
when last Monday the-sailing signal by names .and ' are connected with the in the society of her loving and beloved
President Koosevelt, from the Mayflower records of this community in more than children, over whom Bhe exercised a sa
gacious and helpful influence. It seems
was followed b y " u p anchor", from every one instance: -Certainly the firm of
particularly distressing that, however
' vessel of. the great fleet of Rear Admiral Lothrop and Farnham will not be for
she" will be missed in the circle of her
Evans and his captains, and the column gotten by Farmington, and the n i m b e r
near friends, and in her home, she has
,of.six miles in; length, close'formation, of lines among the- immense , stock of
been taken from the little ones who ad
set forth from" Hampton Roads for the the firm will supply every need:
ded
to the happiness, if also to the
And having enjoyed a tour around the
other side of the world. I t Is 'probably
cares, of the parents and the elder cbil
streets of this city or that, we come
the only time when so magnificent
dren. ' So fond was she, so kindly and
•'speetacle.|revlewed'by s o . ploturesque home to find advantages equal to those
s o ' wise in her~ love, . in her family
. and remarkable . a figure - as Theodore in any place else, if not superior to the
relations,
her death is
indeed an
Roosevelt a s ' P r e s i d e n t of this extra conditions outside o f , o l d Farmington
irreparable bereavement, which has been
'Not a store in the state, that outdoes
ordinary, nation, will have gained'
Correct Interpretation Essential.
laid upon all who loved her, and warm
Many of the" most beautiful .pieces
plaoe in -the history o t . the
United the W . W . Roberts corner place, in holi
sympathy is felt b y eyery- one on this
of poetry In literature would s e e p un
/States, May every ship and every g o o d day beauty," said a person recently in
occasion.
Interesting and fiat If read by ja • bad
town.. And this is b a t one instance of
man on hoard come safely home in due
reciter. In the same w a y a good re,
the Farmington habit. .
..season.: > , . , . f
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MJfc THOMAS RUSSELL.
clter will make attractive a poem,
We. can shout np onr mercantile man
Friends in this vicinity will have sad whose ^beauties are not so apparent
- A.', recent
local, entertainment by
agers, in high C, every, time.' Hasten to
interest in the decease of Mr. Russell on A fine painter will light up each" little Sudden Deaths, Heart 'Failure and
-Hawaiians reminds us that Leslie's
buy, lest the articles y o u ' want may be
Dec. 7 in San Jose," Calif., where for a beauty in his pictures until the small Paralysis are Caused By Poisonous
Weekly, has given' interesting statistics
gone.
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est detail Is attractive and strikes, the
long time he had made hi* home with
relative to the island possessions o f the
Uric and Rheumatic Acid's
eye.
It Is only the mediocrity whose
And please d o not forget that the
his younger daughter, Emma, and her
United States. , In.1880 the natives num
w o r k is characterized by sameness and
ladies'sale will be'going on at the brick
husband, C. H, Perkins. He was born lack of interest—Strand Magazine. ..'
bored 108,000. There n o w are hardly
The Rheumatic person is skeptical re
church parlors,, when "you read these
June 3,1812, and was consequently well
garding the^claims of almost any remedy
20,000.' This decrease in population is
lines this "afternoon . and evening,
advertised to cure Rheumatism and' one
advanced in his ninety-sixth year, when
due to some extent to lack of habitual
with supper right, there.
can scarcely blame him for being so.
A Seal Wonderland.
weakness incident to old age caused his
sanitation,'and to delicacy o f constitu
Ail the plasters and liniments combined
South Dakota, with its rich.- bilver
peaceful falling asleep. M r . Russell was
tion natural' to certain races in mildnever actually cured a Case of Rheuma
mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges and
Our store .will: be closed all day
for many years a respected citizen of strange natural formations, is a veritable tism. T h e y may relieve it one quarter
weather l a n d s . - I n 1848, a great many Christmas, Wednesday, Dec. 25.
Farmington before his removal to Call wonderland. A t Monnd "City, in the but it is sure to break out somewhere
Hawaiians died of measles a n d ' m a n y
Salinger Brothers, ,
else. The only true way to cure Rheu
fornia.' H e i s survived by the daugbte home of Mrs E D Clapp, a wonderful matism is„to drive it from the system,
. Rochester, N . H.
; others j;have -died of small-pox. Kind „ L o c k B o x 89,
named and by his granddaughter, Miss case of healing has lately occurred. .Her for as long as the Uric and Rheumatic
and gentle, . y e t - i m p r o v i d e n t and 1MS
son seemed near.death with lnn'g and acid remains in the b l o o d , one is never
- Gaiana Wall Out of It.
Ethel R. Farnham.
ready t o w o r k than t o enjoy idle plea
throat trouble. ''Exhausting c o u g h i n g entirely-free from the trouble. This .is
T h e ; electric light plant o f Galena,
sure. So with '.'Aloha" on his lipey and 111., w a s installed in 1898 at a cost of
spells occurred eyery five
minutesi" where the
value of Uric-O. as a
writes Mrs Glapp, ''when I began giving permanent cure for Rheumatism comes
MBS.
KKNNISON.
the smile of content "the Hawaiian is 118,000.. It w a s sold the other day
Last Friday, D e c . 13, Mrs. Martha Dr King's New Discovery, the great in. ' I t seekB o u t the Rheumatic poison
passing away, and the land of his fathers for $13,000, but this price Included
m.edicine, that saved his life and, com in the b l o o d , muscles and kidneys, ren
twenty-flve.year light, p o w e r and trac Kennison, widow of J. E. Kennison
la being peopled with men and women
pletely cured him." Guaranteed for
tion franchise: Under ^the n e w con passed away at the' a g e ' of 74 years at coughs and colds, throat and lung troub ders it inert and harmless and drives it
from acroBS the sea,"
out of the system. That is why Uric-0
tract' the city will get practically twice her home on Spring street., She was the les, b y W W Roberts, druggist. 50c and
is such an admirable and effective cure
Logical Supposition.
the amount o f street lighting, that was
$1,00. Trial bottle free.
for Rheumatism.
_ Little . Lloyd — Papa, w a s George furnished b y the municipal plant at daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D . WalWashington -married to England? Pa- only. 10 per, cent greater c o s t T h e sale lingford who came to Farmington half
The chief reason that Uric-O.is such a
wonderful cure for Rheumatism is, that
: p a ^ b f course not, m y son. W h y do m e t with the unanimous approval o f century ago to make their home. By
;
it is designed and prepared to cure
. you. ask such "a silly question? Little the mayor and' c i t y ' council, as the her decease, following closely upon that
Rheumatism and (Rheumatism only. It
Lloyd—This book s a y s England is our plant had not been a success. "Ono of Mrs. Small, a second pension has
is composed of perfect antidotes for the
; mother country, and as George Wash account o f It says:
ceased in the present month, as a part of
Rheumatic acid poison in the system,
ington w a s the father of his country 1
That is the secret of its wonderful sue
"Its management w a s changed as the amount that h a s ' b e e n received by
supposed they were married.—Chicago
cess. Rheumatism simply cannot exist
o f t e n . a s n e w political cliques gained Farmington-pensioners.
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in a person's system if Uric-0 is used.
power, and a t times there was n o street The funeral took place Monday, Elder
Uric-0 is sold by druggists at 75c and
Illumination' a t all. T h e commercial
v',' • Ha Was'Incorrigibly.
Joy officiating, with B. F. Perkins in
$1.00 the bottle, but if you still feel
service was inferior."
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Underdone—My husband is complainskeptical about its efficacy you can test
charge.
; tng again o f your cooking, Mary. Mary
it free o f charge b y cutting ont this ad
No Expoauraa For Him.
vertisement and sending' same, together
"(reassuringly)—Oh,'mum,.I don't fake
CARD OF THANKS.
"Now,
here," said the enthusiastic
with your name and addresB, also the
; any notice o f him, for 'tis the^nature real estate agent to the prominent
We take this means o f making a slight
name of" your druggist, to the Smith
: of him to find fault Ain't he forever politician, "is one o f the most desir but sincere expression "of the gratitude
Drug Company, 218 Smith B l d g , Syra
, complalnln' o f - y o u , mum?—Illustrated able houses in .the capital. It has ex which we ever shall feel to our friends,
cuse, N Y , and they will send y o u a
Jilts.
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who comforted and assisted us by-word,
posures all around"-^
sample bottle free. T o persons who
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dwells with them, In s o far as mere
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sorts as the tomtom, the bagpipes or
the Indian, hufaa give off. Did you
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round and round, to and fro, he struts
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street performer, once said to his fa
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Lucy Dodge Farmington News article, page2, 12-20-1907. Lucy Dodge was a well known figure during her life in Farmington and is one of the most notable black historical figures in the local record. <br /><br />Note this article cotains biases from the period.<br /><br />The text of the article reads:<br /><br /><p><em>Probably two good .men who. have</em><br /><em>charge of the regular collections at the</em><br /><em>Congregational church never wore more</em><br /><em>pleasingly astonished in the course of</em><br /><em>their Sunday duties than -were they on</em><br /><em>December 15 when they found in the</em><br /><em>morning offering a cheque for five hun-</em><br /><em>dred dollars; this amount to be known</em><br /><em>as the Lucy Dodge Memorial Fund, the</em><br /><em>Income to be used in the support of the</em><br /><em>church and its customary exercises.</em><br /><em>The name given recalls to the older peo-</em><br /><em>ple of tho community the story of a</em><br /><em>loyal soul whose devotion is thus com-</em><br /><em>memorated but this should be known</em><br /><em>also to our younger friends, in merited</em><br /><em>regard for both past and, present,.and as</em><br /><em>a lesson for the future. -In the period</em><br /><em>of the civil war Mrs. Martha E. Edgerly</em><br /><em>(her first marriage having been to Cap-</em><br /><em>tain Enoch Dodge who was killed in the</em><br /><em>war) brought a homeless little black girl</em><br /><em>to her own home in South Berwick, Me.,</em><br /><em>and this child was known as : Lucy</em><br /><em>Dodge. She was taught everything</em><br /><em>practicable in the well appointed house-</em><br /><em>hold, and at both common and Sunday</em><br /><em>schools, and became a faithful and com-</em><br /><em>petent housekeeper. She was nearly as</em><br /><em>much at home In Farmington.-as at</em><br /><em>South Berwick, attending her mistress</em><br /><em>in visit's to her brothers, and to.her sis-</em><br /><em>ter who was the first wife of' James B.</em><br /><em>Edgerly, and upon the marriage of Mrs.'</em><br /><em>Dodge to the latter, several" years after</em><br /><em>the sister's decease, Lucy became per-</em><br /><em>manently resident in town and.was ever</em><br /><em>a devout attendant upon exercises of the</em><br /><em>churcb, taking honest pleasure in con-</em><br /><em>tributing to its support and good works.</em><br /><em>In falling health, after the decease of</em><br /><em>her kind mistress, Lucy was given every,</em><br /><em>possible care by the .members.of the</em><br /><em>family which.she held as hers, until she</em><br /><em>followed those whose loss she had</em><br /><em>mourned. It is like the conscientious</em><br /><em>and public spirited head of tho house-</em><br /><em>hold, James B. Edgerly, to .have planned</em><br /><em>thus generously for the continuance of</em><br /><em>a part lo the progress of the church and</em><br /><em>parish, In the name of the loyal friend</em><br /><em>whose memory is thus perpetuated.</em></p>
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A
OF
HAMPSHIRE
COLLECTION
DAUGHTERS
AND
OF PORTRAITS
RESIDENTS
REPRESENTATIVES
OF
AND
OF
THEIR
AND
THE
SEX
CONDITIONS
WOMEN.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
GRANITE
IN
OF
THE
STATE,
WHO
VARIOUS
LIFE.
CONCORD, N. H.:
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLISHING CO.
J. G. Uattekson, Jr., President.
ARE
WALKS
WORTHY
�H51
�PREFACE.
THIS volume was designed, in its inception, as a companion vol
ume to " New Hampshire Men," published two years since.
Its production has been effected under difficulties interfering greatly
with its completeness, chief among which is the very general and often
unconquerable aversion of woman to assent to anything which can in
anyway be interpreted as the manifestation of a desire for publicity on
her part. This aversion has not only greatly delayed the preparation
of this volume but has absolutely prevented the presentation of many
subjects that should have been among the most conspicuous in its
list.
Nevertheless, incomplete as it may be, the book presents a goodly
number of portraits and sketches of representative New Hampshire
women, at home and abroad, some of whom are the most eminent
daughters of the state, while all are worthy representatives of New
Hampshire womanhood in its best estate, whether in literature, music,
art, education, in professional, business, public, social and domestic
life, or as laborers in the broad fields of charity and benevolence.
The compilation and preparation of the volume has been in charge
of Henry H. Metcalf of Concord, who acknowledges his obligations
for material assistance to Miss Marion H. Brazier of Boston, Mrs.
Adelaide Cilley Waldron of Farmington, Miss Frances M. Abbott of
Concord, Mrs. Emma H. Cass of Bristol, Mrs. Urania E. Bowers of
Nashua and many others, who have taken a deep interest in the suc
cess of the work.
The New Hampshire Purlishing Co.
Concord, N. H., December, i, 1895.
��LIST
OF
SKETCHES
AND
PORTRAITS.
Arrott, Frances M
Alexander, Jane Grace
Aspinwall, Ada M
Atwood, Minnie Edwards
Ayers, Clara Maria Kimrali
177
199
73
Ill
205
Cole, Dr. Anna B. Taylor
Collins, Mrs. O. M
Crafts, Katherine Prescott
Currier, Mrs. Moody
Beuky, Winnifred Helen
Bingham, Hattie M. Q
Blair, Mrs. Henry W
Boody, Mary Helen .
. '
Bowers, Urania E.
.
Bradford, Mrs. Mary J
Bristol, Augusta Cooper
Brown, Emma E
Brown, Mrs. F. P
Bruce, Emily A., M. L)
Bryant, Florence Runnells
Busiel, Mrs. Ciiaki.es A
133
149
215
227
235
125
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55
223
225
123
23
Dame, Harriet P
Danfortii, Mary A
Danforth, Mary S., M. D
Daniels, Harriett E
Downs, Mrs. Clara 1
Dunn, Mrs. L. M
Dyer, Mrs. Micah, Jr
Cadle, Mrs. Ruth Lamprey
Carpenter, Mrs!. George
Chandler, Mrs. William E
Cheney, Mrs. Person C
Colry, Mrs. Frederick Myron
01
18:i
43
65
77
Eastman, Maria L
Eddy, Rev. Mary Baker
Edgerly, Mrs. M. V. B
Farr, Mary Noyes
Farr, Mrs. EvartsW
Fife, Miss Mary D
Filley, Mary A. (Powers)
Flanders, Martha J., M. D.
Folsom, Mrs. Frederick K.
5
137
207
221
51
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83
35
15
187
189
241
87
211
99
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47
155
219
127
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195
�Foster, Miss. H. Lizzie
Fowler, Laura Wentworth
....
Miller, Ida Farr
Minot, Mrs. James
Morey, Ellen Beal
Mosheu. Frances Stewart
Moulton, L. Agnese
Gile, Mary Margaret
Greeley, Mary Isarel
Griffin, Mrs. S. G.
69
118
191
Hale, Mrs. John P
Hall, Mrs. Daniel
Hall, Francina D.
Harriman, Mrs. Walter
Harris, Hattie Mae Bai.cii
Houck, Edna Little
Howard, Ada L
Howe, Emma S
Hoyt, Fannie Packard
Hoyt, Jane Elizareth, M. 1)
Huntley, Emma Manning
41
113
249
179
159
203
29
105
101
161
91
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Johnson, Sophia Orne
147
115
139
Larry, Evangeline
Leavitt, Mary Clement
Lirrey, Mrs. Henry C.
Locke, Mrs. Nathaniel C
Locke, Belle Marshali
Long, Hattie Bond
|(19
33
233
135
153
49
Marshall, Mhs. Annis G
McClTTCHEON, ABB1E J
McDoigall, Elizareth
McKinney, Mrs. Luther F.
105
93
95
71
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173
143
17
217
31
193
141
21
Remich, Mrs. Daniel C
Reynolds, Mrs. Sarah S
Richards, Mrs. Dexter
RlCKER, MAR1LLA M
Rorinson, Annie D
Runnells, Mrs. Sarah E. Farley
85
Knapp, Mrs. William D
Knowi.es, Miss Ella L.
Knowlton, Mrs. Mary Frances
157
151
213
39
117
Parker, Mrs. Charles
Perkins, Mrs. A. A
Pillsrury, Margaret Sprague
Poole, Mrs. Fanny H. R
Porter, Mrs. Howard L
Prescott, Mrs. Benjamin F
Price, Mrs. Evannah S
Proctor, Edna Dean
53
163
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Safford, Martha A. Hayes
Salvini, Mrs. Alexander
Sanrorn, Frances B
Sanrorn, Kate
Sanrorn, Mary It
Sawyer, Mrs. Charles II
Scott, Lydia A
Shaw, Mrs. E. M
Shepard, Martha Dana
.
Small. Lucy A. Ricker
Smith, Mrs. John B
Spalding, Mrs. Isaac
Stark, Elizareth Page
.
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107
121
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81
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59
167
201
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185
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171
197
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109
�Stearns, Mrs. Onslow .
Streeter, Li i,lian Carpenter
Thask, Clara Augusta
Tuj.loch, Mrs. Thomas L.
Tuttle, Mrs. Hlram A.
Waldron, Adelaide Cii.ley
Wallace, Mrs. Elizalleth H. A
Wason, Mrs. George A.
Wendell, Caroline B.
White, Armenia S.
Wiley, Rerecca Weeks, M. D.
Wilkinson, Emilie Grant
Wilson, Moroia Pouter
Wilson, Li ella M.
Woodworth, Mary Parker
Worthen, Augusta (Harvey)
Zerley, Mrs. John F. .
��FEW names are better known in connection with reform and phil
anthropic work than that of Armenia S. White, wife of the late
Nathaniel White, of Concord. Born in Mendon, Mass., November 1,
1 8 1 7 . of Quaker parentage, her father. John Aldrich, being of the fifth
generation from Moses Aldrich, the English Quaker preacher, who
settled in Rhode Island in the seventeenth century, while her maternal
ancestry is traced directly to Edward Doten, a Pilgrim of the Mayflower,
she removed with her parents to Boscawen, in 1830, and at the age of
nineteen married Nathaniel White, a young stageman, who through
industry, sobriety, and business sagacity, aided always by his chosen
life-companion, won success and fortune, and made the same a blessing
and a benediction to needy and oppressed humanity. Like her hus
band, she was an ardent friend of the anti-slavery cause, and their hos
pitable home welcomed the fugitive slave as freely as the most notable
personage in the land. The temperance and woman suffrage causes
she espoused with enthusiasm, and has ever labored zealously for their
success. She has long been the friend and co-worker of such women
as Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, Mary A. Livermore, and Frances E.
Willard. The charitable and benevolent institutions of the state have
ever been the objects of her fostering care. Mrs. White was the first
president of the New Hampshire W. C. T. U., has been president of
the New Hampshire Woman Suffrage association since its organization,
and largely through her efforts was secured the legislation enabling
New Hampshire women to vote and hold office in connection with
school affairs. She is a member of the board of trustees of the New
Hampshire Centennial Home for the Aged, of the Orphans' Home,
Franklin, and the Mercy Home, Manchester, was active in their estab
lishment, and has been a liberal supporter of each. The Universalist
church in Concord and at iarge, and manifold charities, local and gen
eral, have ever commanded her earnest sympathy and generous aid.
MRS. NATHANIEL WHITE.
9
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�r
MRS. ISAAC SPALDING.
ON the eighth day of December, 1893, in the city of Nashua, a
woman whose name had been a household word in that city for
nearly half a century, departed this life, at the great age of ninetyseven years. Lucy Kendall, daughter of Nathan Kendall of Amherst,
was born in that town, December 13, 1796. She married Isaac
Spalding, of Nashua, May 1, 1828, and was the affectionate helpmeet
of that worthy and honored citizen until his decease, May 14, 1876.
Two sons, born in the early years of their married life, died in child
hood, and, thus left without children, and favored with ample means
for ministering to the comfort and welfare of others, they necessarily
looked beyond the confines of home for the objects of their considera
tion and regard. Mr. Spalding was an enterprising business man and
a public spirited citizen, and was closely identified with the growth
and progress of Nashua, from a struggling village to the second city
in the state, and in all his work and purposes his wife was an earnest
sympathizer. Though personally of a retiring disposition, modest
and unassuming, Mrs. Spalding, through all her long life, was an
active promoter of every deserving charitable cause and benevolent
work to which her attention was called in the community, and her
generous contributions of money for various worthy objects, as well
as her devoted personal service, will be remembered to her credit for
long years to come. She was actively identified with the First Con
gregational church of Nashua, and deeply interested in all lines of its
work. During the year 1892 her gift of twenty-three thousand dollars
for the purchase of a site made it possible for the society to erect the
new and commodious house of worship, one of the finest in the state,
which it now occupies. Among her other prominent benefactions
were ten thousand dollars to the New Hampshire Orphans' Home,
of which institution she was ever an earnest friend, and ten thousand
dollars to Dartmouth college.
��MRS. ONSLOW STEARNS.
A conspicuous figure in the social life of New Hampshire's capital
city, the true and worthy helpmeet of one eminent alike in busi
ness and public life, thecenter of a delightful family circle, whose guests,
often among the most distinguished, never forgot its charming influence,
no woman in the state has been more favorably known during the past
thirty years than Mrs. Onslow Stearns. Mary A. Holbrook, daughter
of Aden and Polly Holbrook, was born in Athol, Mass., February 10.
1819. She was educated in Mrs. Burrill's school at South Boston and
united in marriage with Mr. Stearns June 27, 1845. They removed to
Concord in 1847, where they ever after had their home. Mr. Stearns
became a dominant spirit in the railroad operations of the state, and a
strong factor in its political life, receiving the highest honor in the gift
of the people, having been encouraged in his career by the sympathy
and devotion of a wife ambitious for his success and proud of his
achievements, and by her womanly tact and grace of manner contrib
uting to the same in large degree. Mrs. Stearns not only met all the
requirements of domestic life, the demands of an enlarged hospitahty,
and the responsibilities of social leadership, but gave time and effort in
abundant measure to the cause of benevolence. During the War of
the Rebellion she was active in every work for the aid and encourage
ment of the Union soldiers. She was vice-president of the Home for
the Aged in Concord, from its organization until her death, July 27,
1895 ; was a director of the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, of the
Concord Female Benevolent Association, and an earnest worker in the
interests of the Unitarian church and society, with which she was asso
ciated. Above all and embracing all, it may be said, she was a true
woman in the fullest sense of the term. Mrs. Stearns left a son,
Charles O. Stearns of Boston, and four daughters, Mary, wife of Gen.
John R. Brooke, U. S. A.; Margaret, wife of S. W. Ingails of New
York; Sarah, and Grace, wife of Col R. H. Rolfe of Concord.
��LOUISA FRANCES RICHARDS, daughter of Dr. Mason and
Apphia (Andrews) Hatch, was born in Hillsborough, April 10,
1827, and married Hon. Dexter Richards of Newport, January 27,
1847. Her father had a successful professional career of more than
forty years in Newport, where he was a valuable citizen, prominent in
town affairs. There was a vein of original humor about him, delight
ful to all, which was largely inherited by his daughter, Mrs. Richards,
whose pleasant face and genial presence are welcomed in every circle.
She has been the mother of six children, but three of whom survive,—
Col. Seth Mason Richards, a leading business man of Newport, well
known throughout the state, Josephine, wife of Prof. M. C. Gile of
Colorado Springs college, and William Francis, also a Newport busi
ness man. There are also seven grandchildren in whom Mrs. Richards's youthful spirit finds never-failing joy. Those who know Mrs.
Richards best are acquainted with her many private benevolences,
as she is always ready to help those who are in need, or to put them
in a position to help themselves. She is a trustee of the Mercy Home
at Manchester, and trustee and vice-president of the Woman's Hos
pital Aid Association, in Concord. She was one of ten ladies to
give $ 1 ,000 each to erect a building for the infant department at the
Orphans' Home, Franklin. She belongs to the Manchester chapter of
the Daughters of the Revolution, her maternal grandfather, Maj.
Isaac Andrews, having fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In church
and society Mrs. Richards is an acknowledged power, while her
delightful hospitality is a thing long to be remembered by those who
have enjoyed it. Emerson says. — ' There is no beautifier of com
plexion, or form of behavior like the wish to scatter joy, and not pain,
around us." In the use of this cosmetic she is accomplished, as all
can testify who have felt the sweet influences of her kindness.
MRS. DEXTER RICHARDS.
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��MARGARET SPRAGUE PILLSBURY.
MARGARET SPRAGUE, daughter and fifth child of Henry
and Holly (Greeley) Carleton, was born in Bucksport, Me.,
September 20, 1817, but removed, with her parents, in 1823, to their
former home in' Sutton, N. H., where she was educated in the public
schools. May 10, 1841, she married George A. Pillsbury of Sutton,
removing with him to Warner, where he was in trade ten years.
They removed to Concord in 185 I, and in 1878 to their present home,
Minneapolis, Minn., where their son, Charles A., is the head of the
greatest flour manufacturing firm in the world. Fred C., another
son, died there in 1892. An infant daughter died in Warner. Min
nie Chamberlin, a relative of Mrs. Pillsbury, left an orphan in early
childhood, was taken into their family, and has ever held the place
of a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Pillsbury celebrated the golden anni
versary of their happy union in 1891, making it a golden year for
others, also, by giving to Sutton a soldiers' monument, to Warner
a public library, and uniting in the gift to the Hospital Association
at Concord of a spacious and costly edifice, appropriately named
"The Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital." Through all her life,
wherever she has been, Mis. Pillsbury has been felt and recognized
as a power for good, and the bestowal of her name upon such an institu
tion marks no new development in her character. It simply makes her
known publicly for what she has always been, a philanthropist—to gain
and merit which distinction is the highest earthly honor. This admi
rable Christian woman possesses a happy combination of qualities
which her full and rounded life has afforded abundant opportunity to
exercise, at home and abroad. Keenly perceptive, considerate, and,
though pitiful, strictly conscientious, she is seldom wrong in estimating
character or motive. She is a faithful friend, a judicious adviser to her
husband in their mutual business affairs, a wise mother, a kind and
capable ruler in her own household.
��THE giver of all good, very wisely and justly, bestows upon some
of his children especial powers and gifts, that the world shall be
made better, and the arts developed for the improvement and entertain
ment of mankind. Such a child was born in New Hampton, N. H.,
in 1842, daughter of Dr. John A. and Sarah J. Dana. From earliest
childhood it was evident her life would be devoted to music, her pref
erence being the piano. Her father and mother were both musical,
the latter being her first instructor. When eleven years old she went
to Boston for instruction from eminent teachers. At the age of fifteen
Martha Dana made her debut as a soloist. From that time until now
her life has been one of unbroken triumph, appearing at more festivals
and concerts throughout the Union than any other living pianist. Her
ambition and efforts were always of the highest character, having early
in life mastered the oratorio scores of the great composers. In 1864
she was married to Allan B. Shepard of Holderness, now Ashland,
residing there until 1881, when they removed to Boston. Two sons
were born by this happy union —Frank Edward and John Dana, in
whom a mother's fondest hopes are realized. Martha Dana Shepard
was New Hampshire's first great pianist. She has done more to
improve the art than ail others. She is a noble woman, whose name is
held in respect throughout the Union, an honor to her native state,
and a blessing to the legion who call her " friend." Her name and
career, when fully written, will be referred to by coming generations as
one of the bright stars, shedding its light to the glory and for the
example of others, in the musical firmament of the old Granite state.
MARTHA DANA SHEPARD.
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��EDNA DEAN PROCTOR, eminent among American poets, is a
native of Henniker. Her name is known throughout the land,
the result of her pen alone, for she avoids publicity, preferring to be
known by her works. The Proctor family removed from Manchester,
Mass., to that picturesque town near the close of the last century, and
settled upon a high hill overlooking " Contoocook's bright and brim
ming river." Here was the birthplace of this gifted daughter, whose
mother, Lucinda Gould, was a descendant of the Hiltons and Prescotts
of Portsmouth and Hampton. Early in life she developed marked
poetic talent, and when the Civil War came, arousing her patriotism to
a white heat, her national poems, such as " The Stars and Stripes,"
"Compromise," "Who's Ready?" and others, stirred the hearts of
the boys who wore the blue to deeds of valor in the great struggle for
country and freedom. She has enjoyed the friendship of Whittier,
Longfellow, and other famous poets. Of her poem "New Hamp
shire" Whittier said it was one of the noblest produced in this coun
try. Longfellow showed his appreciation of her descriptive poems by
including them in his "Poems of Places," and greatly praised her
" Russian Journey," which won high commendation in two conti
nents. Two of her later poems, "Columbia's Banner," and "Colum
bia's Emblem," are exceedingly popular. The latter is a ringing, spirited
appeal for maize as our national floral emblem, and has received the en
dorsement of multitudes throughout the country. Her "Song of the
Ancient People " is universally conceded to be the grandest poem ever
written of the aboriginal Americans. The late Mary Hemenway was
so inspired with its depth, pathos, and historical significance that she
gave $2,500 to have it illustrated. Miss Proctor resides in Framingham, Mass., but spends much time in Boston and Washington in win
ter. She has traveled widely, and never fails to visit her native town
and state when opportunity offers.
EDNA DEAN PROCTOR.
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��EUNICE ELISABETH PRESTON, daughter of Worcester and
Nancy (Evans) Preston, is a native of Concord. Her grand
father, John Preston, a brother of Capt. William, and Benjamin Pres
ton, Revolutionary soldiers, of Rumney, married Eunice Carpenter of
Coventry, Conn., of direct Revolutionary descent. In November, 1864,
Miss Preston was united in marriage with Charles Albert Busiel of
Laconia, present governor of New Hampshire. They have one daugh
ter, Frances Evelyn, now the wife of Wilson Longstreth Smith, of
Germantown. Pa., a member of an old Quaker family of distinguished
lineage, and a direct descendant of James Smith, one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one child,
Charles Busiel Smith. Although naturally of domestic habits, Mrs.
Busiel has entertained freely, and since her husband's election to the
gubernatorial office has worthily filled the position of " first lady" of
the state. Modest and unassuming in manner, bright and cheery, with
a pleasant word for all, she has a happy way of making friends, and
enjoys a wide acquaintance. She is active in benevolent and charitable
work and a member of the society of the North Congregational church.
The New Hampshire Daughters" Club of Boston has her name on its
membership roll, and she is also one of the board of commissioners
from New Hampshire to the Woman's department of the Cotton States
and International Exposition at Atlanta.
MRS. CHARLES A. BUSIEL.
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�KATE SANBORN.
TF it be true that '-a merry heart doeth good like a medicine, " the
X Granite state is to be credited with much tonic, distributed through
out the land in the writings of cheerful, helpful, practical Kate San
born, which are alive with her sparkling individuality. Miss Sanborn
is a descendant of the Revolutionary hero, Capt. Ebenezer Webster,
who aided strongly in the adoption of the constitution, and claims
Daniel Webster as her great uncle, her mother, Mary Ann Webster,
being the favorite niece of the great statesman. Her father was the
late honored Prof. Edwin David Sanborn, of Dartmouth College, and
Edwin W. Sanborn of New York city, well known in legal and literary
circles, is her brother. She has also a sister, Mrs. Paul Babcock of
New York. Kate Sanborn's home was her school-room. At the age
of nineteen she was a teacher in the Mary institute, connected with
Washington university, at St. Louis, Mo. Later, she taught a day
school in Hanover. Subsequently she was for two years teacher of
elocution in Packer institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., and for a year in the
home of the late Mrs. Anna Lynch Botta, where she met many of the
most distinguished personages of the day. After this she filled the
chair of professor of literature at Smith College for a term of five years.
During all this time she issued books and calendars, delivered lectures,
and arranged classes in literature, besides writing for leading papers in
large cities. Kate Sanborn is a teacher, reviewer, compiler, essayist,
lecturer, author, housekeeper, and farmer. She resides at Metcalf.
Mass., surrounded by the dumb creatures she loves so well. She is
thoroughly domestic in her tastes, and a visit to her adopted farm is a
treat, indeed. Among her best books may be mentioned, "Wit of
Women, " "Adopting an Abandoned Farm," "Round Table Scries of
Literature," "A Truthful Woman in Southern California," "Abandon
ing an Adopted Farm," and her " Hen Book by a Hen Woman."
��MARTHA J. FLANDERS, one of the pioneer woman physicians,
was born in Concord, Jan. 15, 1823, the daughter of David and
Martha (Straw) Flanders. At the age of three she attended a district
school in Hopkinton, and afterwards was a pupil at Miss Susan Ela's
noted school in Concord. Later she was graduated from the New
Hampton Seminary. After teaching some years in the West and
South she began the study of medicine with the late Dr. Alpheus Mor
rill of Concord, one of the first physicians to perceive that " woman
needed the profession and the profession needed woman." She
gained her diploma at the New England Female College, now merged
in the Boston University School of Medicine. She practised in Con
cord in connection with Dr. Morrill from 1861 to 1863, and both
women and men of her native state gave her kindly encouragement and
support. She was the first woman physician in Concord. She finally
located in Lynn, Mass., where she has ever since resided. No people
could have been more kind and loyal than have been her patrons in
that Quaker city of radical reformers. She has had the pleasure of
seeing the barriers against women thrown down by medical societies,
being herself a member of county, state, and national societies, also
for several years lecturer in a co-educational medical school.
MARTHA J. FLANDERS, M. D.
��ADA L. HOWARD.
MISS ADA L. HOWARD, the beautiful woman whose skilful
hand guided Wellesley College the first seven and most diffi
cult years of its existence, is the daughter of William Hawkins How
ard and Lydia Adaline (Cowden) Howard, and was born in Temple,
December 19, 1829. Three of her great-grandfathers were officers in
the War of the Revolution, and one of these was an officer in the siege
of Louisburg. Her father was a fine scholar, an able teacher, and a
scientific agriculturist. From him she inherited marked characteristics,
and also from her mother—a gentlewoman whose sweetness, strength,
and high womanhood illuminated and unified the home. Miss How
ard received her education from her father, in private schools, New
Ipswich Academy. Lowell High School, Mount Holyoke College, where
she was graduated. Post-graduate study followed under private teachers.
She was, for several years, teacher at Mount Holyoke, the Western,
Oxford, O., and the accomplished and beloved principal of the
Woman's Department, Knox College. Illinois, and of Ivy Hall, her pri
vate school at Bridgeton, N. J., whence she was called to the presidency
of Wellesley College, founded by Mr. and Mrs. Durant. She was the
first woman president of a college in the world. Mr. Durant said, " 1
have been four years looking for a president. She will be a target to
be shot at, and for the present the position will be one of severe trials.
I have for sometime been closely investigating Miss Howard. I look
upon her as appointed to this work not by the trustees, but by God for
whom the college was built." Miss Howard wisely furthered the plans
of the founders, and held the position with great success till health
failed in 1882. She retains her love and enthusiasm for the college,
and every good work. In appreciation of her life at Wellesley, in
1890 the alumnae placed in the art gallery a life-size portrait of their
first president. In her honor a scholarship has been given for Wellesley College, called the Ada L. Howard scholarship.
��MRS. HOWARD L. PORTER.
ALICE ROSALIE (HAMMOND) PORTER was born in Con
necticut. Her ancestors, both on the paternal and maternal
side, were prominent in Revolutionary and colonial days. She was
graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1880. Later she studied at Dr. Sauveur's School of Languages at Amherst college and at the N. E. Con
servatory of Music in Boston. She went abroad in 1881. For three
years she was the efficient and devoted associate principal of Northfield Seminary, the school founded by D. L. Moody. The "Hand
book of Northfield Seminary" says,— "To her example, love, and be
lieving prayers, many a pupil owes the most valuable experience of her
life." Since her marriage to Gen. H. L. Porter she has continued her
Bible classes at Lynn, Mass., and Concord, N. H. For ten years
she taught in Concord probably the largest Bible class for women in the
state. Mrs. Porter has been president of the Concord Seaman's Friend
society, the Union Missionary society, the Foreign Missionary and
Charitable societies of the First Baptist church, and is connected with
almost every local philanthropic work. She has served on important
committees for the state Soldiers" Home at Tilton and the N. H. Or
phans' Home. She was the first president of the N. H. Mt. Hol
yoke Alumnae Association, and is a vice president of the Students' Aid
society of Wellesley College. The beautiful home of General and Mrs.
Porter at Concord is noted for its refined hospitality, and there is
scarcely a religious, benevolent, or educational cause in the state that
has not felt their generous support. Mrs. Porter is a most persuasive
speaker, and an excellent presiding officer. She is also gifted with the
pen, as various periodicals attest. She belongs to the Warwick Shakes
peare club, N. H. Historical society, and Concord Woman's club. As
a mother, she has been deeply interested in the public schools, from
which the two eldest of her four children, William and Carrie, have
graduated and are now members of Harvard '98 and Wellesley '99.
��MRS. MARY CLEMENT LEAVITT, honorary life president of
the World's Women's Christian Temperance Union, daughter
of Rev. Joshua and Eliza (Harvey) Clement, was born in Hopkinton,
September 22, 1830. She studied at the Thetford, Vt., Academy,
and prepared for teaching at the Framingham, Mass., Normal School,
graduating, class valedictorian, in 1851. She taught in Boston be
fore and after her marriage, and was a frequent contributor to the
leading papers of the day. Always actively interested in missions
and reforms, she helped to organize both the Massachusetts and Bos
ton W. C. T. Unions, working and speaking zealously for the latter
while still in the schoolroom. The demands for her services upon the
platform became so numerous that she closed her school and devoted
herself to lecturing. At the call of the National W. C. T. U., she gave
up the brilliant openings before her, and started out alone to encoun
ter the privations and dangers of a pioneer journey around the world
to organize W. C. T. Unions. This she accomplished with heroic
courage and persistence, visiting nearly every country on the globe,
speaking, through interpreters, in forty-seven languages, winning the
confidence and support of the best people, and often of royalty itself.
She organized men's temperance societies, and introduced the White
Cross movement into many lands. Without remuneration she under
took the work, raising nearly all of the seven thousand dollars ex
pended on this remarkable journey. Her " Round the-World " series
of letters was for eight years a most interesting feature of the Union
Signal. Mrs. Leavitt combines a high spiritual nature and good prac
tical ability with a strong, clear intellect, and is a logical, effective
speaker. At sixty-five, with unabated powers, enabling her to give one
hundred lectures in ten consecutive weeks during her 1894 California
tour, and promising great future usefulness, she is still ardently work
ing for God and humanity.
MARY CLEMENT LEAVITT.
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��MARY A. DANFORTH.
NO list of noted New Hampshire women would be complete with
out the name of Mary A. Danforth born beyond the White Hills,
in the town of Colebrook, in 1867. Nature was generous in the be
stowal of " good gifts " upon her. She had, and still has, a strong
body and a healthy, hopeful mind, with apparently unlimited powers
of extension and enlargement. Her education in the higher schools
began in the academy of her native town, where she passed through
the tangled labyrinths of the sciences and classics with ease and accu
racy, where many faltered and fell. She afterward took a course in
the New Hampshire Seminary and Female College, from which she
graduated in 1884. Nobody who heard her graduating essay—
"What Next?"— will ever forget the essay or the writer. It was
thoughtful and broad, intellectual and polished, and many then pre
dicted for her the splendid career, something of which has since been
realized. After graduation she spent four years at home in study
and hard work, occasionally appearing before delighted audiences as
lecturer and preacher. Some of her papers before ministerial conven
tions are still thankfully remembered by all who were inspired and
helped by her practical interpretation of every-day gospel. In the
autumn of 1888 she sailed for Japan. Here, under hardships and
difficulties, she founded the Ladies' Seminary in Nagoya, and was its
successful president for five years. In the terrible earthquakes that
during her stay partially destroyed the city, her experiences were haz
ardous and thrilling. Miraculously escaping from instant death when
her boarding house was demolished, through the perilous days and
weeks that followed, the hand of God led her, saving her life for her
friends and the world. Since returning to her native land she has
lectured with much success in New England and the West. And still
God "takes thought" of her life, guides her steps, and makes the
world brighter and better for her words and her works.
��TV /TARIAN DOUGLAS (Mrs. Annie D. Robinson) is peculiarly
J-VX a child of New Hampshire, as not only all her life has been
spent within sound of the Pemigewasset, but she is indebted to the
state for her parents, her father, William, and her mother, Harriet
(Kimball) Green, having been natives of Concord, with the history of
which town her earlier ancestors were identified. She was born in
Plymouth, but since her early childhood has resided in Bristol. As
with many other writers of verse, her first published poem appeared
when she was fifteen, and from then till now her poems, irregularly
published and widely scattered, have filled a place of their own in cur
rent literature, being possessed of a certain individual quality, which
the New York Evening Post once characterised as "delicious in its
artistic simplicity.''
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ANNIE D. ROBINSON.
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��FRANCES STEWART MOSHER, A. M., Professor of French
and History in Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich., is the daugh
ter of the late Rev. I. D. Stewart, for many years connected with the
New Hampton Institution, and afterwards with the Morning Star
Printing Establishment at Dover, a well known clergyman of the Free
Baptist denomination, and Elizabeth Rice, daughter of Isaac Rice,
Esq., for thirty years postmaster of Henniker, N. H. She was gradu
ated from New Hampton Institution in 1864, attended Mrs. Hodges's
finishing school in Boston, and spent two years at Mt. Holyoke Semi
nary. She was a teacher in Dover from 1868 to 1871, when she was
united in marriage with Hon. George F. Mosher, LL. D., then editor
of the Morning Star of that city, subsequently United States Consul in
France, and later in Germany ; but for several years past President of
Hillsdale College. Possessed of strong and well-cultivated literary
tastes, Mrs. Mosher had charge of the young people's papers, The
Little Star and The Myrtle, issued under the auspices of the Free Bap
tist denomination, and assisted on the Morning Star from 1872 till
1 88 1, when she accompanied her husband abroad, still contributing to
several newspapers.
In 1887 she accepted her present position in
Hillsdale College. She was one of the committee of three for organ
izing the F. B. Woman's Missionary Society in 1873, in which Society
she has constantly held responsible offices, and was a delegate to the
World's Congress of Representative Women in connection with the
Columbian Exposition in 1893. She is also a trustee of Storer College,
West Virginia, and a member of the Woman's Commission of Hills
dale College. Her two daughters are Misses Freida and Bessie Mo
sher. As a successful educator, a graceful writer, and an earnest
worker in behalf of the religious denomination with which she has
been associated from childhood, Mrs. Mosher has done splendid ser
vice, and is still in the maturity of her powers.
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�MRS. JOHN P. HALE was Miss Lucy Hill Lambert, a native of
Somersworth, N. H., the daughter of William and Abigail
(Ricker) Lambert. She was married to Mr. Hale at Berwick, Me.,
and resided in Dover, as her home, at Washington when Mr. Hale was
in the United States senate, and at Madrid when he was United States
minister to Spain. Her only brother was the Rev. Thomas R. Lam
bert, who was first a lawyer in New Hampshire, next a chaplain in the
United States navy, and later for many years rector of the Episcopal
church at Charlestown, Mass., and was also a distinguished member of
the Masonic order. Mrs. Hale has proved herself a lady, kindly, cour
teous, and dignified, in all the relations of life, public and private.
MRS. JOHN F. HALE.
��MRS. WILLIAM E. CHANDLER was Miss Lucy Lambert
Hale, second daughter of Senator John P. Hale, and was a
native of Dover, N. H. She married Mr. Chandler at Dover in 1874,
before he became secretary of the navy and United States senator, and
in her connection with official life is well known as a spirited and gra
cious helpmate and hostess. Her son, John P. Hale Chandler, born
in Washington, D. C., in March, 1885, is the only male descendant of
her distinguished father.
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��AUGUSTA (HARVEY) WORTHEN.
MRS. AUGUSTA (HARVEY) WORTHEN, of Lynn, Mass.,
is a representative of one of the most noted New Hampshire
families. She was born in Sutton, September 27, 1823 ; daughter of Col.
John and Sally (Greeley) Harvey. Her father was a younger brother
of Hon. Jonathan Harvey, and Hon. Matthew Harvey, both of whom
served the public in Congress, and the latter as governor of the state,
and for thirty-five years was United States judge for the District of
New Hampshire. In the family of this uncle Mrs. Worthen spent sev
eral years of her later chiidhood, enjoying the advantage of tuition in
Hopkinton Academy. Later she became a student in Andover Acad
emy, and a catalogue of that institution for 185 1 shows her name
among the teachers. February 15, 1855, she married, in Danvers,
Mass., Charles F. Worthen of Candia, N. H., and in 1858 removed
with him to Lynn, where Mr. Worthen was for several years engaged
in shoe manufacturing, and where he died February 15, 1882. Lynn
is still Mrs. Worthen's home, where she is engaged, more or less, in
literary work. She is sister to the late Matthew Harvey, of Newport,
who, for a long term of years, was, in connection with his partner,
Henry G. Carlton, co-editor of the New Hampshire Argus and Spec
tator. It was mainly through the aid of this partial brother that her
literary efforts were first brought before the public. She is repre
sented by poems of especial merit in "New Hampshire Poets," in
.' Poets of America," " Poets of Essex County," and several later col
lections, and also by a portrait and biography in "A Woman of the
Century." But the great labor of her life has been the preparation of
a history of her native town of Sutton, a work of over eleven hundred
pages, published in i89o-'9i, on which she had been engaged, more or
less diligently, for twenty years. It is the first town history in the
state prepared by a woman, and has been much and worthily com
mended for thoroughness and literary finish.
��MARY NOYES FAKK.
T\ If ARY NOYES FARR is a woman of rare attainments and culXVJ. ture, and inherited great executive ability from her father,
Rufus H. Noyes, who for many years was a prominent merchant of
Landaff, her native town. She is one of the best products of that
hardy New England stock, which has done so much for the progress of
our country. Her great common sense and Scotch tenacity of purpose,
inherited from her mother, Patience Gordon Noyes, make her success
assured in all she undertakes. She was graduated from Miss Philena
McKeen's school, Andover, Mass., in 1874, and filled prominent posi
tions as an educator in New Hampshire, Iowa, and Washington, D. C,
.through the influence of the late Hon. James W. Patterson, a life-long
friend of the family. In 1882 she married Col. Edward Payson Fari
of St. Johnsbury, Vt., and went with her husband and brother, Frank
Pierce Noyes, to make a home in Dakota, where they have accumu
lated many fertile acres in the state of their adoption. Their home is
now in Pierre, the capital city of South Dakota, where Colonel Farrisa
successful banker. Mrs. Farr has identified herself with the educa
tional interests of the state, and for several years has had charge of
the art department of the Pierre University. She is at present princi
pal of the Lincoln schools in that city, and chairman of the National
Floral Emblem Society for her state. The World"s Fair commission
of South Dakota was much indebted to Mrs. Farr for her superior
installation of their educational exhibit at the World's Fair, and her
efficient work as juror of awards in the Liberal Arts Department.
Young, vigorous, and enthusiastic, achieving a distinction second to
none, she made the commission proud of the endorsement of her
claims to recognition, and won an enviable position in a new state of
progressive ideas and brains. New Hampshire also takes due pride in
her achievements, since it was among her hills and her people that the
elements of this woman's character originated and were developed.
��TO attain high position in Boston musical society, where the taste
is pure and classical, is no easy task ; yet this gifted daughter of
New Hampshire has long held it, on account of rare vocal powers, a
pleasing personality, and generous heart. Born in Lyme, she removed
with her parents, Thomas and Aurilla Bond, both musicians, to the
city of Nashua, at the age of fourteen, where she commenced her
musical career, though as a child she had sung in the choir with her
mother, who was a leader. At fifteen she was leading soprano in a
large Nashua church. She here attracted the attention of C. B. Hill,
a man of rare discernment and philanthropic spirit, who provided for
her musical education, and secured her a position as choir leader in a
prominent church in Lowell, at a high salary for those days. At eigh
teen her cherished ambition to sing in Boston was gratified, on the
occasion of a great festival under the direction of B. F. Baker, where
she made a happy " hit " Here she began study with the renowned
Signor Corelli. She was three years soprano at Dr. Miner's School
Street church, and fourteen years leader in Trinity choir, singing also
continuously in concert and oratorio. She has appeared with the most
noted singers of the day; for six successive seasons sang "The Mes
siah '' for the Handel and Haydn society : made her farewell appearance
as a public singer in that capacity, and has since devoted her talents to
teaching, with eminent success, many of her pupils having already
entered upon brilliant careers. At the age of twenty she married J. H.
Long, a rising business man of Boston, now deceased, a popular offi
cer of the Handel and Haydn society, and an excellent musical critic.
She is a true and loyal woman, as is evidenced by her loving care of
her aged mother and the younger members of her family. Mrs. Bond,
at eighty-nine, is living at her daughter's residence on Holyoke street,
summering at the old colonial home in Lyme, which Mrs. Long has
modernized and beautified for herself and dear ones.
HATT1E BOND LONG.
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��MRS. HANNAH A. CURRIER was the youngest daughter of
Enoch Slade, Esq., a distinguished citizen of Thetford, Vt.,
and sister of Gen. Samuel W. Slade, an eminent lawyer of St. Johnsbury, in the same state. She received her early education in Thetford
Academy, at that time one of the most famous institutions in New
England. Here many of the sons and daughters of New Hampshire
and Vermont resorted to prepare for college, or to obtain a higher
degree of cultivation in English studies than could be obtained else
where. In this celebrated school Miss Slade early found herself rank
ing among the foremost, not only in the ordinary studies, but also in
the higher branches of Greek, Latin, and mathematics, which she pur
sued far into the college course. After leaving the academy, with the
highest reputation for scholarship. Miss Slade went to Boston, where
under distinguished teachers she continued her studies in music, French,
and other branches of polite literature, thus adding a metropolitan finish
not easily acquired in rural institutions. In 1869 Miss Slade was married
to Hon. Moody Currier, a distinguished banker in Manchester, N. H..
who afterwards, in 1885 and 1886, was governor of the state. The
accomplishments of Mrs. Currier added greatly to the dignity and
popularity of his administration. Since her marriage, in connection
with her husband she has continued her literary and scientific pursuits,
keeping up with the progress of the age, adopting in their broadest
and most liberal sense the best thoughts of modern research.
Although she has never given to the public any of her literary produc
tions, her education and critical tastes would warrant success in such
an undertaking. She does not seek distinction by a display to the
world of her charities and benefactions, which are many, and known
only to those who receive them. She believes that the proper sphere
of woman is her home, which she renders happy and adorns, by devot
ing to it the best energies of her life.
MRS. MOODY CURRIER.
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��THE New Hampshire Department President of the Woman's Relief
Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, Hannah
Elizabeth (Wallace) Foster, daughter of Charles B. and Elizabeth R.
(Lovejoy) Wallace, was born in Milford, Feb. 4, 1853, her parents being
descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors, who were among the first set
tlers of Amherst, and possessed of rare intelligence and great executive
ability. She is also of lineal Revolutionary descent and a charter mem
ber of the local Council of Daughters of the American Revolution. She
was educated in the public schools and at Maplewood Seminary, Pittsfield, Mass. , December 3 1 , 1874, she was united in marriage with Oliver
H. Foster, a prominent business man of Milford, and a leading member
and Past Commander of O. W. Lull Post, G. A. R., of that town. She
early espoused the cause in which the W. R. C. is engaged, and was a
charter member of O. W. Lull Relief Corps No. 5, organized June 6,
1 88 1, two years before the order became a national organization. She
has served continually on committees of the corps, from the least to the
most important, having been three years chairman of the executive
committee. She served as corps treasurer six years, and two years as
President. In 1881 she was made Department Guard. In 1891 she
was chosen Senior Vice President, and in 1892 held the responsible
office of Department Inspector, having also served two years as Assis
tant Inspector. She has served many times as a delegate in the
Department Convention and has also represented the Department in
National Convention, and was appointed on the staff of National
President Sue Pike Saunders in 1892. While deeply interested and
always well posted in Rehef Corps work, her energies have not all been
given in that direction, church and mission work having also claimed
her attention for many years. She has four sons, the eldest a member
of the Freshman Class at Dartmouth College.
��» "I") E. E." is a familiar signature, especially to people of literJ3. ary inclination. These letters are the reversed initials of
one of the most notable daughters of the Granite state—Emma Eliza
beth Brown, a native of Concord, and a daughter of John F. Brown,
from whom she inherited her literary tendencies, as well as her love for
painting and for nature. Her mother was a woman also gifted in many
ways, and from both parents she is endowed with talents that have been
faithfully cultivated and modestly displayed. She began writing for
the press while a school-girl, in her native city, and early in life gained
recognition through her poem, "The Legend of Chocorua," published
in the Concord Monitor. From that time to the present she has con
stantly contributed to leading papers and magazines, besides writing
many books of a religious, biographical, and poetical nature, her biog
raphy of the late James Russell Lowell being one of her latest efforts.
Miss Brown went to Boston to reside about the year 1875, and not
long after became art critic for the Boston Advertiser. She studied
painting with Samuel L. Gerry, and for a time had charge of the art
department at the Maplewood Institute, Pittsfield, Mass., and at St.
Catherine's Hall, Augusta, Me. Her "Child Toilers of Boston,"
"A Hundred Years Ago," " From Night to Light," and her Azorean
stories have been widely read. She now resides with her sister, Mrs.
Treadwell, in a charming old house at Newton Highlands, Mass., sur
rounded by her books, her own beautiful water-colors, and the dear
ones she loves so well. She is a woman of broad culture, having read
much and traveled extensively. She belongs to the New England
Woman's club, the Castillian, and Unity Art club. She possesses a
slender, graceful figure, gentle and unassuming manners, and is a
woman to know and honor for her many lovable qualities.
EMMA E. BROWN.
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��AMONG the many noble women whose lives and work have been
a power for good in the moral and social atmosphere of New
Hampshire's "Queen City" for the past twenty years is Elizabeth H.
(Allison) Wallace, a daughter of James Allison of Dunbarton, in
which town she was born, March 24, 1825. She is of the fifth genera
tion from Samuel Allison, one of the first sixteen settlers of London
derry, and a prominent man in the early history of that old town.
Securing a thorough education (she was the first graduate of the Man
chester High School, and valedictorian of the class of 1848), she entered
upon the work of imparting instruction to others, and was engaged as
a teacher for more than twenty years, with marked success—six years
in New Hampshire, in the Concord High School and in the Pinkerton Academy at Derry ; thirteen years in Ohio, at the Ohio Female
College, six miles from Cincinnati ; and the last three years at Bennet
Seminary, in Minneapolis, Minn. In 1874, she was united in marriage
with the late Rev. C. W. Wallace, O. D., pastor of the First or Han
over Street Congregational church of Manchester, where she still re
sides in the house which her husband built in 1845. Mrs. Wallace
always sympathized with her father and her husband in their strong
anti-slavery principles, as well as in their earnest temperance views.
She has been an active member of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union since its organization. By the payment of $100 she has had her
late husband's name inscribed on a marble tablet in Willard Hall, in
the famous Temperance Temple in Chicago,—a memorial to his lifelong
devotion to the temperance cause. She was for many years Home and
Corresponding Secretary of the N. H. Branch of the Woman's Board
of Missions. She is a devoted member of the First Congregational
church of Manchester, and is doing what she can for the suppression
of evil and the advancement of Christ's kingdom in the world.
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��MRS. SARAH E. FARLEY RUNNELLS.
THE Farleys and Hardys of Hollis were among the noted families
in the early history of the town. Sarah E. Farley, daughter of
Enoch and Abby (Hardy) Farley, born in Hollis, June 9, 1834, comes
of an ancestry of which any American woman may well be proud.
Her two great-grandfathers, Lieut. Benjamin Farley and Phineas
Hardy, were among the first soldiers of the Revolution, and fought at
Lexington and Bunker Hill. In the latter contest, also, two great
uncles on the maternal side, Joseph and Nathaniel Wheat, were killed.
Miss Farley was educated in the Hollis schools and at the Milford semi
nary, then under charge of Gilbert Wadleigh. She taught success
fully in the village school at Hollis, and at Dunstable, Mass., for five
years, and on September 9, 1858, was married to Daniel F. Runnells.
a successful merchant of Nashua, where she has since resided, and has
been active and prominent in society, church, and organized charitable
and benevolent work. She is an interested member of the W. C.
T. U., and of the ladies' organizations connected with the Pilgrim
church, but her efforts have been more especially directed to the work
of the Nashua Protestant Home for Aged Women and the Woman's
Relief Corps. She was a member of the board of managers of the
former institution for ten years, and for several years past has been
president of the same, and has contributed largely to its success. She
has been president of the local Woman's Relief Corps, and was
department president of the order for New Hampshire in 1 891 , one
of the most prosperous years in its history. She was a member of the
National Council, W. R. C., in 1892-'93, and has been urged to allow
the use of her name as a candidate for national president. She has
been identified with various other public and private charities, and has
kept abreast with the times in all matters of social, literary, and edu
cational interest. She has two daughters, Florence and Katherine,
educated at Wellesley, and one son, Frederick D., a graduate of Dart
mouth, class of 1893.
��MRS. RUTH LAMPREY CADLE.
THE record of a very busy and useful life is recorded in that of
Ruth Lamprey Cadle, who was born in the town of Orford,
N. H., January 16, 1820. Her parents, Samuel Lamprey and Anna
Johnson, were among the early settlers who moved from Hampton to
Orford in 181 1. After finishing her educational course at Canaan
academy, then under the principalship of the late Chief Justice Sar
gent, and being ambitious for some new field, in response to a call for
a teacher, she moved to the then far western town of Muscatine, Iowa,
in 1847. After teaching acceptably two years she married in 1849
Cornelius Cadle, and of this union were born one son, Henry, now of
Bethany, Mo., and one daughter, Abbie A., the wife of Col. Frank W.
Mahin, of Clinton, Ohio. At the time of her marriage Mr. Cadle had
four sons, who still survive. Col. Cornelius, Edward F., Capt. Will
iam L., and Charles F., all of whom served their country in the late
war. The cholera epidemic that raged through the Mississippi valley
in 1852 witnessed her ministrations, and families are still living who
remember her with gratitude. But the great event which developed
her ability to manage and control large movements was the late War of
the Rebellion, during the whole period of which she served as president
of the Muscatine County Soldiers' Aid Society, and during which she
helped to manage a fair at Muscatine that netted $25,000 for the Sani
tary Commission. After the war her next attention was given to the
orphans of the soldiers, and she was one of the incorporators of the
Iowa State Soldiers' Ophans' Home, and as a fitting finale to her
efforts in service and memory of the loyal defenders of the nation Mrs.
Cadle was one of the chief solicitors of the fund with which was
erected at Muscatine the first soldiers' monument in the state. She
also kept up her church and temperance work and her interest in sci
entific studies until the final summons came April 12, 1885.
��MARY HELEN (DAVISON) SHAW was born on Prince
Edward Island, at Charlottetown. March 22, 1840, a daughter
of Charles C. and Nancy (McNeil) Davison. Her paternal ancestors
came to this country in the early history of its settlement. About the
commencement of the Revolutionary war they went to the provinces
from Connecticut, being among those who remained loyal to the
crown. Her maternal ancestor, McNeil, a Scotchman, married a
daughter of the Duke of Argyle. From both her father's and mother's
ancestors she has derived that inflexible adherence to what she believes
to be right, which has so characterized her in all of the relations of life.
In early life she came to this country, and in 1867 became the wife of
Capt. E. M. Shaw of Nashua, so well known as a successful manufact
urer, and more especially as the executive commissioner from this state to
the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. Religiously she
is a Baptist, and active in all church and auxiliary denominational work. '
Her especial work is that of the W. C. T. U., and this she follows
unfalteringly. She has repeatedly held the office of president of the
local union of Nashua, and was a delegate at large to the national con
vention of the W. C. T. U. at Chicago in 1893. She is now one of
the trustees of the W. C. T. U. Mercy Home at Manchester. Her
•only child, a son, Elijah Ray, is now a member of the class of 1897 atthe New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, at
Durham.
MRS. E. M. SHAW.
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��SARAH WHITE CHENEY, the accomplished wife of ex-Governor,
and ex-U. S. Senator, Person Colby Cheney of Manchester,
late U. S. Minister to Switzerland, is a representative New Hampshire
woman of old Colonial stock, her family having been in this country
since 1636. She is a daughter of Jonathan White and Sarah Bathrick
Goss, born in Amherst, having five lineal ancestors serving in the
War of the Revolution. She is Honorary Regent for New Hampshire
for the society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and
a member of the Colonial Dames. Her father was one of the earliest
manufacturers in Lowell, Mass., removing there when Mrs. Cheney was
three years of age. She was a graduate of the Lowell High School,
and completed her education at the New Hampton Literary and Scien
tific Institution. She was married to Mr. Cheney in May, 1859. She
is a woman of great executive ability, superior qualities, fine conversa
tional powers, and has been much in public life, always leading, and gra
ciously extending hospitalities incidental to the various public positions
to which her husband has been called. Modest in her nature, yet of
commanding presence, she manifests a warm devotion for home life,
yet has been her husband's adviser and helpmeet in political and
business life. Her sympathies and charities are wide and far reaching,
though unostentatious. She has been for many years President of the
Woman's Aid and Relief Society of Manchester. Her fondness for
architecture has led her to give much time in planning various im
provements, not only in her own home, but also in connection with
her husband's affairs. She has a large circle of distinguished friends,
both at home and in Europe, whom she often visits. Governor and Mrs.
Cheney have one daughter, Agnes, the wife of Mr. Charles H. Fish, and
Mrs. Cheney's chief delight is in her two little grand-daughters. The
three generations are members of one household, contributing to the
social pleasure of Manchester, in their hospitable home.
MRS. PERSON C. CHENEY.
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��AUGUSTA COOPER BRISTOL.
AUGUSTA COOPER BRISTOL, poet and lecturer, the youngest
of ten children of Col. Otis and Hannah (Powers) Cooper, was
born in Croydon April 17, 1835. Her poetical taste was manifest in
childhood, her first verses being written when she was eight years of
age. She excelled in mathematics and early manifested an aptitude
for logical and philosophical reasoning. Educated in the public
schools and Canaan and Kimball Union Academies, she began teach
ing at fifteen, and was thus employed until her marriage at twenty-two,
with G. F. Kimball, from whom she was divorced five years later. In
1866 she married Louis Bristol, a lawyer of New Haven, Conn., remov
ing to Illinois. In 1869 she published a volume of poems, and, the same
year, gave her first public lecture, which circumstance seems to have
changed the course of her intellectual career. In 1872 she removed to
Vineland, N. J., her present home, whence she has been frequently
called before the public as a speaker. She was four years president of
the Ladies' Social Science class in Vineland. In 1880 she gave a
course of lectures before the New York Positivist Society on "The
Evolution of Character," and another before the Woman's Social Sci
ence Club. In June, following, she went to Europe and spent several
months studying the equitable association of labor and capital at the
Familistere, founded by M. Godin, in Guise, France, also representing
the New York Positivist Society in an international convention of
liberal thinkers in Brussels, before which body she gave a lecture upon
the "Scientific Basis of Morality." Returning home she published
the " Rules and Statutes " of the association in Guise. In 1881 she
was chosen lecturer of the New Jersey State Grange and was employed
on a national lecture bureau of the Patrons of Husbandry. Since her
husband's death in 1882, she has seldom appeared upon the platform,
but was one of the speakers in the Congress of Representative Women
at the World's Fair in Chicago.
��MARY MARGARET GILE
MISS MARY MARGARET GILE was well bom and happily
endowed. Family traditions increased this inheritance, and
her early life among the New Hampshire hills made it rich indeed.
Her ancestors fought in the most noted battles of the Revolution.
Her father, the late Alfred A. Gile, was a man of fine integrity, who
held his children to strict account, both for their morals and their
manners, while the quiet Christian influence of the mother supple
mented that of the father. After a thorough training in the schools
of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Miss Gile entered upon her
life work as preceptress of the Clarence Academy, Clarence, N. Y.,
where she was associated with her brother, Joseph Gile. She next
became Preceptress of the Warsaw Academy, at Warsaw, N. Y.,
where she remained nine years. In each of these positions she dis
played that skill which has brought her such signal success. After
short terms at Cleveland, O., and Worcester, Mass., she began her
work at East Orange, N. J., where she now resides with her youngest
brother, Dr. Francis A. Gile. Many a successful man and woman
owes much to Miss Gile for the mental and moral impetus received
from her in the high school of this town. Here she closely identifies
herself with her surroundings, being an active member of Christ
church and its Sunday-school, also of the Daughters of the Revolution,
the Woman's Club of Orange, and the Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A.
Besides her articles for the newspapers and her essays, Miss Gile con
tributed an article entitled, " Individual Influence upon our Nation,"
to the New Jersey scrap-book for the World's Fair. Her paper on the
History of Education, written for the school of Pedagogy of the Uni
versity of the City of New York, received favorable comment from our
best educators. She has recently graduated from this university, and
may truly be considered one of the progressive women of our time.
Her personality is quiet but strong ; her life, noble, true, and effective.
��THE Pine Tree State is the birth-place of many women whose in
fluence has subsequently been felt in the social, intellectual, and
moral life of New Hampshire. Among the number is Mrs. Luther F.
McKinney. born Sharlie P. Webb, in Raymond, Me., July 7, 1852—
a daughter of Josiah P. and Elizabeth D. (Witham) Webb, and a
descendant of Paine Wingate, also of the renowned Hugh de Payens,
her father's ancestors coming from England in the early history of the
country. She received her early education in the common schools
and at the North Bridgeton Academy, and completed the same at
Carlisle, Pa. She was united in marriage with Rev. Luther F. McKin
ney, then pastor of the Universalist church at North Bridgton, August
1, 1 87 1 . In 1873 they removed to South Newmarket, now Newfields,
N. H., and three years later to Manchester, where he was for ten
years the eminently successful and popular pastor of the Universalist
church. The marked success of Mr. McKinney's professional career
was due in no small degree to his wife's efficient aid and cooperation.
Endowed with tact, discrimination, and social graces of a high order,
with great energy and executive ability, she was thoroughly at home
in parish and society work, while she entered heartily into all her
husband's plans and purposes, proving at all times a safe counsellor and
ready helper. In his political career, also, she has been of much assist
ance, her ready judgment proving a safe reliance in many emergencies.
In the household she has ever presided with grace and dignity, whether
in her modest home in New Hampshire, at Washington, where Mr.
McKinney was a representative in congress for two terms, or in the
ministerial residence at Bogota, where he now represents the United
States government. A true and faithful wife, she is also a devoted
mother, and to her care and guidance their two sons, Frank and Harry,
the former a graduate of St. Lawrence University and Baltimore Law
School, owe the foundation for future careers of honor and usefulness.
MRS. LUTHER F. McKINNEY.
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��IF it be true that "poets are born, not made," the same is true of
artists in music or otherwise ; yet the highest natural gifts require
constant and careful training in order to obtain the best results. In
old-world lands, with their history, legends, and myths, children are
born breathing the very air of poetry and music. That great artists
should there develop is natural, for the influence of centuries is upon
them. In our land we are fed upon the stern realities of life, and our
history is of no aid to the student in art; yet we have in New Hamp
shire a source of inspiration in our wonderful mountain and lake
scenery, and in our midst there have been, and yet will be, born poets
and musicians, whose uplifting words and work will be felt for genera
tions to come. Miss Ada M. Aspinwall, though yet in her youth, has
gained distinction as a pianist second to that of no woman now residing
in the state. She was born and has ever lived in the city of Concord,
and its people take due pride in her reputation and success. Born of
the sturdy New England type, endowed with a musical nature manifest
ing itself in infancy, ambitious to excel, and blessed with adequate
physical powers, she has been a student of the piano from early child
hood, her instruction, commencing at eight years of age, being the
best in the city for several years, followed by private lessons for five
years with the best instructors at the New England Conservatory,
while for three years past she has enjoyed the tutelage of the noted
Milo Benedict. As accompanist for the Concord Choral Union she
has won more than local favor, in festival work in and out of the state
has been highly commended, and as a soloist she has developed much
ability. She has done good work as a teacher of the piano, nor has
her attention been confined to that instrument ; for four years past she
has been organist at the White Memorial church of Concord.
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�MARY S. DANFORTH. M. D.
MARY SHEPARU DANFORTH is a native of the town of Derry,
a daughter of Charles and Rebecca (Batchelder) Danforth, born
May 1 8, 1853. She was educated in the public schools of Manchester
and in Pinkerton academy, Derry, graduating from the latter institution
in 1869. She commenced teaching at a very early age, and had taught
twenty-one terms before she was as many years of age. Immediately
after her graduation at Derry she went as a teacher to Danielsonville,
Conn., where she had charge of a school of 200 pupils, and won an
enviable reputation as instructor and disciplinarian. Having deter
mined to enter the medical profession, she pursued her studies in that
direction with Dr. Alfred R. Dearborn of East Weare, Dr. Isaac Hovey
of Atkinson, and Dr. William Hammond of Philadelphia, Pa., and at
the Woman's Medical college of Pennsylvania, graduating from that
institution March 25, 1875. In May following she commenced prac
tice in Manchester, where she has continued with marked success,
establishing a large general practice and gaining a ieputation for skill
and judgment which has caused her services to be sought frequently
in consultation in places many miles away. She was made a member
of the Manchester Medical society in April, 1877, and shortly after
elected its secretary, being the first woman in America to hold such
an office. At the annual meeting of the New Hampshire Medical
society in June, 1878, she was admitted to membership in that organ
ization, being the first female member, and this without application
on her part. She was a delegate from the New Hampshire Medical
society to the International Medical Congress at Washington, in 1884,
of which the renowned Dr. Austin Flint was president, and attracted
marked attention by her emphatic opposition to unlimited vivisection,
which gave rise to the extended discussion of that question. Dr.
Danforth is outspoken in her recognition of the kindness and courtesy
ever manifested toward her by the gentlemen of her profession.
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�MRS. H. MARIA GEORGE COLBY was born in Warner,
N. H., October i, 1844. She is the daughter of Gilman C.
and Nancy (Badger) George, and is of English descent on both sides
of the family ; the Georges, in fact, have a coat of arms that dates
back to the ancient days of chivalry. Mrs. Colby is a social leader
and an authoress. She early developed strong literary tastes, and
while in her teens wrote a number of novelettes that were published InNew York and Philadelphia houses. Later she paid more attention
to the magazines and newspapers, and she became an acknowledged
authority upon domestic topics. Circumstances have rendered it impos
sible for her to give her whole time to literary work, but her articles
have appealed in the Housewife, the Housekeeper, the Housekeeper's
Weekly, the Christian at Work, DemoresCs Monthly Magazine,
Arthur s Home Magazine, Youth's Companion, the Congregationalist,
the Portland Transcript, Ladies' World, Good Cheer, the Philadelphia
Press, the Chicago Ledger, the Golden Rule, Good Housekeeping, and
St. Nicholas. She was for five years the fashion editor of the House
hold. She has made use of various pen names, but is best known to
editors and the public by her maiden name, H. Maria George.
A stanch advocate of temperance, and equal rights for both sexes, she
furthers these as well as every other good work by her pen. In
December, 1880, Miss George was united in marriage to Frederick
Myron Colby, the well known litirateur. Their pleasant home is in
Warner.
MRS. FREDERICK MYRON COLBY.
��REBECCA WEEKS WILEY, M. D.
THE ancestral lines along which Rebecca Weeks Wiley is able to
trace her kindred reach back through families distinguished for
education, patriotism, and statesmanship. These include Horace
Greeley on one side and Daniel Webster on the other. Many unpub
lished incidents in the early history of these noted men are held as
family heirlooms. Her immediate relatives were characterized by quick
discernment, executive ability, and sterling integrity. Her father, John
Gale Weeks, was a hatter in Gilford when Rebecca was born, March 20,
1848. She was educated at Laconia academy. New Hampshire female
college, and Boston University School of Medicine, graduating from
the latter in the class of '82. Dr. Wiley at once began practice in
Laconia, "The City on the Lakes," and thus became the first woman
physician in the state north of Concord. Some of the best families in
the city and adjacent towns took early opportunity to express joy over
her settlement. Her practice, at first good, gradually increased, until
at times she has been overwhelmed with professional work. It was a
great relief to her when her only son, Maurice G. Wiley, graduated
from medical college, and in June, 1894, opened an office adjoining her
own. She is a member of the New Hampshire Homoeopathic Medical
society, and the American Institute of Homceopathy. Dr. Wiley has
been called much in council, and her relations to the profession have
been uniformly pleasant. The dream of youth was a prophecy of
which the practice of medicine is a fulfillment, and she is an enthu
siast in her profession. To some extent she has complied with re
quests to address public assemblies on education and hygienic subjects,
but fidelity to a growing practice has compelled her to decline many
such calls. In church relations she is a Free Baptist. She is sympa
thetic and co-operative with her husband. Rev. Frederick L. Wiley, in
his literary and philanthropic pursuits. They are mutually happy in
their respective departments of work and sacrifice for human good.
��MARILLA M. RICKER.
MARILLA MARKS, daughter of Jonathan B. and Hannah D.
(Stevens) Young, was born in New Durham in 1840. Her father
was an ardent Whig, the New York Tribune was the family paper, and
its close perusal gave her the decided political convictions which make
her now an earnest Republican. Educated in the public schools and New
London academy, she taught with much success for several years. In
1863 she married John Ricker, Esq., of Madbury. They made their
home in Dover, where Mr. Ricker had a large real estate business. He
died in 1868, leaving her a good property. In 1872 she went to
Europe, resided for a long time in Germany, and thoroughly mastered
the German language. Returning, she went to Washington, where she
read law with Albert G. Riddle and Arthur B. Williams, and was ad
mitted to the bar in 1882, being examined with eighteen young men and
outranking them all. She was the first New Hampshire woman to become
a lawyer, and practised successfully in Washington many years, being
admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court in 1892.
For some time past she has been United States commissioner and
examiner in chancery for the District of Columbia. In 1890 she
applied for admission to the New Hampshire bar. This raised the
question of woman's right to admission to the bar in this state. After
due consideration by the full bench Chief Justice Doe rendered a deci
sion to the effect that she could be admitted the same as any man who
is a practising attorney in another state. Mrs. Ricker early became a
believer in equal rights for men and women under the constitution, and
offered her ballot at the polls in Ward Three, Dover, in 1870, with her
reasons for demanding a voter's privilege, being the first woman in the
state, and probably in the country, to attempt to vote. She has spoken
effectively on the stump in national campaigns for the Republican party.
She is frank, generous, and open hearted, a friend of the unfortunate,
a champion of many reform causes, a hater of sham and hypocrisy.
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�MISS HARRIET PATIENCE DAME, the Florence Nightin
gale of New Hampshire, was born in North Barnstead, January
5, 1 8 1 5 . She was the youngest of the six children of James Chadbourne and Phebe (Ayers) Dame. Her father was a farmer and
teacher, and of her mother Miss Dame writes, She was the grandest
woman in the world." The future heroine of the Civil War early
showed a self-reliant and helpful spirit, and after receiving a good edu
cation she engaged in various occupations in New England and the
West. She was living in Concord at the time the war broke out.
Miss Abbott in the New England Magazine for June, 1895, pays this
tribute to her distinguished career: " Perhaps Concord's most valua
ble contribution to the Civil War was Miss Harriet P. Dame, an army
nurse, whose record is without a parallel. For four years and eight
months, from April, 1 86 1 , to Christmas, 1865, Miss Dame cared for
the soldiers, most of the time as field nurse for the Second New
Hampshire Volunteers. She endured all the privations of the troops,
marched and camped with them, being oftentimes the only woman
among a thousand men. She has nursed her 'boys' through small
pox, she has worked all night on the field caring for the wounded, and
she has buried the dead. In her eighty-first year she is still at her
post in the Treasury Department at Washington, where she has been
for the last quarter of a century. A woman absolutely free from selfseeking, she has earned the gratitude of all who know her, and she
cares little for any other reward."
HARRIET P. DAME.
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�MRS. SOPHIA ORNE JOHNSON, better known as "Daisy
Eyebright," for many years a resident of Bath, was born at
Springfield, Mass., June 1, 1826. Her parents were Elisha and
Eunice (Lombard) Edwards. She was educated at Prof. William
Wells' school at Cambridge, Mass., and early in life showed a great
fondness for literature. In November, 1847, she married Col. James H.
Johnson, of Bath, N. H., who was a member of the twenty-ninth and
thirtieth congresses. She met much fine society in Washington at that
time. In 1869 a severe freshet in northern New Hampshire carried
away in ten minutes all the lumber mills of Colonel Johnson, destroying
his chief income. Mrs. Johnson began to write for the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican, the Country Gentleman, Albany, N. Y., and the
New England Farmer, Boston, Mass. In 1871 she began a serial,
" Daisy Eyebright's Journal," for the Country Gentleman, which ran
sixteen months. In July, 1872, Mrs. Johnson joined a press party
going across the continent. In this way she became connected with
many new papers, the Prairie Farmer of Chicago, the Horticulturist,
Hearth and Home, Independent and Tribune of New York city, and the
Saturday Evening Journal, of Philadelphia. For the Prairie Farmer
she wrote a serial, " Letters of Sophie Homespun," and for the Country
Gentleman, " Horace and I." The year after her return from San Fran
cisco, she earned $1,200 by her pen, which was of great help in educat
ing her children. In 1873 she joined another press party, visiting the
Mammoth cave and Pike's Peak, and in 1889 she again visited Colo
rado. She has written thousands of newspaper articles, and her pub
lished books are " Every Woman Her Own Flower Gardener," " Hints
Upon Etiquette" (Putnam's), and "Hints for the Household." She
wrote nearly half of " Window Gardening," edited by Henry T.
Williams.
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SOPHIA ORNE JOHNSON.
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��JULIA KNOWLTON is the maiden name of one of Boston's noblest
women, born in Deerfield, Aug. 25, 1829, near the birthplace of
Benjamin F. Butler. She has a rare heritage indeed, for upon
Bunker Hill monument are inscribed the names of two ancestors, her
grandfather, Thomas Knowlton, and her maternal great grandfather,
Gen. Nathaniel Dearborn, the friend and comrade of General Washing
ton. Her parents, Joseph and Susan (Dearborn) Knowlton, are now
deceased. Her early life was spent in Concord and Manchester, and
her education was obtained in private schools. She was a pupil in the
boarding school of Miss Ela, and later in the New Hampton Institute,
where she was graduated at eighteen. For a year she taught lan
guages and mathematics in Manchester, and then " met her fate " in
the person of Micah Dyer, Jr., a young Boston lawyer, whom she mar
ried in May, 1 8 5 1 , and with whom she has led a most happy life. For
nearly forty years they have occupied a fine old estate in Dorchester.
Three children have blessed their home, one, a daughter, dying at an
early age. Two sons survive, one a physician, Dr. Willard Knowlton
Dyer, the other, Walter Richardson Dyer, follows his father's profes
sion and resides with his young wife at the home of his parents. Mrs.
Dyer's domestic life is beautiful, yet she finds time to shed her kind
ness in other homes in various ways. She is a club woman, belonging
to more than a score of organizations, charitable or literary. She is
best known for her w ork for the Soldiers' Home, as organizer and presi
dent of the Ladies' Aid Association, though the Charity Club is among
her favorite organizations. She is a member of the Castilian club, the
Educational and Industrial Union, Helping Hand society. New Hampton
Institute association, the Wintergreen club, the Daughters of the Rev
olution, and first vice president of the New Hampshire's Daughters.
She has fine literary ability, and a wonderful command of language.
Everybody loves her and everybody trusts her.
MRS. MICAH DYER, JR.
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��AMONG the women of New Hampshire whose lives and charac
ters are deserving of remembrance and a place in the memorial
annals of the state was Alvina Barney, wife of Colonel M. V. B.
Edgerly. Mrs. Edgerly was descended from two of the oldest and best
known families in the state—the Barneys and Prescotts—and was the
daughter of Jedediah Barney and Eliza Prescott. She was born in
Grafton in February, 1834. Her marriage to Colonel Edgerly took
place in March, 1854, and her home was in New Hampshire until
1 88 1, when the family removed to Boston; in 1885 they went to
Springfield, Mass., which was her home up to the time of her death.
This occurred June 9, 1894, at the summer home of the family at
Beverly Farms, Mass. Mrs. Edgerly was a woman of notable charac
ter and refinement, and of sweet and patient disposition. These attri
butes were strikingly exemplified in her cheerful endurance of an illness
which covered nearly fifteen years of her life, and finally brought it to a
close. Although restricted, from this cause, in her social life, Mrs.
Edgerly had a large circle of friends who delighted in her society and
friendship; she was a woman of fine presence and charming conversa
tional gifts, a wide general reader, and a thoughtful critic of literature
and of passing events, and her intelligent criticisms and comments were
most entertaining and instructive. She was a devoted member of the
Episcopal church for many years, and it may be truthfully said that her
life was a conscientious striving after a religious ideal which was well
nigh attained. Mrs. Edgerly left, besides her husband (since de
ceased) a son and daughter, Clinton J. Edgerly and Miss Mabel C.
Edgerly.
MRS. M. V. B. EDGERLY.
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��THE power of expression, in voice and movement, is one of
Nature's greatest gifts to man, and upon the proper development
and culture of that power depends in large measure his usefulness and
influence in the world at large. The competent and faithful teacher of
elocution and physical culture in our institutions of public instruction,
fills, therefore, a position of no small importance. Among the most
eminent of this class is Mrs. Emma Manning Huntley, daughter of
Isaac and Harriet (Chapin) Manning, who was born in the city of
Nashua, Sept. 7, 185 1. Her great-great-grandparents on her mother's
side were James and Mary (Gibson) McColley. who were the first white
children born in the town of Hillsborough, N. H., and to whom the
Governor of the state gave the tract of land which is now Hillsborough
Bridge, upon condition that they would marry. Their parents were
among the first Scotch- Irish settlers of Londonderry, N. H. Her
grandmother on her father's side was Mary Miller of Portsmouth, a
descendant of Governor Wentworth. Mrs. Huntley received her early
education in the Nashua public schools and the Nashua Literary Institute.
She began study of elocution in Boston in January, 1877, and since then
has devoted her whole time to reading and the teaching of elocution
and physical training, and was for several years well known in New
England as a public reader of well merited popularity. At present she
is teacher of these branches of study in the Lowell High School,
Rogers Hall School for Young Ladies, Lowell, Mass., and at Mitchell's
Boys' School, Billerica, Mass. Prior to this she had charge of these
special branches in the public schools of Nashua. She also devotes
considerable time to private pupils. She is an active member of the
National Association of Elocutionists, the American Association for
the Advancement of Physical Education, and the Middlesex Women's
Club of Lowell, Mass.
��THE village of Loudon, near Concord, is the birth-place of Miss
McCutcheon, her parents being Moses and Mary (Stevens)
McCutcheon, the former dying in 1882, while the latter survives at the
age of seventy-seven. She was educated at the "Home School" in
Hanover, Penacook academy, New London academy, of which her
uncle, General Luther McCutcheon, was for many years a trustee, and
Abbot academy, Andover, Mass., from which she graduated with high
honors in 1882. After a year of travel came a year of teaching in the
Gilmanton academy, of which her brother was preceptor, followed by
three years as teacher and preceptress at Kimball Union academy. In
1886 she went to New York and to Florida, where she remained until
1 891, when with her aged mother and brother she removed to Charlestown, where she still resides, occupying a substantial home in Dexter
Row, which they purchased at the time. Miss McCutcheon is regarded
as one of the brightest and most energetic young women of the Bunker
Hill city. The Norumbega club, an organization of phenomenal growth
and high standing in the Federation, was formed largely through her
efforts. She is a charter member and its president, being one of the
youngest to hold so prominent a position in club circles. She is an
active memberof New Hampshire's Daughters, corresponding secretary
of the Abbot Academy club, and interested in the All Around club of
Charlestown, and the Daughters of the American Revolution, her
paternal great grandfather, Frederick McCutcheon, being one of the
nineteen with Stark at Bennington. The family home in Dexter Row
is a center for all interests affecting the social and literary welfare of the
women of the community. Miss McCutcheon is aided greatly in hos
pitality by her mother, who still interests herself in all the questions of
the day. Mr. McCutcheon, who is treasurer of the highly exclusive
Charlestown club, aids his sister in her work, and finely supplements
the genuine hospitality of this transplanted New Hampshire family.
ABBIE J. McCUTCHEON.
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��AMONG the successful teachers of New Hampshire Elizabeth
McDougall, a native of Goffstown, daughter of William and Lydia
(Gregg) McDougall, will be kindly remembered by the many who have
enjoyed her instructions. A true daughter of New Hampshire, she
received all her mental training in the public school and academy in
her native state. She entered the Literary Institute and Gymnasium
at Pembroke, at an early age, and was graduated with honors as a
thorough scholar and versatile essayist. Soon after, she was elected
principal of the female department of that institution, and entering
upon her work with an enthusiasm that could not fail of success and
with methods that were new and efficient, she brought the school to
a high degree of excellence. Health failing, she was obliged to give
up her chosen work but, not content with a quiet life, made a new
business for herself along mercantile lines at St. Johnsbury, Vt.,
where, by her rare business acumen, after a few years of prosperous
activity she acquired a competence. Manchester is now her home and
she enjoys her retirement in study and in keeping up her interest in
educational and literary matters. She has been all her life a close
student of social, political, and religious questions, and with a knowl
edge of history rarely equalled, she is a just critic of the various move
ments of to-day, and good authority upon their final results. Miss
McDougall is a person of vigorous intellect, great perseverance,
unaffected dignity, and native refinement. She is a kind friend, a
generous patron of good works, and a most womanly woman. She
is an appreciated member of the Manchester Shakespeare club, having
been director of its literary work for several years.
ELIZABETH McDOUGALL.
��MARY C. F. TUTTLE, wife of ex-Governor Hiram A. Tuttle
of Pittsrield, was a daughter of the late John L. French, Esq.,
and Mary B. M. French. She was born in the town of Loudon but
removed with her parents at an early age to Pittsfield, and was edu
cated at the Pittsfield Academy. She married Mr. Tuttle in March,
1859. They have one daughter, Harriet French, wife of Frederic
K. Folsom of Dorchester, Mass. Mrs. Tuttle is a true and womanly
woman, a devoted wife and mother, a worthy daughter of the old
Granite State and a member of the New Hampshire Daughters' Club
of Boston.
MRS. HIRAM A. TUTTLE.
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��THE REVEREND MARY BAKER EDDY, discoverer and
founder of Christian Science, was the daughter of Mark and
Abigail B. Baker. Attending the old Academy at Sanbornton, at six
teen years of age she began a successful literary career. Her "Science
and Health with Key to the Scriptures," is the text-book of Christian
Science, now in its ninety-seventh edition. A distinguished LL. D.
writes : —"The author of ' Science and Health ' wields more power with
her pen than any other writer at this period." She is also the author
of "Retrospection and Introspection," "Pulpit and Press," "Christ
and Christmas," "Unity of Good," " Rudimental Divine Science,"
"No and Yes," "Christian Healing," and other works. Mrs. Eddy's
system is based on the Scriptures, her life consecrated to God and
humanity, rigidly eschewing whatever lures therefrom. Her interpreta
tion of Scriptures being more spiritual than is common to the age, met
with strenuous 6pposition, but she has maintained throughout an
exalted Christian character, laboring only for the upbuilding of a full
and perfect religion. As a practitioner, demonstrating her pathological
system, she did marvellous cures. She began teaching Christian Sci
ence in 1867 ; in 1878 accepted a call to the Baptist Tabernacle Pulpit,
Boston; in 1881 she opened and was president of the Massachusetts
Metaphysical college, Boston ; was founder and pastor of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston ; founder and president of the first
Christian Scientist Association ; publisher of her own works ; editor
and proprietor of the Christian Science Journal. In 1889 she donated
to the Boston Church a building lot worth $40,000.
In 1895 this
church has 5.000 members, and a magnificent edifice, a TESTIMONIAL
to Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, costing over 8250,000. She owns a mansion
on Commonwealth Ave., Boston; in Roslindale a house and two acres
handsomely ornamented; in Concord, N. H., "Pleasant View," a
house with thirty-six acres, overlooking her birthplace.
REV. MARY BAKER EDDY, AT 66.
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��THE beautiful town of Newington, near Portsmouth by the sea, is
the birthplace of Fannie Packard Hoyt, the well-known violinist.
Miss Hoyt was born May 20, 1869, and is the daughter of Joseph S.
and Martha Hoyt. When a child she one day came across an old vio
lin and became so fascinated with its strings that an overpowering
desire came over her to master the instrument, which she did by ear,
and later under competent instruction. Her first teacher was Mr.
Henry Harlow, of Portsmouth, and before twelve years of age she
made her debut, in Music Hall in that city. At thirteen she went to
Boston, entered the Boston Conservatory, then under the direction of
the late Julius Eichberg, and later continued her studies with the wellknown violin virtuoso, Bernard Listemann. This was supplemented
by a course with Herr C. M. Loeffler. Miss Hoyt developed her musi
cal ability rapidly, and for some years has acted in the capacity of
teacher, although studying faithfully, all the while, toward perfection.
For five successive summers she led the orchestra at the Isles of
Shoals, a portion of whose members were of the male sex. During
the season of 1893 Miss Hoyt filled an engagement at Lakeview dur
ing the Chautauqua assembly, and in the summer of 1894, she organ
ized an orchestra and played with great success at Sorrento, Me., the
rival resort to Bar Harbor. While at this place she had many private
pupils, and was much in demand. She is noted beyond the limits of
New England, and fills many engagements for concert work in New
York. In person she is quite tall, and has a thoroughly honest, intelli
gent face, with fine, expressive eyes, and the sensitive mouth and chin
so often characterizing musicians. She has a cheery nature and has a
happy faculty of making and holding her friends. Miss Hoyt is a
cousin to Mrs. Phcebe Jenks, Boston's eminent artist—a native of
Portsmouth.
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��MORGIA PORTER WILSON.
PROMINENT among the song birds of the Granite state, is Morgia
Porter Wilson of Laconia. Her voice was noted in childhood for
remarkable beauty of tone and timbre. Before she was sixteen she sang
leading roles in operettas, and soon began a remunerative career as a
choir singer in Concord, Manchester, and Lawrence, which continued
until her marriage. At twenty-two she accompanied John W. Hutchin
son, of the famous Hutchinson family, an uncle by marriage, on a con
cert tour, at which time her voice attracted the attention of the late
John B. Gough, who manifested a strong interest in her. Through
his assistance she began study in Boston under Mrs. J. H. Long. She
made rapid progress in her art, and at the expiration of a year engaged
for a season with Father Kemp's Old Folks' Company. Subsequently
she resumed her studies with Mrs. Long, continuing for three years,
and, later on, taking the Rudersdoff method of other teachers, and estab
lishing a high reputation as a concert soloist in New Hampshire and
Massachusetts. She had studied with profit. Carl Zerrahn said of her
that she was one of the most promising singers in New England, there
being no perceptible change of quality in the whole compass of her
voice, which comprised two and a half octaves. Morgia Porter is a
native of Manchester, the daughter of Charles C. P. Porter and Caro
line (Patch) Porter. She married, in 1 373, Mr. Julius E. Wilson,
now the successful manager of the Wardwell Needle Co., in Laconia.
where they have resided for the past nine years. Mrs. Wilson is heard
occasionally in concert, though most of her time is devoted to vocal
teaching. Her annual recital, in which she participates vocally, is a
musical event in the community, anticipated with interest. Her work,
the value of which is attested by the proficiency of her pupils, has been
heartily commended by the New England Conservatory of Music. Mrs.
Wilson blends a cultured and intellectual mind with a most gracious
and charming personality.
��MRS. ANNIS (;. MARSHALL.
ANNIS GAGE, daughter of Solomon and Dolly (Chase) Gage,
was born in Bedford, August i, 1832. She received her educa
tion in the district school and the institutes at Nashua and Reed's
Ferry, and was for some time successfully engaged in teaching, until
her marriage, January 23. 1853. with Enoch P. Marshall of Dunbarton, which town was subsequently her home until after Mr. Marshall's
decease, in September, 1891. Of an active temperament, and en
dowed with strong mental powers, she realized thoroughly the social
and intellectual limitations of life in our farming communities, especi
ally so far as woman is concerned, and when the Grange movement
began to be developed in the state, she was among the first to realize
its importance, and the advantages which it offered her sex in com
mon with the other. She became a charter member of Stark grange,
of Dunbarton, organized in 1874, and was ever a devoted laborer for
the success of the organization, and the order at large, serving seven
years, altogether, as lecturer, and occupying other official positions.
An earnest and eloquent speaker, gifted also with poetic talent of no
mean order, she has often been heard effectively, not only in grange
gatherings, public as well as private, but at general agricultural
meetings, in addresses and poems. The cause of temperance, also,
has ever found in her an ardent friend and champion, and at all
proper times and occasions she has spoken freely and forcibly in its
interest; yet never neglecting, in the slightest degree, the paramount
duty of wife and mother. In 1892, after her husband's decease,
she removed to the beautiful village of Milford, where, in a cosy cot
tage, with attractive surroundings, and a beautiful outlook, her home
is now established in companionship with her daughter Jessie, a
teacher in the Milford schools. Lydia. another daughter, for a time
engaged in departmental work in Washington, is now a teacher in that
city, while Bertha, the third, is the wife of L. (). Goodhue of Bow.
��T T TOMAN long ago won recognition in the domains of literature
V V and education, and in certain professional lines had competed
successfully with man ; but, until recently, had not demonstrated
capacity for success in the business world. Of late there has been a
tendency among American women to engage in business lines, and
they have furnished therein many notable examples of successful
work. Among those in New Hampshire who have succeeded in
this direction is Elizabeth Kilburn, wife of Daniel C. Remich, and
daughter of B. 'vV. Kilburn of Littleton, the noted landscape photogra
pher, and leading American manufacturer of stereoscopic views. A
descendant of John Kilburn, the pioneer settler of Walpole, whose
heroic defence of his home against four hundred savages during the
incursion of the Canadian Indians in 1755 made the name immortal,
she inherited the energetic and self-reliant spirit of her ancestry, and,
on the completion of her school course, instead of devoting herself
mainly to fashionable hfe and social pleasures, she chose to direct her
attention to the increasing demands of her father\s business, in which
she had ever taken interest, and was soon able to assume full oversight
of the departments of manufacture and sale, in the management of
which she has developed large business sagacity, while her taste and
judgment have proven of constantly increasing value with reference to
new plans and lines of work. Meanwhile she has neglected none of
the just demands of society or the claims of humanity. She is at home
in the drawing room, the literary circle, or in private and organized
charitable work. She is a trustee of the Littleton Public Library,
actively interested in church as well as educational affairs, enters heart
ily into her father's plans for beautifying the town and promoting
the comfort and enjoyment of the people, is in full sympathy with her
husband in his reform work and other activities, and neglects no move
ment in the community where her power for good may be exercised.
MRS. DANIEL C. REMICH.
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��IN the annals of American patriotism, no name shines more brightly
than that of New Hampshire's gallant son, John Stark, and among
the representative women of the Granite State to-day there is none
more worthy of regard than Elizabeth Page Stark, great-granddaugh
ter of the hero of Bunker Hill and Bennington, who was born and
has ever lived on the old Stark homestead in Manchester, over-looking
the valley of the Merrimack, where five generations have lived and died
whose remains now repose in the family burial place in " Stark Park"
close at hand. Here was the dwelling-place of the brave old soldier,
of his son, John Stark, 2d, his grandson, John Stark, 3d, father of
Miss Stark, whose wife was Sarah Fletcher Pollard, daughter of
Thomas Pollard, all now passed "over the river;" and here the
great-granddaughter now presides, and has for years past, with true
womanly dignity in this old mansion, which must ever be regarded as
one of the sacred shrines of American liberty, filled as it is with relics
and mementoes of the Revolutionary period and of him who was a
leader in the "days that tried men's souls." Miss Stark is a member
of Grace Episcopal Church of Manchester. She is also a member of
the King's Daughters, of the Woman's Relief Corps, the N. H. His
torical Society, the Colonial Dames, and vice-president of the society
of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in all of which organi
zations she takes a deep interest. She greets with cordial welcome all
who care to visit her home and its historic treasures, and worthily
wears the honored name of Stark.
ELIZABETH PAGE STARK.
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��MINNIE EDWARDS ATWOOD unquestionably stands as the
representative lady embalmer of New Hampshire, being the
first to receive a diploma from the " United States School of Embalm
ing'' under the tuition of Professor A. Renouard, who for many years
llas been acknowledged as the leading demonstrator of this science.
He writes of Mrs. Atwood, " I found her an able, intelligent, and
refined lady, of keen perceptions and clear reasoning faculties." For
six years she has unflinchingly shared the duties of her husband, Wil
liam H. Atwood, a progressive funeral director of Lisbon. As a con
tributor to the undertaking journals she labors for the higher education
of the fraternity, believing it the only means whereby an honorable pro
fession can be established for those engaged in the sacred and impor
tant work of caring for the dead; that they should be compelled to
prove by examination and registration that they are competent to
preserve dead bodies from decay and protect the living from infection ;
that good moral character, refinement, and culture are as necessary for
those who must enter the home under such peculiar and close relations,
as for the physician. Also that it is only fitting and proper for a
woman to attend the bodies of women and children. In order to make
herself a peer of any of the opposite sex in her profession, she
matriculated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Boston for a
special course in anatomy. Mrs. Atwood is the only daughter of George
Kinsman Edwards and Harriet Kinsman (Howland) Edwards, and
was born in East Landaff (now Easton) at the base of Mount Kins
man, a peak of the Franconia Range, which took its name from Nathan
Kinsman, her great-great grandfather. Here amid the uplifting, soul
stirring grandeur of New Hampshire's natural scenery has this family
lived for five generations, until they may perchance have imbibed some
of the characteristics of the old granite hills, so dear to the subject of
this sketch whose passionate love of nature is intensely developed.
MINNIE EDWARDS ATVVOOD.
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��SOPHIA DODGE HALL, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Han
son) Dodge, was born in Rochester, N. H., where her early Hie
was passed. She was educated in the public schools of Boston and at
Abbott Academy, Andover, Mass. In January, 1877, she married
Hon. Daniel Hall of Dover, where she has since resided. In February,
1890, Mrs. Hall was elected department president of the New Hamp
shire Woman's Relief Corps, which trust she discharged with fidelity
and success. During her administration the Soldiers' Home at Tilton
was built, and under her supervision was furnished by money con
tributed by the Woman's Relief Corps throughout the state. This
work was performed with marked energy, zeal, and executive ability.
In June, 1890, Mrs. Hall was appointed one of the Board of Lady
Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition, and to this position
brought unusual enthusiasm and intellectual grasp. She was also
made chairman of woman's work in New Hampshire, in which capacity
she collected many interesting specimens of women's work, which were
displayed in the Woman's Building. Every one who visited the New
Hampshire house will recall the attractive colonial relics and articles
of historic interest, all of which were secured by her after much effort,
and always by pledges of personal responsibility. In 1895 she was
appointed by Governor Busiel a member of the Woman's Board for
the Atlanta Exposition. Mrs. Hall has one son, Arthur Wellesley
Hall, born in 1878. She presides over a well-ordered home, and is
generous, sympathetic, public spirited, and progressive, a woman who
counts no endeavor too arduous if it is for the betterment of her family,
city, state, or country.
MRS. DANIEL HALL.
��MISS ELLA LOUISE KNOWLES, the noted lawyer of Mon
tana, was born at Northwood in 1860. Her parents were
David and Louisa (Bigelow) Knowles. Her father is still living at the
old homestead on land occupied by the family for one hundred and
twenty years. Miss Knowles was educated at the district school and
by her mother, a cultivated and accomplished woman, who died when
her daughter was fourteen. At fifteen she graduated from Northwood
Seminary, and at sixteen from the N. H. State Normal School. She
fitted for college while teaching country schools, and in 1884 was
graduated from Bates college with high honors. She paid for her en
tire education by teaching and other work. In 1884 she began read
ing law with Burnham & Brown of Manchester, but her health being
poor she was advised to go West. In the territorial legislature of
1888-'8o, she introduced a bill to permit women to practise law in Mon
tana, which was passed after strong opposition. On Dec. 28, 1889,
she was admitted to practice before the supreme court of Montana.
In April, 1890, she was admitted to practice before the U. S. District
and Circuit Courts. June 15, 1892, she was nominated for attorneygeneral of Montana by the Populist party. She made a strong can
vass, but was defeated by the Republican candidate, Hon. H. J. Has
kell, who in February, 1893, appointed her assistant attorney-gen
eral. She appears in most of the state cases, but continues her exten
sive private practice. She has been employed in mining cases where
millions of dollars were involved, and in October, 1893, she appeared
before the Department of the Interior at Washington as state attorney
in a case involving Montana school lands valued at over $200,000
which she won. She has a large and lucrative civil and criminal prac
tice. She is the only woman lawyer in Montana, but by her ability and
dignity of character she has won an enviable position, not only in the
state, but the country.
��L. AGNESE MOULTON.
MANY leading spirits in the world of human endeavor have had
their birthplace in Northern New Hampshire. Among
those worthy of special mention is L. Agnese Moulton, of Leadville,
Col., a native of the town of Lyman, daughter of William and
Maria (Stephens) Little, born January 4, 1845. She was educated in
the public school and at Newbury (Vt.) Seminary ; married James M.
Moulton. November 10, 1866, and resided in Boston, Mass., till 1875,
when she removed to Des Moines, Iowa. During the great "rush"
for the mining regions, in 1879, she went to Leadville, the greatest
mining camp in the world, where she has since resided, and where she
immediately entered upon what has proved a most successful business
career, engaging as a broker in real estate and mining stocks, in com
pany with Caryoline Finch from New York. It was an unusual line for
women to pursue, at that time, but courage and persistency won them
favorable recognition at an early day, and substantial results have fol
lowed. Mrs. Moulton is a member of the "Association for the Ad
vancement of Women," the "Women's American Protective Asso
ciation" (having been president of the Leadville Council), "The
Patriotic Order Daughters of America," " The Hermetic Brotherhood
of Luxor," and the " Colorado Woman's Suffrage League." She points
with no little pride to her efforts in behalf of the cause of woman suf
frage in Colorado, and received a measure of recognition in the first
nomination for the legislature accorded a woman by the Republican
party of the state, failing of an election only because her party in Lake
county was outvoted by the Populists. Mrs. Moulton is a ready
writer and forcible speaker and her public addresses have commanded
attention and commendation. Her highest aspiration is to be identified
with the progressive and reform movements of the age, especially for
the advancement of woman.
��MARY ISABEL GREELEY, daughter of Samuel P. and Mary
Wheeler Greeley, is a native of Manchester, but most of her
life was spent in Concord, from whose High school she graduated, and
where she was interested in musical and literary lines, her taste in the
latter direction being inherited from her mother. Miss Greeley is a
very unassuming woman, with a remarkably sweet disposition, a great
lover of nature, and a fondness for study. Her public life began with
her appointment as commissioner from New Hampshire to the New
Orleans Exposition in 1884. by Governor Hale. Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, President of the Woman's Department, writing of her says :
My acquaintance with Miss Isabel Greeley dated from the autumn of
1884. She passed the winter with me in New Orleans. From the
first I had been impressed with Miss Greeley's intelligence and
efficiency. She soon became both secretary and treasurer of the wom
an's department, and I can only speak of her services as invaluable.
As a secretary she was prompt and exact, and her minutes never stood
in need of correction. As a treasurer her work was no less satisfac
tory. In addition to the duties of her two-fold office she exercised a
general supervision over the various exhibits comprised in our depart
ment. Although careful and exact in all her dealings she was always
patient and never gave offense by any inconsiderate or ungracious word.
Later, she compiled the detailed report of the department, which was
published. In 1886 she accepted the position of matron to the Kin
dergarten for the Blind at Jamaica Plain, the first of the kind estab
lished in this country. She still remains at the head of this institution,
in which she has endeared herself to children and teachers by her
affectionate care for all under her charge. Miss Greeley has the rare
gift of not only enjoying her work, but of making it pleasant for her
associates to work with and under her, while a deep interest in the wel
fare of others goes with her through all the varied ways of life.
MARY ISABEL GREELEY.
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��SARAH S. BEAN, daughter of Joshua and Mary L Rean, was born
in Salisbury, March 30, 1828. When she was six months old
the family removed from Salisbury and established their home in
Woodstock, Vt. Her parents were musical people, her mother being
noted as a " counter " singer (which means an octave above the present
alto). She also evinced great aptitude for music, and was a singer
from childhood. At the age of eighteen she went to Manchester, where
she has ever since had her home, becoming the wife of William Rey
nolds of that city in January, 1849. In 1 8 5 2 she began musical cul
ture with Prof. George Wood of Concord. Subsequently she studied
with Prof. Kreissman of Boston, and later with Prof. J.J. Kimball.
Before and after the commencement of her musical studies she sang in
different churches in Manchester, particularly at the Unitarian church,
with which she was identified. She also sang for five years at the First
Baptist church in Concord. Aside from this she sang extensively in
concerts and conventions until 1875. In 1876 she commenced the
study of elocution in a class of six, often called, by friends, the " Im
mortal Six." September 22, 1877, her husband died at Magnolia-bythe-Sea. In November, 1879, the "Immortal Six," desiring to read
and study Shakespeare, joined unto themselves six other kindred
spirits and organized the "Shakespeare Club." This organization, of
which Mrs. Reynolds was the first president, was the first Shakespeare
club of Manchester, and the first woman's club of any kind maintaining
a continuous organization in that city up to the present time. She re
mained actively identified with the club until 1891, since when she has
been an honorary member. In 1886 she began the study of Christian
Science, but remained in the Unitarian Society until February. 1891,
having been superintendent of its Sunday school the previous year.
Her reason for giving up church and club, which had formerly been so
dear to her, was that Christian Science had become dearer than all else.
MRS. SARAH S. REYNOLDS.
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��FEW young women in New Hampshire or the country have made
a record in scholarship equal to that of Florence Runnells, eldest
daughter of Daniel F. and Sarah Farley Runnells of Nashua. Born in
that city, March 20, 1863, she attended the public schools, passing
over the intermediate grades from the primary to the fourth grammar,
entering the high school at twelve years of age and graduating at
sixteen, the valedictorian of the class and receiving the Noyes medal
for highest record in scholarship and deportment for the four years'
course. She entered Wellesley college, upon examination, with the
class of 1879, being the first Nashua student at that institution, and
completed the classical course, graduating B. A. in June, 1883, at
twenty years of age. During her thirteen years of school attendance,
she never missed a recitation, nor was she once absent or tardy-—
thanks to an active mind, good health, and a vigorous constitution.
For two years after graduation she studied vocal music in Boston
and the French language at home, with private tutors. Subsequently
for three years she taught classes in Greek, French, history, and
literature in the Nashua high school, and assisted private pupils in
fitting for college. July 18, 1888, she married Edward F. Bryant,
a native of Woburn, Mass., manager of the Pullman Loan and Savings
bank at Pullman, 111., a suburb of Chicago, where she has since resided.
While in Nashua she was prominent in society and in charitable work,
and was an active member of the well-known literary organization, the
" Fortnightly Club," of which she was also a secretary for several years.
Her interest in these lines is continued in her present home where she
is a member of the Chicago Wellesley club. Inter-collegiate Alumnae
association, and the History and Art club of Pullman, and is also a
member of the Plymouth Congregational church of Chicago —Dr. F. W.
Gunsaulus, pastor,—and interested in its charitable and benevolent
work. She has two children, Donald Runnells and Dorothea Frances.
��MRS. MARY J. BRADFORD.
AMONG the successful business women of the country no one has
a more honorable record than Mrs. Mary J. Bradford of Clare
mont, who, though not a native of New Hampshire, has resided here
since childhood. She was born in Hartford, Vt., March 12, 1843,
removing with her parents, William and Irene French, to Claremont,
in 1856, where she attended the village schools. Subsequently the
family removed for a time to Ashburnham, Mass., where she met and
married Rufus Choate Bradford, himself a native of the Granite State.
Immediately after the marriage they returned to Claremont and estab
lished themselves in the old home on Sullivan street, where she has
ever since resided, and where her aged mother also lives. After the
death of her youngest son, Mrs. Bradford's health failed, and, being
advised to keep out of doors as much as possible, and being also
ambitious and industrious, she commenced, in a small way, the manu
facture of extracts and perfumes, disposing of the same to the public,
until, from a small beginning, and with improving health, she estab
lished a large, lucrative, and constantly increasing business, her goods
being superfine and unrivalled. In 1883 she originated a process for
making extracts from fruits instead of oils, thus securing for her pro
ductions the first place in the markets. Her husband, and eldest son,
Fred W. R. Bradford, are now joined with her in business. In 1887
Mrs. Bradford exhibited her goods at the Mechanics' Fair in Boston,
receiving a silver medal and diploma. In 1890 a gold medal and
another diploma were awarded her. The tasty display which she
makes at state fairs, and the courteous attention given all interested
visitors, is an attractive feature of the exhibitions. She has a large
manufactory in Claremont, with a Boston office at 156 State street.
Mrs. Bradford has one daughter, Minnie Bell, a graceful and talented
girl of twenty. She is herself of refined and modest bearing, and is
highly respected in business circles throughout New England.
��MARY A. (POWERS) FILLEY.
MARY ANN, daughter of Jonathan and Anna Kendall Powers,
was born in Bristol, December 12. 1821. Her earliest recol
lections are of the falling waters of Newfound river, and rugged Ken
dall hill, her grandfather's home, in Hebron. In her early childhood
the family removed to Lansingburg, N. Y., where her mother died
when she was eleven years of age, leaving six little children, and she,
being the eldest daughter, filled, for a time, a mother's place. Later
she went to reside with Mrs. Deborah Powers, an aunt; but soon, im
pelled by a desire for independence, she went to Newark. N. J., to
learn tailoring. Becoming proficient, she returned to Lansingburg.
where she was engaged until her marriage, in 1851, with Edward A.
Filley, a native of that city, then a prosperous merchant of St. Louis.
Mo., where they made their home, (though coming to New England
lor the summer,) and where a son and two daughters were born.
Living a quiet life, though in full sympathy with the reform movements
of the day, Mrs. Filley felt no call to work in them until the fall of
1872, when the passage of a bill legalizing houses of prostitution,
aroused the spirit of womanly indignation, and, with other prominent
women of St. Louis, inspired by a desire to save their city and their
sons from resulting disgrace, she labored with voice and pen until the
repeal of the law was secured. Espousing the cause of woman's suf
frage, she has also labored in its interest, going once before the United
States Senate committee, with Susan B. Anthony and others, to urge
the enfranchisement of women. Temperance, and the higher moral
life have been subjects ever near her heart, and earnestly discussed in
the New England home which she bought in 1880, in the town of
Haverhill, where, for many years, she has resided, caring for the large
farm, yet taking due interest in every movement for the betterment
and uplifting of her townspeople, of womankind, and of the world
at large, and rejoicing in the progress that is made.
��1 ''MILIE GRANT has been a favorite name in musical circles for
X_-/ many years. A native of Nashua, Miss Grant spent her childhood
in Rhode Island, but returned to her birthplace at the age of eleven.
She had a natural ear for music and played the piano intuitively. She
studied the organ with Eugene Thayer and George Whiting, now of
the Church of the Immaculate Conception, in Boston. Meanwhile
her education in other directions was completed at Stanwix Seminary,
Rome, N. Y. In December, 1870, she went abroad, remaining tourteen months, studying the organ in Berlin, with the noted August
Haupt, and piano with Robert Radecke, director of the Royal Opera ;
later with Mademoiselle Schiller and Carl Baerman. She had before
been pianist of the Nashua Choral Union, and continued after her re
turn, serving in that capacity at the second great "Peace Jubilee" in
Boston, as she had previously done at the first. She was the pianist
of the celebrated "Orpheus Club" of Nashua during its entire
existence, and was for several years organist at different churches in
that city. Removing to Boston she has filled extended engagements
at prominent churches, including the Dudley St. Baptist and Union
Congregational, Columbus Avenue; but for some years past has
been organist at Berkeley Temple. Meanwhile she has continuouslv
and successfully given instruction upon piano and organ, both in
Nashua and Boston. She excels as an accompanist, and has marvel
ous power in reading and mastering the most difficult music at sight.
This was demonstrated in a notable manner, when, in February, 1892,
she substituted for Arthur Nikisch, director of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, at the presentation of Brahm's great historical cyclus,
" Zigeunerlieder," for which weeks of preparation had been made,
being called in at the last moment through his sudden illness and
winning a brilliant triumph. In November, 1894, Miss Grant was
united in marriage with Mr. George Ware Wilkinson of Boston.
EMILIE GRANT WILKINSON.
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��MRS. JOHN F. ZEBLEY.
MRS. JOHN F. ZEBLEY, maiden name Nellie Bean, daughter
of Loammi and Sarah Bean, born at Weirs, near beautiful
Lake Winnipiseogee, is one of the old Granite State's most loyal
daughters. After her public school education, she pursued a two years
course at a commercial college in Boston, and has had her home in
New York city since eighteen years of age. She has traveled exten
sively at home and in foreign countries, studying art, of which she is
an enthusiastic devotee, in London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Vienna,
Dresden, Munich, Rome, and Venice. She is also an accomplished
linguist, being able to read, write, and speak five different languages.
She is a member of various charitable organizations, and of the socie
ties for the prevention of cruelty to children and to animals. She
married John F. Zebley, a New York banker, at Laconia in 1883.
Her summer home, " Nestledown," Zebley Farm, near Weirs, is noted
far and wide for its tasty surroundings, choice antique furnishings,
and the open hearted hospitality there dispensed. This is the ances
tral farm where her father left his family, when he departed for the
front as a member of the Eighth New Hampshire Volunteers in the
early days of the Rebellion. He was killed at George's Landing, La.,
October 27, 1862. But the old home and the father's memory have
ever been held dear by the daughter, and in honor of the latter she
erected and gave to the Eighth Regiment Association the fine granite
and bronze drinking fountain and soldiers' monument near the railway
station at Weirs, which was dedicated with impressive ceremonies at
the Veterans' reunion in August, 1894. Her mother's memory has
also been duly honored by Mrs. Zebley's presenting an elegant memo
rial window to the M. E. church at Weirs. Mrs. Zebley spends three
months during the heated period each season at her summer home,
and her presence, her hospitality, and her interested public spirit, are
essential factors in the social life and prosperity of the lake region.
��WINNIFRED HELEN
THIS bright brunette is the younger of the very talented daughters
of Mr. John M. and Mrs. Leah (Roberts) Berry of Farmington,
where she was born February 5, 1871. Of excellent New England
ancestry, a quick wit, energy, and an attractive manner, Miss Berry
makes success her willing servant in whatever she undertakes, whether
it be in entertainments for worthy local purposes, in teaching, in crayon
portraiture or landscape sketching, or in quaint and vivid pen-and-ink
miniatures, of a startling likeness to their subjects. Miss Berry was
graduated in her seventeenth year from the Farmington high school and
began teaching in her native town in the autumn of the same year, in
the primary department, filling her position with unusual ability, until,
in the course of time, her merits caused her to be called to Concord,
where she was assigned to the Penacook school building. An advan
tageous summons to Massachusetts led her to relinquish the Concord
school in the course of her first year of residence in that city, and to go
to Watertown, where she finds not alone an habitual success in teach
ing, but also the many opportunities for culture which can be obtained
only in the vicinity of a large city. Thus in her few hours of freedom
from school duties she pursues artistic work under skilled supervision,
and develops her fine gift for portraiture. As a teacher Miss Berry
devotes her talent and experience to little children, making a specialty
of primary work, instead of changing to one or another of different
grades, and this is one of the secrets of her success as an educator. It
need hardly be said that she is regarded with the fondest affection by
her classes and with cordial appreciation by their parents and the
school officers. Possessed of many resources for recreation, Miss
Berry finds music chief of them, and plays the piano with a dramatic
and poetic sense of her subject, which gives exceptional charm to her
rendering of a composer's conception.
��BORN of good old New Hampshire stock, and directly descended
from David, Prince of North England, Mrs. Nathaniel Chase
Locke, of Salem, Mass., is well worthy a place among the representa
tive daughters of the Granite state. She is a daughter of John Thomp
son and Sallie (Lewis) Felch, of Francestown, N. H., born March 1,
1837. The first Felch to come to America, from North Wales, was
Henry, who settled in Gloucester, Mass., in 1641. A son located in
Reading, whence a grandson, Daniel Felch, removed to New Hamp
shire, where his descendants have since resided. Three of her ances
tors served in the Revolution, and another, John Felch, was a soldier
in the War of 181 2. On the maternal side she is also well connected,
the Lewises pf Greenfield, originally from France, being among the
best people of the town. Other ancestors, the Thompsons, were
among the first settlers of Francestown, and cleared the first land.
Miss Felch, though reared on a farm, had good educational advan
tages, finishing at the noted Francestown Academy, where Franklin
Pierce was fitted for college. At the age of twenty-one she was united
in marriage with Nathaniel C. Locke, now head of the Locke Regulator
Company of Salem. They resided for a time in Concord, but subse
quently removed to Salem, which has since been her home. She has
two children, Albert N. and Sarah A. Locke, both talented and accom
plished. Mrs. Locke is a member of the -New Hampshire's Daugh
ters" club of Boston, and the Salem .. Thought and Work" club, and
has held high office in the United Order of the Pilgrim Fathers. She
has a taste for painting, as is indicated in her pleasant home in Salem.
MRS. NATHANIEL C. LOCKE.
��DR. ANNA B. TAYLOR-COLE.
VI / HEN the bead-roll of New Hampshire women who have proven
V V their power to overcome obstacles to accomplish desired
objects, is made up, the name of Anna B. Taylor will be found therein.
Born in northern New Hampshire, passing her girlhood upon a Whitefield farm, she breathed the spirit of self-reliance with the pure moun
tain air. A bright, ambitious girl, the tenth in a family of twelve
children, she longed for educational advantages beyond the limited
scope of the Whitefield schools. Her wish for a broader life was a
prophetic desire, and she made her opportunity. It became possible
for her to attend the Western Massachusetts Normal school. Rather
than accept the aid which would place her under lasting obligations,
she worked for her board during the course and graduated in a dress
which she had worn nearly three years, rather than go into debt for a
new one. Following graduation she taught school three years, then a
crushing sorrow came upon her. Watching long weeks at the bedside
of suffering, at the death of the loved one she passed as it were into
another life, devoted to the relief of human suffering. She studied
medicine at Boston University, meeting her expenses in part by
nursing and hospital work. During her course an attack of diphtheria
left her partially deaf, but, undaunted by the hindrance, she persevered
and graduated with honor in 1884. Settling in Charlestown, she con
tinued her study while awaiting patients, who came not tardily. In
1 890 she removed to Somerville, where she has established an exten
sive practice. Her heart is in her work and her success nobly earned.
In 1894 she married Herbert A. Cole of Somerville and unites a
happy home life with her professional duties. Mrs. Cole is a petite
woman of slender figure, and retiring, gentle manner. Only when her
face is studied is seen the strength of character which has won the
love of friends, the respect of those who disagree with her, and high
rank in her profession.
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�MRS. MARY FRANCES KNOWLTON
MARY FRANCES, eldest child of William H. and Mary G.
(Hart) Marshall, was born in Hopkinton, November 19, 1837.
In 1840 the family removed to Sutton, where their early beginnings
partook somewhat of the hardships of pioneer life ; but where industry,
energy, and perseverance, the father being a wheelwright and farmer,
soon made for them a comfortable home. Mr. Marshall was a man of
more than ordinary ability, fond of scientific research, and few men in
town were as well informed as he on both scientific and general topics.
Frances, from her first school days, manifested rare application, and
made such progress in her studies, that at the age of fifteen she taught
a private school in the old brick schoolhouse on the hill at the western
outskirt of Sutton village. Her literary efforts, both in prose and
poetry, undertaken solely for the pleasure of neighbors and friends on
occasions of public entertainment, have won for her just commendation.
January 9, 1855, she married James Knowlton of New London, a car
penter and farmer, with whom she is still living, their lengthening
years being cheered by the filial affection which their children have
demonstrated in countless ways. Since her marriage, Mrs. Knowlton"s
time has been fully occupied with domestic affairs, she having reared a
family of eight children. No truer, nobler mother ever lived, and her
self-sacrifice and devotion to her children, her parents, and her friends,
constitute a luminous record to the honor of womanhood. Her chil
dren are: Edgar J., born August 8, 1856, a resident of Manchester,
journalist by profession, four years mayor of that city, and its present
postmaster; George H., a graduate of the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy, and a successful druggist in the same city ; Nellie G. ; Alice
1i. ; May F. ; Charles R., and Ray F., the latter now fifteen years of age,
and a student at New London Academy. Her fourth child, Wesley
J., an estimable young man, who learned the printers' trade in the
Mirror office at Manchester, died, deeply mourned, in 1890.
��THE youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stiles was born
in Strafford Centre, November 25, 1862, and inherits from both
parents the sterling qualities of the pioneers of New England. After
attending the district school and Austin academy she studied through
the course of four years at the Putnam high school in Newburyport,
Mass., where she was graduated in 1881. The two years succeeding
were spent in Farmington teaching, whence Miss Stiles went to the
schools of Merrimac, Mass., remaining until 1888, when on Christmas
day she was married to Mr. Osborne W. Price, formerly of Gilmanton
but then of Farmington, where the home of the happy couple was made
until a short time ago. Their residence is now in Manchester, where
Mr. Price is in business. While a student in school, and when occu
pied in teaching, Mrs. Price studied and taught drawing and painting,
and after her marriage she found opportunity for farther development
of her talent in these pursuits, giving strict attention to the instruction
of excellent masters, and adding to previous accomplishments those of
painting on china, with her own firing, and of practical designing, in
advanced study of which she spent several months in New York before
her removal to Manchester. All her work is characterized by a dis
tinct originality, and a delicate yet spirited conception and execution
in both outline and color, and her charming sketches and exquisite
china have found a ready market, while manufacturers of silk and other
fabrics have seized at once upon her graceful designs, Many favorite
patterns in silkoline, and similar goods all over the country, are of
Mrs. Price's designing, one especially adapted to decorative purposes
being the thistle pattern, and should her health permit of close devo
tion to the work which is her true vocation, laurels will be added with
every year to those already acknowledged as hers by the unquestioned
authority in art. in recognition of her genius and the patient diligence
which alone gives to natural gifts a sphere of usefulness.
MRS. EVANNAH S. PRICE.
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��MR. MOSES AND MRS. ELIZA (PERKINS) BATES were
among the most notable residents of Great Falls, where on
Sept. 1o, 1847, was born Harriet, the youngest of their talented chil
dren. She was educated in the public schools and by private tuition,
and, showing in childhood a marked talent for music, she was given
careful training in instrumental and vocal branches, one of her teachers
in singing for several years having been Madame Rametti of Boston.
In 1870 Miss Bates married Edgar B. LeGro, a captain in the Second
Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, who had served for four years
in the Civil War, and died in 1879. One daughter, Edith Maude,
graduated recently from the Boston University, was the fruit of the
union. On Nov. 10, 1892, Mrs. LeGro married the Hon. Albert A.
Perkins, president of the Great Falls National bank and treasurer of
the Somersworth Savings bank. Mrs. Perkins has been always actively
interested in church work, and has held many responsible positions in
beneficent bodies. She is president of the Strafford County W. C. T. U.,
secretary of the local union, has been a delegate-at-largc to national
conventions of the society, and is president of the Dover District Mis
sionary association, giving the aid of her talents to all good works.
She has kept in touch also with the world of art and literature, and was
for several years a member of the Browning club of Boston. It is in
daily intimacy with people that their characteristics are learned most
thoroughly, for this reason the words of one familiar with the life of
Mrs. Perkins have a special weight: " She was a girl of very sweet dis
position, and became early a Christian. Well known in musical, lit
erary, and philanthropic circles, she has been not less a devoted wife
and mother, and in her late marriage to a man of position and wealth
she finds increased opportunities for usefulness, instead of living in idle
ease. Her chief charm lies not so much in her attractive person as in the
fact that she studies to do good and to make happy every one about her."
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�MEN and women without number have won distinction in special
lines of effort ; others, far less numerous, have proven tqual
to all emergencies—masters of every situation—men and women of
affairs in the full sense of the term. In the latter class is Lydia A.,
daughter of Hon. John L. and Lydia (Carlton) Gray, born in China.
Me., who in her 19th year married Albert M. Scott, of Augusta,
where their only child, Hattie Isabelle, was born in 1862. Her
husband joined the Union army, and Mrs. Scott, nothing daunted,
taught school in his absence to support herself and child. After their
removal to Manchester in 1872, where their home has since been, she
continued her contributions to the press, commenced in the Kennebec
Journal, under the editorship of James G. Blaine ; and for five years she
edited the "Fireside" department of the Manchester Union. Long
an active member of the Manchester Shakespeare club, she is, and has
been for the last four years, its president. Deeply interested in the
welfare of the Union soldier, she has been active in Relief Corps work,
was a charter member of Louis Bell Corps, two years member of
department council, twice delegate-at-large in National convention,
chief-of-staff of National President Sarah E. Fuller, and a member of
the National Pensions committee with E. Florence Barker, Kate B.
Sherwood, Mary A. Logan, and Clara Barton, in 1886; but her best
work has been done through individual effort in aiding numberless old
soldiers in securing pensions. For several years Mrs. Scott has been
engaged in business lines, developing a maivellous capacity. She is
now and has been for some time past engaged in the sale of western
real estate. With all her multiplied activities she has met every just
social demand, every requirement of wide and loyal friendship, and
been especially faithful to every form of domestic duty. Her chief
delight is in her four-years old grandson, Edward Scott Swazey, of
Kansas City, an honorary member of the Manchester Shakespeare club.
LYDIA A. SCOTT.
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��THE fine farms of Barrington have given to the advancement of
the world some very bright men and women, and a notable one
of the latter is a daughter of Dea. Thomas and Mrs. Susan (Hale)
Hussey. Her studies in the country schools were supplemented by
terms at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Gilmanton
Academy in the spring and autumn, the alternating seasons being
occupied by teaching. In 1854 Miss Hussey entered the State Normal
School at Framingham, Mass., from which she graduated in July, 1855.
Following a season of teaching in her native town, she became an
assistant in the Great Falls high school, but resigned her position in
1858, for one more lucrative in Stoneham, Mass., whence she was
called in 1861 to become the first assistant in the high school named,
where she taught with marked success until 1865. After teaching a
select school in her own town, she married in 1866 the Hon. William
D. Knapp, a distinguished lawyer of Somersworth, where she has
since resided. Mrs. Knapp, a member of the Pascataqua Congrega
tional Club, and trained to good deeds from her childhood, has been
prominent in religious work, and in the many avenues by which
women of like mind and culture may aid in the progress of civilization.
The love and admiration of everyone associated with her have been
deservedly hers. From 1885 to 1893-'94, she was president of the
Strafford Conference of the New Hampshire Branch of the Woman's
Board of Missions, and her resignation of the office was received with
the strongest reluctance on the part of the conference. She has been a
frequent contributor of poems and sketches to both secular and religious
papers and magazines, and has delighted readers of her home publica
tion by " Old Time Stories,'' and by reminiscences of the high school.
A history in rhyme, written for the first reunion of alumni of the school
in 1877, was published later in book form. Her literary work is most
refined and charming, in keeping with her whole life and character.
MRS. WILLIAM D. KNAPP.
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��THE most popular and successful teacher of music in northern
New Hampshire is Mrs. Hattie M. Q. Bingham, of Littleton.
She is the daughter of William K. and Mary Meserve Quimby, of
Whitefield, and was born in that town October 15, 1864. She was
educated at the Whitefield high school, and studied music— for which
she had a passionate love from childhood—with J. M. Sartwell of
Whitefield, Martha Dana Shepard and B. J. Lang of Boston, Mass.,
received instruction in harmony from Stephen J. Emery of Boston, and
fitted for teacher of vocal music in public schools with Professor Holt
of Boston. She commenced teaching instrumental music in Whitefield
sixteen years ago, and continued until her marriage with Charles F. Bing
ham, of Littleton, January 3, 1884, when she removed to the latter town
and has since been engaged as instructor in vocal music in the public
schools of both towns, and her work in this direction has been pro
nounced by competent judges as second to that of no other teacher in
the state. She also teaches large classes of private pupils in instru
mental music, having scholars from all the towns in that vicinity. In
addition to her recognized skill as a pianist, she is also an accomplished
organist, and officiates in that capacity at the First Congregational
church in Littleton. Mrs. Bingham is favored with physical health and
endurance commensurate with her professional equipment and ambition,
hence her ability to accomplish so much work and meet all the varied
demands upon her time and skill. Her best efforts are put forward at
every proper time and place to advance the Art of Music and educate
the masses.
HATTIE M. O. BINGHAM.
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��IN the preface to the genealogy of the Pickering family are these
words concerning their first American representative : " Many true
and distinguished men and accomplished women now living, can claim
John Pickering as an ancestor worthy of them." He went from
Massachusetts to Portsmouth (then Strawberry Bank), N. H., as early
as 1633, having originally emigrated from England. Fanny Elizabeth
Pickering, daughter of Hazen and Martha (Drew) Pickering, was born
in Barnstead, but early in life moved with her parents to Concord,
where she was educated. She was graduated from the high school in
1865, as valedictorian of her class, and was also valedictorian of the
class of '67 at Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Mass. This was the last
class at the seminary taught by Lucy Larcom. Since graduation she
has been actively connected with the New England Wheaton Seminary
Club. In 1874 Miss Pickering was married to James Minot, a veteran
of the 140th New York Volunteers, and cashier of the Mechanicks'
Bank in Concord, the city where they have since resided. Mrs.
Minot's sympathies were early enlisted in the work of the Woman's
Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army, and when E. E. Sturtevant
Relief Corps was organized, she became a charter member, and was its
first treasurer, and has also served as president. She was elected presi
dent of the Department of New Hampshire in 1893, having previously
been department secretary and instituting and installing officer. In
the national organization, she has served as assistant inspector, and
was a member of the National Executive Board, W. R. C., in 18o4-'95.
She has been officially identified with various other charitable and mis
sionary organizations, and is much interested in educational and
literary matters.
MRS. JAMES MINOT.
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��BELLE MARSHALL LOCKE.
ONE of the most successful of the few worthy teachers ot expression
and vocal culture in New Hampshire is Belle Marshall Locke, a
native of Lancaster, wife of City Marshal G. Scott Locke, of Concord.
In her early school days she was noted for the facility and power which
she manifested in recitation. Favored also with fine musical gifts, she
was a prominent figure on the local operatic stage when a mere child.
She also early developed decided literary talent, and was a prolific con
tributor to popular publications while yet in her teens. After her mar
riage, which was an early one, she determined to thoroughly fit herself
for the field of labor toward which her natural endowments so strongly
impelled her. A year of study under the celebrated Edna ChaffeeXoble was followed by a complete course and graduation with the high
est honors from the N. E. Conservatory College of Oratory, under Prof.
S. R. Kelley, in 1884, and this supplemented by a year of special
instruction by the renowned Leland T. Powers. With such equip
ment, it is not strange that Mrs. Locke should win the remarkable suc
cess which has characterized her labors as a teacher of dramatic and
elocutionary art. Aside from her numerous pupils in Concord and
vicinity, she has taught large classes for several years in Lawrence,
Mass., and is now similarly engaged in Haverhill. Many of her pupils
in elocution have won wide public favor, and some of her dramatic pupils
are sustaining leading parts in popular companies. Last season she was
engaged at Hanover in "coaching" the prize-speaking contestants, and
was the instructor of the Dartmouth Dramatic club, which acceptably
presented " David Garrick" under her direction, as she has also suc
cessfully directed the presentation of numerous plays and operas in
various places in the past few years. Nor has her pen been neglected.
She has written ballads, operas, and comedies, her last important pro
duction, "A Modern Desdemona," being pronounced by the best critics
one of the brightest of American comedies.
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�MRS. EVARTS W. FARR.
ELLEN FRANCES BURPEE FARR was born in New Hampton,
November 14, 1840, and was the only daughter of Augustus and
Sarah Glines (Robinson) Burpee. She was educated in the New Hamp
ton Institution and at Thetford (Vermont) Academy, returning at the
age of eighteen to fill the position of teacher of drawing in the New
Hampton Institution. The 19th of May, 1 861 , she was married to
Capt. Evarts W. Farr of the Second Regiment Volunteers, then in
camp at Portsmouth, and in a few days he marched to the field of
battle where the next four years were spent, with only occasional
visits home on account of disabilities. His record for bravery and his
distinguished services for his state are well known, and his early death
while a member of congress was widely mourned. As a resident of
Littleton, Mrs. Farr was actively interested in every movement for the
social, educational, and material improvement of the people, and con
tributed largely for their advancement. She inherited literary and
artistic talents of a high order, and during her residence in Washing
ton was a pupil of L. M. D. Guillaume, the celebrated French artist,
and other noted instructors, and after the death of Major Farr she
adopted the profession of an artist and has been recognized as a
superior painter in her line. She has been a resident of Pasadena,
Cal., for ten years, and her originality and poetic talent, added to
her artistic ability, have made her a leader in social affairs. She
is especially proud of having translated the letters and papers from
the French engineers that were of great assistance to Mr. Marsh
while building the Mount Washington Railway. She was officiallv
connected with the California Board of Lady Managers of the Chicago
Exposition, and her pictures in the California building won high praise.
Mrs. Farr has been the mother of three children, all born in Littleton :
Ida Louise, now Mrs. Edwin C. Miller; Herbert Augustus: and Edith
May, whose sudden death in June, 1 89 1 , caused so much sorrow.
��IDA FARR MILLER.
IDA LOUISE FARR MILLER is the eldest daughter of the late
Hon. Evarts Worcester Fair, of Littleton, and Ellen Frances
Burpee, his wife. She was born in Littleton, April 26, 1863, and is
a descendant of many of the early settlers and Revolutionary heroes
of her native state and Massachusetts, among them Presidents Dunster
and Willard of Harvard College, and Major Simon Willard, whose
name is inscribed on the famous Endicott stone at The Weirs. She
is also proud of being a descendant of Susannah Johnson, of Charlestown, N. H,, who wrote the sketch of "The Captivity by the
Indians and French of James Johnson and Family," which took place
in Charlestown, N. H., in 1754. Her education commenced in the
schools of her native town, was continued at the Convent of Mercy,
Manchester, N. H., and subsequently special courses were taken in art
at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and at Wellesley College. Resi
dences at Washington during the congressional career of her father, and
in the south, as well as Boston, have given her social advantages that
are especially valuable in her present club work. Although artistic
and literary in her tastes, Mrs. Miller is best known as a club woman,
and possessing tact, graciousness, and executive ability, she has held
high offices and is a power wherever associated. She is an hereditary
life member of the National Mary Washington Association in Wash
ington ; a Daughter of the American Revolution ; member of the
Woman's Relief Corps ; president of the Melrose Woman's Club; was
the originator and is a vice-president of the society of '. New Hamp
shire's Daughters;" associate chairman of the lecture committee of
the Women's Industrial and Educational Union, Boston ; the Cosmos
Club, Wakefield ; Wellesley Record Association, and many other organ
izations. In 1884 she married Edwin C. Miller, son of Henry F. Miller,
the celebrated piano manufacturer, and now resides in Wakefield, Mass.
There are two children, Barbara and Henry Franklin, 2d.
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HATTIE MAE BALCH HARRIS.
** RINGERS are born not made." Hattie Mae Balch Harris,
vj when very young, showed remarkable musical talent, inher
ited from her Balch ancestors, several of whom were public singers.
At the age of sixteen she received vocal instruction with Mrs. Annie W.
Porter, of the New England Conservatory. Her progress was rapid,
and she had a fervent desire to make music a profession. In 1886.
in Concord, she began her study in earnest, singing frequently in
public, always receiving the warmest applause and most flattering press
notices. Desiring the best, in 1888 she went to Boston and studied
with Madam Hall, George L. Osgood, and Gertrude Franklin. While
there she received a position in the First Baptist church in Concord,
where she was very warmly received. During this time she sang in
Clinton, Mass., in a ladies' quartette, of which she was first soprano,
and was received so well that a large class was formed for her and an
offer of the position as soprano in the First Congregational church,
which she successfully filled for two years, when she engaged with the
Pilgrim church of Worcester. With many regrets and kind words from
the Worcester church, she returned two years later to her former posi
tion in Clinton, which was now her home, she having been married to
Dr. Edwin L. Harris, of that place. Mrs. Harris is a very successful
teacher, combining the best points in the different methods she has
studied. As a soloist she ranks very high, sacred music being her
specialty. She has an unusual attraction for children and young peo
ple. All religious bodies find in her a ready helper. She is a wholesouled, happy woman, busy, yet giving her time, talent, and one tenth
of all her income in charity. She was born in Groveton, November 1 1,
1866, the daughter of Austin A. and Mary (Whipple) Balch. She is
a credit alike to the musical profession, the cause of Christ, and the
women of the old Granite state.
��JANE ELIZABETH HOYT, M. D.
THE first thoroughly equipped woman physician, " native and to
the manner born,'' to establish a permanent location in practice in
New Hampshire's capital city, is Jane Elizabeth Hoyt, daughter of Sewell
and Elizabeth (Nichols) Hoyt. Few physicians, even of the male sex,
have commenced their professional work with so complete preparation,
or attained such high measure of success in a corresponding period of
time, as has characterized the opening of Dr. Hoyt's career. After
attending the Concord public schools and passing four years at Wellesley, she completed the full four years' course at the Woman's Medical
College of the New York Infirmary, a course, it may be stated, so
exacting in its requirements that of eighteen students entering with
her but five were graduated. Dr. Emily Blackwell is dean of the fac
ulty of the institution, and the noted Mary Putnam-Jacobi one of the
members. During the last year of her course she enjoyed the special
advantage of being second assistant in the New York Infant Asylum.
Graduating in 1890, she spent the following summer abroad, visiting
the noted hospitals of Great Britain. On her return she became house
physician at Laselle Seminary, Auburndale, Mass., and at the same
time had the advantage of daily clinical instruction at the hands of
Harvard professors at the Boston dispensary. After a year's expe
rience here, she was for another year interne at the New England
Hospital for Women and Children. Following this, she spent a
year in continental Europe, with close study of practice in the best
hospitals of Paris, Vienna, and Italy, enjoying the instruction of the
best living physicians and surgeons. With such equipment as this,
she commenced practice in June, 1893, in the fine old home on State
street where she was born, and, as might naturally be expected, has
won success and established a reputation far superior to that of most
older practitioners. Although in full general practice. Dr. Hoyt nat
urally gives special attention to the diseases of women and children.
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�LAURA WENTWORTH FOWLER.
N" O woman is belter known in Boston's musical and club circles
than Laura Wentworth Fowler, daughter of Amasa and Susan
(Nowell) Wentworth, born in Somersworth, June 1 1, 1837. She is a
descendant of Elder William Wentworth, from whom LieutenantGovernor John, and Governors Benning and John, Wentworth also
descended. Four of her ancestors fought at Bunker Hill, which admits
her to the Daughters of the American Revolution. She early displayed
rare musical ability, and at the age of eleven began to play the organ
in church. Graduating from Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., in
1860, where she taught music during her course, she took charge of
the musical department of Lagrange Female College, Tennessee, but
returned North in a year on account of the war, and became teacher of
mathematics, languages, and music in the Concord (N. H.) High
School. During her second year here, she was called to the musical
department of Monticello Seminary, Illinois, remaining four years.
Returning East she took charge of the departments of music and
painting in Elmira College, New York, which she directed successfully
until her marriage, six years later, with William Fowler, a gallant
officer of the Union army during the war, who died November 26,
1874. Subsequently she taught eight years in Kentucky. Mrs. Fowler
has superior literary as well as musical abilities, and is a prominent
member of the N. E. W. P. A. She is a life member of the Bostonian Society, being the first woman admitted ; a member of New Hamp
shire's Daughters, director of the Massachusetts Federation of Wo
man's Clubs, and vice-president of the General Federation of Clubs
of America. She is also connected with a score of other clubs and
organizations, among which her favorite is the Abbot Academy Club,
of which she is president and founder. Mrs. Fowler is endowed with a
charming personality, and her chief characteristics are tact, will, en
ergy, and enthusiasm.
��EMMA S. HOWE, known throughout New England as a gifted
singer, a superior teacher, and a most charming young woman,
was born in Wolfeborough, and is a loyal daughter of that beautiful
lakeside town, though her parents, Thomas Wentworth and Abbie
(Nutter) Howe, were from Rochester, the former having died in 1890.
At eight years of age she began to study the piano, and later, at the
New England Conservatory, her vocal powers were developed so thor
oughly as to warrant a request from the faculty for her appearance at
the commencement concert. On this occasion she rendered the diffi
cult Polonaise from Mignon with marvellous effect, and from that time
her success was assured. While in New York the following spring,
then barely eighteen years of age, she accepted the position of leading
soprano in Plymouth church. Here she won warm friends and admir
ers, who deeply regretted her determination to reappear in concert
work. In 1882 she toured New England with Gilmore's band, making
a decided success. Colonel Mapleson pronounced her voice one of
rare sweetness and accuracy, saying: "She is the only American
singer I have heard who can sing the part of the Queen of Night in
the Magic Flute. Miss Howe has been teacher of vocal music for
seven years at Wellesley College, and three years at Wheaton Semi
nary, at the same time giving private instruction at home to large
numbers of pupils. She also sang for five years in the choir of the
Union Congregational church, Boston. In the summer of 1895, Miss
Howe and her mother travelled in Europe. In London and Paris her
voice gave much pleasure to well-known musicians. In Austria she
visited Baroness Von Wallhoffen (Pauline Lucca), who was warm in
her praise upon hearing her sing, and while there she was invited to
sing in opera before the emperor, but the time of her departure ren
dered this impossible. Miss Howe is a valued and interested member
of " New Hampshire's Daughters."
EMMA S. HOWE
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��MARTHA A. HAYES SAFFORD.
NOT often are towns able to retain the more distinguished of their
daughters to the years of their womanly prime, but this good
fortune is given to Farmington by Mrs. Safford, the well-known artist.
She is a daughter of Israel and Anne (Edgerly) Hayes, and descended
from notable people, of whom one was Col. Thomas Tash of the Rev
olution. At the age of eighteen she was married to James Fearing
Safford, formerly of Maine, a veteran of the Civil War. One son, now
arrived at manhood, blesses the happy union. Inheriting refined and
artistic tastes, and encouraged by her husband, she devoted close
attention to painting and crayon portraiture, under excellent teachers,
for the years succeeding her marriage, and has become one of the best
instructors in her specialties, in New Hampshire, and one of the
most respected of the skillful artists counted as children of the old
Granite state. She sketches from nature almost invariably, and adds
to her unusually correct drawing a fine sense of the fitness of things,
and an enviable eye for color. With the magic of her brush, a scene
which has pleased us is set again before us, in outline true, and in its
own beauty of tint : still may we feel the charm of flower and leaf,
the glowing sphere from the willing tree, and the lesser globe and oval,
from shrubs here and there invite us, and still does the fruit of the vine
hold the delicacy of its virgin bloom: while every accessory of a pic
ture has received its meed of attention from the conscientious artist.
Yet not through all these comes her chief pleasure, for more than
the simple delight of the eye is the recalling of the features of those
whom we "have loved long since, yet lost awhile," in which Mrs.
Safford is especially gifted, working often from the faint shadows of
some old and imperfect portrait, and completing a likeness which
is priceless. Any good artist may portray well from life, but one
whose intuition of the spirit is allied to the skill of eye and hand
offers to us the gift of genius.
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�WHEN we affirm that one possesses the soul of genius, we have
touched the foundation on which greatness is built. Evange
line Larry possesses in a large degree, both by nature and education,
the elements which combine to make the true and successful musician.
To know her and understand her temperament, is to recognize that
she belongs to the class of artists who win honor and fame. Though
born in Weston, Mass., in 1872, she removed to Penacook, N. H.,
soon after, where her father, Rev. John Hale Larry, was actively inter
ested in educational work, and it was in the Granite state that she took
her first violin lessons, when eight years of age, and commenced the
development of her wonderful musical powers. Subsequently the fam
ily removed to Providence, R I., where her study became methodical,
earnest work, her parents deciding to fit her for a professional career.
For several years she has been a student with Herr Kneisel of Boston,
and to-day she is the most prominent violin teacher in Providence.
As a concert violinist she fills many engagements ; she plays with fine
artistic taste and finish, possessing to an unusual degree that rare qual
ity, soulfulness. Her musical insight and interpretation lend great
charm to her rendition of the classics, while her coloring of some deli
cate bits of composition, is wonderfully dainty and exquisite. Miss
Larry is modest and unassuming, with a sweet graciousness of manner
which wins many warm friends. Musically considered, she is doing a
phenomenal work for one so young. Strongly devoted to her art, it is
her plan to broaden her culture by study in Europe. She has the ideal
home environment, where she has been carefully nurtured and edu
cated. Her musical ability has been used in pleasant cooperation with
her father in his ministerial duties. Her summers are spent with the
family at " The Manse," their summer home at Penacook.
EVANGELINE LARKY.
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��MRS. SMALL presents a signal instance of the sterling qualities
of the genuine daughter of the Granite state. She was born
in Alton. November 12, 1837, of parents descended from the early
settlers, and from soldiers of the Revolution. She has been married
twice; first to George Jones, who died in 1864, at Hilton Head, S. C.,
while acting as wagon master in the Fourth Regiment, N. H. Vols.,
leaving one son, who resides with his mother in a charming home in
Farmington ; and second to Edmund B. Small, formerly of Maine,
and a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. Small suffered from the effects
of army life, and died in 1887, to the regret of a wide circle of friends.
Mrs. Small conducts an extensive business in millinery and fancy
goods, and also has charge of the imposing Small block, with its
stores and public halls. With home duties always first, she has been
not only an excellent daughter and sister, a conscientious wife and
mother, a generous and loyal friend, and an enterprising woman of
business, but has been prominent in various beneficent orders, and is a
charter member in nearly all to which she belongs. She has served as
state superintendent of work with soldiers and sailors in the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union: as grand vice templar in the Good
Templars ; upon the executive board of the Woman's Relief Corps in
the Department of New Hampshire, and has been the junior and
senior vice-president of the organization, although refusing absolutely
to become president, and has been a delegate to the national encamp
ment, beside filling various other positions. She acts as past noble
grand in the degree staff of the Daughters of Rebekah, and for five
years has been the mistress of exchequer in the supreme assembly of
the Pythian Sisterhood, whose gatherings she has attended in distant
cities. In the performing of her many duties Mrs. Small is dignified
and earnest, giving to them a sagacious and devoted attention.
LUCY A. RICKER SMALL.
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�THERE are diverse types of admirable womanhood in New Hamp
shire, but the one that is perhaps the most truly representative,
is the woman who " looks well to the ways of her household," who is
a sympathetic wife and mother, yet who keeps in touch with the out
side world by intelligent reading, and is always ready to lend a hand
for the good of the community in which she lives. This characteriza
tion, so especially applicable to the subject of this sketch, fits many a
daughter of the commonwealth who deserves a place in any record of
New Hampshire women. Amelia E. Bennett was born October 26,
1827, in Dummerston, Vt., to Aden and Angeline (Houghton) Bennett,
but in early childhood she came to New Hampshire with her widowed
mother and two brothers. She had the best education then obtain
able, and being an exceptionally bright pupil, she grasped everything
within her reach. She taught most successfully from the time of leav
ing school till her marriage, October 24, 1847, to Charles Parker of
Lisbon. Although Mrs. Parker was never physically strong, she has
dispensed a generous hospitality through a long married life, not only
to friends but to strangers, and those in need. Of her four children,
three are now living, Mrs. A. B. Woodworth, Harry E. Parker, and
Mrs. T. J. Walker. These children will never forget the lessons they
learned in human rights from the household discussions of the mother
and father, who ardently embraced the anti-slavery cause when it was
an unpopular one. Mrs. Parker's fondness for intellectual improvement
is evinced by the fact that after her children were married and gone
from home, she took up the Chautauqua literary course for four years,
doing more than the prescribed work, thus enjoying late in life the
means of culture longed for, but impossible of attainment at an earlier
time. Mrs. Parker is not only benevolent and friendly, but she is of a
deeply religious nature, being an active and influential member of the
Congregational church.
MRS. CHARLES PARKER.
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��MARY PARKER WOODWORTH.
WHEN a full collegiate training for women was an unproved
experiment, and Vassar college had just opened its doors for
their benefit, the first New Hampshire girl availing herself of its advan
tages was Mary Parker, daughter of Charles and Amelia (Bennett)
Parker, of Lisbon, born at Sugar Hill, May 3, 1849. With a strong
ambition for intellectual attainment, she made early advance in study,
and was greatly encouraged in her purpose to secure the best obtainable
education by that great New Hampshire educator, the late Prof. James
W. Patterson. She fitted for college at St. Johnsbury (Vt.) academy,
the only girl in a class of nine, six of whose members entered Dartmouth,
and became a member of the Sophomore class at Vassar in 1867, grad
uating in 1870 with the first class honor. After graduation, she taught
in St. Johnsbury academy and at St. Agnes Hall, Bellows Falls, Vt.
September 30, 1873, she married Albert B. Woodworth. a prosperous
young merchant, then just established in business at Concord as head
of the since successful firm of Woodworth & Co. where she has since
resided. Neglecting in no degree the duties of domestic and social
life. Mrs. Woodworth has done much literary work, has been an ardent
patroness of art and music, was actively instrumental in the organization
of the Concord Choral union of which she is vice-president, is a mem
ber of the Vassar and Collegiate Alumnae associations, has been twice
president of the Boston Branch of Vassar Alumna.', and is an active
member of the Concord Woman's club. She is chiefly distinguished,
however, as the first and only woman member of the Concord school
board, to which she was elected for three years in 1890, and re-elected
in 1893, and in which position she has demonstrated the peculiar
fitness of woman for participation in educational affairs. She is a
devoted member of St. Paul's Episcopal church, and the mother of
three children, two sons and a daughter, the eldest, Edward K.. being
a member of Dartmouth college, class of '97.
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�THOROUGH, conscientious, and excellent literary work has made
the name of Frances Matilda Abbott conspicuous upon the roll
of prominent New Hampshire women. Miss Abbott is the eldest
child and only daughter of John and Matilda (Brooks) ADbott, and
was born in Concord, in the house where she now lives. Her fathers
family were among the pioneers of the town, and on her mother's side
she is a descendant of the Brookses, Boylstons, and Cogswells of
Massachusetts. Her father, familiarly known as "Honest John
Abbott," was six times elected mayor of Concord. Her mother
was a woman of superior intellectual ability, who received a part of
her education at Brook Farm under the tutelage of George Ripley and
other eminent men and women associated with that movement. Miss
Abbott was graduated from the Concord High School in 1875. She
took freshman college work with Mr. Moses Woolson, and entered the
sophomore class of Vassar college, from which institution she was
graduated in 1881. She early gave evidence of literary ability, and at
the age of fourteen was a paid contributor to Our Young Folks, at that
time the leading juvenile monthly in the country. Since then her
articles have been accepted by the Forum, New England Magazine,
Cosmopolitan, Wide Awake, Frank Leslie's, and other periodicals of
national repute. She has contributed extensively to New Hampshire,
Boston, and New York newspapers. For the past six years she has
been the guest of Vassar college during commencement week, report
ing the exercises for the Poughkeepsie and New York papers. She
belongs to the Association of Collegiate Alumnae and to the Boston
branch of Vassar Alumnae. She is a life member of the historic Con
cord Female Charitable Society and the Woman's Auxiliary to the
Y. M. C. A., and is active in many forms of local club and philanthropic
work. She is prominently identified with the Shakespeare clubs of
Concord, and is much interested in historical matters.
FRANCES M. ABBOTT.
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��IN the retirement of pleasant homes in Concord and Warner,
Almira R. (Andrews) Harriman divides the seasons of her latter
years. Warner is the town of her nativity, where, as the daughter of
Noah Tyler and Sally Bean Andrews, she was born, November 8,
1819. Nurtured amid healthy influences, she grew up to be a brave,
modest, amiable woman, of mental culture, well-poised judgment, and
a congenial spirit, conducive to happy companionship. She had
adaptation to the work of instruction, and won success as a teacher.
In 1844 she became the wife of Walter Harriman. She was the grace
and strength of his home, —that home in which the husband, amid all
his high achievements and honors in civil and military life, ever found
his best enjoyment. Though her retiring disposition has always
strongly prompted the avoidance of publicity, yet she has lent a gracetul compliance with social requisitions reasonably made upon her, as
the wife of a distinguished orator, general, and governor. During the
dark days of the Civil War, when husband, son, and brothers were
at the perilous front, she bore her part in the trying hours with that
undaunted courage which was conspicuous even in her childhood.
With an unfaltering faith in the triumph of the Union cause, she lighted
up the gloom of many a home, and cheered by her presence the hearts
of Union men around the midnight camp-fire. With the quiet service
of affection—that supreme thought and purpose of her life—has
abounded a wisdom, whose salutary counsel has ever been sought and
prized by all within her range of influence. Self-forgetfulness is the
key-note of her existence. With her, the chief privilege and pleasure
of living has been in serving others.
MRS. WALTER HARR I MAN.
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��LILIAN CARPENTER STREETER.
IN the choice of Lilian Carpenter Streeltr as its first president, the
New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs acted wisely and
well. An accomplished and thoroughly womanly woman, she is a fit
leader of the movement, which, involving no aggressive campaign for
further rights and privileges for her sex, contemplates the best and
highest development of woman's powers in every legitimate direction.
A native of the town of Bath, daughter of Associate Justice Alonzo P.
Carpenter of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, and Julia Goodall,
a descendant of one of the most noted families of Northern New
Hampshire, she has been a resident of Concord since her marriage, in
1877, with Mr. Frank Sherwin Streeter, now a leading member of the
New Hampshire bar. During all these years, while faithful to every
requirement and situation of an exceptionally happy home life, every
worthy social, educational, and philanthropic movement brought to her
attention has commanded her earnest sympathy and active support.
As the prime mover and organizer of the Concord Ramabai Circle, as
a trustee of the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, as leader of an
earnest band of " King's Daughters," as a devoted member and
teacher of the Unitarian Sunday-school, and as founder and the first
president of the Concord Woman's Club, she has given true, devoted,
and unselfish service in every relation, at the same time fulfilling
every demand of the social life of the capital city, of which she is one
of the brightest ornaments. A leader in the Woman's Club move
ment, Mrs. Streeter was also the first New Hampshire woman to labor
for the cause of federation, and was state chairman of correspondence
for New Hampshire with the General Federation of Women's Clubs
for two years. She was appointed by Governor Busiel, in 1895, a
member of the New Hampshire Commission to the Atlanta exposition.
Mrs. Streeter is the mother of two children, Julia and Thomas Winthrop, the former now a student at Bryn Mawr.
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�THE Whitcomb family is one of the most notable in the history
of southwestern New Hampshire, has figured conspicuously in
the civil and military history of the state, and has been especially
prominent in the old town of Swanzey. A worthy representative of
this family is Lucy J. Whitcomb Carpenter, daughter of Col. Carter
Whitcomb, born during his temporary residence at Saxton's River,
Vt., March 9, 1834, but removing to his native town of Swanzey two
years later, where she has ever since resided. She was educated at
Mount Caesar Seminary, in Swanzey, under the instruction of Prof.
Joseph C. Barrett, and Rev. S. H. McCollister, D. D. June 14, 1864,
she was united in marriage with George Carpenter, of Swanzey, since
prominent in political circles in the state as a leader of the Greenback
and Labor party organizations. Soon after the Chautauqua literary
and scientific course of study was instituted both Mrs. Carpenter and
her husband took up the course and were members of the Ashuelot
C. L. S. C. for eight years, graduating with many seals attached to
their diplomas. Subsequently they pursued the University course of
study in the People's College, under able professors. Mrs. Carpenter
has fine literary ability and poetic talent. She was a leading spirit in
the organization of the Mount Caesar Library Association, which occu
pies the old seminary building, purchased and donated to the associa
tion by Mr. Carpenter. She is an active member of the order of
Patrons of Husbandry, has held various offices in Golden Rod Grange
of Swanzey, and served efficiently as lecturer of Cheshire County
Pomona Grange. She is an interested member of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, claiming eligibility from her illustrious great
grandfather, Col. Jonathan Whitcomb, who fought at Lexington and
Bunker Hill. Her kindly greeting and gracious manner add a charm
to the generous hospitality of " Valley View," their pleasant farm
home on the slope of Mount Caesar, overlooking Swanzey Plain.
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�MONG the practical, helpful lives, illustrating the character of
£\_ New Hampshire womanhood, is that of Mary R. Sanborn of
Laconia, daughter of Rev. Abram and Mary (Harriman) Sanborn,
born in Sanford, Me., but a resident of the old Granite state, in which
her father was born, since infancy, her childhood's home being in the
town of Ossipee. Her great-grandfather, Daniel Sanborn, Jr., was a
Revolutionary soldier, and one of her brothers—a heroic youth, not
fifteen years of age when he enlisted in the Sixth New Hampshire Reg
iment—lies buried at Arlington ; hence her warm interest in the wel
fare of the soldiers of the republic. Educated at North Parsonfield,
Me., and the Masonic school at Drake's Corner, Effingham, she taught
successfully several years, but subsequently adopted the occupation of
writer and copyist, in which capacity she has been actively engaged at
Laconia for twenty-five years, the last five years as policy writer in the
insurance office of Melcher & Prescott. She is one of the few women
in the state holding the office of notary public, having been commis
sioned by Governor Tuttle in 1 891 . Miss Sanborn is a member of
John L. Perley, Jr., Relief Corps; has represented the corps in
department convention, and the department in national convention.
She was the first New Hampshire woman obligated in the Relief
Union, auxiliary to the Union Veterans' Union; was appointed
national installing officer; instituted Rosanna W. Beaman Relief
Union, No. 1 , of Laconia, of which she was the first president ; was a
delegate to the national convention in Boston, and elected national
president in August, 1893; labored with great zeal and efficiency for
the welfare of the order, and was reelected president at Rochester,
N. Y., in 1894. Throughout her busy, unostentatious life Miss San
born has ever been mindful of the needs of others, and many a young
girl, through her sympathy and encouragement, has found the way to a
career of usefulness and success. In religion she is a Unitarian.
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�HARRIETT E. DANIELS.
IN these days of progress, when women are engaging in all lines of
business activity, the woman who gives practical business instruc
tion to others is especially worthy of recognition. Miss Harriett Eliza
Daniels, of the Daniels and Downs private school for shorthand, book
keeping, etc., at Manchester, though a native of Massachusetts, has
been a resident of Manchester since early childhood. She is the daugh
ter of Joel and Eliza (Roach) Daniels, one of her ancestors being Asa
Walker, of Ashby, Mass., a soldier of the Revolution. She was educated
in the Manchester public schools, graduating from the High school with
excellent rank. With a strong liking for business she became book
keeper in her father's store, but left this position for that of moneyorder clerk in the Manchester postoffice under Postmaster J. G. Dear
born, during President Cleveland's first term, where she served effi
ciently and made many friends. While here engaged she took up the
study of shorthand in her leisure moments, thoroughly mastering the
Pitman system. On leaving the postoffice she took desk room with
A. J. Lane, and opened an office for general stenographic work and
typewriting. Her success was marked, and she determined to open a
school of stenography and typewriting in connection with her business,
receiving both young ladies and gentlemen as pupils, and in the spring
of l892, Mrs. Clara Bennett Downs was associated with her, and the
present successful school established, giving thorough instruction in
stenography, typewriting, bookkeeping, and general business. It has
been largely patronized, and many of its graduates are expert stenog
raphers and accountants. Miss Daniels is characterized by remarkable
energy and enterprise, and has been extensively engaged in court and
general stenographic work.
She was a founder of the Manchester
Shorthand Club, has been secretary from its foundation in 1892, and
was a member of the World's Fair Auxiliary Corps, Congress of Sten
ographers. She is secretary of Ruth Chapter, No. 16, Order of the
Eastern Star.
��MRS. CLARA L. DOWNS.
MRS. CLARA LOUISE (BENNETT) DOWNS, of the firm
of Daniels & Downs, proprietors of the Daniels & Downs pri
vate school, at Manchester, is New Hampshire born and bred, being a
native of the town of Milford, the youngest of a large family of the late
Rhodolphus D., and Mary (Woodward) Bennett, highly respected citi
zens of that town. She comes of good old Revolutionary stock, her
father being a direct descendant of the famous Captain Job Shattuck,
who during the entire war evinced great courage and bravery, and gave
both money and service for the patriot cause. She attended the Milford schools, graduating with honor from the high school after a four
years' course. She engaged for a short time in teaching in her native
town, but, impelled by a strong desire for business life, and possessing
an aptitude for the work of an accountant, she went to Manchester,
where she was employed in important positions as accountant, in the
service of different firms, always giving the highest satisfaction; so
that Superintendent Buck in writing of her, says : "Mrs. Downs, by
vears of practical service as accountant for leading business houses in
the city, has attained an enviable reputation as an expert in her depart
ment." During her business career she had sought to advance herself
as far as possible in her line, studying with Professor Bacon, a French
teacher, Prof. H. F. Morse, expert accountant, and Prof. N. L.
Hickok, of Boston. She is one of the original members of the
National Organization of Accountants, started in Detroit, Mich. In
April, 1892, a partnership was formed, for the purpose of conducting
a private school, for book-keeping, shorthand, etc., with Miss Harriett
E. Daniels, this being the first of the kind managed by women in this
section of the country, and one of the most successful, while their
general office work is highly commended. She married Capt. Frank
L. Downs, of Manchester, October 20, 1885.
��MRS. MARGARET LAMSON GRIFFIN is a typical New Eng
land woman, of good old English stock, counting among her
ancestors William Wood, one of the first settlers of Concord, Mass.,
author of that very bright book, "New England's Prospects,'' published in
London in 1 635 ; Major Simon Willard, another of the distinguished men
of Concord in the early days, and a celebrated Indian fighter; Major
Thomas Henchman, of Pawtucket Falls (now Lowell), a distinguished
warrior in King Phillip's time ; Lieut. James Richardson, who was killed
by the Indians in battle, in 1675, and other men of note. Her grand
father, William Lamson, came from Charlestown, Mass., to Keene in
1787, established a successful business which was continued by his
son, Charles, father of Mrs. Griffin, and built in 1804 the house where
she was born, where she still lives, and where her children were born,
her grandchild being of the fifth generation of one family living in the
same house. On the first day of January, 1863, in the midst of the
dark days of the war, she married Colonel, afterwards Brevet Major
General, S. G. Griffin, and they have two sons. Mrs. Griffin is a
woman of great executive ability, presides with tact and dignity, has
been president of the Ladies' Aid Society in her parish for twenty
years, secretary of the Charitable Society of Keene for about forty
years, is active in the W. C. T. U., is one of the trustees of the
"Mercy Home," at Manchester, and president of the "Woman's
Auxiliary" of the diocese of New Hampshire, which she represented at
the General Triennial Convention at Minneapolis in 1895. It is said
of Mrs. Griffin, by those who know her well, that she presides over one
of the most charming homes in that charming little city, Keene.
MRS. S. G. GRIFFIN.
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��MARY L. (NOYES) PRESCOTT, wife of the late ex-Governor
Benjamin F. Prescott, is a native of the town of Atkinson, a
daughter of Jefferson and Nancy (Peart) Noyes. She removed with
her parents to Concord in early childhood and her home was in that
city until her marriage. She was educated in the Concord schools and
at Atkinson academy. Her marriage occurred June 10, 1869, since
when her residence has been at the Prescott ancestral home in Epping.
Mrs. Prescott is a thoroughly domestic woman, and her life work has
not been directed in public lines, except that during her husband's
term of office as chief magistrate, there were many important public
and social occasions of note in which she necessarily participated,
maintaining her position with dignity and grace. Notable among
these occasions was the visit of President Rutherford B. Hayes and
family, with several members of his cabinet, and other distinguished
persons, to this state, in August, 1877, when a four days' trip among
the New Hampshire lakes and mountains was made. In the spring of
1878 Governor and Mrs. Prescott visited Washington, and were enter
tained at dinner at the executive mansion, as well as by Secretary of
State Evarts, and other notables. They received much attention
while at the capital, especially from New Hampshire people there. In
November, 1878, they visited Montreal, attending the reception and
ball in honor of the Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise, and being
specially honored, as the only Americans present. At the centennial
celebration at Bennington, in 1877, and at the dedication of the Ben
nington Battle monument in 1891, they were also present. Governor
Prescott in his official capacity as president of the Bennington Battle
Monument association. Since Governor Prcscott's death in Febru
ary, 1895 (his burial occurring at Concord February 26), she has
lived quietly in the Epping home. Their only child, Benjamin F.
Prescott, Jr., is a member of Phillips Exeter academy, class of 1897.
MRS. BENJAMIN F. PRESCOTT.
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��LIKE most New Hampshire women Mrs. Frederick K. Folsom
(Harriet French Tuttle) is essentially a home-maker, and she
cares little for public life, though her connection with the New Hamp
shire's Daughters Club, of which she is the efficient corresponding
secretary, has brought her somewhat prominently forward as a daughter
of the Granite state in Boston, where she resides in the Dorchester
district. Mrs. Folsom is the daughter of ex-Governor Hiram A., and
Mary C. (French) Tuttle, and was born in Pittsfield January 17, 1861.
She is directly descended from John Tuttle, who came to New Hamp
shire from England in 1 641 . Her grandmother, Judith Mason Davis,
was a descendant of Samuel Davis, a Revolutionary soldier. The
family on both sides have had their home in New Hampshire for gen
erations. Miss Tuttle was thoroughly educated, was a student of
Wellesley college, and has travelled extensively in our own and other
countries, having spent the year 1888 abroad. In the following year
she married Mr. Frederick K. Folsom of Dorchester, Mass., where
she has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Folsom have one child, a bright
and handsome boy named for his honored grandfather— Hiram Tuttle.
Mrs. Folsom is talented in many directions. She is a fine reader and
has entertained the public in that capacity most acceptably upon many
occasions. She has also a taste for painting and has studied the art
with J. J. Enneking. Her summers are always spent at the old home
in Pittsfield.
MRS. FREDERICK K. FOLSOM.
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��MRS. JOHN B. SMITH.
NEW HAMPSHIRE has had many ladies who have graced official
life, but no one has occupied a more ideal place in the public
eye than Mrs. John B. Smith, of Hillsborough. Miss Emma Lavender
(Mrs. Smith) was born at Lansingburg, N. Y.. on the banks of the
Hudson, February 20, 1858. She was the daughter of Stephen and
Sarah Butler (Millis) Lavender. The Lavenders are of direct English
descent, Mr. Lavender's parents having come from Kent county, Eng
land. Miss Lavender received a fine education in the public schools
of Chelsea, Mass., and at the seminary for young ladies at Plainfield,
N. J. She is a woman of well-trained mind, and broad general cul
ture. On November first, 1883, she was married to Hon. John B.
Smith, of Hillsborough Bridge. Their three children are Butler Lav
ender, who died at St. Augustine, Florida, at the age of two years;
Archibald Lavender, and Norman. In early life Mrs. Smith became a
member of the Ruggles Street Baptist church, Boston, and she has
ever been active in all good works. She belongs to New Hampshire's
Daughters, and the Charity Club, of Boston, to the Merrimack
Valley Congregational Club, the New Hampshire Historical Society,
and the W. C. T. U. For many years she was president of the latter
organization. She is a trustee of the Mercy Home, at Manchester,
and superintendent of the primary work in the church at Hillsborough.
Those privileged to know Mrs. Smith in her delightful home have long
been aware of her accomplishments and amiable qualities, but in 1893
and 1894, during Governor Smith's term of office, these qualities were
brought into wide public recognition. Never has more charming hos
pitality been dispensed by a chief magistrate and his wife. In a public
way, at the capital, and at their own beautiful home at Hillsborough
the Smiths have entertained hundreds of friends from all parts of the
state. Of tall and graceful figure, gentle and gracious manner, Mrs.
Smith adorns any position which the state or nation can offer.
��JANE GRACE ALEXANDER, daughter of Edward and Lucy
J (Capron) Alexander, and direct descendent, in the fourth genera
tion, of Reuben Alexander, who was a Captain in Colonel Ashley's regi
ment, which marched to Ticonderoga in October, 1776, was born in
Winchester, October 26, 1848. She received her education in her
native town, and was a successful teacher for several years. Early in
life she commenced keeping books in her father's office and, later on,
was active in the management of his business. She entered the Win
chester National Bank as general assistant, in 1871, but soon after
assumed the duties of assistant cashier, which position she has filled
for twenty-two years. So fully did she win the confidence of the peo
ple, by her integrity, capacity, and good sense, that in 1881 she was
elected treasurer of the Security-Savings Bank of Winchester, which
office she now holds, and is believed to be the first woman to occupy
this responsible position. Miss Alexander bears the burdens of a man,
yet is as broad and charitable in her ideas as the best of women, true as
steel in her friendships, and allows no small gossip to interfere with
her work or her life. She is a member of the Universalist church, ever
ready to sustain and support its interests with her sympathy and gen
erous aid. She has been superintendent of the Sunday-school fifteen
years, and considers it her best and happiest field of labor. She is
also treasurer of the school district, trustee of the public library, and
first Worthy Matron of Electra chapter, No. 19, O. E. S. Her home
is one of the landmarks of Winchester, a large white manor house, in
the colonial style, set many rods back from the street, and noticeable
for its antiquities, its avenue of fine maples, and its beautiful deep
lawn. Miss Alexander is devoted to the interests of her home and
spares neither tune nor money in the preservation of the homestead, of
which she is justly proud.
JANE GRACE ALEXANDER.
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��MRS. ALEXANDER SALVIN1.
T~)RETTY little Maud Dixon" is the manner in which this clever
\- young actress is spoken of, and a dainty bit of femininity she
is in every-day life. Maud Dixon (now Mrs. Alexander Salvini) although
born on the other side of the ocean, was brought to this country when
an infant, and therefore knew no other home than Concord, where she
was reared and educated. When very young she developed rare musical
abilities, and was sent to the New England Conservatory of Music, where
she came directly under the care of the late Dr. Eben Tourgee, who
greatly encouraged her to adopt the operatic stage. Her first appear
ance in public was in 1882 in " Iolanthe," when that opera was given its
first production in America at the opening of the Bijou theatre in Boston.
Then followed a season in the same company on the road in repertoire,
when she was under-study for the leading soprano roles. She soon ex
perienced a desire to enter the legitimate drama, and, much against the
advice of her teacher, discarded singing for the attractions at the Union
Square theatre. New York, where she appeared in several metropolitan
successes. Here she remained for several seasons when an opportunity
presented itself to enter the company of the elder Salvini, in which she
acquitted herself successfully in each role. Young Salvini was a member
of the same company, and the acquaintance thus formed ripened into a
happy marriage October 7, 1893, in Cleveland, O. For many seasons Miss
Dixon, in the support of that versatile, romantic actor, Alexander Salvini.
from Maine to California, has made friends and admirers by her consci
entious work and her pleasing personality. In the summer of '93 she
made her first visit to the home of her ancestors in Leeds, Yorkshire,
England. She is connected on both sides with notable personages, Sir
Rupert Kettell. well known in British court circles, being a near relative
of her father. In 1894 Mrs. Salvini accompanied her husband to his
Italian home. The elder Salvini is delighted with the marriage of his
son to this charming New Hampshire girl.
��ENDOWED with rare personal charms, a fine stage presence—tall
and "most divinely fair."—an exquisite voice and gracious man
ner, few women of her years ever more delighted an audience than the
gifted young reader and elocutionist, formerly Edna L. C. Little of
Nashua, now Mrs. Houck of Penn Yan, N. Y. Miss Little is a native
of Lisbon, but resided in Nashua from childhood until her marriage
some two years since to E. S. Houck, a prosperous young business man
of Penn Yan. She is the daughter of Milo Little, a Union soldier
and member of Post 7, Nashua, and Maria (Carleton) Little, a worthy
woman and an active worker in the cause of the veterans. Graduating
from the high school at the age of seventeen she began the life of a
teacher; but, her health not warranting its continuance, she took up
the study of music and elocution, as well as painting under the best
teachers in Boston. To her study of elocution and physical culture,
faithfully practised, she owes her present excellent health. She gradu
ated with honor, and the degree of O. Ii., from the Emerson School ot
Oratory in 1 89 1 , and soon became a successful teacher and popular
public reader, commanding engagements throughout New England, and
in the state of New York, and receiving the hearty commendation of
press and public wherever heard. Although offered important posi
tions in other states, she declined them all, retaining her Nashua home
with her parents until her marriage ; pursuing her study, teaching
classes in physical culture, and filling her constantly increasing public
engagements. Possessed of marked dramatic ability she has frequently
been urged to adopt the stage and though her inclination has not been
in that direction, she might have done so with every prospect of bril
liant success. Loving her public work, she has continued the same,
and extended her field of labor, with commensurate reward, since her
marriage and settlement in the wealthy old town of Penn Yan, in
whose social life she is already a bright adornment.
EDNA LITTLE HOUCK.
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��CLARA MARIA KIMBALL AYERS.
THE Kimball family, descendants of Joseph Kimball, of Exeter,
who settled in Canterbury in 1793, have long been conspicuous
in central New Hampshire. One of the most prominent representatives
of this family is John Kimball, four times mayor of Concord, president
of the state senate in 1881,and incumbent of various other positions
of honor and trust. Clara Maria, only child of Hon. John and Maria
H. (Phillips) Kimball, was born in Lawrence, Mass.. March 20, 1848,
but has passed most of her life in Concord, removing there with her
parents in childhood. Graduating from the Concord high school in
1865, she entered Wheaton seminary, at Norton, Mass., in September
following, and was graduated in 1868. June 4, 1873, she married
Augustine R. Avers, many years engaged in mercantile business
in Concord, but now an extensive farmer and dairyman at North
Boscawen. They have five children living, and two died in infancy.
The eldest, Ruth Ames, is now a student in Cornell University. While
faithfully attending to the multiplied duties of home life, Mrs Avers
has been active in social and benevolent organizations, and has never
failed cheerfully to respond to any reasonable call for assistance in
any worthy work or cause. She is a member and has been senior
vice-president of E. E. Sturtevant Relief Corps, of Concord : has been
treasurer of the New Hampshire department, aide of the national
president, and assistant national inspector W. R. C. She has also
served as secretary and treasurer of the lloscawen Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, vice-president of the Merrimack County Woman's
Board of Missions, lecturer of Capital Grange P. of H., and secretary
of Ezekiel Webster Grange, Boscawen. In February, 1895. Mrs.
Avers accompanied her father on a trip through the Mediterranean,
visiting Egypt and the Holy Land and the southern countries of
Europe. Her observations upon the journey have been delightfully
given in addresses before various organizations and assemblies.
��OCTAVIA M. (FARNSWORTH) COLLINS, daughter of
Cephas and Eunice Farnsworth, is a native of Androscoggin
county, Me., where her father was early identified with the manufactu
ring interests of the community. She is of English ancestry, the
seventh in direct descent from the Matthias Farnsworth who came to
this country from Farnsworth, Kent county, England. The family is
one of the oldest, the crest on the coat of arms indicating service under
the Plantagenets. On the maternal side she is a descendant of Hugh and
Bryce McLellan, of Portland and Gorham, Maine, representatives of an
old Scotch family. To Sir Hugh McLellan of Argyle was given its coat
of arms in 1645. The McLellans came to America from Londonderry
Ireland, about 1730, and became well known for their sterling integ
rity, enterprise, and thrift. Rev. Elijah Kellogg, a cousin of Mrs.
Collins's mother, has told their story in the " Struggles of my Grand
father for a Homestead." She received a thorough education at
private schools, in Norridgewock and Brunswick, Me., at Bates college
and the Massachusetts Normal Art School, and was for years principal
of a grammar school in the city of Worcester, Mass. Subsequently
she was engaged in teaching for some time in Newton, Mass., mean
while contributing to the columns of various educational publications.
For the last fifteen years Mrs. Collins has been a resident of Franklin,
and for seven years past, has been editor and manager of the Merrimack
Journal newspaper, giving to the work a measure of industry, energy
and intelligent enterprise seldom equalled in that line of effort; greatly
improving the paper, and giving it a standing and circulation superior
to most papers of the same rank in the state. She is the Franklin
agent of the Associated Press, and she is an active member of
the New England Woman's Press Association. She has one son,
Farnsworth, fourteen years of age, in whose education she is deeply
interested.
MRS. O. M. COLLINS.
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��MRS. CHARLES H. SAWYER.
SUSAN ELLEN, daughter of Dr. James Wellington and Elizabeth
(Hodgdon) Cowan, descended from Peter Coffin who came to
Dover in 1636, and Major Caleb Hodgdon of Revolutionary fame, was
born in Dover, August 13, 1839, educated in the public schools of her
native city, and at Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass. She was mar
ried February 8, 1865, to Charles Henry Sawyer, governor of New
Hampshire 1887-89. Their children are William Davis, married
Gertrude, daughter of Hon. Joshua G. Hall of Dover; Charles
Francis, married Gertrude, daughter of Hon. Henry W. Severance,
of San Francisco; James Cowan: Edward; Elizabeth Coffin. The
three elder sons are alumni of Yale University. William and Charles
are associated in business with their father. James is taking post-grad
uate studies at Harvard, Edward is an under-graduate at Yale, and
Elizabeth is a member of Mrs. Stearns's School at Amherst, Mass.
Few women have been so blessed and happy in their domestic life as
Mrs. Sawyer. She is a generous and delightful hostess, welcoming
many guests in her home in Dover, and during the summer months she
is the center of happy companies in the cottage on the beautiful heights
at York. She is a devoted member of the First Church, president of
the Woman's Auxiliary to the Y. M. C. A., in which position she has
been remarkably efficient and helpful ; Regent for the Dover Chapter
of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a
member of the Colonial Dames. Mrs. Sawyer has traveled widely,
and is happily conversant on topics of home and foreign interest. She
combines great strength of character with rare womanly sensibilities.
She reminds one of the saying of Ruskin : "The best women are
indeed necessarily the most difficult to know: they are recognized
chiefly in the happiness of their husbands and the nobleness of their
children : they are only to be divined, not discerned by strangers."
��A RARE combination of tact and ability, in Maria Louise Eastman,
made her one of the most successful teachers in the country.
Although not a native of the Granite State, she was essentially a New
Hampshire woman, her father, Robert Eastman, being a native of Con
cord, and the great-grandson of Ebenezer Eastman, one of the first set
tlers of the town, and an officer of the colonial forces at the siege of
Louisburg, while her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Lee, was of the best
Southern blood, and a kinswoman of the Virginia Lees. Miss East
man was born in Brunswick, Me., and enjoyed superior educational
advantages, attending the excellent young ladies' school there, con
ducted by Miss Chapman, and being specially favored otherwise
through her father's connection with Bowdoin College. The family
subsequently removed to the ancestral home in East Concord, and Miss
Eastman engaged in teaching, first in the town of Newport, and later
in Concord, where she conducted a private school several years, estab
lishing an excellent reputation. Securing a fine position as teacher in
a young ladies' school near Media, in that state, she removed to
Pennsylvania, and entered upon a career which proved remarkably suc
cessful. She was instrumental in the establishment, and was for a
time associated in the management of the famous Brooke Hall school
at Media, but subsequently became sole proprietor and principal of
this institution, which, under her management, became one of the
most noted young ladies' schools in the country, and which she
conducted until a few years before her death, February 17, 1895.
An efficient teacher. Miss Eastman was also endowed with great
business capacitv. She made her school profitable, and acquired a
large property; but her benevolent nature impelled her to contribute
largely for the benefit of worthy causes, and her total benefactions are
said to have exceeded $100,000. She was a devoted Episcopalian, and
a zealous worker for the Union cause during the late war.
MARIA L. EASTMAN".
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��ELLEN BEAL MOREY.
ABBIE ELLEN BEAL, or Nellie Beal, as she was familiarly
called, was born in Orfordville, N. H., of parents who were
descended, on both sides, from Pilgrim stock, while the family lineage
has been traced back for several generations in England. When a
mere child she evinced that passion for music which has been the
dominating influence in her life, playing from memory at four years of
age selections from one of Palestrina's masses, which she had heard
her father perform upon the pipe organ, then, as now, a part of the
family establishment, and becoming, at eleven, organist of the village
church. Before fifteen she had fitted herself, with her mother's assist
ance, to enter one of the best schools in Massachusetts, which she did
one year in advance of the usual course. At eighteen she commenced
the study of music with Junius W. Hill of Boston. In 1874 she mar
ried Mr. Herbert E. Morey of Maiden, going abroad two years later
to pursue her studies in piano forte, organ, and theory, with Paul and
Reinecke of Leipsic, and Dr. Theodore Kullak of Berlin. Subsequent
seasons were spent in Rome, Florence, Milan, and London, in the
study cf vocal music and instrumentation. Returning to America,
Mrs. Morey organized a chorus and orchestra, which she herself con
ducted, being the first woman in America to use the conductor's baton.
For 20 years she has played the organ and had charge of church
music, teaching unremittingly during tl.e week. Her extensive travel
has brought her thoroughly in touch with the musical and artistic
centres of Europe, while her intense disinclination to the life of a
public performer has caused her to give up many opportunities which
would have made her name a famous one. She has five children, the
eldest being at school in Europe. Mrs. Morey is in the very prime of
life, a vigorous, handsome woman, entirely free from self-conscious
ness. Her summers are generally spent among the Alps, yet her heart
is loyal to her own "Switzerland of America"—New Hampshire.
��MRS. HENRY W. BLAIR.
DURING the eighteen years' service of ex-Senator Henry VV.
Blair in the congress of the United States, wherein he initiated
and championed various measures of commanding importance while
neglecting none of the calls of his constituents in other directions, he
was encouraged and sustained in his public work, as in his ready
response to the demands of social and professional life, by a loyal and
devoted wife, who had also given him strength and inspiration in his
previous years of service in the Union army in the war against rebel
lion. Eliza Nelson Blair is a native of Plymouth, daughter of Rev.
William and Dolly Sumner (Elliott) Nelson. Her father was a Metho
dist clergyman of great ability, one of the early "circuit-riders,'' who
settled in Plymouth when he retired from active ministerial labor.
She was educated in the Plymouth schools and at Newbury (Vt.) Sem
inary. While the one great fact in which Mrs. Blair takes pride, and
which she deems the honor of her life, is that she has been her hus
band's wife, sharing his desire to help the people—all the people,
regardless of race, sect, or condition, and encouraging him in all his
efforts to that end, she has a distinct individuality, and is a power
for good in the social and intellectual world. She has been an active
member of the "Woman's Anthropological Society," the "Garfield
Memorial Hospital," and the "National Association for the Advance
ment of Science" at Washington, of the " Interrogation" and " His
toric Art'' Clubs of Manchester, and the " Manchester Federation of
Women's Clubs," and is the first vice-president of the New Hamp
shire Federation, recently organized. A year ago she gave to the
world, through Lee & Shepard, the now famous novel, " Lisbeth Wil
son," which has been generally pronounced one of the best and most
wholesome stories of New England life and character ever produced.
She has one son, Henry P. Blair, a graduate of Dartmouth and a law
yer in Washington.
��FANNY HUNTINGTON RUNNELLS POOLE is directly de
scended from the early Huntingtons of Connecticut, who have
given us Governor Samuel Huntington, Jedediah Huntington in poetry,
and Daniel Huntington in art. She was born in Orford, and is the
daughter of Rev. M. T. Runnells, well-known as pastor and historian.
In June, 1895, she published the successful book of verses entitled, "A
Bank of Violets,'' which has already secured the favorable considera
tion of forty reviewers in America and England. She has received
appreciative letters from several of the literati, among them Pierre Loti,
I. Zangwill, and John Gilmer Speed, who is a grandnephew of John
Keats—one of her favorite poets. Mrs. Poole attended the seminary
at Tilton two years. She is a musician ; much of her early life
having been devoted to piano study begun under her mother's guid
ance. Eleven years were spent in music study and teaching in Boston,
New York, Frankfort (Ky.), and at the Parkesburg (Pa.) Classical
Institute. Her repertoire is extensive; Beethoven and Chopin are
her especial delight. Indeed, had it not been for her absorbing love for
literature she would have chosen the profession of pianiste. But the
poetry and charm of a quiet life appeal more directly to Mrs. Poole. In
1 89 1 occurred her marriage with Allan A. Paul Poole, a nephew of the
English historical painter, Paul Poole, R. A. Mrs. Poole and her
children have spent the last few summers near her fathers home at
Newport. Although Boston is her winter home, the long bright days
from May to November have usually found her, from earliest youth,
among the beautiful New Hampshire hills she loves so well.
MRS. FANNY H. R. POOLE.
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��MISS MARY D. FIFE.
ONE of the best known firms in Manchester is that of M. D. Fife
& Co., dealers in pianos and organs, occupying spacious quar
ters in the new Weston building. The head of this firm, Mary Doro
thy, daughter of John D. and Mary (Fowler) Fife, was born in Fenacook, educated at Penacook Academy, studied music with Professors
Jackman and Morey of Concord, and commenced teaching and playing
the organ in church at fifteen years of age. Subsequently she went
West, studied voice culture with her aunt, Mrs. L. M. Dunn, long
one of the most noted teachers of Chicago, piano with celebrated
German instructors, and taught for three years. Returning to New
Hampshire, she engaged for a time in teaching but her services
were soon sought by a piano and organ house at Laconia, on
account of her musical ability and knowledge of instruments. Accept
ing this position, and also playing the organ in church, teaching
music, accompanying at concerts, etc., she remained at Laconia until
1885, when she went to Manchester and established the firm of M. D.
Fife & Co. Her father was for a time associated with her, but for
several years the business, which is the largest in the state, and the
only one in this line conducted by a woman, has been managed
entirely by herself. Meanwhile she has pursued her piano studies in
Boston, with Warren A. Locke, exponent of the Deppe Method, and
taught the same extensively in Manchester. Her practical knowledge
of the piano and the merits of the various makes, is of great ad
vantage to herself and patrons, and by her persistent efforts to
induce the purchase of the best instruments, she has contributed
greatly to the elevation of the musical taste of the community. Miss
Fife has been an earnest supporter of all measures promotive of musi
cal culture and progress, and first gave impulse to the movement
culminating in the recent symphony concerts in Manchester, and the
organization of the New Hampshire Philharmonic Society.
��AMONG the musically gifted daughters of New Hampshire, Katherine Prescott Crafts may justly claim a place in the foremost
rank. On her father's side she is a direct descendant of Col. William
Prescott of Bunker Hill fame, and on the side of her mother, claims
kinship to Mary Scudder, immortalized in the " Minister's Wooing."
The talent that has been her best heritage, and aided by her great
energy has given her an enviable place in the musical world, comes
from no remote ancestry. Her father, David Porter Prescott, was
long conspicuous in musical circles, possessed a voice of great com
pass and sweetness, and was recognized as one of the best tenors New
Hampshire has known. By the death of her mother, when she was
but four years of age, Katherine was left to the care of her father.
Singing as naturally as the birds in spring, but one career was sug
gested for her. She received her early education in the public schools
in Bristol, her native town, and studied French and German later with
private teachers. She began the study of music in Boston in 1885,
receiving the best instruction the city afforded. Obstacles were pre
sented but they were quietly but firmly overcome. Her voice, a high
soprano, became with cultivation one of rare purity and sweetness. She
declined flattering opportunities to sing in concert and opera, preferring
the excellent church positions offered. Among these may be noted
the First church. Maiden: the Unitarian, Concord, N. H. ; and the
First Congregational. Melrose, while her last engagement was with the
Union Congregational, Boston. To study her art abroad has been a
dream of her life that she hopes yet to realize. June 17, 1895, in the
little home church in Bristol, Katherine White Prescott was married to
William Howard Crafts of Boston, and their home is in that city. Mrs.
Crafts is one of "New Hampshire's Daughters," and takes a very
active interest in the Association.
KATHERINE PRESCOTT CRAFTS.
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��KATE HOWARD BROWN, daughter of Nathaniel Bennett and
Lydia Wardwell Crockett, was born in the town of Andover.
Maine, July 17, 1853. Her family descended from good old New Eng
land stock. Her great-grandfather, Joseph Wardwell, was an officer
in the Revolutionary War, and a personal friend of General Lafayette,
who presented him with a sword. Both grandfathers fought in the
War of 18 1 2. In her young womanhood her parents moved to Boston,
Mass., where she commenced the study of art, which she has pursued
with much diligence since. In August, 1874, she was united in mar
riage with Gen. F. P. Brown, a merchant of Whitefield, N. H., where
they have since resided. She was converted in 1880, since which time
she has been active in all lines of Christian work. She is a Chautauquan of the class of '86. For many years she has been actively con
nected with the W. C. T. U., has several times been reelected Cobs
county president ; was delegate to the National Convention at New
York in 1888; the World's W. C. T. U. Convention at Chicago in
1893; and the Third Biennial Convention held in London in 1895,
at which time she made a tour of Europe. She has been trustee of
the Mercy Home in Manchester since its establishment.
Being
blessed with robust health, she has been enabled to accomplish
a great deal in her domestic life which is her chief delight.
MRS. K. P. BROWN.
��OTH paternal and maternal grandsires of Emily Allen Bruce, Rev.
were among the early
settlers of Wolfeborough, N. H. Here she was born and received her
early education, becoming proficient in French and Latin, as well as
the higher English branches. While yet very young, through the in
fluence of her elder brother, then a student in Harvard Theological
school, she was appointed teacher in the Dudley school, Roxbury,
where she taught until her marriage with George E. Bruce in 1866.
Five prosperous and happy years followed, during which two beautiful
boys came to perfect the home. Two years later Mrs. Bruce was
childless and a widow ; and the great Boston fire of 1872 had destroyed
her husband's flourishing business. Happiness being denied her, she
resolved to be useful, to fill her life with intense activity. To this end
she received into her family a number of young people of literary and
artistic tastes, and made for them a veritable home : took up the study
of the German language, drawing, and painting, pursuing these studies
with undiminished zeal until 1881, when, feeling that still greater use
fulness was possible to her, she resolved to study medicine, and the
same year entered Boston University School of Medicine, from which
she graduated with honors in June, 1884. A month later found her in
Paris, where, in hospitals, clinics, and medical lecture rooms, two most
busy and fruitful years were passed. Soon after her return home Dr.
Bruce settled in Boston and has since devoted herself with unabated
enthusiasm to her large and ever increasing practice. Possessing by
nature the instincts of the scholar and philanthropist, she has from
early life identified herself with scientific, literary, and charitable asso
ciations ; is at present member of the Educational and Industrial Union,
Associated Charities of Boston, New England Woman's Club, National
Society of Electrotherapeutists, Societi Francaise d'Electrotherapie,
and various other medical and non-medical organizations.
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��THE daughters of New Hampshire have had many worthy repre
sentatives among the verse-writers of America, none of whom
has manifested a deeper insight into nature and the human heart with
all its longing aspirations, or a closer touch with the Infinite, than
Mary Helen Boodey, "the sweet singer of Laconia," whose life song
ended here, on the twenty-ninth day of April, 1880, but the pure,
spiritual beauty of whose verse will touch the heart of the reader for
many a year to come. Miss Boodey was born in Dover, December 11,
1847, and subsequently resided in Alton, but passed the greater por
tion of her life in Laconia, where her father, the late Jacob P. Boodey,
whose death preceded hers but a few weeks, was many years register
of deeds for the county of Belknap. Her poems, written at intervals
from her fifteenth year till the close of her life, appeared in various
publications in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, the first in the
Boston Home Journal. The later productions of her pen, both in
verse and prose, were presented through Ballou's Monthly, of which
she was an assistant editor from 1871 until compelled to retire from ill
health. Although a strain of sadness often pervaded her verse, there
was also a deep well-spring of joy in her soul, the stirring of whose
waters by some tender emotion carried good cheer to other hearts,
while her trust in the Eternal was ever-abiding, as strikingly manifest
in the beautiful poem, "After I Die." Her sensitive nature was
burdened and oppressed by the sight and sound of the world"s harsh
experiences, which eventually crushed out her young life ; yet the
same chord which shuddered and trembled at the cry of pain was as
sensitive to the sweet note of the song-bird, and as easily attuned to
joy as to sadness. It is the hope of many that the scattered produc
tions of this sweet singers pen may yet be collected and preserved in
enduring form. No worthier contribution could be made to the per
manent literature of the state.
MARY HELEN BOOUEY.
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��MISS C. R. WENDELL has always resided in Dover, the place
of her birth. On the paternal side she is of Dutch ancestry,
her father, Daniel H. Wendell, Esq., being of the same stock as Wen
dell Phillips and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The Wendell family is
contemporaneous with the old Knickerbocker families of New York,
Evert Jansen Wendell, the original ancestor in this country, having
emigrated from Holland and settled in Albany about 1640. Her
mother, who was a woman of remarkable strength of character, was
descended from the English family of Jennings. In early womanhood,
Miss Wendell's life was heavily shadowed by the death of an only
brother and sister. The former was a prominent surgeon in the War
of the Rebellion, and died a few years after its close from the over
work and exposure of army life. Inheriting a strong love for benevo
lent and reform movements, Miss Wendell's life has been a busy one.
She is a woman of strong individuality and progressive thought, pos
sessing keen perception and fine executive ability, combined with quick
sympathy, broad charity, and a consecrated spirit. For thirteen years
she was corresponding secretary of the New Hampshire Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, and devoted herself with untiring zeal to
the work of the organization, much of its steady and successful growth
being due to her efforts. She was chiefly instrumental in securing the
passage of the Scientific Temperance School law and has labored earn
estly for its enforcement. In 1892 she was elected state president which
position she still holds ; and she is also president of the trustees of
the W. C. T. U. Mercy Home for girls at East Manchester. Miss
Wendell is an active member of other philanthropic societies, a thor
ough believer in equal suffrage and always ready to aid any cause that
has for its object not only the advancement of her sex but the better
ment of humanity.
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CAROLINE R. WENDELL.
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��MRS. FRANCES B. SANBORN, one of the most scholarly,
cultured, and intellectual of the daughters of New Hampshire,
was born in Littleton, November 15, 1 841 . From her parents, Henry
Adams Bellows, late chief justice of the supreme court of the state, and
Katherine Walley Bellows, the daughter inherited an estate in literary
and intellectual gifts, in refinement of character and taste, in a sympa
thetic nature, and delicacy of moral perception. Her father removed
to Concord in 1850, and Mrs. Sanborn attended the public schools in
that city. In 1861 she entered the sophomore class of Antioch Col
lege, Ohio, of which her uncle, the late Thomas Hill, D. D., was
president. Under his instruction she went through the course of study,
and made up the work of four terms in one, and graduated in 1863.
In 1872 she was married to Hon. Chas. P. Sanborn, a brilliant lawyer,
once speaker of the house of representatives, and identified with the
political interests of the state. Mr. Sanborn died in 1888, leaving
three children. With an indomitable will, with wide learning, and an
extraordinary gift at inspiring the love of learning in others, and a
happy facility of imparting knowledge from her own abundant stores,
Mrs. Sanborn has for fifteen years conducted a private school in Con
cord, given instruction to private pupils, and carried on classes for
ladies in history, literature, and art. Her classes have represented the
best culture in the city, and her personal influence has been far-reaching
for good. In 1894 she began giving talks on subjects of literary, his
torical, and social interest in Concord, Keene, Franklin, Manchester,
and other places. These talks grew out of a demand, consequent on
her success with her classes for ladies, and now meet with steadily in
creasing appreciation.
FRANCES 1i. SANBORN.
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��ELLEN THOMAS LIBBEY, daughter of Henry and Eveline
Thomas, was born at Littleton, September, 1843. From girl
hood she was possessed of rare common sense, —a gift heaven born.
She also combined that gentleness and strength of character which go
to make up our finest women. For some years she was a teacher in
the public schools of Whitefield, where she met, and. in 1865, married
Mr. Henry C. Libbey of that town, who is extensively known as one
of the foremost lumber merchants of the state. In 1890 they came
to Lisbon, where they now reside. Their home is one of the finest
residences in New Hampshire. Mrs. Libbey has been actively
engaged in the work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
and at the present time she occupies the position of trustee of the
"Mercy Home," in Manchester. Her generous giving of time and
money for the uplifting of humanity, has endeared her to the affec
tions of many a lowly, suffering soul. She has travelled extensively
in her own country, and many of her friends have listened with pleas
ure to her description of Yellowstone Park. Pike's Peak, and other
places, as seen by her during a recent extended journey through the
West. Mrs. Libbey is seen at her best in her own home, where she
presides with rare gentleness and dignity. Those who have shared
her hospitality, and felt there the tender warmth of her genial nature,
realize best the true woman she is. Her marriage has been blessed
with four children—Mrs. Blanche Langford of Littleton, Herman
Libbey of the same town, Miss Grace, a student in Tilton Seminary,
and Miss Ethel, who is still at home.
MRS. HENRY C. LI BUY
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��FEW lives have been deeper and stronger in reform and philan
thropic work than Urania E. (Brackett) Bowers. She was born
in Amherst, Mass., September 13, 1835, the daughter of Charles and
Lucy Brackett. Her ancestors came from Scotland, and settled in
North Haven, Conn. John Brackett, her grandfather, was for six
years in the Revolutionary war, and was at Saratoga when Burgoyne
was taken. Mrs. Bowers's youth was passed in Holyoke, and her early
education received in the public schools of that city. Later she entered
Williston Seminary at Easthampton, residing in the family of Hon.
Payson Williston, a relative by marriage. Desirous of becoming a
teacher, she entered the Normal school at Westfield. Her success in
teaching in the Holyoke public schools proved the wisdom of her
choice. In 1858 she was married to Dr. George Bowers of Nashua, a
man who stood high in his profession, and whose noble principles
made him a wise counsellor and assistant in all her work for humanity.
Mrs. Bowers is one of the most active women of Nashua in the ad
vancement of morality and religion. She was president of the
W. C. T. U. of Nashua for five years, and was successful in establish
ing a reading-room for young women. It was largely through her
efforts that a matron was secured on the police force. She went be
fore both branches of the city government to present the necessity of
such an appointment. She has been superintendent of the literature
department in the state W. C. T. U. for three years, and local seven
years, and was delegate to the Chicago World's Fair convention as a
representative of the county of Hillsboro. As a church member she
is active, serving for several years as deaconess on the board of
stewards in Pilgrim church. Her firm adherence to principle and de
termination to do what is right have made her successful in all her efforts
for character-building. Her only child. Dr. G. A. Bowers, is a graduate
of a university in Pennsylvania, and a successful dentist in Nashua.
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��MRS. MIRANDA TULLOCH, daughter of Ahira and Eliza
beth Pillsbury Barney, was born in Grafton, December 18,
1835. Her great-great-grandfather, Aaron Barney, with five others,
bought the entire township of Grafton ; and her grandfather. Jacob
Barney, was the first child born in the place. Her great-great-grand
father, Edward Evans of Salisbury, was a graduate of Oxford Univer
sity, England, and a distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War.
His commission as Adjutant, 2d Reg., N. H. Militia, is dated July 18,
1777, and signed by Meshech Weare, President of the State Council,
at Exeter. Miss Barney studied at the Fisherville, Andover, and Ca
naan academies, and finished at Sainte Marie, Canada. She was mar
ried to Charles R. Swain of Belmont, who died in 1862. In 1863 she
went to Washington in the service of the New Hampshire Soldiers'
Aid Association, and labored earnestly until the close of the war.
She married in 1866 Hon. Thomas L. Tulloch of Portsmouth, one
of the most prominent citizens of her native state, and continued to
reside in Washington, where her husband held prominent government
positions. Mr. Tulloch died in 1883, and their child. Henry V.
Tulloch, is now a student at Princeton University. Mrs. Tulloch
passes her winters in her pleasant home in Washington, and her
summers in travel, of which she is very fond. She has been several
years President of the Ladies' Aid Association of the Metropolitan
M. E. Church, of which she is a member; President of the District
Home Missionary Society ; officially connected with the Garfield Me
morial Hospital ; Deaconess, Home and Sibley Hospital ; Children's
Hospital: Training School for Nurses; Woman's Christian Associa
tion ; Old People's Home : Foreign Missionary Society, etc. ; Vicepresident-General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and
an active member of the Anthropological Societies. Mrs. Tulloch is
a woman of strong character and marked executive abilities.
MRS. THOMAS L. TULLOCH.
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�CLARA AUGUSTA JONES was born in Farmington, N. H.,
within a half mile of the childhood's home of the late Vice-Presi
dent Henry Wilson, and was the daughter of Jeremiah Jones, and his
wife, Tamson Roberts. Her grandmother on her father's side was the
accomplished daughter of Col. Crane, an officer in the British army,
and a lineal descendant of Henry, Earl of Surry. Her maternal
grandfather served in the Revolution and at the close of the war walked
home from Charleston, S. C.. barefooted, with a handful of worthless
Continental money to recompense him for long years of hard and
perilous service. Clara Augusta was the child of her father's old age,
and a very precocious child, as well. Her first published article ap
peared when she was but thirteen years of age. and since that time she
has written continuously, for newspapers, magazines, and periodicals
without number. Perhaps her best known articles are the "Kate
Thorn " papers and essays, which have been copied widely, as well as
translated into several languages for use in foreign periodicals. The
Lippincotts of Philadelphia published a volume of her poems some
years ago, and she is the author of several humorous books, the most
noted of which is "The Adventures of a Bashful Bachelor." Nearly
eighteen years ago she was married to Mr. Elbridge S. Trask, and
resides in Framingham Centre, Mass., in one of the old historic
mansions of that charming suburban town. Mrs. Trask is a member
of the New England Woman's Press Association, of the Daughters of
New Hampshire, of the Gen. J. G. Foster W. R. C., of the Framingham Woman's Club, and a well-known worker in the order of the
Patrons of Husbandry. She is still in the literary harness, and finds
herself often pressed for time to meet her numerous engagements.
CLARA AUGUSTA TRASK.
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��MRS. L. M. DUNN was born in Pembroke, daughter of Joel
and Lois (Morgan) Fife. Her father had a remarkable tenor
voice, and led the choir in his native town for thirty years. From him
she inherited her great musical gift, possessing a grand soprano voice,
which musicians will readily recall. At ten years of age she stood
beside her father in church and carried the soprano, and at fourteen
was one of the leading sopranos in Dr. Bouton's church in Concord.
During ex-President Bartlett's ministry at the Franklin Street church,
Manchester, she was the soprano for a term of years, and subsequently
at Church Green, Dr. Dewey's in Boston. She inherited from her
mother literary and artistic tastes, and received diplomas for crayon
work in three states. She studied with the most eminent vocal
teachers in this country, and spent two years abroad, investigating the
vocal methods there. The climax of her studies was with Madam
Cappiani, unquestionably the greatest teacher in this country, whose
instruction she enjoyed for three years. She has been twice married :
first, to George Bradley, a son of the late Hon. Richard Bradley of
Concord; and later, to Hon. James F. Dunn, of Galesburg, 111. This
was at the breaking out of the Civil War, and Mr. Dunn, being a per
sonal friend of Governor Yates, they were invited to go down to the
battlefield of Shiloh, immediately after the battle, and Mrs. Dunn was
the first woman on that field. She went as a guest of Governor Yates,
but the suffering of the wounded soldiers enlisted her sympathies to
such a degree that she nursed them during the passage up the river to
the hospitals. She was president of the Soldiers' Aid Society, and
her grand voice was heard weekly in entertainments to raise funds to
send supplies to the hospitals. Since the death of Mr. Dunn, she has
lived in Chicago, and is one of the noted vocal teachers in that great
western metropolis.
��THE daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Plumer Cilley, Mrs.
Waldron, was born in her father's pastorate in Manchester.
Early removal to Boston, Mass., caused her to be educated almost
wholly in that city, through schools, private tutors, and the paternal
study full of books. To descent from the well known Plumers and
Cilleys, she adds that from Frosts, Sherburnes, and Pepperells of colo
nial note, through her mother, formerly Miss A. A. Haines, a favorite
preceptress in the Parsonsfield, Me., and Strafford Academies. She is
a charter member of the D. A. R., a state officer of the YV. C. T. U.,
belongs to the club of N. H. D., the N. E. W . P. A., and the Pascataqua Congregational Club. Her marriage to John Waldron, Esq.,
of Farmington, took place in 1871, and of their two daughters the
elder, Adelaide Cecil, survives. Since her first poem appeared, in
Lippincott's Magazine, while she lived in North Carolina, her work has
been printed in many periodicals, from Harper's Magazine to first-class
daily papers, and by publishers of holiday books. Mrs. Waldron,
lacking the aggressiveness of many less gifted, is a woman of unusual
abilities and most versatile talent, writing well always, whether in verse
for special occasion, a hymn, a strong sonnet, a story for children, let
ters for newspapers, or articles carefully compiled for educational and
historical journals. She craves the best in everything, —music, art,
literature, life,—yet never refuses tasks incident to a country home.
With a splendid ancestry of gallant soldiers, her record is the brav
est of them all, for with the exquisitely sensitive temperament of a true
poet and accomplished musician, yet handicapped in many ways, she
battles patiently where others would lose courage. Full of kindly
thoughts and gentle humor, sincere to the core, a working club wo
man, a faithful friend, as a writer never lowering her standard for
popularity or pay, true always to her highest ideals, she is an honor to
New Hampshire, and a constant delight to those who know her best.
ADELAIDE CILLEY WALDRON.
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��WOMAN'S superior capacity for imparting instruction to the
young, or stimulating the \outhful mind in the search for
knowledge, has long been recognized, and women have been more
generally employed than men as teachers in our public schools, But
woman's capacity for administration, whether in school management or
otherwise, has not been so generally conceded. A female member of a
board of education was an anomaly but a few years ago, and the selec
tion of a woman for superintendent of schools, in any large town or city,
would have occasioned universal surprise. One of the first women in
the gauntry to occupy the latter position was Mrs. Luella M. Wilson, a
native of New Hampshire, then of Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Wilson
was born in Lyman, daughter of William and Maria (Stephens) Little.
She was educated in Providence, R. 1., and at the Methodist Semi
nary and Female College at Newbury, Vt. She commenced teaching
at an early age, being engaged in country schools in northern New
Hampshire and Vermont. In November, 1866, she married Dr.
Adams B. Wilson, of Bradford, Vt., who settled in Littleton. Three
years later he died, and Mrs. Wilson removed to Des Moines, where
she engaged as a teacher in the public schools, Her first position was
in the primary grade, but her marked ability was soon recognized and
she was rapidly advanced till she became principal in the Irving build
ing, and demonstrated such capacity for school management that she
was soon made superintendent of the city schools, a position which she
filled with great success until June, 1889, when she resigned to spend
a year in travel and study in Europe. Returning to America in 1890,
she located in Chicago, where she established, and still conducts, the
Stesiin school, a first-class private boarding and day school for young
ladies, at 4106 Drexel Boulevard. Mrs. Wilson is a member of the
Illinois Woman's Press Club, and has written extensively for the press
on educational and miscellaneous topics.
LUELLA M. WILSON.
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��CLARA LOUISE WASON was born in New Boston, and was the
only daughter of Sydney and Louisa (Trull) Hills. Her early
education was obtained in the country district schools, and was supple
mented by a course at Appleton academy. New Ipswich. When a
school girl she developed a taste for music, and after leaving the
academy she was a student of music at the New England Conservatory
in Boston, and became an excellent singer. In September, 1863, she
married Hon. George A. Wason, and lived upon a farm in her native
town until 1885, when she and her husband removed to Nashua, where
they have since resided. For four years Mrs. Wason was Ceres of the
New Hampshire State Grange, and has always been a devoted and con
scientious worker in this order, and many religious and missionary
societies. She is a woman of culture, and possesses rare foresight
into the future, keenly observing the problems of the day, and doing
whatever she undertakes with vigor and dispatch. Her life has been
one of activity, and her influence for the right. Her example and
accomplishments may well be pointed out as the achievement of a selfmade woman, She has three sons : Edward H. Wason, a well-known
lawyer in Nashua; George B., one of the firm of Wason, Pierce & Co.,
Boston, Mass., and Robert S.,a student in the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Boston.
MRS. GEORGE A. WASON.
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��FRANCINA
THE woman who, under the adverse conditions of restricted
country life, resolutely determines to make the most of the
powers with which she is endowed, and labors persistently to that end,
despite all obstacles, is entitled to greater credit than many who, under
favoring conditions, win fame and distinction. Francina D. Smith,
born in Springfield, December 13, 1844, was one of eight children of
William P. and K. Maria Spooner Smith. Ambitious for an educa
tion, endowed with a musical nature which she longed to cultivate,
though encouraged by a kind father and true and loving mother, she
had to depend mainly upon her own efforts. While aiding her parents
largely, both in the house and on the farm, she made the best of the
limited advantages of the town school, often walking miles to attend
the same. At sixteen she commenced teaching, and in seven years had
taught eighteen terms, meanwhile securing for herself the benefit of a
few terms' attendance at Colby Academy. During one term, while
teaching, she walked three miles every Saturday to take a music lesson,
practicing all day. Another term, while " boarding 'round,'' she hired
an instrument, moving it from place to place and practicing all her
leisure time. At twenty-three she married Rufus Hall of Grantham,
receiving an organ as her husband's wedding gift, which was afterwards
exchanged for a piano. When thirty-five, and the mother of three
children, she took her first and only term of piano lessons, to secure
which she drove ten miles to meet the class, the teacher coming an
equal distance. When eleven years old, Mrs. Hall was a singer in the
choir, and for more than twenty years has been organist in the M. E.
Church at Grantham, and teacher in the Sunday-school, and for three
years superintendent. She is the mother of four children, whom
she has taught music, and has given lessons to others for many years.
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A 249 page collection of indexed portraits & bios, from various NH women, from different walks of life, from the late 1800's. This collection contains many women from Farmington NH.
They are: page 133-Winnifred Helen Berry, page 141-Mrs. Evannah S. Price, page 167-Martha A. Hayes Safford, page 171-Lucy A. Ricker Small, page 239-Clara Augusta Trask, page 243- Adelaide Cilley Waldron
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PUDDLEDOCK
F A R M I N G T O N N.H
�INTRODUCTION
HERE I S YOUR COPY OF A CONCISE, PERTINENT, EASILY READ
xlEFERSNCE V/ITH INTE.ffi3TING INFORMATION ABOUT ONE OF NEW HAMPSHIRES
FINEST CaiMUNITIES
FARMINGTON.
THIS PAMPHLET HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
M^ESH-IAN CIVICS CLASSES, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THEIR INSTRUCTOR,
MR.
THOMAS J . WATMAN. THIS PAMPHLET WAS
FIRST PUBLISHED IN
I961
BY THE SAME GROUP IN A MIMEOGRAPHED VERSION, ENTITLED "YOUR'Ta^/N".
THIS PAI-IPHLET WAS
N.
PRIOTED BY FCoTKR'S PRESS OF FARI-IINGTON,
Since i t s settlement i n 1770 by English c o l o n i s t s , Farmington, formerly c a l l e d Puddledock, has been known f o r i t s
f r i e n d l y atmosphere. I n t h i s pictufesque town of four thousand
persons one can f i n d contentment, b e a u t i f u l scenery, and grand
old homes of another e r a .
Nestled i n a vailley between two l o v e l y r i d g e s , t h i s peacef u l t o ^ s h i p was formed from the expanses of land between Lacon i a and Dover, O r i g i n a l l y the northwest sector of Rochester,
Farmington gained i t s freedom i n 1798, f i f t e e n years a f t e r i t
petitioned for t h i s
right.
Located about midway between the ocean and the l a k e and
mountain regions, Puddledoctc serves as a passageway from both
the north and the south to these scenic wonders.
H.
Farmington has had i t s share of great men, too, Heniy
Wilson, Vice-President under Ulyssess S. Grant, was be -n here
i n 1812.
Martin Luther Hayes, f i r s t of New Hampshire's t r u l y
s u c c e s s f u l shoe i n d u s t r i a l i s t s , was bom here i n l837 and Henry
C l i n t o n F a l l and Raymond P e a l , both noted s c i e n t i s t s originated
from t h i s v i l l a g e ,
Puddledock does not l a c k f o r c u l t u r a l enlightenment.
The
H i s t o r i c a l Society, D.A.R., C.A.R., the f a c i l i t i e s of the Goodwin Memorial L i b r a r y and the e x h i b i t s of the S c h u l l e r Museum of
Medieval Armor provide e x c e l l e n t opportunities f o r c u l t u r a l
advancement. Siammer theatres'are i n near reach as are the f a c i l
i t i e s of the U n i v e r s i t y of New Hampshire.
Farmington's schools and teachers are among the best i n the
s t a t e . The newly b u i l t high school i s t r u l y one of the best i n
the area and the Burtman-Rondeau Gymnasium one of the f i n e s t i n
the Seacoast area.
PRINTED BY THE FOSTER PRESS, FARMINGTON, N.
H.
Municipal Farmington a f f a i r s are directed by a board of
three selectmenj while the schools, using the eight year-four
year system, are under the power of the three man school board.
Jictters concerning the entire town, such as municipal and school
budgets are taken care of i n the most democratic way, through
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�town meetings, vjhere a l l c i t i z e n s may p a r t i c i p a t e i n the running
of the town.
Puddledock's f i n e water i s taken from a r t e s i a n wells that
service the e n t i r e town. The town also runs the Pine Grove
Cemetary, the sewage system, snow removal, road maintenance, and
refuge disposal systems.
A volunteer f i r e department ably keeps a l l loses by f i r e to
a minimum and an a l e r t p o l i c e force protects the c i t i z e n s i n t e r ests and property.
A f i n e , healthy atmosphere, b e a u t i f u l scenery, e x c e l l e n t
job opportunities, high q u a l i t y schools, many f r i e n d l y s o c i a l
organizations, good r e c r e a t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s are found i n and
around our town of Farmington. What more could a'person want
and f i n d i n such a pleasing package.
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�GOVERNMENTAL SECTION
T W OFFICERS
ON
SELECTMEN:
C a r r o l l Kimball
1963
—755-2293
Clifford Tattrie—196U755-6691
Frank Lord
1965
755-6391
TREASURER:
RufUs Randlett
1963755-8571
T W CLERK:
ON
Bertha P e l l e t i e r 1963
755-8861
T W TAX COLLECTOR
ON
Bertha P e l l e t i e r — 1 9 6 3
HEALTH OFFICER:
Carl Ganney
1963
ROAD AGENT:
Clifton Cilley
1963
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE
Robert Drew1963
George Oilman
1963
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief of Police
Carl Worster
1963—
Assistant Chief of Police
Joseph Vachon
^ 16
—9 3
755-8861
755-6322
—755-8301
—755-81i71
755-2283
755-2231
755-U621
755-2865
MODERATOR:
Eugene Nute
AUDITORS:
Arthur Webster
Barbara Jenness
TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS:
Robert Hunt
Francis Ifooney
James Thayer
POSTMASTER
Carl Blanchard
—^—>_755^621
^^-4
755-2222
_
FIRE CHIEF
Marshall Gibbs
QIGINEERS
Marshall Gibbs
C a r l WorSter
Melvin Eaton
•
—755-2222
�GOVERNMENTAL SECTION
GOVERNMENTAL SECTION
SCHOOL DISTRICT:
MimicIPAL COURT:
Presiding Justicej Eugene Nute
Meets:
Friday Nights
Where:
Court Roran—Police Station—Town Hall
Time:
7:00 ?J^.
LIBRARY:
Librarian: Mrs. Kathleen Deliver
Hours: Afternoon—
Evening
Monday 2-5
7-9
Wednesday 12-1 2-5
7-9
Friday
7-9
Saturday
2-5
7-9
School Board
-755-ii591
Meets:
Time:
Place:
1965
755-67lil
755-22U2
Alex Haskell
Roger Nutter
Beulah Thayer
196U
1963
F i r s t Tuesday of Every Month
7:00 P.M.
Farmington High School
Superintendent of Schools:
Ramon Martineau
755-9lill
High School;
P r i n c i p a l : Donald Drake-Memorial Drive-755-9311
School Nurse: Rachael Feeney
same
Athletic Director: Stanley Towle
same
POLITICAL PARTIES:
DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
City Chairman:
Telephone:
REPUBLICAN PARTY:
City Chairman:
Telephone:
Main Street School:
P r i n c i p a l : David Roberts
No. Main St.—755-608l
Robert Hoage
755-61i5l
Clifford Tattrie
755-6691
CIVIL DEFENSE:
Director: Eugene Nute
In case of a t t a c k — l i s t e n to C0NELRAD~6U0 or 121*0
on your radio d i a l .
POST OFFICE HOURS:
Windows: 8A.M.—6P.M.
Until noon on Saturday
Lobby:
Open a l l day Saturday
HOLIDAYS
January 1
February 22
April 2
May 30
July U
September k
October 12
November 11
November 23
December 25
Sew Tears Day
Washington's Birthday
Easter Sunday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
SPACE I S PROVIDED FOR OTHHl DATES OF
IMPORTANCE TO TOU
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�GOVERNMENTAL SECTION
EDITORIALS
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Sehedale o f Hlpih School Marking P e r i o d s
F i r s t termj
Second t e r a ;
Third teraj
Fourth termj
F i f t h term;
Sixth teraj
Septeniber 5- October 19
Report Cards October 26
October 22- ilbvember 30
Report Cards December 7
Deceniber 3 - January 18
Report Cards January 25
January 21 - March 8
Report Cards March 15
March 1 1 - A p r i l 19
Report Cards May 2
A p r i l 29 - June Ik
Report Cards June lU
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
September U-Teachers
meeting
October 12-Columbus Day
October 26-NHEA Convention
November 22
to Thanksgiving
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Fall temj
starts-Sept 5
ends -Dec 20
Winter term:
starts-Jan 2
ends -Feb 15
S p r i n g term:
s t a r t s - F e b 25
ends - A p r i l 19
L a s t term:
s t a r t s - A p r i l 29
ends
iune 2 1
Deceniber 21
to Christmas
Jan 1
20
April
to Spring
28 V a c a t i o n
30 Memorial Day
May
T h i s calendar i s s u b j e c t t o changes authorized by your
School Board, S t a t e Department o f Education, o r when school
i s c a l l e d o f f because o f dangerous storms or emergencies.
The minimum l e g a l requirement i s 180 days. T h i s calendar
a l l o w s 6 days f o r emergencies.
No school n o t i f i c a t i o n w i l l be b r o a d c a s t from r e g i o n a l
radio stations.
I n presenting t h i s pamphlet we the Farmington C i v i d s
c l a s s e s , f e e l t h a t we have demonstrated what a coraraunity
e f f o r t by townspeople and students a l i k e can acconplish
when d i r e c t e d toward a common g o a l .
We would l i k e t o express our gratitude t o the many
businessmen, p r o f e s s i o n a l persons and organizations whose
i n v a l u a b l e help and f i n a n c i a l a s s i s t a n c e enabled u s t o
p u b l i s h t h i s booklet boosting Farmington.
Our s p e c i a l thanks go t o Mr, Louis F o s t e r , of F o s t e r s
P r e s s , who printed t h i s pamphlet. Without h i s aid we would
have been tinable to s u c c e s s f u l l y con^lete t h i s p r o j e c t .
We, the members o f the Freshman C i v i c s c l a s s , are
sponsoring t h i s pamphlet i n the hopes t h a t through i t the
townspeople w i l l take an even greater i n t e r e s t i n Fanaington
and the happenings of t h e i r town.
As you probably know, the main purpose of our C i v i c s
c l a s s i s t o b u i l d good c i t i z e n s h i p and t o f o s t e r a f u l l
appreciation and understsk^ding o f our government, both l o c a l ,
s t a t e , and f e d e r a l . By means of t h i s booklet we are working
toward t h i s goal i n what we f e e l i s both an i n t e r e s t i n g and
revTarding manner. We have enjoyed preparing t h i s pamphlet
and hope t h a t you w i l l f i n d i t u s e f u l i n the year ahead.
•JttKHHHHHt
A l l our r e s p o n s i M l i t i e s , both c i v i c and moral, a r e
based on one thing, the Golden Rule,
I n e l e c t i o n s we observe t h i s by r e g i s t e r i n g and voting
and by helping t o put into o f f i c e persons who w i l l run our
government i n a worthy manner.
By not being a l i t t e r b u g we keep our country b e a u t i f u l
f o r o t h e r s . By paying taxes we provide the means f o r our
c h i l d r e n to become worthy guardians of our American t r a d i t i o n s .
Above a l l , we must s e t the proper example f o r each other,
"Doing unto others as you would have them do unto you" i s a
motto which we should a l l s t r i v e to put i n t o everyday use.
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�FARICTNGTON FIRE ALARM AND EMERGENCY SIGNALS
T e l . 755-2222
T e l . 755-2231
Fire Station
Police Department
I n s t r u c t i o n s : To blow the f i r e alarm p u l l down white door, p u l l
hook way down, and then l e t go.
5
6
l6
21
23
2k
25
26
31
32
3k
7*
35
36
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k3
Ul3
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52
53
61
62
63
12
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2
22
IS^
Fire Station
Congregational Church
Library
Chestnut & C e n t r a l
Catholic Church
Perkins Ave.
High & Maple
Central & High
Pleasant & Summer
Union & Church
Spring & Memorial Dr.
Provinces
Spring, near bridge
End of Spring
Main, Edgerly Park
Orange & School
On Square, or Bank
Main & Winter
Upper North Main
So. Main, High School
Near Mooney's M i l l
Mooney's M i l l
Peavey H i l l
Pine K n o l l Section
E. Grove & Lone S t a r
Bunker & Mt. Pleasant
Lone Star & KLm
L i n c o l n & Glen
Glen & B l a i n e
Charles & West Milton Rd,
Brush F i r e
Qnergency
Strokes, A l l out
No School, 7:30 A. M.
End of Elm S t r e e t
• I n d i c a t e s No Boxes at these l o c a t i o n s ~ C a n be sounded a t s t a t i o n
*
CIVIL DEFENSE AIR RAID ALERT SIGNALS
Repeated B l a s t s on Whistle and S i r e n j
A l l Clear, 2 B l a s t s
aSGISTER TO VOTE
BE A GOOD CITIZEN = — VOTB
SUPPORT THE PARTY OF YOUR CHOICE
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�ORGANIZATIONS
CHURCH DIRECTORY
American Legion
F r e d r i c k Sabine
1st & 3rd Tues. -
7:30
American Legion
Auxiliary
Leona E l l i o t
2nd & Uth Tues.
C. A. R.
Farmington F i s h and
Game Club
Nicholas Servetas
1 s t Tuesday
Club House
Mrs. F r o i d
Library
F r a n c i s Shulte
S t . Peters H a l l
Ladies A i d
Farmington & New
Durham H i s t o r i c a l
Society
E l s i e Hart
Congregational
Church
I r e n e Wentworth
1 s t F r i . or S a t .
Library
Masons
Carolyn Canney
D. A. R.
Knights of A l t a r
Farmington Womens
Club
Beulah Thayer
Friday Afternoon
Library
Dukes
500 Boys Club
Walter C. Greeley
1st Wednesday
no meetings J u l y
6 Aug.
Masonic H a l l
Odd Fellows
Moses Worster
Odd Fellows H a l l
Don Place
Eastern Star
B e m i c e Card
2nd Tuesday
Bud T h e r r i e n
l a s t Tuesday
F i r e House
Meaderboro Rd.
m Club
Extension Group
Nancy Servetas
3rd Thursday
High School
Pauline Scruton
1st Monday
Community House
Grange
Farmington Businessmens
Association
Monroe Reed
Kiwannis
G. Champagne
every other Mon.
Grange H a l l
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Audrey King—Thursday—^Wagon Wheel
P i l g r i m Fellowship
Arthur Zins
Congregational
Church
RainbovT G i r l s
Mary Lord
2nd & Uth Thurs.
7 P. M. Masonic H a l l
A. P. T.
Enid D i P r i z i o
L a s t Tues, of moni
7:30 - High
School
ADVENT CHRISTIAN - Farmington - Rev. Charles D. Ransom
38 Orange S t . - 755-22li5
10:00 A. M. Sunday School 11:00 A. M. Horning Service
11:30 A. M. Junior Church 5:30 P. M. Youth Fellowship
7:00 P. M. Evening Worship Service
7:00 P. M. Wednesday Prayer Service
FARMINGTON PENTECOSTAL - Farmington - John H. Sindorf
Elm S t r e e t 9:16 A. M. Sunday School 11:00 A. M. Morning Worship
7:30 P. M. F^vening Service
7:30 P. M. Tuesday Prayer Meeting
7:30 P. M. Friday Bible Study
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - Farmington - Rev. Robert M. Carlen
9:U5
5:ii5
6:30
7:00
A. M. Sunday School 11:00 A. M. Morning Service
P. M. Young Peoples 7:00 P. M. Gospel Hour
P. 11. Tuesday - Men's Fellowship
P. M. Wednesday - VJomen's Fellowship
FIRST CdJGREGATIONAL - Farmington - Rev. Joseph Simone
Main S t r e e t - 755-2215
9:30 A. M. Sunday School Ages 6 through 18
11:00 A. M. S\mday School Nursery through age 5
11:00 A. M. Worship Service
6:30 P. M. P i l g r i m Fellowship
MDDLETON GOSPEL CHAPEL - Uel Gardner
Iliddleton
10:00 A. M. STinday B i b l e School
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship
7:00 P. M. Evening Gospel Service
ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC - Rev. Arthur J . Dufour,,S. T. L.
90 Central S t . — 755-2280
Sunday Masses - 8, 9:30,11
Benediction of Blessed Sacrament - Sunday 1|:00
Weekday masses at 7 A. M.
Saturday Morning Mass a t 7:30 A. M.
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��BUSINESS DIRECTORY
B U S I N E S S
D I R E C T O R Y
of
FARI'-IINGTON, JiI?,"J HAJ^IPSHIRE
Within the following pages you w i l l f i n d as complete a
directory of the businessmen and women engaged i n serving the
people of Farmington as we could possibly gather. Included i n
the Directory are the names, addresses, telephone ntmbers, and
hours of the businessmen of Farmington and v i c i n i t y . 1-Jithout
the f i n a n c i a l assistance of these people t h i s pamphlet would not
have been possible, Vie c e r t a i n l y hope that you w i l l support the
future growth of Farmington-by consulting t h i s directory'whenever you do your shopping. I t should be noted that most stores
are closed on Wednesday afternoons and are open t i l l 9 P. K, on
Friday evenings. I-Jhere i n d i v i d u a l businessmen could not be
reached information was gathered from other sources. Although
we have attempted to make t h i s pamphlet as accurate as possible
we r e a l i z e the p o s s i b i l i t y of error and express our apologies
f o r any e r r o r s which may appear.
ALUMINUM WINDOWS & DOORS:
Bruce Roberts—10 S i l v e r S t . Roch. 332-1378—On G a l l
ANTIQUES:
Ridgeway Antiques—Ridge Road—On G a l l
Trading Post—Mechanic St.—755-U391
APARTMENTS:
Browning Rooms—North Main S t .
C a r l Canney—1 Charles St.—755-6322
Gray's Apartments—North Main St.—755-8583
Wilbrod L a j o i e — 1 9 Central St.—755-8381
The Schulte Apartments—18 C e n t r a l St.—755-U773,
Cornelius S u l l i v a n — 5 0 South Main St.—755-9781
Rest Awhile Inn—2U C e n t r a l S t .
ARTESIAN WELLS:
Alton R. M a s k e l l — 8 G a r f i e l d St.—755-8501—On C a l l
ASPHALT:
Mn. V i c k e r s & Sons Inc.—^Rochester Rd.—On C a l l
AUCTIONEER:
Edward Burbank—755-222U—On C a l l
George M i c h a e l s — S u n s e t V i l l a g e — R o c h e s t e r — 3 3 2 - 9 7 6 8
Adam P e r k i n s — 3 3 Winter St.—755-2228—On C a l l
BANKS:
Farmington F i r s t National B a n k — C e n t r a l S t r e e t
755-2755—9 A.M. to' 2 P.M. Friday k P.M. t o 5 P.M.
BUILDING & LOAN:
Farmington B u i l d i n g and Loan A s s o c i a t i o n
6 South Main St.—755-9291—8 A.M. to 5 P.M.
BARBER SHOPS:
Rundlett'.s Barber Shop—Main S t . — A . M . zo 6 P.M.
White's Barber Shop—Main-St.—8 A.M. to 6 P.M^
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BUILDING
Harry
Bruce
Jerry
CONTRACTORS:
Knox—106 No. Main St.—755-2232—7 A.M. to h P.M.
Roberts—10 S i l v e r St.—Roch,—332-1378—On C a l l
S t e w a r t — 7 G a r f i e l d St.—755-6382—7 A.M. t o 5 P.M.
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�BUSINESS DIRECTORY
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
David Q. Towle—36 C e n t r a l St.—755-6681—On C a l l
CABINET MAKERS:
Bruce Roberts—10 S i l v e r St.—Rochester—332-1378—On C a l l
J e r r y S t e w a r t — 7 G a r f i e l d S t . — 755-6382—7 A.M. t o 5 P.M.
CATTLE D E A L ^
Robert Drew—Town—755-8U71~2U Hrs. a day
Laverdiere—10 Rod Rd.—Rochester—332-1790—On C a l l
CLOTHING (CHILDRENS):
Aikenb Dry Goods—Central Sq.—755-9511—9 A.M. t o 5:30 P.M.
CLOTHING (MEN & BOIS):
J.P. Hurd S t o r e — C e n t r a l Sq.—755-9232—8:30 A.M. t o 5:30 P.M.
Wed, Forenoon
F r i . 8:30 A.M. t o
9 P.M,
CLOTHING (WOMEN & GIRLS):
Aiken's Diy Goods—Central Sq,—755-9511—9 A.M. t o 5:30 P.M.
Arlene's Dress Shiip—9 No. Main St.—9:00.';A.M. to 5:30 P.M,
Ruth's Dress S h o p — C e n t r a l S t . — 1 0 A.M. t o 5s30 P.M.
F r i . 10 A.M. t o 9:00 P.M.
COAL:
D i c k i e ' s — 8 Winter St.—755-2259—On C a l l
CONSTRUCTION WORK:
A.J. Cameron
Central St.—755-9271—8 A.M. t o 5 P.M.
Ernest Cardinal—Bamstead—776-2566—On C a l l
Baerabn E l e c t r i c — N o . Main St.—755-U752—On C a l l
C a r l I d U j e d a h l — M o u n t a i n Rd.—West Milton—755-U25U
Wii. Vickers & Sons Inc.—^Rochester Rd.—On C a l l
DAIRI BARS:
Dot's Snalijk B a r — S p r i n g S t . — U P.M. to 10 P.M.
Wagon Wheel Dairy Bar—Henry Wilson Hgwy—10 A.M. t o 10 P.M.
DAIRI PRODUCTS:
Lavedier—10 Rod Rd—Rochester—332-1709—on
call
Great Elm Farm, Inc.—RFD3, Dover N.H.—332-5085—on c a l l
R. Klein—Meaderboro Rd.-Roch.—332-1*638—on c a l l
iScruton's Dairy—Meaderboro Rd.—Roch.—332-1130—on c a l l
DOUGHNUT SHOPS AND PASTRY:
Ann's Donut Shop—Mechanic S t . — 6 am to 6 pm
Gloria Berry—(Bread) Ul* Spring St.—755-6U5U—9 am to 6 pm
S t a r Lunch—So. Main St.—Evenings
Peggy's Homemade P a s t r i e s — 1 9 Tappan St.—755-95U2—Weekdays
12-7 F r i . 9-9 Sat. 9-6
DRY GOODS:
Aiken's Dry Goods
Central Sq.—755-9511—9 am to 5:30 pm
ELECTRONIC SALES:
Brooks E l e c t r i c a l Repair
Elm St.—755-U672—on c a l l
aaerson E l e c t r i c Con?)any
No. Main St.—755-U752—on c a l l
Harvey's Home Appliances
10 Grove St.—755-8783—8 am to 5 pm
Makley's
3 Winter S t . — o n . c a l l
Maple Leaf Maintenance
30 Maple St.—755-61U1—on c a l l
Peter's
Rochester Rd.—755-9981—on c a l l days
Wilkins Gas and E l e c t r i c , I n c .
Central St.—755-2233—6:30 am to 5:30 pm
FOOTWEAR:
J.P. Hurd Store
Central Sq.—755-9232—8:30 am to 5:30 forenoon
Wed, Fri.8:30 am to 9 pm
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FUNHIAL DIRECTORS:
Davenport Funeral Home—-16 Charles St.—755-8231—2!| hour
service
Peaslee Funeral Home—32 Central St.—755-8311—On C a l l
FUNERAL MONUMENTS:
Smalley, Daverio, & lyons. Inc.—755-61*91—or 332-3676—On
Call
GARBAGE COLLECTORS:
Jim R i l e y — B o x 552—Barnstead—776-2581*—On C a l l
GROCIRT STORES:
A & P—Main St.—Monday t o Wednesday 9 A.M. t o 6 P.M,
Thursday—8:30 A.M. t o 8 P.M.
F r i d a y — 8 : 3 0 A.M. t o 9 P.M.
Saturday—8:30 A.M. t o 6 P.M.
Central S t . Grocery—72 Central St.—755-2238—9 A.M. to
9 P.M.
C l i n e & Chasse—Spring St.—755-1*91*1—6 A.M. t o 11:1*5 P.M.
Eddie's V a r i e t y S t o r e — S o u t h Main S t . — 9 A.M. to 11 P.M.
F i r s t N a t i o n a l — I f e i n St.—Monday through T h u r s . — 9 A.M. to
6 P.M.—Friday—8:30 A.M. t o 9 P.M.—Saturday—8:30 A.M. to
6 P.M.
Gelinas Market—13 No. Main St.—755-8171—Monday through
Thurs. & S a t . — 8 A.M. t o 6 P.M.—Friday—8 A.M. to 9 P.M.
L a j o i e ' s Discount S t o r e — C e n t r a l S t . — 8 A.M. t o 8 P.M.
Midway Gas—Route 11—6 A.M. t o 9 P.M.
P e l l e t i e r ' s Wholesale Plus 10$g—No. Main St.—755-1*651
Monday to Wednesday—9 A.M. t o 6 P.M.
Thursday—9 A.M. t o 8 P.M.
F r i d a y — 9 A.M. t o 9 P.M.
S a t u r d a y — 9 A.M. t o 6 P.M.
Quality Market—8 Main St.—755-8321*—8 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Vamey's S t o r e — l l * No. Main St.—755-9911~Weekdays—7:30 A.>
to 9 P.M.—Sundays—9-12:30—1* P.M. t o 8 P.M.
W a l t ' s — l l * Spring St.—755-9031—7:30 A.M. to 11:00
P.M.
Wagon Wheel S t o r e — R o c h e s t e r Rd.—755-981*1—6 A.M. to 8 P.M.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
GUNS:
Charles Gun Shop—Charles St.—755-8226—Evenings, Sat. & Sim.
HAIRDRESSmS & BEAUTY SHOPS:
Breezeway Beauty Shop—70 Central St.—755-2286—On C a l l
Hideaway S a l o n — S p r i n g St.—755-2217—On C a l l , Closed Wed.
Joan's Beauty S a l o n — l l * Bunker St.—755-1*271—On C a l l
S t e l l a ' s Beauty Salon—Main S t . — 9 A.M. t o 9 P.M.
HARDWARE & HOUSEWARE:
Farmington Gas & Appliance Co.—28 North Main St.—755-1*191
8 A.M. t o 5 P.M.
Ray F o r t i e r , Central S t . — 9 : 3 0 A.M. t o 5:30 P.M. Closed Wed.
9 A.M. t o 9 P.M. on Friday
Harvey's Home A p p l i a n c e — 1 0 Grove St.—755-8783—8 A.M.-5 P.M.
Palmer's Hardware Co. I n c . — 6 So. Main St.—755-1*51*1 7:30 A.M.
to 5:30 P.M.
Wilkins Gas & E l e c t r i c Co. I n c . — C e n t r a l St.—755-2233—
6:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.
INSURANCE:
Farmington Insurance Agency—6 So. Main St.—755-9291—8 A.M.
to 5 P.M.
F r a n k l i n P. L i b e r t y I n s . I n c . — M a i n St.—755-61*21
P e l l e t i e r Insurance Agency—1*2 No. Main S t . — 9 A.M. t o 5 P.M.
755-8861 or 755-8863
Frances L. F e n n e l — 1 6 So. Main St.—755-6591—9 A.M. t o 5 P.M.
JEWELRY:
Ray F o r t i e r , C e n t r a l S t . — 9 : 3 0 A.M. t o 5:30 P.M. Closed Wed.
9 A.M. t o 9 P.M. on Fridays
KENNELS:
Cocheco K e n n e l s — l l * Church St.—755-6181—On C a l l
Shady Pine Kennels—Lone S t a r Ave.—On C a l l
LANDSCAPING & SOD:
A. J . Cameron—Central St.—755-9271—8 A.M. t o 5 P.M.
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LAUNDHT:
Laundromat—Central oq,—on c a l l
C u l l e n Cleaners I n c . — 8 E l a Court—Rochester—332-2359
LIMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS:
A.J. Cameron—Central St.—755-9271—8 am to 5 pm
Charles D i P r i z i o and Sons I n c . — R . F . D . Union—1*73-2206
or 1*73-2388—7 am to 5:30 pm
T i b b e t t s Lumber Co.—755-8511—7 am to 5:30 pm Mon.
through S a t .
LUNCH CARTS:
Jim R i l e y — B o x 552—Bamstead—755-2581*—on c a l l
^ ^ ^ ^ o l d Drug S t o r e — C e n t r a l Square—755-8711—8 A.M. to 9 P.M.
8 A.M. to 12:30 Sunday
PHOTOGRAPHY:
E a r l H. B l a k e — 5 Spring St.—755-6961—on c a l l
Uel A. Gardner—Pinecrest—755-2236—on c a l l
PLUMBING:
, ,
Maple Leaf Maintenance—30 Maple St.—755-611*1—on c a l l
Wilkins Gas & E l e c t r i c I n c . — C e n t r a l St.—755-2233
6:30 A.M,-5:30 P.M.
Walter Searles—New Durham—Bamstead
MOCCASINS:
Quoddy Moccasins—Merrymeeting L a k e — o n c a l l
MACHINIST:
Maple Leaf Maintenance—30 Maple St.—755-6ll*l~on c a l l
J.C. Sirams—Central S t . — 9 am to 5 pm
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND LESSONS:
V i c ' s Organ S t u d i o — 2 8 " C e n t r a l S t . — E v e n i n g s 7 to 9
Saturday 9 am to 9 pm
N1£WS PAPER.:
The Farmington N e w s — C e n t r a l Sq,—755-2265—on c a l l
NURSERY AND SHRUBS:
L. E. Cameron's N u r s e r y — 1 5 Winter Court—755-1*781—on c a l l
PAINTING CONTRACTOR:
C. S u l l i v a n — 5 0 South Main St.—755-9781—7 am to 5 pm
PETROLEUM:
D i c k i e ' s — 8 Winter St.—755-2259—on c a l l
Gray's Petroleum—3l* No. Main St.—755-91*71—on c a l l
Harvey's Home A p p l i a n c e s — 1 0 Grove St.—755-8783—8 am to
5 pm
Lord F u e l Co,—1*2 Lone S t a r Ave.—755-6391—on c a l l
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POWER EQUIPMENT:
Ripley's—Mechanic St,—755-9111—8 A.M. to 8 P.M.
PRINTING:
Foster's P r e s s — W i n t e r St.—755-9001—on c a l l
The Farmington News—Central Sq.—755-2265—on c a l l
PRODUCE:
Clara Goodwin—117 Central St.—755-8821—on c a l l
PROPANE GAS;
Rural Gas Service Inc.—Meeting Hse. H I . Rd.—755-22U1
Farmington Gas & Appliance Co.—28 No. Main St.—755-hl91
Harvey's Home Appliances—10 Grove St.—755-8793—8 A,M, to 5 P.>
REMNANT:
Bumo's Remnant S t o r e — 8 Orange St,—755-91*51—on c a l l
RESTAURANTS:
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Dot's Lunch—Route 11—New Durham-Triangle 5-1*682—6 A.M. to 9P.
K i k i ' s Restaurant—So, Main St,—755-9801—Mon. to Thurs, & Sat.
5:30 A.M. to 9 P.M.
F r i d a y — 5 : 3 0 A.M. t o 11 P.M.
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Roy's Ltmcheonette—Main S t . — $ A.M. to 11 P.M.
Star Lunch—So. Main St.—Donuts—Open Nights
Wagon Wheel Restaurant—^Rochester Rd.—755-9851
Weekdays—9 A.M. to 8 P.M.—Weekends—9 A.M. to 9 P.M.
RESTAURANT SUPPLT:
W.H. Davenhall and S o n s — C e n t r a l St.—755-2262—On C a l l
SHOE SHOPS:
Imperial Shoe Co.—Soe Main St.—755-2218—7 am to I* pm
Modem Heel Co. Inc.—No. Main St.—755-6311—7 am to
3:30 pm
P&M Heel Co.—East Grove Street—755-9221
?ESTS HOMES:
miley's Rest Home—29 Union St.—755-U761—On C a l l
lOOFING:
McFarlin Roofing Co.~2 Spring St.—755-9501—On C a l l
5EPTIC TANKS:
Pence Tanks—Maple Court—755-9032—On C a l l
lERVICE STATIONS AND GAS STATIONS:
Ajax Garage—Mechanic St.—755-9111—8 A.M. to 8 P.M.
Bob's Garage—Mechanic S t . — 8 A.M. to 8 P.M.
Cardinal Service S t a t i o n — S o . Main St.—755-93ll2~8 A.M. to
8 P.M.
Cline & Chasse—Spring St.—755-1*9^1—6 A.M. to 11:1*5 P.M.
Currier's Garage--Pleasant St.—755-5U31—On C a l l
Davis Motor Mart—So. Main St.—755-9U31—On C a l l
DiPrizio«s Garage Inc.—RFD 1, Middleton—U37-2U89 7 A.M. to
5:30 P.M.
Farmington Motor Co.—26 So. Main St.—755-2291—On C a l l
Herb's Body Shop—21 Central St.—755-871*1—On C a l l
mdway Gas—Route 11—6
A.M. to 9 P.M.
Place's Esso S t a t i o n — C e n t r a l St.—755-U996—7 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Ricker«s Garage—Spring St.—755-8531—9 A.M. tb 6 P.M.
Secord's Service S t a t i o n — S o . Main St.—755-88ll—6 A.M. to
8 P.M,
Wagon Wheel Store—Rochester Rd,—755-981*1—6 A.M. to 8 P,M,
W a l t ' s — l U Spring St.—755-9031—7:30 A,M, to 11:00
P,M,
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SIGN MAKING:
Hanson's Sign Shop—Main S t . — o n c a l l
SOCIAL:
Farmington Cafe—Main S t . — 6 am to 9 pm
Farmington Country Club—Henry Wilson Hgwy.—755-1*1*91
Tom's B i l l i a r d P a r l o r — 2 9 No. Main S t . — 8 am to 9 pm
STATE LIQUOR STORE—South Main S t .
Mon.-Tues.-Wed.-Sat.—10 am to 5:30
Thurs.—10 am to 12:30 pm
Friday—10 am to 8 pm
pm
TELEVISION AND RADIO REPAIRS:
Bowden's—Glenn Court—755-1*286—on -call
Pete's TV Antennas and Rotors—RFD2-Box 35 Roch.—755-99
C a l l Days
TELEPHONE:
Union Telephone Co.
Subscribers—1100
Serves—Alton, New Durham, Farmington, Bamstead,
Gilmanton I r o n Works, and Strafford
THRIFT SHOPPE:
Ladies Aid Society—Congregational Church—Main Street
F r i d a y s — 1 0 am to 6 pm
TRANSPORTATION:
Farmington Motor Co.—26 So. Main St.—755-2291—on c a l l
Senter's Taxi—Main St.—755-9801—6 am to 9 pm—Fri.
6 am to 11 pm
Trailways Bus Co.—agent-Osgood's Pharmacy—755-8711
Woodman's Taxi Service—Main St.—755-6101—6 am to 6 pm
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LAWYERS
TRDCONG:
Leaxy'8 Trucking—776-256l--on c a l l — B a m s t e a d
Eugene Nute
So. Main S t .
755-6631
8 A.M.—5 P.M.
8 A.M.—12 on Saturdays
E r r o l l Hall
So. Main S t ,
755-6091
9 A.M.—5 P.M.
USED GOODS:
Bargain Center—20 Mechaiic S t . — 8 A.H. t o 6 P.M.
VARIETT STORE:
DOCTORS
Wilbrod U J o i o — 1 9 C e n t r a l St.—755-8381—8 iE«M. t o
Reed»8—22 Main S t . — 9 A.M, t o 5:30 P.M.
WINDOW GLEAHNES:
8
P.M.
Schulte»8—18 C e n t r a l St.—755-U773—on c a l l
WIBE BRUSHES & FLOES:
F . W. Browne C o . — S p r i n g St.—755-6271—on c a l l
WOODTURirENG:
G. F . Hooney & Sons I n c . — S o . Main
Monday throngh F r i d a y
7 A.M. t o U P.M.—Production
7 A.M. t o U:30 P.M.—Office
George E. Quinn
Central S t .
755-2275
9 A.M.—10 A.M.
1:30 P.M 3 P.M.
7 P.M 8 P.M.
No hours on Wed,
or Saturday
Robert Lord
U8 C e n t r a l S t .
755-6153
9 A.M.—10 A.M.
1:30 P.M.—U P.M.
7 P M
.
9 P.M.
No hours on
Wednesday or Saturday night
St.—755-2211
DEMTISTS
Roger H, Morrison
3 Main S t r e e t
755-U631
9 A.H.—12 A.M.
1:30 P.M.—5 P.M.
" I t i s a mighty good town t o l i v e i n e s p e c i a l l y
f o r poor f o l k s and i t may be t r u t h f u l l y added
t h a t p e o p l e of w e a l t h a l s o f i n d Farmington a
p l e a s a n t p l a c e t o r e s i d e . I t i s a c l e a n American
town o f about 4,000 i n h a b i t a n t s and i t i s a
ccamunity t h a t minds i t s own b u s i n e s s , but p a r t
of t h a t b u s i n e s s , a c c e p t e d w i t h o u t q u e s t i o n i s
t o be t h e k i n d e s t and most h e l p f u l people t o
each o t h e r c o n c e i v a b l e . . . . . . . . . .
SUPPORT THE BUSINESSMEN AND PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE OF
FARI-IINGTON
KEEP FARMINGTON CLEAN
BE A GOOD CITIZEN
From a n a r t i c l e by t h e l a t e A d e l a i d e C i l l e y Waldron
p u b l i s h e d i n 1895 i n t h e G r a n i t e Monthly
DON'T BE A LITTER BUG
-REGISTER-.
ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE
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e d i t o r i n chief......Mary Rundlett
associate editor
Donna Secord
layout c h i e f . J a n e s
Schulte
news e d i t o r
..Cathy Mooney
a s s t . news editor.,..Sandy Rouleau
business manager
P h i l Marcoux
p u b l i c a t i o n manager
Linda Campbell
a s s t . p u b l i c a t i o n manager.Trudy G o s l i n
government e d i t o r
S a l l y Hart
business e d i t o r . , , . .
Sue lepene
p r o f e s s i o n a l e d i t o r . . . . . . . S a l l y Jensen
History editor
Bernard Nason
features editor
Sarah Guay
church e d i t o r
.Betty Gates
correspondence
Don Thurston
s o l i c i t o r s manager.........Howard Oian^agne
assembly manager...........Don P l a c e
d i s t r i b u t i o n manager.......Fred Gates
A s s i s t e d by the combined Fteshman C i v i c s c l a s s e s of
Farmington High School
Credits:
Typing: Miss Kathleen J a c k s o n , I n s t r u c t o r
T y p i s t s : Donna Downs
Dlann Smith
Nancy Mazur
Mariljm Snith
Town Map and F i r e Alarm Box L i s t i n g s :
Farmington Insurance Agency
SKETCHES:
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OPEN LETTER
DEAR CITIZENS:
THE FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN CIVICS CLASS
HAS PREPARED THIS PAMPHLET THROUGH THE GENEROUSITY OF
THE BUSINESSMEN OF FARMINGTON.
WE WOULD L I K E TO PUBLICLY
THANK THEM FOR THEIR INVALUABLE HELP AND COOPERATION.
THIS PAMPHLET WAS DISTRIBUTED ON A NIGHT WELLKNOWN FOR MISCHIEF BECAUSE WE WISHED TO SHOW YOU THAT
NOT ALL TEENAGERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE PRANKS.
INSTEAD, WE WANT TO IMPRESS UPON YOU THAT THEY CAN BE
CONSTRUCTIVE AND HELPFUL, I F THEY ARE GIVEN A CHANCE.
RATHER THAN THE USUAL KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR FOR A TRICK OR
TREAT, THESE CIVICS CLASS STUDENTS CHOSE TO SPEND THEIR
TIME THIS EVENING DELIVERING THIS BOOKLET TO YOU.
RESPECTFULLY YOURS,
THE EDITORS
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BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and in the fortieth year of the IndepeKdcnee of the Unitefl
States of America, ELIPH ALET MERRILL, of the said District, hath deposited in this Oflice,
the
title
of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:
State of New-Hampshire, in three parts : containing,
Geographical and Statistical view of the \\hole State, conveniently dis-
" A Gazetter of the
"
1.
A comprehensive
posed under separate heads.
" 2. A description of each cotmty, town, or location in the State ; also of its lakes, rivers, ponds,
and mountains, with many other subjects of topographical detail, alphabetically arranged.
" 3. Topographical and Statistical tables alphabetically arranged shewing the cotirse and distance on a direct line from Portsmouth, Concord, Boston, and Portland. Also, the number of miles
by the roads as commonly travelled.— Number of cattle, horses, &c. Compiled from the best authorities by Eliphalet Merrill and the late Phinehas Merrill, Esq."
In confon*ity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the authors and proprietors thereof during the times therein mentioned ; and also to an Act, entiSed, " An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act, for the encouragement of learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the authors and proprietors of such cepies during the times therein mentioned ; and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of Designing, Eugraring and EtcUing historical and other prints."
W. PRESCOTT, Clerk of District Court I', S., N. H. District.
A true copy.
Attwt,
W. PRESCOTT, Clerk.
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�PREFACE.
WHEN any town
mentioned such questions as the following
who are unacquainted with it. Where
is it situated ? What towns lie contiguous to it ? What is its distance from some capital or emporium, &c. ? Morses Ga25etteer
mentions the most of our towns, but the description rarely includes
any thing more than the county in which it is situated, or at most
its distance from some neighbouring town.
The map of NewHampshire will completely answer many of these questions, but
these maps are not numerous and are very unfit for transportation.
is
perpetually recur to those
Indeed, a large proportion of our citizens feel themselves unable
means of information, but would gladly
pay the price of a condensed Gazetteer. Such an one is now offered them in the smallest space, it is thought, that can comprise
the necessary matterto obtain either of these
The method adopted
instance to collect •authentic matethe best information in every
township in the state. In these letters were enumerated the nature of the information desired.
The attention which these letters generally received deserves our warmest thanks.
rials
was
The
in this
to address letters to
men of
sources from whence
we derived our
historical informa-
&c. have been
very numerous and are the most authentic which now exist; such
as Winthrop, Morton, Mather, Prince, Hutchinson, Morse, and
^rish ; but particularly Belknap. Nor must we while noticing
authors and the liberal aid and patronage of individuals, omit to
acknowledge that of the state.
tion of the first settlement of the state, Indian wars,
Since the decease of
my
beloved brother,
who was
associated
as co-partner in this work, there has been an unaroidable delay of
but by the assistance of several literary gentlemen,
respectfully submitted to a candid public.
ita publication,
it is
now
ELIPHALET MERRILL.
Northrvood, Juney 1817.
��A GENERAL VIEW,
GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL
OF THE
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
ARRANGED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADS.
AKD ExTENT. BOUNDARIES AND DIVISIONS. AlH, ClIMATE, AND SeAS0N3.
Face of the Country, Mountains. Rivers, and other Waters. Canals and
Turnpikes. Monuments, ^nd other Relics of Indians. Forest Trees and
Vegetable Phoductions. Soil and Awriculture. Domestic and Wild AniGovernment,
Caverns, Fossils, and Minerals.
mals. Birds and Fishes.
Military Strength. Fortifications. Religion.
Constitution, and Laws.
Mai^ners and Customs. Literary, and Scientific Institutions. Colleges,
Banks, Insurance Companies. PROORESstVE Population. Manufactories. Commerce, Societies, and State Prison.
"SlTtTATION
SITUATION, BOUNDARIES, DIVISIONS,
&c.
^ HE
State of New-Hampshire lies between 42" 41' and 45°
of north latitude and between 70° 40' and 72° 28' of longitude
west from the royal observatory of Greenwich. Its length from
the northern to southern extremity is one hundred and sixty
Its greatest breadth measured from the entrance
eight miles.
of Piscataqua harbour, to the mouth of west River, which falls
into Connecticut river, opposite the town of Chesterfield is nine11'
ty miles.
It is bounded on the south by the state of Massachusetts,
from which it is divided by a line, beginning on the sea shore,
at a point three miles northward of the mouth of the river
Merrimack
pursuing a course corresponding to the curvature
;
of that river, at the same distance and ending at a point 3 miles
north from Pautuck Falls in the town of Dracut.
From this
point, the line extends on in a western direction, until it crosses
Connecticut river and ends on its western bank, the distance being fifty miles.
The line called the due west line, was measured and marked
He was ordered by Gov. Belcher
1741, by Richard Hazen.
to allow ten degrees for the westerly variation of the needle.
This doctrine of the variation was even less imperfectly known
at that time than it now is.
It is supposed that the variation
at that time, and in that place, was not more than eight degrees.
�6
GENEBAL VIEW.
In 1773 each end of the line was accurately examined, by
observations, made by Thomas Wright, one of Capt.
Holland's company of surveyors ; when the western extremity
was found to decline from the eastern, two minutes and fiftyseven seconds of latitude. This was computed to make a difference of 59,870 acres of land, which would have been gained
by New-Hampshire, if the line had been run with correctness.
From the point where this line strikes Connecticut river, up
to the forty-fifth degree of latitude, the western bank of that
river is the western boundary of New- Hampshire, and eastern
boundary of Vermont.
celestial
On
its
eastern side, New-Hampshire is bounded by the Atfrom the first mentioned point, 3 miles northward
lantic ocean,
of the mouth of Merrimack river, along the shore to the middle
of the main entrance of Plscataqua harbour
which distance is
computed to he about 18 miles. Thence the boundary line runs
Up the middle of the river, to its most northerly head, which is
a pond situated partly in the town of Wakefield and partly in
Shapley, in the county of York. The distance of this pond
from the mouth of the harbour is 35 miles N., 20° W. From
the head of this pond, according to the royal determination,
in 1740, the dividing line was run N. 2° W. until 120 miles
were finished from Piscataqua harbour, or until it met with
other territories belonging to his majesty. The reason of mentioning this specific distance, in the decree, was, that 120 miles
was thf; extent of the province of INIaine. At that time no oth;
er
government subject
to
the British
crown
lay in that direc-
In 1763, the new province of Quebec was erected; and
its southern boundary was a line passing along the high lands,
which divide the rivers, that empty themselves into the river
By the treaSt. Lawrence, from those which fall into the sea.
ty of peace, between America and Britain, in 1783, all the lands
southward of that line, reckoning it from the eastward to the
northwest head of Connecticut river, and thence parallel to the
middle of said river, to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude,
tion.
were ceded
The
Quebec.
United States.
bounded on the north by the British province of
to the
state
is
The
northern extremity of this
marked N. E. New-Hampshire, 1789.
line, is
a birch tree,
extends along
the high lands, seventeen miles and 207 rods, to the head of the
exat which
northwestern branch of Connecticut river
Thence the
tremity is a Fir tree, inscribed N.H. N.W. 1789.
boundary descends to the forty-fifth degree of latitude, by the
It contains
middle of the northwestern branch of the river.
9,491 square miles or 6,074,240 acres, of which at least 100,000
acres are covered with water.
This
line
;
�GENERAL VIEW.
The
state is
,
7
divided into six counties, viz. Rockingham,
and Coos, which see
Strafford, Hillsborough, Cheshire, Grafton,
their respective names.
Air^ Climate^
Seasons. The air of New-Hampshire is generally pure and salubrious;northwest,west and southwest winds are
the most prevalent, east winds prevail along the sea coast, in the
spring, which are extremely piercing and disagreeable, but not
under
y
—
unwholesome. The weather is less variable than in the middle
and especially the southern states, and more so than in Canada.
The extremes of cold and heat, according to 'Fahrenheit's
Thermometer, is from 20° below to 100 above 0. The medium
is from 48° to 50°.
The winter commonly commences in its
severity about the middle of December.
Cattle are sheltered from about the 20th November to the 1st of May. There
has been frosts in every month in the year, though not in the
same season and not in a very injurious degree.
Instances of sudden changes in the weather are noticed in the
;
earliest accounts of the country.
In 1658,
when
the apple trees
were in blossom,there came on such a sudden and severe cold,that
in a fishing boat belonging to Hampton, one man died before it
could reach the shore, another was so chilled that he died in a
few days, and a third lost his feet. This instance is remark-
The common time for the apple trees to blossom, is
about the third week in May, but they blossom earlier or later
according to the degrees of heat.
On the 11th day of May^
1769, and again on May 8, ISOt, when the trees were in blossom an unusual flight of snow covered them, and continued two
days, so as to produce sleighing.
In a very warm autumn the earliest apple trees have produced blossoms ; and roses have bloomed in the month of October ;
but these appearances are rare.
In the spring, the trees which have been cut down the preceding year, are burned in the new plantations.
If the season
be dry, the flames have spread in the woods, and a large extent
of forest has been on fire at once.
From these numerous fires, arise immense clouds of smoke,
mingled with burnt leaves of the trees, which are carried to a
great^ distance by the wind.
These clouds meeting with other
vapours in the atmosphere, sometimes produce very singular appearances.
The darkness of 19th May, 1780, was probably
caused by such a combination of vapours.
Fires had spread
very extensively in the woods, and westerly winds had driven
the smoke over the country.
It was so thick for several preceding days near the horizon, that the sun disappeared an hour
before its sitting, and in the low grounds it was almost sulTocating.
The morning of the 19th of May was cloudy, with some
able.
�GENERAL
8
\'IEW.
and a black cloud appeared in the southwest, from which
The rain water and the surface of rivwas heard thunder.
ers, was covered with a sooty scum.
The remains of a snow
drift, which had been clean the preceding day became black,
several small birds flew into the houses, and others were found
About two hours before noon
dead abroad from suffocation.
the clouds assumed a brassy appearance
after which their colour became a dusky grey and at an hour after noon, it was necrain
;
;
;
essary to light candles.
At the greatest obscurity the smoke of a chimney was observed to rise perpendicular, and then decline to the west.
thick fog which came in from the sea, moved along the hill tops
in the same direction.
The extent of this darkness was more than two hundred miles
from north to south. To the westward, it extended beyond
Albany, and it was observed by a vessel at sea, fifteen leagues
eastward of Cape Anne.
The darkness varied its appearance in some places through
the afternoon ; but in the maritime towns of New-Hampshire,
there was no variation of it ; and the evening presented a complete specimen of as total darkness as can be conceived.
Before midnight the vapours disappeared, and the next morning there was no appearance of them.
The Aurora-borealis was first noticed in New-Hampshire,
December 11th, 1719.
The aged people say it is not so common now as formerly. It sometimes appears in the form of a
luminous arch extending from east to west, but more commonly rises from a dark convexity in the north, and flashes upwards
In a calm night, and in the intervals betowards the zenith.
tween gentle flaws of wind, an attentive ear, in a retired situaThis
tion, may perceive it to be accompanied with a sound.
luminous appearance has been observed in all seasons of the
year ; in extreme heat and cold and all intermediate degrees.
The colour of the streams is sometimes variegated with white,
blue, yellow, and red, the lustre of which reflected from the
snow, is an appearance highly beautiful and interesting.
A
—
Face of the Country^ Sea-Coast, £sf Mountains. The whole exfrom its southern boundary, to the mouth
tent of the sea coast,
of Piscataqua harbour, is about 1 8 miles. The shore is generally a sandy beach, within which are salt marshes, intersected
by creeks. There are several coves convenient for fishing vessels ; but the only harbour for ships is the entrance of the Piscataqua, where the shore is rocky.
Some ledges and points of
rocks are situated to the southward of the harbour of Rye ; but
Two bluffs on*
there is no remarkable head land on the coast.
�GENERAL VIEW.
9
above the level of the sea, which are called
Boars heads these are in the town of Hampton.
For twenty or thirty miles from the sea, the country is either level, or variegated by little hills and vallies. Then commence the
first range of mountains continued through the.towns of Milton,
The
Farmington, Barrington, Nottingham, and Nl&rthwood.
several summits are distinguished by different names, as Teniy appear elevated
great and
little
;
Beyond these are several deeriff, Saddle-back, Tuckaway, &c.
tached mountains of considerable elevation. Moose mountain in
Major in Alton, Gunstock, Gilmanton
Brookfield, Mont
Farther back the mountains rise higher, and
mountains, &c.
among the third range, Chocorcea, Osslpee, and Kearsarge claim
Beyond these is the lofty ridge which is
the pre-eminence.
.commonly called the height of land. In this ridge is the grand
Monadnock,(see Jaffrey,) Sunapee, and Moosehillock (see FishThis ridge is continued northwesterly,
ersfield and Coventry.)
dividing the waters of the river Connecticut, from those of Saco
and Amariscoggin. Here the mountains rise much higher, and
the
most elevated summits
whicH see.
in this range, are the
White moun-
tains,
—
^
Nature has formed such relaother xvaters,
between mountains and rivers, that in describing the one,
we are unavoidably led to speak of the other.
Rivers^
tions
New-Hampshire is so situated, that five of the largest rivers
New-England, either take their rise within its limits, or reThese are the
ceive much of their waters from its mountains.
in
Connecticut, Amariscoggin, Saco, Merrimack, and Piscataqua.
For a more particular description of these rivers and other waters, see their respective
names.
—
Canals £?* Turnpikes. The Pemigewasset Canal Company,
incorporated June 20, 1804, for the purpose of cutting a canal
by Webster's falls in said river, near the house of Ebenezer
Contoocook Canal Company, incorporated DecemEastman.
ber 13, 1804, for the purpose of cutting a canal by the falls in
Concord, and also where said river empties into the Merrimack.
The Piscataquog Canal CompaHy,for cutting a canal from Gale's
mills, in the town of Weare, to Parker's landing in Bedford,
incorpoi'ated June 18, 1806. The White River Falls Company,
incorporated June 12, 1807, for the purpose of cutting canals
and locking the falls on Connecticut river, and making it navigable for lumber and boats, from the head of White river fails,
between Lebanon and Hartford, at the upper bar, to the foot of
the falls at the lower bar.
The great Ossipee Canal Company,
2
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GENERAli VIEW.
^
incorporated June 19, 1807, for cutting, slipping, and canalling
Ossipee river and falls, from Ossipee pond to the province line.
Bow Canal Company, incorporated June 11, 1808 ; for the purpose of cutting and opening a canal in Merrimack river, and
Turkey river falls, in the town of Bow.
The Union Locks and Canal. This company is empowered to
clear the Merrimack river from Reed's ferry to Amoskeag
falls, and to constitute and maintain such locks and dams as
shall be necessary for rendering the same navigable for boats.
The Merrimack Boating Company, incorporated June, 1812.
Winnipiseogee River Canal Company, incorporated June, 1812.
Hillsborough and Strafford Company, incorporated December
For various others, see rivers, &c.
16, 1812.
.
— The
New-Hampshire turnpike road extends
in Durham, to Merrimack river, in Concord.
Its course is westerly through Durham, Lee, a corner
of Barrington, Nottingham, Northwood, Epsom, Chichester, and
Was incorporated June, 1796. The second
thence to Concord.
turnpike road in N. H. extends from the lottery hj-idge in Claremont, to the plain in Amherst. Incorporated December 26,
Turnpikes.
from Piscataqua bridge
—
Its course is southerly, from Claremont, through Unity,
1799.
Lempster, Washington, north corner of Windsor, southwest
corner of Hillsborough, northeast corner of Antrim, part of
Francestown, southwest corner of New- Boston,
Dcering,
through Mount-Vernon to Amherst, a distance of nearly fifty
miles.
The third turnpike road extends from Bellows' falls in Walpole, on Connecticut river, through a part of Westmoreland
and Surry, thence through Keene, Marlborough, Jaffrey, NewIpswich, and a corner of Mason, to the south line of the state,
near Ashby in Massachusetts, a distance of 45 miles. Incorporated December 27, 1799.
The fourth turnpike road in N. H. extends from the east
bank of Connecticut river in the town of Lebanon, nearly opIts course is southeast
posite the mouth of White river.
through Lebanon, Enfield, a corner of Grafton, Springfield, Wilmot, Andover, and New-Salisbury, to Merrimack river in Boscawen, about 40 miles. Incorporated December, 1800. Branch
Road and Bridge Company, incorporated June 16, 1802, This
road extends from the south line of the town of Fitzwilliam to
the village in Keene about 14 miles.
Its course is northwest,
and through Marlborough. The 5th N.H. turnpike road not yet
commenced. The 6th N. H. Turnpike and Bridge Company was
incorporated June 16, 1802.
The bridge is over Connecticut
river, between the towns of Hinsdale and Brattleborough.
;
•
�GENERAL \1KW.
i I
extends from said bridge through Hinsdale and WinDover turnchester to the line of Massachusetts at Warwick.
pike road extending from Dover landing, near the bridge,
through Somersworth to Salmon-fall river. The compan)^ was
incorporated December 21, 1803.
The Coos turnpike road leading from Haverhill to Warren ;
about 12 miles southeast course was incorporated December
The road
—
29,1803.
Orford turnpike road was incorporated December 27, 1803,
and leads from Orford bridge, to Aiken's bridge in Wentworth.
The 10th turnpike road in N. H. extends from the upper line
in Bartlett, through the notch in the White hills about 20 miles
and was incorporated December 28, 1803.
;
The Charleston
turnpike, incorporated
December
27",
1803,
and extends from the easterly bank of Connecticut river, through
the central part of Charleston and Ackworth to the second N.H.
turnpike in Lempster
about 12 miles.
The Mahew turnpike, incorporated December 29, 1803, and
extends from a Mr. Burleigh's in New-Chester, to the east side
of New-found pond, thence through Plymouth and Rumney to
the Coos turnpike
a distance of about 46 miles.
extending
Chester turnpike, incorporated June 12, 1804
about fourteen miles a southeast course from Pembroke, through
Allenstown and Candia to Chester street.
The Londonderry turnpike, incorporated June, 1804, extends from Butter's corner in Concord, to the state line near
Andover bridge, Massachusetts. Its course from Concord is
about southeast, through Bow to Isle-Hookset bridge, thence
through Chester, Londonderry, the easterly corner of Windham
and Salem to the state line, a distance of about 35 miles.
Grafton turnpike road extending from near Orford bridge
over Connecticut river through Lime, the northeast corner of
Hanover, Canaan, the westerly part of Orange, Grafton, Danbury, New-Chester
and unites with the 4th N. H. turnpike
;
;
;
;
in
New- Andover
erly,
northwest corner. Its course is south*
and distance about 35 miles, and was incorporated June
in its
21, 1804.
The Jefferson turnpike, incorporated December 11th, 1804,
extending from the extremity of the 10th N. H. turnpike, through
Bretton woods, Jefferson, and Lancaster to the meeting house,
in a northerly direction about 18 miles.
The Croydon turnpike,
incorporated June 21, 1804 ; and extends from or near the
branch turnpike, where it intersects the 4th turnpike in Lebanon, thence through or between Plainfield and Enfield, New-
Grantham, Croydon, New-Port, and Lempster, until it strikes
the 2d turnpike in Washington.
Length about 35 miles.
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GENERAL VIEW.
.
Cheshire turnpike, incorporated December 13, 1804, and extends from Connecticut river to Charleston meeting-house, in
a southerly course through Langdon, a part of Walpole, AlDisstead, and Surry to the third N. H. turnpike in Keene.
tance 20 miles.
Ashuelot turnpike, incorporated June 18,1 807, and leads from
the turnpike in Winchester through Richmond to Fitzwilliam
village in an easterly course about fifteen miles.
Ringe turnpike, incorporated June 12, 1807, and extends
from the state line in the southwest corner of New-Ipswich to
the Branch turnpike leading from Keene to Boston.
The Cornish turnpike, incorporated December 9, 1808, extends from Cornish bridge and intersects the Croydon turnpike
at
Newport, distant 11 miles.
The Fitzwilliam
Village turnpike, incorporated December 9,
The
1809, and extends from Fitzwilliam to the state line.
large
above named turnpike roads are generally completed.
number more are incorporated, and some of them Avill soon be
A
passable.
Within the
last
twenty years, the
roads in
this state
have
much improved, so that communication between the
Much however remains
distant parts of it is much facilitated.
been
be done, especially in the northern part of the state.
Several canals are in contemplation and will undoubtedly
One for uniting the wabe completed in a few years.
ters of the Connecticut with the Merrimack through Suncompany is incorporated for
apee lake— (see Sunapee lake.)
cutting a canal from Winnipiseogee lake to Cocheco river at
Dover ; this rout has been surveyed and marked. Another for
to
A
opening a communication from Winnipiseogee lake to MerriFrom the best information I can obtain, we have
river.
now open for travel 300 miles of turnpike road, and 300 more
will soon be opened.
mack
—
£if Relics of Indians.
In describing any country,
natural to make some inquiry concerning the vestiges of
It is well known, that the original naits ancient inhabitants.
tives of this part of the country were not ambitious of perpetuating their memory by durable monuments. Their invention was
chiefly employed, either in providing for their subsistence, by
hunting, fishing, and planting, or guarding against and surprisTheir houses and canoes were constructed
ing their enemies.
Their mode of travelling was to t^ke
of perishable materials.
all possible advantage of water carriage, and to shorten distances, by transporting their birch canoes, which were convenient
Their manner of
for the purpose, across the necks of land.
Monuments^
it is
�GENERAL VIEW.
taking
fish
was
lli
by entangling them in wears or in scoop
them with spears. They took quadrupeds in
either
nets, or striking
traps or pitfalls, or shot them, as well as birds, with arrows.
For the construction of their canoes and houses they used hatchIn cooking their meat they eiets, chisels, and gouges of stone.
on coals or on a wooden grate, or roasted it on
it in kettles of stone.
Their com was
pounded in mortars of wood, with pestles of stone. Their bread
was baked on flat stones set before the fire, or in green leaves
Clam shells served them for spoons, and
laid under hot ashes.
their fingers for knives and forks.
They had no sharper instruOf
ments than could be formed of stones, shells, or bones.
these, the two last are of a perishable nature but of the first, relics are often found in the places of their former residence,
generally in the neighbourhood of waterfalls and other convenient fishing places.
There is in the possession of a gentleman
of this state, a piece of bone, on which is engraven the bust of a
man, apparently in the agonies of death.
The countenance is
savage, and the work well executed.
The bone with the figure
on it was found on the shore of Little-bay ,in the riverPiscataqua.
The cellars in whichthey preserved their corn, are discovered
in the new settlements, and their graves are frequently seen.
Most of the skeletons appear to be in a sitting posture, and some
remains of the instruments, which were supposed necessary
to their subsistence, ornament, or defence, in the " country of
souls," are found with them, particularly the stone-pipe for
smoking tobacco, of v/hich there are several varieties.
ther broiled
a forked
it
stick, or boiled
;
In a piece of interval land near Ossipee pond, is a mound of
earth overgrown with pine, in which, at the depth of two feet,
several skeletons have been discovered, buried with the face
downwards. At Exeter, about 23 years ago, the remains of an
infant skeleton were dug up.
It was in a perpendicular posture, and had been enclosed in a hollow log.
Some strings of
wampum were found near it, and several spoons, apparently of
European manufacture.
Ferest trees
£sf
Vegetable productions,
—The
botany of this
would furnish an extensive subject if treated scientifically,
and with the minuteness due to its importance.
It would of itstate,
;
volume. After attending to the following dethe great variety of our vegetable productions may be eas-
self deserve a
tails,
ily
imagined.
The
grow to a degree of luxuriance, and
abundance and variety. The common forest trees are
elm, sassafras, wild cherry ,bass wood, locust, and birch, of which
we have four species ; of the oak four, walnut three, one of
native forest trees
in profuse
�M
GENERAL VIEW.
which, called oil nvit or butter nut, the extract of the bark of
which, is a most excellent cathartic. It neither produces gripings nor leaves the patient costive, and may be made efficacious
without hazard,by increasing the quantity administered. Its operation is easy andsafe,even to the most delicate constitution. It is a
most excellent family medicine, and well calculated for hospitals,
navies, and armies. Of the beech and pine there are three species of the former and seven of the latter
hemlock, spruce, fir,
chestnut, hornbeam, button-wood, red and white cedar, poplar,
and red, white, and black, or rock maple, which last has obtained
the nanie of sugar maple, and a variety of other trees not named, are also common in our forests.
It isnot our intention to treat systematically of the natural history of the state, or describe with botanical accuracy, the indigenous vegetables, which it contains but briefly to notice such
as are endowed with remarkable qualities, either salutary or
noxious.
Those that are salutary, are the grape, black and red currant,
wild gooseberry, cranberry, common and superb raspberry,
brambleberrj-, running and upright blackberry, strawberry, and
bayberry.
The ginseng, so much esteemed by the Chinese, is
found in great plenty in the western part of the state, and the
It was forfurther north it is found, the better is its quality.
merly thought that the ginseng grew only in China and Tartary ;
but it was discovered in America about 1750, and some specimens of it sent to England, and from thence to China, and was,
on trial, acknowledged, by the Chinese themselves, to be the
same with the oi'iental ginseng. The prickly ash is a shrub, the
bark of which, is esteemed an excellent remedy for chronic
rheumatism. The garget or American night shade, root, leaves,
and berry is used in various diseases common to the human
frame, and the root is in high repute among farmers for the use
of catde. There are two species of elder, black and red, snakeroot, maidenhair, sarsaparilla ; three species of cobelia, one of
which is a powerful emetic. The buck bean grows near the
Monadnock, and the skunk cabbage, which is very efficacious in
asthmatic complaints, grows in many parts of the state.
It may be proper to close this account of indigenous vegetables with the names of those plants, which, under certain circumstances prove poisonous
some of which however have been
brought into medicinal use, and are valued for the cure of disorders attended with spasmodic affections.
Of this latter class
are the hemlock, thorn apple, henbane, and night-shade. Others
are poisonous, such as the ivy,commonly called mercury, swamp
sumach, water-elder, herb Christopher, stinking snake weed, and
white helebore or poke.
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—
There is a great variety of soil in NewSoil &? Agriculture.
The interval lands on the large rivers, are con-
Hampshire.
sidered the most valuable, because they are overflowed and enriched by the waters from the uplands, which bring down a fat
These lands proslime or sediment of the consistency of soap.
duce every kind of grain in great perfection ; but are not so
good for pastures as the uplands. The wide spreading hills of
a moderate elevation and of a rocky, moist, warm, rich soil are
most esteemed for pastures. Drained swamps have a deep mellow
and the vallies between hills are generally very productive.
In the new and uncultivated parts of the state, the soil is disthus, white oak
tinguished by its various kinds of trees
land is hard and stony, the under growth consisting of br..kes
^nd fern it will not produce grass till it has been ploughed and
hoed, but is good for indian corn white and pitch pine lands
Spruce and hemlock in the eastern part of
are dry and sandy.
soil,
;
;
:
the state denote a thin, cold soil
when mixed with
birch,
it is
;
but in the western parts,
a moist soil,
good
for grass.
When
the white pine and oil nut are found on the same land, it is
commonly a deep moist loam, and considered very advantageous
for cultivation, as it bears grass, corn, and other grain without
ploughing.
The mode of clearing and cultivating new lands, has been
much improved within the last forty or fifty years. Sixty years ago
was thought impossible to raise indian corn without the
plough and hoe.
The mode of planting it among the burnt
logs was practised with great success at Gilmanton, about
the year 1 762, and this easy mode of culture soon became universal in the new plantations.
In interval lands on Connecticut river, wheat often yields 40 or 50 bushels to the acre
but
on the uplands 20 is considered a good crop. Indian corn will
average more than 40 bushels to the acre. Of all grains winter
rye grows best on new lands, and Indian corn and barley on the
old. Barley does not flourish in new lands nor is flax cultivated
to any advantage, until the land has been under preparation for
some years. The same may be said of oats and pease but every
kind of esculent roots is much larger in the virgin soil than in
any other.
The first inhabitants of New-Hampshire came principally
from the south-Western counties of England, where cider
and perry were made in great quantities.
They took
much pains to set out apple and pear trees on their
plantations, which flourished well and grew to a great size.
The first growth is now decayed
but a succession has been
preserved, and no good husbandman thinks his farm complete
without an orchard.
it
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16
Agriculture is, and always will be, the chief business of the
people of New- Hampshire, if they attend to their true interest.
Every tree that is cut down in the forest opens to the sun a
new spot of earth, which, with proper cultivation, will produce
It is impossible to conceive what
food for man and beast.
quantities may be produced of beef, pork, mutton, poultry,
wheat, rye, indian corn, barley, pulse, butter, and cheese ; artiFlax and hemp may be
cles which will always find a market.
As the country becomes
also cultivated to great advantage.
more cleared, pastures increase, and the number of cattle is continually multiplying.
—
Domestic Animals. This state presents a long catalogue of
such domestic animals, as have been found useful in all parts of
the woriid, situated in similar latitudes. The first neat cattle imported from Europe into New-Hampshire, were sent by Capt.
John Mason and his associates, about 1633, to stock their plants
ations and to be employed in drawing lumber.
These cattle
were of a large breed and a yellow colour, procured from DenAt what time and by whom the horse was first immark.
ported does not appear. Sheep and swine were first sent over
from England, by Laconia. Sheep have greatly multiplied, and
are considered the most profitable stock that can be raised on a
farm. The breed has been renewed and much improved by the
introduction ofmerinoes from Spain, and other parts of Europe.
While therefore the best lambs shall be reserved by the farmer
for their select flocks, well fed, sheltered from storms and careOf other
fully managed, our breed will continue to improve.
domestic animals, we possess all those that are useful, convenThe following computations
ient and common to our climate.
of neat cattle and horses are founded on the invoice taken in
1812. The neat cattle according to the above information may
the horses 32,161, and the. sheep*
be computed at 211,534
(The
according to the best calculation will amount to 364,892.
American statistical writer, the indefatigable Blodget, computes
the whole number of neat cattle in the United States in 1809,
We have no returns of the
3,660,000 ; horses 1,400,000.)
number of swine in this state, but may compute the number of
fatted swine killed annually at 35,000, and of oxen killed or driven to market 100,000.
;
* With regard to the number of sheep, lettera were directed to the representativesof each town in the state, requesting them to send to us the number of sheep
in their respective towns but we have to say in many instances our requests
were neglected, but in proportioi\ with the number returned, the above statement
;
is
correct.
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Wild Animals. The wolf first claims notice ; this animal has
been very common and noxious in the new settlements.
The bear has been
bounty of 20 dollars is paid for its head.
one of the most troublesome animals of our forests. In the months
of August and September, he makes great havoc in the fields
There is the wolverine
of indian corn in the new settlements.
and wild cat, and the other animals common to New-England.
The only mammillary biped, which we have is the bat, which
forms the connecting link between beasts and birds.
A
—
The birds of New-Hampshire are those common in
Birds.
the New-England states, for a catalogue of which see Belknap's
history of N. H.
—
Of these our number is but small. The rattleSerpents.
is the only one that is poisonous ; its numbers have been
The black snake, small
great, but are now diminishing.
water snake, small brown adder, house adder, (said to be poisonous,) water adder, striped snake, and green snake, are the princisnake
pal kinds.
Fish.
— Of
fish
we have
a
numerous
list.
A
bare enumera-
The
tion of which would be equally useless and uninteresting.
cod comes into the Piscataqua in the spring and fall, and is takThe haddock, hake, and
en at sea in all months of the year.
pollock are taken at sea in the spring and sumnTer, and being
Halibut
dried are sold under the denomination of scale fish.
is the largest fish that is taken for food ; and when full grown
it exceeds 500 pounds in weight ; those of 200 pounds are frequently brought to market and sod.
See -Portsmouth.
Caverns^ Stones^ Fossils^^ Minerals.
must be extremely imperfect
—This part of our history
many
parts of our statQ are
yet unexplored in these respects, and of those parts that are
known the knowledge is mostly confined to its surface and vege;tation.
Such things however of this kind as have occurred,
shall be noticed under their respective names.
Mineralogy is a
branch of science, that is but little cultivated. Men of genius and science have not leisure to pursue objects from which
immediate advantage cannot be drawn.
The disappointments
^hich have attended some expensive attempts, the air of mystery thrown over the subject by some ignorant pretenders
andr the facility with which every mineral may be imported,
have discouraged inquirers.
But from the specimens that
have appeared, there can be no doubt of the existence of
3
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as
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VIEW
mineral and fossil treasures, in the search ot
generations will find employment.
Constitution^*
Governments^ Laws.
born equally free and independent
right originates from the people,
stituted for the general good.
is
;
— Article
therefore
founded
which future
I.
All
men
are
government of
consent, and in-
all
in
II. All men have certain natural, essential and inherent
rights— among which are the enjoying and defending life and
liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property
and in a
word, of seeking and obtaining happiness.
;
III.
When men
enter into a state of society, they surrender
rights to that society, in order to ensure the protection of others ; and without such an equivalent,
the surrender is void.
ly. Among the natural rights, some are in their very nature
unalienable ; because no equivalent can be given or received for
up some of
them
their natural
of this kind are the rights of conscience.
:
Every individual has
a natural and unalienable right to
worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience
and reason and no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in
the
manner and season most .igreeable to the dictates of his own
"V.
;
conscience, or for his religious profession, sentiments, or persuasion ; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or disturb others in their religious worship.
yi. As morality and piety, rightly grounded on evangelical
principles, will give the best and greatest security to govern-
ment, and will lay, in the hearts of men, the strongest obligadue subjection
and as the knowledge of these is most
likely to be propagated through a society, by the institution
of
the public worship of the Deity, and of public instruction in
morality and religion; therefore, to promote those important
purposes, the people of this state have a right to empower, and
d© hereby fully empower the legislature, to authorize, from
tions to
;
tinie to time, the several
religious societies, within
ion, at their own expense,
public Protestant teachers
towns, parishes, bodies corporate or
state, to make adequate provisfor the support and maintenance of
of piety, religion and morality.
Provided not-withstanding s That the several towns, parishes,
bodies corporate, or religious societies, shall at all times have
the exclusive right of electing their own public teachers, and <of
this
* The Constitution of New-Hampsliire was approved by
the people, and' established by conyention, fifth of September, 1792. The former
constitution 'having been approved by Ihe people, was established by Convention
31st Octc.ber,
174?, and took effect on the first Wednesday of June, 1784.
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19
conti acting with them for their support andmaintenance. And no
person of any one particular religious sect or denomination,
shall ever be compelled to pay towards the support of the teacher or teachers of another persuasion, sect or denomination.
And every denomination of christians, demeaning themselves quietly, and as good subjects of the state, shall be equally
under the protection of the law
and no subordination of any
one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by
:
law.
And nothing herein shall be understood to affect any former
contracts made for the support of the ministry ; but all such
contracts shall remain, and be in the same state as if this conhad not been made.
VII. The people of this state have the sole and exclusive
right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign and independent state
and do, and forever hereafter shall exercise and
enjoy every power, jurisdiction and right, pertaining thereto,
which is not, or may not hereafter be by them expressly delegated to the United States of America in Congress assembled.
VIII. All power residing originally in, and being derived
from the people, all the magistrates and officers of government
are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to
them.
IX. No office or place whatsoever in government, shall be
hereditary rthe abilities and integrity requisite in all, not being
stitution
;
—
transmissible to posterity or relations.
X. Government being instituted for the common benefit, proand security of the whole community, and not for the
private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class
of men therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other
means of redress are ineffectual, the people may and of right
ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The
doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
XI. All elections ought to be free, and every inhabitant of the
state, having the proper qualifications, has equal right to elect
and be elected into office.
XII. Every member of the community has a right to be protected by it, in the enjoyment of his life, liberty and property he
is therefore bound to contribute his share in the expense of such
protection, and to yield his personal service when necessary, or
an equivalent.
But no part of a man's property shall be taken
from him, or applied to public uses, without his own consent,
or that of the representative body of the people.
Nor are the
tection
;
;
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GENfiHAL VIEW.
inhabitants of this state controlable by any other laws than those,
to which they, or their representative body, have given their
consent.
XIII. No person, who is conscientiously scrupulous about
the lawfulness of bearing arms, shall be compelled thereto, provided he will pay an equivalent.
XIV. Every subject of this state is entitled to a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries he may receive in his person, property, or character ; to obtain right and
justice freely, without being obliged to purchase it ; completely
and without any denial ; promptly and without delay, conformably to the laws.
XV. No subject shall be held to answer for any crime or offence, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally described to him ; or be compelled to accuse or furnish evidence against himself.
And every subject shall have a right
to produce all proofs that may be favourable to himself
to
meet the witnesses against him, face to face ; and to be fully
heard in his defence, by himself and counsel.
And no subject
shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his
property, immunities, or privileges put out of the protection of
the law, exiled or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by
the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
%
XVI. No subject shall be liable to be tried, after an acquittal, for the same crime or offence.
Nor shall the legislature
make any law that shall subject any person to a capital punishment, (excepting for the government of the army and navy, and
the militia in actual service) without trial by jury.
XVII. In criminal prosecutions,, the trial of facts, in the vicinity where they happen, is so essential to the security of the life,
liberty, and estate of the titizen, that no crima or offence ought
to be tried in any other county- than that in which it is committed
except in cases of general insurrection in any particular
county, when it shall appear to the Judges of the Superior
Court, that an impartial trial cannot be had in the county where
the offence may be committed, and upon their report, the legislature shall think proper to direct the trial in the nearest
county in which an impartial trial can be obtained.
XVIII. All penalties ought to be proportioned to the nature
of the offence.
wise legislature will affix the same punishment to the crimes of theft, forgery and the like, which they do
to those of murder and treason ; where the same undistinguishing severity is exerted against all offences, the people are led to
forget the real distinction in the crimes themselves, and to commit the most flagrant with as little compunction as they do the
lightest offences
For the same reason a multitude of sanguin:
J
Na
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21
ary laws is both impolitic and unjust. The true design of all
punishments being to reform, not to exterminate mankind.
XIX. Every subject hath a right to be secure Irom all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his houses, his
Therefore, all warrants to
papers, and all his possessions.
search suspected places, or arrest a person for examination or
prosecutions for criminal matters, are contrary to this
the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation ; and if the order, in a warrant to
a civil officer, to make search in suspected places, or to arrest
one or more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not
accompanied with a special designation of the persons or objects
of search, arrest, or seizure ; and no warrant ought to be issued,
but in cases, and with the formalities, prescribed by law.
XX. In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits
between two or more persons, except in cases in which it has been
heretofore otherwise used and practised, the parties have a right
to a trial by jury, and this method of procedure shall be held sacred, unless in cases arising on the high seas and such as relate to
marinerls' wages, the legislature shall think it necessary hereafter
trial, in
right,
if
to alter
it.
XXI.
In order to reap the fullest advantage of the inestimaby jury, great care ought to be taken,
that none but qualified persons should be appointed to serve ;
and such ought to be fully compensated for their travel, time
and attendance.
ble privilege of the trial
XXII. The
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
security of freedom in a state
violably preserved.
•the
:
It
is
essential to
ought therefore to be
in-
XXIII. Retrospective laws
are highly injurious, oppressive
such laws therefore should be made, either
for the decision of civil causes, or the punishment of offences.
and unjust.
No
A
XXIV.
well regulated militia is the proper, natural and
sure defence of a state.
XXV. Standing armies are dangerous to liberty, and ought
not to be raised, or kept up without the consent of the legislature.
XXVI.
In all cases and at all times, the military ought to be
subordination to, and governed by the civil power.
XXVII. No soldier in time of peace, shall be quartered in
any house, without the consent of the owner and in time of
war, such quarters ought not to be made but by the civil magistrate, in a manner ordained by the legislature.
XXVIII. No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duty, shall be
established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever,
under
strict
;
�GENERAL VIEW.
2'2
without the consent of the people, or their representatives in
the legislature, or authority derived from that body.
XXIX. The power of suspending the laws, or the execution
of them, ought never to be exercised but by the legislature, or
by authority derived therefrom, to be exercised in such particular cases only as the legislature shall expressly provide for.
XXX. The freedom of deliberation, speech and debate, in
cither house of the legislature, is so essential to the rights of
the people, that it cannot be the foundation of any action, complaint, or prosecution, in any other court or place whatsoever.
XXXI. The legislature shall assemble for the redress of public grievances, and for making such laws as the public good may
require.
XXXII. The
people have a right in an orderly and peaceaand consult upon the common good,
give instructions to their representatives, and to request of the
legislative body by way of petition or remonstrance, redress of
the wrongs done them, and of the grievances they suffer.
XXXIII. No magistrate, or court of law, shall demand
excessive bail or sureties, impose excessive fines, or inflict cruel or unusual punishments.
XXXIV. No person can in any case be subjected to lawmartial, or to any pains or penalties by virtue of that law, except those employed in the army or navy, and except the militia in actual service, but by authority of the legislature.
XXXV. It is essential to the preservation of the rights of
every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character, that
there be an impartial interpretation of the laws and administraIt is the right of every citizen to be tried by
tion of justice.
It is
judges as impartial as the lot of humanity will admit.
therefore not only the best policy, but for the security of the
rights of the people, that the judges of the Supreme Judicial
Court should hold their offices so long as they behave well ;
subject however to such limitations on account of age, as may
be provided by the constitution of the state ; and that they
should have honourable salaries ascertained and established by
standing laws.
XXXVI. Economy being a most essential virtue in all
no pension shall be granted,
states, especially in a young one
but in consideration of actual services ; and such pensions ought
to be granted with great caution by the legislature, and never
for more than one year at a time.
XXXVII. In the government of this state, the three essential powers thereof, to wit, the legislative, executive and judicial, ought to be kept as separate from, and independent of each
ble
manner
to assemble
;
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23
Other, as the nature of a free government will admit, or as is
consistent with that chain of connexion that binds the whole fabric of the constitution in one indissoluble bond of union afid
amity.
XXXVIII.
A
frequent recurrence to the fundamental prinand a constant adherence to justice,
moderation, temperance, industry, frugality and all the social
virtues, are indispensably necessary to preserve the blessings of
liberty and good government ; the people ought therefore to have
a particular regard to all those principles in the choice of their
officers and representatives : and they have a rignt to require
of their law- givers and magistrates, an exact and constant observance of them, in the formation and execution of the laws
necessary for the good administration of government.
ciples of the constitution,
Part
II.
Form of Government,
— The
territory formerly called the Province of
people inhabiting the
New-Hampshire, do
hereby solemnly and mutually agree with each other, to form
themselves into a free, sovereign and independent body-politic,
or state, by the name of the State of New- Hampshire.
—
General Court. The supreme legislative power, within this
shall be vested in the senate and house of representa-.
tives, each of which shall have a negative on the other.
The senate and house shall assemble every year on the first
Wednesday of June, and at such other times as they may judge
and shall dissolve, and be dissolved seven days nex6
necessary
preceding the said first Wednesday of June ; and shall bestiled
The General Court of New- Hampshire.
The general court shall forever have full power and authority
to erect and constitute judicatories, and courts of record, or other courts, to be holden in the name of the state, for the hearing, trying and determining all manner of crimes, offences, pleas,
processes, plaints, actions, causes, matters and things whatso-^
ever, arising or happening within this state, or between or concerning persons inhabiting or residing, or brought within the
same ; whether the same be criminal or civil, or whether the
crimes be capital, or not capital, and whether the said pleas
be real, personal, or mixed and for the awarding and issuing
execution thereon.
To which courts and judicatories, arc
hereby given and granted, full power and authority, from time
to time, to administer oaths or affirmations, for the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy, or depending
before them.
And further, full power and authority are hereby given and
granted to the said general court, from time to time to make, orstate,
;
;
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24
all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties, or without, so as the same be not repugnant
or contrary to this constitution, as tliey may judge for the
dain and establish,
and welfare of this state, and for the governing and
ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same, for the
necessary support and defence of the government thereof;
and to name and settle annually, or provide by fixed laws for
the naming and settling, all civil officers within this state ;
such officers excepted, the election and appointment of whom
are hereafter in this form of government otherwise provided
and to set forth the several duties, powers and Hmits,
for
and
of the several civil and military officers of this state
the forms of such oaths or affirmations as shall be respectively administered unto them, for the execution of their several offices and places, so as the same be not repugnant or
contrary to this constitution ; and also to impose fines, mulcts,
imprisonments and other punishments ; and to impose and
fcvy proportional and reasonable assessments, rates, and taxbenefit
J
;
upon all the inhabitants of, and residents within, the said
and upon all estates within the same to be issued and
disposed of by warrant, under the hand of the governor of
this state for the time being, with the advice and consent of
es,
state
;
;
the council, for the public service, in^ the necessary defence
and support of the government of this state, and the protection and preservation of the subjects thereof according to such
acts as are, or shall be in force within the same.
iVnd while the public charges of government, or any part
thereof shall be assessed on poles and estates in the manner
that has heretofore been practised ; in order that such assessments may be made with equality, there shall be a valuation of the estates within the state taken anew once in every
five years at least, and as much oftener as the general court
shall order.
No member
of the general court shall take fees, be of counor act as advocate, in any cause before either branch of
the legislature ; and upon due proof thereof such member shall
forfeit his seat in the legislature.
The doors of the galleries, of each house of the legislature
shall be kept open to all persons who behave decently, except
when the welfare of the state, in the opinion of either branch,
sel,
shall require secrecy.
—
House of Representatives. There shall be, in the legislature
of this state, a representation of the people, annually electAnd in order
ed apcT founded upon principles of equality
:
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GE-NERAL VIEW.
that such representation may be as equal as circumstances
will admit, every town, parish, or place entitled to town privileges, having one hundred and fifty rateable male polls, of
twenty one years of age and upwards,
may
elect
one repre^
sentative ; if. four hundred and fifty rateable polls, may elect
two representatives ; and' so proceeding in that proportion,
making three hundred such rateable polls the mean increasing number, for every additional representative.
Such towns, parishes, or places, as have less than one hundred and fifty rateable polls shall be classed by the general
court for the purpose of choosing a representative, and seasonably notified thereof.
And in every class, formed for the
abovementioned purpose, the first annual meeting shall be htld
in the town, parish, or place, wherein most of the rateable
polls reside ; and afterwards in that which has the next highest number ; and so on annually by rotation, through the several towns, parishes, or places, forming the district.
Whenever any town, parish, or place, entitled to town privileges as aforesaid, shall not have one hundred and fifty rnteable polls, and be so situated as to render the classing thereof
with any other town, parish, or place, very inconvenient, the
general court may, upon application of a majority of the voters
in such town, parish, or place, issue a writ for their electing
and sending a representative to the general court.
The members of the house of representatives shall be chosen annually in the month of March, and shall be the second
branch of the legislature.
All persons qualified to vote in the- election of senators.,
shall be entitled to vote within the district where they dwell,
Every member of the house
in the choice of representatives.
of representatives shall be chosen by ballot ; and for two ears
at least, next preceding his election, sh^U have been an inshall have an estate withia the dishabitant of this state ;
trict which he may be chosen to represent, of the value of one
hundred pounds, one half of which to be a freehold, whereof he
is seized in his own right ; shall be at the time of his election an inhabitant of the town, parish or place he may be chosen to represent, shall be of the protestant religion, and shall
cease to represent such town, parish or place, imniediately on
his ceasing to be qualified as aforesaid.
The members of both houses of the legislature shall be compensated for their services out of the treasury of the state, by
a law made for that purpose ; such members attending seasonably, and not departing without license.
All intermediate vacancies in the house of representatives, may be filled up from
}^^
4
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�GENERAL VIEW.
2^
time to time,
in the
same manner
as
annual
elections aver
made.
The house of representatives shall be the grand inquest of the
and all impeachments made by them, shall be heard and
state
;
tried
by the senate.
money
bills shall originate in the house of representabut the senate may propose, or concur with amendments,
as on other bills.
The house of representatives shall have power to adjourn
themselves, but no longer than two days at a time.
majority of the members of the house of representatives
shall be a quorum for doing business ; but when less than two
thirds of the representatives elected shall be present, the assent of
two thirds of those members shall be necessary to render
their acts and proceedings valid.
No member of the house of representatives or senate, shall
be arrested or held to bail on mean process, during his going to, returning from, or attendance upon the court.
The house of representatives shall choose their own speaker, appoint their own officers, and settle the rules of proceedings in their own house ; and shall be judge of the returns,
elections and qualifications of its members, as pointed out in
They shall have authority to punish by imthis constitution.
prisonment, every person who shall be guilty of disrespect to
the house in its presence, by any disorderly and contemptuous
behaviour, or by threatening or ill treating any of its members ;
or by obstructing its deliberations ; every person guilty of a
breach of its privileges, in making arrest for debt, or by assaulting any member during his attendance at any session ; in
assaulting or disturbing any one of its officers in the execution
of any order or procedure of the house ; in assaulting any witness or other person ordered to attend, by, and during his attendance upon the house j or in rescuing an)^ person arrested
by order of the house, knowing them to be such. The senate,
governor, and council, shall have the same powers in like cases :
provided, that no imprisonment by either, for any offence, exceed ten days.
The journals of the proceedings, and all public acts of both
houses of the legislature, shall be printed and published immediately after every adjournment or prorogation ; and upon motion made by any one member, the yeas and nays upon any
And any member of
question shall be entered on the journal
the senate or house of representatives, shall have a right, on
motion made at the time for that purpose, to have his protest or dissent, with the reasons, against any vote, resolve, or
bill passed, entered on the journal.
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Senate.—The senate
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shall consist of twelve
shall hold their office for one year
from the
members, who
first
Wednesday
of June next ensuing their election.
And that the state may be equally represented in the senate,
the legislature shall, from time to time, divide the state into
twelve districts, as nearly equal as may be without dividingtowns and unincorporated places
and in making this division,
they shall govern themselves by the proportion of direct taxes
paid by the said districts, and timely make known to the inhabitants of the state the limits of each district.
The freeholders and other inhabitants of each district, qualified as in this constitution is provided, shall annually give in
their votes for a senator, at some meeting holden in the month
of March.
The senate shall be the first branch of the legislature;
and the senators shall be chosen in the following manner,
viz. every male inhabitant of each town, and parish with town
privileges, and places unincorporated, in this state, of twenty-one years of age and upwards, excepting paupers, and persons excused from paying taxes at their own request, shall
have a right at the annual or other meetings of the inhabitants of said towns and parishes, to be duly warned and holden
annually forever in the month of March, to vote in the town or
parish wherein he dwells, for the senator in the district whereof
he is a member.
Provided nevertheless^ That no person shall be capable of being elected a senator, who is not of the protestant relig-ion^ !Lnd
seized of a freehold estate in his own right, of the value of two
hundred pounds, lying within this state, who is not of the age of
thirty years, and who shall not have been an inhabitant of
this state for seven years immediately preceding his election,
and at the time thereof he shall be an inhabitant of the district
for which he shall be chosen.
And every person, qualified as the constitution provides, shall
be considered an inhabitant for the purpose of electing and
being elected into any office or place within this state, in the
town, parish and plantation, where he dwelleth and hath his
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home.
And the inhabitants of plantations and places unincorporated, qualified as this constitution provides, who are or shall
be required to assess taxes upon themselves towards the sup»^
port of govertiment, or shall be taxed therefor, shall have the
same privilege of voting for senators, in the plantations and
places wherein they reside, as the inhabitants of the respective towns and parishes aforesaid have.
And the meetings of
such plantations and places for that purpose
shall be
holden
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annually in the month of March, at such places respeciivdy
therein as the assessors thereof shall direct ; which assessors
shall have like authority for notifying the electors, collecting
and returning the votes, as the selectmen and town clerks have
in their several towns by this constitution.
The meetings for the choice of governor, council, and senators,
shall be warned by warrant from the selectmen, and governed
bv a moderator, who shall in the presence of the selectmen
(whose duty it shall be to attend) in open meeting, receive the
votes of all the inhabitants of such towns and parishes present,
and qualified to vote for senators and shall, in said meetings,
in presence of the said selectmen, and of the town clerk in said
meetings, sort and count the said votes, and make a public declaration thereof, with the name of every person voted for, and
and the town clerk shall
the number of votes for each person
a fair record of the same at large, in the town book, and
make
shall make out a fair attested copy thereof, to be by him sealed
up and directed to the secretary of the state, with a super;
;
scription expressing the purport thereof : And the said town
clerk shall cause such attested copy to be delivered to the sheriff
(if the county in which such town or parish shall lie, thirty days
at least before the first Wednesday of June, or to the secretary
of the state at least twenty days before the said first Wednesday of June : and the sheriff of each county, or his deputy, shall
deliver
all
such certificates, by him received, into the secre-
tary's office, at least twenty days before the first
Wednesday
of June.
may be a due meeting of senators on the
of June annually, the governor, and a majority of the council for the time being, shall as soon as may be,
examine the returned copies of such records, and fourteen days
before the first Wednesday of June, he shall issue his summons
to such persons as appear to be chosen senators, by a majority of votes, to attend and take their seats on that day.
Provided nevertheless^ That for the first year the said returned copies shall be examined by the president, and a majority of
the council then in office ; and the said president shall in like
manner notify the persons elected, to attend and take their seats
And
first
that there
Wednesday
accordingly.
And in case there shall not appear to be a senator elected by
a majority of votes, for any district, the deficiency shall be supplied in the following manner, viz. the members of the house of
representatives, and such senators as shall be declared elected,
shall take the names of the two persons having the highest
number of votes in the district, and out of them shall elect, by
joint ballot, the senator wanted for such district ; and in this
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GENERAL VIEW.
all such vacancies shall be filled up in every district of
the state, and in like manner all vacancies in the senate, arising
by death, removal out of the state, or otherwise, shall be supplied as soon as may be after such vacancies happen.
The senate shall be final judges of the elections, returns
and qualifications of their own members, as pointed out in this
manner
constitution.
The senate shall have power to adjourn themselves, provided
such adjournment do not exceed two days at a time.
Provided nevertheless^ That whenever they shall sit on the
trial of any impeachment, they may adjourn to such time and
place as they may think proper, although the legislature be not
assembled on such day, or
at
such place.
senate shall appoint their president and other officers,
and determine their own rules of proceedings : and not less
than seven members of the senate shall make a quorum for doing
business and when less than eight senators shall be present,
The
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the assent of five at least, shall be necessary to render their acts
and proceedings
valid.
senate shall be a court, with full power and authority to
hear, try and determine, all impeachments made by the house
of representatives against any officer or officers of the state, for
bribery, corruption, mal-practice or mal-administration, in office,with full power to issue summons, or compulsory process, for
convening witnesses before them : but previous to the trial of
any such impeachment, the members of the senate shall respectively be sworn truly and impartially to try and determine the
The
And every officer,
according to evidence.
for bribery, corruption, mal-practice or mal-administration in office, shall be served with an attested copy of the impeachment, and order of senate thereon, with such citation as
charge
in question,
impeached
may
direct, setting forth the time and plac? of their
impeachment which service shall be made by
the sheriff, or such other sworn officer as the senate may appoint, at least fourteen days previous to the time of trial; and
such citation being duly served and returned, the senate may
proceed in the hearing of the impeachment, giving the person
impeached (if he shall appear) full liberty of producing witnesses
and proofs, and of making his defence, by himself and counsel,
and may also, upon his refusing or neglecting to appear, hear
the prj^ofs in support of the impeachment, and render judgment
thereon, his non-appearance notwithstanding and such judgment
shall have the same force and effect as if the person impeached
had appeared and pleaded in the trial. Their judgment however, shall not extend further than removal from office, disqualification to hold or enjoy any place of honour, trust, or
the senate
sitting to try the
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profit,
under
this state
;
but the party so convicted, shall never-
theless be liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment,
according to the laws of the land.
Whenever the governor shall be impeached, the chief justice of
the supreme judicial court shall, during the
senate, but have no vote therein.
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trial,
preside in the
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Executive poweu. Governor. There shall be a supreme
executive magistrate, who shall be stiled the Governor of the
State of New-Hampshire, and whose title shall be His ExC€lle7icy,
The governor shall be chosen annually in the month of March;
and the votes for governor shall be received, sorted, counted,
certified, and returned, in the same manner as the votes for senaand the secretary shall lay the same before the senate and
tors
house of representatives on the first Wednesday of June, to be by
them examined, and in case of an election by a majority ot votes
through the state, the choice shall be by thexn declared and pub;
lished.
And
the qualifications of electors of the governor shall be the
for senators ; and if no person shall have a majority of votes, the senate and house of representatives shall by
joint ballot elect one of the two persons having the highest numbei" of votes, who shall be declared governor.
And no persons shall be eligible to this office, unless at the
same as those
his election, he shall have been an inhabitant of this state
for seven years next preceding, and unless he shall be of the
age of thirty years, and unless he shall at the same time have an
estate of the value of five hundred pounds, one half of which shall
time of
consist of a freehold in his own right within this state, and unkss he shall be of the protestant religion.
In cases of disagreement between the two houses with regard
to the time or place of adjournment or prorogation, the governor,
with advice of council, shall have a right to adjourn or prorogue
the general court, not exceeding ninety days at any one time,
as he may determine the public good may require, and he shall
dissolve the same seven days before the said first Wednesday of
June.
And in case of any infectious distemper prevailing in the place
where the said court at any time is to convene, or any other
cause, whereby dangers may arise to the health or l^ves of
the members from their attendance, the governor may direct the
session to be holden at some other the most convenient place
within the state.
Every bill which shall have passed both houses of the general xourt, shall, before it become a law, be presented to
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the governor ; if he approve, he shall sign it, but if not, he
shall return it with his objections, to that house in which it
shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large
on their journal and proceed to reconsider it j if after such
reconsideration, two thirds of that house shall agree to pass
the bill, it shall be sent, together with such objections, to
the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and
if approved by two thirds of that house, it shall become a
law.
But in all such cases the votes of both houses shall
be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons, voting for or against the bill, shall be entered on the
If any bill shall not be
journal of each house respectively.
returned by the governor, within five days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a
law in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the legislature, bj'
their adjournment, prevent its return, in which case it shall not
be a law.
Every resolve shall be presented to the governor, and besame shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or
being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by the senate
and house of representatives, according to the rules and limfore the
itations prescribed in the case of
All judicial
a
bill.
attorney general, solicitors, all sheriffs, coroners, registers of probate, and all officers of the navy, and general and field officers of the militia, shall be nominated and appointed by the governor and council ; and every
such nomination shall be made at least three days prior to
such appointment ; and no appointment shall take place, unThe governor
less a majority of the counsel agree thereto.
and council shall have a negative on each other, both in the
nominations and appointments. Every nomination and appointment shall be signed by the governor and council, and
every negative shall be also signed by the governor or council who made the same.
The captains and subalterns in the respective regiments,
shall be nominated and recommended by the field officers to the
governor, who is to issue their commissions immediately on
receipt of such recommendation.
Whenever the chair of the governor shall become vacant, by
reason of his death, absence from the state, or otherwise, the
president of the senate shall, during such vacancy, have and
exercise all the powers and authorities which, by this constitution the governor is vested with, when personally present ; but
when the president of the senate shall exercise the office of
governor, he shall not hold his office in the senate.
officers, the
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The governor, with advice of council, shall have full power
and authority in the recess of the general court, to prorogue
the same from time to time, not exceeding ninety days in any
one recess of said court and during the sessions of said court,
to adjourn or prorogue it to any time the two houses may desire, and to call it together sooner than the time to which it may
;
be adjourned or prorogued, if the welfare of the state should
require the same.
The governor of this stats for tlie time being, shall be commander in chief of the army and navy, and all the military
and shall have full powforces of the state, by sea and land
er by himself, or by any chief commander, or other officer
or officers, from time to time, to train, instruct, exercise and
govern the militia and navy and for the special defence and
safety of this state, to assemble in martial array, and put in warlike posture the inhabitants thereof, and to lead and conduct
them, and with them to encounter, repulse, repel, resist and
pursue by force of arms, as well by sea as by land, within and
without the limits of this state and also to kill, slay, destroy, if
necessary, and conquer by all fitting ways, enterprize and means,
all and every such person and persons as shall at any time hereafter, in a hostile manner, attempt or enterprize the destruction,
and to use and
invasion, detriment or annoyance of this state
exercise over the army and navy, and over the militia in actual
service, the law martial in time of war, invasion, and also in rebellion, declared by the legislature to exist as occasion shall necand surprize by all ways and means whatessarily require
soever, all and every such person or persons, with their ships,
arms, ammunition, and other goods, as shall in a hostile manner invade, or attempt the invading, conquering or annoying,
this state ; and in fine, the governor hereby is entrusted with
all other powers incident to the office of captain general and
commander in chief and admiral, to be exercised agreeably to
the rules and regulations of the constitution and the laws of
the land : provided, that the governor shall not at any time
hereafter, by virtue of any power by this constitution granted
or hereafter to be granted to him by the legislature, transport
any of the inhabitants of this state, or oblige them to march
out of the limits of the same, without their free and voluntary
consent, or the consent of the general court, nor grant commissions for exercising the law martial in any case, without the
advice and consent of the council.
The power of pardoning offences, except such as persons
may be convicted of before the senate by impeachment of the
hottse, shall be in the governor, by and with the advice of the
council ; but no charter of pardon granted by the governor with
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advice of council, before convictioH, shall avail the party plead*
ing the same, notwithstanding any general or particular expressions contained therein, descriptive of the offence or offences intended to be pardoned.
No officer duly commissioned to command in the militia
shall be removed from his office, but by the address of both
houses to the governor, or by fair trial in court-martial, pursuant to the laws of the state for the time being.
The commanding officers of the regiments shall appoint
their adjutants and quarter-masters ; the brigadiers, their brigade-majors ; the major-generals, their aids ; the captains and
subalterns, their
non-commissioned
officers.
The
division of the militia into brigades, regiments and companies, made in purswance of the militia laws now in force,
shall be considered as the proper division of the militia of
by some future law.
issued out of the treasury of this state
and disposed of (except such sums as may be appropriated for
the redemption of bills of. credit, or treasurer's notes, or for the
payment of interest arising thereon) hut by warrant under the
hand of the governor for the time being, by and with the advice and consent of the council, for the necessary support and
defence of this state, and for the necessary protection and preservation of the inhabitants thereof, agreeably to the acts and
resolves of the general court.
All public boards, the commissary-general, all superintending officers of public magazines and stores belonging to this
state, and all commanding officers of forts and garrisons within
the same, shall once in every three months, officially and
without requisition, and at other times when required by the governor, deliver to him an account of all goods, stores, provisions,
this state, until the sam** shall be altered
No
monies
shall be
ammunition, cannon, with their appendages, and all small arms
with their accoutrements, and of all other public property under their care respectively ; distinguishing the quantity and kind
of each, as particularly as may be ; together with the condition
of such forts and garrisons
and the commanding officer shall
exhibit to the governor when required by him, true and exact
plans of such forts, and of the land and sea, or harbour or harbours adjacent.
The governor and council shall be compensated for their services, from time to time, by such grants as the general court
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shall think reasonable.
Permanent and honourable salaries shall be established
for the justices of the superior court.
by Iaw»
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—There
shall be annually elected by ballot five counadvising the governor in the executive part of government. The freeholders and other inhabitants in each county,
qualified to vote for senators, shall some time in the month
of March, give in their votes for one counsellor ; which votes
shall be received, sorted, counted, certified and returned to the
secretary's office, in the same manner as the votes for senators, to
be by the secretary laid before the senate and house of representatives on the first Wednesday of June.
And the person having a majority of votes in any county, shall
be considered as duly elected a counsellor but if no person shall
have a majority of votes in any county, the senate and house
of representatives shall take the names of the two persons
who have the highest number of votes in each county, and
not elected, and out of those two, shall elect by joint ballot,
Council.
sellors, for
:
the counsvrllor wanted for such county and the qualifications
for counsellors shall be the same as for senators.
If any person thus chosen a counsellor, shall be elected
governor or member of either branch of the legislature, and shall
accept the trust ; or if any person elected a counsellor, shall refuse to accept the office ; or in case of the death, resignation, or
removal of any counsellor out of the state ; the governor mayissue a precept for the election of anew counsellor in that county
where such vacancy shall happen ; and the choice shall be in the
same manner as before directed : and the governor shall have full
power and authority to convene the council, from time to time,
at his discretion ; and with them or the majority of them, may
and shall from time to time hold a council for ordering
and directing the affiiirs of the state according to the laws of
:
the land.
of the council may be impeached by the house
by the senate, for bribery, corruption, mal-practice, or
The members
and
tried
mal-administration.
The resolutions and advice of the council shall be .recorded by
the secretary in a register, and signed by all the members present agreeing thereto ; and this record may be called for at any
time by either house of the legislature ; and any member of the
council may enter his opinion contrary to the resolutions of the
majority, with the reasons for such opinion.
The legislature may, if the public good shall hereafter require
it,
divide the state into five districts, as nearly equal as
governing themselves by the
portion of public taxes ; each
in case of such division, the
formable to the present mode
number of rateable
district to elect
may
be,
and proa counsellor
and
polls,
manner of the choice
:
shall
of election in counties.
be con-
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And
whereas the elections appointed to be made by this conon the first Wednesday of June annually by the two
houses of the legislature, may not be completed on that day, the
said elections may be adjourned from day to day, until the same
be completed ; and the order of the elections shall be as follows
the
the vacancies in the senate (if any) shall be first filled up
governor shall then be elected, provided there shall be no choice
of him by the people
and afterwards the two houses shall proceed to fill up the vacancy (if any) in the council.
stitution
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Secretary^ Treasurer^ Commissary-General^ SsPc- The secreand commissary-general, shall be chosen by
joint ballot of the senators and representatives assembled in one
tary, treasurer,
room.
The
records of the state shall be kept in the office of the sethe governor and council, the sen; and he shall attend
ate and representatives, in person or by deputy,, as they may recretary
quire.
The secretary of the state shall at all times have a deputy, to
be by him appointed ; for whose conduct in office he shall be responsible : and in case of the death, removal, or inability,
of the secretary ; his deputy shall exercise all the duties of
the office of secretary of this state, until another shall be appointed.
The secretary before he enters upon the business of his
office, shall give bond with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable
sum, for the use of the state, for the punctual performance of his
trust.
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County Treasurer^ ^c. The county treasurers and registers
of deeds, shall be elected by the inhabitants of the several towns,
in the several counties in the state, according to the method now
practised, and the laws of the state.
Provided nevertheless^ The legislature shall have authority
to alter the manner of certifying the votes and the mode of
but not so as to deprive the people of
electing those officers
the right they now have of electing them.
And the legislature, on the application of the major part of
the inhabitants of any county, shall have authority to divide
;
the
same
into
two
districts for registering deeds, if to
shall appear necessary
;
each district
them
it
f elect a register of deeds
:
and before they enter upon the business of their offices, shall be
respectively sworn faithfully to discharge the duties thereof, and
shall severally give bond, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable
sum, for the use of the county, for the punctual performance of
their respective trusts.
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yudiciary Power. -^Tht tenure that all commissioned officers
have by law in their offices, shall be expressed in their reall judicial officers duly appointed, comspective commissions
missioned and sworn, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, excepting those concerning whom there is a different proProvided nevertheless^ the
vision made in this constitution
governor, with consent of counsel, may remove them upon the
address of both houses of the legislature.
Each branch of the legislature, as well as the governor and
council, shall have authority to require the opinions of the justices of the superior court, upon important questions of law and
upon solemn occasions.
In order that the people may not suffer from the long continuance in place of any justice of the peace, who shall fail in discharging the important duties of his office with ability and fidelity, all commissions of justices of the peace shall become void at
the ejcpiration of five years from their respective dates, and upon the expiration of any commission the same may if necessary
be renewed, or another person appointed, as shall most conduce
to the well being of the state.
All causes of marriage, divorce and alimony, and all appeals
from the respective judges of probate, shall be heard and tried by
the superior court until the legislature shall by law make other
shall
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provisiono
The general court are empowered to give to justices of the
peace, jurisdiction in civil causes, when the damages demanded
^hallnot exceed four pounds^ and title of real estate is not concerned ; but with right of appeal to either party, to some other
court, so that a trial by jury in the last resort may be had.
No person shall hold the office of judge of any court, or
judge of probate, or sheriff of any county, after he has attained
the age of seventy years.
No judge of any court or justice of the peace^ shall act as
attorney, or be of counsel to any party, or originate any civil
suit, in matters which shall come, or be brought before him as
judge, or justice of the peace.
All matters relating to the probate of wills and granting letters of administration, shall be exercised by the judges of probate, in such manner as the legislature have directed, or may
hereafter direct : and the judges of probate shall hold their
courts at such place or places, on such fixed days, as the conveniency of the people may require, and the legislature from
time Lo time appoint.
No judge, or register of probate, shall be of counsel, act as
advocate, or receive any fees as advocate or counsel, in aay
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probate business which is pending, or may be brought into any
court of probate in the county of which he is judge or register.
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The judges of the courts (those of probate
Clerks of Court.
excepted) shall appoint their respective clerks, to hold their office during pleasure : and no such clerk shall act as an attorney, or be of counsel in any cause in the court of which he is
clerk, nor shall he draw any writ originating a civil action.
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Encouragement of Literature^ ^c. Knowledge and learning,
generally diffused through a community, being essentiabto the
preservation of a free government ; and spreading the opportunities and advantages of education through the various parts
of the country, being highly conducive to promote this end
it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this government, to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries and public schools ;
to encourage private and public institutions, rewards and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and natural history of the country ; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity
and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry
and economy, honesty and punctuality, sincerity, sobriety, and
generous sentiments among the
social affections, and
all
people.
Oath and Subscriptions Exclusion from Offices ; Commissions ;
Writs ; Confirmation of Laws ; Habeas Corpus ; The Enacting Stile ; Continuance of Officers / Provision for a Future
Revision of the Constitution^ ^c.
Any person chosen governor, counsellor, senator, or representative, military or civil officer, (town officers excepted) accepting
the trust, shall, before he proceeds to execute the duties of his
;
make and subscribe the following declaration, viz.
A. B. do solemnly swear, that I will bear faith and true
allegiance to the State of New-Hampshire, and will support the
constitution thereof.
So help me God.
I, A. B. do solemnly and sincerely swear and affirm, that I
office,
I,
and impartially discharge and perform all the duincumbent on me as
according to the best of
my abilities, agreeably to the rules and regulations of this conSo
stitution, and the laws of the State of New-Hampshire.
will faithfully
ties
help
me God.
Any
person having taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance, aiid the same being filed in the secretary's office, he shall
not be obliged to take said oath again.
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Provided always^
When
any person chosen or appointed as
aforesaid, shall be of the denomination called quakers, or shall
be scrupulous of swearing, and shall decline taking the said
oaths, such person shall take and subscribe them, omitting the
sxvear^ and likewise the words so help me Godj subjoining
instead thereof, this I do under the pains andpenalties ofperjury*
And the oaths or affirmations shall be taken and subscribed
by the governor, before the president of the senate, in presence
of both hcusLs of the legislature, and by the senators and representatives first elected under this constitution, as altered and
amended, before the president of the state, and a majority of the
council then in office, and forever afterwards, before the governor and council for the time being ; and by all other officers,
before such persons and in such manner as the legislature shall
word
from time to time appoint.
All commissions shall be inthenameof theStateofNew-Hampshire, signed by the governor and attested by the secretary, or his
deputy, and shall have the great seal of the state affixed thereto.
All writs issuing out of the clerk's office in any of the courts
of law, shall be in the name of the State of New-Hampshire ;
shall be under the seal of the court whence they issue, and
bear test of the chief, first, or senior justice of the court ; but
when such justice shall be interested, then the writ shall bear
test of some other justice of the court to which the same shall be
returnable ; Tmd be signed by the clerk of such court.
All indictments, presentments, and informations shall conclude, agaiiist the peace and dignity of the state.
The estates of such persons as may destroy their own lives,
shall not for that offence be forfeited, but descend or ascend in
the same manner as if such persons had died in a natural way ;
nor shall any article which shall accidentally occasion the death
of any person, be henceforth deemed a deodand, or in any wise
forfeited on account of such misfortune.
All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used and
approved, in the province, colony, or State of New-Hampshire,
and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall remain and
be in full force until altered and repealed by the legislature ;
such parts thereof only excepted, as are repugnant to the
rights and liberties contained in this constitution : provided that
nothing herein contained, when compared with the 23d article
in the bill of rights, shall be construed to affect the laws already made respecting the persons, or estates, of absentees.
The privilege and benefit of the habeas corpus, shall be enjoyed in this state, in the most free, easy, cheap, expeditious, and
ample manner, and shall not be suspended by the legislature, except upon the most urgent and pressing occasions, and for a time
not exceeding three months.
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39
'
The enacting stile in making and passing acts, statutes, and
Be it enacted by the senate and house of repre*
laws, shall be
sentatives^ in general court convened.
No governor, or judge of the supreme judicial court shall hold
any office or place under the authority of this state, except such
as by this constitution they are admitted to hold, saving that
the judges of the said court may hold the office of justice of
the peace throughout the state ; nor shall they hold any place or
office, or receive any pension or salary, from any other state,
government, or power whatever.
No
person shall be capable of exercising at the same time,
the following offices within "this state, vz.
judge of probate, sheriff, register of deeds ; and never more
than two offices of profit, which may be held by appointment of the governor, or governor and council, or senate
and house of representatives, or superior or inferior courts ;
military offices and offices of justices of the peace excepted.
No person holding the office of judge of any court (except
special judges,) secretary, treasurer of the state, attorney-general, commissary-general, military officers receiving pay from
the continent or this state (excepting officers of the militia, occasionally called forth on an emergency) register of deeds,
sheriff, or officers of the customs, including naval officers, collectors of excise and state and continental taxes, hereafter appointed and not having settled their accounts with the respective officers with whom it is their duty to settle such accounts,
members of congress, or any person holding any office under
the United States, shall at the same time hold the office of governor, or have a seat in the senate, or house of representatives,
or council ; but his being chosen and appointed to, and accepting the same, shall operate as a resignation of their seat in the
chair, senate, or house of representatives, or council
and the
place so vacated shall be filled up.
No member of the council
shall have a seat in the senate or house of representatives.
No person shall ever be admitted to hold a seat in the legislature, or any office of trust or importance, under this government, who in the due course of law has been convicted of bribery or corruption in obtaining an election or appointment.
In all cases where sums of money are mentioned in this constitution, thd value thereof shall be computed in silver at six
shillings and eight pence per ounce.
To the end that there may be no failure of justice, or danger
to the state by the alterations and amendments made in the constitution, the general court is hereby fiilly authorized and directed tQ fix the time when the alterations and amendments shall
take effect, and make the necessary arrangements accordingly.*
more than one of
;
*
See act oC 14th Dec. 1792
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40
It shall be the duty of the selectmen and assessors^ of the
several towns and places in this state, in warning the first annual meetings for the choice of senators, after the expiration of
seven years from the adoption of this constitution as amended,
to insert expressly in the warrant, this purpose among the others for the meeting, to wit, to take the sense of the qualified
voters on the subject of a revision of the constitution ; and the
meeting being warned accordingly (and not otherwise) the moderator shall take the sense of the qualified voters present, as to
the necessity of a revision j and a return of the number of votes
for and against such necessity, shall be made by the clerk, sealed up and directed to the general court, at their then next session ; and if it shall appear to the general court by such return,
that the sense of the people of the str.te has been taken, and that
in the opinion of the majority of the qualified voters in the state,
present and voting at said meetings, there is a necessity for a
revision of the constitution, it shall be the duty of the general
court to call a convention for that purpose, otherwise the general court shall direct the sense of the people to be taken, and
The delegates
then proceed in the manner before mentioned.
to be chosen in the same manner, and proportioned as the reprovided that no alterations
presentatives to the general court
shall be made in this constitution, before the same shall be laid
:
before the towns and unincorporated places, and approved by
thirds of the qualified voters present and voting on the
two
subject.
And
the
same method of taking the sense of the people, as
and calling a convention for
to a revision of the constitution,
that purpose, shall be observed afterwards, at the expiration of
every seven years.
This form of government shall be enrolled on parchment, and
deposited in the secretary's office, and be a part of the laws of
the land : and printed copies thereof shall be prefixed to the
books containing the laws of this state, in all future editions
thereof.
—
The judicial department in NewJudicial Department.
as at present organized, consists in the first place of a
superior court of judicature, composed of a chief justice and two
associate justices. This courthas cognizance of high crimes and
misdemeanors, receives appeals from the inferior courts and the
courts of probate, and determines all questions of marriage, divorce, and alimony.
It holds two sessions annually in each
county.
There are also in this state two district courts of commoa
pleas.
For this purpose the state is divided into two districts^
Hampshire
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41
of the counties of Rockingham, Strafford, and
Hillsborough, and the other of the counties of Grafton, ChesIn each of these districts there is a court of
hire, and Coos.
common pleas, composed of one chief justice who is assisted byThis court holds its
two associate justices in each county.
sessions semi-annually in each county.
There is also in each county a court of probate of wills, &c.
consisting of one judge assisted by a register.
It sits eveiy
month in diiFerent parts of each county. This court has cognizance of all matters pertaining to the descent and settlement
It exercises care over widows,
of estates testate and intestate.
orphans, idiots, and insane persons, and has the management of
one composed
confiscated estates.
For a more particular view of the laws of this state the reader is referred to the last edition of them.
Militartf Strength.
—The
militia of
New- Hampshire
is
com-
posed of every able bodied, white male citiz*. n resident there*
in, between the ages of 18 and 45 years, except those exempted
by law, among whom are persons exempted on the ground of
religious scruples relating to war.
According to the annual return of the adjutant-general in
1814, the enrolled infantry amounted to 22,654 the artillery
the cavalry to 2,1/9, total 26,309.
There were also
to 1,476
34vpieces of brass ordnance.
The militia of New-Hampshire by
a law passed December 22, 1808, is divided into three divisions, six brigades, thirty-seven regiments, and seventy-four
Each division is commanded by a major-general,
battalions.
who is allowed two aids with the rank of major.
Each brigade has one brigadier-general and a brigade-inspector, who also
performs the duty of a brigade-major. Each regiment has one
colonel-commandant, one lieutenant-colonel, and one major.
All these officers must reside within th^ limits of their respec-
—
—
tive
commands.
Fortifications*
— (See Portsmouth and Newcastle.)
—
Religion*
The constitution of New-Hampshire secures to
the people of this state the freedom of religious opinion and
worship. The laws provide equally for the protection of every
class of christians, and the constitution expressly declares, " that
no subordination of one sect or denomination to another shall
ever be established by law." The people of this state claim and
exercise the right of selecting and supporting their own religious instructors, nor can any person be compelled to contribute
towards the support of any religious denomination to which he
6
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42
For every rational purpose therefore, liberty
does not belong.
of conscience exists, in this state in the fullest sense of the
word.
The principal religious denominations in this state are seven
in
number,
viz. congregationalists, presbyterians, episcopalians,
baptists, methodists, qu;ikcrs,
and universalists.
There
is
also
a small societv of sandimanians in Portsmouth, and one of
The
shakers in each of the towns of Canterbury and Enfield.
most numerous of these sects is the baptist denomination.
The christian religion under some form is almost universally
Those few sceptics who preprofessed throughout the state.
tend to deny this religion have not as yet agreed upon any substitute for
it.
in New-Hampshire 261 houses appropriated to
religious worship, which are in general frequented every sabbath, and there are nearly the same number of school houses
and other buildings which are used in the sam^ manner.
There are
From
State
the best information
we can
222 ordained ministers, of
procure, there are iji this
100 are congregational-
whom
method^
and 107 baptists.
It is a remarkable fact that some of the above sects differ
Many of them disagree with each other much
only in name.
less than do individuals of the same society in their private
ists,
3 presbyterians, 3 episcopalians, 3 universalists, 6
ists,
opinions.
Manners
^ Customs. — It
is
a
much
easier task to describe the
manners of past times than of the present notwithstanding
however the variety in this respect which must prevail in a
whole state, there must exist some general and prominent traits
which all will recognize.
;
The
people of New-Hampshire, like the first civilized setall new countries, are in general robust, brave, and acThe advantages of early education were not formerly
tive.
of such easy access nor so generally enjoyed as the true interests of the state demanded, yet there w^ere at all times individuals who surmounted the want of those advantages, and who,
by the energy of native genius and persevering industry qualified themselves to render the most important services to their
Since the revolution however, the means of
fellow citizens.
early instruction and mental improvement as well as the facilities of general information have abundantly increased and multiplied, and unquestionably these advantages will continue to
tlers
of
increase.
of
But of however recent origin may have been the literature
New-Hampshire, the character of this state has always pos-
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VIKVV.
43
sessed those valuable qualities which have rendered it an imIts inhabitants can
portant branch of the American union.
number among their native characteristics, fortitude and patience in adversity, intrepidity in danger, and alertness in acMany of the first settlers of this state were often reduced
tion.
Their style of living was as simple as possible.
to poverty.
Their houses were constructed of logs and poles, united at their
ends by incisions where they meet.
The crevices between
these logs were plastered and filled up with stiff clay, the consistency of which was increased by a mixture of earth or straw.
The roof was either of bark, or thin portions of logs. The
fire place was merely a pile of stones, within which the fire was
kindled on the ground, while the smoke was allowed to escape
During the winter, it
as it could through a hole in the roof.
was the practice to keep a fire by night as well as day. Ovens
were situated at a distance from the houses and were constructed of stones, cemented and plastered over with clay.
Throughout the new settlements, there were to be seen many of these
rude attempts in the art of house building, which served for the
accommodation of whole families, until their industry could prepare better materials and a better situation for their dwellings.
By these modes of living our forefathers became inured to
hardships, and by subjecting themselves to abstinence and labour
their children acquired the means of raising up large families,
and rendering themselves independent freeholders.
They feel
therefore, all that dignity and pride which spring from the consciousness that their estates are the fruit of their industry.
From the traditions they have received of the fortitude, sufferings and struggles of their ancestors, they have caught the inspiration of courage and the glow of patriotic emulation.
New-H impshire possesses therefore in its local character, the
sources of manly and heroic virtue, and of all that persevering
intrepidity which can at once encounter with patience the hardships of a desert and face an enemy without dismay.
Their
martial spirit needs only opportunities for its exercise.
The
militia of this state, under the advantages of regular discipline,
and commanded by officers of trust and ability, is fully adequate
to all the purposes of local defence.
The female sex in New-Hampshire have the general characteristics which distinguish New-England women ; freshness,
delicacy, and softness of countenance, creating not unfrequently the perfection of female beauty.
Among that portion of
them who have enjoyed the benefits of early education, the traveller may find all the fascinations of manners, the charms of
conversation, and the attractions of accomplishment.
The females of this st^Xt are in general trained from their youth to
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44
the duties of domestic economy, from which the distinctions
The employof fortune are seldom considered an exemption.
ments of the needle and other domestic avocations are here
regarded as honourable, and indolence brings equal reproach
upon both sexes. In the farming towns, the women manufacTheir fabrics of linen and
ture the clothing of their families.
No part of
woollen are of the firmest and neatest quality.
the world can produce superior butter and cheese to that made
on the banks. of the Connecticut.
Gambling is i vice unknown in New- Hampshire, except
among that worthless few who are either unable, or unwilling
The gamester, the
to follow the pursuits of honest industry.
jockey, and the knave are the objects of detestation and neglect among all whose object it is to sustain an honourable
all
character.
—
The only college in this state is in
Literature &J* Science.
It was called Dartthe town of Hanover (See Hanover.)
mouth college from the Right Hon. William, Earl of Dartmouth, who was one of its earliest and principal benefactors.
There is an instiIts charter was obtained in the year 1769.
tution annexed to the college, called Moore's school, containing
between 50 and 60 scholars.
The number of academies and incorporated schools in this
One of the academies is in Exeter, and is
state is about 20.
It was founded in 1781 ;
called Phillips Exeter Academy.
its condition is very flourishing, and its reputation and usefulness very extensive. There are also smaller academies at GilFor
manton, Ncw-Ipswich, Chesterfield, Atkinson, &c. &c.
accounts of those institutions, the reader is referred to the descriptioiiS of the towns where they are situated.
—
Banks. There are four banks at Portsmouth, viz. the NewHimpshiie Bank, incorporated 1792, N. H. Union Bank, incorporated 1802, Portsmouth Bank, incorporated 1803, and the
There are also banks
Rockingham Bank, incorporated 1813.
Dovt-r, Exeter, Haverhill, and Keene, all incorporated
1803, and at Amherst and Concord, incorporated in
1806.
at
in
—
Of these institutions, there are in NewInsurance Companies.
H'^mpshire four, all of them at Portsmouth. They have power to effect insurance upon vessels and their cargoes, as well as
They insure also against fire upon
other goods !nd chattels.
buildings and merchandize, against captivity, and against loss of
life.
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Progressive Population.
—The
'
45
earliest census or authenticat-
ed estimate of the population of this state, which we have been
able to find was made in 1680, when this territory was under the
The province, as it was then called, then
British government.
contained only four towns, viz. Portsmouth, Dover, Exeter,
and Hampton. The number of qualified voters at that time,
were in Portsmouth 71, in Dover 61, in Hampton 57^ and in
Exeter 20, making a total of 209. No regular estimate of the
whole population was made before the year 1749, at which
time, the province was under the immediate government of
Gov. Wentworth.
"
The
progressive population of the state since that time is as
; in
1749, it amounted to 30,000 ; in 1767, it was 52,000 ;
in 1775, it was 82,000; in 1790, it was 141,000; in 1800, it
was 183,000; and in 1810, it was 214,460, of whom 37,200
follows
were legal voters.
The advance of population therefore in ten years was
This must have been the natural increase, because
30,602.
New-Hampshire does not gain so much by emigration from
her sister states as she loses by emigration to Vermont, NewYork, and the western country. Where land can be obtained at
so cheap a rate, and the means of subsistence are so easy as in
the new settled parts of our state, much encouragement is necessarily given to early marriage, and indeed an unmarried man,
of the age of thirty, is rarely to be found in our country towns.
Our young farmers, having cleared a small tract of land and
provided the means of present accommodation, soon experience
the truth of the old adage, that " it is not good for man to be
alone." Having the prospect of immediate support before their
eyes, they feel no dread of early connexions.
Indeed a fe-*
male soon becomes the indispensable partner of agricultural labour in our new settlements, where the land is brought to pasture and the business of a dairy has commenced, over which it
is the province of women to preside, and with whom it is at
once an object of interest and ambition.
Counties y
£s?c.
— (See various
articles in the
Gazetteer.)
Manufactories.—Th^ manufacturing interests of New-Hampshire have been recently in a state of rapid progression.
This
state contains more than thirty incorporated factories in the
many of them on an extensive
There are also several others which are not incorporated.
Most of them have been established within five or six
years past, and are, with few exceptions, now in operation.
These establishments will be particularly mentioned in the ac*
branches of cotton and woollen,
scale.
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GENERAL VIEW.
counts of the respective towns where they are situated, viz*
Exeter, Dover, Peterborough, Milford, Lebanon, New-Ipswich, &c. &c.
There is also the New-Hampshire Iron Factory Company, incorporated in 1805, the Haverhill and Franconian Iron Factory
Company, incorporated in 1808, the N. H. Mineral Company,
incorporated in 1811, the New-Bostou Wire and Iron Factory
Company, incorporated in 1812, the Bath Alum Company, incorporated in 1812, and the N.H. Glass Manufactory Company
at Keene, incorporated in 1814.
There are also several furnaces for casting iron, hollow
ware, &c. for rolling and slitting iron, casting brass cannon, and
Carding
at Exeter there is a good manufactory of small arms.
and spinning machines, all kinds of cabinet work and turnery,
wool and cotton cards, all kinds of articles in the cooper's line,
bricks, tiles, and potters wares, are manufactured in various
parts of the state, as also ardent spirits and essences of various
kinds, hats, shoes, boots, saddles, and harness, carriages of all
sorts ; tin, copper, and brass ware, clocks, bells, combs, millstones, ploughs, and all the implements of husbandry.
The earliest traffic that was known in this state was that of
the fur trade with the Indians.
I'he next trade was in fish,
and the next in lumber. In former years the banks of the Piscataqua were covered with excellent pine timber, which was
exported in various forms. The first settlers erected many sawmills on the branches of the rivers, and a brisk trade in this
branch was carried on for many years. When the lands adjacent to the rivers were stripped of their first growth, it was supThis however
posed that the lumber business would decline.
From an interior circuit of 40 or 50
*has not been the fact.
During a period
miles, timber is transported for exportation.
of several years after the revolution, the partial imposts and impolitic restrictions of our government excluded foreign vessels
from our ports, while a deficiency both of capital and enterprize, prevented the merchants of the Piscataqua from exploring
the many new sources of commerce, which were opened by
their national independence, and which their brethren in other
seaports were improving with avidity.
But the operations of
the Federal government have introduced a more equal system
of imposts and other regulations of trade by which the commercial interests of this as well as of other parts of the union have
been rapidly advanced.
The officers of the customs in NewHampshire are appointed by the national executive, and the
revenue arising from its commerce, goes into the national treasury.
The salutary effects of the attention of congress to the
navigation of New-Hampshire i* evident from the situation of
'
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47
some other states in the union.
New-Hampsituated in the bosom of Massachusetts, with only a
narrow strip of sea coast and only one port belonging to her ;
her interior country is spread extensively along the borders of
adjacent States in such a manner, as to compel her to a commerthis as well as of
shire
is
with them. All her towns which lie on her
southern border, and most of those which lie on her western
border, find it more convenient to carry their produce to the markets either of Newburyport, Boston or Hartford than to Portsmouth. The towns situated on the Saco river and those on the
northern part of the Connecticut, will necessarily communicate
with the markets in the District of Maine. The lumber, which
is cut on the upper banks of the Merrimack, is rafted down that
river and exported from Newburyport or Boston, while most
of that which is cut on the Connecticut river is carried to HartThe largest and best part of New-Hampshire is thereford.
fore cut off by nature from all commercial intercourse with her
Lumber being a bulky article, is always transonly sea port.
ported to the nearest emporium, and when it is possible, by waAll other heavy articles, such as pot and pearl
ter carriage.
ashes, beef, pork, cheese, butter, flax, &c. which require waggons or sleighs, as also live cattle, sheep, and swine will always
be sent to the most advantageous market. These circumstances
sufficiently explain the fact, that the government of NewHampshire have never been able, either before or since the
revolution, to concentrate within this state its proper commercial
advantages, nor even to ascertain the value of its native produccial connection
tions.
,
impracticable tl»erefore to describe particularly the number or value of the articles of trade which are produced in
New-Hampshire and exported from the different ports of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
To confine the detail to the port
of Portsmouth would give a very imperfect and indistinct idea
of the productiveness of the state.
Such facts and estimates
however which have been obtained on this subject, will be developed under their proper heads.
The staple commodities of New-Hampshire, m^iy be said to
consist of the following articles, viz. lumber, provisions, horses,
neat cattle, fish, pot and pearl ashes, and flax-seed. The total
value of the exportation from Portsmouth from October, 178%
to October, 1790, was ^296,839,51 cents. In 1798, the total value
in that year was $723^4U In 1810, it was only g234,650. This
diminution was caused by the existing commercial restrictions.
Since 1810, the commerce of Portsmouth has revived very
slowly.
(See Portsmouth.)
It
is
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48
—
Free Masonry. The grand lodge of New-Hampshire was
There are a
incorporated December 30, 1805, for 20 years.
number of lodges in the state subordinate to this grand lodge,
viz. Washington, St. John's, Jerusalem, Franklin, Benevolent,
&c. &c. Trinity Chapter of Royal Masons at Hopkinton, and
St.
Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter
Societies.
at
Hanover.
—The number and character of the
societies in this
honour upon the taste, intelligence and humanity of
There are two mechanical societies, viz. Newits inhabitants.
Hampshire and Walpole, both incorporated in 1805, two misa
sionary societies, the New-Hampshire and Piscataqua
marine society, a bible society, two agricultural societies, and. a
The medimedical society, which was incorporated in 1791.
cal society is divided into districts, viz. the eastern, centre, and
The eastern and centre districts contain the fellows
western.
and associates elected from the counties of Rockingham, Strafthe western contains those elected from
ford, and Hillsborough
The annual meeting is held at
Cheshire, Grafton, and Coos.
Concord on the first Tuesday of June.
There are several incorporated musical societies inthisstate,
viz. Rockingham, Concord, Handellian, Londonderry, Plymouth,
Central, &c. the professed objects of all which are the circulation
of approved tuiies, the diffusion of a classical taste, and the enjoyment of all the pleasures arising from the social cultivation
There are library societies incorporated
of sacred harmony.
There is perhaps
in every considerable township of the state.
no mode of public improvement so practicable in a small comOf these establishments,
munifv ris thot of social libraries.
New-H.impshire contains at least two hundred, comprising in
There are althe whole nearly 10,000 well selected volumes.
state reflect
;
;
so in this state a large number of societies for the distribution
of religious tracts, several for the suppression of immorality,
and several to promote the observance of the sabbath.
Education receives as much encouragement in this state as
The legislature of New-Hampshire
in any pmrt of the world.
in 1808, passed an act making the following provisions, that
the selectmen of the several towns and parishes, and places in this
state be empowered and required to assess annually upon'the
inhabitants of their respective towns, parishes and places, accordinn: to their polls and rateable estates, and also upon improved and unimproved lands and buildings of non-residents, in
a sum to be computed at the rate of seventy dollars for every
one dolhir of their proportion of public taxes for the time being,
and so on for a greater or less sum, which sums when collected
t» be appropriated to the sole purpose of keeping an English
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49
school or schools within the town or parish for which the same
sounds and powEnglish language, reading, writing, English grammar, arithmetic, geography, and such other branches
as are necessary to be taught in an English school.
And furthermore, no person to be deemed qualified to teach any such
schools, unless he or she shall procure a certificate from some
able and respectable English or grammar school-master, or
learned minister of the gospel, or preceptor of some academy,
or the president, professor, or a tutor of some college, that he
or she is well qualified to teach such school, and likewise a certificate from the selectmen or minister of the town or parish to
which he or she belongs, that he or she sustains a good moral
character ; this certificate to be presented to the selectmen or
committee for inspecting schools in the town or parish where
such school is to be kept, previous to the commencement of such
school.
Also, that each town in the state shall at their annual
meeting, appoint three or more suitable persons to visit and
inspect the schools in their respective towns or parishes, at such
time as shall be most convenient for the parties concerned, and
in a manner they may judge most conducive to the progress of
literature, morals, and religion.
shall be assessed, for instruction in the various
ers of letters in the
State Prison.
—The
state prison
some stone building erected
at
of New-Hampshire
Concord three
is
a handhigh,
stories
containing thirty-six cells.
The prison is connected with the
keeper's house, a building of four stories.
The whole is enclosed by a wall fourteen feet in height.
The workmanship
of this edifice is not surpassed by any thing of the kind in the
United States. The internal affairs of the prison are under
the superintendence of three directors and a warden who ofThese officers are appointed by the
ficiates as the keeper.
governor and council. The minister of the town officiates as
The business of the prison is regulated in a manchaplain.
ner highly creditable to the immediate officers. At present
there are about thirty convicts, most of whom are employed in
the manufactory of wooden screws, of which article, nearly
ten thousand gross were manufactured for the proprietors in
less than twelve months.
There are other articles fabricated
here, such as door hinges and almost every description of smiths
w«rk. The employment of the prisoners is constant and systematized, and their food plain and wholesome. These circumstances, in addition to the regularity of their discipline, and
the healthy situation of the prison, at once alleviate the pains
of confinement and afford opportunity for reflection and amendment. This subject naturally leads to a cursory retrospect of
r
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jU
In 1792, the folio vviag. crimes
the criminal laws of the state.
wert punishable with death by the laws then existing murder,
treason, rape, sodomy, burglary, arson, robbery, and forgery of
In June, 1812, a bill was enacted by the
public securities.
;
making great alterations in this criminal code. By
that and subsequent statutes, murder and treason only are made
punishable by death, while other crimes, before considered capital, are now made punishable by imprisonment for life in the
legislature,
state prison
;
for
minor offences the term of confinement
is
pro-
portionably shortened.
History.
—Under
this
head
it
will only be
attempted to ex-
some of the
principal outlines of the history of this state.
It will be observed that many of the events in the following
chronology belong to this state only as an integral member
hibit
of the union.
This territory was discovered in 1614, by Capt. John Smith,
and received the name of New-Hampshire from Capt. Mason,
the original patentee.
1623 In the spring of this year,
—
Edward and William Hilfrom London, with some other persons landed at Little Harbour, but not being satisfied with that place,
they erected their stage eight miles higher up the river toward the N. W. on a neck of land which the Indians called
Newichawaunat, which name was changed by the English to
Northam, and afterwards to Dover.
1624 In the month of March of this year, Mr. Edward
Winslow arrived at Plymouth in New-England. He conveyed with him in his ship three heifers and a bull, M'hich wer€
the first neat cattle ever brought into this country.
1627 Mr. Allerton of the Plymouth company went to England to procure a patent for a trading place on the Kenneton, fishmongers
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bec river, the planters at Piscataqu:- having threatened to obtain an exclusive patent for the
1629
—Some
same ground.
who were
scattered over Massachusetts, wishing to make a settlement in the neighbourhood of the Piscataqua, and imitating the example of those
of the planters
Plymouth, who had purchased their lands of the Indians,
(as they conscientiously thought this necessary to give them
a just title) procured a general assembly of the Indians at
at
Swamscot Fails, (now Exeter) where a deed was obtained
from four Sycamores.
1631
The whole plantation of New-Hampshire was this
year divided into two parts.
Capt. Thomas Wiggin was appointed agent for the upper and Capt. Walter Ncal for the
fewer.
The former of these divisions contained what is now
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Durham, &c. and the latter contained Portsmouth, Rye, Newcastle, Newington, and a part of Greenland.
A house was this year erected at Strawberry Bank,
called the Great House.
Humphrey Chadbourne had the
care of the saw mills at the upper plantations
the descendants of this man are to the present day persons of considerable
cailtd Doverj
:
note.
The proprietors this year sent over from England several pieces of cannon which they directed their agents to mount at some
place most convenient for a fort.
They accordingly stationed
them on the northwest point of the great
the mouth of the Piscataqua harbour, and
island
which lies at
ground
laid out the
about a " bow shot" distance from the water side to a high
rock, on which, it was concemplated to build the principal fort.
1632 During this year the coast was alarmed by reports of
a pirate, one Dixy Bull, who with a company of fifteen, being
employed in the Indian trade at the eastward, had taken several boats and dismantled the fort at Pemaquid
Capt. Neal, collecting a small band, equipped four pinnaces and shallops from
the Piscataqua and manned them with forty men, which w.is all
the force that could be spared from the plantations ; this fleet,
after uniting with a barge containing twenty men from Boston,
sailed for Pemaquid, but were forced by contrary winds and
bad weather to return without meeting with the enemy.
This
was the first naval armament equipped from New-Hampshire.
The pirates having proceeded further eastward, arrived afterwards in England, where Bull met with his just punishment.
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:
1633
— Neal and Wiggin joined
in
surveying their respective
and in laying out the towns of Portsmouth and
Northam, and another, which was afterwards called Hampton,
although at this place no settlement had as yet been made.
1634 By this time Mason and Georges had become, either
by purchase or common consent, the principal, if not the sole
These gentlemen, perceiving that
proprietors of this territory.
as yet only five or six houses had been erected in both plantations, renewed their exertions and sent over a fresh supply of
labourers and materials for carrying on the settlement.
They
appointed Francis Williams the first governor.
He was a
gentleman of sound sense and discretion, and so acceptable to
the people, that when they afterwards united in a body politic,
they unanimously continued him their ruler.
A meeting house
was this year erected at Dover Neck, which was the first edifice of the kind in New- Hampshire.
1635 Sir Ferdinand Georges and Capt. Mason, having bestowed upon these settlements more pains and expense than the
other members of the grand council of Plymouth, and seeing uq
plantations,
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.
prospect of any equivalent reward, fearing also from the great
clamouv in England against monopolies, that they should soon
be forced to resign their charter, entered this year upon a new
project, which was to procure a general governor for the whole
territory of New-England, to be immediately sent over, and to
In this plak
have jurisdiction from St. Croix to Maryland.
however they did not succeed.
1636 This year one Burdet who had been a minister of
Yarmouth in England, came over to Dover, and continued for
some time in high estimation with the people, until by artful insinuations he excited such a jealousy against Wiggin, the gov-*
ernor of the place, that they deprived the latter of his office and
elected Burdet in his stead, who was in reality, a vicious and
profane man.
1637 Several eminently pious persons this year removed inThat religious persecuto this colony from Massachusetts.
tion was the cause of their removal, is evident not only from
Mrs. Hutchinson, but it appears from other public proceedings, that inquisition had been enforced over their private opinions as well as over their declarations and conduct.
Toleration
in rulers, had been preached against as a sin, which would
bring down the judgments of heaven upon the land.
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1638
ment
—This year John
Wheelwright commenced
his settle-
Exeter.
His followers immediately formed themselves into a church, and decreeing themselves beyond the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, they formed a separate political
body, and made choice of Nicholas Needham, Isaac Grosse, and
Thomas Wilson as their rulers for the first year. The laws
were enacted by a popular assembly and formally sanctioned
by the rulers. Treason against the country or the king, (who
was styled the Lord's-anointed !) were made capital crimes,
and sedition was punished by a fine of ten pounds. This association lasted about three years.
At this time a settlement was
formed at Winnecumet, which was afterwards called Hampton.
The first house in this place was built by Nicholas Easton, and
was called the bound-house, (See Hampton) Nicholas Easton
afterwards removed to Rhode- Island, and ereotedthe first house
Oxeh were at this time sold at Hampton for
in Newport.
twenty-five pounds sterling per head.
This year was made
memorable by a remarkable earthquake, which happened on the
2d day of June. Its approach was announced by a low rumbling noise, similar to that of distant thunder.
Its passage was
from the northward to the eastward. As the sound increased,
the earth began to shake so violently as to drive people from
the houses, nor could they stand without supporting themselves
by posts and fences. About half an hour after this, another
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shock commenced, was not so violent as the first, which was
felt even a great distance at sea.
1639 This year Capt. John Underhill was mSlae governor
As soon as he was fixed in authority, he proceeded
at Dover.
to gather a church, over which Hanserd KnoUeys was appointed minister. He was a baptist of the antinomian order, and
Belike the governor his patron, was a man of bad character.
fore the end of the year, Underhill was displaced and one Roberts was appointed in his stead.
1640 During this year the troubles at Dover increased.
One Larkeham, a native of Lime in England, and formerly minister at Barnstead, came over possessing good talents as a preachOn this
er, he eclipsed Knolleys and was chosen in his place.
occasion a council was called, composed of Simon Broadstreet,
Esq. of Boston, the celebrated Hugh Peters minister of Salem,
and Timothy Dalton, minister of Hampton. They travelled on
foot to Dover but did not succeed in effecting a permanent arrangement. Underhill, Knolleys, and Larkeham removed out
of the colony.
During all this period the people of Portsmouth, Dover, &c.
had no right of self government delegated from the British
crown, but finding the necessity of some more determinate form
than they had as yet enjoyed, they combined themselves in separate bodicspolitic, after the example of their neighbours at ExThe inhabitants of Dover, by a written instrument, subeter.
scribed by forty persons, agreed to submit to the laws of England
and to such other regulations as should be formed by a majority
of their number, until the pleasure of the king should be known.
The date of a similar association at Portsmouth is not known.
Mr. Hutchinson supposed the whole number of neat cattle in
the colony of Massachusetts in 1640, to be 12,000, and the
sheep about 4000, and he says, that " a cow, sold two years
It is probaago for 30/. may now be purchased for 5 or 6/."
ble that there were in New-Hampshire at this time, about 1200
neat cattle and 300 sheep.
1641
At this time, all the settlements by a voluntary act
submitted to Massachusetts and were comprehended in the
county of Norfolk, which extended from the Merrimack to
the Piscataqua.
By a subsequent order, a very extraordinary
concession was made to the towns of Portsmouth and Dover,
which indicated a strong anxiety on the part of the government to retain these towns under their controul. The test,
which had been established by law, was dispensed with in their
favour. Their freemen were allowed to vote in town affairs,
and their deputies to sit in the general court, although they
were not church members, (Sept. 28th»)
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1643 About this time, several persons at Boston were whipped, filled and banished for the crime of what was then called
heresy.
In this year also, Boston castle ^v^s built. The church
at Boston refused the church at Exeter the privilege of settling a minister. Mr. Belknap remarks, that this stretch of power, which
would now be regarded as an infringement of
christian liberty, was then agreeable to most of the fathers of
New- England.
—
1645 An union having now been formed between the settlements on the Piscataqua and the colony of Massachusetts,
their history for the succeeding forty years is of course in a
great measure identified.
In the year 1646, Mr. Winthrop was
chosen governor, and Mr. Dudley, lieutenant governor.
In
1647, an epidemic sickness passed through the continent.
English, French, Dutch, and Indians were indiscriminately the victims of it.
It was attended with a slight fever.
Those, wh©
resorted to bleeding or who used cooling medicines generally died.
Its ravages extended to the West-Indies, where 5 or
6000 were destroyed by it.
similar contagion has passed
over the country at several successive periods.
1648 This year, Rhode-Island requested admission into the
New- England confederacy, but she was not received.
The first instance of an execution for witchcraft, was in June,
1748.
Margaret Jones of Charlestown, was indicted as a
witch, condemned and hung.
She was charged with having
such a malignant touch, that if she laid her hands upon any
person in anger, the person was immediately seized with deafness, vomiting or some other violent affection.
After the execution of this woman, her husband took passage for Barbadoes
a ship which was well ballasted, and which had eighty
horses on board.
The vessel happening to roll on a sudden, in
an alarming manner, an officer was ordered to apprehend this
man and put him in confinement ; the ship was then said to
roll no more.
Such was the wonderful credulity and infatuation of that day.
Happy would it have been for NewEngland if this had been the only specimen of those fol-
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lies.
1649
— Early
year died Gov. Winthrop, one of the faHe was succeeded by Endicot. Mi*.
Dudley remained deputy gov^frnor.
It is asserted by some
writers, that when Gov. Winthrop was on his death-bed, he was
solicited by Mr. Dudley to sign a warrant for the banishment
of one of those persons then called heretics. Winthrop refused,
and observed that " he had done too much of that work already."
thers of
in this
New-England.
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55
In every age, many actions indifferent in their nature, have
been regarded as sinful and been classed among the greatest
The text in the Apostle's epistle to the Corinthienormities.
ans against wearing loJig hair^ led our ancestors to suppose that
They
tbis of course must be a sin in all ages and nations.
treated long hair therefore as one of the enormities.
It is wonderful, that a certain text in Leviticus, " ye shall
not round the corners of your head," was never urged the
It was the regulation at this period
custom of short hair.
in NfW-England, that the hair should not be worn below the
This regulation was enforced with peculiar rigour upon
ears.
clergymen. They were especially required to appear, '' patenfew years before this, the use of tobacco
tibus auribus.'^
Some of the writers of
was prohibited by a heavy penalty.
that day compare the smoke of it to the smoke of the bottomIfss pit.
Some of the clergymen however, yielded to the sin
of smoking, and tobacco was accordingly set at liberty by an
Beards as well as wigs were also
act of the legislature.
prohibited by authority.
1650 Capt. Wiggins and Edward Gibbens were added to
the council, and Mr. Endicot was chosen governor for the
It was
years 1651
3, and Mr. Dudley, lieutenant governor.
in this year, that the new District of Maine fell into the jurisdiction of Massachusetts.
1652 This year a mint was established in Boston for coinThe first pieces being shillings, six-pences, and three-pences.
ing struck in 1652, the same date was continued upon all
The court ordered, that all the
money for thirty years after.
coins should have a double ring, with the inscription of the word
*' Massachusetts," with a
tree in the centre on one side, and
New-England and the date of the year on the other. No other colony in this country ever presumed to coin money.
1656 In this year, began, what is generally and properly
fine of ten pounds
termed, the persecution of the quakers.
In
was inflicted on any person, who harboured a quaker.
October of this year, eleven of the sect, received sentence of
banishment ; and the master of the ship, which brought th-^m
from England, was required to bind himself with sureties to
the amount of 500/. to carry them all out of the country. (See
Hutch. Vol. .1 p. 97.) Mr. Hutchinson observes, that " he could
not find what law they had for this."
In this month also, an act passed imposing a fine of 100/.
upon any master of a vessel, who should bring a quaker into
the colony, and that if a quaker should arrive, he should be
immediately sent to the house of correction, receive twenty
stripes, and be confined to hard labour until he could be
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At the next session, an act passed, by which ail
transported.
persons were liable to a fine of forty shillings for harbouring
a quaker one hour. After the first conviction under this act,
the offender, if a man, was to lose one ear, and upon the third
conviction, the other ; if a woman, she was for each offence
to be whipped^ and upon the fourth conviction, the offender,
whether man or woman was to have the tongue bored through
In May, 1658, a penalty was inflicted upon
with a hot iron.
every person, who should attend a quaker meeting.
Under
this act, a child only eleven years Jd, by the name of Pa-
The imprisonment
tience Scott, was tried and imprisoned.
of such a child was as strange as any further severity would
have been horrible.
1660 Two quakers, by the names of William Robertson
and Marmaduke Stevenson, were executed on the 27th of OcSeveral persons were fined to the amount of 10/. for
tober.
entertaining quakers at their houses, and one man, of the name
of Wharton, for pilotting them from one port to another,
was ordered to receive twenty stripes. Several others were
Bishop says, " they cut off
executed, banished or whipped.
the ears of Holden, Capeland, and Rouse in prison, and
were whipped and banished upon pain of
that others
death."
In this inquisitorial persecution, the clergy were the most
The sufferings of the victims excited the compassion
active.*
of the people, many of whom resorted to the prisons by day and
night, so that the keepers were forced to establish a constant
guard to restrain them. Wendlock Christopherson among othThis man implored the court to coners was sentenced to die.
sider, whether they gained any thing by the persecution.
For
the last man, said he, that was put to death, five rose up in his
stead ; and although you have power to take my life, God can
—
same principles into ten more of his servants and
send them among you, that you may have torment upon torment. This man was executed June 13th, 1660. Some of his
May those
persecuted companions were tried at Hampton.
unhappy days never return, when men suppose they are doing
God service by sporting with the lives of his children.
1662 On the 26th of January of this year, there were two
shocks of an earthquake, and on the 28th a third.
1664 The people of New- England were this year alarmed by the appearance of a very large comet, which continued
inspire the
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The pillory served George Fox for his pulpit.
From this he harangued
populace.
Inflamed by his eloquence, they raised a mob and released him,
and set in the same pillory a certain clergyman, who bad been instrumental in
the imprisonment of Fox.
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to the 4th of February.
When
appeared in the east it was without its tail. This appendage however became visible when the comet was in the
from the 17th of November,
it first
west.
1605—The
of the anabaptists, found on reWilliam Turner, Thomas Gould, Edward
Drinker, and several others were accused before the governor
and magistrates of the crime of " gathering themselves into the
form of a church, in opposition to the church of Christ established in the colony, and with intermeddling with those holy
appointments of the L.ord Jesus, which belong only to office
Several of these men were afterwards imprisoned and
trust."
cord,
was
first persecution
in 1665.
banished.
In this case, like all others, the severity against the
converts to it, and it was therefore thought expedient to desist from the persecution.
These were not the
first appearances of antipedo-baptism in the colony.
Mr. Dunstan, the president of the college joined that profession, and
was on that account expelled from his office. Mr. Chaney his
successor believed in the necessity of immersion.
In Mr.
Hooker's time it appeared that the doctrine was gaining ground,
and he expresses his belief that the converts to it would increase in number.
1666 In the course of this year the small-pox made its
appearance in the colony.
The commissioners, sent over this year by the king prevailed on some of the people of New-Hampshire to sign a petition
and complaint to his m'tjesty of the wrongs they had suffered
from Massachusetts in the usurpation of government, which
that state had exercised over them.
The inhabitants however,
of Dover, Portsmouth, and Exeter, assembled in their town
meetings, rejected this proposal and expressed their wish to be
continued as they had. been for many years, a part of Massachusetts colony.
1669 New-Hampshire had now remained in a quiet and
peaceable condition ever since the year 1641, and were heartily united in all their civil and religious concerns, with their
sister colony.
1675 In September of this year the Indians made their
first predatory incursion against New-Hampshire.
They attacked the plantations on Piscataqua river, now constituting
Durham, and here killed two men.
This species of hostility
continued till the year 1678, when a treaty was made with
Squando and other chiefs at Durham. (For particulars of this
sect
made new
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war
see
1680
Durham.)
—This
year, a royal government was established in
New-Hampshire by commission from Charles 2d. The comS
,
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mission arrived at Portsmouth on the first day of January.
John Cutts was appointed president for the first year, and Richard Martin, Willium Vaughn, Thomas Daniel of Portsmouth,
John Gihnan of Exttter, Christopher Husscy of Hampton, and
Richard Waldron of Dover, esquires, were appointed counselcode of laws was then established, the first of which
lors.
was of a character becoming freemen; and it provided, that " no
act, imposition or ordinance should be made or imposed upon them
but such as should be framed by the assembly, and approved by
The president, council, and asthe president and council."
sembly were constituted a supreme court of judicature.
jury was called whenever desired by the parties. Inferior
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courts were established at Dover, Portsmouth, and Hampton.
The military arrangement consisted of one foot company in
each town, one company of artillery at the fort, and one troop
all under the command of major Waldron.
remarkable comet made its appearance in November of
this year, and disappeared sometime in the next February.
Another appeared in August and continued until September.
From June, 1680, to April, 1681, there were entered at
Portsmouth twenty-two ships, eighteen ketches, one shallop,
In 1682, there were eleven six-pounders at
and one fly-boat.
the fort, and five more at the upper part of Portsmouth, not
mounted, the property of private individuals.
From 1680, to 1685, Edward Cranfield was governor and
Walter Barefoot deputy governor.
1686 A general government was this year established by
James 2d, over the whole territory, called New-England, Joseph Dudley was made first president.
1687 Sir Edmund Androse was afterwards appointed gorernor of New- England, but he was for some reason apprehended at Boston, and sent home a state prisoner.
1689 New-Hampshire by a voluntary act became agai»
war with the
united to Massachusetts under the old charter.
French and Indians returned this year with all its horrors. On
This
the 27th of June, Dover was cut off and Waldron slain.
war continued until 1693.
1692 The delusion of witchcraft at this time overspread a
Large numbers were executed,
large part of New-England.
John Usher brought over the
and many were imprisoned.
commission of Samuel Allen as governor, and he officiated himself as lieutenant governor.
1699 Richard, Earl of Bellmont, governor of New- York
and Massachusetts, this year opened his commission in NewHampshire, under whom William Partridge acted as lieutenant governor.
of horse,
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1700 New-Hampshire was required to furnish their quota
of force to assist in the defence of New- York, in case of an invasion.
This the people thought very unjust, as they had never received any assistance from that colony.
1701
In the course of this year Lord Bellmont died at NewYork, and Joseph Dudley was appointed governor.
1702* There were at this period, seven incorporated towns
in New- Hampshire, and four ordained ministers.
1703 Louis 14th, proclaimed the pretender king of Great
Britain, which circumstance rendered a war with France inevitable.
King William died early in this year and Queen Anne
succeeded him. The French and Indian war (commonly called
Queen Anne's war) now commenced in New-England. On the
10th of August a body of French and Indians, consisting
of five-hundred, separated themselves into several parties, attacked all the settlements from Cased to Wells, and either killed or captured 130 people.
On their march they burned and
ravaged every thing before them.
On the 17th of the same
month several people were killed at Hampton.
1704~This year Deerfield in Massachusetts was surprised
by the French and Indians, who there killed 40 or 50persons, and
took more than 100 prisoners.
On the 25th of April several
people were killed at Durham.
1705 There was in the course of this year a partial cessati#n of hostilities, and Queen Anne informed governor Dudley
that she was projecting an expedition against Canada.
The
governor and council thought it therefore a good season to negociate the exchange and redemption of prisoners.
The sumHtier was accordingly chiefly occupied in this business, and in repairing the fort on Great Island, and the line of pickets at
Portsmouth.
nightly parole was established along the shore
from Portsmouth to Hampton to prevent any surprise by sea,
as the coast was at this period infested by French privateers.
1706 In April of this year, the enemy appeared again in
New-Hampshire, extending their work of bloodshed and destruction to the towns of Durham, Dunstable, Kingston, Exeter, Dover, &c.
(See these towns in the Gazetteer.)
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mencement of this century was 262,000, viz.
Massachosetts,
Connecticut, Rhode-Island, -
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New-Hampshire,
N6w-York,
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New-Jersey,
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colonies,
the com-
at
70,000
30,000
Pennsylvania,
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10,000
10,000
30,000
I5,00i
Virginia,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
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Maryland,
.
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....
i
20,000
25,000
40,000
5,000
7,000
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170/ On the 15th of September of this year, the Indians
committed some depredations at Exeter, and on the ITth, several persons were killed at Durham.
1708 At this time a large army was prepared at Canada
and Ncw-H^mpshire
against the frontiers of New-England
A troop under
was put in the best possible state of defence.
the command of Capt. Coffin, patrokd from Kingston to CoNo
checho, and scouts were continu dly kept on the lookout.
important occurrence however touk place.
1/09 This year several persons were killed at Oyster river,
Exeter, &c. (which see.) General Nicholson marched against
the French and Indians as far as to a place called Wood Creek,
but obtaining no assistance from England, and his men not being paid, for the two former years, his whole army was disbanded.
1710 An expedition (to which New-Hampshire contributed
100 men, under Col. Shadrach) was sent against Port-Royal.
This place surrendered October 5ih, and was afterwards called
Annapolis.
Col. Winthrop Hilton was this year killed in that
Some other perpart of Exeter, which is now called Epping.
sons were killed in Exeter, Dover, and Kingston.
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— The depredations of the Indians increased
in audacity
and violence. Another expedition was prepared against CanaEight transports were this year wrecked on
da, which failed.
Egg Island, in the river St. Lawrence, and a thousand people
perished.
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1712 This year was remarkable for accumulated cruelties
from the Indians. Many people were killed at Dover, Durham, Kingston, &c.
1713 Peace was now made between the colonies and the Indians, and ratified by their chiefs at Portsmouth, on the 15th
Queen Anne died and George 1st was crowned.
of July.
Daring thfse Indian hostilities, which were called King Phillip's
war, and which continued from 1675 to 1714, Massachusetts
vv-Hampshire lost 6000 young men and male children,
and
including the killed and those who were made captive, without
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ever being recovered.
1714 -Governor Dudley was removed, and colonel Burgess
appointed in his place.
1715 Governoi Burgess sold his commission, and Col. Samuel Shute was appointed his successor over both provinces.
1717 -A dispute happened between the governor and his
council as to the best mode of defence against the French and
Incti ms.
Tne greatest snow ever known in New-England fell in the
latter part of April of this year.
It was so deep, that people
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obliged to walk from their chamber windows.
It
was
said to be eight feet on a level, and has ever since been called
the ^reat snow.
1722
governor and
— John Wentworth was appointed against the
A declaration of war
mander
in chief.
all
com-
hostile
tribes of Indians was published at Portsmouth and Boston, and a
bounty of 100/. was offered for every Indian scalp. This, whidh
was called Lovell's war, was bloody and distressing, and continued until December 15th, 1725, at which time articles of
peace were signed at Falmouth.
1726 From this date, New-England enjoyed a long and
prosperous peace. Massachusetts granted to certain persons
Pennacook, now called Concord.
1727 This example was followed by New-Hampshire, and
grants were made of Epsom, Chichester, Barnstead, Canterbury, Gilmanton, and Bow.
This year was remarkable for a violent and extensive earthquake which commenced on the 29th of October, A.M. It
was announced by a loud and alarming noise this increased
until the shaking began, which continued about three minutes.
Cellar walls were broken in, and chimneys were thrown down,
but no houses were destroyed. Smaller shocks were felt for
several months afterward.
On the 10th of June, George 1st died, and on the 27th,
George 2d was proclaimed,
1728 William Burnet was appointed governor of Massachusetts and New-Hampshire, and he was succeeded by Mr.
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1734 On this year New-Hampshire was erected into a separate government.
Boundary lines were run and established,
but all disputes on this subject were not finally adjusted un;
1741.
til
1735
— During
this
year New-England was visited by a de-
and very extensive epidemic,
called the throat-distemthroat swelled, white or ash coloured specks appeared in the fauces, and an efflorescence on the skin, accompanied by a general debility and a strong tendency to putridity.
structive
per.
The
ravages commenced in May, 1735, at Kingston, N. HJ
In the;
first victim was a child, who died in three days.
course of a week it appeared at a place four miles distant,
where three children died on the third day.
Of the first forty
who were seized net one recovered. At Exeter it destroyed
114 persons; at Hampton Falls 20 families buried all their
Its
The
children.
In the province of
ftfteen
towns,
it
New-Hampshire alone, which had only
carried off 1000 people, of whom 900 were un-
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der the age of 21.
The same disorder has made its appearance in this state at several subsequent periods. (For particulars sec the towns.)
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1741
Benning Wentworth was appointe'd governor of the
province.
There was no lieutenant governor for a period of
twenty-five years.
About this time an extraordinary religious conversion took
place in the province, which was for the most part, owing t»
the arrival of the Rev. George Whitefield, and other celebrated,
pulpit orators.
1745 On the 17th of May of this year Louisburg was taken.
This was a severe loss to the French and inflamed them to obtain
retribution.
The amount of New-Hampshire troops engaged
in this expedition was about 500 men.
In July the Indians
made their appearance at Fort Dummer, and at the great
meadows near Westmoreland. (See Hinsdale.)
1755 Hostilities continued and New-Hampshire raised 500
men under Col. Joseph Blanchard for an expedition against
Crown Point. This regiment was stationed at Fort Edwards,
and on the eighth of September, it was attacked by a body of
French regulars. The enemy was beaten off with severe loss,
and on their retreat they were met by Capt. Nathaniel Folsom,
who had been on a scouting expedition, and was nov.^ returning.
Capt. Folsom stationed his men among the trees and kept up a
well directed fire until night, at which time the enemy retired
with loss, and Folsom returned to the camp.
short time after
this, another regiment was raised in New-Hampshire, and put
under the command of Capt. Peter Oilman of Exeter. These
men were as active and persevering as their brethren, although
they had not such favourable opportunities of exhibiting their
•ourage. The expedition was given up and late in the fall the
soldiers were disbanded and sent home.
These designs against
Crown Point incited the Indians to new projects of depredations on the frontier of New-Hampshire.
This year was memorable also for an earthquake, which happened on the eighteenth day of November, about four in the
morning. Smaller shocks were felt for about a fortnight after.
The soldiers of New- Hampshire were so well qualified for
every service which required alertness, and so familiarized
to fatigue and danger, that, by the express desire of lord
Loudon, three ranging companies were formed of them, who
continued in service throughout winter and summer. The command of them was given to Robert Rogers, John Stark, and
William Stark.
1757 Another expedition against Cro^vn Point was planned
by lord Loudon, and New-Hampshire on this occasion raised
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two regiments, under Cols. Meserve and GofF. The latter regiment was captured at Fort William, and eighty of the men
were massacred by the Indians. A reinforcement of 250 soldiers was raised, and entrusted to major Thomas Tash, who
was stationed at No. 4, (now called Charlestown.)
1758 Another unsuccessful campaign marked this year.
The frontiers of the province were severely harassed by the InNew-Hampshire made a new contribution of 1000
dians.
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men towards
the reduction of Crown Point, Ticonderoga, &c.
This force was entrusted to Col.Zaccheus Lovell, son ofthfcelebrated partisan who was killed at Pigwacket. The victories
of this year were splendid indeed, Niagai'a, Ticonderoga,
Crown Point, and Quebec surrendered to the English.
1760 This year New-Hampshire raised 800 men and placed them under the command of Col. John Goff.* This regiment marched to Montreal, where they were reinforced by Col.
Haviland. With this year the war ended, and George 3d was
now proclaimed king.
1761 The ability which the American colonies had displayed throughout the war, inspired the British parliament
with a spirit of jealousy against them, which discovered itself
before the declaration of peace. This year and the year after were remarkable for severe droughts.
John Temple- was
appointed lieutenant governor but nerer officiated. About 60
townships were laid out during this and the last year, some oh
the cast and some on the west side of the Connecticut ri^er.
1763 From this year may be dated the flourishing condition of New- Hampshire.
Population and cultivation progressed with unprecedented rapidity.
1765 The stamp-act which passed this year, roused t'ae
indignation of New-England.
Every method was used to inform and excite the people on this subject. At Portsmouth
coffin was carried about, on the lid
the bells were tolled.
of which was inscribed " Liberty aged 145."
procession
was formed and moved with muffled drums, minute guns were
fired, and an oration pronounced at the grave.
The coffin
was afterwards taken up, signs of life were discovered in
the corps.
The inscription "liberty revived" was substituted,
the bells struck a cheerful peal, and joy reillumined every
countenance ; the whole was conducted with decency and or-
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1766 The obnoxious act was repealed on the 19th of March
of this year, but such was the infatuation of the parliament,
and the chagrin of the authors of the act, that they framed
*
The
population of New-Hampshire was at this time 34,000.
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another, imposing heavier duties on trade, under the specious
pretence of raising a revenue for the support of the provin-
governments.
1767 John Wentworth was appointed deputy governor of
N<w- Hampshire, and surveyor of the king's forests in North
America.
The act above alluded to was a duty on paper, glass, tea,
and painters' colours. A board of commissioners and a court
of a'Jmiralty were also established vith unlimited powers. The
colonies were unanimous in jtheir opposition to the revenue
act, ind they employed every expedient to interrupt the royal
Three of the
officets in the execution of their business.
commissioners escaped from the populace with the hazard of
their lives, and others sought refuge in the forts.
1770 Authentic information was received, that the revenue
act was so far repealed, as to take off all the obnoxious duThis gave
ties tixcept that of three pence per pound on tea.
no sqtisfaction to the colonies they considered the principle
Oa
of that small tax as dangerous as that of a larger one.
The
the 5|h of March the work of bloodshed commenced.
king's soldiers stationed in Boston fired upon the inhabitants,
killed three and wounded five more.
Governor Benning Wentworth died and was succeed1771
ed by his nephew John Wentworth.
1^74 General Gage arrived at Boston with a large force
of British troops, and the town of Boston was blockaded.
The general assembly of New-Hampshire, at their meeting in
the spripg, in conformity to the example of similar bodies in the
other colonies, appointed a committee of correspondence, and
transmitted letters to all towns in the province, requesting them
to send deputies to a general convention at Exeter, where delEighty-five
egates were to be chosen for a general congress.
deputies assembled at Exeter, where they chose Nathaniel Folsom and John Sullivan, esquires, to attend the proposed congress to be holden the next September at Philadelphia.
An order having been passed by the king in council prohibiting the exportation to America of gun-powder and other military stores, a copy of it was brought by express to Portsmouth
a* the moment when a ship was daily expected from Boston
with a party of troops to take possession of Fort William and
Mary at the entrance of the harbour. The committee of
Portsmouth, with all possible despatch, collected a company
from that and the neighbouring towns, and before the governor
had any suspicirtn of their intentions they proceeded to Newcastle and attacked the fort.
The whole garrison (consisting
of five men besides the Capt.) were captured, and one hundred
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gunpowder were carried
off.
Another party reof the lightest cannon and all the small arms, beMaj. John Sullivan and C -pt.
sides some military stores.
John Langdcn signalized themselves as the leaders of this affair.
The next day the Scarborough frigate and Cansean
sloop of war, with several companies of soldiers, took possession
of the fort and of the heavy cannon which had not been re-
barrels of
moved
fifteen
moved.
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1775 On the 25th of January a second convention of depuassembled at Exeter to consult on the existing affairs, and
ties
to appoint delegates to the
nt- xt general congress to be
held at
Philadelphia on the 18th of May.
Maj. Sullivan and Capt.
Langdon were chosen.
At this time every thing bore the appearance of war, but
no actual blow was struck until the 19th of April.
On this
memorable day an armed British force marched from Boston
Meeting here with some hostile treatment from
to Lexington.
a few Americans in arms, they unsheathed the sword and shed
the first blood of the revolutionary contest.
On the alarm of
this event, the people of New-Hampshire flew to arms, and to
party of Americans atthe assistance of their brethren.
tacked a battery on Jersey's Point on Great Island and carried
off eight pieces of cannon, some of which were twenty-four
and others thirty-two pounders, all which they brought to Ports*
mouth. Governor Wentworth finding his authority disregarded and his person insulted, retired to the fort.
On the second meeting of the assembly he sent a message to
them and adjourned them to the 28th of September ; they
A
however never met
after that.
He
remained
in the fort
under
the protection of the Scarborough and another ship of war until all the cannon were taken on board : he then sailed for BosIn September he stationed himself on the Isle of Shoals,
ton.
and at that place issued a proclamation adjourning the ass'cmThis was the last act of his adminisbly to the next April.
tration and his last visit to the province.
Thus terminated the
British government in New-Hampshire where it had existed
ninety-five years.
On the first alarm of hostilities about twelve hundred men
marched from the adjacent parts of New-Hampshire to the assistance of their fellow citizens near Boston, who had already
taken arms.
pcjrt
of this number returned immediately,
the remainder formed themselves into two regiments under
the authority of the Massachusetts convention.
On the first
meeting of the Provincial Assembly of New-Ham.pshire, it was
voted to raise and equip two thousand men, to be formed into
three regiments, which were to be under the command of col9
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66
John Stark, James Read, and John Poor. The two forpresent at the memorable battle of Bunker Hill,
where they were posted on the left behind a fence here they
sorely galled the advancing bodies of the British, and cut down
whole ranks of them. In their retreat they lost several of the
number, among whom was the gallant Maj. Andrew M'Clary,
who was killed by a cannon shot after he had passed the isthonels,
mer were
;
mus of Charlestown. After this time brigadier-general Sullivan
Forts were soon
commanded the New-Hampshire troops.
erected on the points of two islands which form a narrow chanOne of
two miles below the town of Portsmouth.
these was called Fort Sullivan and the other Fort Washington.
company of artillery was stationed on duty here, and a
company of rangers was posted on Connecticut river. Besides these two companies more were raised to be under the
immediate orders of the committee of safety. The whole militia of the state was divided into two regiments ; the field officers were to be appointed by the convention, and the inferior
officers to be elected by the companies ; out of the militia
were selected lour regiments of minute men who were constantly trained to military duty.
In the next winter when the Connecticut regiments withdrew
from the camp, their term of service having expired, six companies, each containing 61 men, were sent to supply their place
until the British evacuated Boston.
temporary government was established in New1776
Hampshire, to continue during the war, consisting of a house
of representatives and a council of twelve, with the addition of
an executive committee to act in the recess of the legislaThe number of this committee varied from six to sixteen.
ture.
The president of the council was also president of the execuTo this office was cajjed the Hon. Meshech
tive committee.
Weare, a man of experience, talents, and fidelity. He was alSo unbounded
so appointed chief justice of the superior court*
was the public confidence in this gentleman that no hesitation
was felt to invest him at once with all authority, legislative, execnel about
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and judicial, in which he was continued by-annual elecFor the service of this year two
throughout the war.
thousand men were raised and organized under the officers
of the preceding year. Three hundred men were stationed in
the forts ; and supplies of fire arms and ammunition were
regiment was raissent to the western parts of the state.
ed in that quarter and placed under the command of colonel
Timothy Bedel, with orders to be prepared for a march to
Canada. These three regiments marched with Gen. Washington to New- York, thence they were ordered up the Hudson
utive,
tions
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and down the lakes into Canada, under the command of
(ien. Sullivan, who met at the mouth of the river Sort! the
American army retreating from Quebec. Here Gen. Sullivan
took the command of the whole, and finding the retreat unavoidable on account of the small-pox among the New-Hamp^
he conducted this movement with great skill and
shire troops
prudence.
Not only the small-pox but the dysentary, and putrid fever raged among our troops, and it was computed that
out of the New-Hampshire regiments nearly one third were carried off this year by sickness.
When all apprehensions of an
attack on Ticonderoga were over for the season, the surviving
part of the New- Hampshire troops marched by the way of the
Minisinks into Pennsylvania, where they aided Gen. Washington in the glorious capture of the Hessians at Trenton, and
were also with him at the victorious battle of Princeton.
1777 Over the army which was raised this year the officers
were appointed by congress, and the men were enlisted for
that term or during three years.
The New-Hampshire
regiments were commanded by colonels Joseph Cilley, Nathan
Hale, and Alexander Scammel.
These troops were supplied
with new French arms, and their rendezvous was appointed at
Ticonderoga. The whole body was to be under the immediate command of Brig. Gen. Poor.
They remained at Ticonderoga until the approach of the British army under Gen. Burgoyne rendered it expedient to abandon the post. Col. Hale's
regiment was ordered to cover the rear of the invalids, on
which account he was several miles behind the main body.
The next morning after the march commenced, he was attacked by an advanced part of the enemy at Hubbardston.
In
this engagement major Titcomb was wounded
Col.Hale, captains Robertson, Carr, and Norris, and adjutant Elliot with
some other officers, and about 100 men were made prisoners.
The main army continued their retreat to Saratoga.
At Fort
Ann they had a skirmish with the enemy, in which captain
Weare was mortally wounded.
When the intelligence of this
retreat reached New-Hampshire, the assembly had finished
their spring session and had separated.
An immediate summons from the executive committee reassembled them, and in a
short sitting of three days they organized the most effectual
means for common defence. They formed the militia of the
state into two brigades, the first of which they entrusted to the
command of William Whipple, and the second ta John Stark.
One fourth part of Stark''s brigade and one fourth of three
regiments of the other brigade, were immediately despatched
under the command of Stark, to arrest the progress of the enemy against our western frontiers.
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GENKllAI- VIEW.
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of the militia were instructed to take away the
those persons who scrupled or declined assisting in
And a day oi public fasting and
the defence of the country.
The
officers
arms of
.til
prayer wis appointed which was observed with devotion and
solemnity.
The above mentioned appointment of Stark with the pay of
a brigadier-general in the continental armv wus peculiarly satisfictory to the public and not unpleasant to his own feelings.
In the arrangement of the general officers the preceding year, a
junior officer had been promoted while Stark was neglected.
He had written to congress on the sut)j;xt, but his letters were
He therefore left the army and
suffered to lie on the table.
returned home, he was now by the unanimous voice of his fellow citizms, invested with a separate and honourable command,
and the orders he receiv^-'d were these, " to repair to Charleston on Connecticut riv-r, there to consult with a committee of
the New-Hampsliire grams, (now Vermont) and to act in conjunction with, the troops of that new state or any other of the
states, or of the United States, or separately, as it should appear to him most expedient for the protection of the people and
In a few days he proceeded to
the annoyance of the enemy."
Charleston, and as soon as his men arrived, he sent them forward to join the forces of the new state, under Col. Warner,
who had stationed himself at Manchester, twenty miles north
At this place Stark joined him, and here he
of Bennington.
met Gen. Lincoln, who had been despatched from Stillwater by
Gen. Schuyler (commander of the northern department) to
conduct the militia to the west side of the Hudson river. Stark
informed him of his orders and of the dangers which the peoHe further observed, that he
ple of the grants apprehended.
had consulted with the committee, and that if he (Stark) joined
the continental army and left them exposed, the people were
resolved to retire to the east side of Connecticut river and thus
He therefore expressed kis
leave New-H.impshire a frontier.
dtt- rmmation to remain on the enemy's flank, and watch his
H:' accord ngly mustered his forces at Bennington
motions.
uichester.
report of this deterand Itft Co;. W.rn.r it
The orders, upon
mination w s tr.insmitted to Congress.
which it was found-rd, were there disapproved, but the wisdom
of them was Jtiestrd by subsequent events.
Gen. Burgoyne, with the main body of the British army, was
now at Fort Edward. From that station he despatched Lieut.
C')l. Bum, with about 1500 of his G.;rm »n troops and 100 Indians to spread themselves over the Grants as far as Connecticut river, with orders to collect horses and cattle for the
use of the army and to return immediately with their booty.
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The Indians, who preceded this attachment, were discoverStark despatched Col.
ed about 12 miles from Bennington.
Gregg with a body of 200 to arrest their progress. On the
evening of that day he was informed, that a body of regular
troops with a train of artillery was in full march for BenningThe next morning he advanced with his whole brigade
ton.
and some militia from the Grants, to the support of Gregg, who
found, himself unable to cope with the superior force of the enemy. Having marched about a mile, he met Gregg retreating
and the main body of the enemy within a mile of his rear.
On discovering the approach of Stark's column, Gregg halted
on an advantageous position and drew up hjs men in full view
on the eminence, but could not bring them to an engagement.
He then fell back about a mile and encamped, leaving a small
party to skirmish with the advance, who killed thirty of the enemy besides two of the Indian chiefs.
The next day was rainy. Stark kept his position and sent
Many of the Indians improvout parties to harass the enemy.
ed this opportunity to desert, declaring that the woods were full
of Yankees. On the following morning Stark was reinforced
by a militia company from the Grants, and by another from the
county of Berkshire in Massachusetts. This raised his force
He despatched Col.Nichols with 250 men to the
to 1600 men.
rear of the enemy's left wing ; and Col. Hendrick with 300 to
the rear of their right ; and stationed 300 to oppose their front
and keep them in play. Then ordering colonels Hubbard and
Stickney with 200 men to attack their right wing, and 100
more to reinforce Nichols in the n^ar of their left the attack
commenced on that point precisely at three o'clock in the afterIt was immediately followed up by the other detachnoon.
ments, Stark himself advancing with the main body. The engagement continued two hours, by which time he had forced the
enemy's line and breast-works, taken two pieces of brass cannon and a number of prisoners, and had compelled the remnant
to retreat.
Just at this moment he was informed that another
body of the enemy was within two miles of him. This was a
reinforcement for which Baum had sent when he first knew
the amount of the force he was to oppose.
It was commanded by Col. Breyman. Fortunately Warner's regiment from
Manchester met them and arrested their march. Stark rallied
and renewed the action and it was warm and desperate. He
employed with great effect the cannon he had captured, and
at sunset compelled the enemy to retreat.
H^ pursued them
until night, at which time he halted to prevent his men from
injuring each other in the dark.
Stark took in this action two
pther piedes of cannon, together with all the enemy's baggage,
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waggons, and horses, and found that they had left on the field
226 dead. Their commander Baum was taken prisoner, and
soon after died of his wounds. Besides him 33 officers, and
more than 700 privates were taken. Out of Stark's brigade
four officers and ten privates were killed and 42 wounded.
In the account of this battle which Stark transmitted to the
Nt w-Hampshire committee he said, " our people behaved with
the greatest spirit and bravery imaginable, and had every man
been an Alexander or a Charles of Sweden, they could not have
behaved better." Congress heard of this victory only from
common report. After waiting sometime in expectation of
letters, inquiry was made why Stark had not written to congress as well as to his own state.
He answered that his cor*
respondence with them had closed as they had not attended to his last letters. They immediately took the hint, and
although they had but a few days before resolved, that the instructions under which he had acted were destructive of military subordination, yet they presented their thanks to him and to
the officers and troops under his command and promoted him
The
to the rank of brigadier-general in the continental army.
northern army was now reinforced by the militia of the neighbouring states. Brig. Gen. Whipple marched with most of his
brigade, in addition to which, volunteers in abundance flocked
Two desperate battles were
to the army under general Gates.
fought, one at Stillwater and the other at Saratoga, in both of
which, the troops from New-Hampshire had a large share of
the honour gained by the American army.
In the former action two lieutenant-colonels, Adams and Colburn, and lieutenant
Thomas were among the slain and in the latter, lieutenant-colonel Conner and lieutenant M'Clary were killed with a
great number of their men.
The consequence of these repeated victories was the surrender of Burgoyne's army. After this
great object was attained, the New-Hampshire regiments
performed a march of forty miles and forded the Mohawk rivThe object
er below the falls, in the space of fourteen hours.
of this rapid movement was to arrest the progress of a British
detachment under general Clinton, who threatened Albany with
the same devastation which he had extended over the counj
try below, but hearing the fate of
etly
to
Burgoyne he returned qui-
New- York.
The American army
then marched into Pennsylvania and
huts at Valley Forge.
In addition to
those officers from New-Hampshire, who were killed at the
passed the winter
in
northward, we lost also Maj. Edward Sherburn, who was slain
After the
in a daring but unsuccessful action at Germanton.
capture of Burgoyne, all danger of a Canadian invasion ceased,
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and the theatre of war was removed to the southward. The
troops from New-Hampshire now formed into a distinct brigade, had their full share of the common dangers and sufferings of the army.
At the battle of Monmouth, a part of them
were closely engaged under the command of colonel Cilley and
lieutenant-colonel Dearborn, and they behaved in such a manner, as to merit the commendation of the illustrious WashingThey continued with the main army all that spring, and
ton.
were stationed at Reading during the ensuing winter.
In the summer of 1778, when the French fleet appeared on
our coast, with the intention to aid us in our struggles with
Great Britain, an invasion of Rhode Island, then in possession
of the British was projected, and general Sullivan was appointed to conduct it. Detachments of militia and volunteers irovti
Massachusetts and New-Hampshire formed a part of his troops:
but a violent storm having prevented the co-operation of the
French and driven them to sea, the army, after a few skirmishes, were under the mortifying necessity of quitting the IslThe retreat was conducted by general Sullivan with
and.
great skill and prudence.
1779 An expedition into the Indian country being determined on, general Sullivan was appointed to the command, and
the New-Hampshire brigade made part of his forces.
His
rout was up tjbe Susquehanna in the country of the Seneca's, a
track imperfectly known, and into which no troops had ever penThe order of his march was planned with great
etrated.
judgment and executed with much regularity and perseverance.
In several engagements wifeh the savages, the troops from NewHampshire behaved with a characteristic intrepidity. The provisions of the detachment falling short before the object of the
expedition was cowipleted, the troops generously consented to
subsist on such food, as could be found in the Indian counAfter their return, they were re-united to the main artry.
my and passed a third winter in huts at Newtown in Connecti-
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cut.
On
the close of this year Sullivan resigned his
command
and retired.
1780 This year the New-Hampshire troops were stationed
at the important post of West-Point, and afterwards marched
into New- Jersey, where general Poor died.
Three of its regiments were employed in the service of this year. The fourth
winter was passed in cantonments of huts at a place called
Soldier's Fortune near Hudson river.
At the close of the year
the New-Hampshire force was reduced to two regiments and
were commanded by colonels Scammel and Reid. It was on
the 21st of September this year, that the treason and desertioa
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of Arnold were discovered, which event was followed by the
capture and execution of major Andre, the British spy.
1781
This year a part of our troops remained at NewYork, and the other division marched to Virginia and were
It was at this time, that
present at the defeat of Cornwallis.
the brave and enterprising colonel Scammcllost his life.
1782 During the winter of this year the first New-Hampshire regiment, commanded by lieutenant-colonel Dearborn,
was quartered at Saratoga, and the second, on the Mohawk
river.
They kept these stations until the close of the ensuing
year, at which time the approaches of peace began to relax
In the course of a few months, the
tTie opf-rations of war.
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negociations resulted in a treaty, and
we were acknowledged
" free and independent states" from that throne, which had till
then pronounced us " revolted su!>jects."
The America, a seventy-four gun ship, built at Portsmouth,
by order of congress, was launched on the 5th of November
of this year.
This was the first line of battle ship ever built in
this country.
It was presented to the king of France.
1783 On the 31st of October of this year the civil constitution of New-Hampshire went into operation and continued until 1792.
small shock of an earthquake was felt on the 29th
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of November.
— Meshech Weare was
1784
1 785
elected president of this state.
president.
During this year
for redress of the paper money
—John Langdon was chosen
there was much popular clamour
grievances.
—
1786 John Sullivan was made president.
This year was
rendered memorable by an insurrection in New-Hampshire, the
object of which was (says Belknap) to force the legislature into a
paper money system. On the 20th of S-*ptember, about 200
mc;n equipped in various modes, surrounded the general court
then convened at Ex: ter, and held that honourable body prisoners sevf ral hours.
But the citizens of the towns immediately
ros^ in arms and crushed the insurrection in its birth.
1787 President Sullivan continued in offi-e. The tumult of
insurrection was not confined to New-Hampshire.
It appeared
in I'older forms in several of the neighbouring states.
It was ascert;iined, th:it the existing Confederacy was insufficient.
deleguou therefore from the several states, comprising much
learning, talents, and virtue, convened at Philadelphia for the
purpose of framing a federal constitution.
This convention appointed general Washington as their president, and after four
months uninterrupted attention to the subject,during which period
all the jarring interests of the states were thoroughly canvassed,
they voted to recommend a plan of federal government to the
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The delegates from New-Hampshire were John Langdon and Nicholas Oilman.
1788 The new constitution was published and offered to the
It was adopted in
several states for their formal acceptance.
New-Hampshire June the 21sE of this year, by the general court
States.
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Concord.
1789 General Washington was elected president of the
United States, and John Sullivan president of New-Hampat
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dhire.
1790
Bartlett
—Josiah the U.
of
The revenue
was chosen president of this state.
was ^4,77/',120, and the
S. for this year
expenditure ^3,797,436.
1791 Josiah Bartlett was chosen governor under the
new
—
Piscat1794—John Taylor Gilman was elected governor,
year.
aqua bridge was
1795 — John Taylor Gilman was again elected governor, and
1805.
by annual election
continued
1797— John Adams was chosen president of the United
and Thomas Jefferson vice president. The exports
constitution.
built this
until
in office
States,
of the United States now amounted to S5 7,000,000, and the
revenue of the post-office amounted to S46,000. The mails
of the United States are carried over 1,430,085 miles, in which
space there are upwards of four hundred post-offices.
1798 This year congress passed an act authorizing the
president to raise and equip a provisional army, and an act
more effectually to protect the commerce and coasts of the
United States against French depredations.
1799 Thomas Truxton commander of the U. S. Frigate
The
Constellation captured the French Frigate Insurgent.
whole American navy consisted at this time of forty-two vessels carrying 950 guns.
1800 The cow-pox was introduced into America this year.
There were now belonging to Portsmouth 28 ships, 47 brigs,
10 schooners, and 2 sloops employed in foreign commerce. Of
the above vessels 17 of the largest were built in the course of
There were also twenty coasters, and more than
this year.
that number of fishing vessels.
1801 Thomas Jefferson was elected president of the United
The exports of the
States, and Aaron Burr vice-president.
United States amounted this year to more than ninety millions
'^
of dollars.
1802 Merino sTieep Were introduced into this country byfire broke out in Portsmouth and
Col. David Humphreys.
destroyed about one hundred buildings*
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1803— The Middlesex canal by which the waters of the Merrimack are carried to Charlestown was completed this year.
1805 John Langdon was chosen governor of this state.
Thomas Jefferson president of the United States, and George
—
Clinton vice-president.
1806 June 16th of this year was
—
made memorable by the
which probably ever happened.
To many parts of New-England the sun was totally obscured
The scene was at once beautiful and subfor several minutes.
lime, and yet not to be contemplated without a feeling of dread.
The sky was unusually serene, not a leaf was in motion. Immediately before the extreme darkness all nature seemed vergThe animals felt the change
ing to a state of gloomy repose.
But as the obscuraand hastened to their nocturnal retreats.
most remarkable solar
eclipse
tion gradually left the sun, the quick reanimation of every thing
was proportionably delightful,
—
1807 Bonaparte, by one of his decrees, pronounced every
neutral vessel denationalized and liable to capture, which had
submitted to be searched by an English cruiser or had touched
This was a prelude to the late war.
at an English port.
Great Britain soon issued her orders, condemning to seizure all
our vessels bound to any of the continental ports except
those of Sweden.
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808 This year was the era of the general embargo.
1809 Jeremiah Smith elected governor This year the embargo was removed.
1810 John Langdon elected governor. On the 22d of November was issued the United States* proclamation interdicting
commercial intercourse with Great Britain.
Congress
1812 William Plumer was elected governor.
voted to organize for the useof the government 100,000 militia,
and apportioned the quota of each state.
On the 18th of June of this year war was declared by the
On the 1st of July the
United States with Great Britain.
on the 8th of that month Sandwich
double duty bill passed
m Upper Canada was taken by general Hull. On the 16th general Hull surrendered the American army to the British general
Brock.
On the 1 9th of August the British frigate Guerriere was sunk
by the United States' frigate Constitution under commodore
1
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kHuII.
On the 1 7th of October the United States' sloop of war Wasp
captured the Frolic, and both of them were taken by the English seventy-four, Poictiers.
On the 25th of October the British frigate Macedonian surrendered to the American frigate United States.
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76
On the 29th of December the British frigate Java was destroyed by the United States' ship Constitution.
1813— John Taylor Oilman was elected governor of this state.
On the 22d of January general Winchester surrendered to
the British general Proctor at Frenchtown.
On the 13th of February the British sloop of war Peacock
was destroyed by the American sloop Hornet.
On the 27th of April, York in Upper Canada waa taken by
our troops, and general Pike killed.
On the 1st of June the United States' frigate Chesapeake was
taken bv the Shannon, and captain Lawrence was mortally
wounded.
On the 1st of August the British were defeated at Lower
Sandusky by general Harrison.
On the 5th of September the British brig Boxer was captured
by the United States' brig Enterprise. Botli commanders were
killed and were buried at Portland with the honours of war.
On the 10th the whole British fleet on Lake Erie was captured by commodore O. H. Perry.
On the 27th general Harrison's army took possession of
Maiden.
On
the 11th of
November
a division of general Wilkinson's
army, under generals Boyd and Covington attacked the British
General Covington was mortally wounded,
at Williamsburgh.
and the American troops recrossed the St. Lawrence, and went
into winter quarters at French Mills.
On the 22d of December of this year there was another extensive fire at Portsmouth.
1814— On the 22d of March 1200 men under colonel Clark
marched from Vermont, took a piquet guard and returned to
Burlington.
On the 1st of September the British took possession of CasOn the 11th the whole British fleet on Lake Champlain
tine.
was captured by the American commodore M'Donough. On
the same day the British array under general Prevost was defeated with great slaughter at Plattsburgh.
On the 1st of October the U. S. ship Washington of 74*guns
was launched at Portsmouth.
On the 24th the British ship
James, prize to the American privateer Portsmouth arrived at
Portsmouth. The invoice of her cargo in England was one
hundred thousand pounds sterling.
At this time about 3000 drafted militia were stationed at
Portsmouth for the protection of the town and harbour. The
commander in chief Gov. Oilman, took his quarters there in
person.
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re
On the
27th of November, a severe shock of an earthquake
about 7 o*clock in the evening.
In December of this year a direct tax of S6,000,000 was imposed by congress, of which !S 193,586 was apportioned to New-
was
felt
Hampshire.
The
spotted fever at this time raged very extensively in ma-
ny parts of the
—
About 400 soldiers had enlisted in this
February and had joined the western army.
state.
state since the last
1815 Jan. 15th. The U. S. frigate President was captured
by a division of the British fleet.
On the 9th of this month a decisive victory was obtained at
New-Orleans by the American troops under general Jackson.
The British lost 700 men killed and 1400 wounded, and 600prisoners.
Gen. Packenham their commander was killed, and two
The loss on our side
other generals were mortally wounded.
was only 8 killed and 9 wounded.
On the 18th of February the treaty of peace was ratified by the
U. S. senate and signed by the president. It was published at
Portsmouth on the morning of the 23d.
On the 27th of June a boat arrived at Concord, New-Hampshire, from Boston by the way of Middlesex canal in three and a
To the enterprise and perseverance of John L. Sullihalf days.
van, Esq. is New-Hampshire indebted for the great and permanent benefits, which must arise from the unobstructed navigation
of the Merrimack.
During the revolutionary war New-Hampshire furnished
about 14,000 men, 4000 of whom perished either in battle, or by
Of the amount of troops supplied by this state in the
sickness.
late war, or of the number lost, no correct estimate has yet been
made.
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
PART
A
II.
TOPOGBAPHICAI. DeSCKIFTION OF lACH COUITTT, ToWN, OK ToWNSHIP, ANW liOState and also of its Lakes, Rivers, Ponds, and Mountains,
t^ATiow IN THE
;
together with many other subjects of useful and simitak detail
Alphabetically arhangxd.
AcwoRTH, a post-township
of Cheshire county, bounded
on the N. by Unity, E. by
Lempster, S. by Alstead and
Marlow, W. by Charleston and
Langdon, containing 24,846 aIt was incorporated in
cres.
1776, and has 1523 inhabitants.
Cold-pond, extending about a
mile on the line of Unity, from
60 to 100 rods in width, and
MitcheWs pond, 120 rods long
and 80 wide, are its only ponds
Cold river takes its
of note.
Tise and name from one of the
above mentioned pools
in
N.E. corner of this town.
the
Ac-
worth has two religious societies ; 1 meeting-house for the
—
alii
Charleston turnpike road
Acworth
passes through here.
is 73 miles N. W. by W. from
pel.
Portsmouth.
Adams, a township of Coos
county, situated on the E. side
of the White Mountains ;
bounded N. by unlocated lands,
E. by Chatham, S. by Bartlett,
and W. by said mountains, containing 31,968 acres of land and
In 1800, its population
in 1810, 250 souls.
Two branches of Ellis' river
pass through this town, coming
from the N. and uniting on its
S. border near Spruce mounwater.
was I80,and
tain so called.
Mountain-pond
congregational order, 1 grainmill, 5 saw-mills, 2 mills for
dressing cloth, 2 carding machines, and 1 trading Itore.
brook crosses the S. E. corner
of Adams, taking its rise from
a pool in Chatham, and falling
into Saco river in the town of
Rev. Thomas Archibald
Bartlett.
was
settled in the ministry here in
1789.
Rev. Phinehas Cook
is
the present minister of the gos-
Black, Boldface, and
its three
It has 1
elevations of note.
grain and 2 saw-mills.
Thorn mountains are
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Alexandria, a township of
Grafton county, incorporated
in 1782, and containing 409 inJhabitants, is bounded on the
N. W. by Orange
N. E. by
Bridge water, S. E. by NewChester, and on the S. W. by
Danbury. Its N. corner is situate in New-found pond on Hebron line. It contains about
14,000 acrco of land. Smithes
river flows through the S., and
several smaller streams cross
Prithe N. end of this town.
or to 1790, Rev. Enoch Whip;
was settled here. At present there are two religious so-
ple
cieties
without
ordained
an
minister.
It has
4 saw-mills, and
grain-mill,
1
mill
1
for
dressing cloth.
Allenstown,
Rocking-
in
ham
county, situated on the
E. side of the river Suncook,
is
It
has 346 inhabitants.
hounded N. by Epsom, E. by
Deerfield,
S.
by Chester, and
W. by Suncook
river.
Its
W.
corner is on the river Merrimack, 52 rods opposite the
The Sunof division
between Allenstown and Pembroke, the former of which extends over an area of 12,225
acres of land, its growth of
township of Bow.
cook'
wood
is
the line
principally
pine,
the
being light and weak
there are,notwithstanding,some
Cataexcellent farms here.
soil
;
mount hill or mountain is the
Alhighest land in this town.
lenstown has 2 grain-mills and
4 saw-mills. Buckstreet bridge
connects this town with Pem-
broke.
Allenstown^ hitherrb,
has been destitute of a settled
minister or meeting-house.
house of public worship, however, has been recently erected.
It has 3 school- houses,
and winters 536 sheep.
A
Alstead, a township of
Cheshire county, incorporated
in 1763, with a population at
present of 1644 souls, is bounded N. by Acworth and Langdon, E. by Marlow, and S. by
Walpole and Langdon, containing 24,756 acres, of which
300 are water. Here are 2
meeting-houses for congregationalists and 1 for baptists
15
school-houses, 5 saw and S
grain-mills, 1 paper and 1 oilmill, a mill for dressing cloth
and a carding machine. The
is strong and succulent,
soil
producing flax, wheat, &c. in
exuberance. Fruit trees thrive
Cheshire turnpike
well here.
;
intersects the S. W. part, and
the road from Hale's Bridge
passes through the centre of
The largest body of
the town.
water here is WarreJi's pond,250
rods in length and 150 in width.
Cold river traverses the N. E.
angle of Alstead, where it receives the waters of Warren's
pond. Several branches of Ashuelot river have their sources
Rev. Jacob
town.
ordained here over
the congregational church in
1782 dismissed in 1789. Rev.
in
this
Mann was
;
Samuel Mead settled in the
dismissed
same parish 1791
1797 since which time this
parish has had no ordained
;
;
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minister.
still
ish
Amherst, formerly
Rev. Levi Lankton
continues in the East par-
where he was
settled
in
Elder Jeremiah Hig1792.
bee has the pastoral care of the
baptist church in this town.
J.H.B.
The average number of
deaths in Alstead from 1807
to 1811, was 2 1 per annum.
79
called
Souhegan West, was originally
granted by Massachusetts and
is a pleasant township in Hillsborough county, incorporated
in
1762.
Its
tion consists
present populaof 1554 inhabit-
Bounded by
Merrimack on the
ants.
the river
E., S. by
Hollis, W. by Milford, and on
the N. by Mount- Vernon and
J.M.& J.H.B.
^LTON, a township in Straf- New- Boston, in lat. 42 « 54' N.
ford county, about 25 miles containing 22,435 acres, 350 of
N.W. from Dover, was incor- which are water. Babboosuck
porated 1796, and reckons 1279 pond, of 300 acres extent, lies
This town has in the N» E. corner of this
inhabitants.
English pond to the
Winnipiseogee lake and bay for town.
N. W. is 160 rods in length
its N. boundary, E. it is bounded by New-Durham, S. by and too in width, its waters
Barnstead, W. by Gilmanton {dXXxngmXo xh^Babboosuck. Souand Gilford. Its surface 35,783 hegan river flows through AmWolfeborough joins herst on the S. and receives the
acres.
waters of Beaver brook coming
Alton on the N. E. corner 1
from Mount- Vernon. Milford
Merry
mile and 216 rods.
meeting bay has a S. declina- and Mount- Vernon were formerly component parts of Am,'
tion of 1800 rods into Alton^
where it receives an excellent herst, from which they were
stream, on which Barker's severed, the former in 1794,
and Wiggin's mills are erected. and the latter in 1803. The
This bay is about 200 rods in centre of the town is a level
width.
Half-moon pondy be- plain of about a half a mile's
tween Barnstead and Alton, is extent,equi distant from the four
300 rods long, and 150 wide. cardinal points, on which a very
pleasant village is
erected.
It has several ponds of less
Here are a meeting-house, a
note.
Its soil is hard and
court-house, jail, school-house,
rocky, adapted to corn and
wheat. White and red oak, several good mill sites, on
beach,maple, pine, and hemlock which are 3 corn-mills, 5 saw-
arc its principal growth.
inhabitants are, for the
part, of the baptist order.
The
mills, 1 mill for dressing cloth,
most
4 trading stores, 3 cotton and
wool manufactories,and 1 print-
Elder John Page was ordained
here 1811. Here are 2 grainmills, 6 saw-mills, and 1 mill
for dressing cloth.
Alton winter! about 250 sheep.
ing establishment. The Aurean Academy, discontinued for
lack of funds, was incorporated
here in 1 790, and was an useful
and flourishing
institution.
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80
public school was commenced
here 1807, and, with intervals,
has continued ever since. The
town is divided into 9 schooldistricts having 8 school-housThat which is central is
es.
situated near the meeting-house
and is a large and commodious
building.
The
first settlers
of
Amherst were from Billerica
and Middletown, (Mass.) 1 734.
In 1752, it had 7 garrisoned
houses resorted to by the in-
making an average of more
than 81 years to each.
The
oldest native of the town now
residing here, was born in the
year 1 742. So prompt was this
town in furnishing men for the
military service of the United
States that ])revious to the
The
second
turnpike
habitants in times of difficulty
shire
and danger. The first ordained
minister was Rev. D. Wilki»s,
Claremont to
who
visited this place
when
it
consisted of only 14 families.
He was settled in 1741, his being the third ordination in the
county of Hillsborough. Mr.
W. died 1783. The present
pastor, Rev.Jeremiah Barnard,
was settled March 3d, 1780.
The number of deaths here for
33 years subsequent to his ordiThe follownation was 529.
ing instances of longerity have
occurred within these last 20
Deacon Joseph Boutelle,
aged 90 years,and Rebecca, agfd 91, died in 1795. In 1803,
died widow Grace Town, aged
96; in 1805, widow Hannah
Lovejoy in the 102d year of
years.
her age, leaving descendants to
In 1806,
the number of 330.
widow Sarah Burdet, aged 94 ;
first
of April 1777, 120 persons had
engaged, of whom were 2 colonels, 1 major, 5 captains, and 9
subaltern officers.
j.F.
this
New-Hamppasses
from
town.
" Amonoosuck, an Indian
name given to two rivers in N.
Hampshire the one is called
Upper Amonoosuck, passing
:
through a tract of excellent
meadow. It rises near the N.
end of the White Hills, runs
northerly about 15 miles, where
is a carrying place of about 3
miles to Amariscoggin river.
From thence the river runs
S. W. and W. nearly 18 miles,
and empties into the Connecticut at Northumberland, near
the Upper Coos.
The other is
called Great or Lower Am-
onoosuck, which
on
rises
west side of the White
Mountains. It falls into th&
Connecticut just above the
the
in
town of Haverhill, in Lower
Coos, by a mouth 100 yards
wide.
About 2 miles from its
telle,
mouth
1808, widow Hannah Bou95 ; in 1809, widow Sarah Stuart, aged 92; in 1811,
widow Lucy Ellsworth in the
Since
90th year of her age.
the year 1803, have died twenty-f. -e persons, the aggregate
of whose ages amount to 2041,
it
receives
Wild Amon-
oosuck, 40 yards wide, from
Franconia and Lincoln Mountains. Two or three hours rain
raises the water in this last mentioned river several feet, and
occasions a current so furious
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
as to put in motion stones of a
foot in diameter, but its vio-
lence soon subsides. "(M.Gaz.)
Androscoggin, or AmeriscoGGiN River, has its sources 35 miles
N. of Errol
in this
and N. of latitude 45°.
Its most northerly branch is
called Margalloway. Its course
This
is S. for nearly 60 miles.
state
river enters the state near the
S. E. corner of the second
Dartmouth
grant
to
where
receives Dead
passing thence through
river.,
college,
also
it
Wentworth's Location into Errol where it mingles with the
waters flowing from Lakt: Umbagog, about one mile from its
outlet.
From
this
juncture
the confluent stream bears the
name of Androscoggin.
Its
course is S. till it approaches
near to the White Mountains,
from which it receives Moose
and Peabody rivers, entering
the District of Maine N. of
Mount Moriah. It then turns
to the E. and then to the S. E.,
in which course through a fertile country it passes within two
miles of the sea-coast, and then
turning N. runs over Pejepscot
or Brunswick-falls into MerryMeeting-Bay, a few miles from
Bowdoin college, and forms a
junction with the Kennebeck,20
miles from the sea. In its course
through Paulsburgh and Mainsborough it passes within 2 or 3
miles of the Upper Amonoo-
suck river.
" Amuskeag Falls, in N.
Hampshire, are on Merrimack
11
81
below the ford,
and 7 below Hookset Falls. It
consists of three pitches, one below the other, so that the water
falls about 48 feet 3 inches in
river, 16 miles
the course of half a mile.
The
second pitch, which may
seen from the roads on the
side
is
truly majestic.
be
W.
In the
middle of the upper part of the
fall, is a high rocky island, on
the top of which, are a
of
pits,
made
number
exactly round,
hogsheads, some
of which are capable of holding
like barrels or
tons; formed by the cir-,
cular motion of small stones,
impelled by the force of the descjt'eral
scending water. At the foot
of the rapids, half a mile below
the principal fall, is a bridge,
556 feet in length, and 20 in
breadth, consisting of 2000 tons
of timber, and made passable
for travellers 57 days after it
" A
was begun." (M. Gaz.)
canal has been formed around
these falls, through which boats
pass with ease imd safety. Prior
to 1670, these falls were much
visited by the aborigines.
The
sachem
Wonolans^t resided
The son of Wonolanset,
here.
engaged in hunting here about
the middle of March, discovered 15 Indians on the other side
who called to him in an unknown language, upon which
he fled, while they discharged
nearly 30 muskf-ts at him with-*
out effect." (Belknap's N.H.)
Andover, a township in
Hillsborough county, incorporated 1779, with a population
of 1259 inhabitants, is bound-
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GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHiRR.
ed N. W. by New Chester, N.
E. by Merrimack river which
disunites it from Sanbornton,S.
E. by Salisbury, and S. W. by
Wilmot with an area of 29,883
acres.
It has several ponds of
water, the largest of which is
Chance pond, in extent 230 rods
and 130 in width. Black Water, a branch of Contoocook
river, flows through the S, W.
Ragged
part of this town.
mountain is partly in this town,
the N. line of both town and
county passing over its summit.
The 4th New- Hampshire turnpike leads through the S. W.
part of Andover where Grafton
Its soil is
turnpike meets it.
of almost every variety, for the
most part broken and stony,
but generally good, producing
good crops of grain andEnglish
On the Pemigawasset
grass.
and Black rivers are excellent
Rev.
tracts of intervale land.
Babcock was ordained here
J.
Here are a meeting1782.
house,10school-houses,2 grainmills, 6 saw-mills,
1
mill
for
dressing cloth, i carding-machine, and 5 trading stores.
Here were wintered last season
4000 sheep. Agreeably to a bill
of mortality furnished by Rf v.
there have died in AridoJ. B.
ver since the year 1782, under
70 years of age, 287 persons,
over 70, 18 persons, over 80,
j.b.
15, over 90, 2.
Antrim, a township in
Hillsborough county, was incorporated 1777, and, in the
year 1810, contained 1277
Bounded N. by Windsouls.
sor and Hillsborough, E. by
the river Contoocook, which
severs it from Deering, S. by
Hancock, and W. by Stoddard
and a part of Nelson, of an area
of 21, 784 acres.
Gregg's pond
400 rods long and 150 wide,
lies in the S. part of the town.
Its waters fall into Contoocook
The soil of Antrim disriver.
plays great inequality of surface, but is generally producThis town annually wintive.
ters about 2000 sheep, and cattle in proportion.
The second
N. H. tuv npike bisects the N.
angle Oi Antrim.
Reverend J,
M. Whiton is their mmister.
Here are a meeting-house, 4
grain-mills,
4 saw -mills, 2 mills
for dressing cloth,
1
carding-
machine, anxl 3 trading stores,
la 1813, 45 persons died of
the prevailing fever.
ASHUELOT
River has
or
a
ASHWILLET
number
of
branches, the most remote of
which is S. of Sunapee mountain in the township of Goshen,
thence running S. through Alstead,
Marlow, Washington,
Stoddard,
where
it
&c.
to
joins with
Swansey,
a
large
stream of water from Keene,
another from the S. line of the
Below Winchester
state, &c.
it runs W. by N. and at length
empties into Connecticut river
in the lower part of Hinsdale.
Atkinson, a township in
Rockingham county, incorporated
1767, containing 55%
inhabitants and 6,839 acres.
Bounded N. by Hampstead,
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83
N.E.by
flowing
hill,
Rumney and emptying
Plaistow, S. by Haver(Mass.) and W. by Salem.
Atiinson was formerly a part
of Haverhill, separated from
it by the state line of demarcation.
Its soil is prolific,
E.
thence
Merrimack
river
at
through
into the
Plymouth
village.
Location
Barker's
and
is
highly pleasant.
It is 30 miles from the maritime town of Portsmouth, and
bounded* N. by Lancaster, E.
by Jefl'erson, and S. and W. by
Kilkenny, and contains 3,090
has an academy which was
founded in
1789, by Hon.
Nathaniel Peabody of Exeter,
who endowed it with 1000 acresofland. John Vose, A.M.
acres.
its
situation
Here are a
is the preceptor.
handsome congregational meeting-house, 1 grain-mill, and 1
saw-mill. " In this township is
a large meadow wherein is an
island of 6 or 7" acres, which
was formerly loaded with valuable pine timber and other
forest
dow
of an
wood.
is
When
artificial
dam,
meameans
the
overflowed, by
this island
with the water, which is
sometimes 6 feet. In a pond
in the middle of the island,
there have been fish, which,
rises
the meadow has been
overflowedhave appeared there,
when the water has been drawn
oflf, and the island settled to its
when
usual place. The pond is now
almost covered with verdure.
In it a pole 50 feet long has
disappeared, without finding
bottom." (Morse Gaz.)
Barnstead,
a pleasant levcounty,
incorporated 1727, and boundel
township
in Straiford
ed as follows, viz. N. E. by
Alton, N. W. by Gilmanton,
S. W. by Pittsfield, and S. E.
by Barrington, containing 26,
000 acres. Here are two ponds
known by the name of Suncook,^
lying contiguous to each other,
one 400 rods and the other 300
long ; also Bundle pond 250
rods in extent.
Each of these
in width will average their me-
dium
lies
length.
on
Alton
Half moon pond
line, its
centre
about equi-distant from the
two towns, 300 rods long and
half as wide.
These ponds all
discharge their waters
into
Suncook river which traverses
the town.
Beaty*s, Pink, Adam^Sy and jfacob^s are small and
nearly circular pools about 100
rods in diameter. The original growth here is pine, oak,
beach, maple, and hemlock.
soil is hard, but not very
rocky, well adapted to the inof corn and grain.
crease
Barnstead reckons 1477 souls
Here are a
for its population.
congregational and baptist so-
The
B.
—
Baker's River. Its most
N. branch has its source in
Coventry, and its most S. in
Orange and Coventry. These
branches unite in Wentworth,
ciety.
Elder David
Knowl-
ton was ordained here in
1
804,
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
84
and died in 1809. Enos George
was oidaiued hy a~ congregational council 1804, and is
th»:^ir prestnt teacher*
BarnStead has 2 houses for public
worship, a number of excellent sites for water niachinery,
and already, mills of various
Cattle and sheep are raised
here in large num! cts.
In
1814, were wintered here 5,162
sheep.
Chrystal spar, plumbago, or black lead, iron ore,
alum, and vitriol are found
here.
On the S.E. side of the
town is a cave commonly call-
kinds.
ed the
Bear''s
Den.
Its
mouth
The first
18 inches wide.
course is an angle of descent
of about 20 degrees, then pressing through a narrow passage
of about 4 feet in length and
descending the same track about 9 feet, you enter an
apartment 21 feet in length, 3f
in width, and 12 in height, in
which you find a natural table
2 feet square,smooth and level,
and about high enough to stand
Stepping up
and write upon.
a few feet you then enter another room, 16 feet long, 4
wide, and 10 in height, encircled on each side by a regular
wall of stone. The rocks forming the bottonf of this cave so
exactlv correspond with the
roof, thai one needs no further
evidence that they were once
About a mile S. W.
united.
is
Barrington, a township in
Strafford county, incorporated
1722, and bounded N. E. by
Farmington and Rochester, S.
E. by Madbury and Dover,
S.W.by Nottingham andNorth•\vood, and N. W. by BarnThis town is thirteen
stead.
and a half miles long and half
as
wide, containing 58,4-00 aIt had in 1810, 3,564
cres.
inhabitants.
Here
are a lirge
number of ponds, some of
whose streams afford exctllent
Bo7v pond the largmill sites.
est, is situi'.ted in the S.W.
part of the town, in extent about 650 rods and 400 rods in
waters empty into
source of
Dover river. Bi sides this are
Chesley^Round^Mendum'^s^N^ppo^North river ^Vildgoose^Long\
Auer^s, and Trout ponds^ W.
of the Blue Hilh. The waters
of these ponds discharge into
Suncook river. The first ridge
of Frost hills, commonly c.illed Blue hilis, and one of the
three inferior summits of Agamenticus,is continued through
The N. part of
this town.
Barrington is hilly and broken,
but the soil, for the tnost part
width.
Its
Jsing-lass, a principal
is
excellent,yielding corn,grain,
flax,
cider, &c. in
abundance.
from
this spot,
on the margin
of a pond, is a rock of 150 perpendicular feet above the face
s.b.
of the water.
Here are 3 houses of public
worship, 18 school-houses, 14
grain-mdls,-2 mills for dressing cloth, 3 carding-machines,
and 4 trading stons. The major part of the inhabitants are
of the baptist order, having only one society of a different
denomination in town. Rev.
Joseph Prince was settled over
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHmE.
the congregational church 1755,
Rev. David
removed 1760.
Tenney was settled 1771, reRev. Benjamin
1784, and
Elder Smith Babdied ISIL
co' k, Micajah Of is, and Jo-
moved
Biilch
1778.
was
settled
seph Boody are the present ordaintd prj;acbu rs in this towil.
This town, from its first settlement, has betn very healthy.
Several of the first settlers lived to an advanced period of
more than 100 years.
Bartlett, a township in
the county of Coos, incorporated in 1790, situated at the S.E.
White HUls, bounded N. by Adams, E. by Chath.'im, S. by ungranted land and
Conway, and W. by Chadbourn's and Hart's locations.
angle of the
Its surface is 13,500 acres. Saco river and the 10th N. H.
turnpike road pass through this
town.
lies on
mountain
Kearsarge
E. line.
its
Bath,
a pleasant township
in Grafton county, situated on
the E. side of Connecticut riv-
opposite Rygate in Vermont, 35 miles N. by E. from
Dartmouth college is bounded N. E. by Xittleton, E. by
LandafF, S. W. by Haverhill,
and W. by Connecticut river,
It
containing 24,827 acres.
was incorporated 1769, and
has a population of 1316 souls.
Great Amonoosuck passes the
N. E. corner of BatJi and falls
er
85
Amonoosuck.
The Bath turnpike leads through the town,
and, where the river and turnpike intersect, is a very handsome village. Rev. D. Southerland is their ordained minister. Bath has 1 meeting-house,
3 corn-mills, 6 saw-mills, 1
mill for dressing cloth,
and
lery,
1 distil-
3 trading stores.
Bear Camp River, whose
W.
branch rises in Sandwich
and Burton mountains and
Bear Camp pond^ and whose
W. branch in Eaton. In Ossipee these two branches unite
and fall into Great Ossipee
pond on its W. side.
Beaver Brook, has its
source from a pond in Unity,
and, running W. 8 miles, falls
into Connecticut river in the
upper part of Charleston.
Beaver River, rises from
Derry pond and several other
small ponds in Londonderry,
and passing S. through Pel-
ham,
falls into
Merrimack
riv-
Dracut, opposite the
mouth of Concord river in
Massachusetts.
er
in
;
into the Connecticut at
its
S.W.
corner, near which it first receives the waters of the IVi/d
Bedford,
in
Hillsborough
county, situated on the W.
side of Merrimack river, incorporated in 1750, with a population in 1810, of 1296 souls.
Bounded N. by Goffstown, E.
by Merrimack river, S. by
Merrimack and Amherst, and
W. by Amherst and New-BosIt contains 20,660 acres.
ton.
Piscataquog river falls into the
�GAZl^TTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIllE.
8t>
Merrimack at the N.E. corner
oi Bedford. Here is a society of congregation alists, over
which Rev. D.M'Gregore was
ordained pastor 1 804. Rev. J.
Houston was their former minister.
Here
is
also a society
of baptists. " Near the ferry
from Manchester to Bedford,
in the spring 1760, were taken
2500 shad-fish at one draught
of a nett." (N.H.Guz.) Here
are a meeting-house, a cottonfactory, 6 grain-mills, 8 sawmills, 1 clothier's mill, 1 carding-machine, and
5 trading
stores.
Blackwater River. The
most norch
called
branch
North brook rises in Danbury,
another branch rises in Wilmot, and a third proceeds from
Pleasant pond in New-London.
The streams unite in
Andover and flowing through
Salisbury and Boscawen fall
into Contoocook river near the
N. angle of Hopkinton.
Blind Will's
Neck,
is
formed by the confluence of
Cocheco and lainglass rivers.
Sometime in March, 1677, a
party of friendly Indians, of
Blind Will was one,
were all surprised together by
a party of Mohawks, and two
or three only escaped.
Blind
Will was dragged by his hair
until he perished of his wounds
on this neck of land which still
whom
Bellamy Bank River
ris-
es in Chelsey ponds,inBarrington, and,
meandering through
the N. part of Madbury, falls
into Piscataqua river on the
VV. side of Dover neck.
beai"s his
Bethlehem,
a
township
Grafton county containing 422
bounded N. by
Coos county line, which separates it from Whitefield, E. by
Bretton Woods and ungranted
lands, S. W. by Franconia and
part of Concord, N. W. by
Littleton, containing 28,608 acres. This town is very mounwatered, and
tainous, well
was formerly known by the
name of Loyd's Hills. The
N. branch oi Great Amonoosuck
passes through the N. part,
and the S. branch waters the S.
part of the town.
inhabitants,
Bloody Point,
Connecticut river.
is
on New-
ington side of Piscataqua river.
It was called Bloody Point
from a quarrel between the agents of the two companies of
proprietors about a point of
land convenient for both, and,
there then being no government Established, the controversy had well nigh ended in
blood.
Boscawen, a township in
the county of Hillsborough, incorporated 1760, having in
1810, a population of 1829
souls.
Bishop's Brook, rises in
and waters a considerable portion of Stewartstown and empties into
name.
in
Bounded N. by
Salis-
bury, E. by Merrimack river,
which separates it from Canterbury and Northfield, S. by Concord and Hopkinton, and W.by
�GAZETTEER OF KEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Warner, containing 32,230 aThe larg^^^st pond in this
town is called Long- pond^ 350
rods in length and averaging 50
cres.
rods in width.
near the centre of
250 rods long and
waters falling into
Great pond^
the town, is
20 wide, its
Black Water
N. edge of WarWater river flows
through this town from Salisbury to Hopkinton, where it
meets the Contooeook. Warner
river crosses the extreme S.
river on the
ner. 0Miack
toll
corner.
bridge
unit&s Boscawen with CanterThe 4th N.H. turnpike
bury.
leads through the N.E. corner
of thi« town. Here are 28
mills for grinding, sawing, fullTheir first
ing, carding, &c.
ordained minister was Phinehas Stevens, who was succeeded by Nathaniel Merrill in
At present there are
1775.
Rev. Messrs.
and Price pastors. Here
are 2 meeting-houses, and at
societies,
Wood
near the river a
with about
forty dwelling-houses, and five
In 1 746, two persons
stores.
were killed and several taken
the bridge
handsome
village
captive and carried to
from
near
Bow.
river
the
Turkey
at
N. E.
part of
About a mile below
Turkey are Garvin's falls ^ now
passable by locks on Bow side.
The Londonderry turnpike
leads from Cdncord through
the E. part of this town, directly to Boston.
Here is a
house for public worship and
an ordained minister of the
regular baptist order.
Here
are 2 grain-mills, 5 saw-mills,
and
1
carding-machine.
A
W.
two
Mtrrimack
falls
ar
this
Canada
town.
Bow,
a township in Rockcounty, incorporated
1729, containing 729 inhabit-
ingham
Bradford,
a township on
of Hillsborough
county, incorporated 1760,with
a present population of 1034.
Bounded N. by Warner, S. by
a part of Henniker and Hillsborough, W.by Cheshire county line, adjoining Washington,
E. by Fishersfield and a corner of Sutton,containing 18,919
acres, 469 of which are water.
At the E. end of this town is a
pleasant pond 500 rods long
and 150 wide.
part of
Todd's pond lies in this town
W.
the
side
A
and the other part in Fishersfield.
These ponds are the
most W. source of Warner's
river. Sunapee and othermountains border on the W. part of
Rev. Caleb Burge
this town.
is
settled here
Here
ties, 1
in the ministry.
two religious sociehouse for public wor-
are
Bounded N.E. by Mer-
ship, 2 corn-mills, 2 sa^t-mills,
rimack river which divides it
from Pembroke, S.E.and S.W.
by Dunbarton, and N. W. by
Concord and part of Hopkin-
1 carding-machine, and 2 trading stores.
ants.
ton,
containing 15,753 acres.
Turkey
river
empties
into
Breakfast Hill,
tov^nship of Rye,
ble
is
In the
m<?mora-
on account of the follow-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-IIxVMPSHmE.
88
Early in
ing circtimstances.
the morning of June 26th,
1696, a large body of Indians
made
an attack on 5 houses on
a cotton factory with
spindles
in
operation.
falls, is
800
Though
situate in the
Bre7iiwood
edge of
ExThere are two
it is
called the
Portsmouth plains, by which
14 persons were killed on the
eter factory.
scitlpcdand left for dead,
and 4 taken prisoners. The
enemy, having plundered the
houses of what they could car-
congregationalists and baptists,
beside a considerable number
spot,
ry
1
off,
set
them on
fire
and
made
precipitate retreat
a
through the Great Sxvamp.
A
companj'of militia under Capt.
Shatkford and Lieut. Libbey
pursued and discovered them
cooking their breakfast at a
phice ever since called BreakThe Indians were
fust Hill.
on the furthermost side of the
hill and had placed their captives between themselves and
the summit, that, in case of an
attack, they might first receive
the fire ^ Lieut. Libbey urged to
go rotuid the hill and come upon them below and cutoff their
religious societies in this place,
Each order has
of friends.
its
respective house of pubi||| wor-
Nathaniel TrasK was
ordained here 1752, and died
He was suc1780, aged 67.
ceeded by Rev. E. Flin*, who
died 1812
their present minColton, who
ister is Rev.
Elder S.
was settled 1815.
Shephard, recently deceased,
ship.
;
C
had the care of the baptist
church with several others.
Here are 3 corn-mills, 6 sawmills, 1 carding-machine, and
a
trading
store.
Vitriol
is
found here, combined in the
same stone with sulphur.
Bretton Woods,
a town-
Coos county, situated
or 10 miles S. E. from Con-
retreat, but the
Capt. fearing
ship in
in that case they
would
8
necticut
kill
the
rushed upon them
from the top of the hill, by
which means he retook the captives and plunder, but the Inprisoners,
dians escaped.
Brentwood, a township in
Rockingham county, incorporated 1742, contained, in 1810,
905 inhabitants. Bounded N.
by Epping, E. by Exeter, S.
by Kingston, and W. by Poplin,
of a surface of 10,465
a«-
Exeter river, on which
are many good rnill-privileges,
parses through this town. Here,
at what are called Pick-pocket
cres.
1
river,
incorporated
772,having but 20 or 30 inhab-
itants.
It is
bounded N. by
Whitefield and
Jefferson, E.
by ungranted land, S. by the
county line and Nash and
Sawyer's Location, and W. by
the county line which separates
it from Bethlehem, containing
about 24,978 acres.
JohrCs
and Israels rivers receive several branches from this town.
The
Jefferson turnpike crosses
the E. part, and Po7icl Cherry
mountain is on the N. side
Here is
next to Jefferson.
corn-mill and 1 saw-mill.
1
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Bridgewater
on the
W.
is
siiu.ited
side of Pemigexvas-
Grnfton county, incorporated 1788, and contained in 1810, 1104 inhabitants.
set river in
Bounded N. by Hebron and
Plymouth, E. by the county
dividing it from NewHampton, and W. by Netvfoiind ^nd^ dividing- it from
Bridgeivater
New-Chester.
line
The Mahas 19,785 acres.
hc'w turnpike passes near iVi?u'found pondy through the W.
Here is a
part of the town.
meeting-house, and, at the N.
part a village with a number
of mills.
Brookfield,
Strafford
a
county,
township in
about 30
miles from Dover, incorporated in 1795, with a present
population of about 657.
It
bounded N. W. by Wolfeborough, E. by Wakefield, S.E.
by Great Moose mountain^ and
89
12,664 acres, 240 of which are
water.
W.
N.
to
Nissitisset river
through
es
p-.iss-
town from the
W. and falls in-
this
to S.
Nashua
river in
Pepperell,
Massachusetts. Potanipo pondy
through which this rivt-r p tsses, is near the centre of the
town, and about a mile long,
and 120 rods wide. Here are
a meeting-house, 3 corn- mills,
5 saw-mills, and 2 tradmg
Rev. L. Wadsworth,
was or-
stores.
their present pastor
dained 1797.
Burnham's River
Lyman
rises
in
Liulcton ;tnd falls
into the Great Amonoosuck in
iind
New-Concord.
Burton, a township in the
N. W. corner of the county of
Strafford,
incorporated
1766.
conformable to
the, census of 1810, was 194
souls.
It is bounded E. by
W.by Alton, containing 13,000 Conway, N.E. by Eaton^ S. by
CsoPs pond is about Tamworth, W. by Grafton
acres.
300 rods long and 50 wide, and. county line, and N. by the line
of Coos county.
is the source of the W. branch
The White
Smithes
of Salmon Fall river.
mountains lie N. and Whiteriver rises near the former seat face moufitain W.
Swift river
passes through Burton from
of Gov. Wentworth, which is
in the S.W. part of the place,
W. to E.
near the upper line of Brookis
Its population,
jield.
C.
Brookline.
a township
in
Hillsborough ^ounty, incorporated 1784, with a population
agreeable to the census of 1810,
of 538 souls.
Bounded N. by
Milford, E. by Hollis, S. by
Massachusetts state
W.
by Mason.
12
Its
line,
and
area
is
Cambridge, an uninhabited
townshi,) in Coos county, situated at the S. end of Inkf Um-
bagog and bounded N. by ErE.by the District of Maine,
S. by Paulsburgh and Success,
and W. by Dummer.
Incor-
rol,
�GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRK.
90
1773, containing 23,
third
160 acres. Androscoggin river passes through the W. part
of this town.
field.
porated
width
in
Baldwin was
Pemigewasset rirer, incorporated 1761, and containing 873
Bounded N. by
inhabitants.
ed
Mad river^
also to Bether river
which falls into the Pemigewasset^ which latter passes the centre of the town from N. to S.
Crotchet mountain lies on the
W. and Northern mountain on
the E. part ol the town. Campion has a public meeting-house,
and an ordained minister ; 3
grain-mills, 3 saw, and 1 oilmill, 2 mills for cloth dressing,
and 2 carding-machines.
Canaan, a township
in
Graf-
ton county, of an area of 16,
049 acres, was incorporated
Its number of inhabit1761.
ants
is
1094.
Bounded N. by
Dames Gore, E. by Orange
and Grafton, S. by Enfield, and
W. by Hanover. Hart's pond^
situated nearly in the middle of
the town, is about 400 rods
On the
long and 100 wide.
near En-
river
frona
Dorchester passes through this
town. On it are 12 mdls of
various kinds.
Elder Thomas
Camptobt, a township in
Grafton county, situated on
Thornton, E. by Sandwich, S.
by Holderness and Plymouth,
containing 27,892 acres. Two
small ponds here give rise to
lies
Mascomy
settled here
in
remov1790.
Elder
the ministry 1783, and
to
Wheat
Boston
is
their present pastor,
and was settled here 1813.
Candia, Rockingham counwas incorporated 1763.
whole population was, in
1810, 1290 souls.
Bounded
N. by Deerfield, E. by Raymond, S. by Chester, and W.
by the same its area 17,734
branch of Lamprey
acres.
river passes through the N.
corner and the Chester turnpike through the S. W. part of
ty,
Its
;
A
It has 2 houses of
the town.
public worship, one of which
was erected in 1814, and btrrars
the name of liberty unioji meeting house. Here are 3 grainmills, 6 saw-mills, a mUl for
dressing cloth, and a carding-
machine. Rev. David Jewett
was ordained here 1771, and
Their late
removed 1780.
minister. Rev. Jesse Remington, was ordained in 1790, and
died March 1815. Elder Moses Bean has been ordained
here several years over a freewill baptist society.
W.
shore of this pond is the
house of public worship and a
pleasant village, through which
the Grafton turnpike leads.
Goose pond^ lying near Hanover line is about as large as
Hart's pondy also Mud pond
^00 rods in length and one
Canterbury, a township in
Rockingham county, incorporated 1727, contained
in
1810,
Bounded
1526 inhabitants.
N. E. by Gilmanton, S. E. by
Loudon, S. l)y Concord, and
S. W. by IvXerrimack river,
�eAZETTBKR OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
which separates it from Boscawf n. This town has 26,245
acres. The soil of this town is
generally good, producing corn,
and cider in ahundance.
bridge over Merrimack river connects this town with
Boscawen village.
small
branch of Suncook river crosses the N.E. corner, and a number of small ponds and streams
water the W. p^rt of the town.
Here are two houses of public
worship exclusive of the quakcr church.
Their present
minister, William Patrick, is
of the congregational order.
A. Foster and F. Parker have
been their former pastors. Elder Young, several years since,
was settled here in the freewill baptist order. On the S.E,
side of the town near Loudon,
is the Shaker^s village^ and as
the head of their family has
furnished the compilers of this
work with a particular account
of their concerns, we take pleasure in giving it in his own
'*
words.
The believers, (or
people commonly called shakers,) in Canterbury h«ve been
in the faith we now profess upwards of 30 years, and have
had one Lord and one baptism^
which is a crucifixion and
death to the nature of sin, and
unites the soul in the spirit
and power of the resurrection
of life.
have united our
flax,
A
A
We
temporal interest in one for
more than twenty years ; except some, who have since misbelieved, or those who did not
choose so to do ; as there is no
compulsion with us in such a
ca?e
:
we
91
live together in love
and union, as brothers and sisters £0 the spirit and not in the
flesh ; and as we believe carnal or self-pleasing gratifications are of, and from the man
of
sin,
who
now
is
revealed,
and is consumed, by the spirit
and brightness of this present^
second^ and last appearing of
Christy in which we believe ;
by which our former heavens
are dissolved, and our former
fleshly elements do melt with
fervent heat, (See 2d
Peter,
iii.
10th.) And we do
rejoice
in
their
destruction,
and by believing and obeying
this faith and revelation of
Christ, we are saved from our
sins, and constantly say Christ
is our Saviour
and by wearj
ing his cross, our motives are
changed and our heaven and
becomes new ; (2 Peter,
iii. 13.) and in this manner of
earth
life
we know in whom we beand who and what is of
lieve,
this world,
"As
(John
vii. 17.)
to marriages,
we
are
all
married to one, even to Christ,
who is in, and is the head of
his bodj^ the church. (Eph. v.
30 32.) But external marriages, for the purpose of grat-
—
or for begetting or
conceiving in sin, or being
shapen and brought forth in
iniquity, we have not an)'.
It
is the children of this wot-ld,
who have the marriages. Luke
xxii. 34, Sec. ; but we labour
to he of those who are duly
qualified. (See Rev. xiv. 14.
Yet we have a plenty of the
young of the flock ; and that
ification,
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-TIAVfPSmBE.
92
scripture
is
which
fulfilled
more
are the children of
the desolate, than of the mar(See Isa. liv. 1.
ried wife.
saith,
.
Psi.
txiii.
29, &c.
''•D
ith
7,
Luke
8.
—The
"
xxiii.
Wc manufacture many art-
which we endeavour to make worth what the
consumer gives for them, such
as linen and woollen wheels,
measures, seives, candlesticks,
brooms, wooden ware, boxes of
wood, whips, cooper set work,
cards for wool and cotton,rakes
and sneads, leather of different
kinds, &c. we also raise garden
seeds, in which we take pains
icles for sale,
souls
who
are
do not die ; and to
the faithful soul, who departs
this life there is no sting ; nor
does the departing this lite
separate us in spirit nor in distance ; for heaven is where
Christ is, and he is in his church,
and that is terrestrial bodies
joined and united to celestial
bodies. (See Heb.xii.22.) But
to answer your mind concernWithin 30 years,
ing deaths.
30 persons, old and young,
in Christ,
—
have departed
ministers of the good oivil authority to which we !i:ive respect, and from whence we derive suport.
this life in
our
propagate the best kind.
" For several years we have
not made use of spirituous liquors except for sickness or into
firmity seeing the evil
society hert-, for whom we do
not mourn, believing they have
on the human race
the fruits of their labours.
"
have generalh' consisted of from 200 to 300 souls in
have not made
Wc
this
village.
Wc
have one
open at all
meeting-house,
times ior public worship,for
all
candid, and well
behaved people; but all who are
otherwise minded, we wish
them in better employ than to
We have 7"
come among us.
civil, discreet,
deacon's office, and a number of workshops, both for brethren and
sisters, and several mills, &c.
on an artificial stream.
"We occupy upwards of 1000
acres of land which is consecrated to the Lord, to all which
we hold a lawful and constitutional right to govern and protect from ail abuse ; and in
that we are assisted by the
dwelling-houses,
;
it
brings
and to
cape another obvious
es-
we
evil
a practice of
it
trusting or being trusted.
believe the above sketches
We
be supportable in
and
to
truth,
if it will answer your purpose
ye will insert it without vary-
ing the sense.
welcome
Ye
are
also
our names.
In
union and behalf of the people
called shakers in Canterbury."
to
FRANCIS WINKLEY.
ISRAEL SANBORN.
t
"
We can say we love one an-
other,
and we do say that our beand sisters at
loved brethren
Enfield, in this state, are nearsame number, and are
ly of the
in the
and
same
faith
and kingdom,
in similar circumstances."
r.w.
i.s.
In April 1752, two Indians,
Sahatis
and
Christie
came
to
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Canterbury, where they were
entertained in a friendly manner for more than a month. At
their departure they forced away two negroes, one of whom
made his escape and returned.
The other was carried to
Crown-Point and there sold to
an officer. The next year Sabatis with another inJian PlowAawa came aguin to Canterbury^ where being reproached for
misconduct respecting the negroes, he and his companion
behaved in an insolent manner.
Several persons treated them
freely with strong drink, and
one pursued them into the
woocls, and taking advantage
killed them
and with the help of another
ot their situation
person
buried
carelessly
that
them, but, so
bodies
were discovered by beasts of
prey and their bones lay on the
ground.
The two men that
killed Sabatis and Ploxvsaxva
were apprehended and carried
their
A
Portsmouth.
bill
was
found against them by the
grand jury and they were confined in irons, but on the night
before the day ap]iointed for
their trial, an armed mob from
the country with axes and
crows forced the prison and
to
carried
them
off in
triumph.
93
ulation was,in 1810^ about 349
inhabitants.
Its
boundaries
are Moultonborough N. E.,
Meredith neck S.E., and the
waters on the S.W., parting it
from Meredith and NewHampton, and N. by NewHoiderness and Squam lake,
having an area of 7,626 acres
of land.
There is a public
house of worship for
all orders
of christians, \ saw-mill, and 1
trading store. Part of Measley
pond lies in the south-west part
of this town.
Chadbourne and Hart's
Location, Coos county* Beginnmg at the S.W. corner of
land granted toMr.VereRoyse,
at a birch tree,
thence running
N. 470 rods, thence
W.
Hills.
Saco river finds a passage through this location, and
a turnpike road crosses it.
It
contains 3000 acres of land,
and is 75 miles N. W. from
Portsmouth.
Charleston,
a
township
Cheshire
county, on the
easterly side of Connecticut
river, bounded N. by Claremont, E. by Unity, S. by
Langdon, and W. by Connecticut river
containing 24,100
acres.
It was incorporated in
the year 1753, and its whole
population in "the year 1810,
amounted to 1501.
bridge
denominated Cheshire bridge
unites this town with Vermont. Nearly opposite to the
town are LovelPs Fort-rouger^
in
;
Centre Harbour,
a township in Straifoid county, situated on the N.W. end of Win,
nipiseogee lake and on the S.
E. end of Squam lake, from
which circumstance it has its
appellation.
It was incorporated 1777, and its whole pop-
285
rods, thence nearly N. till it
meets the Notch of the White
A
�GAZETTEER OF NRW-HAMPSHIRK.
94
and Half-moon
islands.
The
principal settlement is about a
It
half a mile from the river.
is
handsomely built, and con50 dwelling houses, a
tains
court-house,
meeting-house,
and an academy. It contains
two parishes, which are divided by a line running from ChesE. to the
corner of Unity and Acworth.
hire bridge, S. 87**
The meeting-house is in the
north parish, and through this
parish runs the Cheshire and
Charleston turnpike, which is
continued over the river by
Cheshire bridge. The former
ministers in this town were the
Rev. John Dennis, and B. Alcot.
The Rev.
J.
Crosby
is
the present minister.
Charleston contains 4 grain-mills, 6
saw-mills, 2 mills for dressing
cloth, 3 carding machines, 2
oil- mills, a distillery, and 6 retailing shops.
Charleston
has been the
scene, in former years of many
In April,
Indian cruelties.
1746, John Spofford, Isaac
Parker, and Stephen Farnsworth were taken in this town
by a party of Indians and carThey afterried to Canada.
Wtrds returned to Boston with
In the course
% flag of truce.
of the May following, a number of women in this town,
while employed in milking
their cows, guarded by Maj.
Josiah Willard and several sol-
upon by several Indians who were concealed, and who at this time killed one of the number by the
name of Putnam. While the
diers,
were
fired
Indians were scalping Putnam
they were fired upon by Willard and his party.
Two of
them were mortally wounded,
and were carried off by their
companions. Immediately after these bloody affairs, the
Massachusetts assembly sent
to this town Capt. Paine with
a body of men of whom about
20 fell into an Indian ambuscade, while on their way to
view the place of Putnam's
murder. The Indians fired,
and endeavoured to cut off
their retreat.
Capt. Phinehas
Stevens immediately came to
their relief.
A
skirmish ensukilled on
and one of the
ed, in which 5 were
each
side,
Charleston men was
taken.
The Indians retreated, leaving
some of their guns and blanIn June of the same
kets.
year, as captains Stevens and
Brown, and some others were
searching for their horses, their
dogs discovered a party of Indians lying in ambush.
Another
skirmish ensued, in
which the Indians were defeated, carrying off with them several of their killed, and leaving on the ground a quantity
of blankets, hatchets, spears,
and guns. The other side lost
In the same
only one man.
year a person by the name of
Phillips was killed
bv the Indians.
in this
town
In March, 1747, Capt. Phinehas Stevens, with a company
of rangers, consisting of thirty
"
men, came
took
to
this
possession
town and
of the fort,
which they found in a good
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HA>rPSHIRE
In a few days
they were attacked by a large
jaody of French and Indians,
under the command of a
Frenchman by the name of
Debeline. The Indians took
advantage of a high wind, and
set fire to the surrounding loghouses and fences.
In this
way they encompassed the fort
with flames. They also disState of repair.
charged into the fort a vast
number of burning arrows.
They could not however succeed in setting fire to the
fort, and after having carried
on the siege for two days, uttering all the time their savage
shouts and yells, they loaded a
wheel-carriage with dry faggots, probably intending to set
it on fire and push it to the
Before this
walls of the fort.
attempt was made, Debeline
demanded a cessation of arms
till sunrise the next morning.
This demand was granted. In
the morning, Debeline presented himself before the fort, accompanied by fifty men and a
flag of truce.
He requested
and obtained a parley.
French officer then advanced
with an Indian and a soldier,
and proposed that the besieged should bind up a quantity of
provisions, with their blankets,
lay down their arms, and be
conducted as prisoners to Montreal, and that the two commanders should meet and an
immediate answer be given to
A
Capt. Stevens
accordingly had an interview
with Debeline, who without
waiting for an answer, renewed
this
proposal.
his proposal,
95
accompanying
it
with a threat, that if his terms
should be rejected, or if any
one of his party should be killed, he would storm the fort
and put all therein to death.
Capt. Stevens answered that
nothing but extremities should
force him to accept such terms,
that he was entrusted with the
possession of the fort, and
would not surrender it until he
was convinced that the besiegers could execute their threats,
adding, that he had no encouragement to surrender if all his
men were to be put to death
for killing one of the enemy,
when it was probable they had
already killed many. Debeline
replied,
" go and see
if
your
"men dare fight any longer, and
give mean immediate answer."
Capt. Stevens accordingly put
the
question
his men,
to
whether they would fight or
surrender. They unanimously
determined to
fight.
This was
communicated to the enemy,
who renewed and continued
the attack all that day and the
following night, accompanied
with shouting and yelling. On
the morning of the third day
they requested another cessation of arms for two hours.
Two Indians came to Capt.
Stevens with a flag of truce
and proposed, that if he
would sell them provisions,
they would depart. Capt. Stevens answered, that to
sell
them provisions was contrary
to the laws of nations, but offer-
ed to pay them five bushels of
corn for every captive for
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAxMPSHlUE.
96
whom
they would give an hosthe captive could be
brought from Canada. After
the communication of this answer, a few guns wt;re fired,
and the enemy departed.
tage
till
No
fort
lives were lost in the
and only two men were
Commodore Sir
wounded.
Charles Fnowles was so highwith the conduct
of Capt. Stevens, that he presented him with an elegant and
From this
valuable sword.
circumstance relating to Sir
Charles, the township was incorporated by the name of
Before its incorCharleston.
poration it was called No. 4.
The next spring Capt. Stevens was again appointed to
command at No. 4. with a garrison of a hundred men.
In the year 1749, near the
close of this war and after the
garrison was withdrawn, except 15 men, Obadiah Tortwell was killed, and a son of
captain Stevens was captured
ly gratified
and carried
to
Canada.
At the
war he was
and sent home.
expiration of the
set
at liberty
in the year 1749. In
the begi«ning of the year 1754,
this devoted town was again
visited bv the savages. In August the)' broke into the house
of James Johnson early in the
morning before any of the famThey seized
ily \\^ere awake.
upon him and his three sons.
The Indians however tarried
This was
the next day on acoount of
the situation of Mrs. Johnson,
who 'was then delivered of a
till
daughter, to
whom
the
name of
Captive was given. The whole
lam ily were then carried off without bloodshed.
Mrs. Johnson
was placed ou a litter, and sometimes on horseback.
Provisions soon falling short the Indians killed the horse, and
even the infant was driven to
nourishment.
to Montreal,
where Johnson obtained leave
to return home on a parole of
two months. The assembly of
New-Hampshire granted 150/.
sterling to purchase his ransom.
The severity of the winter
compelled him to defer his return to Canada till the next
spring.
He was charged with
breaking his parole, was deprived of a large part of his
horse-flesh for
its
They proceeded
money,
and
was
cast
into
prison together with his famiwhere the small-pox atly,
After eighteen
tacked them.
months, Mrs. Johnson with
her sister and two children
were sent to England, and
from thence they returned to
Mr. Johnson was deBoston.
tained three years in prison,
when he was released and
went with his son to Boston.
Ke there met his wife, and
was again imprisoned, being
of treasonable decountry, but
was soon discharged for want
of evidence. His eldest daughsuspected
signs against his
ter
was retained in a Canadian
Mrs. Johnson as-
nunnery.
serts in
her narrative that her
eldest daughter Susan returned
a few days before the surren-
der of Montreal, and she vxher gratitude to the
presses
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE:
9r
who had
the S., Grafton county on the
treated her daughter with great
kindness by adopting her as
N., and Hillsborough county
on the E. It contains in land
and water, 763,860 acres. Its
two Miss Jasson's
their child
and keeping her
at
Captive,
who is still living, afterwards
married Col. George Kimball,
and Susan married Capt. Samuel Wetherbee.
In 1755, a number of cattle
in this town were killed by the
number of townships
Indians, and in 1760, the famwere
ily of Joseph Willard
captured and carried to Mont-
Bounded N. by Oilman
Warner's location and
Mount Royse, E. by the state
line, S. by Conway, and W. by
Bartlett and Adams. It contains
A pond in this
2,856 acres.
town, called Mountain pond^ is
200 rods long and 40 wide
dressing cloth, 9 oil-mills, 7
cotton and 5 woollen factories,
23 carding-machines, 2 papermills, 69 trading stores, and
15 distilleries.
In 1813, this
county contained 28 stud-horses, 5,771 horses of 5 years old,
498 of 4 years old, 5,169 oxen
of full growth, 2,930 of 4 years
old, 14,317 cows, 9,632 cattle
of 3 years old, and 1,891 acres
of orchard land.
The chief towns in Cheshire
county are Charleston and
The superior court
Keene.
and the courts of common pleas
KimbaWs pond^
sit in
school.
Her daughter
real.
Chatham,
a
township
Coos county, incorporated
1767, containing 201
in
in
inhabit-
ants.
and
;
in the S.E.part
of the town, is about 250 rods
long and 240 wide. Kearsarge
mountain lies in the S.W. part
of the town on Bartlett line,
Thir> town contains 2 saw-mills,
1 mill for
dressing cloth,2 corn-
and a carding-machine.
Chatham is about 10 miles
in length from north to south,
Its
and four miles in width.
direction
from the White
mountains is east, 8 miles dis-
six,
and
mount
to
its
is
thirty-
inhabitants
41,042
of
a-
whom
It has
7,478 are legal voters.
52 houses for public worship,
2 academies, 109 grain-mills,
155 saw-mills, 46 mills for
these towns alternately,
and the probate court holds
three sessions in each of these
towns every year. This county sends Z5 representatives to
the state legislature, and there
is a gaol in each of the shire
mills,
towns.
tant.
Chester, a township in
Rockingham county, bounded
N. and E. by Raymond, Candia, and AUenstown.
E. by
Poplin and Sandown, S. by
Cheshire County
lies
on
the easterly bank of Connecticut river, and is bounded by
the state of Massachusetts on
13
Londonderry, and W.by Manchester and Merrimack river.
It contains
49,054 acres, of
which 962 are water. Chester
was
incorporated
in
1722,
�GAZETTEKR OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
9li
and
contains
2,030
inhabit-
ants.
3Iassabesick /»(?«f/, containing
1,512 acres is situnted in the
westerly part of this town, a
portionofit however is in ManThis pond is almost
chester.
equally divided by a narrow
strait, over which the LondonIn
derry turnpike passes.
Merrimack river, near the
north-westerly partoftliis town,
is situated the Isle of Hookset
Beaver brook has its rise
falls.
in
this
town and
tails
into
Merrimack river. So also does
one branch of Exeter river
which passes into Hiwke.
Another branch of Exeter river
passes the northeasterly corner
of this town. Chester contains
23 mills of various kinds. It
has a coiigregution,^l meetinghouse, an academy, 60 dwelling-houses, 6 retailing shops,
and one edifice for presbyterian worship. The Rt v. Messrs.
Hale, Fhigg, and Wdson were
The
formerly settled here.
Rev. N.Bradstreet is the present minister.
Rattle-snake hillKn this town
Its diis a great curiosity.
ameter is half a mile, its
form is circular, and its height
400 feet. On the south side
10 yards from its base is a
cave called the Devil's den, in
is a narrow apartment,
15 or 20 feet squart, the flooring and ceiling of which arc
formed by a regular rock.
From the wall of this apartment there are depending numerous excrescences, bearing
the form and size of pears,
which
^
which upon the approach of a
torch throw out a sparkling
innumerable hues.
2d of July,ir64, Mr.
Jam-.-s Shirley of this town,
while wiilkmg by the side of his
horse, which was led by anlustre of
On
other
the
was
person,
instantly
The
killed by lightning.
flash
was observed by persons at the
distance of a number of rods
to fall upon his head.
It tore
his hat into fragments, singed
and entered his head
just over his right temple.
It
is remarkable, that the moner
his hair,
pocket was melted, and
which were of steel
were broken. His horse was
killed although the person who
led him, escaped with slight inin his
his buckles,
jury.
In the course of the year
1724, a party of 5 Indians entered Chester and seized upon
2 persons by the names of
Thomas Smith and John Curr.
When they had brought them
oflf about 30 miles, they bound
them and laid themselves down
to sleep.
The
prisoners seiz-
ed this opportunity to escape,
and in three days arrived safely at a
garrison in
London-
derry,
Chesterfield,
a township
county.
It was
incorporated in 1752, and in
1810, its population amounted
to 1830.
It is situated on
Connecticut river opposite to
in
Ch.;.hire
Dummerston in Vermont. It
bounded N. by Westmore-
is
land,
S. E. by
Swansey and
a part of Kecne, S. by
Win-
�6AZETTEER OF NEWHAMPSHIRE.
Chester and Hinsdale, and
W.
by Connecticut river.
This
town contains a pond of
526 acres, called Spafford^s
in the S. W. part of
the town is a port of West rivThe soil of this
er mountain.
pond^ and
town is of varioi>s qualities,
and its surface is rough. It
produces different kinds of
grain, and is well suited to
pasturing,
grass,
The
&c.
Rev. Abrahann Woccj, a congregational minister, was or<lained in this town D c. 3 1st,
1772, and is still settled there.
This town contains a baptist
society, which however is destitute of a public house of wor-
The
ship.
but
village here is small,
contains an academ)-,
it
which is supported by its tuition money, subscrip'iions, and
donations.
yearly
Its
age number of students
There
40-
also a cotton factory
is
in this town,
porated
averis
in
which was incor-
1809, ana has in op-
Besides
eration 844 spirdles.
this, there are 2 distilleries, 4
grist-mills, 7 saw-mills, 2 mills
for dressing cloth, 2 cardingmachines, 5 shops, and 10
school-houses.
West river mountain, which
is partly in this town, is of
some note. , In the year 1730,
the garrison at fort Dummer
was frequently alarmed by explosions heard from this mountain, attended by the emission
of columns of smoke. Similar phenomena have been noticed at various subsequent periods.
There are two places
about this mountain where the
99
rocks bear evident traces of
h .ving been heated imd calcined. (See Belkiiap, Vol. III.)
Chichester, a township in
Rockingham county, is bounded N. E. by Pitts-field and Epsom, S. W. by Pembroke, and
N. W. by Loudon and a part
of Concord. It was incorporated in 1727, and contains 11,978
acres
and 951 inhabitants.
Suncook river flows through the
easterl}' pat of this town, into
which xw^x a sm;dl stream
falls from the western side of
the town.
In this town are 7
water mills. The New-Hampshire turnpike passes through
here to Concord. The settle-
ment of this town was commenced by Mr. Piul Morrill
in the year 1758.
The soil of
Chichester is exct Ih ntly adapted
to the cultivation of rve, corn,
and wheat.
The only high
ground of importance here is
Bear hill, situated in the N.
part of the town, the sides of
which are covered with a rich
and cultivated
soil.
In 1801, a turnpike was cut
through the woods which then
covered
nor
There were
no houses here,
agriculture com-
this spot.
at that time
had
menced
its progress.
Since
time 12 dwelling-houses
have been .erected within the
space of 2 miles. The land is
now divided into lots and fenced,and a large portion of it is al-
that
ready improved and well cultivated.
There is only one religious society in this town,
and of this the Rev. Josiah
im
�GAZEITRER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
100
Carpenter
is
is
the minister.
He
and was
1791, and is the
a congregationalist
ordained in
only minister ever settled here.
meeting-house
the
Besides
In
there are 5 school-houses.
various parts of the town are
still to be seen traces of Indian
Marks of corn
settlements.
plantations, and the ruins of
wigwams were
easily discov-
ered on the banks of Suncook
river, and several Indian hatchets were ploughed up near the
present site of the meetinghouse by one of the first settlers, captain
Samuel
Lang-
maid.
Claremont, a township on
Connecticut river in the counIt was incorty of Cheshire.
porated in 1764, and in 1810,
it contained 2,094 inhabitants.
It is bounded N. by Cornish,
E. by Newport, S. by Unity
and Charleston, and W. by the
There are here 2 ferries
across the Connecticut extending to Weathersfield in Ver-
river.
There is 1 congregational
and 1 episcopalian society in
this place, over the former of
which Rev. S.Farley, and over
the latter Rev. C. Barber are
ordained.
Their predecessors
were the Rev. G.Wheaton, A.
Hibbert, and R. Casait.
Besides these two societies, the
methodists have here a public
s.f.
house of worship.
D. D.
Clear Stream River
the northerly extremity of Millfield.
Passing thence through
the centre of the town of Errol, it falls into Ameriscoggin
river three miles S. of Umba-
gog
lake.
COCHECHO orDoVERRlVER
has its source among a number
of small ponds in the town of
New-Durham. It thence takes
a southerly direction through
the towns of Farmington and
Rochester, where it unites with
its southern branch, called Is-
mont, called Ashley's and SumHubbard^s islner's ferries.
and^ just below Ashley's ferry
is 240 rods long and 40 wide.
Sugar river passes through
this town and supplies many
valuable mill seats, on which
are erected 3 grain-mills, 3
saw-mills, and 3 mills for
dressing cloth, 1 carding-machine, 1 paper-mill, and 1
to the
From this
inglass river.
oil-mill.
ris-
mountains on the W.
side of thetownofDixville,near
es in the
place
main stream passes through
Dover, where it falls into Newichawannock or Salmon fall
the
river, thence to Hilton's point
where
meets
southern
the
it.
From
branch
this junction
which is 8 miles
the course of this
river is rapid and never freezsea,
distant,
es.
The second NewCoLEBROOK,
a township in
Hampshire turnpike passes
from Amherst through this
Coos county.
town.
rated in 17/0, and
It
was incorpo-
now
con-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRB.
It lies
tains 325 inhabitants.
on Connecticut river 40 miles
N. of Lancaster. It is bounded N. by Stewartstown, E. by
Dixville, S. by Columbia, and
W. by the river, and contains
25,056 acres. This town is
watered by Mohawk river and
Beaver brook. It has 1 meeting-house and an orduint-d
minister.
It
contains a grain-
mill, "a saw-mill, 2
dressing cloth,
chine,
and
1
mills
for
carding-ma-
oil-mill, a distillery,
1
1 retail store.
101
Colebrook, E. by Dixville and
Erving*s location, S. by unappropriated lands and Stratford,
and W. by Connecticut river.
It contains 32,800 acres. Sims
stream and Cole brook lise in
this town and empty themselves
here into Connecticut river.
Roaring brook falls into the
same river near the lower extremity of this town.
There
are here several mountains of
a considerable size, and a number of small ponds. This town
contains 1 grist-mill, 2 saw1 mill for dressing cloth,
1 trading store, and 1 distilleThis place was formerly
ry.
mills,
Cold River
pond
in
rises in Cold-
Acworth, whence
its
most northerly branch flows,
and its most southerly flows
from Alstead. These branches
unite in Walpole, where the
main stream falls into Connecticut river.
College Lands, a tract of
land granted to the trustees of
Dartmouth
college by the state
It lies on
Connecticut river N. of Stewartstown and contains 40,960
Two streams called
acres.
Dead water and Cedar stream
pass through this tract.
It
lies 130 miles N., 9° W. from
Portsmouth.
In 1807, the
legislature in 1789.
legislature
made
to the college
another grant of land lying on
the easterly border of the state
containing 23,040 acres, equal
to 6 square miles.
This tract
lies N. 5° W., 123 miles from
Portsmouth.
Columbia, a township in
Bounded N. by
Coos county.
called
Cockburn.
Concord
is
in
Rockingham
county.
It lies on both sides
of Merrimack river, was incorporated in 1765, and now
contains 2,393 inhabitants.
It
is bounded as
follows, beginning at the junction of the Suncook and Merrimack, it runs
up the Suncook to Loudon,
thence N. 47° W. 810 rods',
and N. 21i° W. 700 rods to
Canterbury, thence on the same
course 191 rods, thence S. 72°,
W. 1370 rods across the junction of the two rivers, and by
Boscawento Hopkinton, thence
S. 20" W. 2279 rods to Bow,
thence on the same course
binding on Bow 32 rods,thence
N. 70° E. 1222 rods to Merrimack river, thence down said
river to the boundary first
mentioned. It contains 40,919
acres, 1710 of which are waThere are four ponds
ter.
in
this
town,
Turkey pondy
�GAZETTEER OF NEVV-HAMPSHIUE.
10*2
the source of Turkey river,
containing about 1000 acres,
Long pond contaimn^ about420,
Turtle pond containing about
240, and Horse-shoe pond containing about 50 acres, the waters ot which fall into the Mei'-
The Rev. Timothy
Walker was ordained in this
town in 1730, and died in
1782, aged 78 years. The Rev.
Israel Evans was ordained here
in 1789, and removed soon afThe Rev. Dr. Asa
terwards.
M'Farland is the present minrimack.
ister.
Concord is pleasantly situated on the banks of the Merrimack about 8 miles above
Hookset falls. The state legislature have for many years
held all its sessions here, and
from its central situation and
thriving back country. Concord
made
ing-houses, a spaciousmeetinghouse, 3 printing-offices, 20
and several mechanics
The village in the N.
shops.
E. part of the town contains 28
dwelling-houses, 2 stores, a
distillery, and
several mills.
The whole town contains 5
grain-mills, 8sdW-mills,4 mills
for dressing cloth, 2 cardingmachines, and a nail-factory.
The N. H, state prison is in
It is strongly built
this town.
of stone, and in November
1816, it contained ZO prisonThe first settlement of
ers.
this town commenced in 1685.
Jonathan Tyng with 19 other
persons purchased of the Indians a tract of land on both
sides of the Merrimack river,
6 miles in breadth, from Sowhegan river to Winnipiseogee lake,
stores,
and.
Mason by deed confirmed
the permanent capital of the state.
Proposals are already made for
the purchase. In August of the
same year the Indians gathered
erecting a state house here.*
families.
will probably be
One handsome
toll-bridge
Merrimack connects
town with Pembroke, an-
across the
this
other crosses the river near the
northerly extremity of the
town, over which the N. H.
turnpike passes.
The Indian name of this
town was Penacook.
granted by
When
Massachusetts
it
The
Rumford.
compact part of the town which
was
called
on the mainstreet contains about 200 dwell-
lies
principally
• These proposals were accepted by
the legislaUire in November 1816, ami
the state house is soon to be erected
of handsome stone.
and removed their
this conduct they
gave considerable alarm to
In
their English neighbours.
their corn
1
By
746, a party of Indians lay in
ambush
in this
town with an
intention to attack the people
while at public worship, but
observing them go armed to
their devotions they waited till
the next morning, at which
time they killed 5 and took "2,
prisoners.
In 1747, July 28th, the Indians again appeared in this
place and made some depredaThey
tion among the cattle.
were pursued by 50 of the English, and they retreated with
great precipitation,leaving their
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
packs and blankets behind them.
One man only was wounded
About the same
in the arm.
time a person was killed there
who had just returned from
Cape-Breton after an absence
of two years.
On the 20th of March, 1772,
died in this town Benjamin
Rolfe.
He was one of the
who adventured their
first
lives in a land of savages with
the intention of forming an English settlement at Concord,
then called Penacook and at a
distance of nearly 40 miles
from any civilizt^d habitation.
known
the
title
employed
lord
town
life.
in the
early
The town was
Germaine,
who was
then one of the secretaries of state, and who eventually
procured for him a colo-
nels commissicJn.
ing in the British
While; serv-
army he
dis-
•overed such talents for projecting military improvements,
so much mental activity and
enterprise, and such acute discernment in practical philosophy^ that his celebrity extended through foreign countries,
and attracted the attention of
the reigning duke of Bavaria,
who
mand."
During a residence of several years in Bavaria, he was
conspicuous for his unwearied
and successful
efforts to
ame-
the condition of the
poor and particularly to annihilate the evil of common beggary by providing the beggars, (a
class of people with which that
liorate
countrj;
swarmed)
with
em-
food.
(bet-
world under
Here he
then called Rumford.
married Miss Rolfe. In 1775,
he went to England, and was
of
and economy among
under his com-
troops
George
this
part of his
discipline
the
as clerk in the office
Thompson
to the
of Connt Rumford) set-
tled in
he soon signalized himself "fey
introducing a new system of
ployment and the cheapest aliment. All this time his active
and sagacious mind suggested
a variety of improvements favourable to manufactures, domestic economy, and comfort.
He particularly improved the
construction of chimneys and
stoves, and made many interesting and beneficial experiments on heat, cookery, and
Benjamin
ter
103
oflPered
Col.
Thompson
a
preferment
in
his service,
which he accepted in 1784.
Raised by this prince to the
rank of Lieut. Gen. of horse
On his leaving the German
service the duke of Bavaria
created him a count, his title
by his own choice, was taken
from the town (Rumford)
where he spent his youth.
After leaving Bavaria count
Rumford passed most of
his
time in Great Britain, where he
received the honour of knighthood and enjoyed an uncommon share of public and private respect.
By steadily directing his extraordinary talents to the promotion of the
daily comfort and general welfare of the human family he
made every civilized being his
debtor, and, while he has re-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
104
fleeted signal honour upon his
native land, his well merited
fame has extended itself over
a large portion of the globe.
He
died in Autencil in France
in the year 1814,
Concord
in
aged
sixty.
Grafton county,
was incorporated in 1768, and
was formerly called Gunthwait.
Its
It is a flourishing town.
population has nearly doubled
within the last 10 years, and
in 1810, it amounted to 1126.
Tke value of property here
has increased with the same
It is bounded N.E.
by Littleton and Bethlehem,
S. E. by Franconia, S. W. by
Landaff, and N. W. by Lyman,
and contains 29,130 -icres.
There are here several ponds,
viz. Minksy Straters^ &c. Two
rapidity.
branches of the Great Amonoosuck meet in this town and
An iron facpass through it.
tory lies on the eastern border
of the town, adjacent to FranLarge quantities of
conia.
lime-stone are found here, and
large kilns are already erected,
in which are burnt 400 hogsheads yearly. All the iron ore,
which supplies two furnaces, is
dug from a quarry situated in
the S.E. part of the town, about
distant from the fur-
4 miles
naces.
1
There are
in this
town
meeting-house, 3 corn-mills,
5 saw-mills,
1
mill for dressing
There
and an oil-mill.
is
here a free will baptist
church, over which Elder J.
Quimby was ordained Septemcloth,
ber, 1800.
its
Connecticut River has
source among the high
which separate the
United States from Lower
Canada. One of the princi-
lands,
pal parent streams of this river
is called Indian stream, which
runs nearly in a straight line
from
its source to its junction
with the main branch.
The
most northerly branch is called Hall's stream, which, with
Perry's stream and several
others from the west, form in
conjunction one grand river
near the 50th degree of N. lati-
tude on land granted to Dartmouth college.
It has been
surveyed about 30 miles beyond the 45th degree of N. latitude to the head of its northwestern branch, and is settled
nearly all the distance to its
Its general course S.
source.
S.W. along the western border
of New-Hampshire, (between
that state and Vermont) about
170 miles, it then passes into
IVJassachusetts.
Connecticut river
in
its
course between New-Hampshire and Vermont from the
45th degree of latitude passes
between Stewartstown in NewHampshire and Canaan in Vermont, thence between Colebrook and Lexington. Here
the river bends considerably
to the E. as if to give place to
Monadnock mountain, which
shore in
lies on Lexington
receives Moopposite to this
mountain, and Jacob's brook a
Here the
few miles below.
Vermont.
hawk
river
It
�GAZETTEER OF NEWHAMPSHIRE.
river again takes a westerly
inclination and flows between
Columbia and Minchead to
Stratford opposite Brunswick
in Vermont.
At this place
Nohegan river falls into the
Connecticut from the upper extremity of Brunswick, and
Pauls stream from the lower
corner of the same town. The
river here bends to the east
on the border of Northumberland, where it receives the upper Amonoosuck, at a great
bend opposite the lower extremity of Maidstone.
From
this point its course is very
crooked to the upper part of
Lancaster, where there Is a
bridge leading to Guildhall in
Vermont. Five or six miles
below this, Israel river empties itself,
passing from Lan-
caster village falls, 3 miles above the Catbow. At Catbow
the river inclines to the west,
and passes between Dalton to
Lunenburgh, where the 15
miles falls commence.
At this
place John's riv^r empties itself from Dalton, and Neal's
brook from Lunenburgh. Here
the river makes a westerly
bend, receiving Mile's river
and passing between Litdeton
and Concord, where there is a
bridge built over the falls. It
has thence a southerly course
between Bath and Rigate,
where the Great Amonoosuck
empties itself at the lower extremity of Bath opposite the
mouth of Wells river, which
passes from Newbury, Vermont. Between Haverhill and
Newbury, the river is crook-
14
105
ed, passing under three bridges, and
rtceiving Oliverian
river from the east and a small
stream from the west at the
Great Ox-bow. As it thence
flows between Piermont and
Bradford, it receives two large
miil-streams and Wait's river
from the
latter place,
and two
small mill-streams from the
former.
It thence passes on
through Orford and Fairlee,
Lyme and Thelford to Grant's
island near the line of Windsor
A
county, Vermont.
bridge
over the falls just below Dart-
mouth college unites the towns
of Hanover and Norwich, and
another bridge four or five
miles below, near the mouth of
Mascomy
river from NewHampshire and White river
from Vermont, connects the
towns of Lebanon, N. H. and
Hartford, Vt. Between Plainfield and Hartland is a small
island
calle
!
Hart's
island,
where Queechy river and Lull's
brook empty themselves from
Vermont. From Hart's island
the river keeps nearly a straight
between Cornish and
Windsor, till it reaches the
mouth of Sugar river at Cl.reTwo very good millmont.
streams empty themselves from
Windsor and several from
course
Weathersfield opposite ClareThe mouth of Sugar
river is several miles below
Asculrey mountain^
As the
river flows on between Charleston and Springfield, it receives
mont.
Black river from the latter
town and Williams river from
Rockingham. It thence pass-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
lOii
es between Walpole and the
lower part of Rockingham,
where the great falls commence, now known by the ap-
flows along the lower extremity of Walpole, from which
town Cold river empties it-
The
and from Westminster,
which lies opposite, Sexton riv-
width of the river above them
is at some point 22 rods, at
er falls in with several other
small streams.
It thence pass-
pellation of Bellows' falls.
more than 16. The
average depth of the channel
is about 25 feet, and is generally well supplied with water.
It is said, however, that ia
September, 1792, after a severe
drought, the waters of this river passed within a space of
twelve feet wide and two and a
large rock
half feet deep.
here divides the stream into
two channels, each about nineWhen the water
ty feet wide.
is low, the eastern channel is
dry, being crossed by a bar of
At such times
solid rock.
the whole stream falls into the
western channel, where it is
contracted to the breadth of
fefteen feet, and flows with asothers not
A
There are
tonishing rapidity.
several pitches within the distance of half a mile above
each other, the largest of which
is that, where the rock divides
Notwithstanding
the stream.
the violence of the current
here, the salmon pass up the
falls and are taken many miles
above, but the shad do not pass
falls.
In 1784, a
bridge of timber, constructed
by Col, Hale was projected
beyond the
falls 365 feet in
This bridge was supported by the great central
rock, and under it the highest
floods pass without doing injuThe river from this place
ry.
over
these
length.
self,
es
Westmoreland which
lies
opposite to Putnam and Dummerston, thence it flows by
Chesterfield situated opposite
to Brattleborough, where it receives
Wantoostilqueck
of
West
river.
Between
Hins-
New-Hampshire and
Hinsdale in Vermont is a remarkable bend, where Ashuedale in
empties itself. The
Connecticut a few miles below
this point passes over the S.
line of New- Hampshire into
Massachusetts.
Its passage
through the county of Hampshire waters some of the most
pleasant towns in the commonwealth, such as
Springfield,
Hadley, Northampton, &c. It
thence enters the limits of
Connecticut, passes over Enfield falls, thence to Windsor,
lot river
it receives Windsor ferry river, thence to Hartford,
where it meets the tide and flows
in a crooked channel into Long
At the distance
Island sound.
of 130 miles from its mouth, its
width is from 80 to 100 rods.
The whole length of this beau-
where
bordered on each
banks with some of the
most flourishing towns in the
Throughout
United States.
its whole course, it preserves a
distance of between 80 and
too miles from the sea. The
whole distance of this mag-
tiful river is
of
its
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
nificettt
to
stream from its month
above oOOiHilrs.
its soiiice is
The
celebrated
American
poet,
Barlow, thus compliments
Ha watery gleams through happier
JTor drinks the sea a loreJier
villas
wave than
CoNTOocooK, a very
river in
erable
it
shine—
thine,
consid-
Hillsborough
Great Monadnock mountain in
andRindge,and its most
northerly branch flows from
Danbury, Wilmot, &c. at a disJafFrey
more than
each
from
fifty
miles
These
other.
streams after receiving tribute
from almost every pond and
spring in Dublin, Peterborough,
Nelson, Stoddard, WashingFishersfield, Bradford,
ton,
Hillsborough, Antrim, WarNew-London,
Sutton,
ner,
Salisbury, Boscawen, and several other towns, form a junction in the northerly corner of
Hopkinton. The main stream
passing easterly from this place
8 or 9 miles falls into the
Merrimack between Concord
The Contooand Boscawen.
cook is a very rapid river and
at a distance of 10 or 12 miles
from
its
wide.
mouth
is
Just before
itself into
branches
the
itself
100 yards
it
empties
Merrimack
ber, being fatigued
and apprehending no danger laid them-
down
selves
to
sleep.
The
woman
;
Its most southerly
county.
branch has its rise near the
tance of
107
it
and forms an
which has some celebrispot where a
Mrs. Dustin performed a very
This woman
heroic exploit.
had been captured by the Indians in Haverhill, Massachuisland,
ty as being the
setts,and carried to this island.
The Indians, 8 or 10 in num-
seized one of their
tomahawks and with it killed
and scalped the whole party,
took their canoe and returned
down the river to Haverhill.
She afterwards carried the
Boston and was liberrewarded.
scalps to
ally
Conway, a township situated in the N. E. corner of Strafford county. It was incorporated in 1715, and 1810 it
contained 1080 inhabitants. It
is bounded N. by Chatham and
Bartlett, E. by the line of the
District of Maine, which separates it from Fryburgh, S. by
Eaton, and W. b)' Burton and
Hale's grant, containing 34,7'28
It was called by the InPigrvackeU
small
part of Walker* s pond and Little Pi^xvacket pond lie
in this
town. The latter is about 1 75
rods in diameter.
Saco river passes through
this town, where it receives
Swift river and several oilier
small streams. The Rev. Mr.
Porter was ordained here in
1778, and still continues the
minister of the place.
Conway
has 3 religious societies and 2
meeting-houses.
It contains
4 corn-mills, 5 saw-mills, 1
mill for dressing cloth, 2 carding-machines, ,3
distilleries,
acres.
A
dians,
and 3
retail stores.
Coos County is bounded S.
by the counties of Grafton
and Strafford, E. by' the Dis-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
108
of Maine, N. by Lower
Canada, and W. by Connecti-
trict
cut river.
composed of
It is
22 towns, 5 locations, and a
large tract of unlocated land.
In 1810 it contained 3,991 inhabitants, of which 628 were
It contained at
rateable polls.
th. I time 262 horses, 37 four
yc trs old, 47 thrt:e ye-rs old,
503 oxen,
49 two years old
;
231 four years old, 1,383 ccws,
637 three years old cattle, and
13 Oiules,
674 two years old
and 1 jack. This county comj
prises
acres of land
128,662
and water S. of latitude 45*>
and N. of that latitude it conLancaster is the shire town
of this county, and was incorporated as early as 1763. The
county prison is here, and an
academy which was incorpoin 1808.
Coos county has 12 meetinghouses, 20 grist-mills, 27 sawmills, 5 mills for dressmg
cloth, 3 carding machines, 11
stores, and 6 dhstilleries, &c.
It stnds 27 members to the
rated
The
state legislature.
court
for
superi-
county of
county is held
the
Grafton and
this
at Huyerhill
and Plymouth
al-
ternately on the 4th Tuesday
of December, and the court of
common picas is held at Lancastiir
ou the 4th Tuesday of
May.
Croydon.
In this town are a congregaand episcopalian society, and a meetinghouse for each. In 1768, the
tionalist, baptist,
Welman was ordained
and removed in 1785.
The Rev. J. Rowel and P.
Kindreck are the present ministers.
This town contains 4
grain-mills, 10 saw-mills, 2
mills for dressing cloth, 2
carding-machines,and 4 stores.
Rev.
Cheshii-f-
a
J.
Coventry, a township in
Grafton county, bounded N.
by Landaff, E. by Peeling, S.
by Warner, and W. by Haverhill, containing 33,290 acres.
It was incorporated in 1764,
and its number of inhabitants
in 1810, was 162.
Moose-hillock and Owl-head mountains
art in this town.
Branches
and Oliverian brooh^ Baker*s
river^ and Wild Amonoosuck
Coi)take their rise here.
entry contains 2 grist-mills
and
Cornish,
A
bridge crosses the
Connecticut from this town to
Windsor. The line adjoining
Croydon p.^sses over Croydon
mountain. Governor's moun-"
tain is situated nearly between
the bridge and the road to
cres.
here
tains 160,353 acres.
or
Plainfield, E. by Croydon, S.
by Claremont, and W. by
Connecticut river, which separates it from Windsor in Vermont. It contains 23,160 a-
township
1
saw-inill.
in
-lunty was incorpo-
rated in 1763, and its population in 1810, amounted to
1600.
It is bounded N. by
Croydon, a township in the
county of Cheshire, was inIts numcorporated in 1713.
ber of inhabitants
is
862.
It
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
is bounded N. by New-Grantham and a corner of Spring-
E. by Springfield and
Wendall, S. by Newport, and
W. by Cornfsh, and contains
26,000 acres.
Croydon mountain extends
field,
in
a
direction
northeasterly
through this town from its
southwestern extremity. On
this mountain are two small
ponds.
Its soil is moist and
rocky, and produces excellent
grass, besides wheat, rye,corn,
109
Blake* s pond forms its E. corner bound. Dalton contains a
meeting-house, 3 corn-mills, 2
saw-mills, and
ing cloth.
1
mill for dress-
Danburt, situated in Grafton county 6 or 8 miles from
Merrimack
river.
corporated in
tains
^'itS
It
was
in-
1795, and con-
inhabitants.
It
is
bounded N.E. by Alexandria,
S. E. by New-Chester, S. W.
butter,
by the line of Hillsborough
county which separates it from
Wilmot, and N. W. by a corner of Orange. It contains
cheese, &c.
Croydon turnpike
passes nearly through the centre of this town.
There are
several small ponds in this
Smith''s river
19,031 acres.
waters this town and the Grafton turnpike leads through its
western extremity to Orford
town, which supply some of
the minor branches of Sugar
river, on which streams are erected 4 corn-mills, 5 saw-
bridge.
&c.
The
principal
which
this
town sends
ket, are
mills,
1
beef,
articles
pork,
to
mar-
DARTMOUTHCoLLEGE(Vide.
Hanover.)
mill for dressing cloth,
and a carding- machine. There
is in this town a house of public worship in which a congregational minister officiates.
Deerfield, a township in
Rockingham county, incorporated in 1766.
In 1810 it
contained 1851 inhabitants. It
bounded N. by Northwood,
by Candia, E. by Nottingham, and W. by Allenstown
and Epsom, and contains 23,
254 acres. Pleasant pond is
is
S.
D.
Dalton, a township in Coos
county, containing 235 inhabitants.
It is
bounded
N.W. by
Connecticut river at the great
opposite Lunenburgh in
Vermont, N. E, by Lancaster
and Whitefield, S.E.by Whitefield, and S.W. by Littleton or
falls
Grafton line.
16,455 acres.
the
It contains
jfohn's river
crosses the
northerly part of the town, and
situated in the
northerly part
about a mile
in length and half a mile in
There are here severwidth.
al other smaller ponds, one of
which is the source of the western branch of Lamprey river,
the northern branch of which
passes from North wood and
unites with the western near
The
the centre of Deerfield.
of this town and
is
�no
GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
soil of this town is for the most
part fertile, producing the various kinds of grain and grass
in
to
near the S. E.
abundance.
Eliphalet Smith was the first
ordained minister in this town
and ramoved soon after the revolutionary war. His success-
or was the Rlv. Timothy Upham, who died in the year
1811, and w^as succeeded by
the Rev. Nathaniel Wells.
is also a baptist church
increasing in numbers under the
pastoral care of Elder Peter
Young. Each of these societies has its house of public
At the part of this
worship.
town called the parade there is
a pleasant village of 15 or 20
houses, a small academy, several stores, mechanics' shops,
&c. Deerji eld contains 4 grainmills, 4 saw-mills, 2 mills for
dressing cloth, 1 carding-machine, 1 oil-mill, and 13 schoolThe average yearly
houses.
number of deaths in this town
since 1802, has been a^iout 20.
The present year an epidemic
fever prevailed of which about
20 persons died.
Formerly, moose were plenIn
ty in and about this town.
1767, Mr. Josiah Prescott killad four within a short time
near the same spot.
There
Dead River
Dimond river and falls inthe Margallaway river on
the easterly side of the state,
with
rises
in
the
northerly part of a tract of
land granted to Gilmanton and
After
Atkinson academies.
passing through those lands in
a number of streams and
also through lands granted to
Dartmouth college, it unites
Weniworth's
of
extremity
location.
DeerIng, a township in
Hillsborough county, incorporated in 1779.
Its population
in 1810 was 1363. Itisbounded
N.
Henniker and Hillsbor-
i)y
ough, E. by Weare, W. by the
southerly branch of Contoocook river which divides this
town from Antrim, and S.
by Francestown and GreenIt contains 20,057 acres.
Pecker's pond^ in this town, is
180 rods long and 50 wide and
forms the source of the northerly branch of Piscataquog river.
The 2d New-Hampshire turnpike pusses through the southwesterly part of this town. The
Rev. William Sleigh is the setminister of the place.
tled
There is here 1 meeting-house,
2 corn-mills, 1 saw-mill, 1
carding-maclothing-n\ill, 2
field.
chines,
1 distillery,
and 2 trad-
ing shops.
DiMOND River.
Its
branch has
rise
terly
its
wesin a
pond of that name in Stewartstown. Thence its course is
through Dixville, and after receivingisome tributary streams
from the lands granted to Dartmouth college, it empties itself
into
Dead
from the
river
which flows
easterly part of those
lands.
Dixville, a township
Coos county? incorporated
in
in
�Gx\ZETTEER OF NEW-HMMPSIIIRE.
1805, and in 1810, containing
It is bounded
12 inhabicants.
N. by the college lands and
lands gr.ntc^d to GilmanK>n
and Atkinson academies, E.by
the second grant to Dartmouth
Wentworth's locaand Erving's location, and W. by
Columbia,Colebrook,and Stew-
college and
tion, S.
by
iViillsfield
31,023
western border is a ridge of. mountains,
from which flow several ponds
forming the sources of two rivers, viz. Clear stream and Dimond river. This town contains
artstown.
acres.
It contains
Near
its
a grist-mill and a saw-mill.
Dorchester, a township in
Grafton county, incorporated
in 1761, and containing 537 inIt is bounded N.
by Wentworth, E. by Groton,
S. by Dame's Gore, which separates it from Canaan , and
W. by Lyme, and contains 23,
There are two
617 acres.
large ponds in this town, viz.
Slowri's pond, which is 500
rods long and 450 wide, and
Foxvler^s pond, which is 300
rod's long and 250 wide. The
habitants.
southerly branch of Baker's
river flows through the eastern
part of this town, and a branch
of the Mascemy passes its
western part.
large mountain lies near its S.E. extremi-ty, and another called Smart^s
mountain in the N. W. part of
the town. Dorchester contains
A
3 mills.
ed at the head of the tide on
Cochecho. It was incorporated
in 1633, and in 1810 it contained 2,228 inhabitants.
It is
bounded N. E. by Somersworth, S.E. by Piscataqua river, S.W. by Madbury, and N.
W. by Rochester and a corner
of Barrington
it comprises
15,112 acres. Cochecho river
flows through the whole length
of this town, and Bellamy hank
through its S. E. extremity.
turnpike road passes from
the compact part of this town
through Somersworth to Berwick in Maine.
The Indians called this place
WinJchahanat and Cochecho,
;
A
and the first settlers named
it Northam.
Its public buildings con&ist of two houses
for public worship, one for
congregationalists and one for
quakers, a court-house, printand a bank,
which was incorporated in
There is a handsome
1803.
village, containing about 70
houses, 18 stores, several offices, and mechanic shops.
packet boat, while the river is
open, passes from this town to
Portsmouth, every day except
Sundays.
Dover contains S
grain-mills, 2 saw-mills, 2 mills
for dressing cloth, 2 cardingmachines, an oil-mill, and n
woollen factory. The Revs.
John Reyner, John Pike, Nicholas Seaver, Jonathan Cushing,
Jeremiah Belknap have successively been the ministers of
ing-ofiice, a gaol,
A
this
Dover, a considerable township in Strafford county^ situat-
Ill
place.
Clary
tor.
is
The Rev.
their
J.
present
W,
pas-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMFSHIRE,
112
Edward and William Hilcame over from London
and commenced the settlement
ton
of this township in 1623. In
1630, they obtained a patent
from the council at Plymouth
conveying to them that place
on the Piscataqua, known by
name of Hilton's point, together with a tract 3 miles
wide extending up the S.side ot
the river as far as Swamscot
falls (now Exeter.) Within this
the
tract are
now comprised
the
Durham,
of Dover,
Stratham, a part of NewingIn 1633,
ton and Greenland.
that beautiful neck of land
(now Dover) was surveyed
meetand incorporated.
ing-house was at the same time
erected there and surrounded
with intrenchmentfj, the traces
of which are still visible.
In the year 1675, immediately after the invasion of Durham, a large body of the eastern Indians negociated a peace
with Maj. Waldron at Dover,
but, as the war had not ceased
in the south, many of the Indians from that quarter mingled with their brethren of the
towns
A
and under the
false apof friendship contrived to sow the seeds of fresh
In a short time
hostilities.
east,
pearances
captiiins Joseph Syll and William Hawthoirte were ord.!;red
to march eastward in pursuit of
On
these insidious enemies.
their march they arrived at
Dover on the 6th of September,
1676, where they found 400 Indians assembled at the house of
Maj. Waldron, most of whom
were of the peace party and wh«
regarded him as a benefactor
and friend. The two captains
would have attacked this body
immediately, having orders
to seize all Indians who had
joined in the war.
Maj. Waldron dissuaded them from this,
and planned the following
stratagem.
He proposed to
the whole Indian party a training and sham-fight after the
English
custom.
He
then
formed another party consisting of his own men and those
under Capt. Frost of Kittery.
Having diverted the Indians
and permitted
a short time
them to fire the first volley, he
made
a dexterous movement
they
could un-
ajid before
derstand
his
intentions
sur-
whole body,
seized and disarmed them
without shedding blood on eiThey were immether side.
diately separated. Wonolancet,
with thePenacook tribe who had
rounded
their
made peace
ter,
the preceding win-
were amicably dismissed,
but the strange Indians (as
they were called,) to the number of 200 were secured and
sent to Boston. Seven or eight
of them who had been guilty of
former murders were hanged,
and the rest were sold as slaves
The Indians
discharged by Waldron, regarded his conduct as a
breach ef faith and swore against him eternal and implacable revenge.
In 1689, after a lapse of 13
years since Waldron's stratagem, during wliich time the
in foreign parts.
who were
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMI'SHIRE.
400 Indians who were dismissed bad not suffered their rage
against him to cool, and many
of those, who had been sold into slavery, having escaped and
and that there was no danger."
The plot which was concerted was, that two squaws should
go to each of the garrisoned
houses and ask leave to lodge
by the fire, and that in the
night, when all the men were
asleep, they should open the
doors and gates and give the
signal by a whistle,
upon
which the strange Indians, who
were within hearing were to
rush in and gratify their long
meditated revenge.
The plan having been thus
arranged, on the evening of the
27th of Juhqiftwo squaws applied to each of the garrisons
for lodging, as was not unusual
in time of peace, and they
were admitted to all but young
returned home with a burning thirst for revenge, entered into a confederacy to surprize the major and his neighbours, with whom the former
party had been living on terms
of peace and friendship.
In that part of Dover situated near the first falls in the
river Cochecho, there were
five
garrisoned houses, Waldron's, Otis', and Heard's, the
two others(Coffin's and his sons)
were on the south side of the
These houses were surriver.
rounded with timber walls, the
gates of which as well as the
doors of the houses were secured with bolts and bars.
Coffin's house.
taught by their
inhabitants,
to open the doors in case
they should wish to go out
during the night. Mesandowit
was then in Waldron's garrison and hospitably entertained
there as he had often been be-
scrutinized
with attention those wooden
fortifications.
Some
intima-
tions of mischievous plots
had
been given by certain squaws,
but in such an ambiguous manner as not to be comprehended.
Many of Waldron's men
had early apprehensions, but
he laughed at their fears and
-told them to " plant their
pumpkins and he would take
care of the Indians." The very evening before the alarm he
was informed by a young man,
that the town was full of Indians and the people very uneasy, but he answered, " that
•the Indians behaved very well
15
They were
own request
how
The Indians, as they passfed
through the town, trading with
the
113
The squaws told the
major that a number of Indians were coming to trade
with him the next day and
Mesandowit, while at supper,
fore.
,
;
in his
manner
Waldron what
usual familiar
said, " Brother
should you do, if the strange
Indians should come." The
major carelessly replied that he
would assemble one hundred
men by the motion of his hand.
In this unsuspecting confidence the family retired to
rest.
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE:
114
In the stillness of midnight
the gates were opened and the
signal was given. The Indians
immediately entered, stationed a guard at Waldron's door,
and rushed into his Apartment,
which was one of the inner
rooms. Awakened by the tumult the major sprang from
his bed, and though now burdened with the weight of 80
rcafcs,
he retained so
much
of
his youthful vigour as to drive
them with his sword through
two or three doors, but as he
returning for his other
arms, they levelled him with a
blow from behind which left
him senseless. Having dragged Jiim into his hall, they
placed kim in an elbow chair
upon a long table, and insultingly asked him, *' who shall
be the judge of Indians now."
They then compelled the people in the house to provide
th-^m food, and when they had
finished their repast they cruelly inflicted gashes on different parts of Waldron's body,
saying, " we thus cross out our
account ;" till at last exhausted with loss of blood he was
•was
from the
falling
table,
when
one of the Indians, holding his
own sword under him, in this
manner
relieved
him from
his
They also put to death his
son in law Abraham .Lee, but
made captive his daughter and
several others, and then having
fire.
next
sanoie
it
Otis' garrison,which
on
was
Waldron's, met the
Otis himself with
fate.
to
Elder Wentworth was
awakened by the noise. He
tering.
repelled those who first entered, and falling upon his back,
he kept the door closed with
his feet,
till
he had given the
Two
balls were fired
through the door, but missed
him.
Coffin's house was also
alarm.
attacked, but as the
Indians
had no particular enmity
and
a-
him they spared him
gainst
family and contented
themselves with pillage. Having found a bag of money they
his
compelled him to throw it in
handfulls on the floor, while
they amused themselves in a
scramble for it.
They then
proceeded to the house of his
son who had refused to admit
the squaws, and promising him
quarter they summoned him to
surrender. He withstood their
offers and resolved to defend
his house, but the Indians
brought forward his father and
threatened to put
Filial
affection
him to death.
overwhelmed
courage and he surrender-
his
They put both families
a deserted house, intending to make prisoners of them,
ed.
into
sufferings.
plundered the house set
several others were put to
death, and his wife and|children -w^ere taken prisoners.
Heard's garrison was saved by
the barking of a dog at the
moment the Indians were en-
but they all escaped while the
Indians were engaged in their
work of plunder.
In this affair 23 people were
killed
Five
and 29 made
captive.
or six dwelling-houses
together with the mills were
^
�GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
burned, and so rapid were the
Indians in their operations,
that they escaped with their
prisoners and booty befon; the
people could collect from the
town to oppose them as they
passed by Heard's garrison in
their retreat, they fired upon it,
but the people within having
resolved to defend it, and the
enemy being in haste it was
saved.
The preservation of
;
its
owner was
still
more
re-
Elizabeth Heard
markable.
with her three sons and a
daughter and several other persons were returning in the
night from Portsmouth. They
passed up the river in their
boats unperceived by the Indians who then had possession
of the garrisons. Apprehending danger from some noise,
which they heard, they landed
and bent their steps to Waldron's garrison, where they
observed lights, which they
supposed were held out to
those who were seeking refuge.
They knocked and entreated
admission, but no answer being given, one of the party ascended the wall, and to his astonishment and alarm, saw an
Indian stationed with his gun
at the door of the house. Mrs.
Heard in the agony of fright
power to escape, but
sh6 implored her children to
fty and save themselves, they
heavy hearts.
left her with
She soon recovered herself and
crept into some bushes and
there lay concealed till daylight, at which time she perceived an Indian approaching
lost all
115
toward her with a pistol in his
hand, who looked in her face
He immf.direturned and looked at
her again. She then spoke to
him, but without making any
answer, he went off and she
saw no more of him.
She
continued in her concealment
till the conflagration was over
and the Indians were gone.
She then went to her house
and found n. safe.
This wonderful preservation of Mrs.
Heard was a remarkable display of the power of gratitude in an Indian.
At the
time of Waldron's stratagem
in 1675^ a young Indian escaped and took refuge in her
house. In return for her kindness in concealing
him he
promised that he would never
in an}^ future war, injure her
or any of her family.
This
Indian was known to be the
one who found her concealed
on this eventful night.
On th« 25th of January,
1691, a young man in the
woods near Dover was fired
upon by a party of Indians.
Lieut. Wilson immediately assembled a body of 18 men and
went in pursuit of the aggressand went away.
ately
ors.
He
succeeded
in
his
search and killed qr wounded
the whole party except one.
This caused a temporary
ror
ter-
among
the Indians, but its
effects soon ceased.
On the 26th of July, 1696,
the people of Dover were attacked as they were returning
from public worship. Three
of them were killed and three
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
116
carried to Penobscot, who afterwards escaped and returned
home. In August, 1704, a
man by the name of Giles was
killed, and the people were again waylaid on their return
from meeting. In 1706, William Pearl and Nathaniel Tibbets were killed, and in 1710,
Jacob Garland met the same
In May, 1724, a party of 13
Mohawks marked the house- of
a Quaker by the name of Hanson for plunder, and they lay
several days in ambush waiting lor the favourable moment
of attack. While Hanson with
his eldest daughter were absent
Quaker meeting and
at a
two
eldest sons
his
were working
Indians
entered his house, killed and
scalped two small children, and
made captive his wife, her infant and its nurse, two daughters and a son.
The next
spring Hanson redeemed his
wife, the three young children
and the nurse, but could not
obtain his daughter, although
he was permitted to visit her.
He made a second attempt in
1727, but died at Crown Point
in a distant field, the
fate.
In the spring of 1711, this
town was again attacked by
the Indians, and several people
as they were returning from
meeting fell into an ambush.
John Horn was wounded and
Humphrey Fass was taken
prisoner
but by the resolute
;
courage of Lieut. Heard he
was recovered from the hands
of the enemy. In April,1712,
ensign Tuttle was killed, and
in the July following an ambush was discovered, but the
While the
people were absent in pursuit
of them, two cb^ildren of John
Waldron's were taken and
were cruelly put to death. Al-
enemy escaped.
though there was no man at
the time in Heard's garrison, a
woman who was stationed as
guard called for help with such
a resolute and commanding
voice that the Indians supposed the men were near and they
therefore departed without doing farther mischief.
On the 29th of August, 1723,
the Indians again made their
appearance at Dover, where
they surprised the house of Joseph Ham, whom they put to
death, and three of whose children thev carried off.
on
his
The
journey
to
Canada.
afterwards married a
Frenchman and never returngirl
ed.
In
September, 1725, while
the people were absent at work
in a neighbouring field, a party
ofIndians concealed themselves
in a barn in preparation for an
attack.
Two women passed
by the barn at that moment,
and had just arrived at the garrison, when the Indians com-
menced
firing.
They
killed
two men of the name of
Evans and wounded another
slightly
in
his
breast.
The
Indians, supposing from the
copiousness of his bleeding
that he was dead, proceeded to
He bore
without betraying any signs of life, and thus
strip
and scalp him.
this operation
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
he continued the appearance of
death while thc-y struck him
many blows with their guns and
departed, supposing that they
had despatched him. He then
arose and walked back naked
and bleeding to the garrison.
Fainting with his wounds, he
droppt-d at the feet of one of
his friends who met him and
who
carried him to his house.
recovered and lived fifty
years afterwards. The Indians
also at that time carried off to
Canada a lad of the name of
Evans, who was afterwards re-
He
deemed.
A
female of the
Christina,
name of
who was born
at
the year 1688, was
carried captive with her mother
to Canada soon after the destruction of Dover by the In-
Dover
in
dians. In Canada she was educated in the Roman Catholic
faith, and she was there marriUpon the death of her
ed.
husband she became very anxious to revisit the land of Jier
nativity, and an exchange of
prisoners taking place in 1714,
she returned and married Capt.
Thomas Baker, then of North-
She renounced the
Catholic religion and removed
to Dover, where she lived a
bright example of piety, and
died on the 23d of Februa-
ampton.
The number
of her
posterity of three generations
was 72, of whom 57 survived
ry, 1773.
her.
On the 25th of June, 1773,
died the Hon. George Guage
in the 72d yeai of his age.
Having distinguished himself
iir
and patriot
most important public
as a philanthropist
in the
stations, he received the high-
honours in the gift of his
country. He was several times
a member of the general assembly of the province, and a
colonel of the 2d regiment of
est
which was particularly
exposed during the war. On
the establishment of the county of Strafford, he was appointed the first judge of probate a
few months before his death.
In May, 1770, died Friend
Joseph Estes in the 74th year
militia,
of his age, who for a period
of 40 years was a public
speaker in the quaker meetings at Dover and elsewhere.
He was universally respected
and lamented.
In 1772, died Howard Henderson at the advanced age of
more than 100 years. He was
present at the capture of Gibraltar from the Spaniards in
1704.
The annual average
number of deaths in this town
from 1767
The
to
1815,hasbeen 19.
largest
number was 50
8.
During
and the smallest
the above period thirty died between the ages of 70 and 80,
six between 90 and 100, and
one over 100.
Dublin,
a township in Chesmcorporatedin 1761, and
now containing 1184 inhabitants.
It is bounded N. by
Nelson and Hancock, S. by
Jaffrev, E. by Peterborough,
and W. by Marlborough and a
part of Roxbury, and contains
26,560 acres, 600 of which are
hire,
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118
water. Centre pond^ a few rods
S. W. of the meeting-house, is
300 rods in length and 160 in
North pond is alx>ut
width.
400 rods long and 140 wide.
There are also several smaller
ponds
in this place.
A
branch
of the Ashuelot river and two
branches of the Contoocook have
The formConnecticut,
their rise in Dublin.
er falls
the
into
and the latter into the Merrimack. In the southerly part
of this town is situated the
grand Monadnock mountain.
Dublin has 6 corn-mills, 8 saw1 mill for dressing cloth,
carding-machine, a distille-
mills,
1
ry,
and
The
11 school-houses.
minister here was
the Rev. Joseph Farrar, a eongregationalist, who was ordained on the 10th of June^ 1772,
first
and dismissed in June, 17/ff.
Rev. Edward Sprague, the present minister, was settled over
the same church inl 777. There
is also a baptist church here,
over which Elder Elijah Willard was ordained in 1794.
Each of theae societies has a
meeting-house. Dublin is composed of two small villages besides
many
scattered houses.
DuMMER, a
township in Coos
county.
It was incorporated
in 1773, and now contains only
20 inhabitants. It is bounded
N. by Millsfield, E. by Cambridge, S. by Paulshurgh, and
W. by Kilkenny and some ungranted lands, and contains
27,562 acres. The Ameriscoggin and Amonoosuck river§bpth pass through this town.
There
is
here
1
saw-mill and
T
grist-mill.
DuMMER Fort.
(See Hins-
dale.)
Dumbarton, a township of
an elevated situation in Hillsborough county, bounded N.
and N. E. by Hopkinton and
Bow, E. by Merrimack river,
S. by Goffstown, and W. by
Weare, containing 20,966 acres.
It was incorporated in
1765, and in 1810 its population was 1256. There are here
four small ponds, viz. Purgatorij^ Woodbury^ Long'^znd Gorham ponds ; the waters of all
which fail into the Merrimack.
This town is connected with
Chester by a bridge thrown
over the Isle of Hookset Falls,
by which the Londonderry
turnpike passes the river. The
Rev. W. Harris was ordained
here in 1789, and is the present
minister.
There are in thia
town 1 meeting-house, 2 gristmills, and 7 saw-mills.
DuNSTABLE,a township lying
southeasterly extremity
of Hillsborough county.
It
was incorporated in 1746, and
in 1810 it contained 1049 inin the
habitants.
It
is
bounded N.
by Merrimack, E. by Merrimack river, which separates it
from Nottingham West^ S. by
the statt: line, which divides it
from Dunstable in Massachusetts, and W. by Hollis, and
comprises 18,878 acres.
At
this place
Nashua
ties itself into the
river empMerrimack,
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
forming
an
place called
island
and
the
Nashua mouths.
Pennychuck brook constitutes
northern boundary of the
the
town.
The former
ministers in this
have been the Rev.
Messrs. Swan and Kidder.
At present the Rev. Mr. Sperplace
ry
is
settled here.
The
princ-
10
dwelling-houses and 2 stores.
About a mile below at the
place called the harbour there
are nearly as many more buildipal village consists of 8 or
119
wacketonthe upper part of the
river Saco, where a formidable
tribe had once inhabited and
now occasionally resided. Lovell had with hina 46 men including a chaplain and a surgeon.
of them having lamed
themselves, returned home,and
another falling sick,his companions built a stockadefort on the
west side of the great Ossipee
pond and left him at this place
with the surgeon and 8 others
The remaining
for a guard.
Two
parties,
who were
Indian
prowling upon our frontiers.
Two men having been missed
from this town, a scouting par-
34 now pursued their march
northward about 22 miles
from the fort to a pond, on the
east side of which they encamped.
Early the next day, while
at their morning devotions,
they heard the report of a gun
and discovered a single Indian
spatched
ty consisting of 11 Avere dein search of them.
on a point of land which pro-
They were
jected
ings.
In former years
among others
this
town
suffered from the
attacked by the
Indians and 9 of them were
killed,
and the surviving 2
escaped badly wounded.
At
a subsequent period another
party from this town fell into
an ambush, but the enemy not
having an equal force retreated
leaving 1 killed and 4 woundIn 1 724, a volunteer comed.
pany under the command of
Capt. Lovell was raised from
town and became alike remarkable for its success and
this^
misfortunes.
Its first expedition was to the northward
of lake Winnipiseogee where
they killed 1 of the enemy and
made 1 prisoner. In 1725,
its
Capt. Lovell marched from
Dunstable with the design of
attacking the villages of Pig-
more than
a mile distant st^nd
into
the pond.
They
had been alai-med the preceding night by noises, which they
supposed came from the enemy, and their suspicions were
now
confirmed.
They
believ-
ed that the Indian they saw
was stationed to decoy them,
and that the body of his companions was
in their front.
A
consultation was held and they
resolved to march forward, and
by surrounding the pond to
command the point where they
observed the Indian. In preparation for action they threw
off their packs and were obliged to leave them without a
In their march they
a
carrying
place,
through which two parties containing 41 Indians, commandguard.
crossed
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
120
ed by Pagus and Waha, who
had been scouting down Saco
river and were now returning
to their lower village. Having
discovered Lovell's track, they
followed it till they came to the
packs, which they seized, and
upon counting them found the
force of their enemies to be
They
smaller than their own.
accordingly stationed themselves in ambush in preparaThe Indian,
tion to attack.
who had been seen on the
point and was now returning to
the village by another path
met Lovell's party and was fired upon. He returned the fire
and wounded Lovell and one
of his companions with small
shot.
Lieut. Wyman then lev-
him and killed him
and took his scalp. Discovering no other signs of the eneelled
my,
at
Lovell's party then return-
ed to the spot where they had
left their
packs.
While they
were searching for them, the
Indians rose from their ambush
and rushed upon them with a
frightful yelling.
A brisk
fir-
ing then ensued on both sides.
Gapt. Lovell with eight others
were killed, and Lieut. Farwell
was wounded. Several of the
Indians fell also ; but as they
were superior in number to
Lovell's party and their intention being discovered, the latter retreated with the hope of
sheltering themselves behind a
rocky point and a few large
trees on the shore.
In this
forlorn condition they took
their station.
was a brook
On
their right
at that
time un-
fordable ; on their left was the
point of rocks ; their front was
partly covered by a deep bog,
and the pond was in their rear.
The enemy immediately opened a galling fire upon their
front and flanks, and could they
have used
this advantage skilmight have killed or
captured the whole of our party, who were destitute of provisions and cut off from re-
fully they
treat.
Under
the
command
of Lieut. Wyman they continued their fire and retained
their courage the whole day,
in the course of which their
chaplain,Jonathan Erie, ensign
Robbins, with one other person were mortally wounded.
The Indians made signs to
them to surrender by holding
up ropes, endeavouring at the
same time to intimidate them
by horrid yells.
Our people
were resolved to die rather
than surrender, and by a well
directed fire the ranks of the
enemy were thinned and their
yells became fainter.
At the
close of the day the Indians
abondonod their advantageous
ground carrying with them
thrir killed and wounded and
leaving the bodies of Lovell and
his comp.inions unscalped.
The
surviving remnant of our brave
countrymen found three of
their number unable to move
from the spot and eleven others of the wounded, who had
still strength enough to march,
and nine only who were uninjured.
It was an agonizing
necessity to abandon their dying companions, but there was
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no
Ensign Robgun might
charged by his side, so
alternative.
bins desired that his
be
left
that if the
enemy should
re-
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found the bodies of the killed,
buried them and carved their
names on the surrounding trees.
The
Indians, among many othlost Pagujs their chief.
place where the action was
turn, he might sacrificfe at least
one more of them to his revenge.
On the rising of the
ers,
moon
the south part of the
they departed from this
fatal spot and directed their
the fort where
the surgeon and the guai-d had
To their astonishbeen left.
ment they found the place deserted. On the commencement
The
fought
was Pigwacket, now
town of
Fryburgh.
march toward
of the action, one man, (whone
irame has not been suffered to
disgrace the history of this affair) fled to the
fort,where in the
language of Job's messenger,
he informed the guard of Lovell's death and the defeat of
his party, upon which they
best of their way
home, leaving behind them a
quantity of provisions which
was a seasonable relief to the
Lieuretreating survivors.
tenant Farwell and the chaplain
who kept the journal of the
march, perished in the woods
made
the
from an unavoidable want of
attention to their wounds. The
remaining few after a long series of hardships, arrived at
their
homes
They were
at different times.
received with joy
and recompensed for their sufferings and their valour by
public gratitude and affection.
A generous provision was
made for the widows and children of the
slain.
Tyng
of Dunstable^
immediately collected a company, marched to the place of
the engagement, and having
16
Capt.
DuRAND,
a small township
Coos county containing 62
inhabitants.
Bounded N. by
in
Mainsboro', E. by Shelburne,
S.hy the White mountains, and
W. by Kilkenny. Jt contains
25,672 acres. One branch of
Moose river and several branches of the Amonoosuck and Isra-^
e/rise in this town.
Durham, a township in
Strafford county, lying on Oyster river at the junction with
the Piscataqua,
It contains a
population of 1449, and is
bounded on Madbury S. 63^"
E. 1040 rods, thence S.54^°E.
to Cedar point ; on Lee N.
le^^E. 5 miles and 66 rods; on
Newmarket S. 80^ E. 700
rods to a rcck,thsnce S.56^° E.
264 rods to the head of the
creek, thence to Chelsey's little
island which is the S. corner
boundary, thence by Great and
Little
bay to Cedar point, com-
prising an area of 14,970 acres.
The N.H. turnpike from Ports-
mouth
through
to
this
Concord
passes
town.
The first settled minister in
Durham was the Rev. Hugh
Adams, who was ordained in
1717, and dismissed in 1739.
The Hev. Nicholas Oilman,
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122
Hugh Adams, and
have been
Curtis
Coe
his successors, all
of
them tongregationalists. The
compact part of the town, near
the falls contains a handsome
meeting-house, 37 dwellinghouses, and 7 stores and small
shops. Inthis town resided JVIaj.
Gen.SuUivanandCol. Adams of
Hon.
George Frost and Ebenezer
Thompson were also citizens
the revolutionary army,
of Durham, The annual average number of deaths in this
place for many years past has
been computed at less than 15.
In Durham is situated that rerkable rock weighing 60 or
m
70 tons and lying so exactly
poised on another rock as easmoved with one
to be
ily
hand.
Durham was included in
which was
Hilton*s patent
In
granted in the year 1630.
September, 1675, the Indians
made an
attack at Oyster riv-
er, then a part of
Dover and
Durham.
now constituting
They burned two house3,killed
several men and carried away
two captives.
this attack they
Two
days after
made
another,
destroyed several houses and
killed
peated
two persons. These reinsults and depreda-
tions roused the indignation of
our people and forced, them to
About 20 young
retaliate.
men, most of whom were from
Dover, obtained permission
from major Waldron to make
an attempt against the Indians
way. Having
in their own
scattered
themselves
in
the
woods, a division of them dis-
covered a party of five Indians
field
near a deserted
house, some of whom were
gathering corn, while the others were preparing to roast it.
Our people were at such a
in the
distance from their companions, that they could not make
any signal to ihem without discovering themselves. Two of
them crept silently toward the
house and rushing suddenly
upon the two Indians, who
were busy at the fire, knocked
them down with their guns.
The other three took the alarm
and escaped.
In 1694, when a large part
of the inhabitants had marched to the westward, the Indians who were dispersed in
the woods about Oyster river,
having diligently observed the
number of men in Hucking's
garrison, rushed upon eighteen
of them, as they were going to
morning devotion, and
havingcutofftheirretreatto the
house put them all to death except 1 who fortunately escaped.
They then attacked the house,
in which there were only two
boys beside the women and
children.
The boys kept them
their
off for
sometime and wounded
several of them.
At length
the Indians set fire to the house
and even then the boys would
not surrender till the Indians
had promised to spare their
lives. The latter however perfidiously murdered three or
four of the children, one of
whom they fixed upon a sharp
stake in the view of its mother.
The women and children were
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carried captive, but one of the
boys made hk escape the next
day.
The next spring the Indians
narrowly watched the frontiers
to determine the safest and
most vulnerabte points of attack.
The settlement at Oyster was selected for destruction, and preparations being at
length completed for the incursion, Sieur de Villieu with a
company of 250 Indians and a
French priest marched for this
Oyster river is
devoted spot.
the streaiw which falls into the
west branch of the Piscataqua
river just below the present
site
of
The
Durham.
settle-
ments were on both banks of
Here were twelve*
the river.
garrisoned houses amply sufficient for the reception of the inhabitants,but not apprehending
any danger, many of the families
remained
in
their unforti-,
houses, and those who
were in the garrisons were but
fied
indifferently
prepared
siege, as they
were
for
a
destitute of
powder. The enemy approached the place undiscovered and
halted near the falls.
Here
they separated into two divisions, one of which was to go
on each side of the river and
plant itself in small parties in
ambush near the houses and to
be ready for the attack at sunrise, for which a single gun
was to be the signal.
One
John Dean, whose house stood
near the falls, happening to rise
very early for a journey before
the dawn of day, was shot as he
came out of his door. This fir-
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ing partially deranged the plan,
as several parties
who were
at
a distance,had not then arrived
at their stations.
The
inhabit-
being generall)' a-
ants also,
some of then^ had
time for escape and others to
prepare for defence. The signal being thus given, the attack
larrned,
commenced on all points,
where the enemy was ready.
Of
the twelve garrisoned hous-
were destroyed, Adams', Drew's, Edgerly's,Meader's, and Beard's.
The enemy entered Adams' without
resistance where they murdered fourteen persons, whose
graves can still be traced.
Drew surrendered his garrison
on promise of security but he
was put to death. One of his
children, only nine years old,
was compelled to run through
a line of Indians as a mark for
their hatchets. Edgerly's garrison was evacuated, the peoes
five
ple
one
having
of
fled to their boats,
whom was
mortally
attempting to escape.
Beard's and Meader's
were also evacuated and their
inhabitants escaped.
The unfortified houses were all set on
fire, the peop4e being either put
to death or captured in them.
Some escaped by concealing
themselves in the bushes and
elsewhere.
Thomas Edgerly
having hid himself in his cellar preserved his house though
it was twice set on fire.
The
house of John Bass the minister was destroyed together
with his valuable library. He
was absent at the time and his
wounded
in
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124
John Davis, who
family fled to the
wife of John
Dean who was the first person
shot, was taken with her daughter and earned about two miJes
up the river, where they were
left under the care of an old
Indian, while his companions
returned to their bloody work,
The Indian complained of a
pain in his head, and asked the
the house of
woman what would
enemy had reach<;d his house,
he sent off his family in a boat
and then fastening his grite he
undertook alone the delence of
his house.
Contemning alike
the promises and threats of his
besiegers, he kept up a constant fire at them, changing his
dress as often as he could, and
giving orders aloud,asifhe had
a company with him. Find-
wife
arid
woods.
The
relieve
him, she replied, occapee,
(which is the Indian name for
rum) and of which she knew
he had carried away a bottle
from her house. The medicine
beingvery agreeable to his taste
He
he repeated the dose.
soon fell asleep from its effects
and she seized the opportunity
into the woods,
to escape
where she lay concealed till
the danger was over.
The other seven garrisons
were resoluti ly and successfully defended. The gat< of Burnham's happened to be left open
man
through the night.
within, who had been kept awake by the tooth- ach, hearing the alarm gun, roused the
people and secured the en-
after
a short resist iince
sur-
rendered on terms which were
basely violated, as he and his
whole family were either killed or made prisoners. Thomas
Beckford preserved his
house in a singular manner. It
was situated near the river
and surrounded by a palisade.
Hearing the alarm before the
and his
ing their exertions unavailing, the enemy withdrew, leaving Beckford the sole master
of a fortress which he had defended with such admirable adThree other garrisons,
dress.
being seasonably apprized of
the danger. Were resolutely defended, and two Indians were
killed in attacking them. Jones'
garrison was sui-rounded before day, but its owner, hearing
his dog bark and fearing that
wolves were near, went out at
that moment to secure some
swine and returned uninjured.
Having on his return ascended his wall, and observing the
flash of a gun, he immediately
dropped backward, and the ball
entered the very place where
family happily escaped. Their
bloody purpose being thus again defeated, they attacked
he stood. The enemy from
behind a rock continued firing
on the house for some time
A
trance, just as the enemy had
reach< d it. Finding themselves
disappointed at this point, the
Indians immediately ran to
pitman's, a defenceless house
and forced open the door at
the moment that he had burst
his way through that end of
thp house, which adjoined the
garrison, to which iie
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aftd then
'
ing
it.
Dur-
the
transactions
priest took possession
French
.
abandoned
these
of the meeting-house and employed himself in writing on
the pulpit with chalk, but the
house itself received no damage.
Those parties of the enemy,
who were on the other side of
the river, having completed
their work of destruction, assembled ip a field adjoining
Burnham's
garrison,
where
they insultingly displayed their
prisoners and derided the inhabitants,supposing themselves
out of the reach of the guns,
one of them was shot from
the sentry-box from the garriBoth divisions having
son.
then met at the falls where they
had separated the evening before, marched to Capt. Wood-
man's garrison. The ground
being broken and hilly, they
made their approach without
and kept up a continuthe hats and caps,
which our people held on sticks
above the wall. At length fearing that the inhabitants from
the neighbouring settlements
would collect against them,
the Indians retreated, having
killed or captured between 90
and 100 persons and destroyed
20 houses, 5 of which were
difficulty
al
fire
at
X
125
detained four years and endured every thing but death. She
was delivered of a child in the
winter, unsheltered from the
storms, and being unable to
nurse it, the Indians put it to
After her return to her
death.
husband she had a family of
14 children. She lived to the
age of 89 and her husband to
They died within
that of 93.
two days of each other and
were buried in the same grave.
In ir03, the Indians made
another incursion and killed
one man. In 1704, several
persons were murdered by
them, and in 1705,"a small party attacked the house of John
Drew, where they put eight
people to death and wounded
several others.
The garrison
was near but was at that time
without a man in it. The women, finding their case desperate, put on the hats of their
husbands and dressed themselves in other respects like
men, and by keeping up a brisk
Among the prisgarrisoned.
oners were Thomas Drew and
his wife who were recently
married.
He was taken to
Canada, where he continued
two years and was then ran-
drove the
before they had
plundered or even attacked the
house. John Wheeler acc^bsting this party and mistaking
them for friendly Indians, unfortunately fell into their power and was killed, together
with his wife and four childTwo of his sons secret*
ren.
ed themselves in a cove by the
bank of the river. In 1707,
two men were captured from
Durham^ and two others were
murdered as they were on a
somed.
She was carried to
Norridgewock, where she was
journey from that town to Dover.
In 1 707, a party of Mq-
fire,
they
enemy
actually
off,
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126
hawks attacked a company of
our men who were at work in
the woods under the direction
of'
Capt. Chesley.
At
the
first
firethey killed seven and wounded another. Chesley, with his
few surviving companions continued a brisk fire on the enemy, and for some time kept
them off, but he at length fell,
overpowered by numbers. He
was deeply lamented as a brave
In 1724, the Indians
another incursion into
this town, formed an ambush
near the road and murdered
officer.
made
several persons.
The family of Col. John Davis of this town (who died at
the age of 88,) were equally
remarkable for longevity and
superior stature.
Five of them
and one
lived till the age of 85,
to that of 99.
E.
deaths in this town were -283,
making an annual average of
about nine. The greatest number in any one year was 21,
and the smallest
number
2.
Since 1771, the proportion has
remained nearly the same.
Eaton, a township in the
northerly part of Strafford
county, incorporated in 1766,
and containing in 1810, 535 inhabitants bounded N. by Conway, E. by the eastern line of
the state, S. by Ossipee Gore,
and W. by Tamworth, containing about 27,637 acres. There
are several ponds in this town ;
Six Miles pond^ in the western
part of the town, Cook^s^ Litthe
tle^ Blair's^ ^c. ; and in
S. E. extremity of the town
There
rises Legion mountain.
are 5 saw-mills, 5 grain-mills,
;
and 1 clothing-mill.
Jackson is the only
Elder
settled
minister here^
East-Kingston, a township in Rockingham county,
situated in the southerly part
It was incorof that county.
porated in 1733, and contains
442 inhabitants. It is bounded
N. by Exeter, E. by Kingston,
S. by Southampton, and W.
and N. W. by Kingston, and
contains 6,200 acres of excelPowow river croslent land.
ses the S. W. extremity of this
town.
was
The Rev.
settled
Peter Coffin
here in 1772, and
has long since removed. There
is here but one meeting-house.
This town contains 3 cornFrom
mills and 2 saw-mills.
the year 1740 to 1771, the
Effingham,
a township in
Straflford county,
incorporated
and now containing
bounded N.
876 inhabitants
W. by Ossipee Gore, E. by the
state line, which separates it
from Parsonsfield, S. E. by
Wakefield, and S. W. by Ossipee, comprising an area of
34,938 acres. The great Ossipee river passes through this
town in a westerly course, ever
which is here a toll bridge 500
There is a
feet in length.
pond near this river 400 rods
On the
long and 270 wide.
western side of this town lie
the Green mountains. Rev. G.
in
1678,
:
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Burt was ordained here in 1803,
and dismissed soon after. There
are in Efingh^gp, three religious societies tt^d 2 meetinghouses, 4 grain-mills, 4 saw-
a cltothing-mill, and
carding-machine.
mills,
Ellis River
rises
a
on the
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1 too rods long and 250 wide.
There are here also East pond
Maid pond^ and several smaller
ones, in the whole comprising
2210 acres of water.
The
fourth N. H. turnpike leading
to
Lyman's bridge passes
be-
tween Mascomy pond and the
mountain. At the west end of
of the White
hills in several small streams,
near the source of Peabody
river, and separating into two
streams which unite in Adams, empties into the Saco at
the
Bartlett.
tain near a
easterly
side
Ellsworth, a township of
mountainous land in Grafton
county, bounded N. by Peeling, E. by Thornton, S. by
Rumney, and W. by Warren.
Its whole population is 142,
and its area 15,606 acres.
There
a small pond in the
S. E. part of the town, from
which a stream flows into Pemigewasset river, and in the
north part of the town is situated Cat mountain.
There is
here 1 corn-mill and 1 saw-mill.
On
is
also a village of the shakers
E. end of the moun-
at the S.
small pond, (see
Canterbury.) Stony brook runs
through the south part of the
pond, and Mascomy rive^r falls
into the pond of that name.
'
Enfield contains 4 grain-mills,
5 saw-mills, 1 clothing-mill,
2 carding-machines, and an oilmill.
is
Enfield, a township in the
lower part of Grafton county,
incorporated in 1761, and now
containing 1291 inhabitants. It
is bounded N. E. by Canaan,
S. E. by Grafton, S. W. by
Cheshire county line which divides it from New-Grantham,
and W. by Lebanon, comprising in this space 24,060 acres.
the
town
pond stands the principal
containing 30 or 40
dwelling-houses and a handsome meeting-house.
There
village,
lies
W. side of this
the greatest part of
N.
Mascomy pond^ which
is
about
Epping, a town
in
Rocking-
ham
county, (formerly a part
of Exeter,) incorporated in
1639, and now containing a
population of 1182. It is bounded N. by Nottingham and Lee,
E. by Newmarket and Brent-
wood,
S.
by Brentwood and
W. by Nottingham
Poplin, and
and Raymond,
and contains
12,760 acres. Lamprey river
passes through Epping entering
its
southwest corner. In this
town Patuckaway and North
rivers fall into
Lamprey
river,
the former in its western and
the latter at its southeast part.
On these streams are 4 grainmills, 6 saw-mills, and 1 clothing-mill.
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123
The
of Epping is exceladapted to almost all
sorts of grain, grass, flax, &c.
In the orchard of Capt. Towle
of this town there is an appletree which in one year produced between 50 and 60 bushsoil
lently
els.
The first minister of Epping
was the Rev. Mr. Cutler who
was ordained in 1747. Rev.
Josiah Stearns, his successor,
was ordained in 1758, and died
Rev. Peter Holt, the
in 1790.
present minister, was ordained
in 1793.
In Eppiyig tht'Yt are 4 meeting-houses and 8 school-housIn the revolutionary war
es.
there were ten died among
those who went from this town.
The annual average number of
deaths is about 13.
Epsom, a township in Rockingham county, bounded N.
by Pittsfield, E. by Northwood,
S. by Allenstown, and W. by
Pembrokt and
contains about
and
in
1810
its
Chichjester.
It
19,200 acres,
population was
1156.
Suncook river passes through
the westerly part of Epsom and
receives Little Suncook from
several small ponds in Northwood. In the northeast part
of the town are several snaall
mountains, viz. M^Roy^s, Fort,
Nat^s, ^c.
The Rev. John Tuck was
ordained here in 1761, and was
succeeded by the Rev. E. Hazeltine who died inl813. Rev.
settled in 1815,
J. Curtis was
and
is
the present minister.
The principal village in Epsom contains about 20 houses,a
congregationakineeting- house,
a school-hoii|% and several
small stores.
This town, like
most others of its size in the
state, has several religious societies.
There are here many
valuable mill seats.
There are
7 grain-mills, 9 saw-mills, 2
clothing-mills, 2 carding-machines, and a cotton factory.
Maj. Andrew M^Clary, a
native of this town, fell at
the battle of Breed's hill on
June 17, 1775, after defendfew companing with
a
ions a temporary entrenchment
thrown up a! few hours before.
Attacked by an overpowering
force of the enemy they retreated about one mile.
The
major in this action displayed
great bravery and presence of
mind. Inflamed by an ardent
patriotism, like the Roman Camillus, he left his plough on the
intelligence of war, and
volunteered in the cause of his
brethren, in which he was soon
called to a command which he
executed to his lasting honour,
first
Errol, a township in Coos
county, situated on the western
branch of Umbagog lake. It
was incorporated in 1774, and
contains only 38 inhabitants.
bounded N. by Wentlocation, E. by the
district of Maine, S. by Success and Paulsburgh,and W.by
Millsfield, and contains 35,400
acres, 2,800of which are water.
It
is
worth's
Margallawa}'and Clear streams
here unite with another stream
r
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GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
flowing from Umbagog lake,
and form in junction Ameris-
coggin river. From the centre
of this town to Stratford on
Connecticut river the distance
is 25 miles.
Erving's Location is in
Coos county, 118 miles from
Portsmouth, bounded N. by
Dixville, E. by Millsfield, and
W. by Columbia andungranted
lands No. 1.
called Swamscot
aborigines, an ancient
Exeter,
by the
post townin Rockingham county, pleasantly situated at the
head of tide waters and navigation on the southwest branch
of Piscataqua river^ and equidistant from the metropolis
Newburyport
and
in
Essex
Execounty, Massachusetts.
ter was incorporated in the
year 1639, and contained according to the last census, 1759
inhabitants. The township is of
an irregular figure, of an area
of 11,800 acres, and has for its
boundaries Newmarket N. by
Stratham E. and N. E. ;
E.
Hampton and Hampton-falls
and
S. E. ; Kensington S.
Brentwood on the W. Exeter
Fresh river takes its rise from
a small pond in Sandown,
running thence on the cornPoplin,
ers of Hav/ke and
thence into Chester and thence
again into Poplin, Raymond,
Brentwood, and Exeter^ near
what are termed Pickpocket
mills, pursuing from thence
an easterly course till withone mile of the falls
in
ir
;
;
where it receives Little river
from the west, and mingles
shortly after with the tide waters of the Swamscot, in the
midst of a fine trading and
manufacturing settlement. Exeter IS the second considerable
town in the state, 50 miles N.
of Boston, and 402 N. E. of
It has a bank
Philadelphia.
with a capital of two hundred
thousand dollars. It was formerly the seat of government,
and many of the public offices
of the state are still kept here.
public edifices are two
congregational churches, a bap-'
tist meeting-house, an eleg..nt
academy, a handsome courthouse, and a gaol. Beside the
The
celebrated
Phillips
Exeter
there are here two
English schools and ten or a
dozen private schools chiefly
It is well situatfor females.
Academy
ed for a manufacturing town,
and has 2 fulling-mills, 2 carding-machines, 2 oil-mills, a
woollen factory, 2 ext; usive
cotton factories, a spinning and
weaving factory, a tin ware,
comb, and morocco factory, a
gin distillery, iron works, a
manufactory of ordnance and
small arms, a paper mill, a
great number of saw and gristmills, a printing-office, bookstore, book-bindery, &c. &c.
The saddlery, shoe-making and
diaise-making business is also
carried on here to a very great
In 1776, Col. Samuel
Hobart erected a powder-mill
in this town capable of manufacturing 2,100 pound of pow-
extent.
der per Week.
It is
not
now
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130
Before the revin operation.
olution ship-building was an
extensive and profitable branch
of business here, and vessels of
five-hundred tons burden were
and floated down the river to Portsmouth and sold, or
built
employed
in
the
West-India
Since the last war it
has altogether declined. Specimens of bog iron ore and
some considerable copper pyrites have been discovered in
Vitriol also, comthis town.
bined in the same stone with
sulphur, is found in its neighbourhood. In the year 1789,
the remains of an Indian skeleton were dug up on the east
side of the river in this town.
It was in a perpendicular position and enclosed in a birchen
hollow log. Some strings of
wampum and twelve spoons,
apparently of European manufacture, were found near it.
trade.
The
skull
was
entire, the teeth
remained in the jaws, and the
hair, which was long, straight,
and black, had sufl'ered neither
decay nor injury.
Phillips Exeter Academy in
this town is a highly respectable, useful, and flourishing inIt was founded by
stitution.
the Hon. John Phillips, LL.D.
A
part of its funds
1781.
appropriated to the support
of candidates for the ministry or
indigent scholars recommended for their genius and learnThere are in this acadeing.
my nearly 80 scholars. It has
a well selected library and a
handsome philosophical apparaThe board of trustees
tus.
in
is
NEVV'-HAIMPSHIRE.
consists of seven gentlemen, of
the Hon. J.T.Gilman is
whom
president.
The immediate instruction of the students is entrusted to a principal, a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, and an assistant.
The Rev. John Wheelwright
the
principal settler of this
town, in 1638, removed from
Braintree, (Mass.) then a part
of Boston, where he was settled in the ministry.
In the
same year he united with several others in
making
a settle-
Exeter,
He was a
gentleman of talents, piety and
ment
in
learning.
For other particulars of the
original settlement of this place
see page 52.
The
Indians did not comdepredations against this place till the year
1675, at which time they killed several persons here.
In July, 1690, Col. Winthrop
Hilton's garrison in this place
was attacked and some lives
were lost. In June, 1697, this
town was preserved in a remarkable manner from a deep
laid plot which the Indians had
mence
their
formed against it. The enemy
were planted in ambush near
the town, and were discovered
by some children who had ventured from home without a
guard.
The savages retreated without the loss on our side
of more than one person.
In 1710, Gol.
Winthrop
Hilton with a party of his
neighbours, while at work in
a field situate in that part of
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GAZKTTEER OF NEW-HAM !'S HIRE.
Exeter which is now called
Epping, were attacked by the
Indians, who barbarously murdered the colonel with two of
his party, and captured two
Emboldened with this
others.
success the enemy immediately
entered the settlement and killed several other persons, some
of whom were children.
The
southerly side.
about 500 rods long
The westerly
and' 60 wide.
side of the town is broken and
elevated, but most of its land
There
is suited for grazing.
on
its
latter is
is
in this
town
a baptist meet-
ing-house, 8 or 10 mills, and 3
stores.
a township
county, situated
on the southerly line of the
state, which separates it from
FiTzwiLLiAM,
in
F.
Farmington
in
Strafford
Cheshire
in
county was formerly a part of "Royalston and Winchendon
Massachusetts. It is bounded
incorpoIt was
Rochester.
by Richmond on the W., Marlrated in 1722, and in 18tO, conborough on the N., and Jaffrey
tained 1272 inhabitants bounded N. E. by Milton, S. E. by and Rindge on theE., and conRochester,S.W.by Barrington, tains 26,900 acres,400 of which
and N. W. by New- Durham, arc water. In this town lies
South pond^ which is 320 rods
comprising 20,811 acres.
Cochecho river flows through long and 90 wide in its narrowand also Sip's pondy
est pr.rt
the N.E. part of this town,and
Frost mountains extend 200 rods long and 100 wide.
the
;
;
through
it
from N.
to S.
From
the summh-of this ridge, called
Mount Washington^ the seacoast and a large part of the
be seen. There is
town a handsome meeting-house, several mills, and
state
may
in this
trading stores.
FisHERSFiELD, a township
Hillsborough county, incorporated in 1778, and now conin
taining 563 inhabitants.
It is
bounded N. by New-London,
E. by Sutton, 5. by Bradford,
and W. by Cheshire county
line^which divides it from Goshen and Wendell, comprising
an area of 19,332 acres. In
the north part of the town lies
Sunapee pond. Todd pond is
Fitzzvilliam
was incorporated
its population is
It is situated oii
1310.
the height of land south of the
in 1773,
and
now
Monadnock mountain, and
its
The soil is
surface is hilly.
rocky but well adapted to grass
and to the cultivation of various kinds of grain. The low
lands are covered with' pine,
hemlock, and spruce. There
are here also some valuable
and productive meadows. Near
the centre of the town is a large
remarkable for the beautifully romantic prospect which
and in the northwest
it affords
hill
;
part of the town is Gap mountain^ which at a distance appears to be part of the Monadnock, and on which are found
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134
The
It is
discovered in 1813.
not extensive, and has not
suers he was obliged to swin,
across the Hudson river three
limes.
He is now living in
been
much worked.
good health
ly part of the town.
mer
for-
v/as
The
latr
productive, and probably
v/as first
It
inexhaustible.
worked about ten years ago.
Its colour is white, mingled
with a dark shade. It is easily manufactured with the saw
or chisel, and is susceptible of
Although of a
a high polish.
soft nature, it is very adhesive
and heavy, 12 cubic feet weighAfter it is preing one ton.
pared at the quarry, it is sold
for gl,42 cts. per cubic foot. It
is used for hearths, stoves, &c.
In several parts of this town,
large rocks of a globular form
are found directly poised on the
surface of others.
Curiosities
of this kind, of. which the cause
certainly
is
mysterious, are
common to many places in this
Clay of a superior qualstate.
ity for bricks is found in large
ter
at the
is
quantities in this town, and in
some spots there have been seen
stroDg indications of iron ore.
Indeed several large pieces of
good purity have been found.
Richard
who has
,
long resided in this town, was
captured by the Indians during
the last French war in the year
Although guarded by
1756.
two warriors, he was able by
superior strength and agility
to effect his escape, but not
without the loss of all his
He wandered entirenaked between the lakes
George and Champlain for six
clothes.
ly
days, eating nothing but berries
and bark. To elude his pur-
age of 77.
L.w.
Franconia, (formerly Morristown,)
lies in
the upper part
of Grafton county, near the
western side of the White
mountains which form its eastern boundary.
Lincoln and
LandafF are its southern, Concord its western, and Bethlehem its northern boundary.
The great Hay-Stack mountain
is on the southe;isterly extremity of this town, and French
and other mountains are within
It contains 32,948
its limits.
acres.
Several branches of the great
Amonoosuck rise in these mountains and pass through this
town. Franconia was incorporated in 1760, and in 1810,
inhabitants.
contained
358
There is here an extensive iron
factory
establishment.
The
company was incorporated December 18th, 1805, and is composed principally of Boston and
Salem gentlemen. The works
consist of a blast furnace with
a reservoir of water near the
top as a precaution against fire,
an air furnace, a steel furnace,
a pounding machine to separate the iron from the cinders,
a forge with four fires and
two hammers, a turning lathe,
and a trip-hammer shop with
four fires and two hammers.
There are also in this town a
powder magazine, a saw-mill,
a grist-mill, 10 or 12 dwelling-
�GAZETTEKR OF MEVV-H AMPSHIRE
houses, a store, and a warehouse.
MojSt of the ore wrought here
conveyed from Concord
is
mountain about 3 miles from
There is also a
the furnace.
large tract of coaling ground
belonging to the company, and
a highly impregnated mineral
spring about two miles from
the furnace. Not very far from
this establishment are the: upper Vvorks, called " the Haver-
andFranconia ironworks,"
which wete incorporated in
1808. These are built on the
hill
same plan as the former, but
their operations are not as yet
so extensive.
G.
Gilford,
a township in
county, formerly a
part of Gilmanton, incorporated in 1727", and now containing
-
Strafford
about 1200 inhabitants. It is
bounded N. by Winnipiseogee
lake, E. by Alton, S. by Gilmanton, and W. by-a long bay
which divides it from GilmanThere are here several
ton.
The sumlarge mountains.
mits of two of them are witlyn
200 rods of each other, and
about 2000 feet above the level
of the towui
On
the souther-
Gunstock mountain
is Suncook pond^ which forms
the northerly source oi Suncook
ly part of
river,
^
Gilford has two meetinghouses, which belong to no
particular
of
denomination
christians, 3 trading stores, 4
grain-mills, 3 saw-mills, and a
13J
carding^machine.
The- free
will baptists have here a l.-rge
church and socit-ty under the
care of Elder Richard Martin,
an aged and respectable minis-
There is also a society of
the regular baptists under the
care of Elder Morrison.
At
ter.
Meredith bridge, which unites
town to Meredith, is a.
handsome viUage containing about 25 dwelIing-houses,stores,
&c. A meeting-house was lately erected here by the inliabitants of the two towns for the
commcfh use of all orders of
this
christians.
Gilmanton, a township in
Strafford county, incorporated
in 1727, and containing inlSlO,
4,338 inhabitants. It is bounded N. by Gilford, E. by Alton,
S. E. by Barnstead, S. W. by
Rockingham line, and N.W.by
Winnipiseogee lake and bay
which separates it from Sanbornton, comprising an area of
Suncook river
58,448 acres.
a pond of that
Gilford line, the waters of which fall into another
pond of the same name, which
is larger than the former, being
about 350 rods long and 175
wide. From thence it falls into a third pond of the same
name 500 rods long and half as
wide. There are several smaller ponds in this town, in one
of which is the source oi Bow
Cook river.
There are in Gilmanton 5
20 schoolmeeting-houses,
houses, a court house, a cotton
rises here in
name on
factory, a nail factory, 9 grain-
�GAZETTEKR OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
134
ly part of the town.
The
mer was discovered
in
It is
1813.
not extensive, and has not
suers be was obliged to swini
across the Hudson river three
times.
He is now living in
been
much worked.
good health
The
for-
latr
productive, and probably
It
v/as first
inexhaustible.
worked about ten years ago.
Its colour is white, mingled
with a dark shade. It is easily manufactured with the saw
or chisel, and is susceptible of
Although of a
a high polish.
soft nature, it is very adhesive
and heavy, 12 cubic feet weighing one ton.
After it is prepared at the quarry, it is sold
for gl,42 cts. per cubic foot. It
is used for hearths, stoves, &c.
In several parts of this town,
large rocks of a globular form
are found directly poised on the
surface of others. Curiosities
of this kind, of. which the cause
certainly
is
mysterious, are
ter
common
to
many
placefe in this
Clay of a superior qualfound in large
quantities in this town, and in
some spots there have been seen
stroDg indications of iron ore.
Indeed several large pieces of
good purity have been found.
Richard
,
who has
long resided in this town, was
captured by the Indians during
the last French war in the year
Although guarded by
1756.
two warriors, he was able by
superior strength and agility
state.
ity for bricks is
to
at the
is
effect his
without
clothes.
the
escape, but not
loss
of
He wandered
all
his
entire-
naked between the lakes
George and Champlain for six
ly
days, eating nothing but berries
and bark. To elude his pur-
age of 77.
L.w.
Franconia, (formerly Morristown,)
lies in
the upper part
of Grafton county, near the
western side of the White
mountains which form its eastern boundary.
Lincoln and
Landaff are its southern, Concord its western, and Bethlehem its northern boundary.
The great Hay-Stack Mountain
is on the southetisterly extremity of this town, and French
and other mountains are within
its limits.
It contains 32,948
acres.
Several branches of the great
Amonoosjick rise in these moun-
and pass through this
town. Franconia was incorporated in 1760, and in 1810,
inhabitants.
contained
358
There is here an extensive iron
tains
factory
establishment.
The
company was incorporated December 18th, 1805, and is composed principally of Boston and
Salem gentlemen.
The works
consist of a blast furnace with
a reservoir of water near the
top as a precaution against fire,
an air furnace, a steel furnace,
a pounding machine to separate the iron from the cinders,
a forge with four fires and
two hammers, a turning lathe,
and a trip-hammer shop with
four fires and two hammers.
There are also in this town a
powder magazine, a saw-mill,
a grist-mill, 10 or 12 dwelling-
�GAZETTPiKR OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
houses, a store, and a warehouse.
Mo3t of the ore wrought here
conveyed from Concord
is
mountain about 3 miles from
There is also a
the furnace.
large tract of coaling ground
belonging to the company, and
a highly impregnated mineral
spring about two miles from
the furnace. Not very far from
idj
carding-machine.
The free
will baptists have here a lurge
church and society urider the
care of Elder Richard Martin,
an aged and respectable minis-
There is also a society of
the regular baptists under the
care of Elder Morrison.
At
ter.
andFranconia ironworks,"
which wcte incorporated in
1808. These are built on the
Meredith bridge, which unites
town to Meredith, is a,
handsome village containing about 25 dwelling-houses, stores,
&c. A meeting-house was lately erected here by the inliabitants of the two towns for the
commtfn use of all orders of
same plan
christians.
this establishment are the upper works, called " the Haverhill
as
the former, but
this
their operations are not as yet
GiLMANToN, a township in
Strafford county, incorporated
so extensive.
G.
Gilford,
a township in
county, formerly a
part of Gilmanton, incorporated in 1727, and now containing
Strafford
about 1200 inhabitants. It is
bounded N. by Winnipiseogee
lake, E. by Alton, S. by Gilmanton, and W. by a long bay
which divides it from Gilmanton.
There are here several
The sumlarge mountains.
mits of two of them are witlyn
200 rods of each other, and
about 2000 feet above the level
of the town.
On
the souther-
Gunstock mountain
is Suncook pond^ which forms
the northerly source oi Suncook
ly part of
river.
,
Gilford has two meetinghouses, which belong to no
particular
denomination
of
christians, 3 trading stores, 4
grain-mills, 3 saw-mills^ and a
in 1727,and containing inlSlO,
4,338 inhabitants. It is bounded N. by Gilford, E. by Alton,
S. E. by Barnstead, S. W. by
line, and N.W.by
Winnipiseogee lake and bay
which separates it from Sanbornton, comprising an area of
Suncook river
58,448 acres.
Rockingham
a pond of that
Gilford line, the waters of which fall into another
pond of the same name, which
is larger than the former, being
about 350 rods long and 175
wide. From thence it falls into a third pond of the same
name 500 rods long and half as
wide. There are several smaller ponds in this town, in one
of which is the source oi Bow
Cook river.
There are in Gilmanton 5
meeting-houses,
20 schoolhouses, a court house, a cotton
factory, a nail factory, 9 grain-
rises here in
name on
*
�GAZETTEER OF NEVV-HAMPSIIIRE,
136
10 saw-mills, 2 clothing-
mills,
carding-machine, an
oil-mill, and 9 trading stores.
a
mills,
GoFFSTOWNin Hillsborough
county,
is
situated on the wes-
§5000, raised by subscription.
Merrimack river,
bounded N. by Dunbarton,
E. by Merrimack river, S. by
Bedford, and W. by NtwBoston and part of Weare, and
contains 29,170 acres.
It was
incorporated in 1761, and in
1810, contained 2000 inhabit-
There
ants.
A
handsome academy was
incorporated and built here in
1 794, and opened for the reception of studentsDecember,! 797.
It has generally from 30 to 50
students.
Its funds are about
is
here a congregational
church and society recently under the charge of the Rev. Isaac Smith,who died in March,
1817. There are several baptist societies,and one of friends.
One term of the common pleas
for the 1st district, is holden
here annually.
Hon. Joseph Badger, who
town in the year
1760, was its first magistrate,
and was highly instrumental in
settled in this
growth and prosperity. He
for many years judge of
probate, and resigned that office at the age of 70.
its
was
GiLsuM, a township in Cheshire county, incorporated in
1763, and
now
containing 513
inhabitants.
It is bounded N.
by Alstead and Marlow, E.
by Sullivan and Stoddard, S.
by Keene, and W. by Surry.
The eastern branch of Ashuelot river passes through this
town. Gilswn has 1 meetinghouse, 2 grain-mills, and 2 sawmills.
Elisha Fish who died
in 1807, was its first ordained
minister.
The annual average
number of deaths in this town
is not more than 6.
In 1813,
10 died here of the spotted fever.
terly side of
it is
In the S. W. extremity
of the town are the two Unconoonock mountains^ and in the S.
E.part is the Amoskeag bridge
and falls. Piscataquog river
passes through ihis place.
In
1771, Rev. Joseph Currier was
settled here in the congregational order.
Cornelius Waters andD.L.Morrill,have been
his successors.
There are
in
town
2 religious societies, 1 meeting-house, 8 trading-stores,
1
cotton factory
containing about '30 spindles, 7
grain-mills, 20 saw-mills, 2
clothing-milis, and 2 cardingmachines.
this
Goshen, a township
in Chescounty, incorporated in
1791, and in 1810, containing
hire
563 inhabitants. It is bounded N. by Newport and Wendell, E. by the county of Hillsborough, S.by Washington,and
W. by Lenipster and Unity,
and containsl2,02oacres. Little
Sugar river waters the north
part of the town^
Sunapee
mountain lies between Goshen
and Fishersfield.
Croydon
turnpike passes through the
west part of the town to ConThere is here
necticut river.
1 grain-mill,
2 saw-mills, 1
�im
GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
clothing-mill,
and
1
distil-
lerv.
Grafton County is bounded W. by the west branch of
Connecticut river, S. by the
counties of Cheshire and Hillsborough, E. by Strafford, and
N. by Coos. Beginning at
Connecticut river, at the west
extremity of Dalton and running on the west and south
line of Dalton to Whitefield,
thence on the west and south
line of Whitefield to Bretton
Woods, thence on the west
and south line of Bretton Woods
southeast extremity of
thence south in a
straight line across unlocated
lands to the county of Strafford
at the northerly corner of
Tamworth, thence on the north
and west line of Sandwich and
on the south line of Holderness
to Pemigewasset river, thence
down that river to the N. E.
extremity of New-Andover,
thence on the northerly line of
that town and on the northeasterly line of New-London to
the N. E. extremity of Springfield, thence on the northerly
line of Springfield, New-Gran-
to the
Weare,
tham, and Plainfield to Connecticut river, and thence by
that river to the place
tioned.
first
men-
This county contains35 townships and a large quantity of
unlocated land. Its population
by the last census was 28,462,
of whom 4,837 were rateable
There are in this counpolls.
ty 29 stud-horses, 3827 other
horses, 386 four years old, and
18
998 more than two years old,
3522 oxen,1308 four years old,
9981 cows, 50,084 three years
old cattle, and 6107 over two
years old. In 1812, there were
also in this county 52 mules
and 3 jacks, and 577 acres of
orchard.
Grafton county contains 36
houses for public worship, 1
academy, 83 grain-mills, 118
saw-mills, 24 mills for dressing
cloth, 35 carding-machines, 1
49 trading-stores,
and 1 oil-mill.
The county prison is at HaverhiU, and the superior and infe-
paper-mill,
21
distilleries,
rior courts hold alternate sessions there and at Plymouth.
The
probate courts are holden
at Haverhill,
over,
Plymouth, Han-
Bridgewater, and
En-^
field.
Grafton, a township in the
county of that name, lies about
13 miles southeast from Dartmouth
college.
It
was incor-
porated in 1773, and now contains
931 inhabitants. It is
bounded N. E. bv Orange,
S. E. by Cushing's Gore,S.W.
by the line of Cheshire county
which separates it from Springfield, and N. W. by Enfield
and a part of Canaan, and contains 21,993 acres.
Branches
of Smith's river water the easterly part of the town,and Mascomy river its west part. There
are here 2 baptist meetinghouses, 6 grain-mills, 6 sawmills, 1 clothing mill, 2 carding-machines, 2 stores, and 1
distillery.
That
(lassis
species
of
specuiaris)
mineral,
commonly
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMl^HIRE.
138
called isinglass, is found in a
state of great purity in Glass
It
hill mountain in this town.
adheres in the form of lamina
to rocks of white and yellow
The usual size of
quartz.
these lamina is about 6 inches
square, but some have been
found 18 inches. This glass
when prepared is transported
to Boston, and from thence
large quantities are exported
to England, probably for ship
It is found on the
lanthorns.
easterly side of the mountain,
which is about 200 feet high.
Many people are employed
every summer in collecting it.
Great Bay. The western
branch of Piscataqua river is
formed by Swamscot river,
which flows from Exeter, Winnicot river which comes from
Greenland, and Lamprey river
which divides Newmarket from
Durham these streams empty
into a bay 4 miles wide, called
Great Bay. The water in its
;
further progress is contracted
into a lesser bay, and there receives Oyster river from Durham, and Black river from Dover.
The whole branch
at
length meets the main stream
The tide
Hilton's point.
flows into all chese streams as
far as the lower falls in each,
and forms a very rapid current,
especially at the seasons of the
freshets, when the ebb continues about two hours longer
Piscataqua
than the flood.
bridge is thrown over the lower
extremity of Little bay. Newington lies on the eastern shore
at
this
bay, Stratham and
Greenland on the southern, and
Durham on the northern shore.
of
Great
Island.
(See
New-
castle.)
Greenfield, a township in
Hillsborough county, incorporated in 1791, and containing
in 1810, a population of 980.
It is bounded N. by a part of
Hancock and Franccstown, E.
by Francestown and Lymleborough, S. by Temple, and
W. by Peterborough, and coniains
16,904 acres, 187 of
which are water. Contoocook
river separates this tov/n from
Hancockc There is here one
pond about 200 rods long and
100 wide, besides several oth-
A
part of
Cnotchet ?nauntain rises from
the north part of this town,
and there is also a mountainous
tract in the southerly part.
Greenfield contains a congrega-
ers of less note.
tion.al meeting-house, (in
Rev.
J.
which
Walker was ordained
in 1812,) several
mills,
and 2
stores.
Greenland, a township in
Rockingham county, incorporated in 1703, and now containing592 inhabitants ; bound-
ed N. by the Great Bay and
Ncwingron, E. by .Portsmouth
and Rye, S. by Northampton,
and W. by Stratham, comprising 6,335 acres. The land
here which borders upon the
bay is of an uncommonly good
quality, and in a high state of
This part of the
cultivation.
�139
GAZETTEER OF NEW-KAMPSHIRE.
water through
is celebrated for producing excellent cider, large quantities of which are sold here
by the
The
annually.
parts of the town is light and
sandy but not unproductive.
Rev. William Allen, the first
town was the Rev. S. Perley,
who was ordained in 1779, and
was succeeded by the Rev.
William Rolf, who is the pre1
sent pastor. There is here
congregational and 1 baptist
town
soi^
in
otlier
settled minister in this town,
was ordained in 1707, and died
in 1760, at the age of 84. His
successors have been the Rev.
Messrs. M'Clintock, Neal,and
Abbot. The latter gentleman
is the present minister. There
meetingis here a spacious
house for the congregationalists, and a very convenient one
for the joint use of the methoThere are
dists and baptists.
also in this town 3 grist-mills,
2 saw-mills, and several trading
GROTON,a township
in Graf-
ton county, incorporated in
It was formerly called
1761.
Cockermouth. Its population
in 1810, was 549. It lies about
15 miles N. of Dartmouth col-
bounded N. E. by
Rumney, S. E. by Hebron, S.
W. by Orange,and W. by Dorchester, and contains 16,531
and
is
town
first
niinister
in
this
society, 1 meeting-house, 2
1
saw-mills,
grain-mills, 4
carding-machine, and 1 distillery.
H.
Hall's Stream
rises in the
highlands which separate Vermont from Lower Canada, and
falls into Connecticut rivcj at
the N. W. extremity of Stew-
Hale's Location is situatin
Coos county, and is
bounded N. and W. by ungranted lands, E. by Conway,
and S. by Burton. It is 800
ed
rods in length and 173 in width
at
its
north,
and 320
at
northerly part
is
watered
by
of the
several
branches of Baker's river, and
a number of streams which
its
south extremity.
Hampstead,
a township
Rockingham county, was
acres.
The
The
arlstown.
shops.
lege,
falling of
a box, &c.
m
in-
corporated in 1749, and contained in 1810, a population
It is bounded. N. by
of 75^'
Hawke and Sandown,
S.
E; by
New Found pond have
Plaistowy-S. by Atkinson, and
their sources here.
There is in Groton an iron
by Londonderry, and con400 of which
are water. There is here Washpond^ containing about 200
acres, and a part^yf Islandpond
Thi^
about the same size.
fall into
furnace for casting hollow ware.
This furnace is heated bywood,
and the fire is kept alive by
the action of air put in motion
W.
tains 10,623 acres,
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GAZETTEER OF NfiW-HAMPSSIRB.
which latter 897 were male^
and 828 females. The largest
number of deaths in any one
There is a year was 69, and the smallest
present minister.
number was 7.
In the year
pleasant village in this town
comprising 10 or 12 dwelling- 1737, 69 persons died here, 55
houses, a meeting-house, and of them by the throat distemOn the same year there
per.
several trading shops.
died of that disease, 99 in
Hampton, a township in Portsmouth, 88 in Dover, 210
Rockingham county, lying on in Hampton-falls, 127 in Exein Newcastle, 37 in
ter, 11
It was incorpothe sea-coast.
Gosport, 44 in Rye, 18 in
rated in 1638, and contains a
Greenland, 21 in Newington,
population ot 990. It is bounded N. E. by Northampton, S. 22 in Newmarket, 18 in StratE. by the sea, S. W. by South ham, 115 in Kingston, 100 in
Hanipton, and N. W. by a part Durham, and 22 in Chester, in
of Exeter, and contains 18, 129 all about one thousand deaths
from July, 1736 to September
acres.
Hampton was called by the 1737.
In the year 1754, the same
Its first
Indians Winicowett.
disease again visited Hampton
minister was Stephen Bacheland carried off 55 persons.
der, who was settled in 1638,
In the year 1638, the generand dismissed in 1641. His
Mr.
al assembly authorized
successors have been Timothy
Dalton, John Wheelwright, (a Dummer of Newbury ,together
brother of the celebrated Mrs. with John Spencer to erect a
Hutchinson,) Seaborn Cotton, house in Hampton, which was
John Cotton, Nathaniel Gook- afterward called the bound
house, although it was intendjn. Ward Cotton, Ebenezer
Thayer, William Pidgeon, Jes- ed .as a mark of possession
se Appleton, (now president of rather than of limit.
This step having been taken
Bowdoin college,) and J. Webtoward population, a petition
ster, the present pastor.
Hampton is a valuable and praying leave to settle here,
was presented to the assembly
flourishing township, containby a number of persons chiefing two meeting-houses, and
ly from Norfolk in England,
in its compact part, many handsome buildings and several and the prayer was granted.
An academy has re- They commenced operations
shops.
by laying out the township incently been opened here, which
has much promise of useful- to 147shares,and having formed a church,they chose Stephen
ness.
Between the years 1731 and Bacheld&r for their minister,
1791, there were in this town with whom Timothy Dalton
associated.
afterwards
884 deaths and 1725 births, of was
Rev. Henry True was settled
here in 1/52, and died in 1782.
The Rev. John Kelly is the
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number of inhabwas 56, among whom
were John Moulton, Christopher Hussey, William Sur-
The
original
141
N.E. by Hampton, S.E. by the
marsh, S. by Seabrook, W.
by Kensington, and N. W. by
Exeter, and contains 7,400 a-
itants
salt
geant, &c.
cres.
In July, 1617, the Indians
having commenced their work
of depredation and death, the
government ordered 200,friendly Indians and 40 English soldiers under the command of
Benjamin Swett of
Capt.
Hampton and Lieut. Richardmarch to the falls of
soii to
Taconee on Kennebeck river
in the course of the march,
Swett discovered in the place
now called Scarborough, three
parties of Indians stationed on
a plain.
He separated his men
in the sa.me manner and prepared to attack them. The enemy continued to retreat, till
they had drawn ©ur men about
Theophilus Cotton, the first
minister settled here, was ordained in 1712, and died 1726.
His successors have been Rev.
Joseph Whipple, Jonah Bailey,
;
two miles from the
fort,
and
then turning suddenly upon our
youthful and unexperienced
soldiers, they threw them into
confusion.
Swett, with a few
of his most resolute companions
fought bravely on his retreat,
till he came near the fort where
he was killed and 60 more
left dead or wounded.
On the
17th of August, 1703, a party
of 30 Indians under Capt.
Tour, killed 53 persons in
Hampton, among whom was a
widow Mussey, celebrated as a
preacher
among the quakers,by
whom she was much
lamented.
Hampton Falls,
a part of
570 inhabitants
incor-
now
porated in 1712, and
tains
formerly
Hampton, was
;
con-
bounded
Paine Wingate, Samuel Langthe
presdon, D. D., and
ent minister. Rev. J. Abbot.
There are here 2 meetinghouses, 1 for congregationalists and another for baptists, S
grist-mills, 2 saw-mills, 1 cloth-
and
1 carding-maJuly 26, 1730
to September 26, 1736, there
were 210 persons destroyed
here by the throat distemper,
160 of whom were under the
age of 10, 40 between the ages
of 10 and 20, 9 above 20, and
several more than 30 years old.
ing-mill,
chine.
From
Hancock, a township In
Hillsborough county, incorporated in 1779, and now containing 1184 inhabitants; bounded
N. by Antrim, E. by Greenby Peterborough, and
the line of Cheshire
county, which divides it from
Nelson, comprising within the
field, S.
W.
by
limits 19,372 acres.
The south
of Contoocook river
separates
this
town from
There is here a
Greenfield.
pleasant village, containing about 15 dwelling houses,stores,
&c. a meeting-house, a cotton and woollen factory, S
grist-mills, 5 saw-mills,2 cloth-
branch
ing-mills,
and
t
carding-ma-
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142
Rev. Reid Page was
chine.
ordained here in 1791, and is
the pi-esent minister.
granted and suitable provision
for the education of
Indian youth, in such a manner
as should appear most expedi-
was made
Hanover, a township in
Grafton county ,incorporated in
1761, and now containing 21 35
ent for civilizing and christianizing them, also for the instruc-
N. by
the liberal arts and sciences.
The institution, thus established, gradually grew into an use-
inhabitants
;
bounded
Lyme, E. by Canaan,
S. by
by ConnectiIt is about 6 miles
cut river.
square and contains 27,745 a-
Lebanon, and
W.
In the
cres of land and water.
river in front of the town there
are three small islands, the
largest of which is 75 rods
long and 20 wide. Moose mountain extends across the town
from N. to S. at a distance of
5 miles from the river. Grafton turnpike passes through the
N.E. part of the town to Or-
At
a short distance
from the colleges there is a
handsome bridge, which con^
ford.
nects this town with Norwich.
There are in Hanover 2 meeting houses, centrally situated
near the colleges, and 4 religious societies, 3 of which are
of the congregational, and 1
of the baptist denomination.
Th^ edifices of Dartmouth
college are situated on a handsome plain in this town, about
half a mile from the river in
This institulatitude 43° 33'.
tion derived its name from the
right Hon. William, Eari of
Dartmouth, who was one of its
first and most generous benefactors.
It was founded by
the pio4is and benevolent Dr.
Eleazer Wheelock, who in
1769, obtained a royal charter,
wherein ample privileges were
tion
of English youth in
all
and flourishing seminary.
In 1754, Dr. Wheelock, having collected large donations
from different parts of England,
Scotland, and America, and esful
pecially
from Mr. Joshua
Moor
of Mansfield, established a
school for the instruction of Indian youth in
Stockbridge,
Massachusetts, to which he
gave the name, of Moor's
school.
As
the
number of candidates
for this school increased, itJae-
came necessary
to erect suita-
That part of
the country, where it was first
established,
having become
populous, a removal was determined on. When this intention became publicly known,
proposals were made by many
private and public characters in
several of the neighbouring colonies. The prudent foresight of
the founder, sanctioned by the
adviceofthe trustees inEngland
in whose harrds the donations
were lodged, and at the head of
ble
buildings.
whom
was the Earl of Dartmouth, induced him to accept
proposals, which wer« made by
the governor of New-Hampshire and other gentlemen in
this state.
The town of Hanover was accordingly fixed up-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
on as the most convenient situation for the school.
His excellency governor Wentworth
soon annexed a charter for an
university, December 13,1769,
which received the name of
Dartmouth college from its
principal benefactor.
The college received large
donations of land including the
whole township of LandafF, besides manv other wild tracts in
different situations, amounting
in the
whole to 44,000
acres.
A
valuable lot of 500 acres in
Hanover was selected as the
site of the school and college.
Besides these donations ofland,
the sum of 340 pounds sterling
was subscribed to be paid in
labour, provisions, and matenals for building.
September,
1770, Dr.
Wheelock removed his family
and school into the wilderness.
In
At first their accommodations
were similar to those of other
settlers.
They erected
log-houses, which they occupied till better edifices qould be
The number of
prepared.
scholars at that time was 24,
6 of whom were Indians.
In 1771, the first commencement was held, and degrees
were conferred on four students, one of whom was John
Wheelock, the son and successor of the founder.
new
The funds of this institution
consist chiefly of lands, which
are increasing in value with
the growth of the country. The
annual revenue from these
lands is not far from §2000
and that arising from tuition
143
has beenS2i00.The number of
students has generally averag-
edlOO.
A grammar school
sisting of about
ars is
con-
50 or 60 schol-
annexed to the college.
The immediate
instruction
and government of the college
entrusted to the president,
is also professor of history,) a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, a
professor
of languages,
a
professor of divinity, and two
is
(who
During the forty-three
the college was
tutors.
years
since
founded,
grees
whom
men.
it
has conferred de*
upon 1163 students, of
330 have been clergyThe whole rtumber of
students during that period has
been 1387, of whom 225 have
died.
There is attached to this seminary a handsome library and a
complete philosophical apparatus.
In 1786, a new college
was erected three stories high,
and 150 by 50 feet, containing
36 rooms for students. There
are several other buildings belonging to the institution.*
* III
consideration of the present conis now pending' on the concerns of this institution,a particular ac-;
count of its present government is
omitted. In 1815, the trustees removed from office the president (Hon. John
test,
which
Wheelock) and appointed Rev. Fran-
Brown as his successor. In the
course of the same year the legislative
and executive government of NewHampshire erected a new board of
trustees and appointed a new set of
executive officers, to whom the old
trustees and the old officers refuse to
surrender the property or the instruction of the college, until It shall be judicially decidetl, whether the legislature have any power to make the above
cis
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144
Commencement is holden on
first Wednesday of Au-
the
There are three vacafrom commencement three and a half weeks,
another from the first Monday
of January, eight and a half
gustt
tions, the first
weeks.
The medical
ment here
is
departrespectable and
It was esextremely useful.
For the
tablished in 1798.
lectures on anatomy the professor is furnished with valuable preparations, and in the
chemical department there is a
well furnished laboratory. The
lectures on anatomy, surgery,
chymistry,materia medica, and
the theory and practice of
physic commence on the first
Wednesday of October and
There
continue eight weeks.
are about 4000 volumes in the
college library, and about 2000
in the libraries
formed by the
students.
Moor's Indian school is connected with the college, having
the same trustees and presiIts annual revenue is
dent.
from S400 to S600.
interference.
The
students generally
have followed the old government although the new-officers have taken
possession of the public rooms, the library,
apparatus.
Sic.
The
old gov-
ernment consist of president Brown,
and professors Adams and Shurtleff.
The new officers are the Rev. William
Allen (acting President,) and professors Dean and Carter. We express no
opinion on the merits of the unhappy
controversy which has produced this
singular situation of the college. It is
ardently hoped, that the questions
pending will soon be decided and the
irfstitution resume its former usefulness and prosperity. Hon. John Wheelock died in April, 1817.
Haveehill, a township on
Connecticut river in Grafton
county, incorporated in 1713,
and containing in 1810 a population of 1 105 ; bounded N.
E. b}' Bath, E. by Coventry,
S.W. by Picrmont, and W. by
Connecticut river, containing
o4,340 acres. Sugar loaf mountain lies on the eastern side of
the town bordering on Coventry.
Oliverian river passes
through the southerly extremity of Haverhill and falls into
Connecticut river at the compact village.
Fisher's brook
passes above the centre of the
town and falls into the river at
the GreatOx-bow or litde bend.
There have been three bridges
thrown from
bury, (Vt.)
this town to
There
is
New-
a hand-
some
village in the southwest
part of the town, containing
50 or 60 dwelling-houses, an
elegant meeting-house, a courthouse,
a county-prison, an
academy, 2 smaller meetinghouses, 3 grain-mills, 5 sawmills, 1 clothing mill, a carding-
machine, and an oil-mill. Irop
ore is found in this town and
also
a quarry of free-stone
suitable for hearths and chimney pieces. The superior court
hold its sessions here for the
county of Grafton.
HAWKE,a township in Rock"
ingham
in 1769,
county, incorporated
and now containing
412 inhabitants bounded N.
by Poplin, E. by Kingston, S.
by Hampstead, and W. by
Sandown, extending over 7000
:
acres.
Exeter
river
passes
�GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
over the N. W. extremity of
the town, and a part of Chub
pond lies in that part of the
town which borders on Sandown. Hatvke was formerly
a part of Kingston.
The Rev-
John Page was settled here in
1763, and died in 1783, at the
age of 43. There is here an
ancient meeting-house and several mills.
Hebron, a township in Grafton county, containing a population of 563.
Its shape is irregular and is bounded N. by
a part of Rumney, E. and N.
E. by Plymouth, S. E. by
Bridgewater and a part of Alexandria, S. W. by Orange, and
N. W. by Groton. It contains
13,350 acres, 1500 of which
are water. Hebron has 1 meeting-house, several school-houses, mills, and a distillery.
145
the town
is a pleasant village,
containing about 25 dwellinghouses, 2 meeting-houses for
congregationalists,
and
1
for
1
dis-
quakers,
1
tillery,
la another part of the
oil-mill,
and
town there is 1 meeting-house,
4 grist-mills, 6 saw-mills, 1
clothing-mill, and 1 cardingmachine. Rev. Jacob Rice was
ordained here in 1769, and his
successor Rev. Moses Sawyer
is still in office.
Hillsborough, a township
county of that name, incorporated in 1772, and now
containing 1592 inhabitants;
bounded N. by Bradford, E.
by Henniker, S. by Deering
and Antrim, and W. by Windsor and a part of Washington,
comprising an area of 27,320
acres, 500 of which are water.
in the
There
are several ponds in
town, the largest of which,
Lion pond is about 300 rods
long and 200 wide.
Contoocook river waters this town,
and the 4th N. H. turnpike
passes through it.
There is
here a small village, containing
lOor 12 dwelling-houses,4gristmills, 6 saw-mills, 1
factory, 1 carding-machine, and 1
distillery. The Rev. J. Barnes
was ordained here in 1773,
Rev. Stephen Chapin and Seth
this
Henniker, a township in
Hillsborough county, situated
on the banks of Contoocook
river, containing in 1810, a
population of 1608, and bounded N.W. by Warner and the
S. E. extremity of Bradford,
N. E. by Hopkinton, S, E. by
Weare and the N. part of
Deering, and S.W.by Hillsborough, comprising an area of
26,500 acres, 135 of which are
water.
There are only two consid
erable ponds in this town,
Long pohd^ 270 rods long and
80 wide, and Round pond. Contoocook river passes through
the town from W. to E.
On
the banks near the centre of
19
^
Chapin the present minister
have been his successors.
Hilton's Point on Piscataqua river forms the S. E. extremity of the town of Dover wher'*, the main river is
formed by the junction Ne-
�M6
GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
wichawannock and Cochecho
southern and
rivers with the
western branches. From this
point to the sea the distance is
7 miles, and the course S.to S.
The current is here so
E.
rapid that it never freezes.
Hinsdale
lies in the S.
W.
extremity of Cheshire county,
and is bounded S. by Connecticut river
which separates
(Vt.,) N.
Chesterfield.
from Vernon
it
and
Its
by
E.
southern line extends to Mas-
sachusetts and adjoins Northfield.
Its area is 14,000 acres.
Hinsdale was incorporated
in 1753, and in 1810, it con-
tained 740 inhabitants.
Ashu-
junction
here with the Connecticut. The
6th N. H. turnpike passes
through this plar.e to BrattleboroMgh (Vt.) West river mountain rises from the bank of the
river,neai* the borders of Cheselot
river
forms
its
This town was formerly called Fort Dummer,
and its situation is pleasant.
There is here a baptist and a
terfield.-
congregational meeting-house,
and a few
mills,
several
stores.
prisoners.
How and
town were
attacked from an ambush, and
How was killed. The Indians
proceeded to the fort, where
In July,
1
775^
Mr. Grout of
Mr.
this
the families of these men residThe people within, heared.
ing their approach and being
anxious to learn the cause of
the fi.ring they had just heard,
impatiently
opened
their
doors upon the savages, whom
in the dusk of the evening they
mistook for their friends. The
families consisting of 14 persons were made prisoners, among whom was the wife of
How. (See Belknap, Vol.
III.)
HoLLis, a townshipin Hillsborough county, incorporated
in 1746, and containing in 1810,
a population of 1529 bounded
N. by Amherst and Millford,
E. by Dunstable, S. by the line
of the state, W. by Brookline,
;
Fort Dummer was built in
1740, at the expense of Massachusetts, and there was also another fort here, called Hinsdale
and Bridgeman
der the command of captain
Willard discovered a party of
the enemy in ambush near the
mill, whom they put to flight
with the loss of their packs.
On the 8th of December,1747,
Hinsdale fort was bravely defended by four families, a fort
was burnt and several persons
were killed and others taken
fort.
On
comprising
19,620
There are here
sevei-al
acres.
ponds,
the 26th of June, 1746, a
attacked
of Indian's
Bridgeman fort,killed one per-
Long^
and Rocky pondsy averaging
from 3 to 600 acres each. Nis-
son and captured several othThe inhabitants dared
ers.
go to mill without a
not
guard, and several of thera un-
sitisset river
party
\\x. Flint's^ Penechuncky
crosses its S. W»
extremity, and Nashua river
its S. E. on which are two falls
of eleven feet each. There is
�gazetteer; of new-hampshire.
here a small village containing a congregational meetingRev. Daniel Emerhouse.
son was settled here in lf43,
and died in 1810, aged 86.
Rev. Eli Smith, his successor,
is the present pastor.
There
are in this town many valuable
mill seats
and several
in
Hillsborough county, incorporated in 1765, and now containing 2216 inhabitants ; bounded
N. by Bossawen and Warner,
E. by Concord, S. by Bow,
Dunbarton,andWeare, and W.
by Henniker, comprising 26,
acres.
Contoocook river
has a serpentine course through
town
and
receives
Black water and Warner riv-
this
There is in this town a
handsome village containing about 50 dwelling-houses, a coners.
gregational meeting-house,several stores, mechanic shops, &c.
There is also in other parts
of the town a baptist and several other meeting-houses. The
soil in Hopkinton is generally
of an excellent quality. Rev.
Stephen Scales was ordained
here in 1757, and removed in
1770, his successors have been
Rev. Elijah Fletcher, Jacob
Cram, and Ethan Smith the
present paster.
Elder Abner
Jones was ordained over the
baptist church in 1814.
Hopkinton is upon the whole a
handsome
flourishing
and
town.
One term of the superior court and one of the common pleas is held here annually.
On the 27th of April, 1746,
a party of Indians entered one
of the garrisoned houses in this
town, the door having been accidentally left open.
Eight of
the people were carried off,
and several of them died in
captivity.
mills.
HoPKiNTON, a township
967
14f
Indian Stream rises in the
lands which divide this
state from Lower Canada, and
is UHdoubtedly the most northhigh
ern branch of Connecticut rivFrom its source to Stewartstown, a distance
of 30
miles, its course is direct.
er.
IflNGLAss River has its
source in Bow pond on the
county line between Northv/ood and Harrington, receives
the waters of several ponds in
Barrington and falls into Cochecho river at the south part
of Rochester.
Israel's River receives a
southerly branch which flows
from the northern side of the
White hills and the township
of Durand, and a northerly
branch from Kilkenny and
Northumberland. These bran*
ches unite at Lancaster in a
main stream which falls into
Connecticut river, on the westerly side of Lancaster village.
This is a beautiful stream, and
bordered with highly cultivated lands.
J.
jAFFREY,a township
hire
in
Ches-
county, incorporated
in
�MS
CA^ETTfiER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
1773, and containing in 1810,
1336 bounded
N. by Dublin, E. by Cheshire
county line, which separates it
from Sharon and Peterborough, S. by Rindge and Fitzwilliam, and W. by a part of
Fitzwilliam and Marlborough,
comprizing an area of 25,600
acres, of which 987 are water.
The north boundary of the
a population of
;
town crosses the Grand Monadnock mountain, which is
more than 2000 feet in height.
Long pond m. the north part of
the town is 400 rods long and
140 wide. Gilmore pond is 300
long and 180 wide. The 3d
N. H. turnpike passes thrifUgh
this
eral
town, and near it is a minspring about one mile
S.E. of the Grand Monadnock.
company has been incorporated for the management of its
waters.
Red ochre has been
found near the spring;, and in
its vicinity have been discovered black lead, copperas^ alum,
sulphur, and an ore yielding
from the action of a common
forge, a copper coloured metal.
On the N.W.side of the mountain a cave has been discovered, difficult of access, although
it has an area 80 feet square.
Here is found also that rare
A
and valuable
tain ash.
A
tree, the mouncompany was in-
corporated in this town in 1813,
for the manufactory of cotton
and woollen goods, their fac-
on t>he turnuppermost factory on Contoocook river,and is
intended to employ 1000 cot-
tory
pike.
is
situated
It is the
ton spindles. There are several
mills in its vicinity.
Another company has been
incorporated in this town for
manufacturing
the
various
kinds of crockery and earthen
Belonging to this comware.
pany is an extensive mine of
white clay in the town of Monkton (Vt.) whence it is transported to Jaffrey. This clay
has been analyzed and compared by skilful chemists with
that from which the
white ware
is
European
made and no
has been
discovered.
The practicability of the above plan has been
fully ascertained by the progress already made in the mandifference in quality
Rev. Laban Ainsworth was ordained here in
1782, and is still in office.
There are here a baptist and a
congregational society, for each
of which there is a meetingufacture.
house.
Jefferson, a township ia
Coos county formerly called
Dartmouth, lying on the banks
of Israel's river, which passes
from its southern to its western extremity.
It was incorporated in 1765, and now contains about 200 inhabitants.
It is bounded N. by Barker's
location and a part of LanE. by Kilkenny, S.
caster,
ungranted
by
lands
and
Bretton Woods, and W^ by
Bretton Woods and Whitefield,
cres,
ter.
comprising
26,076
300 of which are
a-
wa-
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GAZEXrEER OF N^EW-HAMPSHIRE.
Pondcherry pond in this town
200 rods in diameter,
and forms the source of one
of the branches of John's river.
Pondcherry bay is about 200
rods long and 100 wide. In
the N. E. part of the town lies
Plinny mountain and in the S.
W. part is Pondcherry moimis
'
The Jefftrson turnpike
tain.
passes through this place to
Lancaster. There are here 2
grain-mills and 1 saw-mill.
John's
River
has
the
source of its most southerly
branches in Bretton Woods,
Whitefield, and Dalton, of its
middle branch in Pondcherry
pond^ and of its northern, in
Martin's meadow in LancusThese branches unite in
tcr.
the upper part of Daltan in a
main stream, which falls into
the Connecticut river at the
upper bar of the 15 miles falls.
The mouth is here 30 yards
wide.
while ascending was astonished at the singular appearance of the stones, which form
the body of the mountain as
well as of those which lie on its
They all appear to
surface.
have been once in a fluid state,
or to have composed the bottom of some sea. The large
masses, as well as the detached pieces, were full of
small pebbles of all sizes,forms,
and colours, confusedly thrown
The
together and cemented.
small stones retain their perfect shape in the solid mass of
which they form a part. The
whole appearance in short, inthese pebbles
dicated, that
were once in a separate state
and were consolidated by some
unknown
'
cause.
Kearsarge Mountain,
in
Hillsborough county, lies partly in Kearsarge Gore and partly in Sutton.
Its easterly
ex-
tremity extends to New-Salis-
This is
bury and Andover.
one of the second vange in the
K.
state.
Kearsarge Mountain,
in
Kearsarge Gore,
Coos county, lies on the dividing line between Bartlett and
This is the third
Chatham.
borough county,
range of mountains in the state.
Its height has not been ascer-
in Hills-
on the
habitants,
tained.
A
gentleman,
who
resides
neighbourhood of this
range observes, that in October, 1812, he went in company
with two of his neighbours to
view the mountain, which lies
on the north of Conway, and
in the
southerly
mountain.
lies
side of Kearsarge
It contains 152 in-
and is bounded N.,
by Wilmot, E. by Salisbury, S.
by Warner, and W. by Sutton,
comprizing an area of 428
acres.
In the year 1807, that part
of Kearsarge Gore together
with a part of New-London
was incorporated into a town
by the name of Wilmot.
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GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
Keene, one of the
pal townships
in
princi-
the county
incorporat-
of Cheshire, was
ed in 1752, and in 1810, <;on-
tained 1646 inhabitants; bounded N. by Gilsum, Surry, and
Westmoreland, E. by Surry
and Roxbury, S. by Swansey,
and W. by Chesterfield and
Westmoreland, and contains
23,843 acres.
Ashuelot river passes thro'
this town and receives here
the eastern branch of Beaver
brook. The 3d N. H. turnpike has its course through
here, and meets the branch and
Chester turnpikes and several
other principal roads.
Keene
contains a very handsome village of about 60 dwelling housbank,
es,
a meeting-house,
court-house, gaol, and several
stoies, &c. About a mile from
the village, a canal is cut from
Ashuelot river, on which is a
woollen factory,an oil-mill, and
several other mills.
were to rush
the
fort.
in
and surprize
Ephraim
who happened
to
Dounan
go out very
early discovered the ambush
and gave the alarm. He brave-
defended himself against 2
Indians, from one of whom
he took a gun and a blanket,
which he carried to the fort.
The Indians succeeded in burning several houses and barns,
and from the bones found among the ashes, it was ascertained that several of the enemy were destroyed in the
flames. John Bullard and Nathan Blake were taken captive
and carried to Canada where
Blake remained 2 years. He
died in Keene 181 1, at the age
of 99. He was one of the
of this place, to
first settlers
ly
which he removed in 1736,
from Wrentham, (Mass.) He
married a second wife at the
age of 94. Two of his brothers lived to the age of 90, and
a sister to 100.
The Rev. Jacob Bacon was
in 1738, and has
been succeeded by the Rev.
Messrs. Carpenter, Sumner,
and Hall, the latter of whom
died in 1814.
This town was formerly
settled here
Upper Ashuelot.
In
1746, the Indians commenced
their depredations here, and in
the course of the next year
they formed a plan to surprize
the fort in this place.
In the
evening they concealed themselves in a swamp, where they
intended to lie till the people
should go out to their work
the next morning, when they
called
Kensington, a townehip in
Rockingham county, incorporated in 1737, and now containing 781 inhabitants; bounded N. by Exeter, E. by Hampton Falls, S. by Soutlxampton,
and W. by East-Kingston.
Kensington was formerly a
part of Hampton. Rev. Joseph
Fogg was settled in this town
time of its incorporation
There are
and died in 1 800.
here two religious societies
and two meeting-houses.
at the
Kilkenny, a township in
Coos county, of an irregular
�GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
I'orm
and mountainous surface,
incorporated in 1774, and now
containing only 28 inhabitants ;
bounded N. E. by Durand,
Mainsborough, Paulsburg,and
Dummer, N. and S. by ungranted lands, and W. by Barker's location, Jefferson, Lancaster, and Piercy, and con-
A
branch
of Nashes stream crosses the
northerly extremity of this
tains 15,906 acres,
town and
Israel's river
its
southern.
Kingston, a township in
Rockingham county, incorporated 1694, and now containing a population of 746 ; bounded N. by Brentwood, E. by
East-Kingston, S. by Newton
and Plaistow, and W. by
Hampstead and Hawke, containing 12,188 acres, of which
Great pond^
800 are water.
containing about 500 acres, and
about 300 acres of County
pond are in this town. In these
ponds Powow river has its
source.
Ward
Clark was setand died in
Rev. Messrs. Secomb,
1737.
Tappan,and Thayer have been
post road
his successors.
leading from Boston to Portsmouth passes through this
town. There is here an ex-
Rev.
151
back mountain. Taking a southerly course,it passes into Deerfield and receives the waters
of Martin's pond, and in Candia a stream called Second river falls into
es into
it.
Thence
it
Raymond, where
passit
re-
western
a
branch.
I'hence taking a southerly direction, it unites with the waters of Jones' pond in Deerfield, and thence as it flows on
through Epping, it receives
Petuckaway river, and after a
bend to the N. E. it receives
North river. After a course
thence through Lee to Durham, it unites with Piscasick
river from Newmarket.
It
meets the tide water about two
miles above the Great bay.
ceives
Lancaster, a township
m
Coos couHty, on the eastern
bank of Connecticut river, incorporated in 1763, and containing in 1810, a population of
717 inhabitants. It is bound-
ed N. E. by Northumberland
and Kilkenny, S. E. by Barker's location and a part of
tensive
W. by Dalton,
by Connecticut river,
containing 23,480 acres.
It
lies about 50 miles above Hanover.
In this town is Martin^&
meadow pondy about 260 rods
long and 150 wide, and also
Martinis meadow hill on the
Lamprey River has its
source in the town of Northwood, on the W.sidc of Saddle
The
north side of the pond.
village is about one mile distant from the river, and contains a meeting-house, courthouse, gaol, &c. Through this
village passes Israel's river
which falls into the Connecti-
tled here in 1725,
A
plain on which stands
a commodious meeting-house.
L.
Whitefield, S.
and
W.
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152
Incut at the Great Ox-bow.
dian brook waters the other
extremity of the town. Lancaster is united by a bridge
There
with Guildhall (Vt.)
are here several grain-mills
and saw-mills, an oil-mill, a
qlothing-mill, and a cardingmachine, a nail-factory, and 2
distilleries.
The Rev. J.Wil-
lard is the minister here.
Landaff,
in
Grafton coun-
was incorporated in 1794,
and now contains 650 inhabitants.
It is bounded N. E. by
Concord (Vt.) and a part of
Franconia, E. by Lincoln and
taining 632 inhabitants.
It is
bounded N. by Charleston,
Ac worth and Alstead,
by Acworth and Walpole,
and W. by Charleston, comprising 9,891 acres. The Cheshire turnpike leading \ from
Walpole to Charleston passes
through this town. Cold river
flows through Langdon and
E. by
S.
receives
here
its
northern
branch, which passes thro' Unity, Acworth, and Charleston.
ty
part of Peeling, S. W. by
Coventry, and W. by Bath,
comprising 29,200 acres.
a
Through this town passes
Wild Amonoosuck river,
the
on the north bank of which
is
it
contemplated to extend the
Bath
Over
turnpike.
the
west extremity of Landaff^ the
Great Amonoosuck
passes.
Landa^ mountain J Cobble mountain^ and Bald head mountain
are in this town.
Landa^was
granted to Dartmouth college
in 1769. There is here a methodist meeting-house, 2 cornmills, and 2 saw-mills, 2 distilleries,
and 4 shops.
The
first
ordained minister of the town
was Elder Royse. The centre
of Landaff is about 9 miles
5^. from Connecticut river.
-
Langdon, a township in
Cheshire county, 5 miles east
from Connecticut river, incorporated in 1787, and now con-
Lebanon,
W.
in the S.
a township lying
part of Cheshire
county, incorporated in 1761,
and now containing 1808 inhabitants bounded N.by Hanover, S. E. by Enfield, S. by
the line of Cheshire county,
which separates it from Plainfield, and W. by Connecticut
river which separates it from
Hartford (Vt.) its area is
;
22,998 acres. The Croydon
turnpike and the 4th N. H.
turnpike pass through
this
town
to
Lyman's bridge. At
White river empties
this place
itself
into
the
the
Connecticut.
White river
turnpike meets the two roads
Here
also
above mentioned.
Mascomy
river flows through
Lebanon from a pond of the
same name, on the borders of
There are here 2 reEnfield.
and 1 meetinghouse for the cqngregationalists, over whom Rev. J.Porter
was ordained in 1772. Lebanon contains 8 grist-mills, 9
ligious societies
saw-mills, 3 clothing-mills,
distillery, and 4 shops.
1
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMP^SHIRE.
Lee, a township in the south
part of the county ot Strafford,
incorporated in 1 766, and now
containing a population of 1329
bounded N. by
Madbury, E. by Durham, S.
inhabitants
;
by Newmarket and Epping,
and W. by Nottingham and
Barrington, comprising an area of 11,467 acres, 165 of
which are water.
In the north part of the
lies Wheelxiiright pond,
165 acres,
containing about
and forming the principal
source of Oyster river. From
the N. W. extremity of Newmarket, Lamprey river enters
Lee, and after a serpentine
course of about seven miles it
town
Anothpasses into Durham.
er part of the town is watered
and North rivThrough the north part
of Lee the N. H. turnpike
by
Little river
er.
153
Washington, S. by Marlow,
and W. by Acworth, comprising an area of 21,410 acres.
Near the border of Washington is a pond about 320 rods
long and 80 wide, and another
lying partly in Marlow 420
long and 70 wide, besides several others of a
smaller size.
Lempster is also watered by
Sugar river and two branches
of Cold river. The easterly
pait of the town is mauntainonis, over which part passes
2d N. H. turnpike from
Amherst to Claremont.
In
the
town also the Charleston
turnpike branches off.
There
are here 7 school-houses, and
congregational
1
meetinghouse.
Rev. E. Fisher was
the first and only minister ever settled in this town.
He
was ordained in 1787, and is
this
still in office.
from Portsmouth to
Concord.
There is here a Friend's
meeting-house and another for
several grist and
the baptists
In 1812, eighteen persons
died in this town, and twelve
of them of the spotted fever.
In 1813, five others died of
that disease.
This fever first
a
appeared in Lempster on the
20th of March, 1812, and continued spreading its malignant
contagion till the 3d of April.
In 1813, it again appeared about the middle of April, and
passes
;
saw-mills,
1
clothing-mill,
carding-machine, and several
Lee was formerly a
shops.
part of Durham and Dover.
The first settled minister here
was Elder S. Hutchins, who
has been succeeded by Elder
Elias Smith, and the present
pastor Elder J.-Osborn.
Lempster, a township in
Cheshire county, incorporated
in 1761, and containing inlSlO,
a population of 845 inhabitants.
Unity,
It is
E.
bounded N. by
by Goshen and
20
in
June
it
assumed the form
of the mild typhus. In 1803,
twenty-four children died here
in two months of the scarlati-
na an^inosa.
j.s.
T.A.
Lincoln,
a mountainous
Grafton county,
incorporated in 1 764, and now
township
in
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
154
100 inhabitants
containittg
bounded N. by Franconia, E.
by ungranted lands, S. by
Peeling, and W. by Landaff,
;
comprising an area of 32,456
here in 1765, and removed ia
1781.
His successors have
been Rev. Messrs. Rand and
Kennedy, and another gentleman lately ordained.
acres.
In this trown
is
situated the
Hay-Stack ?nountainy which
is
said to be the highest land in
the state excepting the White
There are also
mountains.
several other lofty eminences
in this town.
Through the centre of Lincoln passes
er
in
a
Pemigewasset
northerly
riv-
direction.
The waters descending from
the mountains here flow partly
into the Merrimack and partly
In the
into the Connecticut.
north part of this town there
are two large gulfs,
made by
an extraordinary discharge of
water from the clouds in
1774.
Litchfield, a small township in Hillsborough county,
lying on the east side of Merrimack river opposite to the
town of Merrimack.
It
was
incorporated in 1 749, and contained in 1810,382 inhabitants.
It is bounded E. by Londonderry and Nottingham West,
by Nottingham West, and
by the Merrimack. In
this town are CromwelPs falls
ThorntorCs and
and Jerry,
ReeiTs ferries, zr\d Maoris falls.
At Thornton!s ferry the Merrimack is 50 rods wide, and in
There
other points about 28.
are in this town several mills
and one meeting-house. Rev.
Samuel Cotton was ordained
S.
W.
Littleton, a township in
the northern extremity of Grafton county, incorporated in
1784, and now containing 876
inhabitants.
It
Is
bounded
N. E. by Dalton, S. E.by Bethlehem, S. W. by Concord and
Lyman, and W. by Connectiwhich separates it
from Waterford and Concord
in Vermont.
Its area is 24,
217 acres.
Zz7?/d'^on extends on the banks
of the Connecticut about 14
cut river,
It is connected with
Concord, (Vt.) by a handsome
miles.
bridge.
The southern part of
the town is watered by the
Amonoosuck
river.
There are
here several mountains, viz.
Bluberry,Black,-And Iron mountains.
There are
sevt;ral mills, a
in this
town
meeting-house,
and about a dozen dwellinghouses.
Little Harbour.
(See
Newcastle.)
Londonderry, a large and
respectable town in Rockingham county, was incorporated
in
a
1722, and contained in 1810,
population of 2766 inhabi-
bounded N. by
and M^inchester, E.
by Hampstead, Sandown, and
Atkinson, S. by S.sh m, Windham, and Nottingham West,
and W. by Litchfield, comtants.
Chester
It is
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
prising an tirea of 44,100 acres.
Derry pond
town is
the principal source of Beaver
in
this
Several other small
ponds in the west part of the
town empty themselves into
this river.
turnpike passes
here leading to Chester. There
are in Londonderry 2 presl>yterian meeting-houses, an academy, 5 grist-mills, 5 saw-mills,
2 clothing-mills, 2 carding-machines, and 6 trading stores.
The first minister here was the
river.
A
Rev. James M'Gregore, who
was ordained
the town was
when
Nui field.
17"! 9,
in
called
He
Rev. M.
died in 1729.
Clark was his successor, who
died soon after his settlement.
Rev. Alexander Thompson
was ordained in 1734, and died
in 1791, at the age of 81. His
successors have been the Rev.
Messrs. Brown and Parker,
156
an ardent thirst for
civil
and
relV-rious liberty.
A
young mun of the name
of Holmes, son of a clergyman, had travelled to America, and earned home such a
favourable report of the country, as induced his father with
three other presbyterian ministers, viz. James M'Gregore,
William Cornwell, and William Boyd, and a large part of
their congregations to emigrate
Having converted their property into money, they embarked in five
ships on the 14th of October,
17l8,-of whom about one hundred families arrived in Boston.
Sixteen of these families
soon rletermined to settle on a
tract of land of which they
into this country.
heard good reports, which was
then called Nutfield, and
Londonderry.
Karly
now
the latter of whom is the preOver the second
sent pastor.
parish the Rev. D. M'Gregore
the
spring the men left their families in Haverhill, (Mass,) and
erected some huts near a brook,
was ordained
which
in 1777.
in
1737, and died
He was
succeeded
by Rev. William Morrison
1783,
who
still
continues
in
in
office.
Londonderry was
settled in
1718, by a company from Ireland, of whom the following
A
a brief history.
company of Scotch presbyterians had
been settled in the province of
Ulster, in the reign of James
They had borne a large
I.
part of the sufferings which
were the common lot of protestants at that unhappy period,
and were thereby inspired with
is
On
in
falls into Beaver river.
the evening after their ar-
nth, 1718,) at this
sermon was preached
by Mr. M'Gregore under a
large oak tree, which to this
day is regarded by the posterrival (April
spot, a
ity
the
with real veneration. On
first administration of the
sacrament here, there were two
ministers and sixty-five communicants.
The
majority of
these first settlers had resided
in or near Londonderry in Ireland, where they had endured
the sufferings of a memorable
siege.
John Barr, William
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHmE.
156
Caldwell, and Abraham Blair,
with several others, who had
suffered in that siege and
em-
barked for America, were, by
a special order of king William,
exempted from taxes in every
part of the British dominions.
The
first
town lived
80,
many
settlers
in
this
to the average df
to 90,
and others to
bove Haverhill, incorporated
in 1761, and containing 018
inhabitants bounded N. E. by
Littleton, S. E. by Concord,
S. W. by Bath, and N. W. by
Connecticut river, which divides it from JBarnet in Vermont.
The soil and productions of
;
Lyman
are similar to those of
in the northern
The pine
JDart of the state.
and hemlock indicate the most
valuable qualities in the soil.
other
100.
The spotted fever prevailed
here in 1814, and carried oif
52 persons.
towns
Over Lndoes
falls in
this
town
LouDON,a township in Rockingham county, incorporated
a bridge has been erected. Two
miles above this spot is Ste-
and now containing
a population of 148 inhabitants.
It is bounded N. E. by Gil-
pheri's ferry.
in 1673,
E. by Pittsfield and
Chichester, S. W. by Concord,
and N. W. by Canterbury,
comprising 28,25-7 acres.
Suncook river, flowing from
Gilmanton, passes through the
western part of this town.
Into this river are emptied the
waters of Crooked pond^ Rollins' pond^ and several others
which lie in this town.
In Loudon there are 2 meeting-housts, 5 grist-mills, 2
carding-machines,3 distilleries,
and 4 trading shops. Rev. J.
Tucker was ordained here in
This town was formerly
1 789.
a part of Canterbury.
manton,
S.
Lovewell's Pond
Is at
the
head of the westerly branch of
Salmon falls river, in the town
of Wakefield.
Lyman, a township in Grafton county, about 13 miles a-
er has
its
Burnhant's rivsource in this town,
and falls into the Amonoosuck
at Concord. Lyman mountain^
which is in fact a continuation
of Gardner's mountain, extends from LandaflF through
this town in a north and south
direction.
On its summit is a
pond 100 rods long and 80
wide, which forms the principal source of Burnhajn's river.
Copper and emery mixed with
been found in
iron ore have
this town.
In the year 1812,
the spotted fever prevailed in
Lyman : it attacked 70 persons,
of whom only one died.
It
is a remarkable fact, that of the
three first families who -settled
in this town there were twenty
sons, of whom seventeen are
now living here. One of the
twenty died by casualty and
the other two live elsewhere.
There are in Lyman 3 gristmills, 3 saw-mills, 2 clothing-
mills, 1
carding-machine,2 disand an oil-mill.
tilleries,
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Lyme, a township in Grafton county, incorporated in
1761, and now containing 1670
inhabitants ; bounded N. by
Orford, E. by Dorchester, S.
by Hanover, and W. by Connecticut river, comprizing an
area of 28,500 acres. There
are
several
which
ponds
form
2 saw-mi!ls, a clothing-mill,
and a nail factory. Rev. S.
Goodridge was ordained here
in 1768, died in
1809, and
was succeeded in 1810, by the
present pastor Rev. N. Merrill.
M.
Lynoe,
sources of
in
the
Grant's^ and Fairfield
brooks. Grafton turnpike pass-
Mad
Port's^
es through this
bridge.
There
town
is
to
Orford
here a small
village containing a presbyte-
rian meeting-'house, 10 dwelling-houses, 3 stores, &c. There
are also in other parts of the town
a baptist meeting-house, several grist and saw-mills, and a
carding-machine. Rev.W.Connant was settled here in 1773,
J5r
River
has
its
source,
pond on a mountain
a
in
'
in
ungranted part of Grafton county, about 10 miles
N. from Sandwich. Taking a
the
southerly course, it crosses the
S. E. extremity of Thornton
into Pemigewasset
Campton.
To this
junction from its source its
and
falls
river
at
course
is
southwest about 14
miles.
and was succeeded by the present minister, Rev. N.Lambert.
Madbury,
a
township in
Strafford county, incorporated
1755, and now containing
a population of 582 inhabitants;
bounded N. E. by Dover, S.
Lyndeborough, a township
of an irregular shape, in Hillsborough "county bounded N.
by Francestown, E. by New-
in
W.
by
Boston and Mount-Vernon, S.
by Milford and Wilton, and
W. by Greenfield and Temple.
It contains 20,767 acres, and
inhabitants,
was in1074
N.
W.
ity
and under excellent
;
corporated in 1764.
by Barrington, comprizing an area of 8,125 acres.
Bellamy bank river has its
source in Chelsey's pond in
passes
Barrington,
through
Madbury in a serpentine course
and is the only considerable
stream which waters the place.
The soil here is of a good qual-
Among
the mountains in the N. part
of the town Sowhegan river
has its source. Through other parts of the town flow Pis-
On
meeting-house, in which Elder W. Hooper officiates.
the S. side of this
mountain stands the meetinghouse of the town- There are
also in the town 2 grain-mills,
culti-
vation.
The inhabitants are
generally baptists and have a
cataquog and Rocky rivers.
Warner^s brook takes its rise
near a mountain 1450 feet in
heigh-t.
Durham and Lee, and
.
Manchester,
'
in
a township
Hillsborough county, situat-
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158
ed on the eastern bank of Merrimack river. It was incorporated in 1752, bv the name of
Derryfield, and in 1810, reIt is
ceived its present name.
bounded N. and E. by Chester,
S. by Londonderry, and W.
by Merrimack river, which
separates it from B<^dford and
Goffstown, comprizing an area
of 15,071 acres,550ol which are
Massabesick pond lies
Amuskeag
partly in this town.
falls and 3PGreg'ore^s bridge
are on the Merrimack between
Goffstown.
town and
this
Blodgct^s canal is cut round the
quarters near Memphremagog
They then adopted him as
a son and clothed him in fine
robes.
This early captivity,
from which he soon escaped,
qualified him for the duties of a
partisanofficerinthesucceeding
lake.
war, from which station he was
afterwards exalted to the rank
of major general of the continental army.
water.
on the Manchester side.
Througii the lower part of the
town Cohass brook flows from
Massabesick pond to Merrimack
river, and a canal is projected
for the purpose of making this
falls
canal navigable for boats, rafts,
Manchester has 1 meet&c.
ing-house, several mills, and
a coiton and woollen factory.
This town is the residence
of Maj. Gen. John Stark, the
hero of Bennington. There is
an anecdote related of this ven-erable man, which is not generally
known, and for that rea-
has
among
the high
lands, which separate Maine
from Lower Canada, in the N.
source
E. extremity of New-Hampshire, about 30 miles N. from
Errol. After a southerly course
of nearly 20 miles on the western border of Maine, it enters
New- Hampshire
at the S.
E. part of the 2d
grant
to
Dartmouth
where
it
college,
forms a junction with the united streams of Dead and Di-
mond
Thence after a
rivers.
southerly course of about 6
milts to Errol it receives the
waters of Umbagog lake. Afthe main
ter this junction
stream is the Ameriscoggin
river.
may
not be unacceptable
While hunting when a
here.
young man with three companions on the banks of Baker's river he was captured by
He immea party of Indians.
son
Margallaway River
its
gave the alarm to his
brother William, who was in a
canoe at some distance and
For
who thereby escaped.
giving this alarm the Indians
treated him with great cruelty
arid carried him to their head
diately
Marlborough, a township
Cheshire county, incorporated in 1776, and now containin
bounded
N. by Roxbury, E. by Dublin
ing 1142 inhabitants
;
and Jaffrey, S. by Fitzwilliam,
and W. by Swansey and a part
of Keene. Its area is 20,749 aThe 3d N. H. and the
cres.
pass
Fitzwilliam turnpikes
through this town. There are
ponds, which
here several
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form the source of some of the
of Ashuclot river.
brnnches
The soil is rocky, suitable for
grain and flax and particularly
Kev. Joseph Cumfor grass.
miugs, the fiist minister in this
town, was ordained in 1778,
and dismissed in 1780. His
successor, Rev. H. Fish, was
ordained
in
1793, and
is still
Marlborough concongregational meetinghouse, a manufactory of sithes
and hoes, and another of earthen ware, several mills, and 1
carding-machine. The annual
average number of deaths in
this town for 20 years past has
been about 1 3. Capt. Andrew
Calhoun, an officer killed in the
revolutionary war, was of this
town.
in
office.
tains
1
,
Marlow, a township situatin the centre of Cheshire county, was incorporated
in 1761, and now contains 566
inhabitants ; it is bounded N.
ed nearly
by Acworth and Lempster, E.
by Washington and Stoddard,
S. by a part of Gilsum, and W.
by Alstead, comprising an area of \S^Ti7 acres.
Several
branches of Ashuelot river
rise in the small ponds of this
town, and its western part is
watered by a branch of Cold
river.
There is here a meeting-house in
which Elder
Caleb Blood was ordained
in 1777.
He has been succeeded by Elders Becket, Dustin, and Bates, the latter of
whom
is
now
in office
and be-
longs to the order oi method-
159
ists. Here are several grist and
saw-mills, and 1 trading shop.
Mascomy Pond
lies princ-
town of Enfield,
adjacent to Lebanon.
It is
1200 rods long and about 250
wide and contains 2,375 acres.
ipally in the
The surrounding
lands fully
indicate that the surface of the
pond was once 30 or 40
higher than
its
feet
present level.
There are also appearances of
a sudden rupture, as there are
no matksof any margin between
present and former height.
Nearly a mile from its present
its
outlet there
is a declivity of
rocks 40 feet higher than the
present level of the water.
These rocks exhibit proofs,
that the water once passed over
them, but it has now formed a
channel through the solid earth,
nearly a mile in length.
Mascomy River has the
source of its northern branch
in Smart's pond between Lvme
and Dorchester. This branch
has a southerly course to Canaan, where it receives the waters of Smart's and
Goose
ponds.
In Enfield it receives
the waters of East and IVJaid's
ponds and several others, and
empties
itself into
the
south-
of Mascomy pond.
The outlet of this pond is its
S. E. extremity in Lebanon
and there receives the name of
Mascomy river, which after a
course of 7 miles, falls into the
Connecticut a few miles below
east side
Lyman's
bridge.
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160
Mason, a township in Hillsborough county, was incorporated in 1 768, and in 1810 conIt is
tained 1077 inhabitants.
bounded N. by Wilton, E. by
Milford and Brookline, S. by
the state line, which separates
it from Ashby and Townsend
in Mass., and W. by New-Ipswich, containing 18,860 acres.
Several small streams rise here
and water the town, on which
are many valuable mill seats.
The village here is called Sou-
and contains 10
or 12 dwelling-houses and 2
stores. The 3d N.H. turnpike
hegan
village
passes through the S. W. corner of the town. The soil here
is generally deep and loamy,
suitable to orchards and grain.
The surface is rough and stony.
Mason contains a meetinghouse, a large grain mill, and
several other mills,aad a cotton
Rev.
factory of 500 spindles.
minister in
J. Starles the first
this place was ordained in 1 772,
and was succeeded by Rev. E.
Hill in 1790, who is still in of-
Elder
fice.
tled over
this
W.
Elliot
is
set-
a baptist church in
town.
A
species of ochre is found
here, which in its natural state
gives a good yellow, and after
being burned yields a chocolate
In the northern part
colour.
of the town is a remarkable
channel was dug to
gulf.
turn a small stream through a
A
for the purpose of carrying
Bt;fore it was
of a small mill.
completed, a sudden freshet
hill
raised the water in one night,
so as to carry off the
to the depth of 60 feet.
Maynesborough, an
tled
ty,
township
containing
in
earth
e.h.
\
unset-
Coos coun-
34,106
acres,
and bounded N. by Paulsburgh, E. by Success, S. by
Selbunl and Durand, and W.
Ameriscoggin
by Kilkenny.
river passes through its easterly part where it receives Levi'fi
river from Success, and the
!
\
south branch of the Upper Amonoosuck from Paulsburgh.
This township lies 12 miles N.
of Mount Washington and
the same distance W. from the
eastern line of the state, and E.
from Lancaster.
Meredith, in Strafford
county, incorporated in 1768,
contained in 1810, a population
of 1940. It is bounded N. W.
by New-Hampton and Centreharbor, N. E. by the Great
bay which divides it from
Moultonborough,
S.
E.
by
Long bay and Winnipiseogee
river which separates it from
Gilford, and S. W. by San-
bornton bay and Sanbornton,
comprising an area of Z5^777
acres.
Two large bays in this
vicinity extend N. W. about 5
miles each, and on the line
of Centreharbor is Meredith
pond 2 miles in length and 1
Two mile» S. of
in breadth.
this is another pond 300 rods
long and 100 wide. The first
of these empties into Meredith
into Sanbai/y and the latter
They might
bornton bay.
,
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01
be united by a canal of 2 miles.
At Meredith bridge is a handsome village containing about
15 dwelling-houses, several
stores, mechanic shops, and a
In the whole
cotton factory.
town there are 4 meetinghouses, several mills, a carding-machine, a nail factory, 2
trading
and
distilleries,
7
stores.
The
inhabitants are generbaptist persuasion.
Elder N. Folsom is the only
ordained minister in the place.
canal has been projected
from Winnipiseogee lake to
ally of the
A
Merrimack
river,
which would
pass through Meredith, west
This plan if
of the bridge.
completed, would afford to
lumber and other heavy articles
a water carriage to Boston
and Newbury port from the
centre of
New-Hampshire.
Merrimack
River
is
formed by two branches. The
most northern of which, (Pemigewasset river) has
its
source
among the White mountains.
The other branch is a short
stream which flows from Winnipiseogee lake. These form
a junction at the S.W. extremity of Sanbornton, on the line
of Hillsborough county, and
compose the Merrimack^ the
general course of which is S.
by E. about 52 miles on a direct line (but about 80 miles as
the river runs,) to the southern
boundary of the state. From
Sanbornton corner it passes between Northfield, New-Salisbury, Canterbury, and Boscaw21
NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
161
These towns are connected by bridges. The Merri"
mack receives the Contoocoofc
river on the northern line of
Concord. From this junction
en.
the Merrimack passes in a serpentine course through the centre of Concord, forming a large
tract
of excellent intervale.
Two bridges are thrown over
the river, connecting the eastern and western parts of Concord.
The Merrimack^ after
leaving this town passes be-
tween Pembroke and Bow. In
Bow there is a canal on the
western side of the river round
Garvin's falls, and just above
these falls
Turkey river empdoes Suncook riv-
ties itself, as
er at the lower extremity of
Pembroke. About 400 rods
below the mouth of the Suncook are the Isle of Hookset
falls and bridge, over which
passes the Londonderry turnpike leading to Concord. Amuskeag falls are about 8 miles
below ; these consist of three
large pitches within
tance of half a mile
fall
of 80
feet.
the dis-
making a
There is a ca-
round these
falls on the
eastern side of the river and at
this place. M'Gregore's bridge
connects
Manchester
and
nal
Goffstown. At the lower part
of GolFstownCohass brook empties itself.
At the town of
Merrimack, about 5 miles farther
down, Sowhegan
empties
river
does the
Nashua river 7 miles lower on
the western side, flowing from
the town of Dunstable.
At
this town it takes an easterly
itself,
as
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162
direction, passing into
Tyngs-
borough, Chelmsford, &c. in
Massachusetts, and at N<rw-buryport
it
falls into
the sea.
Wilton, comprising an area of
15,402 acres. This town was
incorporated in 1794, and in
1810, its population was 1118.
large portion of its land is
intervale, lying on Sowhegan
river and ics branches.
Rev.
A
Merrimack,
a township in
Hillsborough county, incorporated in 1746, and containing a
of 1047 souls ;
populatipn
H. Moore, the present minister
was ordained over the congre-
bounded N. by Bedford, E. by
Merrimack river, S. by Dunstable, and W. by Amherst and
Mollis. Babboosuckund Fenny-
gational society here in 1812.
There is also a baptist society
without any settled pastor.
chunck ponds lie partly in this
town, and Sowhegan river here
unites with the Merrimack.
a
There are
in
this
Merry-MeetingBay
arm
ot
forms
Winni-
piseogee lake, extending about
5 miles therefrom into Alton.
(Vide Alton.)
MiDDLETON,
in
Strafford
county, was incorporated in
1778, and contains 439 inhabitants bounded N. by Brookfield, E. by Wakcfirld, S, by
Milton, and W. by New-Durham, comprising 9,840 acres.
There is here a meeting-house
;
in
which
Elder
here a meeting-house,
factory erected in
1813, a screw factory, several
mills, and 2 carding-machines.
is
cotton
town a
meeting-house, several mills,
and 3 trading stores. Rev. Jacob Burnhap,D.D. was ordained
herein 1772,and is still in office.
the southeastern
There
W. Buzzel
The Great Moose
mountain extends over the N.
officiates.
Milton,
in Strafford counformerly a part of
Rochester, and \» bounded N.
W. by Middleton, E. by Salmon falls river, which divides
it
from Shapley (in Maine,)
and S.W; by Farmington. Its
area is 25,000 acres, and lii
number of inhabitants 1005.
It extends more than 13 miles
Branch
on S ilmou falls river.
river crosses the S.W. extremity of the town.
Teneriffe
mountain lies on its easterly
is
Milton
side, near which
pond. The southerly extremis
ty of IMilton is 9 miles and 82
rods dist.int from Witkefield.
There are here 3 religious societies, i meeting-house, 3 grainty,
was
mills, 3 saw-mills,
and 3 trading
mill,
1
clothing-
stores.
part of the town.
MiLFORD,
Hillsborough
county, is bounded N. by
Mount- Vernon and Lyndeborough, E, by Amherst, S. by
Hollis, and W. by Mason and
in
MiLLSFiELO, an uninhabitm Coos county, 7
ed tov/iiship
miles W. of Umhagoi:^ lake
and 35 N. from the White
hills bounded N. by Dixville,
E. by Errol, S. by Dummer,
;
�GAZETTEER OF NE\f -HAMPSHIRE.
'
lea
W. by Erving's location. the state, deriving its name
comprises 24^100 acres, and from the great numbers of
was incorporated in 1774: moose which were formerly
Clear stream waters its nortl- found here.
It is situated in
ern extremity and Phillip's
the E. part of Coventry near
river with several branches of
Peeling.
Baker's river has its
the Ameriscoggin its southern
source on the easterly side of
parts.
There are here sevt.ral this ridge. Snow has been
ponds, the largest of which is found on its summit in every
300 rods long and 140 wide.
month except July,
and
It
MoNADNOCK Mountain
is
MouLTONBOROUGH,in Straf-
Chrshirc county, on the line
between Jeffrey and Dublin,
10 miles N. from Massachusetts, 20 E. fronij Connecticut
Its base is J 395 feet
river.
and its summit 3254 above the
The diamelevel of the sea.
miles
5
ter of its base is
from N. to S., 3 from E. to
W. and its summit consists of
ford county, lies on the N. extremity of Winnipiseogee lake.
It was incorporated in 1777,
and its population in 1810, was
in
a bald rock.
,
Mohawk River has its rise
among Dixvilk mountains, and
through
Colebrook, receives some considerable streams from Stcwafter a westerly course
art^town,
ver river.
among which
It
empties
is
Bea-
N.
extremity of Stewartstown^
MoosE River
has
994
its
source
on the N. side oi the White
mountains near the township of
Durand, through which it flows
Its
into the Ameriscoggin.
mouth
Its
Shelburn.
in
is
source is within 5 miles of that
of Israel's river, which falls into the Connecticut.
MoosEHiLLOCK, one of the
highest ranges of mountains in
souls
;
bounded
N. by
S'lndwich and Tamworth, N.
E. by a part of Ossipee, S. E*
by Tuftonborough, and W. by
Ccntreharborand Squam pond,
containing 32,163 acres.
Tliis place derived its
name
from Gen. Jonathan Moulton
ot H:impton, who was one of
its eariiest and largest proprietors, and New-Hampton, which
was taken from it, was also
named
at his request after the
place of his residence.
Moultonbarough
itself in-
to the Connecticut n'^ar the
W.
^
S.
W.
lies
near the
side of the Great Ossi-
pee mountain, and it is observed, that in N. E. storms the
wind passes over the mountain
like water over a dam, and
with such force, as frequently
to unroof iiouses.
The Rev.
S. Perley was settled here in
1778, and removed the next
year.
His successor the Rev,
J.
Shaw
is still in office.
There
here a pleasant village of 10
or 12 dwelling-houses, a meeting-house, 1 store, 4 grainmills, 5 saw-mills, 2 clothing?
is
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164
and a carding-machine.
is in the N. W. part of
the town, and Red hill river
mills,
Red hill
pusses through its northerly
part and falls into Winnipiseogee lake. The spotted fever
It
here in 1813.
pri' vailed
attacked some hundreds but
carried off only 30 persons.
common
many other
Bears were formerly
in this
new
town
as in
In the autumn they frequently came
down into the populous settlements and sometimes even
It freto the maritime towns.
qui.ntly devours young swine,
but seldom attacks mankind.
settlements.
Mount-Vernon,
in
Hills-
borough county, was incorporated in 1808, and contains
762 inhabitants. It is bounded N. by New- Boston, E. by
Amherst, S. by Milford, and
W.by Lyndeborough, and conThis town
tains 7,975 acres.
is watered by Beaver brook^
which has its source here, as
also have several branches of
Soxvhegan river. There is here
a pleasant village containing a
meeting-house, 12 dwellinghouses, 3 stores, &c. and several mills.
The 2d N. H.
turn-
pike passes through this
lage.
Rev.
tled here in
vil-
Bruce was set1 785, and was suc1809, by Rev. S.
J.
ceeded in
Chapin the present pastor.
unite in Paulsburgh and there
fall
into the Ameriscogeiu
river.
Nash andSawyer'sLocaThis tract is bounded
N. by Bretton Woods, E. by
the White mountains, S. by
Chadbourne and Hart*s locations, and W. by ungranted
TiONs.
cres.
Narmargungowack River
the township of Success in several branches, which
rises
in
The
21,084 a-
Jefferson turnpike
passes through
it.
Nash's Stream has its
source in the N. E. part of the
town of Stratford, and at Northumberland it falls into the
Amonoosuck 6 miles from
Connecticut river.
Nashua River has its
source in the south part of
Boylston, (Mass.) and after a
northerly course of 40 miles
it passes intoDunstabIe,(N.H.)
and empties itself into the
Connecticut at Nashua village
in Dunstable.
Nelson, in Cheshire counwas formerly called Pack-
ty,
and received its present name in 1814, by an act of
the legislature.
It is bounded
ersfield
N. by Stoddard, E. by Hancock and Antrim, S. by Dublin, and W. by Roxbury, containing 22,875 acres and 1076
inhabitants.
al
N.
It contains
lands.
ponds
in
There are severthis
town, such as
Spoonwood pond^ which communicates with Long pond by
a
strait
about
forty
rods
Long pond x\yas c\rz\\\X.ouslv into Hancock and then
long.
�GAZETTEER OF ^SEW-HAMPSHIRE.
returns to Nelson ; its length is
There are also
1300 rods.
Fish^ Pleasanty and Roaring
brook ponds^ Centre pond and
Berkshire m'ar Dublin^ comprising in all about 1,879 acres
of water.
In the S. part of
this town a branch of the Ashuelot river rises,
and
in its
N.
part a branch of the ContooThe surface of Nelson
cook.
is mountainous like that of the
Rev. J.
adjacent country.
Foster was ordained here in
Rev. G. Newhall is
1781.
present minister. There
town a meeting-house,
a cotton and woollen factory, 4
grain-mills, 3 saw-mills, and 1
the
165
was ordained over the baptist
church in 1806, and i^ still in
©ffice.
New-Castle,
commonly
in Rockingham county, 2 miles E,
from Portsmouth. It was incorporated in 1693, and contains 592 inhabitants and 45
called Great-Island^
is
This is the largest of
those islands which lie at the
mouth of the Piscataqua. It
has a meeting-house, about 100
dwelling-houses, and at its N*
E. extremity a fort and lightacres.
rough county, was incorporated in 1763, and contained by
house. Rev. Joshua Moody
was ordained here previous to
the revolution of 1689, and
has been succeeded by the
Rev. Messrs. Shurtleff, Blunt,
Elder
Chase, and Noble.
Thomas Bell resides here at
present and occasionally prea-
the last census, a population of
ches.
1810 souls. It is bounded N.
by Weare, E. by Goffstown
and Bedford, S. by Amherst
and Mount- Vernon, and W.
by Lyndeborough, comprising
county, was incorporated in
1778, and contained in 1810,
a population of 895 inhab-
is in this
clothing-mill.
New-Boston,
in
Hillsbo-
New-Chester,
in
Grafton
bounded N. W. by
Danbury and Alexandria, N.
b}^
Newfound pond, E. by
Pemigewasset river, and S. by
an area of 26,538 acres.
Several branches of Piscataquog river flow through its S.
W. extremity into Goffstown,
itants
its S.E. part the 2d
turnpike has its course.
There is here a baptist and a
presbyterian meeting-house, 7
school-houses, several mills,
and a wire-factory incorporated in 1812.
Rev. Solomon
Moore was settled in NexvBoston in 1768, died in 1803,
comprising 23,456
Grafton turnpike and
a branch of Blackwater river
pass over the S. W. part of
the town, and over its northerly part flows Smith's brook,
and
thro'
N.H.
and was succeeded in 1806 by
the Rev. E. P. Bradford the
present pastor.
Elder J.Stone
;
Andover,
acres.
which
wasset
into the Pemigeriver opposite New-
falls
Hampton.
A
ridge,
called
Ragged
mountain^ separates this town
from Andover.
There
are
�GAZETTEKR OF NEW-HAMPSHIftB,
16«
here 3 religious societies, 1
meeting-housL', 3 grain-mills,
and 5 saw-mills. In the ye:ir
1796, twenty-five persons died
here of the dysentery.
New-Durham,
in Strafford
county, was incorporated in
1762, and now contains 888
bounded N. W.
inhabitants
by WolfeI)ornugh E.bv Brookfield and Middleton, and S.W.
by Farmington and Alton,
;
comprising 22,625 acres. In
1749, this town, comprehending a tract of land 6 miles
square, was granted to Ebenezer Smith and others, on condition that 40 families should
be permanently settled in it
within 5 years from the declaration of peace, and that within
2 years after, a meeting-kouse
should be erected, public worship supported, and a grain
and saw-mill erected.
Maj. Thomas Tash
made
early exertions in forwarding
the settlement of this town, and
built the 2 mills at his own expense.
With the assistance
G^ Paul March and others, the
required number of settlers was
obtained by a bounty of 50 acres of land to each settler.
The town was incorporated by
the name of New-Durham.
Within the compass of the
original grant are 5 ponds, the
largest of which is Merry-Meetin^-bai/ pond containing about
1000 acres. The surface of
the town is very mountainous
and part of the soil so rocky as
to
be
unfit
Mount Betty
for
rises
cultivation.
630
feet a-
bove the pond, which ^vashcR
its base.
Cropple-crown mourr^
tain
is
here
is
still
higher.
The
soil
gtrnerally too moist for
grain, but suitable for grazing.
Merry- Meeting river flows
from the pond of that name
and falls into Winnipisrogee
lake.
Ela^s river flows from
Cold rain pond and passes about 4 miles through NervDurham to Farmington, on
both which streams are many
good mill seats. On the latter is a fall of 14 feet, within 4
rods of which, mills are rdready
erjcted.
Cochecho river also
has its source in this town.
The principal roads passing
through Nerv- Durham ^vt. from
.
Wolfeborough and Gilmanton
to
Dover.
There are some
curiosities
town, one of which is
a remarkable fountain of water, over which a part of Ela's
in this
passes.
By sinking a
small mouthed vessel about 6
river
feet
into
may
this fountain,
water
be
obtained extremely
The depth of
cold and pure.
it has never been ascertained
although attempts have been
made. Near the centre of the
town is a mountain called Rattlesnake
hilly
the south side of
feet high,
an hundred
and almost perpen-
dicular.
In
which
is
nearly
number of
their dens.
its
fissures a vast
have
Their numbers
rattlesnakes
have recently diminished. About a mile northeast from
this mountain is Marches pond^
which abounds with a species
of clay, much resembling when
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
dried the common chalk
pearance and qualities.
in ap-
On
N. E. side of Shazv^s moun-
the
is a remarkable cave, called the DeviPs den, the entrance
of which is about three feet
wide and ten high. The outer
room is twenty feet square;
tain
inner
the
apartments
smdlcr, until
of
fiity feet
at
grow
the distance
into the
mountain
the p'jssage becomes too small
The sides
to be investigated.
both of the giileries and the
rooms are composed of stone.
They bear the appearance of
having been once united, and
were probably separated by
some great convulsion of nature.
Several other mountains in
town contain precipices
and cavities, some of which
are forty or fifty feet in depth.
Col.ThomasTash,who spent
the last twenty years of his life
in New- Durham, was born in
Durham in 1722. He was engaged in the French war, first
in the capacity of captain and
afterwards in that of major.
In 1755, the 'annual stores,
while on their way to the northern army, were destroyed at a
place called Half-way brook,
this
between forts Edward and
William Henry. Capt. Tash
with 140 men was ordered to
.
repair to this spot with assurances that the remainder of
the battalion should immediately follow.
On arriving at
the place of his destination he
found the stores and waggons
destroyed, the men killed, and
tlitt
eaemy^ gone
off.
Ascer-
167
taining their rout, he pursued
in the woods about five
miles, and attacked them while
them
they were feasting upon their
plunder.
warm action ensued which lasted an hour,
when the enemy, conysting of
A
aboutlOOO French and Indians,
perceiving the weakness of our
force, attempted to surround
At
it.
this
moment
critical
the remainder of the battalion
arrived under major Burbank.
The enemy immediately fled,
and were pursued by Tash
many
miles into
the
wilder-
ness.
In 1757, Tash was appointed major and was stationed at
No. 4. (now Charlfston,) with
250 rtaen. This was the first
detachment of N. H. troops
that ever occupied that impor-
On the return of
peace he settled in Newmarket, and in 1776, he received a
tant post.
commission in the
and served one
colonel's
N. H.
forces,
campaign.
Toward
the
close
of the war he removed loNewDurham, where he owned several farms and a large tract of
wild land. There he devoted
himself to agriculture, and died
at the age of 87, leaving behind
him a memory still dear and
respected.
Rev.
Nathaniel
Porter,
a
was ordain-i
NcTv-Durham in 1775,
congregationalist,
ed
in
and dismissed in 1777. He
was succeeded by Elder Benjamin Randall, a zealous and
indefatigable preacher
of the
free-will baptist order, of which
sect
he
was considered
the
�GAZETTEER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
168
head, and he obtained over it
an extensive jurisdiction. He
died in 1808, at the age of 60.
T.T.
New-Found Pond lies
part-
Hebron and partly
New
ly in
in
Chester. Its length from north
to south is 6 miles, and its
width about 2^ miles. It contains 4,530 acres, nearly two
thirds of which are in NewChester.
west part of
Strafford county, incorporated
tion, lies in the
in 1777,
and now contain3l293
It is bounded N.
by Pemigewasset' river which
separates it from Bridgewater
and New- Chester, N. by Holderness, N. E. by Centrehar*
bor, and S. E. by Sanbornton and Meredith, comprising
an area of 19,422 acres.
Pemigewasset pond lies on
the border of Meredith, and is
inhabitants.
about 200 rods
New-Found River
flows
from the pond of that name,
and after a southerly course of
4 or 5 miles, falls into Pemigewasset river near Bridgewater village.
New-Grantham,
in
Ches-
was incorporated
m 1761, and now contains 864
bounded N. by
inhabitants
hire county,
;
(in Grafton county,)
E. by Springfield, S. by Croydon, and W. by Plainfield,
comprising 24,900 acres, 300
of which are water. There is
a pond in the northwest part
of the town about 1 mile long
Croydon
and 160 rods wide.
mountain extends through the
west Dart of the town, and a
turnpike passes over the north
This
part of the mountain.
town in 1775, had onlv 74 inhabitants, and in 1810 its pop-
Enfield,
was 864. Here are the
sources of several of the
branches of Sugar river^ on
which are a number of mills.
in
diameter.
There are several other smaller ponds in this town.
In the
westerly part of the town is a
remarkable spring, from which
a stream issues and falls into
Pemigewasset river after running about a mile. This stream
is
use of sevnot affected by
droughts.
toll
sufficient for the
eral mills,
and
is
A
or
bridge unites this town to
Bridgewater, from which there
is a turnpike leading to Sanbornton.
The soil here is rich and
light and very favourable to
various kinds of grain and
rains
There are in Neuo-Hampton 2 meeting-houses, 2 schoolhouses, and 2 distUleries. Rev.
grass.
S.
Hubbard was ordained over
the congregational church here
and is still in office.
Elder Dana, a baptist, is also
s.H.
settled in this town.
in 1800,
ulation
in Graf-
formerly
Moultonborough- Addi-
bounded N. by New-Hamp-
New- Hampton,
called
New-Holderness,
ton county, lies on the eastern
side of Pemigewasset river.
It was incorporated in 1761,
and contains 883 inhabitants ;
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
by Sandwich and Cenby
S.
Crntreand New-Hampton,
harbor
and W. by Pemigewasset river, which separates it from
Plymouth, comprising 24,921
acres, of which 2,500 are waton, E.
treharbor,
ter.
A
part of
Squam
lake
is
and also Squam
pond^ through which Squam
river runs and falls into the
Pemigewasset in the southwest
in this town,
169
long and of unequal
rods
breadth.
There is on it an
excellent tavern owned by the
proprietors of the bridge.
Nexmngton was formerly a
part of Portsmouth and Dover.
Its soil is excellent and produces grain abundantly. The
orchards here are very productive.
Piscataqua bridge waS'
built in
in
1
794
it is
;
2600
part
of the town.
Squam
mountain lies in its northeast
plank.
tral aich, which unites
part.
islands, is
Rev. R. Fowle was ordained
here in 1789, ovr an episcopaThere is here a
lian church.
chitecture, and
several
grainmills,
one clothing-mill, a
earding-machine, and a dispaper-mill,
tillery.
Newichawannock River
the west and main branch of
It is called
the Piscataqua.
Salmon falls river as far as the
is
lower falls
it assumes
in
Berwick, where
the above name,
which it retains till it unites
with the Cochecho, and flows
on to Hilton's point.
Ne wiNGTON, in Rockingham
contains 503 inhabiand is bounded W. by
Great and Little bays, N. E.
by Piscataqua river, which separates it from Kittery, E. by
Portsmouth, and S. by Green-
county,
tants,
land.
At Fox
point
in
the
northwest part of the town,
Piscataqua bridge is thrown
over Piscataqua river to Goat
island^ and thence to Durham
shore.
Goat island is about 48
22
feet
of which 2244 are
The chord of the cen-
length,
244
th>j
two
considered a masterly piece of arfeet.
It is
was construct-
ed by Timothy Palmer of
New-
buryport.
Rev. Joseph Adams, a con-
was the first
minister in this town. He was
ordained in 1714, and was succeeded in 1787, by the Rev. J.
Langdon, who continued in
gregationalist,
23 years. The annual
average number of deaths in
office
Newington is computed to be 7.
There is here 1 meeting-house
and 2 school-houses. There
is a spring in this town, which,
besides supplying a grain-mill
nearly all the year, is the fountain of the Portsmouth aqueduct.
In May, 1690, a party of Indians under one Hoopwood
attacked Fox point in this town,
destroyed several houses, killed 14 persons, and took 6 prisoners.
They were pursued by
Capts. Floyd and Greenleaf,
who recovered some of the captives and part of the plunder
after a severe action, in which
Hoopwood was wounded.
�th-
GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
iro
Died
in
town March
this
1765, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hight, aged 100. She never
used medicine during this long
She was married four
life.
times, had 8 children and 300
descendants more or less refifth,
mote.
New-Ip«wich, in Hillsborough county, was incorporated
and contains 1395 inIt is bounded N.
habitants.
by Temple and Sharon, E. by
Mason, S. by the line of Massachusetts, and W. by Rindge
in 1762,
Its a(in Cheshire county.)
The west
is 20,260 acres.
rea
side of the
town
is
watered by
a branch of Contoocook river,
an-J its east side by a branch
of the Sovrhcgaa river. One
branch of the latter river rises
town and another has its source on a moun The 3d N. H. turnpike
tain.
in a
pond
in this
passes through
the centre of
a
is here
this town.
There
handsome
village,
2
meet-
ing-houses, an academy, 2 cotton and 2 woollen factories, an
oil-mill, several grain and sawmills, 1 clothing-mill, a carding-machine, and 4 trading-
Farrar was
ordained here in 1760, and diHe was
ed in 1809, aged 71.
succeeded by the Rev. R. Hall
Elder
the present minister.
S. Parkhurst was settled here
in 1814.
stores.
Rev. S.
New-London,
in
Hillsbor-
ough county, was incorporated
in 1779, and contained inlSlO,
a population of 692 ; bounded
N. by Wilmot,
S. and E. by
and W. by Sunapee
pond which separates it from
Wendell. Its area is 13,560
acres, 2000 of which are water.
In this town lies part of
Great Sunapee pond^ and also
Little Sunapee about 500 rods
long and 170 wide, forming a
principal source of Blackwater
Sutton,
river.
The
soil
here
is
gener-
hard and rocky, but it
well rewards the labour of agriculture.
New-London has
several hills or mountains,such
as Bunker's^ DoWs^ and MesThe summit of Kearser''s.
sarge mountain is six miles
from the central village. The
principal road passing through,
this town leads from Hopkinton to Hanover.
There arft
ally
here 2 baptist meeting-houses.
Elder Job Scammons was ordained here in 1779, and Elder Enoch Huntingdon in 1814.
The annual average number of
deaths in this town is about 10.
There are here several mills
and 2 or 3 trading stores.
Newmarket,
ham county, was
in 1726,
itants
in
Rocking-
incorporated
contains 1061 inhab-
and
is
bounded N. by
Durham and Lee, E. by
the
W.
branch of Piscataqua
river, S. by Exeter, and W.
by Epping, comprising an area
of 11,082 acres.
Piscasick
river passes through this town,
S.
and Lamprey river crosses its
N. W. extremity and falls into the Great bay near its N. E.
corner where there is a considerable village.
At
a place
call-
�GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
ed Newfields there
is another
containing about 20
houses and several shops, &c.
Rev. John Moody was ordained here in 1730, and died in
He has been
1778, aged 73.
village,
succeeded by the Rev. Messrs.
Tombs and Thurston. Elder
J. Broadhead and Elder Osborn,both methodists, occasionThere are
ally preach here.
in the
town three religious
so-
several mills, stores,
From the year 1731 to
&c.
1770, there were in this town
948 births and 554 deaths, averaging about 28 of the former
and 14 of the latter annually.
This town was formerly a part
cieties,
of Exeter and was purchased
of the Indians in 1638, by
Wheelwright and others. Several instances of Indian cruelty and capture occurred in the
early
Col.
history
of
this
place.
Winthrop Hilton, who
was killed by the Indians in
Eppjng (then Exeter,) was buThe inried in Newmarket.
scription on his monument is
descendstill legible and his
living in this vi-
ants are
still
cinity.
Mrs. Shute
is
171
Connecticut river and the same
distance from Sutton.
Sugar
river flows through Nexoport
and receives here a number of
its branches.
The Croydon
and Cornish turnpikes unite in
this town and pass on to Amherst.
There is here a handsome village of about 20 houses and several stores.
The
town contains a baptist and a
congregational meeting-house,
a cotton factory, several milk,
and a carding-machine. Rev.
John Ramele was the first minister here, and Rev. A. Wines
is the present pastor.
Newtown,
in
Rockingham
county, was incorporated in
1749, and contained in 1810, a
population of 454 ; bounded
N. by Kingston, E. by South'
ampion, S. by Massachusetts,
and W. by Plaistow, comprising 5,250 ftcres.
County pond
town. There
here 2 religious societies
and 1 meeting-house.
Rev.
J. Ernes was ordained in 1759.
lies partly in this
are
Rev. D.Tewkesbury is the
pres«^
ent pastor.
now liv-
ing in this town, who was captured by the Indians in 1755,
when 18 months old. She lived with them till the age of 14.
NEWPORT,in Cheshire counwas incorporated in 1761,
ty,
and contains 1427 inhabitants
bounded N. by Croydon E.
by Wendell, S. by Unity, and
W. by Claremont, comprising
an area of 25,267 acres.
It
miles £. from
lies about 8
;
;
NoRTBFiELD,
in
Rocking-
ham
county, was incorporated
in 1780, and contains 1057 inhabitants ; bounded
N. by
.
Sanbornton, E. by Gilmanton, S. by Canterbury, and W.
by
Salisbury
and
Boscaw-
comprising 19,636 acres.
There are here 2 small ponds,
viz. Chesnut pond., flowing into the Winnipiseogee, and Sortdogardy pond., flowing into the
en,
Merrimack
river.
At
the
N.W.
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHmE.
172
part
of the town near WebWinnipisfogee riv-
ster's falls
er
into the
falls
Pemigewas-
A
bridge over the latter
river connects this town with
New-Salisbury, and another ovcr the former unites it to
Sanbornton. There is here a
mot ting-house common to all
sects ; several miils, stores, &c.
set.
North
of Latitude 45°
a tract of land btrlongmg to
the state of New-Hampshire ;
bounded as follows, beginning
is
at the
lancL
st:U-.'s
No.
3.
and
running N. 6:° E. by the Disof Maine 3500 rods to the
high lands, thtnte by the high
trict
separate
lands, wiiich
Lower
Canada from the United States
to the most N. W. branch of
Connecticut river, ihence doA\'Ti
branch to latitude 45°,
thence by said latitude to lands
No. 3. containing 163,353 asaid
On
cres.
this
tract
is
the
North River
has its source;
North river pond on theliiir
between Northwood and Nottingham.
After a southerly
course through Nottingham,
Epping, and a part of Lee it
in
Lamprey river near
N. E- corner of Epping
and the line of Newmarket.
falls into
the
This stream affords many valuable mill privileges, on most
of which are erected mills of
various kinds.
Northumberland,
ship in
a townCoos county, lying on
Connecticut river at the mouth
of the Upper Amonoosuck.
It was incorporated in 1779,
and contained in 1810, a population of 281 ; bounded N.
by Stratford, E. by Piercy, S.
W. by Lancaster, and W. by
Connecticut river.
Its area
is
20,430 acres.
town near
It
is
in this
Cape- Horn 7noun-
tain^ that the
Upper Amonoo-
great lake Co7inecticut.
suck
Northampton, in Rockingham county, was incorporated
There are here several ponds
and mountains. The soil is
fertile though broken and une-
in 1742,
and contains 651
in-
bounded N.
by Greenland, E. by Rye and
the^sea, S, by Hampton, and
W. by Stratham, and contains
8,465 acres. This w^as formerly a part of Hampton.
Rev. Nathaniel Gookin was
habitants.
settled
has
It
here
been
is
in- 1739.
He
succeeded by the
Reverend Messrs.
Hastings,
!M'Clure,Thurston,andFrench.
The latter gentleman is still in
office.
There is here 1 meeting-house and 7 grain-mills.
ven.
falls into
A
the Connecticut.
bridge connects this
town with Maidstone
in
Ver-
mont nearly opposite GuildThere is here a meetinghouse, 2 grain-mills, a sawmill, and a carding-machine.
hall.
Northwood, a township of
elevated land in Rockingham
county, formerly a part of
Nottingham. It was incorporated in 1773, and contained in
1810, a population of 1095, of
whom 230
Northwood
were legal voters.
\& bounded N. E.
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
b}'
the line of Strafford county,
which sepnrates it from B irrington, S. E. by Nottingham,
S. and S.W. by Deerfifrld, and
N.W. by Epsom andPittsfield,
Esq.
fall
173
three different
into
Suncook, Lamprey, and
Dover, and indeed the waters,
rivers,
which
fall
from
different parts
comprising an area of 17,075
acrt-s,
1054 of which are
of the roof of a building on this
farm run into two different rivers, the Piscataqua and Merri-
water.
mack.
There are here 6 ponds, viz.
SiincQok pond 750 rods long
and 100 wide, Gennis^ pond 300
long and 150 wide, Long"
pond about JOO long and 50
generally of a moist quality.
It is excellently suited for
grazing, and in mild seasons
favourable to corn and grain.
wide-, Harvey'' s pond^ of an el-
The N. H.
The
in
soil
North-wood
turnpike
is
passes
liptical
form, about 200 long
through
and
some
mouth to Concord.
It
has
here a direct course from E.
to W. of 8 miles.
Rev. Edmund Pilsbury, the first minister in this town, was ordained
in the year 1779, over a baptist society and continued here
till
1809.
Rev. J. Prentiss
w^as ordained in 1799 over the
congregational society and is
still in office.
Rev. Eliphalet
Merrill, the present successor
of Mr. Pilsbury, was ordained in 1804. These two societies are nearly equal in number
and each has a meeting-house.
There are in Northwood 6
school-houses, 4 grain-mills,
7 saw-mills, a clothing-mill,
and 8 trading stores.
The situation of this town is
pleasant, and more elevated
than any land between it and
in
places
40 wide
j
a part o^ Great- Bow pond \& also in this town and also part of
North river pond^ Pleasant
pond^ and Little-Bow pend^ the
latter of which has two outlets
on the N. E. it discharges its waters into Great-Bow
/>i9«</, which is the head of Isinglass river, and on its north;
erly side
into
a brook flows
Long pond,
from
it
the waters of
which pass into the Merrimack
through Suncook pond and
river.
The northerly branch of
Lamprey river has its source
this town near the N. W.
extremity of Saddle-back mountain, which is a ridge of high
land separating this town from
in
Deerficld.
On the easterly
side of this ridge are found
crystals and crystalline spars of
various
Black
colours and sizes.
lead is
also
found
Thci*e are no consider-
here.
able water-falls
in this town.
height of its land is such,
that the waters flowing from
the farm of the late G. Clark,
The
this
town from Ports-
the sea.
From its height, vessels
entering the Piscataqua
harbour may be seen with the
assistance of glasses.
From
this place the light house at
Portsmouth bears S* Oi" E.
and the highest mountain in
Gilford N. lei"
W.
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
ir4
The
first
house
was erected
in this
town
1762, and
in
is
square.
There are In the town
3 grain-mills and 4 saw-mills.
now standing near- the baptist
Two of the
meetiag-house.
settlers
first
now
are
living
here in honourable old age.
The annual average number
of deaths is about 9.
Nottingham,
ham county, was
in
Rocking-
incorporated
now contains
1722, and
1063 inhabitants bounded N.
E. by Barrington, S.E. by Lee
and part of Epping, S. by Epping and Raymond, and W. by
in
;
Nottingham
township
West,
a
Hillsborough county, incorporated in 1746, and
now containing 1379 inhabitants
bounded N. by Litch*
field and Londonderry, E. by
in
;
Pclham, S. by Lyndeborough,
(Mass.,) and W. by Merrimack river, which separates it
from Dunst:ible, comprising
17,379 acres.
In this place is
Massabesick pond 230 rods
long and 70 wide, and adjacent
town
pond
Northwoodand Deerfield,com-
to
prising 25,800 acres, of which
300 are water.
There are here several ponds,
such as North river pond containing about 80 acres, Petuck-
about 25 rods wide.
There
are here 2 meeting-houses, 3
religious societies, 2 of baptists
and 1 of congregationalists.
Rev. N. Merrill the first miaister in this town, was ordained in 1737, and was succeeded
by Rev. J. Strickland in 1772.
Elder Daniel Merrill is settled
here over a baptist church.
a-way pond of about 170 acres,
^izncy pond about 45 acres,
and others of a smaller size.
In the westerly part of the
town near Deer field are Upper y
Middle^ and Lower PetuckaPetuckaway
way mowitains.
source in this
in a pond of the same
river has
town
name.
its
Little river
and sever-
streams also
North
Nottingham.
rise in
river passes through this town
and through its northerly part
the N. H. turnpike has its
al
other
small
the
There
is
Otternic
are in this
mills, S
town
saw-miHs, and
3 grain1
trad-
ing store.
Capt. Jatnes Ford
was a resident in this town.
He was with Gen. Stark at
Bennington and was there mortally
wounded.
O.
course.
Rev.
S.
Emery was
settled
1742, and Rev. B.ButSamuel Dyer, a
ler in 1758.
free-will baptist, is the present
There is a congreminister.
gational meeting-house situated in a pleasant and compact
part of the town called the
here
in
Oliverian River. The
most easterly branch of this
river rises on the west side of
Moosehillock mountain and its
northern branch from Owlhead mountain, both in the
These
town of Coventry.
branches unite
in
Haverhill,
�Ut
GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE
CN. H.) forming Oliverian rivwhich empties itself into
er^
A
mountain.
'Jacob's brook
and empties
the Connecticut.
stream
called
Orford
into Con-
rises in
itself
necticut riverabove the bridge,
Orange, formerly called
Cardigan, is in Grafton county.
It was incorporated in 1790,
and contains 229 inhabitants
bounded N.E. by Groton and
Hebron, S. E. by Alexandria
and part of Danbury, S.W. by
Cushing's Gore, and N. W. by
Dame's Gore and Canaan,
;
comprising 21,976 acres.
this
town
is
In
the source of the
southerly branch of Baker's
river and of the northerly
branch of ^ywiM's river. Cardiganmountain extends through
centre from N. to S. and
Grafton turnpike passes over its
its
extremity. In the S. W.
part of this town is found a
very valuable species of ochre.
It is, found in great abundance,
deposited in veins and of a superior quality to that which is
S.W.
imported. Two men will dig
and prepare for market about
80 pounds of this in a day.
Orford,
Grafton county,
in 1761, and
1810, a population
in
was incorporated
contained in
of 1265 bounded N. by Piermont, E. by Wentworth, S. by
Lyme, and W. by Connecticut
river, comprising an area of
;
27,000 acres. There are several ponds in this town, the
largest of which is Baker's
pond^ 260 rods long and 160
wide, forming the source of the
westerly branch of Baker's river. Indian pond is in the north
part of the town near Stadi^n
which connects this town with
Fairlee in Vermont.
On this
stream are 10 mill-dams. Sanday and Cuba mountains lie
near the centre of this town,
and Smart's mountain in its
S. E. extremity, forming the
boundary of four towns, viz.
Orford, Wentworth, Dorchester, and Lyme.
Rev. John Sawyer was settled here in 1787, and was
succeeded by the present minister,Rev.
S \muelDana. There
are here 2 religious societies
and 2 meeting-houses, and near
the river is a pleasant village
about 25 houses,
through which the turnpike
passes to Orford bridge. There
are in this town several grain
and saw-mills, a clothing-mill,
and a carding-machinc.
containing
OssiPEE, a township
in Straf-
ford county, was incorporated
in 1785, and now contains 1205
inhabitants
bounded N. by
;
Tamworth, N. E. by Great
Ossipee pond, S. E. by Wakeand S. by Wolfeborough,
Tuftonborough, and Moultonborough, comprising 36,795 acres.
This place was formerfield,
ly
called
form
is
New-Garden.
very
irregula(-,it3
Its
length
being nearly 15 miles from N.
W. to S. W. and its width in
some places not more than 4
or 5.
There are
here several
ponds, of which I^an Hole
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRK
ire
the borders of Tuftonborough is the largest, being about 400 rods long and
200 wide. The others are on
an average 100 rods each in
diameter. Bear pond has no
Pine rivdiscoverable outlet.
er flows through the easterly
part of this town, and Bear
pond ow
Camp river passes its northern
extremitv, emptying itself into
Great Ossipee lake.
The
soil
Osgenerally fertile.
sipee contains 2 religious soci-
here
is
baptist meeting-house,
5 grain-mills, 3 saw-mills, and
1 carding-machine.
district
of
Saco
Maine, and
river,
Ossipee Mountain
ted in 1785, and now containing 425 inhabitants ; bounded
N. E. by Eaton, S. E. by Effingham, and S. W. by Ossipee,
comprising 10,331 acres.
Ossipee lake lies principally
in this town, and is about 1000
rods long from north to south,
It
and ibout 600 rods wide.
in
borough, and about 4 miles
west from Ossipee lake. Its
altitude has never been ascertained.
On its east side the
northwest wind is peculiarly
severe.
in
OvsTERRivERhas itssource
Wheehvright pond in the
town of Lee, near the southeast extremity
in Strafford county, incorpora-
is
the west part of the town of
Ossipee adjacent to Moulton-
eties, 1
Ossipee Gore, a township
falls
about 15 miles
east of Ossipee pond.
into
of Barrington.
flows from the east side of
the pond in a northeast course
It
Madbury. Thence turning
southerly it crosses the line
which separates Lee from Durham five times within the distance of two miles.
It thence
takes an easterly course, and
passing
through
Durham,
meets the tide waters at the
to
falls.
Bear Camp river on
wtsc side and Pine river on
receives
its
The waters of this
south.
lake are discharged through
P.
its
Ossipee river.
Paulsburgh,
a township in
Coos county, containing about
20 inhabitants bounded N.by
Dummer and Cambridge, E.
by Success, S. by Maynesborough, and W. by Kilkenny,
;
Ossipee River flows from
G»-eat Ossipee bike or pond
and forms a large bay or rath-
The
er three bays, connected with
each other, in the whole about
comprising 34,507 acres.
800 rods long and 600 wide.
Ameriscoggin rivers pass thro*
this town, the former in a north-
On x\\c southeast line of Ossipee these waters are contracted into Ossipee river^ which
flows in a southeast course
through Effingham into the
Upper Amonoosuck and
the
erly course to the Connecticut,
latter in a southerly
In
course to the Merrimack.
the southwest part of the town
and the
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSUmE,
a large mountain, adjoining
Maynesborough, and in its N.
E. part near Cambridge there
There are 2 mills
is another.
is
in this
town.
The
centre of
Paulsburgh is 15 miles east
from Northumberland on Connecticut river, and about 7
miles west from the District of
Maine, and about 22 (by the
road) from Lancaster court-
177
Black mountain in
part.
Among
a branch of
its
northwest
these mountains
th;;
Wild Amonoo-
a branch oi Baker's riv^r^
and Moosehillock brook have
their sources.
Although the
surface here is mountainous
*«c>^,
and a turnfrom Bath
There are but
the roads art good,
pike is projected
to this town.
2 mills in this town.
house.
Pelham,
Peabody River
in
rises
the eastern pass of the White
mountains, whtre also rises
Ellis river, a bran<-h of the
S&co.
The sources of these
two rivers are within the dis-
in
Rockingham
county, was incorporated in
1746, and in 1810, it contain-
ed 998 inh' hitants ; bounded
N. by W'ndham and Sf leni, S.
E. and Sc by Dracut, (Mass.)
and W. by Nottingham West.
Its area is '•6,333 acres, of
tance of a few feet from each
Peabady river flows in
a northerly course from the
northwest part of Adams to
which 280 are water. There
arc h^^rc two ponds, Island
pond of abouJ: 178 acres, and
Shelbume, where
Gumpas pond of about
other.
it falls
into
From
100.
length
Beaver river flows through the
town and receives the waters
Peeling, in Grafton county,
was incorporated in 1763, and
of these ponds. The surface
of the town is generally even,
although there
are several
swella of valuable land.
the Ameriscoggin.
source to its mouth
is about 10 miles.
in 1810, contained
tants
;
its
its
203 inhabi-
bounded N. E. by Lin-
coln, S. E. by Thornton, S.W.
by Thornton and Ellsworth,
and W. by Warren, Coventry,
andLaadafF, comprisingS3,359
There are here severacres.
al ponds, the largest of which
is Elbow pond about 60 rods
The middle
in
diameter.
branch of Pemigewasset river
passes through this town.
In Peeling there are three
large mountains ; Cushman^s
mowitain in its north pari, J5/we
mountain
in
its
28
centre,
and
Rev. James Hobbe was ordained here in 1765, and was
succeeded by Rev.
James
Moody. Rev. John Chureh,
the present minister, was settled in 1798.
There is here
1 meeting-house, 3 grain-mills,
3 saw-mills, 1 clothing-mill, a
carding-machine, and 3 trading
stores.
During the ten years
ending in 1808, the number of
deaths in this town wasl21, of
which 32 were of consumption.
Pembeoke, in the south
Rockingham county,
part of
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178
was incorporated
in
1759, and
nowcontains 1153 inhabitants ;
bounded N. E. by Chichester,
E. by Epsom, S. E. by Suncook
river which separates it from
Allenstown,' S. W. by Merrimack river dividing it from
Bow, and N. W. by Suncook
river diviaing it from Concord. It contains 14,060 acres.
Two bridges are erected ovtr the Suncook, one connecting this town with Concord,
and ihc other leading to Allensiown ; over the latter of
which the Cheste;r turnpike
pass^-s.
mack,
flows from the ridge
called the height of land.
Its
several sources are on the
Moosehillock mountain, the
southwest part of the White
mountains, and in the town of
Franconia.
On its western
§ide
it
receives Btiker's river,
stream from New-Found
pond, Smith's river, and many
a
smaller streams.
Its average course is south
about 50 miles,passing through
Lincoln, Peeling, Thornton,
Campton, and by Holderness,
Plymouth, Bridgewater, NewChester, and Andover.
It
Suncook and Merrimack are
sever.d valuable mill seats, on
which are erected a cotton fac-
empties into the Winnipiseogee at the lower part of Sanbornton.
After this junction
the main stream becomes the
tory, 2 paper-mills, an oil-mill,
Merrimack.
Near
the junction
of
the
a nnil factory, carding-maBeside these,there
chine, &c.
are in the town 4 corn-mills,
5 saw-mills, and a clothing-
Pembroke street is nearly
three miles long, on which are
about 50 dwelling-houses, 5
mill.
and 2 meeting-houses.
The soil of this town is generally good, and its local situation is remarkably pleasant. It
stores,
Suncook by the Inand was granted by
Massachu'^etts under the name
was
called
dians,
of
Lovewell's
town.
Rev.
Aaron Whitman was settUd
He has been
here in 1736.
succeeded by the Rev. Messrs.
Emery, Colby, Mitchell, and
Burnham, the latter of whom
is
the present minister.
Peterborough,
a township
southwest part of Hillsborough county, lying about
25 miles west from the Connecticut and the same distance
in the
east
from the Merrimack, was
incorporated in 1760, and in
1810 contained 1537 inhabi-
bounded N. by Hanand Greenfield, E. by
Greenfield and Temple, S. by
Sharon, and W. by Jaffreyand
Dublin, comprising an area of
23,780 acres.
The surface of this town is
mountainous, and its soil is
enriched by numerous brooks
and small streams, favourable
meadow and pasturage
to
ground, and supplying many
tants
;
cock
A
Pemigewasset River,
the
western branch of the Merri-
prinvaluable mill seats;
Contoocook
cipal branch of
river passes near the centre of
�GAZETTEER OF NEWHAMPSHIRE
and also Goose
this town,
riv-
flowing from Dublin
er
falling
and
into the Contoocook at
Smith'smills.
Near this juncis the
principal village,
which is much indebted for its
origin and growth to the individual exertions of the Hon.
tion
S. Smith.
Here are about 25 dwellinghouses, 2 stores, 3 cotton factories, a paper-mill, an oil-mill,
grain-mill,
fulling-mill,
saw-
mill, carding-machine, mechan-
&c.
On the Conother parts of the
town are 2 other cotton factories, a woollen factory, 2 grainmills, and 2 saw-mills.
Peterborough is one of the
most considerable manufacturNo
ing towns in the state.
one has so many factories.
The principal roads leading
ic
irs
Paulsburgh. NeartheN.E. extremity of Piercy the north and
south branches of the Amonoosuck form a junction. This
river receives Nash's stream
in the northerly part of the
town, as it flows from Stratford.
Mill and Pilot mountains are in this place.
There
are here only two mills.
The
course on a straight line from
the centre of this town to the
mouth of the Upper Amonoosuck is about 6 miles.
shops,
toocook
in
throughthe town are from Amherst to Keene, and from Hancock to New-Ipswich. There
here 1 meeting-house, in
which Rev. J. Morrison was
ordained in 1759.
He was
succeeded by Rev. D. Annan
Rev. E. Dunbar,the
in 1779.
Phillip's River flows partfrom Columbia and Dixville
mountains and partly
from a large pond in the state's
ly
No.
land
thence enlarging
passes through the
towns of Millsfield and Dummer, and taking a westerly
course, it passes through Kilkenny and enters Piercy, where
it unites with the Upper Amitself as
1.
it
onoosuck.
is
present minister, was settled in
1799.
PiERCY, in Coos county, was
incorporated in 1794, and in
1310, contained 211 inhabit-
Pierce's Island
is in
Pis-
cataqua harbour, between this
and Seavey's island the main
channel passes.
On each of
them batteries and entrenchments were prepared in 1775,
and again in 1814. The current is here narrow, rapid and
deep, and the shore bold and
rocky. (See Piscataqiia har-
bounded N. by Stratford
and ungranted lands, E. and S.
by Kilkenny, and W. by Nor-
bour. )
thumberland,comprising50,630
acres.
Piercy^s pond is on the
E. side of the town, the waters
ty,
ants
;
of which
fall
Amonoosuck
into
in
the Upper
the town of
PiERMONT, in Grafton counwas incorporated in 1764,
and in 1810, contained 877 inhabitants ; bounded N. E. by
Haverhill, E. by Warren, S.
W.
by Orford, and
W.
by the
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180
west side of Connecticut river,
which divides it from Bradford in Vermont, comprising
about 25,800 acres. Eastman's
ponds lie in this tov/n near
Warren they unite and fall
into Connecticut river in Piermont. Black motintccin lies on
;
the south side of this place and
Stallion mountain on its northern side. The Coos turnpike
passes through tlie N. E. part
of the town. Thert is here 1
meeting-house and 2 religious
societies, 2 grain-mills, 3 sawmills,
tillery.
1
fulling-mill,
The
and
1
dis-
inhabitants hre
generally farmers, and manufacture their own clothing.
Pine River flows
pond of that name in
After a N. W.
field.
through Ossipee and
Effingham, it
Ossipee lake.
falls
from a
Wake-
into
PiscATAQUA River
course
part of
Great
is
the
only large river, the whole
course of which is within the
Its source is a pond
state.
near the S. W. corner of the
town of Wakefield, and is on
the lifte of the District of
Its general course
Maine.
thence to the sea is S. S. E. adivides
It
bout 40 miles.
this state from York county,
(Maine) and is called Salmon
falls river from its source to
Berwick lower falls, where it
takes the name of Newichawannocky which it bears until it
meets the river Cochecho flowThe confluing from Dover.
ent
stream
thence
passes to
Hilton's point 7 miles from the
sea.
The western branch is formed from the Swamscot river
flov/ing from Exeter, fan Winnicot river flowing from Stratham through Greenland, and
Lamprey river, which divides
Newmarket from DurhamThese empty into a bay 4 miles
wide, called the Great bay.
These waters in their further
pr'.gress are contracted into a
smaller baj^, where they receive
Oyster river from Durham
and Black river from Dover.
They form a junction with the
other branch at Hilton's point.
The tide rises in all these bays
and branches as far up as the
falls in each.
It forms a rapid
current, especially in the season
of freshets, when the ebb continues about two hours longer
than the flood some of the ferries would be impassable were
it not for the numerous eddies,
formed by the indentures of
At the lower falls
the shore.
in each river are landing placother
es, where lumber and
country produce is discharged,
so that each branch affords a
convenient trading place not
more than 15 or 20 miles from
Portsmouth, with which a concommunication is kept
stant
;
This river therefore from
up.
the situation of its branches is
extremely favourable to navigation and commerce.
PiscATAquA Harbour
is
one of the finest on the continent, having sufficient depth of
water for vessels of any bur-
�ui
GAZETTEER OF N^VV-HAMPSHTRE.
The
den.
tect
it
adjacent lands pro-
from storms so
ally that ships
may
efFectu-
ride here
which town the stream passes
to the N.E. extremity of Bradford where it falls into the
Merrimack
any season of the year.
The current here is so narrow
and rapid that the harbour nev-
erly course of about
It is so well fortier freezes.
fied by nature that very little
PiscAsiCK River rises in
Brentwood and passes through
safely in
labour is requisite to make it
impregnable. The islands in
this harbour are numerous ;
the largest of them is GreatIsland or Nezv-Castley now incorporated into a township
(which see.) On this island
stands a light-house and the
principal fort, called Fort CcnNear the site of this
stitiition.
fort, one was erected as early
river,after a south-
Newmarket
where
ii falls
20 miles.
Durham,
Lamprey riv-
into
into
er about one mile from the
northern boundary of Newmarket.
On this stream are
numerous
mill seats.
PiGWACKET, the Indian
name of Conway, Fryburgh,
and the towns adjacent.
command
PiTTSFiELD,in Rockingham
Esq. In
1795, this was completely prepared, mounted with 16 cannon
and manned with a company of
men now under the command
county, was incorporated in
1782, and contained in 1810 a
bounded
jyopulation of 1050
N. E. by Barnstead, S. E. by
as 1660, under the
of Richard Cutts,
of Capt. Walbach. In the summer of ISl'i, Fort Constitution
was put in a complete state of
defence, and another was erected at
effreu' s point on the
easterly part of the island, another on Kittery point called
Fort M'Clary and another on
called
Fort
Pierce's island
Washington^ and several other
y
fortifications
on the main
were thrown up
islands.
;
Barrington and Northwood, S.
by Epsom and Chichester,
and N.W. by Loudon and Suncook river.
It comprises 14,
921 acres, 94 of which are wa-
W.
ter.
In the S.E. part of this town
Catamount mountain, on the
summit of which is Berry^s
pond, and on its E. side is Wildgoose pond, about 100 rods in
On the W. side of
diameter.
this pond the magnetic needle
is
The
materially affected.
of this town is very fertile.
There are here 3 grain-mills, 5
saw-mills, 2 fulling-mills, 2
carding-machines, and several
trading stores.
The first minister in Pittsfield was the Rev. R.Page. Elders Sargeant and Knovvlton of
is
PiscATAquoG River.
Its
most southerly branch rises in
Francestown and its most
northerly in Henniker
and
Deering. These after passing
through Weare and New- Boston form a junction on the W.
side
of
GofFstown, through
soil
�GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
18-2
the baptist order are now settled here.
There is also in
this town a small society of
Friends. The number of deaths
here from 1781 to 1814, was
The spotted fever pre379.
town in 1813
and 14, of which 'JS persons
died in those two years.
The
vailed in
annual
deaths
is
this
average
about 9.
number
of
Plainfield, a township in
Cheshire county, incorporated
in 1761, and containing in 1810,
a population of 1462 bounded
N. by Lebanon, S.E. by NewGrantham, S. by Cornish, and
W. by Connecticut river,which
divides it from Hartland in
Vermont. At the lower part
of this town in Connecticut
river is HarCs island about 150
rods long and 35 wide.
IVaterquechy falls are adjacent to
this town, a bridge was erected
here in 1807.
Plainfield is
watered by a small stream
flowing from Croydon moun;
on which are erected sevThis town contains
a handsome village of 10 or
tains,
ed N. W. by Hampstead,N.E.
by Kingston andNewtown,S.K.
and
S. W.
by Haverhill,
(Mass.,) and W. by Atkinson,
comprising about 5,843 acres.
small stream from Hampstead and another from Newtown meet in Plaistow and running southerly pass into Haverhill between Plaistow meeting-house and the S. corner of
Atkinson.
There are 3 grainmills, 2 saw-mills, and 1 full-
A
Here
ing-mill.
societies
and
are 2 religious
meeting-house.
1
Rev. J'lmes Cushing was sethere in 1730, and was
succeeded in 1765, by Rev. G.
Merrill.
Elder John Herriman is the present minister and
was ordained in 1812.
tled
Plymouth, a township in
Grafton county, is situated at
the junction of Baker's and
Pemigewasset river. This town
was incorporated in 1763, and in
1775, it contained 382 inhabitants, and in 1810, it contained
937 bounded N. by Campton,
;
eral mills.
E.by Pemigewasset river,S. by
Bridgewater, and W. by He-
12
bron, comprising 16,256 acres.
The Mayhew turnpike passes through the westerly part
In the northof this town.
east part is a pleasant village,
containing about 22 dwellinghouses, a meeting-house, courthouse, 4 stores, and a distillery.
In this town are also 4 mills, &c.
dwelling-houses, several
and 2 meeting-houses.
Through this place passes the
Croydon turnpike. The present ministers here are Rev. J.
Dickerson of the congregational and Elder Cram of the baptist order.
stores,
in
Plaistow, a small township
Rockingham county, incor-
in 1764, and now containing 462 inhabitants; bound-
porated
Rev. Nathan
tled here
in
sent minister
Fairbanks.
Ward was
1765.
is
the
The
set-
pre-
Rev. D.
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Poplin, a township in Rockingham county, was incorporated in 1764, and in 1810,contained 482 inhabitants bound«d N. by Epping, E. by Brentwood, S. by Hawke and Sandown, and W. by Chester and
;
Raymond,
comprising 9,702
acres.
In the northwest part
of the town is" a small pond,
and its southerly part is wavered by Exeter fresh river.
There is here a meeting-house,
several mills, and a cardingmachine. The inhabitants are
principally of the methodist
denomination.
lis
Portsmouth, the metropoof New-Hampshire and its
only sea-port, lies on the southwest side of Piscataqua river.
It war. incorporated in 1633,
and in 1810, it contained 6,934
inhabitants
bounded N. W.
by Newington, N. E. by the
river, S. E. and S. by Rye,and
W. by Greenland and Newington.
Its area is 10,350 a;
cres.
The
northeastern boundary
of Portsmouth is by the District of Maine, following the
main channel of Piscataqua
river.
This line will include
on Portsmouth side the
folio w-
ingislands, viz. Goat'^^Pierce's^
Leach'' s^ Hospital^ Shafiiey^s^und
Salterns.
The compact part of this
town contains about 225 acres,
almost entirely surrounded by
water, the distance being only
90 rods from the south millpond to the north pond. Into
these ponds the tide flows, and
i8;i
at their outlets are flood gates
and
Portsmouth con927 dwelling-houses and
mills.
tains
18 public buildings, viz. 3 congregational meeting-houses, 1
episcopal church, 1 meeting-
house for baptists, 1 for methodists, and 1 for universalists,
an academy, 5 school-houses, a
court-house, gaol, alms-house,
and 2 markets.
A female
asylum was incorporated here
in 1808, and there are also 4
incorporated banks and several
insurance
offices.
An
athe-
naeum was recently established
and promises to be a respectable and useful institution.
The houses
erected in this
last ten years
are generally of brick and of
elegant architecture. In 1800,
there were in this town 86
dwelling-houses of one story,
524 of two stories, and 21 of
three stories, since which period the latter class have increased nearly one third ia
town during the
number and many have been
erected of four stories. P'^rtsmouth pier or tvharf was built
in 1795, by an incorporated
company, 340 feet in leKgth
and of an average width of 60
On
feet.
this
wharf was
erect-
ed a handsome range of buildings
300
feet long, three stories
high,and divided into fourteen
stores. This range was destroy-r
ed by the great fire in 1813,
new market house was built
in 1800, 80 feet long, 30 wide,
and two stories high, the upper story of which is occupied
A
as a
ket
town
is
hall
:
a
new fish mar-
also erected.
Both of
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184
these markets are excellently
supplied, especially the latter.
The harbour of Portsmouth
latitude 43°
N. and in
Greenwich
it is known to mariners by the
Agamentifollowing marks.
cus, a remarkable mountain in
is in
5'
70''4'VV. long, t'rom
the county of York, lies four
leagues due N.
Pidgeon hill
on Cape Ann bears due S. 10
leagues, and the highest of the
Isles of Shoals bears S. E. by
S. distant S leagues from the
In
entrance of the harbour.
the middle of the harbour's
mouth is Great' Is land^on which
stands the town of Newcastle,
and on the northeast point of
this island is the light-house.
The following are directions
the
harbour
for entering
*' Vessels coming from the east
should keep in 12 fathoms water, till the light-house bearsN.
half a point E. or W. distant 3
miles to avoid a ledge of rocks
which lie off the mouth of the
harbour, then bear away for
%he light-house, keeping the
western shore on board, and
coming no nearer that shore
than 9 fathoms, giving the light
a proper birth and standing over to the northern shore of
the river where they may anchor in 9 fathoms abreast of
Sparhawk? s point. Ships coming from the southward should
observe the same directions
respecting the light and keep
in 9 fathoms on the western
shore."
Between the north side of
Great Island and the Kittery
shore is the main channel, a-
bout a mile wide and 9 or 10
fathoms deep. The anchorage
is good, the shore is lined with
rocks, and the h3,rbour is landall sides and persect-
locked on
ly safe.
The
tide rises
from
10 to 14 feet. The other entrance on the south side of
Great-Island is called Little
Harbour ; the water here is
shoal and the bottom sandy.
Between the upper end of
Great- Island and the town is a
broad deep still water, called
the pool^ where the largest
ships
may
ride
very safely.
was the usual station for
the mast ships, of which seven
Tliis
have been loading here at once.
In this place the Astrea ship
of war of 20 guns was burnt
in ir44, (see Belknap.)
Portsmouth has convenient
wharves and good anchorage.
The water is deep enough for
the
largest
vessels,
and the
harbour has so many natural
advantages and is so capable
of defence, that it" might be
made a very safe and commodious naval depot.
Ships of war have been
built here at early and recent
periods.
The Falkland of 54
guns in 1690, Bedford Galley
of 32 guns in 1696, as also the
Raleigh of 32, and Ranger of
18.
In 1782, the America of
74 guns was built here and was
presented by Congress to the
king of France. In 1814, the
Washington of 74 guns was
launched.
In 1765, there were here
199 clearances and 115 entries
from foreign ports. In 1790,
�GAZETTEER
and
in
the
1791,
OJP
number of
were 223, of which 34
were ships, 87 were brigs, 84
were schooners, and 18 were
entries
sloops.
The number was
af-
terwards much increased.
In
the year 1810, there belonged
to this port 28 ships, 47 brigs,
10 schooners, 2 sloops, and 1
barge, all of them employed
There were
and ma-
in foraign trade.
also
ny
20
fishing vessels
coasters.
This town
is
intersected by
NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
185
church of England.
imprisoned and was
of the
He was
afterwards
charged.
conditionally
dis-
Rev.
Nathaniel
Rogers was ordained here in
1699; who was descended from
Rogers the
John
martyr
celebrated
the reign of queen
in
Mary. He died in 1723, and
was succeeded by Rev. Jabez
Fitch
who died
in 1746.
Rtv. Samuel Langdon was
ordained here 1747, and was
made
president
40 lanes, 12 alleys,
4 roads, and 4 public squares.
The
ter,
of Harvard
college in 1774.
32
streets,
principal streets are pav-
Rev.
ed.
town
The Portsmouth Aqueduct
Company was incorporated in
1812,
1797, and in 1800, the town
was supplied with excellent
water for domestic uses,from a
spring ia Newington about 3
miles distant from Portsmouth
It is carried into almost
pier.
every street in the town, and
on the north side of the pier is
a water-house and pump where
ships can be supplied at 10
cents per hogshead.
The greatest number of
deaths in this town in any one
of the last 3 5 years was 150,
and the smallest number 100.
The first meeting-house in
Portsmouth was erected in
1640, and a Mr. Gibson was
employed to preach in it. In
1664, another was erected. In
1671, Rev. J. Moody, the first
ordained minister was settled
here. Mr. Moody was indicted by Gov. Cranfield for refusing to administer the sacrament to him after the manner
24
Joseph
Buckminswas ordained in this
D.D.
1779,
in
aged 61,
and died in
Rev. John
Emerson was installed in the
old parish in 1715.
In 1732,
the Rev. Mr. Shurtleff was ordained in the south meetinghouse newly erected, and his
successor Rev. Job Strong was
ordained in 1749. Rev. Samuel Haven, D. D. was settled
here in 1752, and died in 1806,
aged 79. Dr. Haven and Dr,
Buckminster were among the
most distinguished divines and
eminent preachers and the most
learned
men
of their country.
Rev. T. Alden, jun. was ordained colleague with Dr. Haven in 1799, and his successor is Rev. Nathan Parker the
present minister.
keen's
now
chapel^
St.
yohn's churchy was consecrated in 1734, and in 1792,an episcopalian society was incorpoRev. A. Brown
rated here*
was
Rev.
Rev.
settled
J.
J.
C.
over
it
Ogden
in
in
1736,
1786,
Willard and C. Bur-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
186
roughs have succeeded,
latttr
of
whom
is
the
the present
In 1761, a meetinghouse was built in this town by
an " independent congregational" society, over whom Rev.L.
Druwn was settled, and was
succeeded by Rev. J. Walton
pastor.
its
present minister.
'
Mr. Robert Sandiman came
over to *.his country about the
year 1764, and formed a societv in this town, who afterwards built themselves a meeting-house. Mr. Sandiman died
David
in 1771.
ir. Danbury
Humphreys, Esq. has for many years officiated as teacher
of this little flock.
The society of universalists
in
Portsmouth
w;is collected
destroyed 107 persons between
the 20"th of July and the 6th of
October of that year. Of these
55 died of the fever and 52 of
the dysentery.
In the year 1623, David
Thompson, a Scotchman, with
several others from London
landed at the mouth of Piscataqua river on its S. side, at a
place which they called Little-
harbour.
Here they erected
salt-works and a house, which
they afterwards called Masonhall.
In 1631,
Humphrey Chad-
bourne erected a house at
Strawberry-bank. Several cannon also were placed during
this year at the N. E. point of
Great- Inland,
In 1632, the sea-coast
by the Rev. John Murray, who
preached his doctrines
first
here in 1776.
In 1784, Rev.
NoLih Parker was settled over
this society. Rev. J. Richards,
his successor, was ordained in
1799, and was succeeded by
Rev.
thL Rev. Hosea Ballou.
Sebastian Streeter is the pres-
page 51.)
ent minister.
forever.
In
1802, a baptist society
was formed
in
this
town by
Elder EliasSmith. The church
in 1 803, and now
consists of 175 members. The
methodists also have a small
society in this town.
The situation and climate of
Portsmouth
are salubrious.
The annual average number of
deaths for 25 years past has
been about 120, except the
year 1 798, whtn the town was
visited by the yellow fever and
dysentery.
This epidemic
was gathered
in
was alarmed by
the piracies and depredation of
Dixy Bull. (See General View,
vicinity
this
of
In 1 640, a grant of 50 acres
glebe land was made to
Thomas Walford and Henry
Sherburne and their successors
In 1692, the small-pox raged with great violence in Portsmouth and Greenland, and few
people being acquainted with
its
treatment,
the
mortality
and sufferings were very great.
In 1694, an attack was made
upon the houses at Portsmouth
plains by
party
;
an Indian scouting
14 persons were kill-
ed on the spot, several others
were wounded, and a number
taken prisoners.
The houses
also were plundered and burnt.
(See Breakfast hill.)
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHTU?:
In 1697, William Partridge
native of Portsmouth was
appointed lieutenant-governor.
In 1705, the line of pickets,
which enclosed Portsmouth,
extended from the mill-pond
on the S. side of the town to
the creek on the S. side, and
crossed the street a few rods
W. of the present site of the
court-house.
Portsmouth has suffered in
a remarkable manner by fire.
On the 26th December, 1802,
a fire broke out in one of the
banks and destroyed 120 builda
ings, principally in
Daniel streets.
December, 1806, another conabout 20
buildings, including St. John's
churchy but the most calamitous and destructive fire was on
22d December, 1813. It
swept over 15 acres and destroyed 173 buildings. These
fire? have been the cause of
great improvements in the
streets, the appearance, and
the
police of the town.
RrvER,
has
its
Kingston in Great
pond and County pond^ thence
source in
it
passes
the S.
mills,
and their mechanism,
W.
to-
gether with the irregularity of
the houses, scenery, Sec. give
to this spot a singularly grotesque and romantic appearance and afford on the whole
one of the most remarkable
views in this country.
R.
the 24th
flagration destroyed
Powow
the space of 50 rods falls 100
feet, carrying 1 hloomery, 5
saw-mills, 1 fulling-mill, and 1
snuff-mill, besides several other auxiliary mills.
The rapidity of the tails, the continuity
of the dams, the variety of the
Market and
On
i8r
part of
East-Kingston into Southampthence into Amesbury,
it
takes an easterly
course and passes again into
Southampton, thence returning
to Amesbury it empties into
the Merrimack between Saliston,
where
Amesbury in Essex
The falls on
this river in Amesbury are remarkable. The water within
Raymond,
Rockingham
in
county, was incorporated in
1764, and in 1810, contained
898 inhabitants
bounded N.
by Nottingham and Deerfield,
E. by Epping and Poplin, S.
by Chester, and W. by Candia
and Chester,comprising 16,317
acres, of which 360 are water.
Jones* pond 250 rods long and
150 wide, and Governor's pond
200 long and 100 wide are in
this town, both of them emptying into Lamprey river. Exeter river passes the S. E. extremity and Petuckawav river
;
N. E. extrernity of this
There is here 1 meettown.
ing-house, 2 religious societies,
1 of them of congregationalists,
over which the Rev. Mr.Stick-
the
There are in
3 grain-mills, 4 sawmills, and a fulling-mill.
ney was
settled.
Raymond^
bury and
county,
Mass.
Red
Hill
River
flows
from Red hill pond in the town
of Sandwich, and after a south-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
188
erly
course
falls
into
the
Winnipiseogce lake.
empty
into Miller's river
others
into
river.
of about 6 miles
N. E. arm of
Red and yellow
the
and
Contoocook
ochre,
aad
Rindge
lying on
crystals, crystalline spars,
township in
the S. part of Cheshire county,
Richmond,
a
1752, and
in 1810, contained 1290 inhab-
was incorporated
in
bounded N. by SwanE. by Fitzwilliam, S. by
Massachusetts, and W. by
Winchester, comprising 23,725
itants
;
sey,
Here are several ponds,
the waters of which fall into
Ashuelot, and one of them is
the source of Miller's river.
Ashuelot turnpike passes thro'
this town. There are here two
acrest
societies of baptists ;ind one of
Friends, and two meetinghouses in a small village near
There
the centre of the town.
Richmond
are also in
5 grain-
saw-miUs, 1 clothingmill, and 1 carding-machine.
Elders Bellew and Aldrich
were first settled here, Elder
mills, 5
Billings
is
the present pastor.
RiNDGE, in the N.E. part of
Cheshire county, was incorporated in 1760, and in 1810, contained 1226 inhabitants bounded N.by Jaffrey and Sharon, E.
by New-Ipswich, S. by Massachusetts, and W. by FitzW'illiam, comprising 23,838 acres, of which 660 are water.
There are in this town 12
ponds, the largest of which
(^Menomonock pond) has about
;
200
acres.
Of
some contain 100
the
others
acres and
The waothers are smaller.
ters from some of them unite
with the Menomoriock, others
vitriol are
found here.
has a pleasant village
the turnpike, containing a congregational meeting-house,several mills, &c. Rev. Seth Dean
was ordained here in 1765, and
Rev. Scth Payson succeeded
him in 1782, and is the presIn 1775, this
ent minister.
town contained only 542 inhabitants.
Rochester,
in
Strafford
county, was incorporated in
1722, and contains 2118 inhabitants ; bounded N. E. by
river, which difrom Lebanon, (in
Maine,) S.E. by Somersworth
and Dover, S. W. by Barrington, and N.W. by Farmington
and Milton, comprising 26,609
Cochecho river flows
acres.
through this town from N. to
S. and receives Isinglass river
Salmon
vides
fall
it
near Dover
line.
Near
is
a
the ce«tre of the town
village called Norway
containing a meetinghouse, a court-house, about 40
dwelling-houses, and several
There are also in this
stores.
town 4 grain-mills,4 saw-mills,
2 carding-machines, and a cot-
plains,
ton factory.
One term of the district
court of common pleas is held
here annually.
Rev. Amos Maine was ordained ia this town in 1737.
His successors have been Rev.
Messrs. Hill, Hall, and Haven,
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
the latter of
sent pastor.
whom
is
the pre-
In 1746, and in 1747, the
Indians made excursions against this town in small parties, committing many depredations and some murders.
Rockingham
County
is
bounded N. E. by Strafford
county and Piscataqua river,
E. about 14 miles by the sea,
as in Exeter,
189
there
is
a court-
house and a county gaol. The
superior court is holden for this
county at Portsmouth and Exeter alternately.
The courts
of common pleas are also holden in those towns alternately.
Probate courts are holden in
Portsmouth, Exeter, and Londonderry.
RoxBURY,
in
Cheshire coun-
was incorporated in 1812,
and is boiindefl N. by Sullivan,
E. by Nelson and Dublin, S.
by Marlborough, and W. by
Keene, ompnsing about 6000
This rown was incoracres.
E. and S. by Massachusetts,
and W. by Hillsborough county, comprising an area of 661,
646 acres of land and water.
This county contains 46 townships, and according to the
ty,
census of 1810, a population
of 50,115 inhabitants, 8,404 of
porated subsequent to the list
census arid of course its population has not been estimated.
There is her-; a meeting-house,
S.
whom
were
legal voters.
It
has 80 meeting-houses, 6 academies, 132 grain-mills, 161
saw-mills, 38 clothing-mills, 5
cotton and 2 woollen factories,
26 carding-machines, 5 papermills,
4
oil-mills,
and 130 trad-
ing stores exclusive of those
in
Portsmouth.
In 1812, the returns of cattle and horses in this county
were as follows; 19 stud-horses, 5,271 other horses, 205 of
four years old, 334 of three
years old, and 337 of two years
old ; 7,164 oxen, 3,335 of four
years old, 16,913 cows, 8,433
of three years old cattle, and
By
9,01 & of two years old.
the best estimates there were
61,340 sheep and 3,634 acres
of orcharding.
The principal towns in this
county are Portsmouth, Concord, Exeter, and LondonderIn Portsmouth, as well
ry.
i
a grain-mill, a saw-mill,
and a
clovhing-mill.
RuMNEY,
Grafton county,
in 1767, and
inhabitants ;
contains
765
bounded N. E. by Ellsworth,
E. by Campton, S. W. by Groton and Hebron, and N. W.by
Wentworth, comprising an area of 22,475 acres.
In the north partof the town
is Stinsori's pond 400 rods long
and 280 wide, from which
flows a considerable stream
in
was incorporated
called Blill hrook^
to Baker's river.
emptying inThis river
passes the southerly extremity
of the town. Stinson^s mountain lies near the pond, and a
part of Carr''s and several other mountains are in this town.
There is here a meeting-house
in which Rev. Thomas Niles
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAxMPSHIRE.
190
was first settled. Elders C.
Haines and Wilmouth have
S.
succeeded him, but at present
Through
it has no minister.
this town on the south side of
Baker's riv«r passes the great
road from Plymouth to the
Saco River has its source
on the White mountains near
what is called the notch, and
in the vicinity of the source
Coos turnpike.
which runs westerly into Con-
Rockingham county, lying on the sea-
Rye, a township
in
coast opposite to the Isles of
Shoals, was incorporated in
1719, and contains 1020 inhab-
bounded N. and N.W.
by Portsmouth, N. E. by Little Harbour, E. by the sea, S.
by Northampton, and W. by
itants
;
Greenland, comprising 7,780
On the shore there are
three very pleasant beaches,
viz. Jewiess* Sandy, and Walacres.
lace's.
Harbour
A
bridge
at
Little
unites the towns of
I^ye and Newcastle.
The
soil
of this town is not naturally
fertile, but it is made remarkably productive bj' the assistance of sea-weed, which is
ascertained to be an excellent
manure.
Rev. Nath'i Morrill was settled here in 1726, Rev. Samuel
Parsons in 1736, and the present minister Rev. Hunting-
of the
Lower Amonoosuck,
necticut river.
Saco river flows in a southerly course down the mountains
about 12 miles, then taking an
easterly direction it enters the
town of
Barllett,
where
it
re-
ceives Ellis river, which rises
in the
easterly pass of the
mountain near the source of
Peabody river.
Within the
distance of half a mile from
fountains
two large
these
streams flow down the highest
of the mountains, one of them
into Ellis river.
The former
of these is Cutler's river and
the latter is New river.
The
latter made its appearanc?^ in
October, 1775, during a long
rain.
In its course it broke
down many rocks and trees and
presented a wide spectacle of
ruin.
At its junction with
Ellis river there is a noble
cascade of 100 feet in height.
Several other branches of <9ac<3
river flow from other parts of
ton Porter in 1814.
There is here 1 meetinghouse, 2 school-houses, 3 grain
and 3 saw-mills.
In the fall of 1814, a boat
from a British fleet approached the shore at i?z/f, and on
being fired upon by the inhabitants, it immediately returned
with a loss, it is supposed, of
From Bartlett
the mountains.
the course of the Saco is S. about 10 miles to the lower part
of Conway, where it receives
several men.
miles.
Swift river from Burton, thence
in an easterly course it passes
into
Fryburgh and BrownsMaine, and from thence
field in
to the sea
ly course
has a southeasterof about forty-five
it
�GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
This river rises and overflows very suddenly in rainy
seasons and subsides very rapidly after the cessation of the
rains.
In the great flood of
1775, when the New river
broke out, the banks of the
Saco were overflowed very
suddenly, and the waters were
of a deep red colour for several days, probably from passing
over iron ore. This appearance
was superstitiously supposed to
be that of blood, and was considered as ominous of public
calamity.
On the subsiding of
the waters, it was observed,
that the bed of the river in
some places was widened and
the course of several of its
branches changed. In a great
freshet
it
has risen 25 feet, but
common
its
rise
is
about 10
191
Thefe is here also a small
society of methodists, another
of baptists, a pleasant village
of 12 or 14 houses, 4 grainmills, 3 saw-mills, a woollen
factory, a fulling-mill, and a
carding-machine.
Salisbury, a township in
N.E. part of Hillsborough
the
county, formerly
called
Ste-
phenstown,was incorporated in
1768, and contains 1913 inhabitants
bounded N. by Andover, E. by Merrimack river,
which divides it from Northfield, S. by Boscawen and Warner, and W. by Kearsarge
Gore and mountain, comprising an area of 28,600 acres.
Blackwater river, a branch of
the Contoocook passes the W.
part of this town and forms sev;
bays near the line of Andover.
toll bridge connects
the N.E. part of this town with
Sanbornton.
There is a very
eral
feet.
A
Salem New,
generally call-
ed New-Salem, is in Rockingcounty, was incorporated
in 1 750, and contains 1 1 79 inhabitants ; bounded N. by
Londonderry, E. by Atkinson
and the line of Massachusetts,
S. by this line and Pelham, and
ham
W.
by Windham, comprising
15,600 acres. In this place are
World'' s pond^ Captain! s pond^
Policy pondy &c. all of which
fall into Spiggot river.
The
soil here is well watered and
fertile.
The Londonderry
flourishing village at Webster's
fails, near the mouth of Winni-
piseogee
river.
A
Kearsarge mountain
bury^ and through
part of
is in
Salis-
town
N. H. turnpike
Dartmouth college to
this
passes the 4th
from
Concord.
On this road in the
of the town is a flour*
ishing village, containing 20 or
30 houses, stores, &c. There
S. part
town a %congregaand baptist society, 2
handsome meeting-houses, an
academy, several grain and
are in this
tional
turnpike passes through this
Rev. A. Bailey was
town.
settled here in 1 740, and Elder
Samuel Fletcher in 1780. Rev.
John Smith is the present pas-
ing-machines,
tor.
5tore«.
saw-mills,
a
clothing-mill,
wire-factory, oil-mill, 2 card-
and 6 trading
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAAfPSmRE.
192
Ri V. J. Searle was ordained
The present
in 1773.
ministers are the Rev. T.Worhert'
cester and Elder O. Robinson.
Salmon Fall River
is
the
branch of
the Piscataqua (which see.)
easti^rn
and
m.«in
Bodwell,
Elders Crocket
Sanbornton has
11 grain-mills, 13 saw- mills, 3
clothing-mills, 2 carding-machines, 1 nail-factory, an oilmill, a distillery, and 6 trading
J.
and Cheney.
stores.
Sanuown,
Sanbornton,
W.
in the S.
part of S.r. fford county, was
incorporiiU-d in 1770, and contains 2,884 inhabitants ; bound-
ed N.W.bv Ni w-Hiimpton,N.
E. by Mercdivh, E. by the
Great bay, which divides it
from Gilford, S.E. by Gilmanton, S. by Winn'piseogee lake,
and W. by Ptingeway river,
which divides it from Salisbury, Andover, and New-Chester
;
this
river
unites
Winnipiseogee lake
in
with
the S.
W.
part ol the town, at which
place the confluent streams become the ]\|errimack river.
bays and rivers, which almost encircle this town meas-
The
ure nearly 30 miles,and the bay
town and MereSalmon
pond in
this town, and is 130 rods long
and 50 wide. Salmon brook
mountain is in Sanbornton. Re-
between
this
3 miles wide.
brook pond is the only
dith
is
publican ridge connects this
town with Salisbury and Union
bridge unites it to Giltaanton.
There are
in this
town 3
re-
ligious societies, 2 of baptists
and 1 of congregationalists,
each of them owning a handsome mc»eting-house. Rtv. J.
Woodman
this
The
minister in
in 1771.
present ministers ar^Rev.
the
first
town was ordained
in
Rockingham
county, was incorporated in
1756, and in 1810, contained
504< inhabitants
bounded N.
by Chf^ster and Poplin, E. by
Hawke, S. by Hajupstead, and
W. by Chester and part
of Londonderry, comprising
8,532 acres, of which 200 are
;
water.
The
largest parts
of Chub
pond and of Angle pond are
town, one on its eastern
and the other on its northern
line ; the former is 140 rods
wide and the luttcr 100, emptying itself into Exeter river,
which passes through this
town. Rev. Josiah Cotton the
first minister here, was ordained in 1759, and was succeeded for a short time by the Rev.
in this
The inhabitants
Collins.
are generally baptists and meThere is here a
thodists.
nieeting-house
and several
S.
mills.
Sandwich, in the N. part
of Sii. fford county, was incorporated in 1763, and contains
2,232 inhabitants ; bounded
N. b)' Sand wi en mountains an
unlocated tiact, E. by Tamworrh, S.^by Moultonborough,
and
W.
by Campton,
Holder-
ness and Thornton, comprising an area of 54,600 acres.
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Red Hill pond and Bear
Camp pond are in this town,
of two
of the same names.
In the northwest part of the
town is part of Squam. mountain
and of Squam lake, (see Squam
forming the sources
rivers
lake.)
Tiiere are here three religious societies ; one of baptists,
one of methodists, and one of
friends.
Elder Quimby is a
There
settled preacher here.
are in Sandwich 6 grain-mills,
6 saw-mills, 1 clothing-mill,
1 carding- machine, and 3 trad-
ing stores.
Sawyer's Location. (See
Nash's and Sawyer's location.)
Seabrook,
in
Rockingham
county, is in the northeast extremity of the state.
It was
incorporated in 1768, and contains
774 inhabitants
N. by Hampton
;
bounded
E. by
Falls,
193
Seabrook was formerly a part
of Hampton.
It is 9 miles
from Exeter, the road passing
through it from Portsmouth
to
Newburyport.
Sharon, in the west part of
Hillsborough county, was incorporated in 1791, and con446 inhabitants ; bounded N. by Peterborough, E. by
Temple, S. by New-Ipswich
and Rindge, and W. by Jaffrey, comprising an area of
10,000 acres.
St'veral small streams rise
in this town and fall into Contoocook river. On the line between this town and Rindge is
a cragged mountain 200 feet
higher than the surrounding
tains
country.
The 3d N. H. turnpike passes over the southwest
extremity of this town.
Shelburne, in Coos county,
was incorporated in 1769, and
the sea, S. by the line of Massachusetts dividing it from
Salisbury, and W. by Southampton and part of Kensington, comprising an area of
contains
3,307 acres.
(jainx^ brook waters the east
part of the town and falls into
comprising 45,140 acres.
the sea at Hampton. This part
of the town is an extensive
salt marsh.
There are here
two societies of congregation-^
alists and one "of friends, each
having a meeting-house in a
village of about 40 houses,&c.
Rev. S. Perley was ordained
here in 1765. The present
pastor is Rev. £. Hull.
26
176
inhabitants
;
bounded N. by Success and
Maynesborough, E. by the
District of Maine, S. by unlocated lands, and W.by Durand,
Ameriscoggin river
in
its
passage through this town into
Maine, receives Peabody and
rivers
and several
Moose
smaller streams.
Mount MorzaAandsome other large mountains are in ShelburneThere
are here 2 grain and 2 sawmills.
in
Sh»als, Isles of, are seven
number and lie on the coast
�CAZETTEKR OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
194
of New-Hampshire. The celebrated John Smith gave his
own name to them, but the ingratitude of posterity has denied this small honour to his
memory. Stateti island belongs to
on
New- Hampshire, and
this is the
town of Gosport.
The
others are in the District
of Maine.
They are inhabit-
ed by about 100 fishermen and
have a meeting-house, which
serves as a land mark to seamen.
There has also been
erected here by charity a parsonage house.
There is here good moorings
and an artificial dock construct-
set river in
line.
SoMERswoRTH, in the
southextremity of Strafford
county, was formerly a part of
Dover. It was incorporated
in 1754, and contains 878 incast
Rochester,
33'.
;
bounded N.
W. by
N. E. by Salmon
river which divides
it
from Berwick, and S. and S.W.
by Dover, comprising an area
of 10,048 acres.
There are
in this town several ponds,
such as Cole's pond 150 rods
long and half as wide
Humphreys^ pond on the line of
Dover, 200 long and 120 wide.
Dover turnpike passes through
the southeast part of this town
and over Quampegan bridge
into Berwick.
SomersTvorth
fall
;
Rev. John Tuck was ordained here in 1732, and died in
1773, aged 77.
Sims' Stream rises in the
mountains in Columbia from
several ponds and springs, and
the Connecticut river near the northwest ejitremity of the town.
falls into
Smith's River rises in Orange and Grafton, near Isinglass mountain, and after an
easterly course of 16 » miles
through Danbury and Alexandria, falls into the
is
:
habitants
N. N. W. 3 leagues to Newburyport bar, S. W. 7 leagues,
N. lat. 42° 59', W. long. 70°
mouth
;
do
From Star ishmd to d)-y salvage rock the course is S. ^°
W. 8 leagues to Portsmouth,
Its
Society" LAND,in Hillsborough county, contains 199 inhabitants
bounded N. by
Deering, E. by Francestown,
S. by Greenfield, and W. by
Contoocook river which divides
it
from Antrim
its area is
Crotchet moun3,300 acres.
tain lies on its south and east
Vessels
ed by Mr. Haley.
sometimes put in here in bad
weather, but large ships cannot
this safely.
the upper part of
New-Chester.
20 yards wide.
Pemigewas-
has one meeting-house.
The Rev. James Pike was
1730, and he
has been succeededby theRev.
P. Thurston. There are in
this town 3 grain and 3 sawmills, 2 fulling-mills, and
1
trading store. The history of
this town records
a violent
thunder storm in 1779, during
which the meeting-house was
settled here in
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
consumed by lightning and its
bell was melted and fell in a
of that
name
195
opposite Litch-
field.
state of fusion.
SoucooK River
rises
from
three ponds in the southerlypart of Gilmanton,oneofwhich
The several
is Soon pond.
branches unite in Loudon, and
passing between Concord and
Pembroke,
mack
falls.
fall
river
On
this
number of
MerriGarvan's
into the
below
stream
mills
of
Spiggot River rises in
Londonderry and Hampstead
from Island pond. After passing through Salem and receiving the waters of several ponds
in that
town,
Merrimack
it
falls
into the
Me-
river between
thuen and Dracut in
Massa-
chusetts.
a large
various
is
Springfield,
in
Cheshire
kinds.
county, was incorporated in
1794, and contains 814 inhab-
SoiJTHAMPTON, in Rockingcounty, was incorporated
in 1742, and contains 427 inhabitants bounded N.by EastKingston and Kensington, E.
by Seabrook, S. by Amesbury,
and W. by Newtown, com-
itants
ham
;
prising 9,400 acres.
Powow river flows through
this town and affords many
valuable mill seats. There is
;
bounded
Grafton, S. E. by
N. E.
by
Wilmot and
New-London, and W. by Croydon and New-Grantham, com]>rising 28,330 acres, 200 of
vJiich are water. Stallion
pond
town is 230 rods long
and 140 wide
SUbj pond is
240 long and about 80 wide^
A branch of Sugar river has
in this
j
its source here.
Through the
N. E. part of the town passes
here one meeting-house. Rev.
William Parsons was settled the 4th N.H. turnpike. Springin this town in 1743, and Rev. Jield is in the N. E. extremity
N. Noyes in 1763. Southamp- of the county adjoining Hillston was formerly a part of borough and Grafton counties.
Hampton and granted by Mas- There are here 3 religious societies, 1
meeting-house, 11
sachusetts.
mills,
and
1 store.
SowHEGAN River
sources of
its
has the
southerly branch
New-Ipswich, TempIe,WilAton, and Lyndeborough.
nother branch flows from NewBoston and Mount- Vernon,
and passes through Milford
and Amherst. The two branches unite in the town of Merrimack and fall into the river
in
Squam Lake and River.
This lake
on the borders
Moultonborough, Sandwich, and Centreharbor.
It is about 6 miles
in length and nearly 5 miles
of
lies
Holderness,
wide, containing probably about 6,500 acres.
It has several small islands, the largest
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196
There are here 17 ponds, all
of which discharge their \v;iters
into Ashuelot and Contoocook
of which is Fort''er''s, 300 rods
This
long and 120 wide.
lake mio^ht easily communicate
with Winnipiseogee lake, the
distv>nce
rivers.
A
between them being
ridge of mountains extends more than half through
this town.
There are here 2
The
500 rods wide.
stream from Sqiiam lakexo Lit-
only
Sqicam pond^ (called Squam
is 100 rods long, thence
through the pond to its outlet
Pemigewasis 400, thence to
tle
religious societies,
river)
house,
set river the distanee is 1000
The river and the pond
rods.
are in Holderness.
(See Gen-
State Prison.
eral
View, page 49.
Stewartstowv
N.
contains
is
in
the
Coos county, and
part of
176
bounded N. by
inhabitants
;
college lands,
E. by Dixville, S. by Colebrook, and W. by Vermont,
comprising 27,381 acres. Diviond pond is in this town,
forming the source of Dimond
Bishop's brook^ Dead
river.
xuater river ^ and Mohaivk river
also h >ve their sources here.
unites with the
ill's stream
H
Contoocook
in this
merous
On
town.
th se several streams
are nu-
mills.
Stoddard, in Cheshire
county, was incorporated in
1774, and contains 1139 informerly
It. was
habit.mts.
called Liratrick,and is bounded N. by Washington, E. by
Windsor and Antrim,
S.
by
]Nelson and Sullivan, and W.
b} Sullivan, Gdsum,and M.irIt contains 35,925 acres,
low.
1100 of which are water.
mills,
4
and
1
meeting3 saw-
grain-mills,
1
clothing-mill.
County
Strafford
is
and N. W. by
Grafton county, N. by Coos
county, E. by the District of
Maine, and S. by Rockingham
bounded
W.
county,
comprising 861,171
acres of land and water. This
county contains 41,595 inhabitants, 6,828 of whom are legal voters.
It has 32 townships, and in 1813, it had 50
meeting-houses, 1 academy,
920 grain-mills, 127 saw-mills,
32 clothing-mills, 4
oil-mills,
4
woollen-factory, 21 carding-machines, 10
and 88 trading
distilleries,
stores.
In 1810, there were
in this county 23 stud-horses,
4,444 other horses, 238 four
years old, 312 three years old,
and 495 two years old ; 5,685
oxen, 3,223 four years old ;
12,874 cows, 8,682 three years
old cattle, 9,395 two years old
cattle, 1 mule, 1 jack,
and
1,783 acres of orcharding.
Tlie principal towns in this
county are Dover, Durham,
and Gilmanton.
Rochester,
The superior court holds its
sessions for this county at Dover, the common pleas are hol-
cotton-factories,
1
den alternately at Rochester
and Gilmanton,and the probate
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMI'SHIRE.
court is held also in these two
towns.
The county gaol is at
Dover. StraJ^ord sends 35 representatives to the state legislature.
197
town was part of
the grant to
Hilton in 1650, called
Sivamscot patent. The charter
of Stratham was dated March
20th, 1716, and signed
by
Edward
George Vaughan then
Stratford,
Coos coun-
in
was incorporated in 1773,
and contains 339 inhabitants
bounded N, by Coluxnbia, E.
by ungranted lands No. 1., S.
by Piercy andNorthumberland,
and W. by the Connecticut
river, which separates it from
Brunswick in Vermont.
Its
ty,
ant-governor.
The
lieutt-n-
townmeeting was on the 10th of Afirst
area
is
1716, Deacon David Robinson was chosen town clerk
and held that office 47 years.
Rev. Henry Rust was ordained here in 1718, Rev. Joseph
Adams in 1747, and Rev.
James Miltimore in 1786, the
latter gentleman has since re-
town
is
moved. Elder
;
48,931 acres. This
watered by Roaring'
brooiy Strong\t brook^ and Bay
brook.
BoTv-back mountaiyi^
Peak's mountain^ and several
others are in this town.
StratJhrdh'ds one meeting-house belonging to methodists. Rev.
Sumner was settled here in
1773. In 1775, this town had
only 40 inhabitants, and in
1790, there were 150.
C
Stratham,
in
Rockingham
county jlies on the E. side of the
western branch of Piscataqua river and inl 810,contained876inhabitants;boundedN.by Greenland, S.E.by Greenland ScNorthampton, S. W.by Exeter, and
W. and N. W. by the river and
bay, which separate it from Exeter
and Newmarket.
Its area is
10,120 acres. There are here 2
religious societies,
1
of baptists
and the other of congregationalists, each of them has a meeting-house.
There are in this
town 4 grain-mills, 3 saw-raills,
This
and 1 clothing-mill.
pril,
settled
S.
over the
Shepard was
baptists
in
At
present there is no
settled minister in the town.
From the year 1798 to 1812,
inclusive, the number of deaths
in this tov/n was 186.
The
greatest number in any one
year was 20, and the smallest
number 5, averaging about 12
annually.
Between the years
1742, and 1797, inclusive, the
number of deaths was 1080,
averaging about 20 annually.
Stratham lies about 8 miles
from the sea. The land is even and well calculated for agricultural purposes.
Farming
is so exclusively the employment of the town, that, although a navigable river adjoins it, there is not a wharf,
vessel or boat helongijig to the
place.
In the easterly part of
the town, is perhaps the largest repository of peat iti the
state.
It is a meadow com-
1771.
monly known by
Temple meadow
the
name of
or
swamp-
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198
This
at
some future day
will
probably become a valuable resource.
In 1807, a bridge was erected connecting this town with
Newmarket.
It cost about
S6,obo, and the toll amounts
annually to about ^700.
revolutionarj' war
In the
town lost 23 of its inthis
habitants.
Success, an unsettled township in Coo^ county, incorporated in 1/73, and bounded N.
by Cambridge, E. by the DisMaine, S. by Sheltrict of
burne, and N. W. by Maynesborough, comprising 29,813
acr^s.
In this town rises Norniarl^ungowatk river from a pond
about 350 rods long and 2J5
wide, near the line of the state.
Live river" also has its source
in this town.
Roxbury and Keene, and W.
by Keene and Gilsum, comprising 12,212 acres.
This town is watered by
Ashuelot river, and has 2
religious societies, 1 meetinghouse, and a settled minister.
There are here 2 saw-mills and
1
grain-mill.
SuNCOOK River has the
source of its northern branch
in a pond, which forms part of
the boundary between Oilmanton and Gilford, and passing
through the easterly part of
Gilmanton, it receives the two
Suncook ponds and also Small's
pond near the line of Alton."
It
thence enters Barnstead,
where it passes through two
ponds of its own name,
and receives the waters of
Half moon and Brindle ponds.
Just below these ponds it rereives a branch from Barring-
other
ton, called Little
Sugar River
flows
from
the Avest side of Sunapee lake^
and passing westerly into Newport, receiv^es several branches
from the north, and thence entering Claremont, falls into
Connecticut river five or six
miles below Cornish bridge.
It is in contemplation to unite
this river with the Contoocook
by a canal, (see Sunapee lake.)
a tov/nship in
Cheshire county, was incorporated in 178*7, and contains 516
inhabitants ; bounded N. by
Gilsum and Stoddard, E. by
Stoddard and Nelson, S. bv
riv-
part of Pittsfield.
It thence
flows through Pittsfield into
Epsom where it receives an
eastern branch from Suncook
pond
in
Northwood.
this junction
miles through
it
flows
Epsom
From
8 or 10
and be-
tween AUenstown and Pembroke, and empties its waters
into
Sullivan,
Suncook
and another from Wild
goose pond in the northeast
er,
the
below
Merrimack 7 miles
the
near
Concord
southern extremity of Allenstown.
There is a great
variety of mills on this riv(See
its
er and
branches.
Pembroke.)
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
SuNAPEE Lake
lies
partly
Wendell,(Cheshire county,)
and pTartly in Fishersfield,
(Hillsborough county.)
It is
•leven miles long and about
one mile and a half wide. Its
outlet is on its west side through
in
Sugar
river.
A
canal has been contemplated to connect the Connecticut and Merrimack river,and
this lake has been proposed as
the reservoir, it being situated
on the height of land between
the two rivers.
It
now dis-
charges its waters through Sugar river into the Connecticut.
This would undoubtedly be the
western course of the projected canal, but as to its eastern
route there are differences of
The most advantagopinion.
eous course has been said to be
through Herrick's cove and
Small pond in its vicinity, and
thence through Keazer's pond
near the north meeting-house
in Sutton, and thence through
Steven's brook into Warner's
river, which empties into the
Merrimack.
Surry, a township
ii;i
Ches-
incorporated in
1769, and now containing 564
hire
county,
bounded N. by
Alstead, E. by Gilsum, S. by
Keene, and W. by Westmoreland and Waipolc, comprising
inhabitants
;
7,917 acres.
Ashuelotriver flows through
this town, and is here between
80 and 100 feet wide. There
is one pond in this town,which
is near the summit of a mountain.
Through
Surrij the turn-
199
from Chester to
Keene.
Rev. B. Bailing, the first
pike passes
minister in this place, was setRev. P. Howe
is the present minister. There
is here
one religious society
and a meeting-house, 2 grainmills, 2 saw-mills» 1 clothingtled In 1788.
mill, 1
tillery,
carding-machine, 1 disand 2 trading stores.
SuTTON,a township in Hillsborough county, was incorporated in 1784, and contains
1328 inhabitants bounded jST.
by New-London, E. by Kearsarge Gore and Boscawen, S.
by Warner and Bradford, and
W. by Fishersfield, comprising
24,300 acres, 280 of which are
water. Long pond in this town
is 350 rods long and 80 wide.
HazerCspond\% about 150 rods
in diameter.
A branch of
Warner's river flows through
;
town.
Kearsarge mountain extends
almost over the whole length
of Sutton on its west side.
Kearsarge bills are also in the
same part of the town. On
thtsse high lands and in the
meadows at their feet are found
this
beds
of excellent clay.
Here
are found quarries of
st6nes remai-kable for their
also
shape and qualities. They are
prepared with little labour for
hearths, &c.
The soil
in this town presents
the varieties of productiveness and sterility ; and,though
the surface is diversified with
:t continued succession of hills
and vales, and is often rough
all
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200
mountainous,
and
excellent
crops of wheat are raised here,
as well as the other staple productions of the state.
In 1798, a mineral resembling black lead was found in
this town, and it has been ascertained to produce a durable
and handsome
slate
col-
and 100 rods wide.
in
The
principal road passing
through Siittcn
is
from Hop-
kinton to Dartmouth college.
The prevailing sect here are
baptists, over whom Elder S.
Ambrose was ordained ml 782.
Elder Taylor
is
also settled in
There
are here 2
meeting-houses, 3 grain-mills,
2 saw-mills, 2 clothing-mills,
1 carding-machine, and 3 trading stores.
The annual average number
of deaths in this town for the
last 10 years has been 12. Two
persons lately died here, one
over 99, and the other overlOO
years of age.
this town.
its
sm;vll villages, a cotton factory,
distillery,
our.
carding-machine, 4
grain-mills, 12 saw-mills,
Rev. T. Harrington was the
minister of this town. He
has been succeeded by Rev.
Messrs. Carpenter and Goddard.
Elder Cutler is the only minister here at present.
first
Swift River has its source
among the mountains in the
ungranted lands northwest of
Whiteface mountain, and 6 or
8 miles from Sandwich.
It
takes an easterly course through
Burton into Conway, where it
empties into Saco river.. There'
is another small river of the
riv-
the head of the
tide, which is in the compact
settlement of the town ol Exeas
er
in
Tamworth.
the
name of Exeter
Indian
is
and
3 clothing-mills.
same name
SwAMscoT River
Ashuelot
passage through
this town has a breadth of 6
or 8 rods.
The branch turnpike crosses the northeast extremity of the town.
There are here 3 religious
societies, 2 meeting-houses, 2
river
T.
far as
Tahiworth, a township
in
hire county,
was incorporated in 1766, and contains
1134 inhabitants bounded N".
by Burton, E. by Eaton, S.by
Ossipee, and W. by Sindwich,
in 1753,
comprising 28,917 acres.
ter.
(See Exeter.)
Strafford county,
;
Sw ANzET,a township inCheswas incorporated
and now containsl400
inhabitants
bounded N. by
Keene, E. by Marlborough and
f itzwilliam, S. by Richmond,
and W. by Winchester and
;
Chesterfield : its area is 28,057
acres, 200 of which are water,
Swanzey pond is 1 mile long
Bear Camp river is the only
considerable stream in this
town. This has an easterly
course into Ossipee pond. The
rapidity of its current in times
of freshets renders it almost
useless for the purposes of
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRB.
mills.
is
a
Swift river in this town
fine
stream and affords
A
many
20!
meeting-house, 4 grain-mills,
3 saw-mills, and
1
fulling-milf.
valuable mill seats.
nail factory and a carding-maConchine are erected on. it.
Webster was ordained here in 1771, and Rev. Noah Miles, his successor, in
way river falls into Bear Camp
river near the centre of Tamfvorth.
It has its source in
Burton and passes through
Conway pond. This is also a
valuable stream for mills.
few rods from the meet-
1779.
A
ing-house in this town, is a remarkable rock called ordination rock,
it
being memorable
where
Rev. S.
Hidden was ordained Septem-
as the place
ber 12lh, 1-792.
the
Its
summit
was sufficiently large to accommodate the minister and the
whole of the council. There
is in Tamworth a large church
and society under the pastoral
charge of Mr. Hidden. There
is also a free-will baptist soci-
under Elder WebThere are in this town
ety here
ster.
9 school-houses.
Temple, a township in Hills-
;
comprising 13,700 acres. Several streams which fall into
river,
rise
among
the mountains in the westerly
The prinpart of this town.
road from Amherst to
Peterborough passes through
There is here 1
this town.
cipal
congregational
society
26
and
S.
Thornton, a township in
Grafton county, was incorporated in 1781, and now contains
794 inhabitants bounded N.
and N. W. by Peeling, N. E.
by Thornton's Gore, S. by
Campton, and W. by Ells;
worth.
Its
area including
Thornton^s Gore is 28,490 a-
This Gore is bounded
E. by ungranted lands, and N.
cres.
W.
by Lincoln.
set
river
flows
Pemigewasthrough
this
town from north to south. The^
main road from Lancaster to
Plymouth
passes
throagh
ThGrnton,,
There are here 2
religious societies and 1 meeting-house, in which Rev. E.
Esterbrook was the first ordained minister.
j.G.
borough county, was incorporated in 1768, and contains 941
bounded N. by
inhabitants
Greenfield, E. by Lyndeborough and Wilton, S. by NewIpswich and Mason, and W.
by Sharon and Peterborough,
Sowhegan
Rev.
1
TuFTONBOROUGH,
a
town-
county, was
incorporated in 1795, and now
contains709inhabitants; boundship in
Strafford
ed N. W. by Moultonborough,,
N. E. by Ossipee, S. E. by
Wolfeborough, and S. W. by
Winnipiseogeelake,comprising
24,390 acres.
Beach pond is on the line of
this town, about 250 rods long
and 100 wide. Hale pond ^nd
Linious
pond
are also in
town the latter
ter Harbour bay.
*.
Near
ity
is
near
this
Win-
the southwest extremof this town, Melvin's riv-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
1202
passing from Moultonborough, falls into the Winnipiseogee pond. There is here a
baptist, methodist, and congreThere are 2
gational society.
saw-mills and 2 grist-mills in
er,
this place.
U.
Umbagog Lake. The upper part of this lake is in the
District of Maine, and only a
small part is in this state,inthe
towns of Errol and Cambridge.
On the eastern line of NewHampshire it is 2700 rods
It extends into Errol
long.
about 300 rods, and about the
same distance
AFrom
into
northeast to southwest
whole length
•"its
Cambridge.
about 20
is
In some places
miles.
it
is
10 miles wide, and in others
Its
not more than 100 rods.
outlet is on its westerly side in
the town of Errol, and its waters
flow
into
Margallaway
river.
Unity,
a township in Ches-
hire county,
was incorporated
and
in 1810,it contain-
in 1764,
bounded
ed 1044 inhabitants
N.by Claremont and Newport,
E. by Goshen, S» by Lempsier and Acworth, and W. by
Charleston, comprising 24,446
The line which sepaacres.
rates this town from Acworth,
crosses Cold pond^ leaving about 150 acres of it in Unity.
Perry's mountain lies in the
southwest part of the tcwn.
Little Sugar river rises near
this mountain, and a branch of
;
Sugar
river in the easterly part
of the town. The 2d N. H.
turnpike passes through this
place to Claremont, and also a
very direct road from Goshen
to Charleston.
There is here
a society of baptists and another ofmethodists ; each of them
has a meeting-house.
There
are in this town 2 grain-mills,
5 saw-mills, 1 clothing-mill,
and
1
distillery.
W.
Wakefield, a township ia
Strafford county, lying on the
eastern border of the state. It
was incorporated
now
in 1774, and
contains 1166 inhabitants;
bounded N. W. by Effingham
and Ossipee, E.by the District
of Maine, S. E'. by Milton,
and W. by Brook field and
Middleton.
LoveWs
pond
is the largest in this town, and
on its northeast side.
It
700 rods long and 275 wide.
lies
is
Province pond is about 450
rods long and 400 wide. Pir^/e
River pond is about 100 rods
long and 100 wide.
There
are several others of a smaller
size.
The principal branch of
Piscataqua river has its source
in this town, (see Salmon river.)
The soil of this place is generally good, but it is more favourable for mowing and grazing than for tillage. There is
here a baptist and a congregationalist
society.
Rev. Asa
minister in the
place, was ordained in 1785.
There is here a meeting-house,
a cotton factory, a carding-maPiper, the
first
�GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE
chine,
5
grain-mills,
mills,
3
fulling-mills,
handsome
village
sawand a
3
containing
several stores.
LovelPs pond in this town
derived its name from Capt.
John Lovell of Dunstable,
who, in the year 1725, being
on a scouting expedition in
this quarter, with a company
of 40 men, attacked by night
a party of Indians, whom they
found encamped by the side of
pond.
Lovell and his
a
companions surprised the enemy, who were eleven in number, and by his
dexterous
movements destroyed the whole
party.
203
bridge in this town at Bellows'
falls and another about 375
rods above Bellows' ferry.
turnpike from Charleston to
Keene, and another from Walpole upper bridge to Ktene,
pass through this town.
Cold
river falls into the Connecticut
a little below Fall mountain.
There is in this town only 1
A
religious society and 1 meeting-house.
The first settled
minister here was the Rev.
Leavitt, and the present pastor is the Rev. P.
Dickerson. There are here 4
grist-mills, 6 saw-mills, 2 fulling-mills, 1 cotton factory, and
2 carding-machines.
Robert Macklin, a remarkable instance of longevity, died
in Wakefield in 1787, at the
age of 115.
He was
born in
Scotland, and lived several
years in Portsmouth in the ocfie frecupation of a baker,
quently walked from Ports-
mouth
to Boston (66 miles,)
one day and returned in
This journey he
another.
performed at the age of 80.
in
Walpole,
a
township
in
Cheshire county, was incorporated in 1752, and now con?tains 1894 inhabitants ; bounded N. by Langdon, E. by Alstead and Surry, S. by Westmoreland, and W. by the western bank of Connecticut river.
Its area is 24,301 acres.
In the northwest part of the
town is Fall mountairiy extending from Charleston about 550
rods to Bellows' falls, and about
250 rods beyond. There is a
Warner, a township in
Hillsborough county, was incorporated in 1774, and inlSlO,
contained 1838 inhabitants
;
bounded N.
W.
by Sutton,
Kearsarge Gore, and Salisbury,
N. E. by Boscawen, S. E. .by
Hopkinton and Henniker, and
S. W. by Bradford and Sutton,
comprising an area of 27,571
acres.
This town was formerly calAlmsbury
and Warner
river ^ which passes through it
led
;
was called Almsbury river.
This river is the central branch
of the Contoocook, and a large
number of streams fall into it
as it passes through this town
and through a part of Bosca-
wen
into Hopkinton.
There are here 3 religious
societies and 2 meeting-houses.
Rev. W^illiam Kelly was
ordained in this town in 1772,
and died in 1813. The present
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
9P4
ministers aretbeRev. J.Woods
and Elder E. Wilmarth. There
are in this phice 7 grain-mills,
11 saw-mills, 2 clothing-mills,
2 carding-machines, and 5
No
stores.
town
in the state
has better grazing land than
Warner.
comprising an area of
30,760 acres, 1,550 of whirh
are water.
There are here no
less than 20 ponds.
Through
the centre of this town, a ridge
of mountains extends from N.
to S. on the summit of which a
branch of the Contoocook has
its source.
branch of the
Ashuelot rises in a pond in the
N.part of the town nea.r Sunapee
mountain.
The Croydon and
2d N. H. turnpikes meet near
the meeting-house in this place.
Washington was formerly called Campden. There are here
ster,
A
Location,
Warner's
in
Coos county, is bounded N.
by ungranted lands and Mount
Royse, E. by the District of
Maine, and S. by Chatham and
it contains
ungranted lands
stream which
2000 acres.
empties into Cold River pond
passes over the easterly side
:
A
of this location.
Warren, in
Grafton county,
was incorporated in 1763, and
inhabitants
506
contains
bounded N. by Coventry, E.
by Peeling and Ellsworth, S.
by Wentworth, and W. by
;
Piermont, comprising an area
of 27,720 acres. The westerly branch ot Biker's river flows
through Warren from Moosehillock mountain, and a large
part of Carres mountain lies in
the eastern part of the town,
and over its southeast extremity the
There
Coos turnpike
here
3 saw-mills,
is
1
passes.
grain-mill and
3
religious
Leslie was settled here in 1779,
and Rev. C. Page is the present pastor.
There are in
Washington 2 grain-mills, 3
saw-mills, 1 clothing-mill, 1
carding-machine, 2 distilleries, 2 oil-mills, and 3 trading
stores.
Wearz, a township in Hillsborough county, was incorpolated in 1764, and now contains 2630 inhabitants ; bounded N. bj' Hopkinton and Henniker, E. by Dunbarton and
Goffstown, S. by New-Boston,
and W. by Deering and Francestown, comprising an area of
33,648 acres.
A
Washington,
Cheshire
incorporated in
in
county, was
1776, and contains 820 inhabitants
;
bounded N. by Go-
shen, E. by Bradford and
Hillsl^orough, S. by Stoddard,
and
and 1
Rev. George
societies
meeting-house.
W. by Marlow and Lemp*-
principal branch of Piscataquog river passes through
Near the centre of
this town.
Weare is Mount William. Rev.
Amos Wood was ordained
here in 1789, and was succeeded by Rev. John Cayford.
Elders H. Buzzel and S. To-
�CAZETTHER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
and S. Streeter
(an universalist) at present officiate in this town.
There are here 5 religious
societies and 3 meeting-houses,
7 grain-mills, 8 saw-mills, 3
hie (pabtists,)
clothing-mills,
1
cotton-facto-
tist,
was the
first
2QS
settled minis-
ter in this town.
Wentworth,
in
Grafton
county, was incorporated in
1766, and contains 645 inhabit-
bounded N. E. by Warby Rumney, S. W.
by Dorchester,- and N. W. by
ants
;
ry,
4 carding-machines, 2 distilleries, 1 oil-mill, and 5 trad-
ren, S. E.
ing stores.
Orford, comprising an area of
22,522 acres. The north and
south branches of Baker's river unite in this town, and Pond
brook, flowing from a small
pond on the line of Orford,
falls into the northern branch.
In the N. E. part of the town
is a
part of Carres mountain.
At Aiktn's bridge, which is
thrown over the north branch
of Baker's river there is a
small vilkge, containing 10 or
12 houses. Sec. There is in this
Wendell, a township in
Cheshire county, formerly called Saville, was incorporated
in 1781, and contains 447 inIt is bounded N.
habitants.
by Springfield, E. by Sunapee
lake, which separates it from
New-London and Fishersfield
in Hillsborough county, S. by
Goshen, and W. by Croydon
and Newport, comprising 15,
666 acres, 2,860 of which are
water.
About 2,720 acres of
Sunapee pond are in this town,
and form a noble sheet of wa-
Here is the principal
Fr»m
source of Sugar rwer.
ter.
,
the southern extremity of the
pond in Fishersfield to the N.
W. point of the north bay the
This is
distance is 7 miles.
the length of the pond from N.
There are three small
to S.
ponds here containing 140 aThe outlet of Sunapee
eres.
pond IS little more than 2 miles
south of the centre of the town.
The whole pond contains
4,095 acres. Sugar river flowing from it has a westerly
course into Newport.
There
are in Wendell 3 corn-mills, 4
saw-mills, and
Elder N.
clothing mill.
Woodward, a bap1
town
1
mills,
mttrt'ng-house, 4 gr:nn5 saw-mills, 1 fulling-
mill, a
carding-machine, and a
distillery.
West River Mountain.
(See Chesterfield.)
Westmoreland
lies
on
Connecticut river in the north
part of Cheshire county.
It
was incorporated in 1752, and
contains
1,937 inhabitants
bounded N. by Walpole, E. by
Surry and Keene, S. by Chesterfield, and W. by Connecticut river, which separates it
from Putney in Vermont. Its
area is 22,446 acres.
There
are here 5 religious societies
and 3 meeting-houses, 2 of
them for baptists and the oth-
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206
erfor congregationalists.
Rev.
W. Goddard
was
The
the
first
minister of the place. Elders
Bailey and Pratt have betn his
successors, '^oth oi whom still
officiate. Tiicre is in this town
a pleasant village, 5 grainmills, 6 saw-mills, 2 clothingmills, an oil-mill, 2 distilleries,
and 4 trading stores.
Wheelwright's Pond
the
the
N.
part of
is
in
Lee and forms
source of Oyster river.
This pond is memovable for
fought
the battle which was
near it in 1690, between a
scouting party of Indians and
two companies oi rangers under Capts. Floyd and Wiswall,
the engagement lasted 2 hours.
Wiswall, his lieutenant, sergeant, and 12 men were killed
and several were wounded.
Floyd continued the fight, till
his men, wearied and wounded, drew off and forced him to
The enemy
follow.
treated,
the
also re-
Avithout carrying
wounded of our
off
party.
Whitefield, an
irregular
part of
Coos county, containing by the
inhabitants;
last census 51
township
in the S.
bounded N.
W. by
W.
Dalton and
Lancaster, E. by Jefferson, S.
by Bretton Woods, and S. W.
by Bethlehem in Grafton county, comprising 20,800 acres.
part of Round pond and several others lie in this town, from
each of which John's river re-
A
ceives a tributary stream as
it
Dalton. The main
road from Plymouth to Lan-
passes to
caster passes over the west part
of the town. From the N.W.
extremity of Whitefield
to
Connecticut river the distance
is about 4 miles.
White Mountains. These
mountains were first explored
by Walter Neal and some others
1631,
in
who
described
them as a ridge extending a
hundred leagues, on which
snow lay the whole year. They
visited them with the hope of
finding precious stones, and
having picked up something
like crystal, this was sufficient
to give the ridge the name of
Crystal
hills.
Belknap,
Dr.
(the historian of
New-Hamp-
shire) describes
these
tains in the following
mounmanner;
The White mountaimt are
the
most elevated part of a ridge,
which extends N.E. and S.W.
an immense distance.
The
area of their base is an irregular figure, the whole circuit of
which is not less than 60 miles.
The number of summits within this area cannot be ascertained at present, the country
thick
ai-ound them being a
wilderness the greatest number can be seen at once from
Jefferson on the N. W. side.
;
Here seven summits appear at
view, of which four are
one
bald.
Of these, the
est are the
three high-
most distant, being
on the eastern side of the cluster, one of these is the moun-
which makes so majestic
an appearance all along the
shore of the eastern counties
It has lateof Massachusetts.
tain,
�207
GAZETTEER OF NBW-HAMPSHIRE.
iy received the
name
of
Having
Mount
surmounted
the
Washington, To arrive at the
foot of the mountain there is a
continual ascent of 12 miles
from the plain of Pigwacket,
upper and steepest
which brings the
traveller to
moss and bearing the appear-
the height of land between the
ance of a pasture in the beginIn some openning of winter.
Saco and Amcriscoggin
At
rivers.
this height, there is a level,
about a mile square, part of
which is now a meadow and
was formerly a beaver pond,
having a dam at each end.
.Here,, though elevated more
than 3000 feet above the level
of the sea, the traveller finds
On
himself in a deep valley.
the east is a steep mountain
out of which issues several
springs of clear water, one of
which is the source of Ellis
river, (a southern branch of
the Saco) another is the fountain of
Peabody river (a northAmcriscog-
ern branch of the
gin.)
From
this
meadow
ward
the west there
interrupted ascent in
between two
to-
an una ridge
is
gullies,
to
the
summit of Mount Washington*
The
eastern
side
of
the
mountain rises in an angle of
45 degrees, and requires 6 or 7"
hours of hard labour to ascend
Many of the precipices
are so bald, as to oblige the
traveller to use his hands as
it.
well as his feet, and to hold
by the trees, Avhich diminish in
size till they are mere shrubs
and bushes ; above these are
low vines bearing red and blue
The uppermost vegberries.
etation is a species of winter
grass, mixed with the moss of
rocks.
there
is
plain.
precipice,
a large area called the
dry heath, com-
It is a
posed of rocks covered with
ings between the rocks, there
are springs of water, in others
dry gravel. Here the grous
or heath birds resort and are
The
generally out of danger.
Sugar-loaf which stands on
apyramidnlheap of
grey rocks, which in some plac-
this plainis
formed like winding
This pinnacle has been
ascended in an hour and a half.
The traveller having gained
the summit, is recompensed for
his toil, if the sky be serene
with a most noble and exes
are
steps.
tensive prospect.
E. side, there is a
On
the S.
view of the
Atlantic ocean, the nearest
part of which is 65 miles disOn the
tant on a direct line.
W. and N. the prospect is
bounded by the high lands,
which separate the waters of
the Ameriscoggin and Connecticut rivers from those of
Lake Champlain and the St.
Lawrence. On the S. it extends to the southernmost moun"
tains of New-Hampshire, comprehending a view of Lake
Winnipiseogee. On every side
of these mountains, are long
winding gullies, beginning at
the precipices below the plain,
and deepening in the descent.
In the winter the snow lodges in
these gullies and being driven by
the
N.W.^nd N.E. winds from
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208
the top, is deepest in those on
It is obthe southerly side.
served to lie longer in the
spring on the S. than on the N.
W.
side.
During nine or ten months,
these mountains exhibit more
or less of that bright appearance, which gives them the apIn the
pellation of -white.
spring, when the snow is partly
dissolved, they have a pale
blue complexion, approaching
a sky colour, while at the distance of eight miles, they have
the proper colour of rocks.
These changes are observed
only by
constant
people, who live in
view of them, and
and observabe concluded,
that the whiteness of them is
wholly caused by the snow.
In the western pass of these
a remarkable
mountains is
from these
tions,
it
facts
may
pass called the notch^ the narrowest part of which is but 22
feet wide, between two perpendicular rocks.
From the height above, a
brook descends and meanders
when
two hunters
passed
through it. It is now part of
a road to Coos and Canada.
This gap lies from Portsmouth N. 20° W. 90 miles
on a direct line, and from
Concord 4° E. 70 miles.
These mountains are in lat15' N. ; and the line
itude 44
of perpetual congelation in that
latitude, as deduced from observations made in Europe, is
7,872 feet above the level of
<>
the sea.
From the greater
coldness
of American latitudes, this point in them must
short of the above estimate.
altitude therefore of the
White mountains cannot be supposed more than 7,800 feet
above the 1< vel of the sea.
These mountains are surroundfall
The
ed by settled towns, except
about 8 miles on the east side
between Adams and Shelburne.
Mount Washington is 82 miles
on a direct line from Ports-
mouth N. 17° W. and from
Portland N. 55° W. and from
Boston 120 miles N. 3° W.
The
following
additional
through a meadow, which was
formerly a beaver pond. It is
surrounded by rocks, which on
one side are perpendicular and
on the other rise in an angle
of 45 degrees, forming a strik-
particulars are extracted
It is
ingly picturesque scene.
about 40 rods through this gap
and tht;n the land resumes its
level appearance.
from
tific
This
defile
was known
to
the Indians, who formerly led
their captives through it to
Canada, but it was forgotten
or neglected
till
the year X77\^
account published in the
Medical Journal, by a party of
gentlemen from Boston, who
an
visited these mountains injuly,
1816, for the purpose of scienobservation.
" In the United States, exclusive, or possibly inclusive,
of Louisiana, the highest point
or ridge of land is undoubtedly
that of the White mountains
in New-Hampshire. From the
earliest settlement of the country these
mountains have
at-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
tracted the notice of the inhab-
and of mariners along
the coast, by the distance at
which they are visible, and the
whiteness of their appearance
during three quarters of the
year.
They were for a long
itants,
time the subject of fabulous representations the Indians had
a superstitious dread of them,
;
and travellers who occasionalascended their summits, re-
ly
turned with exaggerated reports
of the difficulty and distance,
as well as of the strange productions found on the more
elevated parts of their surface.
" The earliest account of an
ascent of the White mountains
is given in Gov. Winthrop's
Journal, and appears to have
taken place in the year 1642.
This account is somewhat curious, if not otherwise, at least
for
its
antiquity.*
*"One Darby Field, an Irishman,
living about Piscat, being' accompanied with two Indians, went lo the top
of the White Hill. He made his journey in eighteen days. His relation at
it was about 160
miles from Saco, that after 40 miles
travel, he did for the most part ascend ;
and within 12 miles of the top, was
neither tree nor grass, but low savins,
which they went upon the top of sometimes, but a continual ascent upon
rocks, on a ridge between two vallies
filled With snow, out of which came
two branches of the Saco river, whicli
met at the foot of the hill where was
an Indian town of some 200 people.
Some of them accompanied him within
8 miles of the top, but durst go no further, telling him that no Indian ever
dared to go higher, and that he would
die if he went.
So they staid there
till his return, and his two Indians
his return was, that
took courage by his example and went
with him. They went divefs times
27
209
" Within the last 40 years
White mountains have
been repeatedly ascended by
different exploring parties, and
the
several accounts of their pro-
ductions and phenomena have
been published. The object of
this paper is to detail such observations as were made by a
party from Boston, who visitthrough the thick clouds for a good
space, and within 4 miles of the top,
they had no clouds but very cold.
By
the way among the rocks, there were
two ponds, one a blackish water, and
the other reddish. The top of all was
plain, about 60 feet square.
On the
north side was such aprecipice as they
could scarcely discern 'he bottom.
They had neither cloud nor wind on
the top, and moderate iieat.
All the
country about him seemed a level, except here and there a hill rising above
the rest, and far beneath them. He
saw to the north, a great water wliich
he ju(dged to be 100 miles broad, but
could see no land beyond it. The sea
by Saco seemed as if it hud been within 20 miles.
He saw also a sea to the
eastward whicli he judg'ed to be tlie
gulph of Canada he saw some great
waters in parts to the westward,which
he judged to be'tlie great lake Canada
He found there
river comes out of.
much Muscovy glass, they could rive
out pieces 40 feet long, and 7 or 8
When hje came back to the
broad.
Indians, he found them drying themselves by the fire, for they had a great
tempest of wind and rain. About a
month after, he went again with five or
six of his company, then they had some
wind on the top, and some clouds above
tliem, which hid the sun. They brought
some stones which they supposed had
been diamonds, but they were most
;
chrystal."
Winthrop''s Journal, p. 247" The relation of Darby Field, may
be considered as in the main cor>ect,
reasonable deductions
after making
for the distance, the length of the
Muscovy glass, and the quantity' of water in view, which it may be suspected has not been seen by any visitoi"
since his time."
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
210
ed them
the beginning
in
of
" Thtse mountains are situated in lat. aliout 44° 15' N.and
long. 71° 20' W. from Greenwich. They are distant about
150 miles from Boston. Their
Indian name according to Dr.
B; Iknap, w*s Agiocochook.
" Our approach to them was
made from ihe northwest, com-
mencing
at the
town of Lan-
caster, a village situated on the
Connecticut river,25miles from
their
From
base.
this
town
a road has been cut, passing
through a gap of the mountains
to Portland, and constituting
the principal outlet of the Coos
country. This road takes the
course of the Israel's river, a
Connenicur,
branch of the
Pliny
the
passing between
mountains on the left and the
Pondcherry mountain on the
right.
Tne
village of
Lancas-
situated in a valley surrounded in several directions
by very elevated ridges of land.
ter
is
A
number of the summits in
sight of this place could not be
estimated
at less
than
3000
height, judging from
the experience we had acquired of several hills of known
altitude on the road, and the
accounts given by the inhabitfeet in
ants of the time necessary for
their ascent and descent.
**
The road from Lancaster
passes through
J-.fF
rson, (for-
Dartmouth) Bretton
Woods, and Nash and Saw-
merly
yer's locations, to the notch of
T'lis road in
the mountains.
course runs over the foot of
Its
the
lies
July, 1816.
Pondcherry mountain. It
for most of the way
through thick woods but rarely enlivened with the
appearance of cultivation.
At Playstead's house, 13 miles Jrom
their base we had a fair view
of the White Hills. They presented the appearance of a continued waving range of summits, of
which
it
was
to select the highest.
difficult
At Rose-
brooks, 4i miles from the
notch, the view of them was
very distinct and satisfactory.
could now clearly discern
the character of the summits,
five or six of which were entirely bald and presented the
appearance of a grey and ragged mass of stones towering
above the woods, with which
the sides and base were clothed.
In several places we observed a broad continued stripe
descending the mountain and
having the appearance of a regular road cut through the trees
and rocks from near the base
to the summit of the mountain.
On examining these with a telescope they were found to be
channels of streams, and in
several, the water could be
seen dashing down the rocks.
We
" Between Rosebrooks and
the notch is a plain, or rather
a swamp, the waters of which
pass off in different directions,
partly to the Amonoosuck, a
branch of the Connecticut, and
partly by an opposite course
After cl-ossing
to the Saco.
several brooks running towards
the former, we came to another stream, the water of
�GAZETTEEtt OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
which was so sluggish that it
required some time to become
satisfied that it was actually
flowing in the opposite direction.
This stream has its origin in a pond of one or two
acres, situated near the road,
and hiving no other inlet
or outlet.
This pond appears
to be the prinrcipal source of
the Saco river.
" The waters of this stream
being collected from several
sources proceed directly toward the side of the mountain.
At
the point where to
al)
ap-
pearance they must be intercepted in their courst-, there
occurs one of the most extraordinar)' features of the pb'.ce,
well known by the name of the
notch.
The whole mountain,
which otherwise forms a continued range, is here cloven
down
quite to
its
base, afford-
ing a free opening to the vv>^ters of the S ico, which pass off
with a gradual descent toward
the sea.
This gup is so narrow that space has with difficulty been obtained for the
road, which follows the course
of the Saco through the Hoich
In one place the
eastward.
river disappears, being lost in
the caves and crevices of the
rocks, and under the shelves
of the adjoining precipice, at
length reappearing at the distance of some rods below. The
notch gradually widens into a
long narrow valley, in the lower part of which is situated
the town of Bartlett.
"There is no part of the mountain more calculated to excite
211
and wonder than the
scenery of this natural gap.
The crags and precipices on
both sides rise at an angle of
great steepness, forming a support or basement for the lofty
and irregultr ridges above.
One of the most picturesque
interest
objects in our view
was
a ciiff
presenting a perpendicular face
of great height and crowned at
its inaccessible summit with a
profusion of floweringshrubs.*
For mnny miles below the
commenrement of the notch
the eye meets on both sides a
succession of steep and precipitous mountains, rising to the
height of some thousands of
feet, and utterly
inaccessii)le
from the valley below. The
sid( s of these mountains conin
some parts of bald
rock, streaked or variegated
by the trickling of water, in
others they are covered with
trees and shrubs.
The occasional torrents formed by the
freshets in the spring have in
many places swept away the
stones and trees from their
course, for a great distance,
and left the vestiges of their
way in a wide path or gully over naked rocks.
" In some instances the fire
had run over the sides of the
mountain, destroying the vegetation and leaving- the dead
trunks of the trees standing
like stubble in a field, and presenting a singular appearance
of desolation for some miles in
sist
*
Rhodora Canadensis,
Tune 20th.
in full flower
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIJIE.
*2V2
Several brooks, the
of the Saco, fall
down the abrupt declivities,
forming a succession of beautiful cascades in sight of the
road.
were told that the
wind sweep-b through the notch
with great violence.
ttt times
The lightning is said to strike
frequently in the mountains
from the clouds about their
sides, and the sound of the
thunder in this place is represented as unusually loud and
severe.
The report of a musket discharged in the notch,
was followed by a long echo,
reverberated for some time
from both sides of the mounextent.
tributaries
We
tain.
" The White Hills have been
ascended by
from
various
routes,
their different sides.
The
course which is usually considered as attended with the
least difficulties,
commences
is
that which
at the plain of
Pigwacket, at present the town of
Conway,and follows the course
of Ellis river, a northern
branch of the Saco, having its
origin high in the mountain.
" The place of leaving the
road, to follow the track of
this stream is in the town of
Adams about 20 miles from
the summit of the highest part
pf the mountain.
Of this distance seven or eight miles ma)'
be rode over on horseback,
the rest must be performed on
foot.
After leaving the borders of cultivation, our course
lay through thick woods, on a
level or with a gentle ascent,
not much encumbered with an
under growth of bushes, for
six miles.
The walking was
tolerably good, except the cir-
cumstance of being obliged
once or twice to ford the
streams. Our encampment for
the night, was made at the
mouth of New river, a principal branch of the Ellis.
This
river takes its name from the
recency of
happened
its
origin,
which
October, 1775.
At this time, during a great
flood, that took place in consequence of heavy rains, a
large body of waters, which
had formerly descended by
other channels, found their
way over the eastern brink of
the mountains, and ftll down
toward the Ellis, carrying the
rocks and trees before them in
their course, and inundating
in
the adjacent country.
freshet the banks
By
this
of the Saco
were overflowed, cattle were
drowned, and fields of corn
were swept away and destroyed.
New
Since that period, the
river has remained a con-
and at the place
descends the last precipice, forms a splendid cascade
of 100 feet in height.
" From this encampment,
stant stream,
where
it
which was -seven miles from
of the mountain, >ve
proceeded- the next day, (July
2,) two or three miles by the
side of Ellis river, on a gradthe top
ual ascent, occasionally encumbered by the trunks of fallen
trees.
now left the Ellis,
for one of its principal branches, called Cutler's river, lead-
We
ing directly towards the princi-
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAM PSHmE.
summit. After climbing
by the side of this stream for
pal
a considerable
trees of the
distance,
forest
the
around us
began to diminish in height,
and we found ourselves at the
second zone or region of the
This region is enmoutitain.
tirely covered with a thick low
growth of evergrecHS, principally the black spruce, and silver fir, which risf to about the
height of a man's head, and
put out numerous, strong, horizontal branches, which are
closely interwoven
with
other, and surround the
each
moun-
tain with a formidable hedge a
quarter of a mile in thickness.
This zone of evergreens, has
always constituted one of the
most serious
difficulties in
the
White Hills. The
passage through them is now
ascent of the
much
facilitated
by
a path cut
by the direction of Col. Gibbs,
who ascended the mountain
some years
since.
*'On emerging from this thicket, the barometer stood at 25,
93, giving our elevation above
the sea, at 4,443 feet.
were now above all woods, and
at the foot of what is called
the bald part of the mountain.
It rose before us with a steepness surpassing that of any
We
213
half a mile, which must be
performed by cautiously stepping from one rock to another,
as they present themselves like
irregular stairs, winding on the
broken surface of the moi^n-
In the interstices of these
rocks were occasional patches
of dwarfish fir and spruce, and
beautiful tufts of small alpine
shrubs, then in full flower.
tain.
" Having surmounted this
we found ourselves on
This like the
a second plain.
first, was covered with withered grass, and a few tufts of
height
flowers.
Its continuity
is in-
by several declivities, one of which we descended to our left, to reach a brook
that crosses it here, from the
There remained
rocks above.
now to be ascended only the
terrupted
principal peak, the one desig-
nated in Winthrop's Journal,
the name of the Sugar-loaj\
and in Belknap's New-Hampshire, by the name of Mount
Waskington. This we accomplished in half an hour, by
climbing the ridge to the north
of it, and walking on this ridge
by
quarter of a mile,
summit.
" If the traveller could be
transported at once to the top
of this mountain, from the
country below, he would no
doubt be astonished and delighted at the magnitude of his
elevation, at the extent and variety of the surrounding sceaery, and above all, by the huge
and desolate pile of rocks, ex-
and began to climb upon the
There was here a conside.
tinued and laborious asceBt of
tending to a great distance in
every direction beneath him,
and appearing to insulate him
ground we
had passed, and
presented to view a huge,
dreary irregular pile of dark
naked rocks.
"We crossed a plain or gentle
slope, of a
to the
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GAZETTEKR OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
the rest of the world. But
the length and fatigue of the
approach, the time occupied in
the ascent, the gradual manner
in which the prospect has been
unfolding itself, are circumstances which leave less novelty to be enjoyed at the summit,
than at first view of the subject, would be expected.
"The day of our visit was uncommonly fine, yet the atmosphere was hazy, and our view
of remote objects, was very indistinct.
The Moosehillock,
one of the highest mountains
of New-Hampshire, situated in
Coventry, near the Connecticut, was visible on the south.
The Kearsarge, Double-headed mountains, and several othfroiti
ers
east.
were
in
full
view
at the
The coimtry around
in
almost every direction, is uneven and mountainous. Its
appearance is described by
Josselyn, in his *' Rarities of
New-England," published in
1672, wlio says that the country beyond the mountains to
the northward, " is daunting
terrible, being full of rocky
mole hills in a
and clothed with inthick woods."*
hills, as
thick as
meadow
finite
;
* " Messrs. J. W. and F. Boott, who
have Visited the mriuntains since, and
found the atmosphere very clear on
the suinmit at half past 7 A. M. have
favoured me with the following- bear-
" Our anticipations were not
realized, in regard to several
we had been
taught to expect at the summit.
The state of the air was
mild and temperate, so that the
over coats which we carried up
in expectation of extreme cold,
were left at the foot of the last
ascent. The thermometer stood
phenomena,
at 57, F;ihr.
on the summit
12 o'clock, and on
day
at
same
the
Conway, 25 miles dison the plain below, it was
at
tant,
The snow lay in patchof an acre in extent upon
the sides, but appeared to be
rapidly dissolving.
were
not conscious of any material
alteration in the density of the
atmosphere, as neither sound
nor respiration were perceptibly impeded.
Instead of an
absence from these barrt*n regions, of animal and vegetable
life ; we found a multitude of
insects, buzzing around
the
highest rocks ; every stone was
at 80.
es
We
covered with lichens, and some
plants
were
in flower
in
crevices, within a few feet
the summit.
"
the
of
The
ascent from our enat the mouth of
New river, including stops,
had employed us six hours and
campment
—
6. S.
long hill
having an eminence at each extremit}-,
Vermont, W. by S. a little S
Sebago
luke S.E. ^ E' McMillans Tnn.Conway,
The second highest
S. by E. ^ E.
summit of the White hills N.N.E.byE.
This summit is separated from the one
called Mount Washington, by a gulph
opening eastwardly. It is very lofty,
falling but little below a horizontal
line obtained by a level on the former
aaid by the guide to be the highest in
place.
ings of objects in sight.
The sea, supposed near Portland S.E. by E. Lake
Winnipseogee
W.— A
—
—
�«AZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
The
a half.
summit
descent from the
same
to the
place, oc-
We
cupied about five hours.
on the mountain our names
left
and the date, inclosed in a
and cemented to the
bottle,
highest rock.*
" Height of the White Moun-
The
tains.
great distance at
which these mountains are visible, and the apparent length of
their ascent, have led to estimates of their height considerexctedihg the probable
The Rev. Dr. Cutler,
truth.
who twice visited them, and
observabarometrical
took
tions computes the height in
round numbers, at 10,000 feet
above the level of the sea. Dr.
Belknap, in his history of
New-Hampshire, i? persuaded,
that this computation is too
Kioderate, and that subsequent
ably
calculations
will
mtke
the
height even greater. Mr. Bowditch has published in the
transactions of the American
Academy, a logarithmic calculation founded on the barom-
observed by Dr. Cutand Professor Peck, in
1804, which gives them an el-
eter, as
ler
evation of 7,055.
" Capt. Partridge, an engineer in the United States' serv* Parce, viator,
ciiifuhnina parcent.
Hoc
fragile
monumentum
Lemuel Shaw,
Nathaniel Tucker,
Jacob Bigelow,
Franciscus C. Gray,
Franciscus Boott,
Bostonieiises
Die
Julii 2do.
A. D. 1816,
Monte Agiocochook »uperat»,
hie reli^ueri^it.
ice, visited the
21§
mountain some
years since, and took barometrical observations on several
of the principal peaks.
His
observations now in possession
of Professor Farrar at the
University, give to the highest
summit an elevation of
only 6103 feet.
"
A
mountain barometer, of
Engleficld's construction, carried by Mr. Gray of our party,
stood on the summit at noon
at 24, 23 ; the accompanying
thermometer being at 57. At
the
same day
at
Cambridge,
the barometer stood at 29, 95,
and the thermometer at 76.
This diffv-^rence of the barome-
making the necessary corrections for temperature,
and variation in the surface of
the cistern, would give, according to Sir H. C. Englefield's formula, a difference of
6230 feet in the altitude of the
two places.
logarithmic
calculation was made, from
ter, afttr
A
same data, by Professor
which resulted in a
diffrrence of 6194 feet.
This
number being added to 3 1 feet,
the height of Cambridge above
the sea, will give 6225 feet,
which may be assumed as the
prob<ible height of the White
the
F.irrar,
Hills, above the waters of the
ocean.
" In favour of the correctness
of the observations on which
computation
is founded, "it
be observed, that the barometer employed was of the
this
may
most approved and modern
guarded a-
canstrMction,, being
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
216
gainst accidents with an express view to its use in expeditions
of
this
sort
j
that
it
went and returned without injury ; and at the end of the
journey agreed with other instruments at the University,
precisely as it had done before
its removal.
" In confirmation of the present estimate, it may also be observed, that a geometrical ad-
measurement, taken by Dr.
Shattuck, and others from the
plain in front of Rosebrook's
house, gave to the summit an
elevation of 4620 feet above
This being added
that place.
to 1648,the barometrical height
of Rosebrook's above the sea,
will give a total of
43
differing only
6268 feet,
from our
feet
estimate.
*'
W.Maclure,Esq. author of
geological
the
map
of
the
United States, informs me,that
from two geometrical admeasurements made some years
since on the eastern and western sides of the mountain, he
arrived at results nearly similar."
WiLT0H,a township in Hillsborough county, was incorporated in 1762,and contains 101
bounded N. by
inhabitants
;
Lyndeborough, E. by Milford,
S. by Mason, and W.by Temple
:
TViis
al
er,
its
is 15,820 acres.
watered by sever-
area
town
is
branches of Sowhegan rivwkich unite near its easter-
which Rev.
Livermore was ordained in
1763, and removed in 1777.
Rev. A. Fisk was ordained in
1778, and Rev. T. Bedee, the
present p.lstor, in 1803. There
are here 4 grain- mills, 4 sawmills, 2 carding-machines, and
gationalists, over
J.
2 trading stores.
WiLMOT, a township in
Hillsborough county, was incorporated in 1807, and con298 inhabitants bounded
by Springfield, N.E.by
Danbury, New-Chester, and
Andover, S. E. by Kearsarge
Gore, and S. W. by Sutton and
tains
N.
;
W.
New-London, comprising
14,
780 acres.
This town was in 1807, set
and
off from New-London
Kearsarge Gore. A branch of
Blackwater river has its source
in this town and flows through
There are here several
it.
mills.
Winchester lies in the S.
\y. part of Cheshire county
it
was incorporated in 1753,
and contains 1478 inhabitants;
bounded N. by Chesterfield
and Swanzey, E. by Swanzey
and Richmond, S. by Warwick,
(Mass.) and W. by Hinsdale,
comprising 33,534 acres, 600
of which arc water.
In Winchester is Humphreys'*
pond^ 200 rods long and 80
Ashuelot river, in its
wide.
passage through this town, receives Roaring brook and sev-
ly exiremity.
eral other streams."
There is here 1 meetinghouse and 1 society of congre-
N. H. and
The
6th
the Ashuelot turn-
pikes pass through Winchester.
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
There are
in this
houses.
was
place 3 re-
and 2 meeting-
ligious societies
M. Lawrence
Rev.
settled here in
Rev. E. Conant
1764, and
containing each 50 or 60 acres.
turnpike crosses the northern extremity of
the town.
The 2d N. H.
There
in 1788.
4
grain-mills, 9 sawmills, 3 clothing-mills, 1 card-
are here
WiNNIPISEOGEE
1
and 2
distilleries,
Windham,
cotton factory,
in
stores.
Rockingham
county, was incorporated in
1741, and contains 742 inhabi-
bounded N, by LondonNew-Salem, S.
by Pelham,and W. by Nottingham West and Londonderry
tants
;
derry, E. by
:
One
area is 15,744 acres.
half of Policy p07id Vies in this
town, and the other half in
Salem ; it is 420 rods long and
its
140 wide ; Cabbo pond 600
rods long and 100 wide H'lteMitchells
litey
Golden^ and
ponds anxl other smaller ones
Beaver rivare in this town.
er forms the western boundary
The Londonof Windham.
derry turnpike crosses the eastern extremity of the town.
There is here 1 meeting-house,
in which the Rev.
Johnson was ordained in 1760.
Rev. J. Kinkeed, S. Williams,
and the present minister Rev.
S. Harris, have succeeded him.
;
There are in this place several
mills and stores.
in
Hillsborough
13
largest
Its
breadth
is
very une-
qual, but in no place more than
8 miles. Some very long points
of land project into this lake,
and jt contains several islands.
The
surrounding
mountains
give rise to many streams which
flow into it.
From the S. E.
extremity of this lake called
Merry -Meeting bay^ to its N.
W. point called Centreharbor,
there is good navigation in the
summer and a good road in the
winter, which is much travelled by the people of the adjacent towns.
The lake is froz-
en about 3 months in the year.
Trout are caught here weighing from 5 to 25 lb.
Cusk
are also caught here. The waters of this lake are about 470
feet higher than the tide waters of
Dover
river.
WiNNIPISEOGEE RiVER
is
the stream through which the
waters of the above lake flow
into
sues
arm
Windsor,
LaKE
body of water in
New-Hampshire,
being 22
miles in length from S.E. toN.
the
W.
ing-machine,
2
2ir
Merrimack
river.
It is-
from
the southwestern
of the lake at a place
which
remarkable for the
fish caught there.
It then opens into Long bay
between Meredith and Gilford,
thence through a lesser bay to
is
coimty, contains
number of
are here several small ponds,
Meredith bridge, thence between Gilmanton and Sanborn-
238 inhabitants, and is bounded W. by
Cheshire county, N. by Hillsborough, and S. by Antrim,
comprising S^^\i5 acres. There
�GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHlRK.
218
ton into Sanbornton bay, which
is about 7 miles long and 3 wide.
This river dividtrs Sanbornton
from Giimanton, and flows between Sanborn ion and North-
Pcmigewasset river,
The whole distance from the lake to this
junction with the PemigewasIt is in
set river is 20 miles.
field
to
(which see.)
contemplation
to cut a
from the lake
to
canal
Merrimack,
the waters of the lake being
about232 feet higher than those
of the Merrimack, and about
438 feet higher than those of
Charles river, where the Middlesex canal empties into it.
It cannot be doubted that these
would
canals
benefit the sur-
rounding country by
facilitat-
ing the transportation of its
productions and enhancing the
value of its lands.
WiNNicoNETT (commonly
called
Winnkot)
a large
swamp
river, rises in
in
Hampton,
and after a northerly course
through a part of Stratham into Greenland, it meets the tidewaters about 200 feet from the
Great bay.
by Ossipee, S.E. by Brookfield
and Ntw-Durham, and S. W.
by Alton and lake Winnipiseogee, containing 28,600 acres,
400 of which are water. Smith'*
pond^ 1050 rods long and 556
wide, in the southeast part of
the town, discharges
its waters
westerly through Crooked river into the lake.
There are
here several other large ponds,
viz. Crooked^ RusVs^ EastorCs^
and Sargeant's ponds.
At a
Smithes bridge
place called
there is a smxU village containing several mills, stores, &",.
Rev. E. Allen, a congrega-
tionalist,
and Elder Townsend,
a baptist, were the first ordained ministers in this town. They^
were both ordained on the 25th
of October, 1792.
Ehler
Townsend
There are
is
still
in this
in
office.
town 2 meet-
ing-houses, 8 school-houses, 4
grain-mills,
4 saw-mills, X
clothing-mill, and 1 cardingfamily of the
a chine.
name of Blake were the first
m
A
who moved
county, was incorporated in
1770, and in 1810, tontaint-d
into this town. Mr.
Blake and wife are still living.
At the foot of a hill which
stands on the bank of one of the
pcmds in this town, there is a
spring strongly impregnated
with a mineral substance which
said to give the water a
is
bounded N.
1376 inhabitants
W. by Moultonborough, N.E.
quality similar to those of the
j.G.o.
Saratoga springs.
WoLFEBORO,UGH,inStrafford
;
�PART
III.
Topographical and Statistical tables alphabetically ahrangkd
shewing
THE COUnSE AITD DISTAJfCE O^ A DIRECT LINE FROTI PoRTSMOCTH, CoNCOIlD, BoSTO]v, AND Portland.
Also, the NtnMBER of miles bt TiiK hoads commonly
THATEILED— NCMBER OF NeAT CaTTLE AND HORSKS TO WHICH 19 AKDED THE
PROPORTION FOR TaXES IN 1775, AND 1812 NUMBER OF INHABITANTS IN 1775
Towns having a Post-Office number or miles to the city of Washington AND Topographical Remarks.
;
—
—
;
;
TABLE
Shewing the Course and Distance on a direct line from Portsalso, the number of milks by the roads commonly
TRAVELLED ToWNB HAVING A PosT-OfFICE AND THE NUMBER OF INHABITANTS
I.
mouth AND Concord
;
;
iN 1775.
Course and Dis
;
�Course and Distance
from Concord.
Course and Distance from
Portsmouth.
Column
i
Concord
Concord
Conway
Cornibh
Coventry
Croydon
Dalton
Danbury
Deerfield
Droving
DixviUe
Dorchester
Dover
Dublin
Coos
121 N. 14 \V 160
Rocking.
40 N.72fW.| 45
Grafton
94 N. 52" W. 145
65 N. 13 W. 75
Strafford
80 N. 67 W. 105
Cheshire
85 N. 38 W. 120
Grafton
73 N. 67 W. 90
Cheshire
98 N. 25 W. 140
Coos
62 N. 58 W. 75
Grafton
25 N. 78 W. 30
Rocking.
Hiilsboro' 53 N. 38 W. 70
12; N. 9 W. 180
"oos
(5 raft on
75 N. 49 W. 92
Su-afiord
9 N. 41 W. 12
65 S. 82 n'. 80
f'shire
.
Dummer
Dunbarton
flillsboro'
Dunstable
do.
Durand
Coos
Durham
Strufford
R,)ck'ng.
East -Kingston
Eaton
Effingham
Eli worth
StraflTord
do.
Grafton
Enfield
do.
Epping
Rocking.
Hp_£om
Errol
Exeter
Farmington
Fishersfield
FhzvviUiam
Francestown
Franconia
Gilford
Gilmanton
Gilsum
GofFstown
Goshen
Gosport
Grafton
Greenfield
Greenland
Groton
Hampstead
Hampton
Hampton Falls
Hancock
Hanover
Haverhill
Hawke
Hebron
Henniker
Hillsborough
Hinsdale
Holderness
Hollis
Hopkinton
jaflrey
do.
107
41
N
11 V/. 150
N. 85 W.
42
S.
9l
9
16
N. 14 W.
50
64
130
W,
10
6<J
N. 63
51
57 !n. 17
47 :N. 16
74.
to
16
30
\\
W 22
W 70
W 53
N. 40 W 84
60 W 86
85 W 20
70 W. 32
6A W 180
:S.
113
Coos
11
5G W.
Rocking.
26 N. 37 W.
St rafford
Hdlsboro' 63 N. 75
72 S. 75 W.
Cheshire
Hiilsboro' 52 S. 87 W.
85 N. 29 W.
Grafton
45 ;N. 49 W.
Strafford
40 JN. 50 W.
do.
74
Cheshire
W.
ri.Usboro' 39 S. 87 W.
67 N. 75 W.
Cheshire
W
14
35
80
90
68
145
56
50
105
50
87
10*
8u
70
5^
90
30
14
16
10
S. E.
67 N. 59 W.
Hiilsboro' 54 S. 87 W.
4.1
Rocking.
S. 56
70 N. 48
Grafton
24 S. 60 W.
Rocking.
lU S. 25
do.
12 S. 33^ W.
do.
Hillshoro' 60 S. 87 W. 77
80 N-. 56 W. 98
Grafton
90 N. 40 AV 102
do.
193 S. 65 W. 25
Rocking
6,' N.
85
Grafton
49
61
WiUsboro' 54 >f. 78
58 N. 8?
80
do.
80 S. SOW 120
Cheshire
60 N. 40
75
Grafton
58
Hiilsboro' 45 S. 64
60
46 NT.
do.
65 S. 78 W.J 80
Cheshire
RockmgGrafton
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
77W
107
4
N.
E
68
9 W. 100
56
25 E. 76
34
64
60
57
14
70
34
62 W. 44
76 N. 3 W. 130
25
34 W. 30
15
64 E. 20
18
57 W. 25
110
8 E. 170
42
27
49
.)3
84 E., 40
34
52 W. 50
95
lO E. 140
9
20 W. 10
33
5 E. 42
77
9 E. 130
31
78 E. 34
34
52 E. 42
49
25 E 75
43
35 E. 60
45
12 W. 59
36
44
44
26
62 E. 32
!0
78 E, 12
104
12 E 170
34
60 E 43
25
68 E. 40
23 In 77 W. 40
43 Is. 46 W. 60
43 W. 28
3 W. 100
20 E. 30
80 E 2d
73 W. 60
18
S.
79 W. 42
70 E. 51
38^ W. 36
43 W. 40
69 E. 45
23 VV. 45
38 E. 39
60 E 51
57 E 50
56 W. 36
40 W. 55
19 W. 70
47 E. 33
40
19
16
78
30
78
62 W. 75
3 W, 45
40
5
7
78
36 S. 46 W-l 52
W
W
W
I
W
,
.
.
W
W
W
W
W
�Course and Distance from
Portsmouth.
Town*.
�Course and Distance from
�TABLE
11.
SaEVriHOTHZI^UWEBEROF MltES BY THE ROADS COWMOXLT TRATELLED, AND COURSE
AND DISTANCE, ON A DtRECT LINE FROM BOSTON AND PORTLAND, TO THE CENTRE OF EACH Township in New-Hampshire. Also the distance to theCitt
OF Washington bt the Roads,— And Topographical Remarks.
—
Course and Distance from
Boston.
Towns.
Bearings.
Counliej.
W ~'.
W 144
W 9o
N
W 68
N 50 W 95
N 5 W 98
N 39 W 48
N 24 W 86
N 43 W 75
N 7W
Strafford
65
7 W 80
do.
50 N 1 E
ll4 V 2 W
Coos
18 W 150
Grafton
128
Hdlsboro' 43 N 30 W 50
128 V 11 w 180
Grafton
24 W 70
HiUsboro'
N 37 W 58
do.
54 V23 W 68
Rocking
N 37 W 80
HiUsboro'
Rocking. 4u N 3 E 50
13UiN 7W 170
Coos
Grafton
90JN 19 W 95
N
Strafford
93
781
N 50 W 47
HiUsboro'
Strafford 106jN 4 W
150
N 2J2
Coos
Grafton 100|N 14 W 115
98!n 27 W 108
do.
Rucking. 46:N 13 W 55
69 N 17 W 75
do.
96iN 13 W 1J5
Strafford
116'N
E 57
Coos
87'N'47 W 105
Cheshire
Acwortli
N
Cheshiie
Adams
Coos
Grafton
Rocking
Alexandria
AUenstown
Alstead
Alton
Amherst
Andover
Antrim
Atkmson
Bariistead
Harrington
Bartlett
V
M
2
13
16
4ij
NT
7i
14<J
Bath
Bedford
Bethlehem
Boscawen
Boston,
118
88
53
Cheshire
78
72
Straff ird
Hillsboro' 42
do.
79
do.
63
Rocking. 3l>
New
Bow
Bradford
Brentwood
Bretton Woods
Bridgewater
Brookfield
Brookline
Burton
Cambridge
Campton
Canaan
Candia
Canterbury
Centreharbor
Chatham
Charleston
Chester
Chesterfield
Chichester
Claremont
Colebrook
Columbia
N"
6'
NT
5;.
7i'
38.
12-2
1
W
48
Rocking. 42|N 16
771 N 62 ^^
90
Cheshire
85
Rocking. 60JN 15
IN 40 AV 100
90
Cheshire
168:N 5
i\5
Coos
164 N 5
212
do.
W
W
W
�Course and Distance frorn
Boston.
Concord
Concord
Rocking. 60
Grafton
128
Conway
Strafford
Cornish
Coventry
Croydon
Cheshire
Grafton
Cheshire
Dalton
Coos
Danbury
Grafton
Deerfield
Deering
Rocking-,
Hilisboro'
Dixville
Coos
Dorchester
Grafton
N
107
95
N
118 N
89 N
137 N
39 VV
18
36
10 \V
25
W
W
N
U
N 10 W
60 N 39 W
167 NlSiW
103 N 32 W
86
51
53
60
151
Dover
StraiTbrd
Dublin
Cheshire
Dummer
Coos
Dunbarton
HiUsboro' 54
Dunstable
N22\V
X 15 W
do.
135
Durand
Coos
Durham
Epsoni
Coos
Exeter
Rocking-.
Strafford
10
53
E
W
NlSiW
N 27'
N 39W
N
3 VV
49
Strafford
35
Rocking-.
Strafford 100
do.
90
107
Grafton
95
do.
44
Rocking-.
57
do.
Errol
N
N
East-Kingston
Eaton
Effingham
Ellsworth
Enfield
Epping
Farming-ton
Fishersfield
HiUsboro
FitzwiUiam
Francestown
Franconia
Cheshire
Gilford
158
40
66
76
Strafford
do.
HiUsboro
59
55
Greenhmd
124
80
73
73
Cheshire
HiUsboro' 49
80
Cheshire
Rocking. 45
81
Grift on
HilLsboro' 55
44
Rfick.ng.
Gi'oton
Gri.l"ton
Hamp.stead
Rocking.
Ilanipron
37
36
HiUsboro' 6G
10-i
Grafton
122
do.
Rocking. 36
95
Grufuni
HiUsboro' 65
67
do.
77
Cheshire
94
Grafton
HiUsboro' 35
d«.
63
Cheshire
57
!35!X
Coos
G ilmanton
GiUum
Goirstown
G.'sr.en
Gosport
Graft on
Giet-nfield
Han.pton Falls
Hancock
Hanover
Havt-rluU
Hi-wke
Hebron
Henniker
Hillsboiough
Hinsdale
Hoidern^ss
Holhs
Hopkinton
Jaflrey
JtSei'.soit
Grafton
9
3
do.
do.
G \V
�Course and Distance from
Boston.
Course and Distance
from Portland.
Counties.
Keene
Cheshire
Kearsarge Gore
HiUsboro 75
Rocking.
36
Goos
13
Rocking. 36
Coos
142
Grafton
12
Kensing-ton
Kilkenny
Kingston
Lancaster
LandafF
Langdon
Lebanon
Lee
Lempster
Cheshire
Grafton
Strafford
71
N 56
N
N
N
N
N
N
V
N
Litchfield
Littl(-ton
Londonderry
9
5
2
7
IS
50
30
W
\\
E
W
E
\\
W
\\
W
49 N 2 E
80 N 42 W
101
Cheshire
Grafton
117 N
HiUsboro' 35 N
Grafton
135 N
Rocking.
35 N
Lincoln
29
13 VV
30
w
i2 \\
W
20
do.
Loudon
64!N 16 \\ 82
Grafton
165
Lyman
132|n 17
Lyme
do.
971 N 26 VV 126
Lyndeborough
HiUsboro' 48iN 43
58
Madbury
Strafford
52:n 8 E 67
Manchester
HUlsboro' 43iN 23 \\ 4S
64iN 57 \V 76
Marlborough
Cheshire
Marlow
do.
77|n 47 Vv 95
50
Mason
HiUsboro' 42 N 58
195
Maynesborough Coos
140! N 2
Strafford
Meredith
85jN 14 \V 93
HiUsboro' 38N34
40
Merrimack
N
Strafford
88 421S 75
Middleton
73|
Hillsboi'o' 411 N
Milford
4H 90 S 58 VV
70iN 2 E 85 4ols 49 VV
Strafford
Milton
158iN l^W 200 87, N 34
Coos
MiUsiield
120 59 S 85
Mou Itonborough Straff.rd 93; N 8
HUlsboro' 45IN 39 \V 52 87 S 55
Mount-Vernon
44;S 31 W^
Rocking.
47' N 22 E 60
New-Castle
75!S 83
Grafton
84' N 23 \V 90
New-Chester
85 47!S 60 VV
Strafford
71|N 2
New-Durham
110 94'S 86 VV
93N 33
New-Gran tham Grafton
88 N 17
110 69;S 88 VV
Strafford
New-Hampton
Rocking. 48;N 14* E 57 49;S 37
Newington
HiUsboro 46;n 34
New-Ipswich
55 102i» 55
82lN 31
New-London
do.
90 88 S 80 \V
Rocking. 44'N 8 E 58 55jS 42
Newmarket
85:x 37 ^^ 100 97 S 80
Cheshire
Newport
31'N 2 E 40 67iS 37
Rocking.
Newtown
73IN 18
do.
Northfield
79 68 S 77
40^iN 16 E 55 54 S 33^\V
Northampton
do.
l47iN 6 VV 195 87l N
iJorthuraberland Coos
56;n 6^\V 66 58 S 58
Northwood
Rocking.
60 568 50
49|N 2
Nottingham
do.
35 83i S
Nottingham West HUlsboro' 30|n 34
105' 81
Grafton
Orange
94] N 24
do.
112 N 24 VV 126i 901n 34 VV
Orford
47|n 85 VV
Strafford
Ossipee
88; N 2 VV 104
do.
Ossijjee Gore
96;N 1 VV 1181 45, N 75 VV
Cheshire
Packersfield*
65, N 50 r,' 80 103jS 65 \V
Coos
Paulsburgh
145JN 1 VV 195' 75"^ 40
113 IN 15 VV 120 76:n 72 VV
Grafton
Peeling
82 S 41 VV
Rocking.
Pelham
26 iN 27 V/ 3.-.
56 IN 19
Pembroke
59i 68,S 62 VV
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
V
W
'
Ngw
Nelson.
29
Con. river
Con. river
120
120
125
54
96
58
On Mer.
150
130
110
riv.
Mass.
line
Vmm.
river
Winnipis.
8ij
r.
100
On Mer. riv.
50
100 548
60 585 Sal. river
HO
700
65 620
128 552
66 60 An Inland
lUl 590 On Pem. riv.60 585
155 610
7i 630 Pem. river
557 Pis. i-iver
6.;;
1S3 555 Mass. line
132 590
58 Exeter river
60
138 600
86 540 Mass. line
112 579 Mer. river
70 555 Sea
118 695 On Con. riv.
70 5§6
70 560
110 535 Mer. river
129 605
120 626 Con. river
50 604
4o 618
185 580
110 695|On Aram.
8«. o20 On Pem.riv.
96 5331 Mass. line
90 559jOn Mer. riv.
(
�Course an
�TABLE
III.
An
Alvhabetical Tabli! of the Tow^ss in each Countt of New-Hampshire
OF PoLLS, PUOPORTION OF TaXES IN 1775 AND 1812, NUMBER OF Horses over four years old, number of neat Cattle over two
TEARS OLD, NUMBER OF ACBES OF OrCHAUD ^AtSO, THE NUMBER OF ShIEP AS
VAK AS THEX have BEEN OBTAINED.
WITH TUB JTUMBKR
—
County of
Rockingham.
�Coimty of
�County of
Hillsborou(rh
--.9
Towns.
Dunstable
Fishei-sfield
Francestown
GofFstown
Greenfield
Hennilcer
Hillsboroueh
Hollis
Hopkmton
Hancock
Kearsar_^e Gore
Litchfield
Lyndeborough
Manchester
Mason
Merrimack
Mil ford
Mount- Vernon
New-Boston
New-Ipsvvich
New-London
Nottingham West
Peterborongh
Salisbury
Sharon
297
253
372
198
19
74,
185
107
170
182
182
162
257
241
123
190
288
310
61
Society Lantl
Sutton
Temple
Warner
Weare
Windsor
Wilmot
175
102
248
305
166
307
'
Wilton
28
218
139
307
'456
49
69
173
County of
Cheshire.
Acworth
Dempster
Marlborough
268
292
265
364
378
291
151
219
338
100
97
139
239
303
107
162
205
Marlow
105
Alstead
Charleston
Chesterfield
Claremont
Cornish
Croydon
Dublin
Fitzwilliam
Gilsum
Goshen
Hinsdale
Jaffrey
Keene
Langdon
�County of
�County of
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�����STATE CAPITOL.
For description,
see " Concord," page 104.
�THE
STATISTICS
AND GAZETTEER
OF
NEW-HAMPSHIEE.
CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE
TOWNS AND VILLAGES; ALSO, BOUNDAPJES
AND AREA OF THE STATE, AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES,
COUNTIES,
WITH OVER
ONE HUNDRED PAGES OF STATISTICAL TABLES,
PERTAINING TO ITS POPULATION, WEALTH, INDUSTRIES,
CHURCHES, SCHOOL HOUSES, SOLDIERS IN THE LATE REBELLION, AND
POST OFFICES: WITH A LIST OF STATE OFFICERS, ETC.:
TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF
ITS
MOUNTAINS, LAKES, RIVERS AND POPULAR RESORTS FOR TOURISTS,
AND A GREAT VARIETY OF OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION.
Wve seen the prairies,
and their flowers
Beside their sparkling rills,
But nothing there that gladdens us
Like old New-Hampshire hills.
COMPILED BY
ALONZO
J.
CONCORD,
D. L.
FOGG.
N. H.
GUERNSEY,
BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER.
1874.
aked
�tk;
PUJ
3
Tll_D£
:
Entered according to Act of Congress, December
ALONZO
J.
FOGG, Concord, N.
7th,
A. D.
1872,
H.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
STEREOTYPED, PRINTED AND BOUND
AT CXAREMONT, N. H.,
BY THE CLAREMONT MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
by
�TO THE
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
AND
ADOPTED CITIZENS,
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
BY THE
AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER.
ITS
THIS
VOLUME
IS
��PREFACE.
New-Hampshire
It is nearly twenty years since a Gazetteer of
was published, and although the State has not increased in population,
.-till
the change in every branch of business has been quite
as great as in
any State
in
New
We
England.
have now nearly
double the miles of railway, and three times the number of miles of
we had twenty years
telegraph wire that
The wealth
ago.
the State has increased nearly one hundred per cent.
now
there were but hamlets in 1855, there are
villages,
and the busy
We are now
hum
of
life is
of
Where
large manufacturing
heard from morning
till
night.
living in the days of fast steamboat lines, railroad
express trains, telegraphs and pneumatic tubes.
All branches of business are done with railway speed, and what
it
took years to accomplish, thirty years ago,
as
many
The
focus.
is
now performed
Time and space have been brought nearly
months.
cotton merchant in Boston can do
to
in
a
more mercantile
correspondence in one week with his bi'anch house in Liverpool,
by telegraph, than could be done
Where
time.
fifteen years
now done by telegraph, in as many minutes.
required to perform a journey by stage,
rail,
in
as
ago in a long
took months to convey intelligence by mail,
it
many
days.
it is
lifeit
is
Where weeks were
now accomplished by
In our country, a generation has been
crowded into years, years into months, months into days, and days
into hours.
The
old Farmer's clock that has stood in his kitchen
corner for more than forty years with the wise monition written
on
its
dial that " time
is
money," has seen the maxim heeded and
fully carried out in this generation.
fortunes in a day
In preparing
and sometimes
this
lose
In
this
age
them quite
work we have endeavored
men make
their
as soon.
to
keep the above
�PREFACE.
VI
much
ideas constantly in view, and to give as
pertaining to the industry of
in a brief
manner.
Our
New Hampshire
general information
we
as
possibly could
readers will find that brevity has been
our aim through the book.
But
still
we have intended
to furnish
much useful information in less than seven hundred pages as
many writers, years ago, would have required two thousand to im-
as
part the same amount of knowledge.
have
assisted us
much
Figures in a tabular form
in this respect, there being nearly
We
red pages in tables.
have intended
present standing of the State than of the past
have given but a brief history of the
ographies of eminent
men who were
first
on
left their
;
consequently we
settlements,
and no
natives of the State.
It
native homes to seek their fortunes
broad ocean, and we have reserved that task
life's
bi-
would
and daughters of New-
require volumes to do justice to the sons
Hampshire who have
one hund-
show more of the
to
some
for
future biographer.
In preparing a work like
Nearly
all is a
information,
this,
but very
little
can be original.
compilation, and, in order to obtain the necessary
we have been obliged
to
many
claim the assistance of
people in various sections of the State.
In preparing a book of this character,
ly creep in, that are beyond all
town
will
have
its critics,
many
human power
and they may
see
errors
must natural-
in the
that should be different, in some respect, relative to their
of the State.
Although we
feel
obliged to persons in
for their kindness in assisting us to
many
in
some
instances,
book
own section
many towns
facts, still, that co-opera-
tion throughout the State has not been all
and
Every
to obviate.
some things
we could have
we have been obliged
to rely
desired,
on the manu-
many statistical facts relative to manuour many friends see some errors in this
script census of 1870, for
factories.
If a few of
respect, they
may
rest assured that they
the cities and large towns in the State,
and gathered such information
citizens
have seen
fit
to give us.
were correct in 1870.
we have
All
personally visited,
as to their industries,
etc.,
as the
�PREFACE.
We
have been at considerable expense
State to
is
VII
to prepare
accompany the book, and we venture the
the most accurate
map
of
New-Hampshire that
All the counties, towns, and nearly
people.
all the principal
rivers, lakes
The map
are laid down.
is
map
is
now
of the
all
it
before the
all the post
and mountains, and
before our readers,
a
assertion, that
offices
;
the railroads
and they can judge
for themselves.
To numerous
advice in our
William
friends
efforts,
Little, Esq.,
who have
assisted
especially to the
us,
and given kindly
Hon. John H. Goodale,
D. F. Secomb, Esq., Hon. Asa Fowler,
Chief Justice J. E. Sargent, Samuel B. Page, Esq.,
mental
nearly
officials
all
at the State
all
the govern-
House, the press of the State, and
of the town clerks in the State,
we tender our
heartfelt
acknowledgments.
We
etteer,
are also indebted to Dr. Belknap's History,
"New-Hampshire As
"New-Hampshire
Register,"
It
Is,"
Hayward's Gaz-
New-Hampshire Manual,"
and the U.
S.
Census of 1870, for val-
uable information.
A.
Concord, N. H., March
2, 1874.
J. F.
��OOIsTTElSTTS.
CHAPTEE
First settlement of
I.
New-Hampshire, up
to the Revolution.
CHAPTER II.
Brief history of the War of tli Revolution, Federal Constitution, and of
the Great Rebellion, Regiments, Officers, etc.
CHAPTER
III.
Topographical history of all the cities and towns in the State, giving a
brief statement of the surface, the quality of the soil, its mountains,
lakes ponds, rivers and streams; its summer resorts, villages and
manufacturers
resources, churches, public schools, libraries, hotels,
railroads, &c.
;
CHAPTER
IV.
A statistical summary of the counties
and State, pertaining to their geographical position, value of their manufactories, farm productions,
railroads,
newspapers, national banks, savings banks, insurances,
post-oilices &c.
CHAPTER
V.
Tabular statement of the population of the
cities
and towns
in the
State, ratable polls, assessed valuation of all the towns, stock in trade,
money
at interest, deposits in savings banks, proportional tax,
town
debts, clergymen, lawyers, physicians, merchants, agricultural pro-
ductions, value of farms,
number
of farms, dwellings, and families,
value of cotton manufactories, woolen manufactories, boots and shoes,
hosiery, paper mills, lumber mills, grist mills, tanneries, total manufactories in the State, various occupations of the people in 1870, number
of each kind of manufactories, in the State, in 1870, number of deaths,
by towns, in the State, in 1870, centenarians who have died since 1822,
&c., &c.
�X
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
VI.
Public Schools, Dartmouth College, Literary Institutions, Asylum for
the Insane, College of Agriculture, Orphans Home, State Prison,
State Normal School, State Capital, Reform School, Religion &c.
CHAPTER
A
VII.
brief review of the State, its climate, its grand mountain, ocean,
lake and river scenery, geology and mineralogy, a description of its
mountains, lakes and rivers, a brief account of the aboriginals of NewHampshire, New-Hampshire compared with the Western States; a
poem on New-Hampshire,
etc.
CHAPTER VHI.
New-Hampshire
Congressional, Councillor," and SenGovernor vote of
Governors of New-Hampshire since 1680
the State in 1872 and 1873
Justices of the higher courts of New-Hampshire since 1776 Wheelwright Deed Cities and Towns in the United States of 6,000 inhabi-
Constitution of
atorial Districts
;
;
State and Legislative Officers
;
;
;
;
tants
and upwards.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Agricultural College, Hanover.
Board of Trade Building, Concord.
Burleigh's Block, Franklin.
City Library Building, Manchester.
Court House, Manchester.
Dustin Monument on Dustin's Island, Concord.
Eagle Hotel, Concord.
Gage's Circular Saw Works, Fisherville.
Kiarsarge House, North Conway.
Merchant's Exchange, Manchester.
Mount Belknap House, Gilford.
Moosehillock, from Warren.
New-Hampshire Conference Seminary, Tilton.
New-London
Institution,
State House, Concord.
New-London.
(Frontispiece.)
Normal School Building, Plymouth.
Statesman Building, Concord.
Tilden Female Seminary, West Lebanon.
State
MAP.
Map
of New-Hampshire.
�INDEX.
academies will be found under the head of Literary
form also the names of the lakes under
the head of Lakes, and rivers under the head of Rivers.
The index
for
Institutions, in alphabetical
;
514
Acres Improved Land in the State
405
Dartmouth College
Agriculture of the State
403
Deposits in Savings
Agricultural College
532
Depositors in Savings Banks,
Altitudes of Mountains
578
Description of
Amoskeag
238
Dudley, Joseph
Falls
Banks
429
Number
Towns
Dustin, Hannah, Killing Indians
....429
47 to 380
8
— 10
72
Ancient Records of the State
Andros, Edward
12
Artillery, Lafayette
37
Early Records of the State
12
Heavy
36
Federal Constitution
21
for the Insane
529
New-Hampshire Battery
First Reg. N. H. Heavy Artillery
Fish in New-nampshire
36
597
Artillery, N. EL
Asylum
8
Early Laws
5
First
36
Attorney Generals from 1776
Band, Second Brigade
635
Banks. National
Banks, Savings
Barefoot Walter
419
Franconia Mountains
575
421
Franconia Scenery
159
564
Bear Killed a Child
Bear in Alstead
Belknap Dr
262
Geology of New-Hampshire
Gorges, Fernando
38
8
51
Gove, Edward
2
8
Bradley Massacre
117
627
Governor Vote in 1S72 and 1873
Governors of New-Hampshire since 16S0..632
255
Grave of Mathew Thornton
Carr Mountains
Carrigan Mountains
577
Guards, National
576
Guards, Martin
Carter Mountains
576
Climate of New-Hampshire
556
Head, Gen. Natt
Height of Mountains
Congressional Districts
624
Hilton,
Connecticut Valley
403
Insurance Companies
433
Indians in New-Hampshire
598
Birds in N.
H
5
597
Edward
37
37
38
578
3
Constitution of N. H., History of
21
Constitution of New-Hampshire
607
Indians in Charlestown
County of Rockingham Resources
County of Strafford Resources
County of Belknap Resources
County of Carroll Resources
County of Merrimack Resources
County of Hillsborough Resources
County of Cheshire Resources
County of Sullivan Resources
County of Grafton Resources
County of Coos Resources
381
Indians in
383
Indians in Keene
385
Indians in Boscawen
387
Indians in Concord
117
388
Indians in Exeter
155
391
Indians in Pembroke
296
393
Indians in Newington
276
395
Indians in Moultonborough
262
396
Indians in Nashua
267
398
Indians in Plainfield
303
Councilor Districts
(;24
Indians in Hinsdale
195
Council Members, 1873
626
Indians in Plymouth
306
7-8
Indians in Rochester
318
Indians in Rye
322
Edward
John
Cranfield.
Cutts,
7
Durham
90
138
211
72
�XII
INDEX.
Indians in Salisbury
325
Itldiai
151
Marlborough High School
Marlow Academy
Indian
Mc Collum
Indians in Somersworth
Milford High School
Indians in Peterborough
Nashua High School
Nashua Literary Institution
New-Hampshire Conference Seminary
New-Hampshire Commercial Colle
Indians in Swanzey
347
Indians in Walpole
357
Jefferson Scenery
20G
'
since 1776
Justic
'
Kearsarge Mountain
Kiarsarge Mountains
577
520
520
Institute
New-Hampton
;
520
I
Institution
New-Ipswich Appl eton Academy
JO
520
520
521
522
522
522
577
New-London Literary
6
King Philip's War
Lakes rs New-Hampshire
Lake Connecticut
Lake Ma
Lake M
LakeNewfound
take Ossipee
Newport High School
Northwood Academy
Northwood Seminary
523
Academy
Pennacook Academy
Pinkejton Academy
523
I
580
LakeSpafford
LakeSquam
Institution
523
523
Orford
523
524
Peterborough High School
Phillips Exeter Academy
High School
Robinson Female Institute
louth
Lake Sunapee
Lake
Lake
I
523
'
524
521
525
526
526
"
Rollinsford High School
'.'
High School
627
Literary In mtutioxs
in
phi
.- ;
:'
tf.
e
510
Somersworth High School
Stevens High School
Adams Female Academy
Antrim High School
517
Atkin-
517
516
•St.
Paul's School
526
526
526
527
Beede Normal Institute
517
Bristol
High School
Charlestown High School
517
Female Seminary
Troy High School
Tuhbs Union Academy
Walpole High School
517
Manufactories in the State
Chester Academy
517
406
Manufactured Cotton G ode
406
Manufactured Woolen
106
Manufactured Boots and Shoes
Manufactured Iron and Machine Work. ...406
Manufactured Lumber
406
Manufactured Leather
407
109
Manufactured Paper
Manufactured Hosiery
407
Furniture
407
Manufactured
Manufactured Other Goods
407
Austin
517
'.
Christian Institute
518
Concord High School
518
Conwaj
•
517
Clinton Grove Seminary
518
Contoocook Academy
Conanf B
I
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth dome School
Dearborn Academy
Deering Academy
Dover High School
Dumbarton High School
Exeter High School
Fannin
School
Francestown Academy
Franklin Academy
Oil man tun
Academy
Hampton Academy
Keen
Keene High School
Kingston Academy
Kimball On
i
Lane.! -
518
514
51
510
51
I
Members
519
405
Minerals of New-Hampshire
2
37
626
Militia of N. II
519
569
40
567
519
Minerals in Lisbon
226
519
Monadnock Mountain
Monadnock Mt. in Jaffrey
577
519
r,lo
519
519
Moosilauke Mountains
Mountains in New-Hampshire
Mountains in Ossipee
Mt.
520
Imp
War Loan
National Banks
520
205
576
570
-
f,
2
576
Mt. Moriah
Municipal
tie!
-'hool
528
528
Mason, John
Martin Guards
of Co
Metals and Ores
•
Manche
52S
528
i
519
519
!
Li
Til den
National Guards
276
40
419
37
�INDEX.
New-Hampshire
New-Hampsh
New-Hampshire
New-Hampshire
New-Hampshire
New-Hampshire
New-Hampshire
New-Hampshire
Newspapers
Number
Asylum
for tho
Orp
584
544
Hills
579
40
Militia
415
114
id
I
1
Ashuelot
Normal School
Reform School
State
in
1
573
6
Rebellion
Officer'! killed in
Baker's
Bui k
Bellamy Bank
Beaver
Bear Camp
Black Watei
586
-13
Home
Mo tin
5
".
State Prison
Officers of the
Ossipee
Rjtess in New-Hampshire
Upper
Ammonoosuc Lower
.
State
in
Mile
Orphans'
Insane... 529
of Agricultun
XIII
Cold
577
at
.
Pat ridge William
Connecticut
"k
9
"'
Penacook Indians
Pequawket Indiana
Poem by Mrs. Abba G. Woolson
Poem on New-Hampshire, by
I
598
Dead
601
._
Pinion d
Ellis
na Dei n
Proctor
i03
Population of Cities and towns
United States,
ol
GO00 and
in
i
Goose
Stream
the
npwa ds...G44
434—442
Post Offices
5
Presidents of U. S
22
Indian Stream....,
Isinglass
....
Israel's
Press of New-Hampshire
415
John's
Professional Business
408
Lamprey
Mad
590
Mascoma
Public Schools
590
Putney Hill
Quadrupeds
596
Railroads in New-Hampshire
409
Merrimack
590
411
Mohawk
592
Moose
Nashua
592
Nash's
592
Railroads,
number of
Miles
Rebellion
22
Records of the State
12
Reform School
Regiment N. II.,
544
_
Si
cond
Newfound
24
First
Nubanusit
-
Third
25
Oliverian
Fourth
25
Oyster
592
Fifth
2.".
Ossipee
59?
Sixth
26
593
2
Seventh
26
Peabody
Pequawket
Eighth
27
Pemigewasset
593
Ninth
Tenth
28
Philips
093
29
Piscataqua
Eleventh
29
Piscataquog
Twelfth
593
A.. 593
30
Powow
594
Xhirteentl
31
Bed
594
Hill
Fourteentli
32
Fifteenth
38
Smith's
Sixteenth
34
Salmon
Seventeenth
34
Soucook
595
35
Spig
595
36
Squamscot
Eighteenth
1st.
Reg.
1st.
N.
II.
N.
It.
lery
Religion in
New-Hampshire
Cavalry
Heavy
Revolutionary
War
Falls
<'t
Artil-
.
546
.
Little
Swift
554
20
595
595
595
596
:
Resources of the State
Review of New-Hampshire
504
594
596
596
Warner
Winnipiseogee
596
�INDEX.
XIV
Manufacturers by Towns 458 to 459
328
Sandwich Mountains
421 to 428
Savings Banks
429
Number
Savings Banks Depositors,
432
Savings Banks Aggregates
429
Savings Banks Deposits
661
Scenery of New-Hampshire
Scenery in Lancaster
Towns
460 to 471
State by Counties
472 to 473
Showing number Acres of Improved Land by Counties 474
Showing Number Farms in the
474
State by Counties
508
Senatorial Districts
State by
Agricultural Productions of the
216
Scenery in Lincoln
Schools in the State
Second Brigade Band
Agricultural Productions of the
625
225
of Dwelling Houses
Number
38
474
in 1850
84
Number
Number
146
1860
474
37
Settlement of New-Hamushiro
Shakers in Canterbury
Number
Number
of Families in 1860... 474
1
Shakers in Enfield
Sharp Shooters
Smyth, Frederick, governor
38
40—44
Soldiers killed
of Families in 1S50... 474
of Dwelling Houses in
of
Dwelling Houses
474
inl870
House
State Income
State Normal School
104
Number
409
Cotton Manufactures
Woolen Manufactures
State Officers
626
State Prison
536
Boot and Shoe Manufactures... 479
481
Hosiery Manufactures
State
543
of Families in 1870. ..474
475
477
544
Paper Mills
482
State Resources
408
Lumber
483
State Senate, 1S73
626
Summary
of New-Haujpshire
4ul
Table of
Population of the State
Population by Counties
443
Grain Mills
Tanneries
Total Manufactures
448
Nativity of Population
448
Occupations of the State
Select ages and sexes
449
Mechanical Industries of New-
State
Reform School
Towns
453 to 457
Proportional Tax
Debts,
453 to 457
Town
453 to 457
Ratable Polls by Counties.... 457
Valuation by Counties
457
488
491
in
the
493
State
Classification of Population.... 450
Immigration and Emigration
451
of New-Hampshire...
Ratable Polls by Towns. 453 to 457
453 to 457
Valuation by Towns
453 to 457
Stock in Trade
Stock and Money at Interest
453to437
Savings Banks, Deposits by
Mills
498
Hampshire
Number
of Deaths in
499
tlie
State
502
in 1870
Deceased
Centenarians, since
505
1823
509
Public Schools
Table of Officers in the Rebellion
Tornado in Warner
Total Income of the State
Towns, description of
U. S. Sharp Shooters
Usher, John
Unattached Company
43
361
409
47 to 3S0
37
9
38
22
Vice Presidents U. S
Stock in Trade by Counties. ..457
Waldron, Maj. Killed by Indians
Stock and Money at Interest by
457
War, Indian
War Loan
457
War
War
Counties
Savings
Banks
Deposits
by
Counties
Proportional Tax by Counties.. 457
Clergymen by Towns
Physicians, Dentists by
lawyers, by Towns
22
20
458 to 459
Woolson, Mrs. Abba G
457
458 to 459
Towns
Merchants, by Towns... 458
to 459
40
of the Revolution
Weare, Nathaniel
Wiggin, Thomas
Wheelwright Deed
Wheelwright, John
White Mountains
Counties
—
of the Rebellion
458 to 459
Town Debts by
133
6
8
—
3
635
2—4
571
601
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
CHAPTER
First Settlement of
New-Hampshire, up
In every age of the world's
history,
nacious of their religious principles
the
I.
to the Revolution.
mankind have been very
—of having the right
Supreme Ruler of the Universe agreeably
duty, and the dictates of their consciences.
to their
to
te-
worship
own views
of
This spirit of religious
freedom, was deeply imbued in the hearts of our
New England
from the land of their birth,
to seek a new home upon the rock-bound shores of New England.
The intolerance they were constantly subjected to, under the tyfathers, for years before
rannical Rulers of
they set
sail
England had a tendency
to establish a determi-
nation in their minds that they would exercise their right of religious
opinion, if they were obliged
With such determined
to seek other climes
to obtain
it.
day of September,
1620, one hundred and one men, women and children went on
board of the Mayflower, and set sail from their native shores, and
landed on Plymouth Rock on the 21st day of December, 1620.
From this little settlement, was founded New England, whose
happy homes millions to-day enjoy.
In this place it may be well enough to refer to an incident which
occurred on their voyage to the new world, to show what a brittle
thread the destiny of New England and our own happy homes hung
upon.
When midway of the ocean, a gale came on, and, through
the violence of the storm, one of the main beams in the mid-ship
was cracked and removed from its place. Accordingly, with such
danger before them, a consultation was held between the passengers
convictions, on the 6th
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
2
and
officers of the ship,
A
upon the subject of returning.
passen-
ger on board had a large iron screw he had brought from Holland,
by means of which the beam was brought to its place and made
But for this simple iron screw, no doubt the whole destiny
fast.
of New England, and perhaps of our Nation, would have been
changed, and no one can believe for the better. Truly Providence
is in
the wind.
Three years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock
Sir. Fernando Gorges and Captain John Mason, who had previously obtained, from the Council of Plymouth, a grant of laud which
;
they called Laconia, lying between Merrimack and
rivers, sent out
two small
parties,
Kennebeck
one of which landed on the south
shore of the Piscataqua and formed a settlement which they called
Little
Harbor and within the present
limits of
Portsmouth
—the
other party sailed up the Piscataqua, and settled at Northam, after-
wards called Dover, but by the Indians, Cocheco, or
Winni-
chahannat.
Our
fathers,
who landed
at
Plymouth
to seek a
home where
they could enjoy their religious opinions, were unlike the
tlers of
Portsmouth and Dover.
By
rying on trade with the Natives, they hoped to
return for their labor.
first
set-
and carobtain an abundant
establishing fisheries
Consequently they neglected the only
source of prosperity of any country, agriculture, and for a
num-
ber of years their progress was very slow.
Nothing of note transpired
in the colony, till
1629,
when
the
Rev. John Wheelwright, of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, purchased of the Indians a large tract of land lying between the Piscataqua and Merrimack rivers.
The Indians were paid
in
what
they called a valuable consideration, such as "coats, shirts and
Wheelwright's deed was signed by PassaconaAvay, the
Sagamore of the Indian tribes in this section of New EngThis grant,
land, and also by the Chiefs of several other tribes.
from the Indians, was part of the land previously purchased by
Gorges and Mason. Wheelwright claimed that he obtained his
right of the land from the original owners, which was far better
than through any self constituted English company.
The Plymouth company, very soon after Wheelwright's purchase,
made a new grant of the same territory to Mason and it was alleged that he and Gorges had mutually agreed to divide their
original grant, called Laconia, and take out new patents.
Mason
kettles."
•-hief
;
�FIRST SETTLEMENT.
named
new grant
this
for the
6
county where he formerly lived
in
England, Aeiy-Hampshire.
Edward
Hilton, then living at Dover, obtained a tract of land
and
by deed, including Dover, and what is
part of Newiugton and Greenland.
A grant of land was also obtained by persons living near the mouth
of the Piscataqua, including Portsmouth, Newcastle, Rye, and
part of Newington and Greenfield. The Dover settlement was
called the Upper Plantation, and the Portsmouth settlement was
called the Lower Plantation.
Captain Thomas Wiggin was appointed agent of the former plantation, and Captain Walter Neil
of the latter. Disputes frequently sprung up between the two
for himself
associates,
now Durham, Stratham and a
settlements in relation to territory, but they were, as a general
thing, settled without anything serious transpiring.
Like our people in these modern days, the first settlers of New
Hampshire had what is now called the gold fever. Parties would
be formed and start through the denes forests with spade and
pickaxe on their shoulder, to seek their fortunes among the lakes
and mountains in central New Hampshire. But the yellow lucre
was not to be found, and their fond imaginations of a fortune in a
day were blasted. By such expeditions after gold, agriculture was
neglected, and the stories told them of valuable mines of wealth in
the mountains had proved fallacious.
ships were the fruits of their neglect.
England
in
Want, privations and hardBread was brought from
meal, or in grain from Virginia, and carried to Boston
be ground, there being no mill
in the Colony.
It is no wonder,
under such circumstauces, that disappointment, and consequently
discontent, should creep in and cause many to sell all their in-
to
more enterprising ones (who had remembered the
is not gold), and return to England.
In 1633, Neil and Wiggin formed an agreement with Wheelwright that his proposed settlement at Squamscot Falls should be
called Exeter. They immediately surveyed their respective grants,
and laid out the towns of Dover and Portsmouth. Hampton was
also laid out the same year, the Indian name being Winnecummet.
In 1638, Wheelwright, through persecution, was driven from the
terests
to
the
saying, All that shines
Massachusetts colonies for his religious
belief.
He
belonged
to
a
party of the Church called Antinomians, and for a time was en-
gaged
the result of which was that, with sevwas banished from any territory belonging to Mass-
in a violent contest
eral others, he
;
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
4
Under
achusetts.
these circumstances, he proceeded at once to
establish a settlement on his grant at Exeter.
In this connection
it
may
be well enough to refer to this religous
Nearly
intolerance of the Massachusetts colonies.
all of
them had
been driven from their homes, in England, by the intolerance of
But, when they were once free from religious persetheir rulers.
cution,
own
and could worship God according
to the dictates of their
consciences, they forgot their persecutors,
and were unwilling
It is a
to accord to others what they had claimed for themselves.
lamented fact that they meted out more intolerant rigor to the
inoifensive Quakers than they ever received at the hands of their
It is claimed, by
religious persecutors in their mother country.
some, that the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock were never
connected with any of this religious intolerance. Perhaps this
Bay Company were strict
and many left England for the same
reason that our Pilgrim fathers did, and doubtless were accounta-
may
be the fact
;
but the Massachusetts
in all their religious views,
ble for a large portion of this religious persecution.
At
made his settlement at Exeter there
government in New-Hampshire wherefrom they
the time Wheelwright
was no general
could receive or claim any protection and they formed an independent government of their own. It was purely democratic in
;
They had one chief
form, and was based strictly on the Bible.
Magistrate and two associates chosen by the people, and holding
their office for one year.
These
officers
were sworn
to faithfully
discharge their dutie«, while the people were sworn to obey. All
laws were enacted through a general assembly chosen by the people.
The extensive
salt
marshes at
Hampton were
considered valuable
hay for cattle and, accordingly, the Massachusetts
colony sent Richard Dummer and John Spencer to commence
improvements there, and soon after they were followed by some
persons from the County of Norfolk in England. They were allowed to settle there, making their whole number fifty-six. The
first house erected, was known for many years as the Bound House.
for furnishing
Up
to
;
New-Hampshire had no
were separate and independent of
The hostile action of the Indians towards the colonies
1641, the four settlements of
combined government, but
each other.
all
led to a feeling of insecurity in being kept separate through their
form of government
;
and, accordingly, a proposition was
made
to
the Massachusetts colonies, to unite with them under one form of
�FIRST SETTLEMENT.
5
government, which they very readily accepted, having already laid
claim to a large portion of New-Hampshire.
of the towns in
New-Hampshire,
viz.
By
1642, all three
Portsmouth, Dover and
Exeter, had joined their fortunes with Massachusetts, under one
common government.
Hampton had
already been considered as
part of their province.
Considering
the prevailing
of
intolerance
the
colonies at the date of this alliance, the people of
Massachusetts
New-Hampshire
were granted one great privilege by giving them the right to act
in
any public capacity without any regard
The previous laws
to their religious belief.
in Massachusetts debarred
any person from
voting or holding a seat in the General Court, unless they were
members of
the Church.
Belknap, in his history of New-Hampshire, in speaking of the
intolerant
says:
and peculiar laws of the colonies, existing at that date,
of healths and the use of tobacco were for-
"The drinking
—the former
being considered a heathenish and idolatrous
grounded on the ancient libations the other as a species
of intoxication and a waste of time. Laws were instituted to regubidden,
practice,
late the intercourse
;
between the sexes, and the advances towards
They had a ceremony of betrothing, which preceded
Pride and levity of behavior came under the
that of marriage.
cognizance of the magistrate. Not only the richness but the mode
matrimony.
of dress, and cut of the hair, were subject to state regulations.
Women were forbidden to expose their arms or bosoms to view. It
was ordered that their sleeves should reach down to their wrists,
and that their gowns should be closed around their necks. Men
were obliged to cut short their hair, that they might not resemble
women. No person not worth two hundred pounds was allowed to
wear gold or silver lace, or silk hoods and scarfs. These pious
rulers had more in view than the political good.
They were not
only concerned for the external appearance of sobriety and good
order, but thought themselves obliged, so far as they were able, to
promote real religion and enforce the observances of the divine
precepts."
In the performance of what our forefathers regarded their duty,
none could be more conscientious than they. They had but one
single aim in view, and that was to serve God and to allow nothing
be done, where they had the power to prevent, to displease Him.
There is much in their character that claims our respect, notwith-
to
�6
NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
standing their arbitrary notions of enacting laws. They firmly
believed in thorough education, and founded a college at Cambridge, within a few years after their first settlement.
In regard to
training the youth, they believed in that true saying
'T
is
education forms the
Just as the twig
is
common mind;
bent, the tree's inclined.
Here lies one great secret of the prosperity of the people of New
England in the interest our fathers took in establishing institu-
—
tions for learning
and a general school system, which our children
to-day are reaping the benefits
of.
Many
laws they enacted, we
might consider wrong but their ideas of a true democratic form of
government were correct in the abstract, and the liberal form of
government which we are enjoying to-day originated from their
ideas of self government.
The Indians had watched the growth and prosperity of the col;
onies with a silent, jealous feeling for many years.
Their hunting
grounds they saw diminishing from day to day. They saw their
numbers gradually growing less, while their white neighbors were
They saw if the white men were not speed
would soon become sole owners of all their
constantly increasing.
ily checked, they
domain.
"With such convictions rankling in the breast of the red
man, Philip, of Mount Hope, son of the Indian chief, Massasoit, was
actuated to incite the various tribes in New Eugland against the
colonies, which brought on the great Indian war called " King
Philip's war."
New-Hampshire suffered severely—
Durham, Exeter, Hampton, Dover and Salmon Falls were attacked.
Houses were burned, cattle killed and many of the inhabitants
were murdered with horrid cruelties. The war commenced in
June, 1675, and closed, through the death of
King
Philip, in
Au-
was a short war, but bloody aud cruel.
In 1679, New-Hampshire became a royal province, after being
under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts for nearly thirty-eight
years.
The government was to be administered by a president
and council appointed by the King. Laws were enacted by an
assembly chosen by the people but the King reserved the right to
gust, 1676.
It
;
discontinue the assembly whenever he thought
it advisable.
John
merchant of Portsmouth, and highly respected,
received the appointment as President, and William Vaughan,
John Gilman and Richard Waldron received appointments to
Cutts, a wealthy
the council.
They
received their commissions January
1st,
1680,
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and reluctantly accepted the office, for fear that men might be apwho would have no regard for the welfare of the colony.
Portsmouth, Dover, Exeter and Hampton were the only towns in
the State that participated in the election, casting, in all, two hundred and nine votes.
The New-Hampshire Colony was constantly kept in a ferment
pointed
with the Masons,
who
ritory in the State.
him
still
laid claim to a large portion of the ter-
Mason was ever
certain favors in the colony,
from his land chums.
benefit
soliciting the
King
to
grant
whereby he might derive some
In the latter part of 1680, he came
from England empowered by the King to take a seat
His whole object, in securing that position, was
cil.
in the counto exert
an
by means of which he could compel the
people to take leases of him. They were indignant, and postively
refused to comply with his request.
The other members of the
council decided with the people
and he soon left his seat in the
council and returned to England.
Soon after Mason left the colony President Cutts died and Major Waldron succeeded him, and
influence in that body,
;
the affairs
in the various settlements in the State
moved along
about the same as they did under President Cutts.
Mason, ever on the move, again applied to the King for a change
of government in the
influence, one
Edward
New-Hampshire
colony, and, through his
Cranfield was appointed Lieutenant Govern-
or and Commander-in-Chief of
New-Hampshire. Cranfield acceptmaking money, and, evidently,
to be the tool of Mason, as he engaged to pay him one hundred
and fifty pounds annually, and mortaged the province for security
ed the office with the expectation of
to carry out the contract.
Cranfield received his commission in
May, 1682, which vested him with extraordinary powers. He had
the right to suspend members of the conncil, veto laws passed by
the assembly, dissolve the same at his pleasure, erect courts and
pardon criminals. The people soon began to see and feel the tyranny of Cranfield.
Waldron and Martyu were suspended, but
restored to their position on the meeting of the Assembly.
Know-
ing his tyrannical disposition, and the power he possessed, the
Assembly thought it advisable to vote him a present of two hundred pounds.
But
their kindness to him availed nothing to them
Soon Stileman, a member of the council, was suspended
and the Assembly dissolved for not yielding to his mercenary desires. The people of Exeter and Hampton were indignant
or the Colony.
;
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at his arbitrary conduct, and meetings were holden and resolutions passed declaring for " liberty and reform." Edward Gove, one
members of the dissolved Assembly, headed this revolutionary
movement, and was arrested with several others. A court was
immediately held, and he, with the rest, was convicted of treason.
With the exception of Gove, all were soon set at liberty. He was
sent to England and imprisoned in the Tower of Londun for three
of the
yeafrs,
,
It
is
when he was pardoned and
his estate restored to him.
impossible, in this limited work, to give a detailed account
f every thing pertaining to the first settlers of
but
it
may be
New-Hampshire
well enough to state, that Cranfield was the most ty-
He
rannical Governor that ever ruled the State.
carried measures
to make comKing in relation to his conduct towards the colony.
Alter long delays Weare made out his complaint in general terms,
to such lengths, that Nathaniel
Weare was appointed
plaint to the
which was referred
ing, they
made
to the
Board of Trade.
After a lengthy hear-
He
out a report censuring the course of Cranfield.
was granted leave of absence, and
sailed
for
Jamaica.
Walter
Barefoot, his deputy, succeeded him, and continued in office
till
Dudley, as President of New-England, superceded Barefoot. This
brought New-Hampshire again under the same government with
Massachusetts.
In a few months, Dudley was succeeded by Sir
Edward Andros,
and Governor-in-chief of New-England. Andros came
among the colonies of New-England, with great pretensions of honesty, and to administer to the people a liberal form of government.
as Captain
But he soon showed himself
field.
His rule was
to
be nearly as great a tyrant as Cran-
short, to the great joy of the colonies.
Wil-
when the
colonies received the news of a change, the people assembled and
immediately imprisoned Andros, and soon after sent him to Eng-
liam III ascended the throne of England
in
1688, and
land as a prisoner.
For two years the New-Hampshire colonies were left without a
government, waiting orders from the mother country, but none
came.
In 1690, they petitioned to be admitted under the jurisdic-
tion of Massachusetts,
to the
which was granted, and delegates were sent
In the
General Court of that colony for nearly two years.
meantime, Mason died, leaving
their title to
his land
claims in
New-Hamp-
John and Robert Mason. They soon sold all
Samuel Allen, of London, who was commissioned
shire to his two sons,
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Governor, and John Usher, as Lieutenant-Governor, with power to
act in Allen's absence.
.
This change of Government was against
the express wishes of the people of
New-Hampshire, who desired
to
ba annexed to the colony of Massachusetts.
In 1689, a new Indian war broke out, instigated, in part, by the
French who had settlements in the province of Canada. On the
evening of June 27, 1G89, through apparent friendship, certain parties
in
of Indians applied for lodgings at each of the garrison houses
When
Dover.
deep
the people had retired, and all were locked in
all the gates of the garrison were
thrown open by the Indian lodgers, and the Indians without rushed
in, and an inhuman butchery of the inmates commenced.
Major
Waldrou, then eighty years of age, was put to death in the most
cruel manner.
Major Waldron was a brave man, and for many
sleep, at
a given signal,
years the Indians had stood in fear of him.
as using
the
Indians harshly in
many
He
has been charged,
instances,
and doubtless
the tortures inflicted on him were to retaliate some wrong which
some of their tribe had received at his hands. In this attack
on Dover twenty-three persons were killed and twenty-nine taken
prisoners and carried to Canada.
In this war, people were killed
in Salmon Falls, Newiugton, Exeter, Rye, Durham and many small
In Durham, Villieu, who was in Command at Penobaccompanied by a French Priest, made the attack with two
hundred French and Indians. Nearly all the houses were burned,
settlements.
scott,
and nearly one hundred of the inhabitants were
captive to Canada.
Hampshire
From
killed or carried
this time, till 1697, the
suffered severely
people of
New-
by these frequent attacks of the
In-
by the French, who were quite as savage in their mode
of warfare; and their conduct in countenancing the killing of defenceless women and children, was a disgrace to any uation which
pertains to civilization. Among the victims who fell by those middians, led on
night attacks was the widow of President Cutts.
made an
after,
In 1696, they
attack on Portsmouth, and killed fourteen persons.
Soon
peace was declared between the English and French govern-
ments, and the Indians were informed by their French
allies that
they had no further use for them, and advised to bury the hatchet,
which they reluctantly consented to. Most of the captives were
restored, and thus ended a distressing war with a cruel and treacherous
foe.
The administration of Usher was unpopular with the
people.
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His manners were haughty,
of Allen,
who claimed
besides, they
knew he was
ridge, of Portsmouth, superceded
Usher
in the interest
In 1696,
the land they occupied.
One of his first acts was to restore several members of
who had been suspended by Usher. In 1698, the Earl
was appointed Governor of
New
Wm. Part-
as Lieutenant Governor.
the council
Belmont
York, Massachusetts Bay and
of
New-Hampshire.
During the year, Allen came over and assumed the rule of the
There was a continual altercation between him and the
colony.
people, originating from the claim he pretended to hold on their
In the Spring of 1699, the people were relieved from the
land.
and the Earl of Belmont assumed the government of
reinstated Partridge. Allen being disappointed and provoked at the treatment he had received at the hands of
the Earl of Bellomont, and the cool reception of the people, again attempted to gain possession of the territory he had purchased of the
rule of Allen,
New-Hampshire and
Masons.
The
courts of the colony decided against him.
He
then
applied to the King, but he could not fully convince him, of the
validity of his claim
new
suits in the
;
but he was granted permissson to commence
New-Hampshire
courts.
His sudden death pre-
vented any final decision.
Allen
left
one son, who was sole heir to his claim.
the suit, but a verdict was rendered against him.
He renewed
He then ap-
pealed to the Queen, but, before a final decision, death ended the
contest.
The controversy was
claimants, under Mason's
province.
amount of
finally terminated
by yielding
to the
grant, the unoccupied portions of the
This Mason controversy had been the source of a great
trouble to
the colonies for nearly seventy-five years.
There was scarcely a year but these claims were presented to the
either by courts or by governors appointed
people, in some form
for that purpose, in the interests of the. Masons.
In 1702, the Earl of Bellomont having died, the Queen appointed
Joseph Dudley Governor of Massachusetts and New-Hampshire.
The next year Usher was again appointed Lieutenant Governor.
Dudley, on assuming his office, fearing that the Indians had a
;
feeling of discontent, called the chiefs of several tribes together,
and
again renewed their friendship which they promised to maintain.
But
in 1703, owing to the trouble between the French and English
governments, the Indians, notwithstanding the pledges they had
made
to Governorr
Dudley but a few months
before,
were iuduced
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again to dig up the hatchet, and once more the horrors of the
torch, the
tomahawk and scalping
knife flashed vividly before the
This was commonly called Queen
eyes of the infant settlement.
Ann's war, and continued for nearly ten years. At Hampton village, five persons were killed by the savages, among whom was the
The
widow Mussey, a talented speaker among the Friends.
Indians were punished severely, frequently, and many killed, but
still they were not disheartened so long as the French were their proThey attacked the settlements on Lamprey and Oyster
tectors.
In
Rivers, houses were burned, and men and women were killed.
He w as a brave officer
1710, Col. Winthrop Hilton was killed.
T
Exeter and
and was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Dover were visited by the Indians and deeply tasted the bitter
Peace was declared at Utrecht, in 1712, to
fruits of a savage war.
the great joy of the people, and, not long after, a formal peace was
ratified with the Indians.
We
now brought to nearly ninety years since the first setcommenced at Dover and Portsmouth, and we have en-
are
tlements
deavored to give a brief account of the most important events that
had transpired up
mentioned nearly
mentioned
—from 1702
to 1741,
We
Queen Ann's war.
to the close of
all the rulers
have
of any note up to the time before
New-Hampshire and Massachusetts
were united under one general government. Benning Wentworth
was appointed Governor of New-Hampshire in 1741, and John
Wentworth,
his
nephew,
in 1767,
and held
his office
up
to the time
of the war, of the Revolution in 1775.
For
sixty years,
up
to to the date of the Revolution, there
frequent troubles with the Indians, and
fathers
many
and mothers, of future happiness
were
fond anticipations, by
in this world,
were dashed
forever out of sight by the torch and tomahawk, in a single night.
But the first settlers of New-Hampshire were adventurous men and
women, full of energy, and not to be deterred or intimidated, by any
reverses that might befall them, from their purposes. They left the
land of their birth, across the Atlantic, for the purpose of securing
a
home
them
in the wilds of
in their
New-Hampshire, and whatever danger met
path they faced with courage and with a
full deter-
mination to succeed.
"With such determined minds,
tlers of
it
might be expected that the
New-Hampshire were annually extending
and that the red men of the
forest
set-
their boundaiies,
were constantly receding.
At
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the date of the
commencement of the war of the Revolution, there
fifty incorporated towns, and eighty-
were nearly one hundred and
two thousand inhabitants in the State.
Our
limited space, in this department of the work, will not per-
mit us to give an extended account of the
trials
and hardships
which our forefathers were subjected to, in securing homes for their
children and their posterity, which thousands of the happy sons and
daughters of New-Hampshire are enjoying to-day.
Considerable space
is
given to the ancient records of the State,
boundary line between Massachusetts and NewHampshire, and some of the early organizations of the towns, which
relative to the
is
an important chain of history for the future.
We append a few extracts of the Ancient Records, from the
Rev. Joseph B. Felt's Collections
Association," giving
&c, of some
" Between
the following
for the "
American
Statistical
dates of grants, settlements,
New-Hampshire.
and Massachusetts, there was a long
parts of the State of
this State
tion arose, though others of similar kind
dis-
Before this ques-
cussion relative to their individual boundaries.
had been
agitated, the
whole being chiefly caused by the Patents largely infringing upon
each other, all the settlements of New-Hampshire had put themselves
Portsmouth and
under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts.
Dover, by their own request and previous assignment of their proprietors,
became thus
subject,
October
9,
session of
May
10, 1643.
Exeter, having
was received at the
1641.
petitioned, Sept. 8, 1642, to be alike privileged,
Under such circumstances, Massachusetts
'On perusal of our Charter, it
passed the ensuing order in 1652:
was this day voted by the whole Court, that the extent of the line is
to be from the northernmost part of the Merrimac River and three
miles farther north, be it a hundred miles more or less from the sea,
and from thence upon a straight line east and west to each sea;
and
this
is
to
be the true interpretation of the terms of the limit
northward, granted in the Patent.' Subsequent to
employed two commissioners
to
run these
limits,
this action,
they
with the assistance
The report of this survey is as follows
At
Aqueduhtan (now Lake Village), the name of the head of the
Merrimac, where it issues out of the Lake called Winnapuseaki
(Winnipiseogee), upon the first day of August, 1652, we observed,
and by observation found, that the latitude of the place was 43°
of two surveyors.
40' 12", besides those
:
'
minutes which were to be allowed for three
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13
into the Lake.'
This took place while
more north, which run
the regal government of the mother country was suspended, while
there was no probability that Parliament would allow the patent of
Mason, which was of doubtful authority, and while the colonists
were clearing themselves, as much as they could with safety, from
subjection to the English government.
inhabitants of
New-Hampshire were
It
was done,
also,
when the
desirous of remaining under
the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, as a protection
from anarchy
among themselves, and from the depredations of the enemy without.
Mr. Mason renewed his suit, as soon as Charles II. ascended the
throne and began to manifest his hostility to the Bay colony for
their anti-royal sentiments
in
and
practices.
A
decision
was rendered
the favor of Mason, in 1675, at the time the inhabitants of
England were
New-
the greatest power to avert
striving with
their
threatened extermination by the Indians, under the leadership of
Edward Randolph,
Philip.
ready
a relative of the
claimant, always
our shores with unwelcome messages, came over the
to visit
He visited New-Hampshire and made known the deMr. Mason to the inhabitants. Some, as is usual in such
emergences, were forward to denounce Massachusetts, and thought
by this means to make capital for the advancement of their own
interests.
The inhabitants of Dover protested against the claim
of Mason; declared that they had bona fide purchased their lands
next year.
sires of
of the Indians
;
recognized their subjection to the government of
Massachusetts, under
and by
whom
whom
they were
now
they had lived so long and happily,
assisted in defending their estates
families against the savage enemy.
leave them unmolested.
and asked
They
Portsmouth protested
for like relief
from
in a similar
his royal highness.
The
and
King
petitioned the
to
manner,
intrigues
of the political foes of Massachusetts being favored by the King,
they succeeded with him, and, in 1680, New-Hampshire, by his
orders, became a colony.
The principal inhabitants, even then
knowing that this change was to forward other purposes than their
withdrew from Massachusetts.
Such a course encroached upon the limits of the latter colony,
by withdrawing from it the following towns. The dates annexed
benefit, with reluctance
to the towns denote their incorporation
;
italics
express their In-
and Roman letters their former English names.
"Portsmouth, 1653. Piscataquach, Strawberry Bank. Settled
under David Thompson, 1643; patronized by Sir Fernando Gorges
dian names
;
—
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and Capt. John Mason and
The
others.
Harbor, called Mason Hall.
Little
It
first
house was built at
was incorporated by a char-
ter of 1633.
Dover, Sept.
Cochecho and Winnichahanat, Hilton's
8, 1642.
Northam. Settled under Edward and William Hilton,
1623, by order of an association in England, denominated the
Company of Laconia. The proprietors of Dover and Portsmouth
—
Point,
assigned
June
their jurisdiction
over these places to Massachusetts,
14, 1641.
Exeter,
May
10, 1643.
Swamscot (Falls.)—Settled, 1638, by Rev.
John Wheelwright and others exiled from Massachusetts
fessing the Antinomian principles of Anne Hutchinson.
Hampton, Sept. 4, 1639. Winnacunet or Winnaeowett.
for pro-
—By
or-
der of Massachusetts, a house was erected here as a sign of possession, 1636,
It
was
by Nicholas Easton, commonly called the 'Bound
Oyster River,
ham.
house.'
settled in 1638.
May
17, 1675.
—Part
Its inhabitants petitioned to
Great Island, Oct. 15, 1679.
of Dover.
It
now Dur-
is
be a town in 1669.
—Part
of Portsmouth.
It
is
how
Newcastle..
These six towns, except Portsmouth, were incorporated by Massachusetts."
At
the time
New-Hampshire became a separate
jurisdiction,
it
appears that Oyster River was again considered a part of Dover,
and Great Island again as part of Portsmouth.
October 16, 1672,
Massachusetts, in addition, granted Portsmouth a village, about the
bounds of Dover, which
is
thought
to
have been Newington.
the time Charles II acknowledged the claim of
Mason
to
At
New-
Hampshire, he also acknowledged his claim to the tract extending
from Merrimac River to Naumkeag River, in Salem, and called
Mariana.
Wanalaset, chief sachem on the Merrimac River, sold a large
November 5, 1685, which was afterward assigned to
New-Hampshire. The purchasers, of him, were Joseph Dudly, Samuel Shrimpton and Richard Wharton.
The territory, thus purchased, extended six miles ou each side of the Merrimac River, and
from Souhegan River on one side, to Brentou's Farm, or Littleton,
on the other, up to the southerly part of Lake Winnipiseogee.
tract of land,
By
laid
order of Massachusetts, a reservation of three miles square was
out, for certain Indians.
Twenty
proprietors,
who were
to
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title for a company.
To effect this,
Mason a relinquishment of the claim
hold equal shares, obtained the
they acquired of Robert T.
he made to
it,
and entered into a mutual agreement, May 12,1686,
whole territory. This was called the million
for the control of the
acre purchase.
June
14, 1728, the
General Court of Massachusetts, after pro-
tracted consideration, agreed that the vote pertaining to townships
in
New-Hampshire, Dec.
13, 1727,
The
should be carried into effect.
vote was, for the better protection of the inhabitants, and to diminish
the cost of defence in war, townships, each of six miles square, be
laid out,
by committees,
in a straight line,
from the north-east
cor-
ner of Northfield, to the north-west corner of Dunstable, northward
of the said line ten miles, to the south-ward five miles, on both sides
of Merrimac River, east of said river three miles, and west of
from the north part of Dunstable
miles,
to the
it
six
south part of Con-
Jan. 15, 1736, the Legislature of Massachusetts accepted
cord.
the report of a committee.
It
proposed that, for protection and
defence, a line of towns from the north-west corner of
Rumford
or
Great Falls of Connecticut River, and from these
on the east side of said river, to Arlington, and one or two
Concord,
falls,
to the
towns, between these
falls,
and the equivalent land on the west
side of this river, be laid out.
The
demanding a further prosecution of
on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1737,
"In the House of Representatives. Whereas
the following order:
several townships, heretofore granted, are now settling, and many
inhabitants have actually got on Asheuelot River, and on a township granted to Josiah Willard, Esq., and others, lying on or near
Connecticut River, and also other people are settled on several
townships, on or near Merrimac River, which have not as yet been
laid to or declared in what county they lye, and it being necessary
that those people know in what county they be in order to have
their title recorded, the King's peace preserved, and common jusnecessity of the times
their object, the Legislature passed,
—
tice
done therein, as other
ince
;
his Majestie's subjects within this prov-
wherefore, voted that the said townships, granted to Josiah
Willard, and commonly called Arlington, the two townships on
Asheuelot River, the township granted to Sylvester and company,
the several townships to the westward of Connecticut River, the four
townships on the east side and adjoining to Connecticut River, and
also three, four, eight and nine in the line of towns, and the lands
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lying and being within the same, shall and are hereby declared to
lie
within and be accounted part of the county of Hampshire, and
that the several townships following, the Narragansett towns, called
number three and five, the Canada towns, granted to Capt. King
and company, the townships granted to Capt. Rayment and company the township granted to the late Capt. William Tyng and
company, that granted to John Simpson and others that granted
;
to the inhabitants of Ipswich, the township granted to Capt. Gor-
ham and company, Canada
soldiers, the
township granted to the
John Lovell and soldiers at Suncook, the township
granted to Mr. John Coffin and others, and number one, two, five,
six and seven in the line of towns, shall be and are hereby delate Capt.
clared part of and belonging to the county of Middlesex together
with the lands and farms, lying within and adjoining any other
of the said townships, and that the
Canada township granted
to
Capt. Withington and company, and the township granted to Capt.
Tilton and company, that were in the
Canada Expedition, 1690,
with the lands between these townships and others, belonging to
Worcester county, shall be and are hereby declared
to
belong to
the county of Worcester, and be accounted as part thereof for the
future.
In Council Read and Concurred.
Consented
to,
J.
BELCHER.
Soon the arrangement was interrupted. As countenance had
St. James, to the claim of Mason, a
more explicit questioning of the territory belonging to Massachubeen given, at the Court of
setts,
on Merrimac River, the agent for New-Hampshire, John
Ringe, while in England, stated the following:
setts, in
the reign of
Queen Anne, taxed
That Massachu-
the people of his colony,
who
all
resi .ed five miles north of the Merrimac, and, in 1719, claimed
land for three miles on the same side of this river, from the
mouth thereof
to its head,
which they called Winnipiseogee Lake
and, in 1731, declined to relinquish jurisdiction over the townships
that they had granted, which made their bounds eleven miles and
three quarters north of said river.
The plea made on these
grounds, by Commissioners before the
own
King
Bay
dislike for the political policy of the
to decide,
April
9,
in Council, with his
1740, far more favorably to
than they had even expected.
him
New-Hampshire
Legislature, led
This decision was, that the northern
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boundary of Massachusetts, be a similar curve, pursuing the course
Merrimac River at three miles distance on the north side thereof, beginning at the Atlantic Ocean, and in a straight line from
of
thence due west, until
By
ments.
est
meets with his Majestie's other govern-
it
such a determination, expressly contrary to the plain-
language of our
shire.
The subsequent marks,
towns have the following
accepted
;
mark,
New-Hamp-
the dates after these
pi'efixed to
significations,
No
J settled.
which had
charter, the ensuing towns,
first
been granted by our commonwealth, were assigned to
namely
* granted
:
;
f plat
so placed, indicates incororpation.
The Indian names of towns are printed in italics, and their former.
English names in Roman letters. New Style is used as to the
years.
Amherst, fDec. 18, 1728. (West) Souhegan, Salem NarraNo. 3. Granted for service in the Narraganset Expedition
April 26, 1733 and confirmed in 1733.
—
ganset,
Bedford, fFeb. 26, 1734.
5.
— Granted
in the
(East) Souhegan, Narraganset, No.
Benjamin Smith and
to
others, June, 1732, for service
Narraganset Expedition, 1675.
Boscawen, *Dec.
and o.thers.
Bow, | Feb.
1,
1732.
8,
Dantzick.
1737.
Settled about 1737.
Contoocook.
— Granted
— Granted
to
John
for service in
Coffin
Canada
Expedition of 1690.
No.
Charlestown, fFeb. 27, 1734.
first
4.— Took
its
name from
the
one of Sir Charles Knowles, who presented a sword to Capt
Phineas Stevens, for his brave defence of
its fort
in 1747.
Chesterfield, f Jan. 15, 1736.
No. 1.
Concord, * Jan. 17, 1726. Pennicooh,
Salem, 1663.
Irish settlers were here,
right of grant,
1725.
March
22, 1724.
Settled about 1727.
—
Rumford. Granted to
and claimed Peunicook, by
Purchased of Massachusetts
March
Incorporated
in
4, 1734.
Dunbarton, and part of Weare, "("March 20, 1736. Beverly
Canada, or Hale's Town. Stark's Town. Granted for service in
Canada Expedition of 1690.
Dunstable, * Oct. 15, 1673.— Settled about 1672.
—
—Granted
to
Joseph Green, Isaac
others, for lands in Stockbridge.
Acceptance of plat
Francestown, f July 18, 1673.
Walker and
not signed by Governor.
Goffstown, fFeb. 26, 1734.
Township.
—Granted
Narraganset No.
for service
in the
4,
Amoskeag
Falls
Narraganset Expedition
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18
A
of 1675.
committee of
proprietors dated a notice for their
its
meeting at Dighton, in 1736.
Henniker, Jan.
to
No.
15, 1736.
John Whitman and
Hillsborough, Jan. 15, 1736.
who
sold
it
to
6,
Todd's
Town.—Granted,
1735,
others.
John Hill and
—Granted
to people of
Plymouth,
others.
Fort Dummer, Bridgman's Fort,
was part of Northfield. Resettled, 1739.
(Township, 'above Northfield, was granted to John Pynchon and
others, June 18, 1685.
His petition for it that he proposed the reHinsdale, | Dec.
1,
Settled before 1683.
1736.
It
quest to prevent " ye incroachments of ye French vpon vs on Con-
who vndovbtedly, according
necticut River, above Sqvakeag,
what
intelligence* I
have met with, are designed
to
to possess yt place
at Coassit."
Parish of Dunstable.
1 1731. Nissitkset— "West
Hollis,
Powers, born at Littleton, Ms., and his wife,
Anna
Peter
Keyes, born
at Chelmsford, and their children, settled at Hollis, Jan., 1731.
Hopkinton, Jan. 15, 1736. No. 5, New Hopkinton.
Kcene, f June 21, 1734. (Upper) Ashuelot. Ordered to be laid
—
out,
June
24, 1731.
Lempster, Jan. 15, 1736.
Lyscom and
Litchfield,
about 1656.
No.
9,
Dwpplin.
—Granted
to
Samuel
others.
July
4,
1734.
Natdcott, Brenton's Farms.
Regranted, July
Londonderry, J 1719.
sachusetts, Dec. 1, 1720.
9,
—Granted
1729.
Nutfield.
—
Settlers
warned away by Mas-
—
Lyndeborough, f June 17, 1736. Salem Canada. Granted to
Samuel King and others, for services in Canada Expedition of 1690.
Merrimac, June 6, 1733. Part of Dunstable and Bedford.
New Boston, f March 20, 1736. Piscataquog, Lane's Town.
Granted to Andrew Lane, John Simpson, and others. Had sixty
houses and a meeting-house, etc., 1740.
New Ipswich, * Jan. 15, 1736. Ipswich Canada. Granted for
service in Canada Expedition of 1690 to John Wainwright and
—
—
others.
Plat accepted
Nottingham, J 1710.
March
— Part
20, 1736.
of Dunstable.
Incorporated Jan.
16, 1733.
—
Pembroke, * Aug. 6, 1728. Suncook, Lovewell's Town. Granted
men for service, under Capt. John Lovewell, at Pigwacket fight.
Peterborough, f June 16, 1738. Granted to Samuel Harwood
and others, for service in Cauada Expedition of 1690.
to
—
�FIRST SETTLEMENT.
19
—
Kichmond, f July 6, 1736. Sylvester's Canada. Granted for
service in Canada Expedition, 1690.
Rindge, * Feb. 3, 1737. Rowley Canada. Granted to John
Tyler, Joseph Pike, and others, for service in Canada Expedition
of 1690. Plan of it laid before General Court, Jan. 23, 1739.
—
Appropriation made for a meeting-house, 1743.
Salisbury, * Feb. 3, 1737. Baker's Town, and Stevens's Town.
Granted for service in Canada Expedition of 1690, under Captains
John March, Stephen Greenleaf, and Philip Nelson. Plat confirmed, Jan.
2,
1740.
—
(Lower) Ashuelot. Ordered to be
June 24, 1731.
Tyng's Town, |May 1, 1736. "Old Harry Town."— East of
Bow and Gofistown. Granted in 1735 for service, under Capt.
William Tyng, in 1703, by "pursuing the Indian enemy into their
own country on snow shoes," the first attempt of that kind. Soon
Swanzey, f Feb. 21, 1734.
laid out,
settled after 1738.
Walpole, Jan.
Granted
No.
2,
to
15, 1736.
John Flint and
No.
2,
Great Fall, Bellows
others, Nov., 1736.
but called No. 3 in a petition of
its
Town.—
Marked on a map
proprietors.
Warner, * 1735. New Amesbury.
Washington, Jan. 15, 1736. New Concord, Camden.
Westmoreland, Jan. 15, 1736. No. 1, Great Meadow.
Winchester, f June 21, 1733. Arlington, to its incorporation.
Granted to Josiah Willard and others. Incorporated, June 20,
1739.
" Besides these towns, Massachusetts by the decision in favor of
New-Hampshire, Guildford, granted for service under Capt. Samuel
Gallop, in Canada Expedition of 1690, and its plat accepted, Feb.
Groton Grant,
3, 1737, aud other towns subsequently of Vermont
or equivalent of 10,800 acres, for what was included by Littleton,
Major Willard and Reed's Farms, and for loss in Indian wars,
granted, April, 1735, and confirmed, Juue 15, 1736; portions of
Salisbury, Amesbury, Haverhill, Methuen, Townsend, Ashburnham, Bernardstown, Colerain, Conway, and other territory."
;
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20
CHAPTER
Brief history of the
War
II.
of the Revolution, Federal Constitution,
Great Rebellion, Regiments,
The war
and of the
Officers, etc.
of the Revolution originated through the persistent
determination of the mother country to tax the colonies, without
their consent.
The
and reprehad no voice in the
colonies maintained that taxation
sentation were inseparable
;
and
that, as they
The
it had no honorable right to tax them.
tax imposed, was in 1765, and called the " Stamp Act," which
English Parliament,
first
ordained that, upon
all
business documents
and newspapers, stamps
should be fixed, which the colonies were. obliged to purchase of
This Stamp Act met with such opposition that
was repealed in 1766, but Parliament at the same tima asserted
The next
the right to bind the colonies in all cases whatever.
year they imposed a tax on tea, and several other imports. Like
the Stamp Act, it was met with powerful opposition. This tyranand
nical course of England the colonies refused to assent to
when two or three cargoes of tea arrived in Boston the people were
determined that it should not be landed, and, on the night of De-
the government.
it
;
cember 16, 1773, a party, disguised as Indians, boarded the vessels
and threw three hundred and sixty-two chests of tea into the harbor.
The English government were indignant, and were determined
that the colonies should yield to their requests, and the colonies
were quite as determined not to submit to any laws they had no
part in making. At length, the troubles between the mother
country and her colonies culminated in bloodshed, on the nineteenth day of April, 1775, at Lexington, Massachusetts, and
ter-
minated by the colonies becoming a free and independent nation.
The people of New-Hampshire had always been loyal to the
mother country, but, when their liberties were at stake, they were
quite as zealous to defend their rights as those of their sister states
�FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.
and furnished
pendence.
their full quota of
But our
men
to secure
21
our American inde-
limited space will not permit us to give
extended history of the war of Independence neither
;
for every reader
is
is it
any
required,
conversant with the history of the American
Revolution.
The Revolution produced, of
course,
its
own heroes
;
and New-
Hampshire, to-day, feels proud of her Langdons, Weare, Sullivan,
Stark, Scammel, Hale, and many others, who lent a helping hand
in this great struggle
for
American
liberty.
On
almost every
northern battlefield, the blood of New-Hampshire's sons ran freely.
At Bunker
Long Island, Monmouth, Bennington, Stillwater,
many other smaller battles, they assisted in sealing
Hill,
Saratoga, and in
our independence with their blood.
FORMATION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.
—
At the close of the war of the revolution, our country what is
now called the United States was divided into thirteen colonies or
For five years
States, with separate, oi'ganized state governments.
—
the states lived under a national confederate compact
soon found that this compact had no strength in
a national government.
war and contract debts
;
;
but
itself to
it
was
maintain
The confederated Congress could declare
it had no power to pay those debts,
but
only to advise the several states to pay their respective shares of
debts thus contracted by Congress.
In May, 1787, delegates from the several states (with the excepRhode Island) met in Philadelphia to form a National Con-
tion of
stitution.
After a session of four months of careful consideration,
and looking
at the several interests of the respective states, the
we now live, was
and signed by the members of the Convention, September
17, 1787, and received the assent of the requisite number of states
George Washington was the unaniearly in the summer of 1788.
mous choice of the people for the first President under the new
Constitution, and was inaugurated in the city of New York, April
30, 1789, as President, and John Adams as Vice President of the
United States of America.
As the central government of the nation is part of the history of
New-Hampshire, and for future reference of our readers, we here-
Constitution of the United States, under which
drafted,
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
with append a list of all the presidents and vice presidents of the
United States up to the present time.
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THE GREAT REBELLION.
Southern States openly declared, in their
sion,
seats, the right of seces-
their intention of resigning their seats in the national
and
home to sustain it.
The first hustile demonstration made agaiust our national Government was the firing upon the steamer "Star of the West'' which
Congress, and returning
was sent with provisions
to
supply Maj. Anderson, stationed at Fort
The next was the
Sumter, in Charleston harbor, South Carolina.
bombardment of that
forces,
and
fort
its
capitulation to the Southern
April 13, 1861.
The firing on Fort Sumter created a great indignation throughout
the whole North, and, on the fifteenth day of April, the President
called for seventy-five thousand troops, to serve for three months.
Thus commenced one of the greatest rebellions that ever occurred
any civilized nation, which Continued for four years, and over
five hundred thousand men sacrificed their lives, doubtless they all
thought, for the good of their country. But this national calamity
brought forth some good fruits. African slavery, that had been
the scourge of the nation for so many years, was forever prohibited,
and to-day every person in our nation enjoys, under the law, every
blessing which his Creator intended for him.
New-Hampshire promptly responded to the call of the President,
and the first New-Hampshire Regiment of U. S. Volunteers was
armed and equipped and ready for the field, May 25, 1861. The
officers of the First New-Hampshire Regiment were Mason W.
Thomas J. Whipple, Laconia, LieuTappan, Bradford, Colonel
tenant Colonel
Aaron F. Stevens, Nashua, Major Enoch Q.
Fellows, Sandwich, Adjutant
Richard N. Batchelder, Manchester,
Quartermaster
Moses K. Hazeltou, Bradford, Paymaster Alpheus B. Crosby, Hanover, Surgeon
Henry C. Shaw, Hanover,
Assistant Surgeon and Stephen G. Abbott, Bradford, Chaplain.
in
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
Space will not permit us
The
officers.
first
to
give a full
regiment did not see
of the
Company
fighting,
but their
list
much
duties were quite as arduous, if not as dangerous.
They were on
picket duty on the Potomac, the larger portion of the time on the
Maryland
side of the river.
inarched through
House,
in
When
Col.
Tappan with
his
regiment
Pennsylvania Avenue, he passed the White
review before President Lincoln, and thence two and one-
half miles to his camp.
They had
scarcely reached their quarters,
before a messenger arrived from the President, complimenting Col.
Tappan
as
having the best and most thoroughly appointed reg-
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
iment that had thus far reached Washington.
August
New-Hampshire had
out at Concord,
in the service,
een regiments of Infantry
They were mustered
1861.
9,
through the rebellion, eight-
N. H. Battalion of New-England Cavalry
First Regiment N. H. Volunteer Cavalry
New-Hampshire
First Battery
First Regiment New-Hampshire Heavy Artillery,
eighteen hundred men
Company " E" First Regiment U. S.
;
;
;
;
;
Sharpshooters
shooters
Go's. "
;
National Guards
;
" G" Second Regiment U. S. SharpMartin Guards Lafayette Artillery;
F" and
;
;
and attached Company of New-Hampshire Volunteers. The last
four companies were stationed at Fort Constitution in Portsmouth
harbor, making in all that served against the rebellion, nearly
thirty-three thousand men.
The Second Regiment were three years men, and went into camp
Portsmouth, and arrived on the field just in time to participate
in the first battle of Bull Run.
The officers of this regiment were
Gilman Marston, Exeter, Colonel Francis S. Fisk, Keene, Lieutenant Colonel
Josiah Stevens, Jr., Concord, Major
Samuel G.
Langley, Manchester, Adjutant; John S. Godfrey, Hampton Falls,
Quartermaster; and Henry E. Parker, Concord, Chaplain.
The second regiment, being the first in the field of battle, saw
more service than any other, being nearly all the time in Virginia,
where more blood was spilt than in any other State in the Union.
The regiment had on its roll, over three thousand names. The
officers that have been commissioned for its own regiment, and other military organizations, are one Major General
two Brigadier
at
;
;
;
;
Generals
five
;
Colonels
five
;
ten Lieutenant Colonels
Surgeons; ten Assistant Surgeons;
Captains of the regular army
one First Lieutenant
the Volunteers
;
in
;
regular
;
eleven Majors
three Chaplains;
sixty Captains in the Volunteers;
army
;
ninety
first
Lieutenants in
seventy-one sec6nd Lieutenants of Volunteers
Captains and Assistant Quartermasters
missary of subsistence
;
;
three
;
two
one Captain and Com;
and three Medical Cadets.
The Second marched over six thousand miles, participated in
nearly thirty battles, and lost over one thousand men. The most
important battles they were engaged in, were the first Bull Run,
Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, and the battles around Peters-
burg.
They were mustered out of
19, 1865.
service at City Point, Va., Dec.
�REGIMENTS, OFFICERS,
25
AC.
The Third New-Hampshire Regiment was the next in the field.
Enoch Q. Fellows, Sandwich, Colonel John H. Jackson, Portsmouth, Lieut. Colonel; John Bedel, Major; A. A. Moulton, Surg.
;
This regiment did good service in South Cai'olina and Virginia.
They were
of them.
in
many
a hard-fought battle and lost heavily in some
They were
at
James
and several other
battles.
At
Wagner and its siege,
Bermuda Hundred, Deep Run,
Island, Fort
Drury's Bluff, Half-way House,
Wagner, they lost
at Deep Run,
as a brave and effi-
the battle of Fort
one hundred and four men, killed and wounded
They
ninety-three.
,
eient regiment,
July
stood high in the service
and were an honor
to the State.
;
Mustered
out,
20, 1865.
The Fourth Regiment was organized at Manchester, and mus-
—
The officers were Thomas
Whipple, Laconia, Colonel; Louis Bell, Farmiugton, Lieut.
tered into service in September, 1861.
J.
Colonel
Jeremiah D. Drew, Salem, Major
;
;
Henry W.
Fuller,
Concord, Adjutant; and John L. Kelley, Manchester, Quartermaster.
The Fourth Regiment did good service in the field. When they
New-Hampshire they went to Washington, and went into camp
left
near Bladensburg Toll-gate.
Nov. 29th, they arrived at Port
The regiment remained in South Carolina about
three months, when they sailed for Fernandina, arriving there,
March 5, 1862. They performed valuable service in the South,
Royal, S. C.
and were
Richmond. We have not the
movements of this regiment through
was considered one of New- Hampshire's best regi-
in several battles before
we could wish
records
the war, but
it
Mustered
ments.
out,
of the
Aug
23, 1865.
The Fifth Regiment was organized at Concord, and mustered
into service, October 26, 1861.
The officers were Edward E. Cross,
Lancaster, Colonel Samuel G. Langley, Manchester, Lieut. ColoWilliam W. Cook, Derry, Major; Charles Dodd, Boston,
nel
Mass., Adjutant; Edmund M. Webber, Somersworth, Quartermaster
Luther M. Knight, Franklin, Surgeon and Elijah R.
;
;
;
;
Wilkins, Lisbon, Chaplain.
Through the winter of 1861-2, the Fifth were in the vicinity of
Washington, on the Virginia side of the Potomac, doing picket
and drill duty, and perfecting themselves for the coming spring
campaign. On the fourth of April, they embarked at Alexandria
for the Peninsula,
and landed near Ship Point, Virginia, and went
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
26
through that memorable campaign, under Gen.
Richmond,
summer
Me Clellan,
before
They were engaged in the
battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, and all through the seven days'
fight before Richmond to Harrison's Landing.
From Harrison's
Landing they sailed for Washington, and arrived in time to assist
Gen. Pope, who was hard pressed by Lee's Army, and from thence
they marched to Antietam, and were engaged in that great battle.
At the battle of Fair Oaks, Col. Cross and Maj. Cook were severely
in the
of 1862.
wounded.
We have a list of the casualties of the Fifth, in their first year's
campaign
Two officers killed and 17 wounded, 60 enlisted men
killed, 240 wounded, and 16 missing, besides 69 who died in hospitals
making a total of 404 men.
Through all the subsequent years of the war, the Fifth took the
front rank.
At Fredericksburg Maj. Sturtevant was killed, and
Col. Cross was killed at the great battle of Gettysburg.
Mustered
out, June 28, 1865.
The Sixth Regiment was organized at Keene, and left for the
The officers were Nelson Converse,
seat of war, Dec. 25, 1861.
Marlborough, Colonel Simon G. Griffin, Concord, Lieut. Colonel
Phin P. Bixby, Concord,
Charles Scott, Peterborough, Major
Adjutant; Alonzo Nute, Farmington, Quartermaster; William A.
Tracy, Nashua, Surgeon; and Robert Stinson, Croydon, Chaplain.
Soon after the arrival of the Sixth at Washington, they were
assigned to Gen. Burnside's Division, and proceeded to Hatteras,
They performed some valuable service in North
Inlet, N. C.
:
—
;
;
;
Carolina, but returned to Virginia in time to participate in the
battles of
Second Bull Run, Chantilla, South Mountain, Antietam,
Fredericksburg, and some other battles.
In some of these engagements they lost very heavily. The Sixth was at the siege of Vicksburg and capture of Jackson, Miss., and all through the battles of
the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna, Bowling
Green, Cold Harbor, Bethesda Church, and arrived before Petersburg, June 19, 1864.
regiment.
They were
Petersburg, where no
It
was a hard-marching and hard-fighting
mine explosion before
in the unfortunate
commanding
officer
could be, or ever has
been, found willing to take the responsibility of that needless disaster.
They did good
plainly shows.
service for their country, as their record
Mustered
out,
July 17, 1865.
The "Seventh Regiment" was organized
at Manchester, under
�REGIMENTS, OFFICERS,
27
AC.
The
the immediate supervision of Gen. Joseph C. Abbott.
were Halderman
Putnam, Cornish, Colonel
officers
Joseph C. Abbott,
Manchester, Lieut. Colonel; Daniel Smith, Dover, Major; Thomas
A. Henderson, Dover, Adjutant Andrew H. Young, Dover, QuarS.
;
;
W
William
Brown, Manchester, Surgeon and James
C. Emerson, Fisherville, Chaplain,
The Seventh moved from Manchester to New York, Jan. 16, 1862.
Feb. 13 they sailed for Tortugas, then they went to Beaufort, then
to St. Augustine and Fernandina, Florida.
In June, 1863, they
sailed for Hilton Head. Up to this date they had done picket, garrison and fatigue duty the larger portion of the time, and being in
a malarious country, they had lost nearly two hundred men. The
first battle of any importance they were engaged in, was the unsuccessful assault on Fort Wagner, S. C. In this attack, Col. Putnam,
Capt. Brown, Lieuts. Baker, Cate, Bennett, and Brown were killed,
and four more officers died within a few days after the battle. Their
whole loss in killed and wounded was two hundred and twelve
men.
On the 20th of December, they were again ordered to Florida,
and placed under command of Gen. Seymour. February 20 the
whole of Seymour's forces moved towards Lake City. After a
march of fourteen miles they met the enemy in force at Olusta,
and a fierce battle ensued, in which the northern forces were defeated.
In this engagement the Seventh lost 209 men, in killed
wounded and missing. May first they were ordered to Virginia,
and landed at Bermuda Hundred, May 6, 1864. They were engaged in many of the battles before Richmond, mostly on the
north side of James River, and lost many valuable officers and
men. Although in not quite as many battles as some of the NewHampshire regiments, they faced the enemy with as much courage
and fought with as much determination to secure victory as any
regiment in the service. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
The Eighth Regiment went into camp at Manchester and was
mustered into service of the United States, December 23, 1861.
The officers of this Regiment were Hawks Fearing, Jr., Manchester, Colonel
Oliver W. Lull, Milford, Lieut. Colonel MorOrrin M. Head, Exeter, Adjutant
rill B. Smith, Concord, Major
Charles A. Putney, Manchester, Quartermaster Samuel G. Dearborn, Milford, Surgeon (but resigned) and Daniel P. Cilley, Farmtermaster
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
ington, Chaplain.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
28
The Eighth
left their
camp
in Manchester, for
dence, in Boston Harbor, Jan. 24, 1862.
all
arrived safe at ship Island, near the
camp
River, and went into
the
command
at the
of General Butler.
Fort Indepen-
March 27 the regiment
mouth of the Mississippi
upper end of the Island, under
New Orleans having fallen into
the hands of the Union forces, they were ordered to
quet,
camp ParaThrough the summer they
the vicinity of that city.
in
were performing guard and garrison duty. In October the Eighth
was part of an expedition, under General Weitzel, up the Mississippi, and were engaged in a battle near Labadieville, in which they
and forty-six wounded.
In the winter of 1862-3 they were performing camp duty in various localities in Louisiana.
The next summer they were under
lost sixteen killed
Gen. Banks at the siege of Port Hudson, and were engaged in both
which proved a failure, not, however, from any lack of
assaults
owing
valor, but
to the
impregnable position of the enemy's works.
In these two assaults the Eighth
and wounded.
in killed
They were
in the
two hundred and sixty
lost
Lieut. Colonel Lull was
Red River
among
expedition, under Gen. Banks,
considered one of the best regiments in the
Army
men
the killed.
of the Gulf.
and
In
Dec, 1863, they were changed into cavalry, and called the Second
New-Hampshire Cavalry, Finally mustered out of service, October 28,
1865.
The Ninth Regiment was recruited at Concord, and
lington
Heights, Virginia, August
Enoch Q.
25,
Fellows, Sandwich, Colonel
;
1862.
The
left for
officers
Arwere
Herbert B. Titus, Chester-
New London, Major
George H. Chandler, Concord, Adjutant; Carlton B. Hutchins,
Lisbon, Quartermaster
William A. Webster, Manchester, Surgeon and Edward M. Gushee, Dover, Chaplain.
The Ninth arrived in the vicinity of Washington about the tim
Gen. Pope was falling back, and Gen. Lee was pressing on with
They joined the Union
his victorious army, towards Maryland.
Lieut. Colonel
field,
;
George
W.
Everett,
;
;
forces under
Lee.
On
Gen. McClellan, for the purpose of checking Gen,
the fourteenth of September, only three weeks after they
New-Hampshire, they were engaged in the battle of South
On the seventeenth and eighteenth of September they
were engaged in the great battle of Antietam, and exhibited uncommon bravery. They were in the battle of Fredericksburg, and
lost heavily.
After the battle of Fredericksburg, under command
left
Mountain.
�REGIMENTS, OFFICERS,
29
&C.
of Gen. Burnside, they went to Kentucky and Tennessee, and won
an enviable reputation in the discharge of provost and garrison
From Kentucky they went down the Mississippi, and landduty.
ed near Vicksburg. They took no immediate part in the siege of
that celebrated city, but performed fatigue duty at Harris' Bluff,
twenty miles up the Yazoo River. Ou the fall of Vicksburg they
joined the column that went into the interior of the State after
Johnston's army, who had hung in the rearof the Union forces at
the siege, and participated in the battle fought near Jackson, the
12th and 13th of July, and at the capture of that city. Soon after they were again transferred to Kentucky, and assigned to provost duty at Paris.
In the spring of
tomac, and were in
through
up
1864, they again joined the
all
Army
of the Po-
House
the battles from Spottsylvania Court
to the front of Petersburg,
and
in all battles before that
mine explosion, and did good service
would take volumes where we can only spare
pages to give a true history of this popular regiment through their
various campaigns. Mustered out June 10, 1865.
The Tenth Regiment went into camp in the summer of 1862.
The officers were Michael T. Donohoe, Manchester, Colonel John
city,
to the celebrated
through the war.
It
;
Coughlin, Manchester, Lieut. Colonel
Major
ter,
;
Jesse F. Angell, Manches-
William H. Cochran, Goffstown, Adjutant Thomas
aud John Ferguson, Manches;
Sullivan, Nashua, Quartermaster
ter,
;
;
Surgeon.
AVe have not so good a history, in detail, of this brave regiment
as we have of some others. They were in the battle of Fredericksburg, and were constantly in active service, and participated in
nearly
all
say, there
the battles around Richmond.
It is not too much to
was no Regiment which left New-Hampshire that stood
any higher in the service than they, and none that New-Hampany prouder of, than the noble Tenth. Mustered out
June 21, 1865.
The Eleventh Regiment was organized at Concord, and left for
shire feels
the front Sept. 11, 1862.
Warner, Colonel
E.
W.
S.
The
Moses N.
officers
Lieutenant Colonel
James F. Briggs, Hillsborough,
Charles R. Morrison, Nashua, Adjutant;
Ross, Somersworth, Surgeon,
ton, Chaplain.
were Walter Harriman,
Collins, Exeter,
Farr, Littleton, Major;
Quartermaster;
than
;
Jona-
and Frank K. Stratton, Hamp-
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The
first battle,
of any note, the Eleventh participated in, was
They fought with unusual valor, for new
two hundred officers and men. In the spriug of
1863, they were ordered to Kentucky. They staid in various parts
of that State till June 2, when they sailed for Vieksburg, and were
eugaged in that siege till its capitulation, July 4, 1863. They took
a prominent part in the capture of Jackson, the capital of MissisFrom censippi
after which they again returned to Kentucky.
tral Kentucky, they performed a march of two hundred miles, over
that of Fredericksburg.
and
troops,
lost
;
an almost trackless mountain, to Knoxville, Tennessee. They were
engaged in that siege, under Gen. Burnside, and remained there till
Gen. Longstreet was driven out of East Tennessee and joined his
forces with
Gen. Lee in Virginia.
In the spring of 1864, the Eleventh again joined the army of
They were engaged
the Potomac in Virginia, under Gen. Grant.
in all the battles in their
march
Richmond. In the battle of the
and Colonel Harriman
very heavily in all these battles, on
to
wilderness, Lieut. Col. Collins was killed
They lost
march to the front of Petersburg. The Eleventh has seen a
There has been inscribed on their
large amount of hard service.
banner, by order from the War Department, for meritorious conwas taken prisoner.
their
duct in battle, " Fredericksburg, Jackson, East Tennessee, Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
North Anna, Cold Harbor, Weldon Railroad,
Poplar Grove Church, Hatcher's Run, Petersburg.
ment was considered one of the
June 4, 1865.
On
Twelfth Regiment.
:
This Regi-
'
—mustered out
best in the service
the tenth day of August, 1862, the Gover-
nor of New-Hampshire gave permission and issued recruiting papers to raise and officer a Regiment in Belknap and Caroll counties,
it could be done in ten days.
In six days from the date of the recruiting papers, the Adjutant
General of the State was notified that ten full companies had been
raised.
They were encamped at Concord for drill, prior to their
provided
leaving for the seat of war.
The officers were Joseph H. Potter, Concord, Colonel John F.
George D. Savage, Alton,
Marsh, Hudson, Lieutenant Colonel
Major Daniel S. Beede, Meredith, Adjutant; Isaac Winch, MereH. B. Fowler, Bristol, Surgeon Charles W.
dith. Quartermaster
;
;
;
;
;
Hunt, Laconia, Assistant Surgeon, and Thomas L. Ambrose, Ossipee,
Chaplain.
�REGIMENTS, OFFICERS,
September
26, 1862, they left
Concord
31
AC.
for
Washington, and were
placed in the defence around the Capital until the seventeenth of
October, when they made a circuitous route through Maryland,
and arrived near Falmouth, Va., Nov.
They were engaged
23.
in
the bittle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, and remained in the vicinity
of that city,
till
May
April 30, 1863.
battle of Chancellorsville
and
lost
they participated in the
3,
very heavily.
shot through the leg and taken prisoner.
Col. Potter
was
Lieutenant Colonel Marsh
and Major Savage were severely wounded. They went into the
fight with twenty-eight commissioned officers, and five hundred and
forty-nine enlisted men.
Three commissioned officers were killed,
and fifteen wounded forty-two enlisted men killed, two hundred
and twelve wounded, fifty-one taken prisoners and three missing
making an aggregate loss of three hundred and eighty, or nearly
two thirds of their Regiment engaged. July 2, 1863, they commenced the battle of Gettysburg losing ninety-two officers and
enlisted men.
July 26, they were ordered to report to General Marston, then
stationed at Point Lookout, to guard prisoners.
They remained
;
April 11, when they
more active and dangerous
Bermuda Hundred, May
Space will not permit us to give any of our Regiments,
6, 1864.
the full credit that belongs to them.
The twelfth were engaged
in many of the battles around Richmond, and at the battle of Cold
Harbor, and lost, in killed and wounded, one hundred and sixty-five
men and officers. They have seen much hard fighting aud have
done honor to themselves and the State.
Mustered out, June
there
till
service before
left for
Richmond and arrived
at
21, 1865.
The Thirteenth Regiment went
into
camp
at
Concord
in the fall
were Aaron F. Stevens, Nashua, Colonel
George Bowers, Nashua, Lieutenant Colonel
Jacob I. Storer,
Portsmouth, Major
George H. Gillis, Nashua, Adjutant
Percy
of 1862.
Its
officers
;
;
;
C. Cheeney, Peterborough, Quartermaster
;
George B. Twitchell,
Keene, Surgeon, and G. C. Jones, Nashua, Chaplain.
The Thirteenth left Concord for the defences around WashingThey remained there until the first day of
ton, October 6, 1862.
December, when they moved
for
Falmouth, Va., opposite Fred-
ericksburg, arriving there three clays prior to the battle of Fredericksburg.
They were in the thickest of the fight and lost forty-
one
men and
officers.
They remained
at
Falmouth
till
February
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when they moved with the Ninth Array Corps to Newport
The thirteenth of March, they moved to Suffolk, to defend
position.
On the 3d of May, at the battle of Suffolk, they lost
1863,
News.
that
thirty men, killed
and wounded.
A short
time after the battle of
Suffolk they retired to the vicinity of Portsmouth, Va., and re-
mained there until the Spring of 1864, with the exception of two
Companies who were ordered to Fort Tillinghast on Arlington
Heights, and were instructed in Heavy Artillery exercises, through
the winter of 1863-4.
May
7,
<
1864, the Thirteenth
mond, being
in the
commenced
Second Brigade,
first
to
move towards Rich-
Division of the Eighteenth
Army Corps, and participated in many of the battles around Richmond. They were in the battles of Walthall Road, Swift Creek,
Kingsland Creek, Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Battery 5 Petersburg, Fort Harrison, besides several smaller ones. The General
commanding the Army ordered these battles to be placed upon the
national colors of the regiment.
The Thirteenth did good
service,
and were distinguished for their daring bravery. Mustered out,
June 21, 1865.
The Fourteenth Regiment was organized at Concord, in the latter
part of the summer of 1862. The officers were Robert Wilson,
Keene, Colonel Tileston A. Barker, Westmoreland, Lieut. Colonel;
Samuel A. Duncan, Plainfield, Major Alexander Gardiner, Claremont, Adjutant
Willian A. Hurd, Sandwich, Quartermaster
William Henry Thayer, Keene, Surgeon; and Elihu T. Rowe,
;
;
;
Plainfield, Chaplain.
The Fourteenth left Concord for Washington, the latter part of
Through the fall and winter they did picket duty
on the Potomac River. In the latter part of April, 1863, they
were ordered to Washington and remained there till February,
1864, doing provost duty. They furnished guard for the old Capital Prison, Central Guard House, and ten other posts in the city.
October, 1862.
Their duties, in the
city,
were so varied, that our pages
will not
permit us to give a detailed account of them.
February
at
27, 1864, they received orders to take transportation,
New York
permit to
left
or Boston, for the department of the Gulf, with the
visit their
New York
for
homes
in
New-Hampshire
New Orleans, March
before sailing.
They
20th, in the steamer Daniel
Webster, with seven companies, and Major Gardiner, in the steamer
Liberty, with three companies.
The Webster had a long, stormy
voyage, but arrived
all safe.
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AC.
33
The Fourteenth were again ordered
New
of
Orleans
— Maj. General
6th, they were ordered to the
On
to
the
first
New
week
in July, the
to guard duty in the vicinity
Reynolds commanding. January
mouth of Red River, for camp duty.
regiment sailed down the Mississippi
Orleans, where they again sailed north to join the armies
Six companies went in the Continental, and the next
day the other four companies sailed in the steamer General Lyon.
The regiment was not united again till the nineteenth of August.
The four companies went to Washington, and the six to Bermuda
Hundred, and were in the attack at Deep Bottom. On the 31?t
in Virginia.
of July, they were ordered to Washington; and from thence, they
joined Gen. Sheridan's Army, at Berry ville, on the 18th of August.
The next day Major Gardiner rejoined the regiment with his four
companies. The Fourteenth were in the great battles of the 19th
and 22d of September and the 19th of October, at Cedar Creek.
The 19th of September they lost one hundred and fifty men. Thirteen out of twenty-one officers were killed or wounded,
Gardiner being mortally wounded.
The
duties of the
— Colonel
army
of the
Shenandoah were hard, through the fall of 1864. It was a continual marching up and down the valley, with considerable hard
fighting.
The Fourteenth was not
in as
many
battles as
some other
regiments, but was considered a reliable regiment, and performed
the duties assigned
it,
satisfactorily to its
out of service, July
8,
commanders.
Mustered
1865.
The Fifteenth Regiment was raised under the call of the President
hundred thousand men, for nine months' service, and was
for three
The officers were John
George W. Frost, Newmarket,
Lieut. Colonel
Henry W. Blair, Plymouth, Major; Edward E.
Pinkham, Laconia, Adjutant; Ira A. Moody, Dover, Quartermaster
Jeremiah F. Hall, Wolfeborough, Surgeon and Edwin M.
organized at Concord, in the
W. Kingman, Durham,
fall
Colonel
of 1862.
;
;
;
;
Wheelock, Dover, Chaplain.
13, 1862, the Fifteenth left Concord for New York
went thence across East river and encamped on the grounds
of the Union race-course, Jamaica, Long Island. They remained
there about three weeks, when they left, in three detachments, for
November
City
;
New
Orleans.
The first detachment left, Nov. 30th, and the other
two respectively, December 4th and 13th. In due time they all
arrived at Carrollton, near
December
26th.
New
They remained
Orleans, and were again united,
in that vicinity all winter, per-
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forming picket and provost duty. May the ninth, they received
orders to embark for Baton Rouge, and sailed on the 21st, with 26
and 546 enlisted men fit for duty. They arrived at SpringLanding, the 23d, and took up their line of march for Port
Hudson. They remained there, through the siege, till it capitu-
officers
field
and were engaged
lated to General Banks, July 9, 1863,
two assaults
made on
having nearly expired,
stores,
in the
The time of enlistment
they turned over all ordnance and camp
the enemy's works.
July 26th, and embarked, on the steamer City of Madison,
111., going thence to Chicago, by rail, and arrived in Con-
for Cairo,
Aug. 8th, and were mustered out of service, Aug. 13, 1863.
The regiment suffered much from sickness, which proved quite
From July 31st to August 13th sixteen men
as fatal as battles.
died, and of seven hundred and forty-one men and officers on the
cord,
roll,
only four hundred and eighty were
ing Port
Hudson
for
count of sickness,
No
home,
many
of
fifty
whom
for duty.
left
After leav-
on the way on
ac-
died.
regiment in the service, for nine months, was ever more shat-
by sickness than the Fifteenth.
tered
fit
men were
It
faithfully performed all duties assigned
was a good regiment and
it.
The Sixteenth Regiment were nine months men, and went into
The officers were James
at Concord, 'in the fall of 1862.
camp
Pike,
Sanbornton, Colonel
;
Henry W.
Fuller, Concord, Lieut.
Warner, Major Luther T. Townsand,
Salem, Adjutant Albert H. Drown, Fisherville, Quartermaster
Thomas Sanborn, Newport, Surgeon and R. M. Manley, NorthColonel
;
Samuel Davis,
Jr.,
;
;
;
;
field
Chaplain.
This regiment was assigned to the department of the Gulf, and
New Orleans to Port Hudson. We
have not an extended record of the service of the Sixteenth in the
leld, but it was considered a good regiment.
Like all of our regiments who went into Louisiana and Mississippi, they suffered severely from sickness, which proved fatal in many instances. In
performed guard duty from
nine months, one hundred and forty-three
They were mustered out of
service
Aug.
men and
officers died.
20, 1863.
The Seventeenth Regiment were enlisted under the
months men, in the fall and winter of 1862-3. The
call for
nine
were
Charles H. Long, Claremont,
officers
Henry O. Kent, Lancaster, Colonel
Colonel
George H. Bellows, Major
George A. Wainwright, Hanover, Adjutant
Edward H. Cummings, Quartermas;
Lieut.
;
;
;
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35
&C.
James D. Folsom, Surgeon and George S. Barnes, Chaplain.
For some reason, never fully explained to the public, the Seventeenth was never filled up, but the men who enlisted were consolidated with the Second New-Hampshire. The officers were mustered out April 16, 1863, being in the U. S. service over three
ter
;
;
months.*
The Eighteenth Regiment was organized at Concord, in the fall of
The officers were Thofthas L. Livermore, Milford, Colonel
1864.
M. Clough, New London,
Lieut. Colonel
William I. Brown,
Major George F. Hobbs, Wakefield, Adjutant; Moses
Samuel G. Dearborn,
T. Cate, Wolfeborough, Quartermaster
Surgeon and Anthony C. Hardy, Chaplain.
The Rebellion being nearly ended the Eighteenth did not see
much service, but some companies did some hard fighting before
If the war had continued,
Petersburg in the spring of 1865.
doubtless they would have been as good a regiment as there was in
the service. Mustered out June 10, 1865.
The New- Hampshire Battalion First New England Cavalry.
The officers of this battalion were David B. Nelson, Manchester,
Major George T. Crane, Adjutant.
This battalion did good service in the field, and was organized
They were in the battles of
in the fall and winter of 1861-2,
Front Royal, Gettysburg, and many other skirmishes in their scoutJ.
Fisherville,
;
;
;
;
—
;
ing expeditions.
* In the
fall
of 1862
it
was decided by the Governor and Council
to raise
three regiments, viz,, the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth, each regiment
to be raised
from the respective Congressional
districts, the
Seventeenth com-
The records of the Adjutant General's office show
that more than the requisite number of men, in the third district, had, been
raised to fill this regiment
but the other districts failed to respond in full, and
the volunteers for the Seventeenth were, by the Adjutant General, placed in
the Fifteenth and Sixteenth, or enough to fill them up agreeably to the army
regulation.
It having been deemed unadvisable, by Gov. Berry, to execute
the State drafting law, there was no way remaining, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, but to consolidate the Seventeenth with some other regiment,
and the volunteers were ordered home for that purpose.
It is due the officers of the Seventeenth to say that the failure to fill the regiing in the Third district.
;
fill the Fifteenth and Sixteenth, was in no wise
and that they used every exertion that the regiment be
accepted for service, as a detachment, or otherwise. A special order from the
Governor, was issued, complimentary to the officers for the degree of excellence manifested by the regiment in drill and discipline.
ment, after
its
depletion to
littributable to them,
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The
Regiment New-Hampshire Cavalry was organized at
winter and spring of 1864.
The officers were John L. Thompson, Plymouth, Colonel Benjamin T. Hutchins, Concord, Lieut. Colonel Aaron Wyman, Manchester, Major
George W. Towle, Hooksett, Quartermaster
George W. Pierce, Winchester, Surgeon.
First
Concord
in the
;
;
;
This Cavalry regiment, for the time they were in the
much hard
They were
field,
did
Reams' Station, Winchester,
Kerueysville, Waynesboro, Kelley's Ford, Lacy Springs, and in
many skirmishes, where they lost many men in killed, wounded and
service.
taken prisoners.
from
this
at
In Andersonville Prison, Ga., twenty-eight
men
regiment died, and seven are reported as dying from
starvation.
The
larger portion of the regiment were mustered out
of service July 15, 1865.
New-Hamsphire Battery was organized at ManchesThe officers were George A. Gerrish, Captain
Edward H. Hobbs, First Lieutenant and John Wadleigh, Second
The
ter, in
First
August, 1861.
;
Lieutenant.
The
First Battery
left
Manchester, for Washington, October
They went into the Camp of Instruction and remained
one week, when they were assigned to the Army of the Potomac.
They participated in nearly all of the principal battles in Virginia.
They were in the second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericks31st, 1861.
burg,
Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg,
Wilderness,
Spottsylvania,
North Anna River, Cold Harbor, and nearly all of the battles
around Richmond. Part were mustered out of service Sept. 25,
1864, and part were transferred to the New-Hampshire Heavy Artillery.
The " First Regiment New-Hampshire Heavy Artillery" was organby companies, at different dates, from July 22, 1863, to October
21, 1864, when it was formed into a Regiment of twelve companies.
The officers were Charles H. Long, Claremont, Colonel
Ira Mc'L. Barton, Newport, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Wainwright, Hanover, Major; Ezekiel Morrill, Concord, Surgeon and
C. W. Walker, Stratford, Chaplain.
ized
;
This regiment performed guard and garrison duty at the Forts
Portsmouth Harbor and around the defences at Washington in
It was a fine regiment, nearly all of its members
having seen active service in the field. But the war happily closed
in
detachments.
and they had no chance to exhibit their veteran valor.
mustered out of service, June 15, 1865.
They were
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REGIMENTS, OFFICERS, AC.
" U. 8. SHARP SHOOTERS."
New-Hampshire furnished three companies for this service Cos.
« E" « F» & " G". The history of the Sharp Shooters has received
;
less
than
its
share of public notice, for the reason they were not
connected with any State military organization, but were raised as
United States Sharp Shooters, and were represented by nearly every
State in the Union.
The officers of Co. "B" First U. S. regiment were Amos B.
William P. Austin, Claremont, First
Lieutenant, and William H. Gibbs, Hanover, Second Lieutenant.
The officers from this State, of the Second regiment, were Edward
T. Rowell, Concord, Major Geofge A. Marden, Mount Vernon,
Jones, Washington, Captain
;
;
Quartermaster, and William B. Kaynolds, Surgeon.^ The officers
of Co. " F ", Henry M. Caldwell, Captain James H. Hildreth,
;
First Lieutenant
;
Edward
T. Rowell, Second Lieutenant. Co.
"G",
William D. Mc'Pherson, Captain John A. Moore, First Lieutenant and Edward Dow, Second Lieutenant.
Co. "E" was mustered into the service of the United States,
Their principal duties were on skirmish line and
Sept. 9, 1861.
heavy picket duty. Companies " F " and " G" were respectively
;
;
mustered Nov. 28 and Dec. 10, 1861. These companies were in
over thirty battles, and generally in dangerous positions. Mechanicsville,
Gains' Mills, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Fredericks-
burg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold
Harbor, Weldon Railroad and Deep Bottom were some of the
principal battles they were in.
The " National Guards" were mustered into the
U. S. service for
guard duty at Fort Constitution. This company
was mustered in May 9, 1864. The officers were James O. ChandJames R. Carr, Manchester, First Lieuler, Manchester, Captain
tenant, James G. Burns, Second Lieutenant.
The " Martin Guards" were mustered into the service of the United States for ninety days, July 25, 1864, for garrison duty at Fort
Constitution.
The officers were George E. Houghton, Manchester,
Captain
James L. Bailey, Manchester, First Lieutenant, John E.
sixty days, for
;
;
Johnson, Manchester, Second Lieutenant.
Lafayette Artillery were mustered into U. S. service for ninety
August 1, 1864, for garrison duty at Fort Constitution. The
were John H. Tarbell, Lyndeborough, Captain Eli C. Curtis, Lyndeborough, First Lieutenant, Charles H. Holt, Lyndeborough Second Lieutenant.
days,
officers
;
�NeV-HAMPSHIRE gazetteer.
38
—
Unattached company of New-Hampshire Volunteers stationed
and mustered into service, May 15, 1862. The
James B. Gove, Concord,
officers were James Davidson, Captain
First Lieutenant, and Asa T. Hutchinson, Manchester, Second
at Fort Constitution
;
Lieutenant.
"second brigade band."
This
Band was
organized at Concord, and mustered into service
Feburary 10, 1863.
The names of the members were Gustavus W. Ingalls, Concord,
Band Master Musicians, Albert Aspenwall, Lebanon James
Allison, Concord
Samuel F. Brown, Fisherville
Freman D.
Batchelder, Concord
George W. Boody, Strafford
Lorenzo M.
Currier, Fisherville; Cyrus C. Currier, Concord
John O.Davis,
New Market Albert G. Furber, New Market Nathan W. Gove,
Concord Frederick Hoffman, Concord Andrew L. Lane, Concord"; Jonathan C. Lane, Concord; George C. Perkins, Lebanon
Phinehas Parkhurst, Templeton Ms.; Francis H. Pike, Manchester
Warren S. Russell, Amherst Henry Stark, Goffstown David F.
Thompson, Amherst Charles N. Tottingham, Keene, and Samuel
:
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
D.
Trusseli, Concord.
They were
stationed at Hilton
Head,
S. C.
and sustained a high
commanding officers. We herewith append
extract from W. T. M. Burger, Assistant Adjutant General
Department. " I can assure you, that you and every mem-
reputation with their
a short
in that
ber of your Band, stands in the highest estimation of every one in
this
Department from Major General Gilmore down.
deeply regretted and by none more than myself.
to see such another as Ingall's Post
mustered
out,
July
4,
Band
Your
loss is
We never expect
here again."
They were
1865.
The larger portion of information in relation to enlistments and
movements of the various military organizations in the State, which
served in the late rebellion, we obtained in the Adjutant's General's
Office.
Too much praise cannot be accorded- to General Natt Head,
seconded by Governor Frederick Smyth, for efforts to secure
an accurate record of
in
the war.
To a
all
the regiments in the State, which served
great extent, they accomplished what they
undertook.
In the commencement of the rebellion,
officers
who had charge
of organizing the regiments in various sections of the State, apparently did not comprehend the magnitude of the war, or the fu-
�REGIMENTS, OFFICERS,
39
AC.
ture necessity of keeping a careful record of the names of all the
soldiers, and, especially, the
names of
their places of residence, at
the time of enlistment, and apparently forgetting that there might
Up
be more than one John Brown in the State.
to 1862, tne
was very imperfect.
General Head, upon assuming the office as Adjutant General of
New-Hampshire, in March, 1864, immediately set himself to work
recor.l, as to place of residence,
to remedy, as far as could be, this imperfect record,
of vast importance to
hence.
many
General Head's version of the
sumed its
had been
duties, will give a
kept.
He
says
:
which may be
widows, twenty-five or even
"
office,
fifty
years
at the time he as-
more correct idea how the records
No
record whatever existed of thou-
sands of New-Hampshire's bravest sons who had entered the service
of the United States, in their country's hour of peril, determined to
sustain the national government, to defend our flag, to defend the
and justice, and to perpetuate those free inwhich are dear to the heart of every true American.
Hundreds of New-Hampshire's noble men, of whose names, even,
there was no record within our State, had yielded up their lives
upon the field of battle. Hundreds again had been honorably disprinciples of liberty
stitutions
charged from the service, and returned to their homes with bodies
maimed and
constitutions shattered,
and yet the State possessed no
record by which justice aud honor could be rendered these brave
men.
The
military records of our soldiers
to-day, as complete as in the
who served our
War Department at
country, are
Washington, and
Gen. Head has been complimented from that Department, that
New-Hampshire had the
eral's office of
best record of enlisted
men, of any State
This nearly perfect record, in the Adjutant Gen-
in the Union.
our State, has been accomplished through the untir-
ing energy of Gen. Head, and
when our
soldiers fully
understand
the necessity of an accurate record of their enlistment, and of their
services in the field, they will render to
he
is
him the
full credit to
which
rightfully entitled.
The
busy quiet to be seen in our
fields,
our work shops and our
mercantile streets, would hardly lead any one to believe that our
country, from centre to circumference, less than nine years ago, re-
sounded with the clash of arms, and
many
of New-Hampshire's
sons were engaged in deadly conflict, to sustain the free institutions
which to-day w e are so peacefully enjoying.
in this case, seems a fiction.
T
But
truth, apparently,
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
40
TABULAR STATEMENT,
Showing
the
number of
Soldiers
which each town furnished on the
call of July,
number of Soldiers who were killed in, or died
from the effects of the late Rebellion; number of Enrolled Militia in the State
in 1872 and amount of the Municipal War Loan awarded to each town.
and subsequent
1862,
calls; the
BELKNAP COUNTY.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
'3
B
Atkinson
14]
Auburn
Brentwood
12
*
Candia
Chester
20
10
Danville
Deerfield
,
48
,
30
12
Derry
East Kingston.,
Epping
Exeter
Freemont
Gosport
Greenland
20
187
312
92
17
49
142
171
86
Hampstead
Hamilton
Hampton
1
80
94
111
207
144
82
231
234
73
Falls.,
KeusingtoD
83
Kingston,
Londonderry
150
126
New
107
Castle
Newington
Market
62
358
140
110
164
189
New
Newton
North Hampton
Northwood
Nottingham
91
Plaistow
Portsmouth
590
163
168
253
69
251
Raymond
Rye
Salem
Sandown
Seabrook
South Hampton
48
Newmarket.
129
71
So.
Stratham
Windham
70
Total,
3,996
STRAFFORD COUNTY.
Barrington
Dover
Durham
Farmington....
Lee
Madbury
Middleton
Milton
New Durham.
Rochester
Rolliusford
Somersworth.
Strafford
143
f$3,4 66.67
6,275.00
6,875.00
11,450.00
6,033.33
3,383.33
15.233.33
9,625 00
5,266.67
11,200.00
20,575.00
4,925 00
,900.011
5,175.00
7,014.67
8,875.00
4,450.00
6,606.67
6.600.00
8,736.11
5,533.33
2,450.00
12,583.33
6,733.33
6,400.00
11,341.67
9,306.67
4,100.00
68,983.33
10,300.00
6,233.33
10,816.67
3,458.33
11,991.67
2.933.33
6,705.55
5,575.00
5,458.33
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
41
TABULAR STATEMENT,
Showing
number of
and subsequent
1862,
from
the
the
in 1872,-
Soldiers
which each town furnished on
MERRIMACK COUNTY CONTINUED.
Northfield....
Pembroke....
Pittsfield
Salisbury
Sutton
Warner
,
Webster
Wilmot.
,
Total,
3,505
5,170
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
Amherst
Antrim
Bedford
Bennington..
Brookline
D'-ering
Francestown.
Goffstown
Greenfield
Hancock
Hillsborough
Hollis
Hudson
Litchfield
Lyndrborough....
Manchester
Masou
Merrimack
Milford
Mount Vernon....
Nashua
New
New
Boston
Ipswich
Pelham
Peterborough
Sharon
Temple
Weare
Wilton
Windsor
Total,
the call of July,
number of Soldiers who were killed in, or died
effects of the late Rebellion ; number of Enrolled Militia in the State
and amount of the Municipal War Loan awarded to each town.
calls; the
103
�42
NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
TABULAR STATEMENT,
Showing
1862,
from
the
and
number
of Soldiers which each town furnished on the call of July,
subsequent calls; the number of Soldiers who were killed in, or died
number of Enrolled Militia in the State
Municipal War Loan awarded to each town.
the effects of the late Rebellion ;
in 1872;
and amount of
the
GRAFTON COUNTY CONTINUED.
<5
Lincoln
Lisbon
Littleton....
Lyman
Lyme
Monroe
Orange
Orford
Piermont
Plymouth...
Bumuey
Thornton
...,
Warren
Waterville
..
Wentworth.
Woodstock
.,
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
Commissioned
Officers of
43
New-Hampshire Volunteers; accounted for in
aggregate.
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�TOPOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.
45
TOPOGRAPHICAL PREFACE.
In
this portion of
our work, we have intended to give as minute
and accurate descriptions of
the towns and cities in the State
all
of New-Hampshire, as our limited space would permit.
in a manufacturing
New
country like ours,
Business,
constantly changing.
is
firms are being established, buildings are being burned down,
and new ones
erected, continually
—consequently there may be some
errors that cannot be avoided.
Perhaps the readers
to
them
:
but
importance
fifty
may
or one
find passages that will be of
hundred years hence,
it
Many
to those living at that date.
may
no interest
be of vast
portions of Dr.
Belknap's History of New-Hampshire, are far more valuable to the
inhabitants of to-day, than to the people
his writing.
A country
like ours, in its
who
day of
lived in the
embryo
state,
is
making
history for the future, every day.
But
in the main,
it is
written for the general benefit of the peo-
ple living in the State in this generation, to develop the resources
of the various sections of the State, ignorance of which, has had a
tendency to deplete our population and injure the State.
chusetts
while New-Hampshire, with a
has
less
We
Massa-
counts her various histories by the hundred volumes,
life
as long, within three years,
than ten.
have personally
visited all the cities
State and learned their present standing
the smaller ones,
we have
and large towns
and
in the
business, while, as to
co-operated with some of the officers of
the town, to give us the general information required.
The Town
Clerks in eight or ten small towns have refused or neglected to
answer our inquiries, after being written to two or three times.
these few cases
we have had
In
the manuscript of the cejjsus of 1870,
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
46
at our
command, and have obtained the necessary information
at
that date.
There has never been a time when New-Hampshire was making
more rapid progress
in every
department of business, than
been making for the three years past, and our only fear
the
march of improvement
is
it
is,
has
that
more rapid than our most assiduous
industry can keep pace with, but
we
shall attempt to rely
on the
candor and intelligence of a generous public.
We
have endeavored
tourists stopping
give the estimated number of
to
summer
from one week to three months in the different
towns in the State, and the value of receipts obtained from this
source,
son,
which
and
nearly
if
it is
thought will average thirty dollars to each per-
anything,
all the
it is
more than that amount.
clergymen up
to .1800,
The names of
have been given from the
settlement; and also the pastors of churches in 1872-3.
fessional business, trade
and transportation, are the
The
first
pro-
class of people
employed as clergymen, teachers, lawyers, physicians, merchants,
clerks, railroad employees, day-laborers, telegraph operators, book-
keepers, &c.
The number of
or about eight
State.
this class, in 1870,
and one-half per
We have given
all
was over 27,000,
cent, of the population of the
the valuable information relative to the
kinds of employment and resources of each town in the State*
which
will
be of any benefit for future reference.
The value of
1870.
time
;
agricultural products,
The manufactories
is
taken from the Census of
are generally taken from the present
the schools, savings banks deposits and
money
are from statements given in 1872, under the law.
at interest,
�ACWORTH.
47
DESCRIPTION OF TOWNS.
CHAPTER
Topographical history of
all
III.
the cities and towns in the State, giving a brief
statement of the surface, the quality of the
rivers
and streams;
its
summer
soil, its
mountains, lakes, ponds,
resorts, villages,
and manufactories;
re-
sources, churches, public schools, libraries, hotels, railroads, &c.
ACWORTH.
hoops, 5,000 bushels of shoe pegs,
Sullivan Co. The soil of this
town is strong and well cultivated
4,000
producing good crops of corn,
wheat, oats and hay.
Rivers and Ponds. Cold River,
which takes its rise from Cold Pond
in the north-east part of the town,
is the only stream of any note.
It
affords some good water power
which is generally improved.
and
mop
boxes of clothes pins, 15,000
handles, 56,000 hoe handles
annumanufactured. Custom shoe
work, blacksmithing &c, are car175 dozens of rakes are
ally
ried on.
There are
five stores in
town.
Resources.
Annual production
of the soil $ 90,200; mechanical
labor, $ 23,200 deposits in savings
;
somewhat celebrated on account
banks, $43,817; money on hand
or at interest, $45,807; stock in
of the large Beryls that have been
trade,
Crystals of Beryls.
found there.
One
Acworth
is
of the Beryls
was
eight inches in diameter
and was sold in the city of New
York for $ 15,000. It was placed
Cabinet at Vienna.
Employments. Agriculture is the
in the Imperial
employment of the peoAcworth is noted for the
large amount of maple sugar made
$ 8,000.
.
Churches and Schools. There are
three churches in town, viz. Congregational, N. B. Nichols, pastor Baptist, J. L. Wilson, pastor
Methodist, John L. Smith, pastor.
There are thirteen school districts
;
Average
principal
and
ple.
length of schools for the
fourteen weeks.
there.
Some
years as
many
as 80,
fifteen
First
schools.
Settlers.
year,
The town was
000 pounds have been produced.
granted to Col. Samuel Stoddard
There
and sixty-four others, September
William Keyes, Samuel
19, 1766.
Harper, and John Rogers removed
is considerable manufacturing done.
Thirty one thousand
worth of shoes are annually
manufactured, employing thirtyfive males and females.
Over
700,000 feet of lumber, 200,000
dollars
to this place in 1768.
Rev. Thomas
ordained 1789; dis-
First Ministers.
Archebald,
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
48
missed, 1794.
Rev. John Kimball, ordained in 1797, dismissed in
meted out to them by a peculiar
disease which has afflicted their
1813.
neat stock for
North by Unity,
Boundaries.
east by Lempster, south by Marlow, and west by Langdon and
Charlestown.
Distances. Thirteen miles south
science
from Newport and forty-four west
from Concord.
against him.
Thirteen miles to
Newport depot, on the Sugar River
railroad. Stage three times a week
to Charlestown station, 7 miles, on
principal
Railroads.
the Sullivan railroad.
ALBANY.
Carroll Co.
This town is
mountainous, but in the valleys
the soil
There are some
interval lands on the
is fertile.
very fertile
borders of Swift river.
Rivers.
Swift river, passes
through this town from west to
east and connects with the Saco
at
Conway.
There
are
several
small streams which come down
through the mountain gulches, and
furnish convenient water privileges. These brooks were formerly
well stored with trout, as the writer of this can fully verify.
Mountains.
There are several
high hills and mountains. Chocorua, is the highest mountain in
town, and received its name from
an Indian who was killed by a
party of hunters in time of
peace and before that section was
settled.
There is a legend that
before he was killed, and after
they had chased him to the highest
eminence on the mountain, he
pronounced a curse upon the white
men who should ever settle in that
vicinity. Many people in that section, have the superstitious notion
that Chocorua's curse has been
many
makes
years.
its full
When
investigation
as to the cause of this malady,
it
doubtless will find that the poor
and
Indian
his
posterity
stand
guiltless of the charges preferred
Employments. Agriculture
ple.
is
the
employment of the peo-
300,000 shingles, 200,000 feet
of boards
&c, and
70,000
clap-
boards are annually sawed. 2,800
pounds of maple sugar are annually manufactured.
Resources.
Productions of the
soil $23,131;
mechanical labor,
$ 2,500 deposits in savings banks,
$911.
Churches and Scliools. Freewill
Baptist church, Rev. T. Brown
;
'
There are six schools in
town; average length of schools
for the year, twelve weeks.
pastor.
This town
Clement March,
Joseph Senter and others Nov. 6,
1766, and was called Burton till
First Settlements.
was granted
to
1833.
North by Bartlett,
by Conway south by Tamworth and Madison, and west by
Waterville.
Area of improved
Boundaries.
east
land, 2,986 acres.
Distances.
Seventy-five miles
north from Concord, and twenty
north from Ossipee.
Portsmouth, Great
Railroads.
Falls
and Conway railroad passes
through
station
town, but the nearest
this
is
at
Conway, four miles.
ALEXANDRIA.
GraftonCo. Much of the soil in
town is good and when proper-
this
produces good crops.
There are about 2000 acres of valualy cultivated
�ALLENSTOWN.
hie interval land, which bears
every appearance of having been
once covered by New-found Lake.
At the depth of twenty feet can be
found stumps, trees, and traces of
beaver dams.
Lake and Rivers. A portion of
New-found Lake is within the limits of this town.
Smith's and Fowler's
Rivers are the principal
streams.
The improved horse
water power
Mountains.
is
into
Its
summit
is
Tables.)
$98,517;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$7,400; money at interest, $70,35;
deposits in savings bank, $8,000;
stock in trade, $2,850.
Churches and Schools.
Union
Distances.
Thirty-four
north-west from
south-east
mail
By
the express and
ALXEIVSTOWIV.
Merrimack Co.
A
portion of
town is light, though
there are some very fine farms.
The town was formerly covered
with a growth of fine timber, and
great quantities of lumber were,
the soil of this
down
annually taken
the river.
Suncook River is the
dividing line between Allenstown
and Pembroke, and affords some
excellent water power, which is
being improved by cotton mills,
&c. Bear Brook furnishes some
good mill sites. There are several
Rivers.
other small streams well stored
seventy
Enoch
and
four miles, on Bristol Branch Railroad.
end of
Rev.
forty
Haverhill,
train, daily to Bristol station,
thirteen weeks.
Minister.
miles
Plymouth.
length of schools during the year,
First
New
about fourteen south- westeidy from
with trout.
Mountains.
fifty
Concord,
from
members, Rev. Cha's
E. Rogers, Pastor.
There are
fifteen schools in town; average
Church,
to
Boundaries. North by Orange*
and Hebron, east by Bristol, south
by Hill, and west by Danbury. Improved land 14,382 acres.
divided
two granite peaks, which can
Rcsoicrces.
of a large tract
Chester, now Hill.
Railroads.
be seen for miles distant.
Employments. The people are
engaged, generally, in farming.
2, 100,000 feet of lumber is annually
sawed. 8,500 pounds of maple sugar annually manufactured. (See
soil,
ation
229.
Cardigan Mountain
is the highest elevation, and forms
the boundary between Alexandria
and Orange. Its base is rugged
and covered with a heavy growth
of timber.
49
Catamount Hill is
At the east
the highest elevation.
this hill is a precipice of
feet,
at the foot of
nearly perpendicular,
which is a cavern of
Whipple, (Congregational) settled
some
in 1788; dismissed in 1794.
The inhabitants
of this town are largely engaged
First Organization.
Alexandria
was granted to Joseph Butterfield
and others, March 13, 1757. Jonathan, John M. and Win. Corliss,
were the first settlers, in December
1769.
its
Incorporated,
November 23,
In 1821, its territorial limwere diminished by the annex-
1782.
extent.
Employments.
in manufacturing
and trade.
One
of the largest cotton mills ever
under one roof, in this State,
town. Over 11,000,000
yards of print cloth are annually
manufactured, valued at $830,000.
30,000 pairs of sale boots and shoes
built
is
in this
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
50
made, besides other mechanical
The
shops.
total value of
goods
annually manufactured is $881,300.
(See tables of manufactories.)
The
mills are situated in the village of Suncook, for a description
of which, see Pembroke.
Agricultural
Resources.
pro-
ducts, §42,334; mechanical labor,
$
500;
money
$ 18,
deposits in Savings Banks,
192,400
;
at interest,
stock in trade, $22,800;
$55,955;
from summer tourists, $6,000.
The
and Schools.
Churches
church edifices, in which the people of Allentown worship, are situated on the opposite side of Suncook River, in Pembroke. There
are four schools in town average
;
length
of
schools
for the
year,
twenty-seven Aveeks.
Bank. "China Savings Bank,"
at
Suncook Village. (See tables.)
"Suncook Hotel."
Hotel.
John Wolcott,
First Settlers.
Andrew
Smith, Daniel Evans,
Robert Buntin, and others, were
the first settlers. In 1748, on the
west bank of Merrimack River,
nearly opposite the mouth of the
Suncook, Mr. Buntin, his son, and
James
Carr, while busily at work,
were surprised by a party of Indians.
At the first alarm, Carr
made an attempt to escape, and
was immediately shot down. Bunin and his son made no resistance
and were not harmed, but taken
through the wilderness to Canada,
and sold to a French merchant at
Montreal. They remained in captivity about eleven months, when
they made their escape, and fortunately reached home in safety.
Andrew, the son, died, in defence
of his country, at White Plains,
October
years.
aged thirty-eight
Although the first settle-
28,
1776,
ment commenced in this town prior to 1748, it was not incorporated
until July 2, 1831.
North by Epsom,
Hooksett, and west by Pembroke. Area
of improved land, 3,192 acres.
Distances.
Eleven miles from
Boundaries.
east by Deerfield, south by
Concord, south-east.
Bailroads. Suncook Valley, and
a branch of Concord Railroad pass
through this town.
ALSTJEAD.
Cheshire Co. The soil of this
town is strong and productive, and
as a general thing, the farms are
well cultivated, and
yield
good
crops.
Rivers and Ponds.
Cold River
passes through the north-west part,
and some of the branches of Ashuelot have their sources in this
town. The water power is well
improved. There are also a number of ponds. Warren's Pond, 250
rods long, and 150 wide, is the
principal one.
Employments. The inhabitants
are largely engaged in agriculture
—8,388 bushels corn, 8,500 bushels
oats and barley, 41,300 lbs. butter,
38,120 lbs.
maple sugar, and .4,697
town in
tons hay, being the third
the county in
and the
first
its
in
production of hay,
maple sugar.
The
manufactories
are
important.
Leather board and straw wrapping
paper is manufactured to the value
of $ 16,600 annually. Scythe nibs
and pail handles valued at $ 13,000
carriages, $12,500
;
400,000 shingles
and laths, and 750,000 feet of boards
and dimension timber, valued at
$ 11,100, besides edge tools, plows,
chair stock, rakes, tin ware, blacksmiths, coopering, carpenters, harnesses,
&c.
The
total value of
�ALSTEAD.
goods, of
kinds, annually
nil
ufactured,
is
man-
$84,000.
There are three
the post office
villages,
under
names of Alstead,
Centre Alstead and New Alstead.
At New Alstead there are two
churches, school-house, rake shop,
Scythe nib and pail handle manufactory at the Centre, one church,
at Altown-house, school-house
stead, two churches, one large
;
;
51
respected for his upright and just
dealings with all men, and through
this course he acquired a handsome
which enabled him to pass
and quiet.
One great drawback to the progress of the first settlers was the
multitude of wild beasts which
fortune,
his last days in ease
infested
this
section,
especially
bears and wolves, which were so
$25,800; stocks and money at interest $61,988- deposits in savings
numerous as to devour their swine
and sheep, and sometimes assail
The wife of
the larger cattle.
John Beckwith took her son Richard Beckwith, then an infant, and
went to the woods to gather berShe placed her child on the
ries.
ground, and wandered through
the bushes. On her return toward
banks $57,276;
$ 19,387.
the object of her affection, judge
of her feelings as she saw a huge
graded school-house, six or eight
stores, one hotel, also manufacture
edge tools, paper, lumber, chairstock, flour, meal, &c.
Resources. Productions of the
mechanical labor,
soil, § 123,000
.
;
stock
in
trade,
Churches and Schools. CongreUniversalno pastor
pastor.
ist, Rev. W. J. Crosby,
Center, Congregational, no pastor.
New Alstead, Rev. Charles Packard, pastor Methodist, no pastor.
There are fourteen schools in
town, two of which are graded.
Average length of schools for the
year, seventeen weeks.
Humphrey House.
Hotel.
First Settlement. This town was
gational,
;
;
called Newtown, and
was granted to Samuel Chase and
others, August 6, 1763. In 1771,
there were twenty-five families,
originally
besides ten bachelors. This lonely
class cultivated their lands, and
attended to their own household
affairs, cooking their meals, &c.
General
Amos Shepard was one
of the most prominent citizens of
this
town from
1777 to the time of
He was
a
member of the General Court of
New-Hampshire, and president of
the Senate seven years. He was
his decease in
1812.
hear smelling and passing around
her sleeping babe, while she could
do nothing but silently wait the
result; but again judge of her unspeakable joy, when she saw this
voracious monster of the forest,
retire and leave her unconscious
boy unharmed.
Rev. Jacob
First Ministers.
Mason (Cong.), ordained in 1782,
dismissed in 1789; Rev. Samuel
Mead, ordained in 1791; dismissed
in, 1797; Rev. Levi Lankton, ordained in 1799, dismissed in 1828.
Boundaries. North by Acworth,
east by Marlow, south by Gilsum,
and west by Walpole. Area of
improved land, 17,714 acres.
Distances. Twelve miles southeast from Charlestown, fourteen
north from Keene, and fifty-six
west from Concord.
By daily stage five
Railroad.
miles to Bellows Falls, Vermont.
ALTON,
Belknap Co.
The
surface of
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hard, and
people, although the manufactures
some portions rocky, but when
are important. Over 125,000 pairs
of sale boots and shoes are annu-
Alton
in
is
uneven, the
soil
properly cultivated produces excellent crops of corn, wheat, oats and
hay. It ranks as the fourth town
in the county in the value of its
agricultural productions.
Bays, Ponds and Rivers. Merry
Meeting Bay, connected with, or a
part of, Lake Winnipiseogee, extends south, from the lake, over six
miles, where it receives the waters
There
of Merry-Meeting River.
are several ponds, the largest of
manufactured;
ally
boards,
clap-
10,000
500,000
shingles,
475,000
&c, sawed;
feet of boards,
400,-
000 bobbins, 37,000 gross of spools
turned; besides shoe boxes, and
made, and various other
kinds of mechanical works carried
on. The village of Alton is very
pleasantly located, and is the seat
staves
of considerable trade.
Resources.
which is Half-Moon Pond, between
this town and Barnstead.
It is
nearly one mile in length, and half
200;
a mile in width.
$80,072;
$173,600;
soil,
$54,700;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
money
$10-
at interest,
deposits in
savings
banks,
stock in trade, $20,225,
The principal elevaare Mount Major and ProsHill.
The views obtained
from summer tourists, $20,000.
Freewill
Churches and Schools.
from Prospect Hill are varied and
beautiful.
In a clear day the
ocean can be distinctly seen from
its summit.
Congregational, no pastor.
At
Freewill
Baptist
East Alton,
Church, Rev. Mr. Davis, pastor.
There are twenty schools in town,
two of which are graded average
Elevations.
tions
pect
Summer
Resort.
The
fine scen-
and the varied recreations
which are found in Alton, have
ery
rendered
it
a popular resort for
At Alton Bay is the terminus of the Dover and Winnipiseogee Raih-oad
and in warm
tourists.
;
s. amboats are waiting
on the arrival of each train from
Boston, to convey travelers to any
point on the lake. There is a fine
hotel at the Bay which is filled
with tourists through the summer.
Many permanently stop here, and
for recreation and health, frequently take a steamboat ride, visiting
the different points on the lake,
and returning at night. The number who stay here for a few weeks
or months, through the season, is
Baptist, Rev. II. Ricker, Pastor;
;
length of schools for the year, thir-
teen weeks.
Banks.
Alton Five Cents Sav-
Bank (See
ings
Tables.)
Cochecho House;
Alton Bay, Bay View House.
Hotels.
weather,
estimated at over 400.
Employments.
the principal
Agriculture
is
employment of the
First Settlers.
nally called
The
first
at
Alton was origi-
New Durham
settlement was
Gore.
made by
Jacob Chamberlain and others in
1770.
It received its present
name
by one of the principal proprietors
from a town of the same name in
England.
It was incorporated,
January 15, 1796.
First Minister.
ams
Elder John Ad-
(F. B.), ordained in 1811.
Boundaries. North by Winnipiseogee
Lake,
north-east
by
Wolfeborough, east by New Durham, south by Barnstead, and west
�AMHERST.
by Gilmanton
.
Area of improve
of the finest water privileges in the
county.
Babboosuc, Little Bab-
land, 18,025 acres.
Distances.
Twenty-two miles
and Jo. English Ponds,
are the largest collections of water.
boosuc
north-east from Concord, twenty-
Summer Resorts. The fine scenery in and around Amherst, has
caused it to be a popular resort for
five miles north-west from Dover,
and about twelve south-east from
Gilford. The distance, by boat on
the lake, to Wolfeborough is ten
miles, and to Centre Harbor, about
summer
Dover and Winni-
Cochecho, Railroad
terminus in this town, at
Alton Bay.
piseogee, or
has
tourists,
who spend
their
vacation through the warm weather.
One of the finest hotels in the
State, is located in the village.
Many private residences in the
village, and in other sections of the
town, keep summer boarders.
Employments. The inhabitants
are principally engaged in farming.
Over 90,000 gallons of milk is annually sold, and over 30,000 lbs. of
twenty-five miles.
Railroad.
53
its
AIUHERST.
Hillsborough Co. This town
was formerly the full Shire town
of Hillsborough county but at the
present time, only one trial term
of the Supreme Judicial Court is
holden, which commences the first
butter made. There is one large
foundery, and several other small
manufactories.
There are about
Tuesday of May. The soil on the
river is of an excellent quality, producing abundant crops. On the
hills the soil is strong, and many
valuable farms are found under a
"Farmer's Cabinet," established
here Nov. 10, 1802, is one of the
oldest and most respectable weekly
newspapers in the State.
high state of cultivation.
For many years, Amherst was
considered the most important
town in the county, but the grow-
ducts, $146,746; mechanical labor,
;
Resources.
Agricultural
pro-
$36,800; stocks, &c, $19,900; money at interest, $21,104; deposits in
savings
ing cities of Manchester and Nashua are fast taking the prestige
which made Amherst the Metropolitan town of the county, and, like
some European nations, are dividing the power of Poland among
themselves. But this venerable
town will long be respected, both
for the eminent men who were natives or citizens there, and as being
one of the finest towns in the county, and having one of the pleasant-
The
00 mechanics of all trades.
in
tourists,
free
'
banks,
$
trade, $28,600;
$12,000.
from debt
192,086
stock
;
from summer
The town
is
at the present time,
and there are but few towns in th
State, where the inhabitants are
more prosperous and happy, than
they are in Amherst.
Churches, Pastors and Schools.
Baptist, Rev. Albert Heald Con:
Rev. J. G. Davis;
Methodist, Rev. George W. Roland. There are eleven schools;
gregational,
est villages in the State.
average, length of schools for the
Pavers and Ponds. The Souhegan River is the principal stream,
and in its course to the Merrimack
year, twenty-five weeks.
River from this town, affords some
school-houses,
Value of
$10,300;
annual
amount of money, appropriated for
school purposes, $ 2,078.56.
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Library. Amherst Social Town
Library 1000 volumes.
Hotel. " Amherst Hotel," Thom-
method of preparing it, but
it must be boiled in a
kettle or pot, in a manner similar
the
concluded
as Saunders, Proprietor.
to their boiling their liquid food.
This town was
granted by Massachusetts, in 1733,
to persons then living, and the
heirs of those not living, who had
served in the Narraganset war of
1675.
It was first named Narraganset Number Three," after-
They therefore put in a quantity of
the exotic herb, and having boiled
it till they supposed it was done,
they dipped it out and sipped of it,
First Settlers.
"
Souhegan West." The
were Samuel Waland Samuel Lampson, in
wards
settlers,
first
ton
July
1734.
January
It
was incorporated
18, 1760,
under the name
of "
to
Amherst " as complimentary
Lord Jeffrey Amherst, an En-
glish general in America, during
It became the
town of the county in 1771.
Amherst did its full duty in the
revolutionary contest. We append
a few extracts from notes of Hay-
the French war.
shire
ward's Gazetteer.
The first settlers of Amherst,
coming from the old towns in Massachusetts, brought with them the
customs which prevailed at the
time of their emigration.
They
were plain and simple in their
dress.
In living, they had few or
none of the luxuries of life. Their
fare was plain and substantial.
They used considerable liquid food,
such as milk, broths, pea and bean
porridge.
Chocolate was sometimes used, and was probably esteemed as one of their greatest
luxuries. Coffee was unknown to
them, and though tea had been
introduced into the country about
sixteen years when the town was
had not
fasted of it. The first used in the
place was sent by some Boston
settled, the first inhabitants
friends to the family of the minister,
who were unacquainted with
but doubtless found it less palatable than their favorite beverage.
Wine was a great rarity, and ardent spirits were rather regarded
for medicinal purposes than as fit
for an article of drink.
Sugar
which was known in this country
as early as 1631 was used by them
as was also molasses, but only in
small quanties. " The most common conveyance was by horses
fitted out with saddles and pillions.
Two could ride in this way the
same animal, and often times an
A few
infant was superadded.
years before the revolutionary war,
it began to be the practice to trot
horses, previously, these animals
had paced. The first or second
chaise brought into town, was
owned by Mr. Benjamin Kendrick,
and he rode in it till he was eightysix years old. As late as 1810, he
journeyed with it to Boston and its
neighborhood. It presented such
an antique appearance, that it was
often called the
First
'
Old Ark.' "
Rev. Daniel
Ministers.
Wilkins, (Cong'l) ordained in
Rev. Jeremiah
1736, died in 1781
Barnard, ordained colleague, in
1780; Rev. Nathan Lord D. D.,
President of Dartmouth College,
ordained as colleague in 1816.
;
Boundaries.
North
by
New
Boston, east by Bedford and Merrimack, south by Hollis, and west
by Milford and Mount Vernon.
Area, 22,432 acres, Improved land
12,300 acres.
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ANDOVER.
Distances.
Twenty-eight miles
south from Coneord, and fortyseven from Boston.
Railroad. Nashua and Wilto/i
Railroad passes through this town.
The
surface
uneven, being broken by hills
and mountains. The soil, in many
localities, is strong, and when propis
erly
cultivated,
crops.
yields
$29,500;
money
at interest, $28,401
excellent
Not more than one third
of the area of the town, or 8,456 out
of 29,883 acres, is considered capa-
depos-
stock in trade, $33,400; from sumtourists, $2,000; professional
Churches and Schools. CongreRev. Howard Moody,
pastor; Freewill Baptist, Rev.
gational,
C. B.
Griffin,
extends along the north part of the
town it is an eminence but little
inferior to Kearsarge in height,
but its name fully describes it.
There are several small villages,
;
names of which are
East Andover. Potter Place, West
Andover, and Andover.
Employment.
The inhabitants
are principally engaged in farming; but manufacturing is an
important branch of industry.
Among the most important of
goods annually produced, is paper,
$20,000, shoe pegs $20,000, Hames
'umber $19,200; grain
$28,000,
ground $19,100, cotton and woolen
hose $10,000, besides lasts, welding composition, and other small
mechanical works.
There are
also blacksmiths, wheelwrights,
carpenters, masons, painters, &c.
The total value of goods annually
produced, is $128,600. (See tables.)
Resources.
Productions from
agriculture, $66,257
mechanical
Christain,
pastor;
Martin, pastor.
There are twelve schools, of
which two are graded. Average
Rev. A.
II.
length of schools for the year,
fif-
teen weeks.
The Kearsarge House.
Hotel.
There are
several ponds, the largest of which
Its water is very
is Loon Pond.
pure, and the scenery around it is
grand and picturesque.
Ragged Mountain
Mountain.
Ponds and River.
;
;
$84,419;
mer
ble of improvement.
the post office
banks,
savings
in
its
business, $20,000.
ANBOVER.
Merrimack Co.
$17,500;
stocks,
labor,
Stages leave here on the arrival of
the cars, in warm weather, for the
Winthrop House, on Kearsarge
Mountain, four miles distant. The
scenery from the summit of this
mountain is very fine, and visitors
are largely increasing, from year
to year.
Andover was
First Settlement.
first
1746
known
it
as Emerisstown.
was granted
Brown and others,
in
as
to
In
Edward
New Britton,
New
honor of the captors of
which expedisome of the grantees were
engaged. June 25, 1779, it was incorporated under its present name.
The first inhabitant was Joseph
Fellows, who came here in 1761.
Britton, in 1745, in
tion
Among
are
the deceased citizens who
respect by
remembered with
the inhabitants, can be mentioned
Dr. Silas Barnard, the first physiHe died June 25,
cian in town.
1795.
Dr. Jacob B. Moore, a poet
of some eminence, became a resident here in 1796; died January
10, 1818.
Jonathan Weare, Esq.,
a civil magistrate, and highly respected, died in 1816. Mr. Jona-
than Noyes was respected for his
charitable disposition.
1
"Potter,"
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the famous juggler and necromancer, was a citizen of Andover and
The
total value of manufactured
goods annually produced is $211,300.
(See tables.)
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $92,732;
mechanical labor,
one of the railroad stations bears
his name, " Potter Place."
First Minister.
A Congregational church was established in
1782, and the Rev. Josiah Babcock
money
became the
dismissed
posits in savings banks, $120,710;
Boundaries. North by Hill, east
by Franklin, south by Salisbury,
stock in trade, $19,815; from summer tourists, $900; professional
business, $10,000.
first
pastor
;
in 1809.
and west by Wilmot.
Thirty miles northwest from Concord.
Railroad.
Northern Railroad
passes through the town, in an
easterly and westerly direction.
Distances.
ANTRIM.
^
$44,100;
&c,
stocks,
at interest,
$13,700;
$27,878;
de-
Churches and Schools.
PresbyRev. W. R. Coebran pastor; Methodist, J. A. Cooledge
pastor;
Baptist,
Rev.
E. M.
Shaw, pastor. There are twelve
schools in town
average length
of schools for the year, sixteen
terian,
;
weeks.
Hillsborough Co. The west
part of this town is hilly but af-
Library.
Antrim Library Asso-
ciation.
a fine range for grazing.'
There are some valuable tracts of
interval, and some very fine upland farms yielding fine crops.
Rivers and Ponds.
Contoocook
River passes through the easterly
part of the town.
North Branch
River originates from several
ponds in Stoddard, and furnishes
several valuable mill sites, and in
of the
some parts of its course it is bordered by fine tracts of interval.
Employments. The larger por-
friends and neighbors. The town
was incorporated March 22, 1777.
fords
tion of the inhabitants are
in agriculture
engaged
but manufacturing
is a very important branch of business in town. The annual value
of sewing silk and twist manufactured is $25,000; 100,000 apple;
hand seed sowers, and
300 horse seed sowers are annu-
parers, 500
made, valued at $100,000; besides there are cribs, cradles, bed-
ally
window shades, paste board
boxes, leather, &c, manufactured
steads,
Hotels.
Appleton House, North
Branch House.
Antrim derived
town in Ireland
same name. Deacon James
First Settlers.
its
name from
a
settled here in 1768.
No
other person moved into town for
the next four years, during which
Aiken
time he suffered many privations
and hardships for the want of
First
Minister.
Rev. Walter
Fullerton, ordained in
missed
1800,
dis-
in 1804.
Botmdaries and Area.
North
by Windsor and Hillsborough, east
by Ueering and Bennington, south
by Hancock, and west by Stoddard. Area 21,173 acres; improved land, 11,730 acres.
Distances.
Thirty miles south
west from Concord, and twenty
three miles north-west from Am
;
200,000 shingles
of lumber
are
and 600,000
feet
annually sawed.
herst.
Railroad.
Seven miles by
dailj
�ATKINSON.
stage to Hillsborough Bridge,
on
;
the cultivation of the apple, and
the best fruit in the State is pro-
Farming
is
the
principal occupation of the people,
but there are about forty mechanthe larger proportion of whom
ics,
engaged in making shoes.
Thirty-six thousand pairs are annually made, and valued at $50,000.
Resources. Annual productions
are
of the soil valued at $41,476; an-
nual value of mechanical labor,
at interest, $12,-
600; stock in trade, $2,300;
;
but,
difficulty in locatit
was
set off
incorporated September 3,
1767.
Benjamin Richards, Jonathan and Edmund Page, and John
Dow
were the first settlers, and
came here about 1728.
Rev. Stephen
First Minister.
Peabody, ordained in 1772; died
in 1819.
Boundaries.
South by HaverMass., west by Salem and
Londonderry, north by Hampstead,
and east by Plaistow. Area, 6939
hill,
acres.
ing to its elevated position, and its
quiet and pleasant village, is becoming noted as a place for sum-
Thirty miles south-
Distances.
west from Portsmouth, and thirtysix south-east from Concord.
Boston & Maine.
Railroads.
If the Plaistow and Nashua Railroad is built it will pass through
Atkinson.
from
summer tourists, $6,000.
Summer Resorts. Atkinson, ow-
mer
some
and
Rockingham Co. This town
has an uneven surface but the
soil is of a superior quality, and
under a high state of cultivation.
Much attention has been given to
money
to
ing a meeting-house,
ATKINSON.
$16,287;
originally a part of Plaistow
owing
Contoocook Valley Railroad.
duced here.
Employments.
57
ASHLAND.
Grafton Co.
Ashland is a
small township taken from the
southern portion of Holderness in
1868.
The
soil is hard, but,
when
Over 200 persons
summer vacation and
properly cultivated, produces good
crops. The farmers find a ready
sale for their surplus products, in
Atkinson
one of
the thriving manufacturing village
the oldest and most respectable in-
Pemigewasset River
Rivers.
washes the extreme western part
resort.
spent their
recreation here the past year.
Schools, Libraries, &c.
Academy,
in this town, is
stitutions in the State
;
incorporat-
ed in 1791. There is a library,
connected with the academy, containing 800 volumes. The school
is now under the charge of B. H.
Weston, A. M.
Churches. Congregational, Rev.
C. F. Morse, pastor; and Universal ist Church. Valuation, $ 10,000.
This town was
First Settlers.
named in honor of Theodore Atkinson, a large land-holder and a
member
of the council.
It
was
of Ashland.
of the town. Squam River, the
outlet of Squam Lake and Squam
Pond, runs in a south-west direction, and empties into the Perni-
This river affords
gewassett.
some of the best water power in
the State, enough at all seasons of
the year, and a surplus.
power
Much
of
improved, but double
the capital could be invested on it
to good advantage.
On Squam River, and
Village.
this
is
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on the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad is situated the busy
manufacturing village of Ashland.
average length of schools for the
year, seventeen weeks.
The
business, for the size of the
village, is very extensive. There
brary.
are several large paper mills, two
hose manufactories, woolen mill,
lumber and grist mill, straw board
(see table.)
board mill, large peg
mill, glove and mitten manufacto-
was
originally a part of Holdern-
ess,
and was incorporated July
boots and shoes, besides many
other small mechanical shops.
1868.
mill, leather
ries,
Library.
Bank.
Hotel.
First
Ashland
Town
Li-
Ashland Savings Bank,
"
Squam Lake House."
Ashland
Orgauizution.
1,
stable,
Boundaries. North by Plymouth
and Holderness, east by Holderness, south by New Hampton, and
west by Bridgewater and HolderArea of improved land,
ness.
office,
3,853 acres.
There are
also
two church
edifices,
school-houses, bank, eight or ten
stores of all kinds, hotel, livery
express office, telegraph
insurance, lawyer and physician's offices, and nearly one
The
hundred dwelling houses.
scenery around Ashland is delightful, affording views wild, romantic and beautiful.
Manufacturing
Employments.
and trade are the principal employments of the
inhabitants.
Over 600,000 yards flannel,. 1,200
tons manilla paper, 140 tons leather board, 50,000 dozens cotton and
woolen hose,
175,000 shingles, 600,
Forty-four miles
Distances.
north from Concord, and six west
from Plymouth.
Bail roads. The Boston, Concord
Montreal railroad passes
through the southern section of
this town.
and
AUBURN.
Was
Rockingham Co.
ally that part of
"Long Meadow."
origin-
Chester called
It
was
incor-
000 feet boards, &c, 20,000 bushels shoe pegs, besides buck gloves
and mittens, tin ware and other
small manufactories.
The total
porated June
value of manufactured goods of
all kinds, annually produced, is
about $ 616,600. (See table.)
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $48,364;
mechanical labor,
$110,100;
money at interest,
deposits
$28,870;
in
savings
bank, $59,820; stock in trade,
Lakes and Streams. Massabesic
is the largest body of fresh
water in the county, comprising
an area of about fifteen hundred
acres. It is about six miles long,
and from two to four hundred rods
$
44,420.
Churches and Schools.
Freewill
The
soil is
25, 1845.
is broken, but the
strong and produces good
surface
crops of corn, oats and potatoes.
Lake
in breadth.
Near the centre of
the length, the Lake is nearly
divided into two parts, but is
connected together by a strait,
Baptist, Rev. L. Malvern, pastor,
church value, $6,000; Episcopal,
some two hundred rods
LeRoy, pastor, value church,
$ 4,000. There are six school dis-
town, but there are some brooks
that furnish very good water power which is generally improved.
J.
tricts
and eight schools in town,
in length.
There are no large streams
in
�BARNSTEAD.
Employments.
The
larger por-
59
into the hill, in a northern direc-
engaged in
farming, who find a ready market
for all their surplus produce in the
City of Manchester, some five
Shoernaking and
miles distant.
lumbering are the principal me-
tion,
chanical businesses; there being
annually made about 24,000 pairs
sixty persons spent their
tion of the people are
women's boots and shoes, and
1,870,000 feet of lumber sawed.
Resources. Annnal value of the
of
productions of the soil, $ 67,843
value of mechanical labor, $ 10.400
deposits in savings bank, $50,924;
money at interest, $5,993; stock in
receipts from sum$ 3,000.
There
Churclies and Sulwols.
are two churches, Methodist, Elder
James Adams, pastor; Congregational, Rev. J. L. Gay, pastor.
There are eight schools in town,
trade,
mer
$
14,020
average length of schools for the
year, 17 weeks.
Tourists. The beautiful scenery
around the Massabesic, has atthe
attention
vacation in Auburn in 1872.
Boundaries. North by Candia,
east by Chester, south by Londonderry,
and west by Manchester.
Twenty miles south-
Distances.
from Concord, and twenty-one
west from Exeter.
east
BARNSTEAD.
well as the student of nature.
The " Cave," on the westeidy
side of " Devil's Den" Mountain,
The entrance to
Barnstead
is
one
of the most wealthy agricultural
towns in the county.
lies, principally,
in
The land
large swells,
affording excellent grazing
the soil
is
;
while
easily cultivated
and
produces fine crops of wheat, corn,
oats
and hay.
are
some very
On
the river, there
fine interval lands,
be found in the State, than Barn-
resort for the pleasure seeker, as
will interest any stranger
Belknap Co.
Auburn
becoming quite a resort for summer tourists. The "Massabesic
House " located on the shore of the
Lake, is a large and commodious
hotel, and suitably adapted for
summer boarders. The Concord
and Portsmouth railroad passes
within a few rods of the house.
Trains twice a day, each way,
arrive and depart.
The Lake is
truly a pleasing and attractive
stead.
River and Ponds.
er
is
the
principal
Suncook
riv-
stream, and
some fine water power.
There are several ponds, the largest of which are Suncook, Brindle
and Half Moon Ponds. These
waters are well stored with fish.
Plumbago and bog
Minerals.
furnishes
iron ore are found in various sections of the town.
Farming is the
employment of the inhabitants. About 100,000 pairs of
sale shoes are annually made;
Employment.
principal
who will
500,000 shingles and 400,000 feet of
cave
boards and dimension timber, are
yards
annually sawed
10,000
woolen goods manufactured, be-
this
about five feet in height, and two
and a half in width. It extends
is
summer
and valuable farms.
No more
pleasant country, for farming, can
is
it.
About
height.
in
to fifteen feet
many
of
lovers of recreation, and
visit
It is divided into numerous
apartments, several of which are
fourteen feet square, and from two
pass.
;
tourists,
tracted
about eighty feet, of sufficient
dimensions to permit a person to
;
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sides blacksmiths, coopers, carpenters, masons, machinists, &c.
Total
value
goods annually
is
estimated at
of
manufactured
$146,000.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil,
mechanical labor,
§152,140;
$27,700; stocks and
money
terest, $10,325; deposits in
banks,
at in-
savings
Knowlton,
freewill Baptist, ordained in 1804 died in 1809.
Boundaries. Northeast by Alton, south-east by Strafford, southwest by Pittsfield, and north-west
by Gilmanton. Area, 26,000 acres
area of improved land, 14,805
;
acres.
Distances.
Twenty miles north-
Villages.
There are two very
pleasant villages.
At Barnstead
Parade there is a church, schoolhouse, hotel, store, saw-mill, and
twenty-five or thirty dwellinghouses. Rev. Enos George was a
from Concord, and eighteen
south-east from Gilford.
Railroads. Four miles to Pittsfield Station, on Suncook Valley
Railroad.
The Suncook Valley
Extension to Alton, when built,
will pass through this town. Also
the Concord and Rochester Rail-
resident of this village for over
road.
stock
$70,179;
in trade,
$3,000.
fifty
years.
He
died about 1859.
Barnstead Centre lies on the Suncook, about two miles north of the
Parade. Here are two stores, hotel, town-house,
church, schoolhouse, mills, shoe manufactory,
several mechanical shops, of various kinds, and about fifty dwelling
Churches and Scliools.
Christian, Rev. J. H. Nutter, Rev. J. H.
Davis, pastors Congregational, at
the Parade, Rev. W. O. Carr, pastor; Freewill Baptist, Rev. M. A.
Quinby, pastor.
;
There are
fifteen schools.
Aver-
age length of schools for the year,
nineteen weeks. (See table.)
First Settlement.
Rev. Joseph
Adams and others received a grant
of this town, May 20, 1727.
Settlements commenced 1767.
In
1775 there
town
Hotel.
;
were 250 inhabitants
in 1790, 807.
Shackford House; Cen-
tre.
A Congregachurch was organized in
1804, and the Rev. Enos George
became its pastor; Elder David
First Ministers.
tional
BARR1NGTON.
Strafford County. The surtown is broken and
face of this
rocky, the soil being principally a
gravelly loam.
What is termed
the oak ridges is of a sandy loam,
rich and productive and easily cultivated.
houses.
in
east
er
Rivers and Ponds. Isinglass rivis the principal stream, and
affords
One
some good water power.
fall in this
perpendicular.
river
is
thirty feet
There are thirteen
ponds within the limits of the
town from which flow streams,
considerable
water
furnishing
power.
Minerals. In some of the rocks,
beautiful and perfect specimens of
quartz crystals, and other tourmalin, are found.
Bog iron ore,
in considerable quantities, may be
obtained.
Cavern. About two miles from
the center of the town, there is a
remarkable cavern which is considered quite a curiosity by naturalists.
The principal room
cavern,
is
in this
sixty feet in length,
from
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BARTLETT.
twelve to
fifteen in hight,
and from
Employments.
ple,
ing
Agriculture
is
the
employment of the peo-
principal
but considerable manufacturis
carried on.
Dover
on the Boston
and Maine railroad. The Nashua
and Rochester, railroad now being
By
Railroads.
stage to
station, five miles
four to ten feet in width.
built, will pass
150,000 pairs of
through
this
town.
BARTLETT.
annually made, also
2,300,000 feet of boards &c, 685,000
shingles, and 600,000 clapboards
are annually sawed.
The value
of the potatoe crop exceeds that
at the foot of the
uneven.
The
of any
the Saco
it is
shoes
are
town
in the county.
Productions of the
$114,585; mechanical labor,
§51,525; stocks and money at inBesources.
soil,
$ 15,700
terest,
ings banks,
trade,
$
ists,
$
13,675
;
deposits in sav-
$129,176;
stock
in
from summer tour-
;
1,500.00.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. Ezra Haskell, pastor; Freewill Baptist, no pastor.
There are fifteen schools in town
average length of schools for the
year, sixteen weeks
amount of
money annually appropriated for
school purposes, $ 1,658.56.
First Settlements.
This town
originally included the town of
Strafford within its limits, and
comprised an area of 54,380 acres,
but about 29, 120 acres were taken,
in 1820, to form the latter town.
Incorporated May 10, 1722. The
first settlement was made about
ten years later.
First Ministers.
Rev. Joseph
Peiree settled in 1755, dismissed in
1768 Rev. David Tenney ordained
in 1771, dismissed in 1778.
Boundaries. North by Rochester, east by Madbury and Lee,
south by Nottingham and North;
;
wood, and west by Strafford.
Area
25,200 acres.
Distances.
Thirty miles
from Concord,
Dover.
five
west
east
from
This town
Carroll Co.
lies
White mounThe surface is rocky and
tains.
soil is various; on
very good, and fine
crops of corn, oats and potatoes are
produced.
Bivcr.
Saco River meanders
through the center of the town and
the principal stream.
Iron Ore. Prof. Hitchcock, in
his Geological survey report for
1871, says, that in the northern
part of Bartlett, occurs one of the
most extensive deposits of workable iron ore ever found in Newis
Hampshire. For full details, see
page
on mineralogy.
Farming is the
Employments.
principal employment, but lumbering is becoming an imporAbout
tant branch of business.
1,500,000 feet of boards and dimension timber are annually sawed.
Mills are being erected that will
increase their facilities to 7,000.000
feet a year.
It is also
an important point
Besources.
becoming
for tourists.
Productions of the
$68,312; mechanical labor,
$ 5,800 stocks and money at interest, $9,158; deposits in savings
stock in trade,
banks, $368;
soil,
;
$
1,450;
summer
tourists, $6,000.
Churches and ScJiools. Advent,
Rev. J. B. Dearing, pastor; Freewill Baptist, Rev. Spencer Kennison, pastor; Methodist, Kev. O.
T. Sinclair, pastor.
There are six
average length for the
year, fourteen weeks.
schools,
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62
East
House,
Bartlett
Hotels.
and Pequawkett
Branch House
House..
This town
First Organization.
was incorporated June
1790,
16,
and received its name in honor of
Governor Josiah Bartlett.
Boundaries. North by Jackson,
east by Chatham, south and west
by ungranted lands. Area 13,000
acres; area of improved lands,
5,482 acres.
Seventy-five miles
Distances.
north-east from Concord and about
twenty-five miles north from Ossipee.
Railroad. Portland and Ogdensburg railroad passes through the
town.
northerly direction through the
town, thus separating the inhabitants, who find a communication
only through a single pass in the
mountain.
In several localities
Minerals.
large veins of copper ore have been
opened, which
much
appear to be of
value, if properly worked.
The
Employments.
of maple sugar are annually manA disastrous fire ocufactured.
curred in Bath village, February 1,
1872, destroying the Congregational church edifice, Bath Hotel and
several dwelling houses, none of
which have been rebuilt.* A mill
for the manufacture of wood paper has recently
Grafton Co.
pleasantly
This
situated
in
town
the
is
val-
Connecticut.
The
high mountains around completely shield it from high winds and
ley of
the
inhabitants
are generally engaged in farming.
200 tons of starch and 23,000 pounds
commenced
op-
eration.
Resources.
$157,838;
$9,500; stocks
soil,
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
&c, $ 32,500; mon-
About one sixth
part of the whole town is interval.
ey at interest, $ 28,000 deposits in
savings banks, $2,875; stock in
trade, $ 14,250 from summer tour-
On
ists,
long
storms.
the hills the soil
is
generally
of a reddish loam. Much improvement has been made in agriculture, and it is now considered one
of the best farming towns in the
State.
Large quantities of wheat,
and barley are annu-
corn, oats
ally raised.
Rivers
the southerly part, and furnishes
fine
;
$
600.
Churches and Schools. CongreEdward Cleveland,
gational, Rev.
pastor;
Catholic, no pastor;
Un-
ion church, at Swiftwater village,
Rev. Arnold Adams, pastor. There
twelve school districts and
averag
thirteen schools in town
length of schools for the year,
twenty-four weeks.
are
;
Mountains.
The
River passes through
and
Ammonusuc
some
;
water power.
At Bath
village a fine bridge spans the river, 372 feet in
length.
Wild Am-
September 10,
Bath was granted to Rev.
Andrew Gardner and sixty-one
First Settlements.
1761,
others.
The
conditions
of
the
at the
charter were not complied with,
and, in March 1769, it was rechart-
Gardner's
ered to John Sawyer and others.
from the confluence of the Connecticut and Ammonusuc rivers, and extends in a
John Herrimen from Haverhill,
monusuc River
Ammonusuc, in
south-west
Mountain
unites with
this
corner.
rises
town
the
* The Church was rebuilt in the season of
1873.
�BEDFORD.
Massachusetts,
first settled
here in
Moses Pike and
1765,
and
Mr.
Sawyer commenced
in 1766,
settle-
ments.
In 1778, a Presbyterian
church was formed, but in 1791, it
was dissolved and a Congregational church organized with nineteen
members.
Rev. David
First Minister.
Sutherland a native of Edinburgh,
Scotland,
was
installed in 1806.
North by Lyman,
Boundaries^
63
three ponds in town, but it is supposed they are united beneath a
which floats upon the
and rises and falls with
large bog,
surface,
the water.
The town is watered by
Merrimack and Piscataquoag
Rivers, which afford some water
Hirers.
the
power.
Minerals. Iron ore, plumbago,
hornblende, crystallized quartz,
&c, are found here in limited
east by Landaff, south by Haver-
quantities.
and west by Ryegate
Improved land, 18,639 acres.
Employments. The inhabitants
are principally engaged in agricul-
hill,
Vt.
Ninety-eight miles
Distances.
Concord and
forty-two north-east from Hanfrom
north-west
7,000 bushels of corn, 19,000
bushels potatoes, and 3.200 tons hay
are produced, 5,000 clapboards,
ture.
over.
395,000 shingles,
The Boston, Concord
and Montreal and "White moun-
of boards,
Railroads.
tains
(N. H.)
railroad
passes
through this town.
BEDFORD.
ly.
and
&c,
and
are
1,300,000 feet
sawed annual-
There are also a wheelwright,
several other
mechanical
shops in town. Many thousands
of bricks are also manufactured.
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $178,000; mechanical labor,
§ 16, 100 stock and money at interest, $24,000; deposits in savings
banks, $ 146,875 stock in trade,
'
Hillsborough Co. In
part, the surface is
soil is
the west
uneven, but the
strong and productive.
the
Merrimack are
Of
late years
much
On
rich intervals.
attention lias
been given to producing milk for
the Manchester market.
The
value of milk annually sold is
estimated at $75,000.
Bedford
ranks as the second town in the
county in the value of its agricultural productions.
Natural
Curiosities.
In the,
westerly part of the town is a gulf
and precipice, which are worthy of
a visit from all lovers of natural
Over the precipice a
small river plunges, falling two
curiosities.
;
;
$
17,812.
Churches and Schools.
Presby-
terian church, Rev. Ira C. Tyson,
pastor.
districts,
There are twelve school
and eleven schools in
town average length of schools
;
the year, twenty-two weeks.
First Settlements. In 1733
foi
Mas-
sachusetts granted Bedford to the
officers, soldiers and the surviving
heirs of those deceased,
who
served
in the Narragansett war,
under the
name of "Narragansett, No. 5, or
" Souhegan East."
The number
hundred feet in a distance of one
hundred yards. Excavations in
of grantees
solid stone are
and James S. "Walker, in 1737.
Col. John Goffe, Matthew Patten,
Esq., and Captain Samuel Patten,
ciently large
persons.
found here,
to contain
There are
suffi-
several
apparently
was
settlement was
120.
The first
made by Robert
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64
were added
to the settlement in
Several of the early settlers
emigrated from the northern part
of Ireland. Silas Barron, son of
1738.
Moses Barron, was born A. D. 1741
and was the first child born in
south from Concord, eight north-
from Amherst, and four west
from Manchester.
Concord Railroad
Railroads.
passes through this town. When
completed, the Manchester and
east
town. In 1745, James McQuade
and Robert Burns, who had been
to a neighboring town, on their return were surprised by a party of
Indians, concealed in the bushes,
McQuade was
near the path.
killed, but Burns, by running in a
zig-zag course, so confused the
enemy, that he made his escape
near Goff s Falls. On the bank of
the river is a plot of ground supposed once to have been an Indian
burying ground. Dr. Woodbury, in
company with others, in 1821, exhumed a part of three skeletons one
appeared to have been buried in a
sitting position all their heads lay
towards the south. Human bones
have been washed from the banks
of the river near these grounds.
Ashburnham Railroad
Hon. John Orr, a distinguished
citizen of this town was in the
battle of Bennington, under Gen.
Stark, and received a wound in the
early part of the engagement. He
died here in January 1823, aged
west section of Gilmanton, and
runs in a
southerly direction
through this town, discharging its
water into the Winnepiseogee River, and affording some very good
water privileges in its course. A
part of Suncook Mountains lie
:
;
seventy-five years.
Incorporated
May
pass through
also
BELMONT.
Belknap Co.
of the
towns
Belmont is one
most important farming
in the State,
ranking as the
twenty-first in value of agricultu-
The surface is broken with hills and valleys, affording
some very fine scenery. The soil
is deep, well cultivated, and produces excellent crops of corn,
wheat, oats and hay. No town in
the county, in proportion to the
number of acres cultivated, exceeds Belmont in value of agricul-
ral products.
tural products.
Streams and Mountains.
A con-
siderable stream rises in the north-
in
19, 1750.
will
it.
the north-east section of the
Rev. John
Houston, (Presby.) ordained in
1758, died in 1778; Rev. David Mc
Gregor settled in 1804. A Pres-
town.
byterian Church
ists,
First
Ministers.
was formed
in
Scenery.
The
beautiful and ro-
mantic scenery of
this
town
at-
many tourthrough the warm
tracts the attention of
who visit
it
Boundaries and Area. North by
Goffstown, east by Merrimack
River, which separates it from
season of the year. There is a
pleasant and busy village called
Factory Village.
Agricidture is
Employments.
Manchester, south by Merrimack
nnd west by Amherst and New
Boston. Area, 20,000 acres. Im-
people, although manufacturing is
carried on to a considerable extent.
1757.
proved land
Distances.
11,781 acres.
Twenty-one
the principal
employment of the
700,000 feet of boards,
miles
&c.,
and
450,000 shingles are annually pro-
�BENNINGTON.
duced, and 86,000 dozen pairs of
womens' cotton hose are annually
manufactured.
Resources.
soil,
§165,980;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$48,400; stocks
and money
terest, $22,400; deposits in
banks, $92,470
;
at in-
savings
stock in trade, $6,
from summer tourists, $10,000.
Churches and Schools. 1st Freewill Baptist Church, Rev. J. L.
Sinclair, pastor; 2d Freewill Baptist Church, Rev. J. Davis Pastor
Christian Church, Rev. A. Kidder,
pastor. There are twelve school
districts in this town, and fourteen
schools. Average length of schools
for the year, sixteen weeks.
Hotels. Belmont House American House.
This town
First Organization.
was disannexed from Gilmanton,
June 28, 1859, and called Upper
Gilmanton, but was changed to
Belmont in July, 1869. For first
settlers see Gilmanton.
Boundaries. North-east by GilGilmanton,
ford, south-east by
south-west by Canterbury and
north-west by
Northfield, ami
Winnepiseogee River and Lake
Area of imWinnesquame.
proved land, 10,625 acres.
Twenty-four miles
Distances.
north from Concord, and four
south from Gilford.
Railroads. Boston, Concord and
Montreal Railroad passes through
812;
;
the north-western section of this
town.
By
daily stage to Tilton
The Franklin
and Rochester Railroad will pass
through here when completed.
Station, six miles.
BENNINGTON.
Hillsborough Co. The surtown is uneven, but
face of this
the soil is productive
when proper-
65
Bennington
cultivated.
ly
is
a
small township taken from Deering, Francestown, Greenfield and
Hancock, in 1842.
Hirers. Contoocook River passes through this town and affords
good water power which is generally improved.
Employments. The inhabitants
are largely engaged in manufacturing. The manufactory of cutlery is very extensive; over 450
tons of paper are annually produced and 450,000 feet of lumber annually sawed; besides powder,
barrels, kits, &c., are made. Bennington Village is a busy and en;
ergetic place for business.
The
annual value of manufactured
goods produced in town is $161,500.
(See tables.)
Resources.
soil,
$21,487;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$29,400; stocks,
&c, and money
deposits in
savings banks, $30,294; stock in
at interest,
$15,850;
trade, $22,450.
Churches and Schools.
gational, Rev.
Congre-
James Holmes
pas-
There are five schools in
town. Average length of schools
for the year, sixteen weeks. In
the summer of 1871 a graded
school building was erected at an
expense of $3,800. It is worthy of
notice that after the first term of
tor.
eleven weeks, with eighty scholars
in both departments, not a single
scratch upon the desks, nor a single
mark upon the walls of the school
room could be discovered.
Library. Bennington Social Library 400 vols.
—
Hotel.
Washington House.
Boundaries. North by Deering,
east by Francestown, south by
Francestown and Greenfield, and
west by Hancock and Antrim.
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66
Acres of improved land, 3,299.
Railroads. Ten miles by daily
stage to Hillsborough Bridge, on
the Contoocook Valley Railroad;
also daily stage to Wilton, fifteen
miles on the Wilton Railroad.
The Peterborough and Hillsborough Railroad will pass through
Bennington when
built.
BENTON.
Grafton Co.
Pond
is
Beaver Meadow
the only considerable sheet
of water in this town. It abounds
Oliverian river, so
with trout.
called from a
into
it
Mr. Oliver, who
(Oliver
is
in
fell
"Oliverian''''),
through the south part.
Tunnel brook is in the north part,
flows
and Baker River, the Asquamchumawke, rising in a small pond
on Moosehillock, runs easterly
The centre of
into Woodstock.
the town is studded with mounSugar-loaf Mountain
tain peaks.
is very symmetrical, and Owl's
Head is most fertile in blueberries,
thousands of bushels being picked
on its summit each year. An im-
mense
precipice, called the Face,
mountain, and when the
country was first settled, a deer,
and a hound pursuing, leaped over
the brink and fell a hundred fathoms down. The deer was killed,
but the hound, save a broken leg,
»seaped uninjured. Black Mt. is
densely wooded, and Moosehillock
ranks among the highest mounis
on
this
New-Hampshire.
Benton Avas
Settlers.
granted, January 31, 1764, to Theophilus Fitch, and it was settled
in that part called High Street by
Obadiah Eastman, shortly after
the commencement of the Revolution. James Page settled soon
after on Oliverian meadows, and
tains in
First
William Whitcher was the first
settler of North Benton.
He was
the father of sixteen children who
lived to grow up, all very tall, and
" there are more than a hundred
feet
of
Whitehers in
William
Whitcher's family," was a true
and very common expression.
Dick French, a noted hunter and
wolf-killer, formerly lived at the
north part.
Name. Coventry was the first
name, but it was changed to Benton in honor of Hon. Thomas II.
Benton, Dec. 4, 1840.
Employments. There are some
good and productive farms among
the mountains, excellent crops are
raised, much maple sugar is made,
and the farmers lead pleasant
lives.
About one million feet of
lumber are annually manufactured
and sent to market.
Summer Tourists.
Moosehillock, called by the Indians Moosilauke, from mosi, bald, and auke,
a place Bald-place, has been a
noted resort for many years.
There is a tradition that Waternomee, an Indian chief, ascended
Robert Pomeroy,
it about 1685.
one of Rogers' Rangers, died on it
in 1759.
Chase Whitcher, father
of Wni. Whitcher, was the first
white settler, and Mrs. Daniel
Patch the first white woman who
climbed it. Amos F.Clough, photographer, and Prof. J. II. Huntington, of the State Geological Survey, spent the winter of 1869 and
1870 on its summit, being pioneers
of mountain heterology, and the
first men who ever achieved so
—
perilous a feat.
There are two
bridle paths leading to the top of
—
mountain one from North
Benton and one from High Street,
and from East Warren is a good
the
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67
turnpike. The Prospect House, a
small hotel, built of stone, on the
a fine opportunity for lumbering.
Rivers. The Androscoggin pass-
is kept by James
Clement, and he has hundreds of
visitors each season.
No other
es
mountain in New-Hampshire affords so grand a view. Five states,
Maine, New-Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, and New York,
with a part of Canada, are spread
out beneath. The White Mountains, the Green Mountains, and
some of the elevations in town, a
fine view of the White Mountains
highest peak,
the Adirondacks, more than a
thousand different peaks, shoot up
around.
The Connecticut, Asquamchumauke, Pemigewassett,
and Ammonoosuc rivers are at
the mountain's base. Forty lakes
and ponds are visible, and, in the
distance, on a clear day, is seen
the ocean.
Minerals.
tals, in
Perfect quartz crys-
great abundance, are
dug
through the east part, and the
Upper Ammonoosuc through the
may
be obtained. On Cate's Hill,
is a combination of minerals
rarely seen on the surface.
The
general appearance is exceedingly
promising for copper, if not for
tin
but as yet it has not been discovered where the ore is concentrated in a vein, though there are
there
;
several places
crystals of Epidote, the
best in the State, are found on
Owl's Head.
Numerous specimens of lead and copper ores
abound at High Street, and a quarry of stone, resembling Italian
marble, has been opened on Black
mountain.
Railroad Facilities. The Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad passes through the south part.
The stations are Summit and Bath.
Boundaries. North by Landau"",
east by Woodstock, south by Warren and West by Haverhill.
Distances. Six miles from Haverhill, seventy from Concord.
BERLIN.
Coos Co. The surface of Berlin
broken and mountainous, there
being but 1,340 acres of improved
land in town.
There are vast
is
tracts
of timber land,
affording
where
it is
nated through the rock.
Employments. Berlin
ond town
in the State for
dissemi-
is
the sec-
manufac-
turing lumber. Over twenty-three
million feet of lumber of all kinds
are annually sawed, valued at over
$350,000.
from the ground at North Benton.
Immense
From
west part of the town.
(See tables.)
Resources.
soil,
$
$19,800;
156,400
;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
money
at
interest,
stock in trade, $15,550;
from summer tourists, $30,000.
$2,800;
Church and Schools.
L. H. Gordon, pastor.
Methodist,
There are
six schools in town.
Average
length of schools for the year,
seventeen weeks.
Library. W. W. Brown, private
library, over 400
Hotels.
volumes.
Mount Forest House,
and Berlin Falls House.
First Settlements.
This town
was granted December 31, 1771, to
Sir William Mayne, Bart, Robert,
Thomas, and Edward Mayne, and
others of Barbadoes, and was called Maynesborough till July 1,
1829, when it was incorporated by
its present name.
North by Milan,
by Success, south by Randolph and Gorham, and west by
Boundaries.
east
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
68
Kilkenney.
Distances.
Area,
acres.
31,000
One hundred and
from Concord,
and twenty east from Lancaster.
forty miles north
Railroad.
Grand Trunk
Rail-
road passes through the eastern
portion of the town.
BETHIEHEM,
Grafton Co.
lehem
is
The
soil
months, according to careful esti*
was four thousand."
mation,
Large boarding-houses are being
erected every season, and are filled. If the tourists average forty
dollars each in their expenses in
town, which must be a low estimate, it will amount to the large
sum
of Beth-
good, and produces fine
crops of grain, potatoes and grass.
At present, the lumber business is
extensively carried on.
Ammonoosuc
Great
and Gale Rivers are the principal
and afford abundant
streams,
Elvers.
water-power.
Mountains. The principal mountains are Mount Agassiz and Peaked Mountain.
Minerals. Specimens of magnetic and bog iron are found in various localities.
The inhabitants
Employments.
are generally devoted to agriculture and keeping summer boardThe town is in the vicinity
ers.
White Mountain Range,
and is the Rendezvous for travelers who wish to visit the Moun-
of $160,000 for the season.
This large influx of people through
the Summer affords the farmers a
fine opportunity to market their
surplus produce at advance rates.
The lumber business is important.
Over 1,300,000 clapboards, 1,900,
000 shingles, and 8,800,000 feet of
boards and dimension timber are
annually sawed and give employment to over 100 men in its manu(See tables.)
facture.
Productions of the
Resources.
;
$137,602; mechanical labor,
$68,300; money at interest, $22,
500; stock in trade, $50,425; deposits in savings bank, $1,598;
from summer tourists, estimate,
soil,
$
160,000.
The
inhabitants in the northern
where there
of the
sections of the State,
on their return to take the
branch road from the
White Mountain Railroad has its
junction here, and extends six
appears to be the most enterprise,
have but little money deposited in
The rusty iron
savings banks.
chests in southern New-Hampshire, which contain Western Railroad stocks and bonds, Western
county, city, and town bonds, and
Western personal notes, secured by
tains, or
cars.
A
miles to the
in
Carroll.
Twin Mountain House
It will
be extended
coming season. The
village of Bethlehem is very pleasantly situated, and the scenery
around it is beautiful and hard to
be surpassed. A prominent resident of this town says: "The
future prospects of Bethlehem are
very flattering, owing to the great
rush of summer tourists.
The
farther the
number who stopped in the season
of 1872, from one week to three
mortgage on Western real
to the value of
more than $
estate,
12.000,
000 do not produce as much State
enterprise (which shows a practical State benefit) as does the $122,000 invested in mills, &c, and
$190,000 invested in hotels and
Bethlehem.
boarding-houses in
Ten thousand dollars properly invested in this State, will do more
good, and produce more business
�BOSCAWEN.
among
the people than a million
of dollars invested in Western Railroad stocks and bonds.
MethoChurches and Schools.
Rev. Charles II. Smith, pas-
dist,
members, 60, Church value,
There are eleven schools
in town. Average length of schools
for the year, fifteen weeks; total
tor,
$3,000.
69
Bista?iccs.
One hundred miles
north from Concord, and thirtysix, by rail, north from Haverhill.
Railroads.
White Mountains
Railroad passes through the northern section of the town to Carroll.
The Portland and Odgensburg is
expected to pass through some
portion of the town.
value of school-houses, $7,850.
Houses.
BOSCAWEN.
and Summer Boarding
Hotels
Merrimack County.
Sinclair House, valued at
Mount Agassiz House,
$60,000;
Prospect
valued at $20,000;
White
House, valued at $ 12,000
Mountain Boarding House, valued at $9,000: Spooner Cottage,
valued at $ 7,000 Bean's Cottage,
valued at 6,500 Turner's Cottage,
$4,000, (it is being enlarged at
an expense of $5,000.) Wilder
Boarding House, $8,000; Bailey's
;
;
;
Before
Boscawen was divided and the
town of Webster taken from its
western limits, it was considered,
with one exception, the best and
farming township in the
The soil on the river is
deep and easy to cultivate, and
when properly fertilized produces
largest
county.
excellent crops of corn.
On
the
uplands the soil is strong and good
for grazing and the raising of fruit.
The average value of production
for each acre of improved land is
$ 10. 16| the average of the county
is $9.33.
This includes pasturage
and tillage land.
Some of the
finest farms in the county are in
Cottage, $ 5,000. There are other
houses where some summer tourists stop through the summer.
Livery Stables. Clark Brothers,
30 horses, valued at $ 12,000
H.
Wilder, 16 horses, $7,000; Sawyer & Wallace, 8 horses, valued
at $3,000; Thompson & Son, 8
horses, valued at $ 3,000
Bowles
& Young, 5 horses, valued at
Farm is located in the northern
part of the town near the Merri-
$2,000.
mack.
;
;
December 27, 1769;
James Turner, Thomas and John
Hatch, Nathan and Amos Wheel-
incorporated,
and others settled here in 1790.
First Church Organization. Con-
er,
Baptist,
1800;
Boscawen. The Merrimack County
Rivers and Ponds.
Bethlehem was
First Settlers.
gregational,
;
October,
15,
1802;
Freewill Baptist,
1813.
which
Great Pond,
town anr"
Long Pond,
lies partly in this
partly in Webster, and
western section of the town,
are the principal bodies of water.
in the
Merrimack River washes
its east-
ern border, while the Contoocook
waters the south-eastern corner.
The latter River furnishes some
North by Whiteby Carroll, and ungranted lands, south by Franconia and
Lisbon, and west by Littleton.
Total area, 31,154 acres; improved
fine
land, 10,955 acres.
inhabitants, although the agricul-
Boundaries.
field,
east
water power at Fisherville,
which is situated partly in this
town and partly in Concord.
Employments.
is
the principal
Manufacturing
employment of the
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
70
town is imporand on many of the farms it
There are
is lucrative business.
34 farms in town whose annual ag-
in trade, $48,975; professional
business, $ 10,000.
Fishcrville. On the Contoocook
River, and near
its
confluence with
ricultural productions are respect-
the Merrimack,
is
situated the en-
ively valued at over $1,000; 14
over $ 1,5'00; 7 over $2,000; 5 over
terprising manufacturing
and 1
3 over $3,600;
Seven farms are valued
at $ 97,000, and have a total area
of improved land of 1,700 acres.
line
amount annually paid for
labor was $4,200; and the total
most valuable water-power on the
Contoocook is at this point, the
water falling over 60 feet in a dis-
tural interest of the
tant,
of Fisherville. It
cord,
larger portion in Concord.
total
value of farm productions $ 22, 100,
or $ 13 to each acre of improved
land. These seven farms have invested in stock and farming implements, about $ 15,000, and received
from the forest production less
30,000 pairs of shoes
;
000.
made
and
tanned, $4,500; castings
and machinery to the value of
$60,000; doors, sash, and blinds
saws,
to the value of $20,000;
300;
;'
to the value
barrels valued
300,000
feet of boards
shingles,
of over
at
$ 23,
3,100,000
and dimension tim-
axe helves, besides
carriages sleighs, excelsior, doors,
ber, 2,000 doz.
;
sash, blinds, saws, bar soap, and
various other small mechanical
shops too numerous to mention.
The total horse water-power which
is
near the mill. The total value of
all goods manufactured annually
is $907,600, employing 180 males
and 104 females, Avho annually re-
improved
in this village, is over
850; capital invested in manufac-
$ 598,000 males employed,
females and children, 245;
amount annually paid for labor,
$ 248,000 value of goods annually
manufactured, $ 1,412,900.
There are fifteen or twenty
stores, of various kinds, two hotels,
four churches, two graded schoolhouses, an academy, bank, insurance, express, post, and various
other offices common to a large
tories,
;
408;
ceive for their labor, $ 129,600.
Capital invested in manufactures,
;
$310,600.
Productions of the
soil,
;
;
flour
$ 500,000
$ 10,000 336,000 bushels of wheat
and other grain ground, and over
1,000,000 feet of lumber of all kinds
sawed. There were ground 46,800
barrels of flour in 1872, and the
barrels for the flour were made
$94,273; mechanical labor,
$129,600; money at interest, $30,
725; stocks, &c, $36,000; deposits
in savings banks, $ 103,492 stock
Foundry and machine shop,
grain ground into meal
$ 65,000
leather
Resources.
The
tance of less than a mile. In this
village there are two cotton mills,
annually manufacturing 4,386,000
yards of cotton print cloth, two
woolen mills, annually producing
flannel, cassimeres, and yarn to the
value of $ 105,000 bedsteads, bureaus, sinks, teapoys, and lookingglass frames to the value of $ 173,
than $2,500; making, after deducting for labor and taxes, over
12 per cent, on the capital invested
in farming. There are 1,488,000
yards of cotton cloth annually manufactured, 345,000 yards of flannel
woven,
village
located on the
between Boscawen and Conand is nearly equally divided
between the two towns, with the
$2,800;
$4,800.
The
is
I
�The above cut
Co., Fisherville,
represents the establishment of Gage, Porter
N. H.,
every description:
other saws.
for the
viz.,
manufacturing of
circular,
mill,
cast-steel
cross-cut,
pit,
&
saws of
wood, and
Their shops are quite extensive and located near the
Northern railroad.
A side
track
is
laid
through their yard which
enables them to convey their goods to all sections of the country
without trans-shipment.
for
more than twenty
They have been
years,
in successful operation
and their business adds much
enterprise of that thrifty village.
to the
��BOSCAWEN.
village,
and about 300 dwelling-
Some
houses.
business
the
of
and
blocks, are elegant structures,
many
private residences are pleasantly located and are costly build-
There are many wealthy
ings.
men
in this village,
but less
men
71
Rev. "Win. R.
1,500 volumes;
Jewett, N. Butler, Esq., and Isaac
K. Gage, Esq., have libraries of
over 500 volumes each.
Ambrose Hotel
Hotels.
cawen
and
Plains,
at Bos-
Penacook
House, at Fisherville.
of leisure, than in any other village
of its size in the State, and less
show of aristocracy. Evei-y man is
persons, living in
equal with his neighbor, and none
that State, for a tract of land on the
so rich that he is ashamed to labor,
but still too proud to be called in-
westerly side of Merrimack river,
and a grant was obtained, Decem-
The people are an intelligent reading class, the receipts of
the post-ollice being over S 1,100
annually, showing that the inhabitants know how to read and write,
and intend to improve their spare
ber 8, 1732, by John Coffin and
eighty others, of a territory, seven
The provisions of
miles square.
this grant were, that within four
years from the date of the confirmation of the plan, they should
settle, and have on the spot eighty
families, each settler to build a
good, convenient dwelling-house,
at least eighteen feet square, and
clear, fence, and improve, at least,
four acres of land. The tract being
properly surveyed, a settlement
dolent.
moments
in those occupations.
About two miles north of Fisherville, on the Merrimack, is located
the old, but pleasant, village of
Boscawen Plains. For many years
this village
siderable
was
trade.
the seat of con-
The
principal
First Settlement.
In 1732, certain
Newbury, Mass.,
petitioned to the General Court of
street is wide, very straight, level,
was commenced
and some portions of
Nathaniel Danforth, Moses Burbank, Stephen Gerrish, Edward
it,
beautifully
shaded. The dwellings, and their
surroundings, have an antique appearance, but show an air of respectability and wealth. It still is
a very pleasant and desirable loca-
tional,
Rev.
W.
Abigail,
Congre-
feet square,
Congrega-
R. Jewett, Pastor.
There are eight school
and ten schools in town
districts,
average
length of schools for the year,
sixteen weeks
annual amount
appropriated for school purposes,
;
;
$2,583.83.
Literary Institution. Penacook
is located in this town,
Academy
at Fisherville.
Libraries.
others.
Curtice,
Churches and Schools.
Rev. Corbin
gational,
at Fisherville,
and
daughter of Nathaniel Danforth,
was the first child born in town.
The first settlers were exposed to
Indian incursions, and, for protection, they erected a log fort, 100
tion to live in.
pastor;
Emery,
early in 1734, by
Fisherville Library,
and ten
feet in height.
This fort proved a safe defence and
protection,
itants, for
for all of the
more
inhab-
than* 20 years.
The Indians made an attack on
the settlement in 1746, and killed
Thomas Cook, a
colored man, and
Jones captive, and
carried him to Canada, where he
died.
In May, 1754, Nathaniel
Melvin and family, consisting of
himself, wife, and five children,
were taken, and carried to Canada,
took Elisha
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
from whence they escaped, after
a servitude of three years. In August of the same year, they killed
the wife of Philip Call. They were
pursued by the settlers, and secreting themselves in ambush, rushed
out upon their pursuers, took Enos
Bishop prisoner, and killed Timothy Cook, who attempted to escape by plunging into the river.
Ezekiel Flanders, and Edward
Emery were killed in 1756, while
on a hunting excursion to Newfound lake.
Thirty-seven years before the
settlement was commenced
first
Boscawen, there was enacted
within the present limits of this
town, one of the most heroic deeds
to secure liberty from the hands of
a savage foe, ever recorded on the
pages of history, and which may
be appropriately mentioned here.
in
At the confluence of the Contoocook River with the Merrimack, on
the north line of Concord, is Dustin's island, over which the Northern Railroad now passes.
This
island has become justly celebrated
on account of an exploit of a lady,
whose name it bears.
On the 15th of March, 1697, the
Indians made a descent on Haverhill, Mass., where they took Mrs.
Hannah Dustin, who was confined
to her bed, with an infant only six
days old, and attended by her nurse,
Mary Xiff. They soon despatched
the infant, by dashing its head
against a tree, and proceeded up
the Merrimack. After a long and
tedious march, they arrived at this
island.
The wigwam to which
they were conducted, and which
belongs to the savage,
them
who claimed
was inhabited
by 12 persons, viz., two men, three
women and seven young Indians.
as his property,
The prisoners were Mrs. Dustin,
the nurse, and a youth they had
taken
from
Worcester,
named
Samuel Lannardson. On this island they rested for a while, intending soon to proceed on their way,
a considerable distance farther up
the river, to an Indian town,
the captives
where
were informed that
they would be compelled to run
the gauntlet through the village.
Aware
of
the
cruelties
that
awaited her, Mrs. Dustin formed a
determination to exterminate the
whole party, should an opportunity
present itself. She prevailed on her
nurse and the boy to assist her in
carrying out this bold and hazardous undertaking. On the morning
of the 31st of March, a little before
day, finding the whole company in
a sound sleep, she awoke her confederates, and with the Indians'
hatchets despatched ten of the
twelve. One of the women, whom
they thought they had killed made
her escape, and a favorite boy they
designedly left. Mrs. Dustin then
secured the provisions in die wigwam, taking the gun of her dead
master, and the tomahawk with
which she slew him, and to prevent pursuit, she scuttled all the
canoes save one. She embarked
in that, with the boy Lannardson
and the nurse, on the then high
and turbulent Merrimack, to seek
her way to Haverhill. They had
not proceeded far, however, when
Mrs. Dustin perceived they had
neglected to take the scalps. With
her companions, she returned and
took ofl* the scalps and put them in
a bag, and with these bloody witnesses of the feat, she again turned
down the river, and in a few days
arrived at Haverhill safe. On the
21st of April, she visited Boston.
�BOW.
The General Court of Massachusetts made her a grant of £50 as
a reward for her determined and
bloody strike for liberty.
Mrs. Dustin was the daughter of
Michael and Hannah Emerson, and
tne eldest of fifteen children. She
was born December 23, 1657, and
married to Thomas Dustin, December 3, 1677. She was the mother
of thirteen children and
years of age
when
was
forty
Her
captured.
descendants by the name of Dustin,
and also her family connections by
the name of Emerson, are numerous in New-Hampshire.
On
this island,
between the
rail-
road and the Merrimack, there is
being erected a handsome granite
monument (on the precise spot
where
the
memory
The
of
wigwams stood)
Hannah Dustin.
in
proprietors gave the town-
ship the
name
of Contoocook, from
the Indian name of the river, which
touches
It
its
south-eastern border.
was incorporated, and received
its present name in 1760, in honor
of Sir Edward Boscawen, an English admiral.
First Ministers.
Rev. Phineas
Stevens, ordained in 1740; died in
Rev. Robie Merrill, ordained
dismissed in 1766. Nathaniel Merrill, ordained in 1768;
dismissed in 1774.
Rev. Samuel
Wood, D. D., ordained in 1781, and
continued in charge of the church,
for more than fifty years.
He was
1755.
in
1761;
distinguished
Under
eighty
for
his
learning.
more than
young men were fitted for
his instruction,
college,
thirty-one of
came ministers of
whom
be-
the gospel.
73
west by Webster. Area of improved land, 9,274 acres.
Distances.
Eight miles from
Concord, north-west.
Railroads. The Northern Railroad passes along the whole western border of the town.
BOW.
Merrimack County. The
face of this
sur-
town isuneven, but the
though hard, is very producand yields abundant crops,
the surplus of which finds a ready
market in Concord, Suncook, or
Manchester. There is no town in
soil,
tive,
the State in
which the people are
better provided with this world's
goods than Bow. The soil alone
produces to each man, woman and
child, $200 annually.
They have
deposited money in the savings
banks enough to give every ratable poll in town $530 each, or to
give every person in town $175.
Ponds and Rivers. Truree Pond
is the principal body of water.
Turkey River is the principal
stream, and joins the Merrimack
at Turkey Falls.
The Merrimack
washes its eastern border. The
ruins of Bow Canal, on the Mer-
rimack, at the Falls, are about three
miles below Concord. It originally cost $13,800,
and was
built for
the passage of boats, in the days
when
the Merrimack was used in
transporting merchandise up and
down its channel. Railroads have
taken the place of canals on the
Merrimack, except when they are
used to convey water power to
move machinery.
Employments. The inhabitants
all engaged in agricul-
Boundaries. North by Salisbnry
and Franklin, east by the Merri-
are nearly
mack river, which separates it from
shingles,
Canterbury and Northfield, and
ture.
40,000 clapboards,
550,000
and 675,000, feet of
boards and dimension timber are
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
74
was
thirty-eight years
Bow
gained a victory
annually sawed, valued at $13,400,
and 25,000 bushels grain ground,
ganization
$24,200.
over Concord in
Productions of the
Resources.
soil,
mechanical labor,
stocks and money at inter-
$153,546;
$7,000
est, $13,430;
;
deposits in savings
banks, $122,445;
stock in trade,
MethoChurches and Schools.
Rev. J. W. Walker, pastor
Baptist, Rev. Mr. Whittemore, pasThere are fourteen schools.
tor.
Average length of schools for the
year, sixteen weeks.
dist,
Bow was
Settlement.
granted by the authorities of New-
Hampshire, to Jonathan Wiggin
and others, in 1727, and was originally nine miles square, and covered nearly
all
the territory grant-
ed to Ebenezer Eastman and others, by the authorities of Massachusetts, two years previous, under the name of Pennacook (now
Concord.) Massachusetts pretended to hold authority over a large
portion of the territory of New-
Hampshire
final
for
many
years,
till
the
boundary line was estab-
lished, in 1741, giving
New-Hamp-
more territory than it had
ever claimed. These complicated
lines of the two towns coming
from two pretended authorities,
were not settled decisively, till
after the final separtion of the two
States, and, as might be expected, the government of New-Hampshire gave Bow the preference in
its grant of 1727, and did not recognize the title of the Pennacook
grantees, and in the bill, giving a
charter for the parish of Concord,
it was worded as " taking a part
of the town of Bow," &c. Although Concord was granted and
surveyed before Bow, its final orshire
still
it.
it
two-thirds of
cord,
its
was obliged
its
original title
to yield over
territory to
Con-
Pembroke and Hopkinton,
establishing their final boundary
lines at different times,
from 1759
to 1765.
$10,300.
First
after
First Minister.
A Baptist church
was organized in 1795; the Rev.
Benjamin Sargent was ordained as
pastor in 1797, resigned in 1801.
Boundaries. North by Concord,
East by Merrimack River, which
separates it from Pembroke, south
by Dunbarton, and west by HopArea
kinton. Area, 16,000 acres
its
;
of improved land, 8,101 acres.
Seven miles south
Distances.
from Concord.
Concord
Railroad.
passes along
its
Railroad
eastern border.
BRADFORD.
Merrimack
County.
Many
parts of Bradford are hilly, but
quite a portion of it lies in a valley
about three miles wide. There are
many good
farms, which yield a
good return to the farmer for his
labor. At Bradford Mills there is
There
a pleasant, busy village.
are two churches, a school house,
several stores, two hotels, and offices of various kinds. The Presby
village.
a fine building, pleasantnear the centre of the
It is becoming quite a
summer
resort for tourists.
House
is
ly located
Brad-
ford Springs, three miles from the
railroad
depot,
is
noted for
its
much
vis-
healing qualities, and
ited
is
by invalids, and lovers of
pleasure and recreation.
Ponds and Rivers. Todd's Pond,
Newbury,
is the largest body of water in
lying in Bradford and
�BRENTWOOD.
There are several floating
which are
town.
islands in this pond,
considered objects of
forms
outlet
Its
curiosity.
the
northern
Branch of Warner River.
Pleas-
Bradford Bond, lies in the
This Pond is studded
with numerous small islands,
which with the rugged descent of
the eastern bank, and the dwelant, or
east part.
and varigated fields on the
western shore, present, in the
summer season, a wild and charming scenery. Warner River is the
principal stream, and affords many
lings
excellent mill privileges.
Farming is the
employment of the peo970,000 feet of boards, &c,
Employments.
It
75
was incorporated September 27,
and included a part of Wash-
1787,
ington.
Mrst Minister. The CongregaChurch was organized in
1803.
Rev. Lemuel Bliss, first
tional
minister, ordained in March, 1805,
died in 1814.
Boundaries. Bounded north by
Newbury and
Sutton, east by
ton.
Area, 19,000 acres.
Twenty-eight miles
north from Concord; thirty-four
north-westerly from Amherst.
Bradford is situRailroads.
Distances.
Concord
principal
ated
on the
ple.
mont
Railroad.
130,000 shingles are annually
produced. 6,500 pounds of maple
sugar is annually manufactured.
(See tables.)
Agricultural proResources.
and
ducts, $106,484;
$9,000; stocks,
mechanical labor,
and .money at in-
banks,
$59,869;
stock
from
Summer
$21,200;
in
the soil
000
and
Chtirches
Schools.
Baptist,
Rev. E. Pepper, pastor; CongreThere are
gational, no pastor.
twelve school districts and thirAverage
teen schools in town.
length of schools for the year, sixteen weeks.
Library.
The Bradford Social
commenced op-
Library has just
erations.
Hotels.
Presby House, at Brad-
ford village, Spring Hotel, at Brad-
ford Springs.
First Settlement.
first settled
in 1771,
Bradford was
by Dea. Wil-
liam Presbury and family, consistins:
Rockingham
surface of this
neither
tourists,
of his wife and ten children.
Clare-
BRENTWOOD.
trade,
$6,000; professional business, $15,
&
Daily stages be-
tween Bradford, Sutton, and New
London, connect with trains to
and from Boston.
savings
terest, $27,180; deposits in
War-
by Henniker and Hillsborough, and West by Washing-
ner, south
is it
The
County.
town is not rough,
very level.
Much
of
of a good quality and
well adapted to grass and grain.
There are many fine farms under a
is
high state of cultivation, producing
excellent crops of corn and other
farm produce, which finds a good
market at Exeter or Epping. The
county farm is located here, which
proves that the land in Brentwood
is of a superior quality, and can be
obtained at market rates.
Exeter River flows
Streams.
through the entire length on the
southerly side of the town. Little
River and Deer Hill River run
within the limits of this town.
The water power is considerable
and is generally improved. At
Pickpocket there is a paper mill,
saw mill and
Minerals.
grist mill.
Iron ore has in con-
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siderable quantities, been discov-
Distances.
some localities; vitriol
combined in masses of sulphur has
from Exeter.
also been found.
ter
Employments. Agriculture is the
principal vocation of the inhabi-
jected line of railroad from Salis-
tants, but considerable manufacturing of various kinds is carried
bury to Epping is built, it will pass
through a portion of this town.
ered
on.
in
Wrapping paper
ue of $ 40,000
tured,
is
Railroads.
station
Maine
to the val-
$
10,000,
miles
Four miles, to Exeon the Boston and
When
railroad.
the pro-
Grafton County.
200,000
The soil of
well adapted to grazing
excelled by very few towns
this
town
dimension timber sawed, valued at
and
is
$ 9,400, besides
in the county, in this respect.
shingles, 730,000 feet of boards
and
carriages, wheels,
west
BiUDGEWAXElC,
annually manufac-
leather,
Four
is
Good
boxes, sale boots and shoes &c.
Total value of goods annually man-
crops of corn, oats and potatoes are
produced. The west part of the
ufactured $ 124,000. (See tables.)
Resources. Agricultural produc-
town
$
$ 26,500
tions,
100,472;
;
mechanical labor,
stocks and
money
at in-
$7,500; deposits in savings
banks, $45,740; stock in trade,
terst,
$
10,275.
Churches and Sclwols. Baptist,
Rev. C. D. Sweet, pastor; Congregational, Rev. W. C. Jackson, pastor.
There are
four
schools;
average length for the year, twenty-two weeks.
First Settlement.
Brentwood
was formerly a part of Exeter,
and Avas disannexed from it, and
formed into a separate town, June
26, 1742.
The early history of Exeter is the history of this town up
to its incorporation.
In
1775, it
had 1,100 inhabitants or over one
hundred more than it had in 1870.
First Ministers.
Rev. NathanTrask, Congregational, ordained
in 1752, died in 1789.
Samuel
Shephard, ordained in 1775, died
in 1816.
iel
Boundaries. North by Epping,
by Exeter, south by East
Kingston and Kingston, and west
east
by Fremont. Area 10,465 area of
improved land, 7,063 acres.
;
is watered
by Newfound
Lake, and the east part by Pemigewasset river. There are no riv-
ponds of any note.
Employments. The inhabitants
are mostly engaged in farming.
120,000 feet of lumber is annually
produced, and 5,000 pounds of
maple sugar are annually made.
ers or
Agricultural prod-
Resources.
ucts,
$
$ 56,268
1,550;
mechanical labor,
stock and
money
at inter-
stock in trade, $ 600
deposits in savings banks, $24,207.
est,
$
;
5,775
;
Churches and Schools.
There
are three churches, Congregational,
Freewill Baptist and Union
churches; eleven school districts
and nine schools; average length
of school for the year, fourteen
weeks.
First Settlers.
inally included
Bridgewater origall
the tract of
Bridgewater Hill and Bristol. It
was first settled in 1776, by ThomIncorporated,
as Crawford, Esq.
February 12, 1788.
North by PlyBoundaries.
mouth and Hebron, east by Pemigewasset river, which separates
from Holderness and New
it
Hampton, south by Bristol, and
�77
BRISTOL.
divides the
west by Newfound Lake, which
town from Alexandria.
Newfound
Lakes and Hirers.
Lake about seven miles long and
Improved
three wide, lies partly in Bristol
land, 7,878 acres.
Thirty miles north
from Concord, and about seven
Distances.
south-east from Plymouth.
Railroads. From the centre of
the town to Bridgewater station, on
the Montreal railroad is four miles.
surface
and in some instances the
hills are broken and rugged, presenting to the view a charming
and romantic landscape. The soil
is generally very good, and when
well cultivated, produces excellent
crops. There is a fine manufachilly
turing village in Bristol, which at
present is growing very rapidly.
There are thirty or more manufactories of various kinds in this village. There are 20,000 pounds of
axles annually manufactured two
straw board mills produce 490 tons
of straw board, one paper mill an;
nually manufactures 400 tons of
manilla paper, and there are two
woolen mills. There are annually manufactured 1,493 dozen buck
gloves, valued at $31,600; 11,900
glove leather skins tanned, valued
$ 18,200 14,000 bedsteads, valued at § 33,000 one hose manufactory, sash and blind, and various
other manufactories, too numerous
to be detailed.
There are also
from twenty-five to thirty stores
;
;
all kinds;
a printing office,
Savings Bank, one Hotel, three
of
churches, a High school building,
three Physicians and three Law-
This village is the
terminus of the Franklin and Bris-
yers offices.
tol
Branch
railroad,
Bridgewater and Hewaters are united with
in
Pemigewasset by Newfound
River about two miles long and one
hundred feet wide. Smith's River
which forms the southern bound-
town and
Hill,
unites with the Pemigewasset near
Grafton County. The
at
the
Its
ary between this
BRISTOL.
is
and partly
bron.
which con-
nects with the Northern railroad
at Franklin.
Newfound river.
Newfound and Smith's Rivers af-
the confluence of
water
valuable
ford very
which largely
ileges
assist
priv-
the
enterprising people of Bristol in
their energetic eflbrts in
manufac-
turing.
Plumbago of a supe-
Minerals.
rior quality, has
in this
been discovered
town and
in considerable
quantities.
Employments.
Manufacturing
and mercantile trade are the principal and most lucrative employments of the people. Owing to the
romantic and varied scenery in
many
Bristol,
tourists
spend their
vacations here, and many
families derive a good income
from keeping summer boarders.
There are many good farms in
town and many prosperous farmers.
The annual value of manufactured productions of all kind
summer
is
$ 570,700.
Resources.
ucts,
$
(See table).
Agricultural prod-
$ 63,690
;
mechanical labor,
and money at in-
107,700; stocks
terest,
$
13,800
deposits in sav-
;
professional
ings banks, $ 37,470
stock in trade,
services, $ 15,000
;
;
$ 48,700;
from summer
tourists,
$6,000, (estimate).
CongreKetchum, paschurch valua-
Churches and Schools.
gational, Rev. Silas
tor ;
members
124
tion,
$
Methodist, Rev. G.
13,000
;
;
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W.
Norris,
pastor;
number
;
;
J. Abbott, pastor
;
church valuation, $
members
10,000.
90
There
are nine school districts and twelve
schools in town; average length
of schools for the year, twenty
weeks amount of money annually appropriated for school pur;
In Bristol village
a graded school with a
building costing $ 12,000. There
are four school teachers and two
hundred and twenty-five scholars
poses, $ 1798.33.
there
is
in this building.
Libraries.
Rev. Silas Ketcham
(private), 4,000 books,
and
BROOKFIELD.
of
members, 306 church valuation,
$ 18,000 Freewill Baptist, Rev. G.
2,000
Carroll County.
this
town
produces
is
soil
fertile,
of
and
crops of corn, hay,
full
&c, when properly
cultivated.
Pavers and Ponds.
Salmon
The
deep and
Falls River has
On
\
A branch of
its
source
stream
are several valuable water privileges
which are unoccupied.
Cook's Pond is the largest body of
water in town, and is the only
pond of note, excepting a small
pond, covering about fifteen acres,
situated directly on the top of
Moose Mountain.
Employments. Agriculture is the
in Cook's Pond.
chief
this
employment of the people.
lumber is annually
pamphlets; F. H. Bartlett, 900 volumes.
Hotel. Bristol House, valued at
600,000 feet of
$25,000.
soil,
Bank.
Bristol Savings
Bank.
(See tables.)
Bristol
was
taken from Bridgewater and New
Chester (now Hill) and Incorporated June 24, 1819. Colonel Peter
Sleeper,
Productions of the
Resources.
$37,057; mechanical labor,
$3,000; stocks and money at interest, $4,740; stock in trade, $2,
First Settlements.
others
sawed.
400;
deposits
in
savings
bank,
$20,395.
Emmons and
Churches and Schools. Freewill
Methodist and Advent
denominations. There are seven
commenced a settlement
school districts and five schools.
Beujamin
here in 1770.
First Church. A Methodist society was incorporated and a
church organized in June, 1818.
Boundaries. North by Bridgewater, east by Pemigewasset River, which separates it from NewHampton, south, by Hill and west
Area 9,000 acres,
by Alexandria
area of improved land, 8,067 acres.
Distances.
Thirty miles north
Baptist,
Average length of schools
First Organization.
was
Brookfield
originally a part of Middleton,
from which
it
was taken and
Durham and Wolfe-
and west by
borough.
Railroads.
Bristol Branch of
the Northern railroad has its terminus here. New-Hampshire Cen-
Forty-five
Distances.
north-east from Concord.
when
through Bristol.
built, will
pass
in-
corporated in 1794. Nicholas Austin first settled here a few years
before the town was incorporated.
North by WolfeBoundaries.
borough and Wakefield, east by
Wakefield, south by Middleton,
from Concord, and sixteen south
from Plymouth..
tral railroad,
for the
year, fourteen weeks.
miles
The Wolfeborough
Railroad.
Branch Railroad passes through
this
town.
�BROOKLINE
— CAMBRIDGE.
BROOKLINE.
79
There are two churches and four
Brookline House.
This town
formerly belonged to Massachusetts and was included in the
Dunstable grant. It was incorporated, March, 1769, under the name
of Raby but in 1778, by a legislative act, it received its present
stores.
name.
Hotel.
Hillsborough County. The
soil, in some portions of this town,
good, Mini yields fine crops, while
parts it requires great
care in cultivating ,for the farmer
is
in other
to get a fair return for his labor.
Rivers and Ponds.
Nisitissit is
the only river in this town, and
takes its rise in the north-east part
of Mason, and runs in a southerly
direction to Potanipo Pond. From
this pond it runs through the south-
west corner of Hollis,
into
the
town of Pepperell, Mass., where
Poit joins the Nashua river.
tanipo, or Tanipus Pond,
is
situ-
ated near the center of the town.
Employments. The vocations of
the people in Brookline are nearly
First
Settlement.
;
First
Rev. Lemuel
ordained in 1797;
Minister.
Wardsworth,
died in 1817.
Boundaries. North by Milford,
east by Hollis, south by Townsend
and Pepperill, Mass, and west by
Mason. Area, 12,664 acres. Area
of improved land, 1,819 acres.
Distances.
Seven miles southwest from Amherst, eight west
from Nashua, and forty south from
Concord.
Railroads.
By
daily
express
equally divided between farming
and manufacturing. The value of
train to Pepperell station, Mass.,
furniture, annually manufactured,
Nashua Railroad.
When completed,
the Lyndeborough and
is $26,300; 78,000 cask?, valued at
$30,000; 1,600,000 feet of lumber
sawed, valued at $22,000; besides
seven miles, on the Worcester and
Brookline
Railroad
through this town.
will
pass
various other small manufactories.
(See tables.)
Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $26,077; from mechan-
Coos County. The surface of
this town is uneven, but a large
labor, $38,000; deposits in
savings banks, $ 60,786 money at
portion of it is covered with a
dense, heavy growth of wood.
ical
;
interest,
$10,900; stock in trade,
$26,480.
Churches and Schools.
members,
The
soil is good and a large pormight be easily cultivated.
The town is well watered by
branches of Androscoggin River,
many of which have their rise
here. Part of Lake Umbagog is
in this town. There are but few
inhabitants in town, and they are
principally engaged in agriculture.
The annual value of agricultural
tion
Congre-
gational, Rev. F. S. Sargent, pastor,
CAMBRIDGE.
65,
church value,
$3,500; Methodist, Rev. William
E. Bennett, pastor, members, 37,
church value, $3,000. There are
seven school districts, and eight
schools in town. Average length
of schools for the year, thirteen
weeks.
Library.
Brookline
Young
Men's Library, 430 volumes.
products is $3,490; total valuation of the town $33,106.
Boundaries.
North by Erroll
and Umbagog Lake, east by the
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80
State of Maine, south by Success
and Milan, and west by Dummer.
Area, 23,160 acres.
Granted to Naand others, in 1793.
Distances.
One hundred and
forty-three miles north-east from
Concord, and thirty-five northeast from Lancaster.
First Settlers.
thaniel Rogers
CAMPTON.
Grafton County. The surface
of Campton is uneven, having several mountainous tracts. The soil
very good, and
produces fine crops of corn, oats,
potatoes, and hay. The high lands
in the valleys
is
The
are excellent for grazing.
forests are mostly deciduous, but
there are some pine, spruce and
hemlock. Campton is quite noted
manufacturing of maple
Some years 50,000 pounds
are made.
Rivers.
Pemigewasset River
runs north and south nearly
through the centre of the town,
and receives the waters of Mad,
Beebe and Bog Brook on the
east, and West Branch on the
west. Livermore's Falls, in Pemigewasset River, near the south
part of the town, present appearances of an interesting character
The formation of
for naturalists.
the rocks in the bed of the river,
for the
sugar.
at this point, bears conclusive evi-
dence of a volcanic eruption in
some age far in the past.
Mountains. Mount Prospect situated in the southerly part, and
the Morgan mountain range in the
easterly part, are the most noted
elevations in this town. From the
summit of Mount Prospect, a delightful view of Winnipiseogee
lake is obtained, as well as a large
portion of the southern part of the
The distance from its summit to the depot at Plymouth, on
the Boston, Concord, and MonState.
Railroad,
treal
four
is
miles.
There are but few positions from
whence so fine a view of the lake
and the surrounding country can
be had, and it is worthy of a visit
from all lovers of fine natural
scenery.
Employments. The inhabitants
are chiefly engaged in agriculture.
It produces more maple sugar than
any other town in the county.
500,000 feet of lumber are annually
sawed, and considerable business
is done in the manufacture of sale
Many thousand pairs
clothing.
of pants are annually made.
Agricultural
Resources.
pro-
mechanical labor,
$12,000, stocks and money at Interducts, §143,272;
est,
$7,266;
banks,
deposits
$23,546;
From summer
$10,629;
savings
in
stock
in
trade,
tourists,
$10,000.
Churclies
gational,
pastor
;
and
Rev.
Baptist,
fohools.
Congre-
Quimby Blakely
Rev. Mr. Tolman
Freewill Baptist, Rev.
Francis Morrison, pastor. There
are fourteen schools in town.
Average length of schools for the
year, fifteen weeks.
First Minister.
Rev. Selden
Church (Cong.), ordained in 1774,
dismissed in 1792.
Rev. John
pastor;
Webber,
settled in 1812, dismissed
in 1815.
First
Settlers.
Campton and
Rumney were
included in the
same grant to Captain Jabez Spencer, of East Haddam, Connecticut,
but his death occurred before any
settlement was made, and his
heirs and others obtained a new
charter in 1767.
Two families,
named Fox and Taylor
first set-
�CANAAN.
When
tied here, in 1765.
the pro-
two townof Campton and Itumney,
81
of Orange, and a good share from
prietors surveyed the
Dorchester and Groton comes to
ships
this place.
they built their
limits,
and from
camp within
this fact the
its
town
derived its present name. Campton
furnished her full quota in the war
of Independence, and five of her
townsmen yielded up their lives
to gain our liberties,
and
thirty
is
one
At West Canaan there
store,
sive business.
railroads,
mart
doing a very extenBefore the days of
Canaan
Street
was the
for trade of a large surround-
ing country, being situated on the
turnpike, over which the stages
and big teams used to pass, but the
West
sacrificed their lives in the late
thriving villages of East and
Rebellion, to maintain those liber-
Canaan, and Enfield, have secured
much of its former prestige. It is
a very pleasant village about two
miles from East Canaan station,
and a desirable location for any
one to reside in. It is on the bor-
ties,
bought by the blood of their
forefathers.
Hotels.
Sanborn House, and
Seymore House.
Boundaries.
Bounded north
by Thornton, east by Sandwich,
south by Holderness and Plymouth, and west by Rumney.
Area, 27,892 acres.
Distances.
Fifty
miles
north
from Concord, and fourteen from
Plymouth.
Railroads. By stage daily, from
Campton Centre to Plymouth Station, six miles, on the Boston,
Concord, and Montreal Railroad.
CANAAN.
Grafton County. The surface
of Canaan is more even than several of the adjacent towns.
The
soil is generally deep and fertile,
producing excellent crops. There
are four small villages in the town,
Canaan Street, East and West
Canaan, and Factory Village.
East Canaan, on the Northern
Railroad, is the business centre for
a large area of the surrounding
country, and is an active village.
There are four stores, three milliner's and dealers in fancy goods,
one hotel, three church edifices,
a newspaper and printing office,
besides various kinds of manufactories, offices, &c.
All the trade
ders of a beautiful lake, and consists of a single straight street, a
mile in length, lined on both sides
by magnificent shade trees, while
the residences are neat and tasty.
The town house, academy, two
churches and two stores are locaA mile beyond this is
Factory Village, also a lively place,
containing one store, and several
manufactories.
ted here.
Mascoma
River, which rises in
the north-west part of Dorchester,
winds through
some of the
this
town, affording
finest privileges in the
State, but very few of which are
improved. The principal ponds in
this town are the Heart, Goose,
Clarke, Mud and Bear Ponds.
Heart Pond, so called from its
peculiar form, is situated near
Canaan street, upon a swell of land
so elevated that at a distance, it
presents the appearance of a small
lake on a hill. There is an appar-
ently artificial
embankment nearly
around the pond, from four to five
feet high; but from frequent observations, it is found to have been
produced by the drifting of the ice
when breaking up in the Spring.
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82
The pond
is
500 rods in length,
and
The
largest portion of the peo-
ple are engaged in
agriculture;
although all vocations of industry
are pursued, which are usually
found in a New England village.
There are also several exten-
engaged in the lumbering
business, and 25,000 clapboards,
2,250,000 shingles and 3,550,000
sively
feet of boards,
&c,
are annually
sawed; 15,000 bushels of grain
ground, besides straw-board and
various other manufactures. The
total value of goods of all kinds,
annually manufactured is $124,900.
(See tables).
Agricultural productions, $119,
mechanical labor,
520;
money
its
$35,800;
deposstock
professional bus-
at interest, $28,050
;
in savings banks, $48,614
in trade, $34,900
;
;
iness, $10,000.
Churches and Schools. Baptist,
Methodist, Rev. Morey
Bean, pastor; Methodist at East
Canaan, Rev. S. C. Farnham, pastor.
There are twenty school dis-
no pastor
Canaan,
The
200 in width.
;
first
Connecticut, in
1761.
settlement was in the
winter of 1776, by John Scofield.
brought all the property he
possessed on a hand-sled, a distance
of fourteen miles.
George and
Joshua Norris, Samuel Jones,
He
Samuel Meacham, and Thomas
Miner came soon after. Jonathan
Dustin, a native of Haverhill, Massachusetts, died here, July
aged 96 years.
He was
4,
1812,
grandson
intrepid Hannah Dustin,
who slew ten Indians on an Island
near the mouth of the Contoocook
to the
river, in 1697, to regain
so ruthlessly taken
her liberty
from her by the
savages.
A
was organized
town in 1780. Many difficulties were encountered and considerable opposition was manifestBaptist church
in this
ed in establishing this church. In
1783, Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D.D.,
was ordained and settled over it,
and remained until
removed to Boston.
1790,
when he
and twenty-two schools in
town; average length of schools
for the year, seventeen weeks;
Dr. Baldwin
frequently visited Concord, on foot,
through the wilderness.
It was
on one of these solitary walks, in his
meditation on the unity of God's
people, if they faithfully followed
amount of money annually
His word, that he composed the
propriated
miliar and beautiful stanzas com-
tricts
;
for
school
appurposes,
mencing with
$2,331.16.
Literary Institution, &c. Canaan
Tnion Academy, Herbert F. Nor-
There is, at East
Library Association,
owning a Library of some 400 volumes, to which an addition of nearly 100 volumes is now annually
ris,
Principal.
Canaan, a
made.
Hotel.
is
the
fa-
The only Hotel
Union Hotel
at East
in
town
Canaan.
First Settlers.
This town was
granted to sixty-two persons (all
of whom except ten were) from
"From whence
doth this union arise?"
Boundaries. North by Dorchester, east by Orange, south by Enfield, and west by Hanover.
Area
of improved land 20,403 #cres.
Distances.
Forty miles northwest from Concord, and twentyfive south of Haverhill
Railroad.
Northern (N. H.)
railroad passes through the southern part of the town. " Canaan"
and " West Canaan" are the staMail stage from West
tions.
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— CANTERBURY.
88
Rumney, Tuesdays and Saturdays
to Canaan Street and Factory Vil-
stock in trade, $9,200
business, $10,000.
lage, daily.
David McCandia in 1743
or 174-1, and William Turner,
John Sargent and others, came
The
County.
Candia is hard of cultivabut through the energy and
Rockingham
came
to
soil of
here in 1748.
tion,
called Charmintjrf'are
industry of the inhabitants, they
get a good return for their labor.
The site of the town
elevated and commands an extensive view of the rich scenery
of the adjacent country for many
miles around, including the White
Scenery.
is
the Wachusetts, the lights
on Plum Island, and the ocean.
Two branches of the
Rivers.
Lamprey River take their rise in
this town, and afford some water
power, which is generally imhills,
proved.
Farming is the
employment of the in-
Employments.
many excelfrom which much pro-
habitants, there being
lent farms,
duce
raised
is
market in the
which
finds a ready
Manchester.
manufacturing is
carried on, there being nearly two
hundred males and females employed in the various manufactories in town.
Many are engaged
in making men and women's
boots and shoes, there being over
300,000 pairs manufactured annucity of
Considerable
ally,
for
which the workmen
re-
ceive for their labor, nearly $60,000.
Five thousand cases of stock are
brought from out of the State,
all
prepared to be made into
shoes.
Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, valued at $117,413; annual value of mechanical labor,
$60,200
;
professional
First Settlements.
Clure
CANDIA.
principal
;
deposits in savings banks,
$128,288; value of stocks, bonds,
and money at
interest,
$7,500;
It
was
;
formei'ly
the
first vis-
being so well pleased with its
site, as a place of residence.
The
town received its present name in
itors
compliment to Governor Benning
Wentworth, who was once a prisoner on the island of Candia, in
the Mediteranean Sea.
First Miivisters.
Rev. David
Jewett settled in 1771
removed
in 1780. Rev Joseph Prince, ordained in 1782; removed in 1789
Rev. Jesse Remington, ordained
;
died in 1815.
Boundaries.
North by Deerfield, east by Raymond, south by
in 1790
;
Auburn and
Chester, and west by
Area, 17,743 acres.
Distances. Eighteen miles southeast from Concord, and about thirty miles west from Portsmouth.
The Concord and
Railroad.
Portsmouth Railroad.
Hooksett.
CANTERBURY.
Merrimack County. There are
some very fine
the Merrimack
interval farms on
river, but further
back from the river the town is
uneven, the more hilly parts afford-
The soil is
ing fine pasturage.
generally good, and produces fine
crops of corn, oats, potatoes, and
hay. Much attention, for the past
few years, has been given to agriand some of the best pracfarmers and producing farms
in the State, are to be found in
Canterbury.
Hills.
There is a high ridge of
land extending along the line beculture,
tical
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tween
which
this
town and
affords a tine
Northfield,
view of the
surrounding country.
Ponds and Streams. There are
several ponds in town, which give
rise to small streams, furnishing
some good mill sites.
Shah rs. In the south-east part
of Canterbury, is the neat and
quiet, though busy, village of the
Shakers, a sect of Christians
known
in this
first
Country about the
year 1774, when the founder, Ann
Lee, came to New York from Liverpool.
The covcnantal relation of the
was established in 1792,
society
from which covenant we extract
the following article, showing
briefly their religious
Article Four.
conscientiously
obligations.
We solemnly
and
devote
dedicate,
and give up ourselves and services,
together with all our temporal interest, to God and his people, to
be under the care and direction of
such elders, deacons or trustees as
have been, or may hereafter be established in the Church, according
to the first article of this covenant.
They subscribe
to
no sectarian
creed, but believe that as
many
as
are led by the spirit of God, will
become the children of God. The
foundation upon which they build
their faith
is
Separation from the world.
2nd, Confession of sin.
1st,
United inheritance.
4th, A virgin or pure life.
Shaker Village is situated about
twelve miles north-east from the
city of Concord.
It is built on a
high elevation of land, and com3d,
mands an extensive view
of the
surrounding country, being 440
feet higher than the ground at
the State House in Concord.
We learn from
the State Geolog-
by Dr. Charles
T. Jackson, that the latitude of
the village, by meridional altitude
of the Sun, is north 43 deg. 21 min.
ical report of 1841,
21 sec.
In the society there are
hundred and
fifty
central executive
now one
members.
The
vested in the
order of ministry, consisting of
two brethren and two sisters,
while the direct spiritual charge
of each family, however, is under
the direction of an order of Elders,
two of each sex.
Besides the various dwellings,
work-shops, barns, &c, they have
two offices or dwellings for the reception of all company not of the
order,
who
visit
is
them on business,
or to see their friends.
The meet-
ing-house, belonging to the order,
was
its
and
built in 1792,
still
retains
primitive form.
Their school
and directed
as
is
as well furnished
any
in the
town.
They own some 2,500 acres of
land, most of which is situated
near the village.
The soil, is
largely composed of Granite, is
very poor, and being abundantly
and covered with ledges and
bowlders, proves very hard for tillage. They have, however, by untiring industry and care, been able
to bring a large tract of land under excellent cultivation, so that
filled
and harrows
break their land, while the hay
the best of plows
of 300 tons or
secured by the first class
mowing machines, hay tedders,
and horse rakes, that are found in
the market.
Their largest barn is 240 feet
long, and 45 feet wide. They keep
not far from one hundred head of
cattle, a team of ten yoke of workcrop,
consisting
more,
is
�CANTERBURY.
ing oxen, fourteen horses, one
hundred and fifty sheep, three
hundred hens, and four hogs. The
Shakers, throughout the United
States, by universal consent, abandoned the use of swine's fiesh, in
its every form, as an article of
diet, as early as 1845.
The manufactures
washing machines, adapted to hotels, laundries, &c, a
mangier, consisting of a box and
weighing some
appurtenances,
1,500 pounds, for the ironing of
Both of the above are
clothes.
operated by steam. Corbett's Syrup of Sarsaparilla, bearing an
unquestionable reputation of forty
years corn brooms and brushes,
;
yarn,
and knit goods, stocking
pure oil of Wintergreen,
maple syrup, and tubs, are also
mads by them.
They have several maple orchards, from wiiich they obtain some
three or four thousand pounds of
sugar.
The assessed value
real estate
is
of their
thirty-one thousand
and their State, County,
town, and school tax, for 1672,
dollars;
was
SI, 103.58.
Eight artificial ponds or reservoirs arranged in one continuous
line, the first being placed some
three miles north of the village,
cnnipose the water power. The
mil!.-, situated on these ponds, are
lor carding and spinning wool,
weaving and coloring and dressing
cloth, grinding of grain for flour
and meal, sawing of timber and
wood, for the manufacture of tubs,
pails, broom handles, and for the
turning of wood and iron, &c, &c.
The water which supplies the
village, is
from mechanS G,000 money at inter-
of the" soil, $ 172,403
ical labor,
est,
;
;
S 9,450; deposits in savings
S 50,418; from summer
banks,
tourists, §5,000.
Churches and Schools. There are
Congrrgachurches viz.
tional, James Doldt, Pastor Free
Will Baptist, Jeremiah Clough,
Pastor; and the Shaker Church.
There are eleven schools in town.
Average length of schools for the
year, twenty weeks.
First Settlers.
This town was
granted to Richard Waldron and
others in 1727. Like many of our
three
;
consist of a
series of
flannel
85
brought in an aqueduct,
a distance of nearly a mile.
Resources. Annual productions
early settlements, the inhabitants
were exposed
Indians.
to the inroads of the
A great number of horrid
murders were committed.
number
of
years,
the
For a
pioneer
cleared and tilled his land, under
the protection of a guard, while
pursuing his daily toil, uncertain
whether the seed he sowed, might
not be dampened by his blood, or
that of an enemy.
In 1738, two
men, by the names of Blanehard
and Shepherd, were ambushed, but
through determined resistance,
Shepherd succeeded in making his
escape, but Blanehard was killed.
First Ministers. Rev. Abiel Foster, ordained in 1761, dismissed in
1770. Mr. Foster, in a great degr«
possessed the confidence of the
people. He held several responsible
offices in town, and in 1783 was
elected to Congress. He was successively returned to Congress for
nearly all the time, until 1804. He
died in 1806. Rev. Frederick Parker ordained in 1791, died in 1802.
Boundaries. North-east by Bel-
mont and Gilmanton, east by Gilmanton and Loudon, south by
Loudon and Concord, west by
Merrimack river, which separates
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it
from Boscawen, and north by
Area, 26,345 acres.
Eight miles north
Distances.
from Concord. Railroad, Boston,
Concord and Montreal.
Northfield.
This town
lies
at the north-western base of the
White Mountains. Its surface presents a rugged and mountainous
appearance, and the scenery is
wild and romantic. The soil in
some parts is strong, deep and productive; but the larger portion of
still remains a dense formaple, pine, hemlock and
spruce. Large tracts of this timber
land are owned by Messrs. A. L. &
the
town
est of
G. Brown & Co., engaged in
lumber business, at Whiteheld.
Mountains and Rivers. Pondicherry Mountain is situated in the
north part, between this town and
Jefferson, and is of considerable
W.
the
elevation.
John's and Israel's rivers, have
their rise, in part, in this
town
and the head waters of the Ammonoosuc from the neighboring
mountains, unite and also pass
through here.
Summer
Resorts.
The
wild, pic-
turesque, and
romantic scenery,
which surrounds this town on every
side, has caused it to become a
popular resort for tourists.
A
branch of the Montreal railroad,
called the "Wing road" starts
from Bethlehem and now (1873)
extends six miles to the Twin
Mountain, which is eleven miles
from the base of Mount Washington. This road will be extended
towards Mount Washington next
year. For the accommodation of
travellers,
there
large hotels, viz.,
now three
Twin Mountain
are
erected upon the ashes of the old
Fabyan House, and was opened for
travellers the present season (1873).
is large and commodious, and
no doubt will meet with success.
These three houses will accommodate over seven hundred guests nt
one time. The people are largely
engaged in hotel and lumber busi-
It
CARROLL,.
Coos County.
House, White Mountain House,
and Fabyan. This house has been
ness, although in proportion to the
number
of inhabitants, farming
is
not neglected, compared with the
towns in the county. Lumber to
the value of $ 42,400 is annually
sawed and 100 tons starch, valued
at $8,200 is made.
Resources.
Productions of the
;
$ 35,997 mechanical labor,
§ 13,500 deposits in savings banks,
$ 80 from summer tourists, $ 50,
000; stock in trade, $ 12,357.
Baptist,
Churches and Sclwols.
Royal Berry, pastor. There are four
schools in town, average length
for the year, twenty-one weeks.
soil,
;
;
;
First Settlements.
originally
named
Carroll
was
''Britton Woods"
and was granted to Sir Thomas
Wentworth, Rev. Samuel Langdon
and eighty-one others in 1772. It
was incorporated, under its present
name, June 22, 1832.
Boundaries.
North by Jefferson, east by the White Mountain
territory, south by ungranted land
and west by Bethlehem and White-
Area 24,040 acres; area of
improved land, 2,915 acres.
About one hundred
Distances.
and twenty miles north from Concord, and eighteen south-east from
field.
Lancaster.
Railroads.
Wing
Railroad,
a
branch of the Montreal, extends
Also Brown's
into this town.
lumber railroad, from Whitefield.
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CENTER HARBOR.
87
railroad to Concord
Belknap County. The surface
;
thence over
the Boston, Concord and Montreal
of Center Harbor
railroad
the soil
Lake "Winnipiseogee. From thence
is
is uneven, but
very good, mostly a rich
The town is located between Winnipiseogee and Squam
loam.
The
lakes.
little
village
" Center Harbor,"
called
located
is
in
two towns, viz., Moultonborough,
and Center Harbor. The village
is delightfully situated on the bank
of the Winnipiseogee, and is surrounded by some of the finest
scenery in this country. Red hill,
in Moultonborough,
and
is
near this
easy of access from
the Hotels, where horses and carriages are in constant readiness for
village,
the
is
accommodation of
who
all
persons
are desirous of visiting
Red
Hill or the surrounding country.
Steamboats, through the warm
weather, constantly ply between
this town and Weir's Landing, near
the Montreal Railroad, Meredith,
Alton Bay, YVolfeborough, Dimond's Island, and other places of
interest around the lake.
For
delightful scenery and
varied
recreations. Centre Harbor and
its surroundings are not to be excelled by any
of
the
summer
summer
boarders
warm weather
hundred.
resort,
in
The estimated number
the State.
Thousands
who spend
here,
is
six
call at the
various hotels for a dinner, a day,
or a week, who are not included in
this
number.
Travelers, from New York, will
secure a direct route to this place,
by taking the Norwich line of
steamers on Long Island Sound at
5 o'clock P. M. thence over the
;
Norwich and Worcester railroad
Worcester; thence over the
Worcester and Nashua railroad to
Nashua thence over the Concord
to
;
to
Weir's
Landing, on
a delightful steamboat ride on the
lake, of ten miles, brings you to the
Senter, Moulton, and Lake Houses,
and to your journey's end.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally employed in farming
and keeping summer boarders.
150,000 feet of lumber is annually
sawed, and 15,000 pairs of sale
shoes are made.
Productions of the
§52,325; mechanical labor,
§6,100; stocks and money at interest, $ 3,730
deposits in savings
banks, §4,627; estimated amount
Resources.
soil,
;
from summer
tourists,
§50,000;
stock in trade, § 3,150.
Churches and Schools.
churches,
Congregational
Two
and
Freewill Baptist. There are eight
schools in town; average length
for the year, sixteen weeks.
Library. Y. M. C. A. Library.
Hotels.
Senter House, Moulton
House and Lake House.
First Settlers. The first settlers
were Ebenezer Chamberlain and
Colonel Joseph Senter, who came
from Manchester (then Londonderry) via. the Merrimack river
in 1765. They constructed a boat
of such light material as to be easily transported around the Falls.
In this boat the families embarked
with their provisions, and household goods, and passed up the
river about sixty miles and arrived
at their log cabin on the shore of
the lake, in about the same time it
now takes a steamer to cross the
Atlantic.
The town derived its
name from Colonel Senter, but the
spelling was changed, probably for
its central location on the lake.
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Minister.
First
Rev.
with the Connecticut about two
miles from the north line, between
David
Smith, Congregationalism settled
here aa pastor, in 1819.
North-east
by
Boundaries.
Moultonborough, south east by
by New
Meredith, south-west
Hampton, and north-west by Holderness and Squam lake. Area,
7,5.30
acres;
improved land,
town and Claremont.
There are two villages
The north village is
in this town.
called North Charlestown, and
this
Villages.
many
ly situated
The main
lages in the State.
and four from Meredith
village on Boston, Concord and
Montreal railroad.
is
center,
quite
broad, and
street
beautifully
shaded with rows of stately elms
on each side, for nearly a mile.
Many of the dwellings are elegant
and of modern architecture, while
others have more of an antique
appearance but all have an exterior impress which shows that
wealth, luxury and prosperity
dwell within. There are several
CHARGES FOW \.
CharlesSullivan County.
town has a river line on the Con-
;
is
considered one of the best farming
towns in the state, there being but
two towns which grow as many
bushels of corn, oats and barley.
The soil of the upland is good, and
many of the farms are under a
fine residences.
Charlestown village is pleasanton a plain, about half a
mile from Connecticut river, and
is one of the most delightful vil-
One hundred and
twelve miles north-west from Boston, forty miles north from Concord and thirteen from Gilford,
Two miles from
Railroads.
necticut of thirteen miles, and
mechanical shops and
eral small
4,422
acres.
Distances.
church, school-house,
contains a
store, post-office, steam-mill, sev-
stores in the village, three hotels,
j
;
|
three church edifices, two large
shoe manufactories with various
other shops, offices, &c. A fine
j
high state of cultivation.
West
of the road leading to Walpole,
theiv are not less than fifteen hundred acres of fine interval land,
of a deep, rich and loamy soil,
suitably adapted to the growth
of nearly all kinds of grass and
Town House was
built in the sea-
an expense of nearly
$20,000. The Connecticut River
National, and Connecticut River
son of
1872, at
Savings Banks are located in this
village.
Employments. The employments
grain.
of
In Connecticut river
are three islands which are within
the limits of this town. Sartwell's
island (the largest,) containing ten
acres, is under a high cultivation.
The others contain about six acres
are nearly equally divided between
each.
of heavy boots and shoes, 6,450
pairs of brogans. 42,422 pairs of la-
Islands.
Rivers.
The town
watered by
Connecticut and Little Sugar rivers.
The latter waters the north
part of Charlestown, and unites
is
the
inhabitants,
agriculture,
at
present,
manufacturing
and
trade; 4000 pounds of tobacco are
annually produced, also 2,566 lbs.
One large shoe manufactory
annually manufactures 32,844 pairs
hops.
dies' fine,
sewed
shoes,
pairs ladies' slippers
valued at $229,878.
;
and
6,000
the whole
One other shoe
�CHARLESTOWN.
firm annually manufacture boots
and shoes to the value of $66,600.
annually sawed, 1,280,000
One cab manufactory (recently burned,) annually
manufactured children's cabs to
the value of .$18,000; 9.500 bushels
of grain is ground, and, besides,
there are various other small
The total value
manufactories.
of goods annually manufactured,
of all kinds, is estimated at $ 357,
There
is
feet lumber.
375.
(See tables.)
Productions of the
89
Eagle Hotel, Cheshire
Hotels.
Bridge House, and Connecticut
River House.
First Settlers. Charlestown was
granted by Massachusetts to sixty-three persons under the name
of " Number Four," December 31,
1735.
Several families by the
names of Parker, Farnsworth and
Sartwell, from Groton, Hastings
from Luningburg, Massachusetts,
and Stevens from Rutland were
the
first settlers.
The
first
child
$195,157; deposits in sav-
born in Charlestown was Elizabeth, the daughter of Isaac Parker. She was born in 1744, and
died in 1806. For many years af-
ings banks, $121,604 stock in trade,
ter the first settlement the inhabi-
from summer tourists,
Many tourists spend their
tants suffered severely by Indian
Resources.
soil,
$152,188;
mechanical labor,
and money at in-
$143,600; stocks
terest,
;
$86,675;
$ 10,000.
summer
vacation in this pleasant
town, and it is quite a source of
revenue to the inhabitants. Professional business, $20,000.
Churches and Schools. Episcopal,
Rev. Francis Chase, Rector; numchurch
ber of communicants, 45
valuation, $6,000. Unitarian, Rev.
Eugene DeNorrnandie, pastor
number of members, 65 church
;
;
value, $6,500.
Congregationalist,
Rev. H. H. Saunderson, pastor;
number of members, 24; church
value, $4,500. Methodist, Rev. A.
L.
Kendall, pastor;
number of
members, 70 church value, $2,500.
There are fifteen schools in town,
four of which are graded. Aver;
age length of schools for the year,
seventeen weeks. Total amount
of money annually appropriated
for school purposes, $2,436.
Banks. Connecticut River NaBank, and Connecticut River Savings Bank.
Libraries. Charlestown Social
George
Library, 1500 volumes.
tional
Olcott, Esq., private library, 1200.
incursions.
In the spring of
1746,
and
Stephen Farnsworth were taken
prisoners and carried to Canada.
In May following Seth Putnam
was surprised and killed; a few
days after, Captain Paine, with a
John
Spafford, Isaac Parker
party of men, was attacked, when
Captain Phineas Stevens came to
his assistance and a sharp skir-
mish ensued. Five men were killed on each side and one white man
taken prisoner. A short time after the Indians made another assault on Captains Stevens and
Brown, when they were defeated,
losing several men, and leaving
their hatchets, spears, guns and
blankets on the ground. Captain
Stevens lost but one man. In August a man by the name of Phillips
was killed and several houses and
barns were burned. In November, 1746, owing to the continuous
attacks of the Indians, the town
deserted, excepting six men
was
who were
fort.
left
in charge of the
We append a few lines of the
most important events with the In-
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dians,
emy
men who
Capt. Stevens in possession of the
fort.
Capt. Stevens, for his gallantly on this occasion, was pre-
and sketches of some of the
participated in them.
Captain Phineas Stevens was one
The town, in
was protected by his intrepidity.
He was a native of Sudbury, Mass., from whence his father removed to Rutland. At the
age of sixteen, while his father was
making hay, he, with three little
brothers, followed him to the meadows. They were ambushed by the
Indians, who killed two of his
brothers, took him prisoner, and
were preparing to kill his youngest
of the
its
first settlers.
infancy,
brother, a child four
years
old.
He, by signs to the Indians, made
them understand if they would
spare him he would carry him on
his back and he carried him to
Canada.
They were redeemed
and both returned. He received
several commissions from Governor Shirley, and rendered im-
—
portant services in protecting the
frontiers.
In 1747, when Charles-
town was abandoned by the inhabitants he was ordered to occupy
the fort with thirty men. On the
4th of April, he was attacked by
400 French and Indians, under
Mons. Dcbeline. The assault lasted three days.
Indian stratagem
with fire applied
to everything combustible abgut
the fort, had not the desired effect.
The heroic band were not appalled.
and French
skill,
They refused
to
commanders took
Frenchman showed
At
between the
capitulate.
length, an interview
place.
The
his forces,
and
described the horrible massacre
that must ensue unless the fort surrendered. " My men are not afraid
to die," was the answer made by
Capt. Stevens. The attack contined with increased fury until the
end of the third day, when the en-
returned to Canada and
left
sented by Sir Charles Knowles
with an elegant sword and from
this circumstance, the township,
;
when
it was incorporated in 1753,
took the name of Charlestown.
In 1754 the French war began,
and the inhabitants were once more
obliged to resort to the fort for
safety.
From infancy the settlers
had been trained to scenes of hard-
ship and danger
unknown
to their
descendants. When they attended
public worship, or cultivated their
lands, they proceeded forth from
the fort
armed
for battle,
and wor-
shipped or toiled under the protection of a sentinel. In their depredatory excursions, the Indians
preferred prisoners to scalps, and
generally killed but few excepting
those who were likely to escape, or
appeared too formidable to be encountered with success. On the
29th of August, 1754, the Indians,
early in the morning, attacked the
house of James Johnson, who,
with his wife, her sister, three
children and two men, Peter Larabee and Ebenezer Farnsworth,
were taken prisoners. On the second clay of the journey, about fifteen miles from Charlestown, in
the wilderness, Mrs. Johnson was
delivered of a child, who, from the
peculiar circumstances attending
The
its birth, was named Captive.
Indians halted one day on account
of the woman, and on the next
day took up their march, carrying
litter made for that
purpose. During the march, being distressed for the want of provisions, they killed the only horse
they had. and the infant was nour-
her on a
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91
ished by sucking pieces of its flesh.
When they arrived at Montreal,
Johnson obtained a parole to return and solicit funds for the re-
ren were taken prisoners. After
they hadproceeded on their journey
demption of his family and himself.
He applied to the assembly
of New-Hampshire, and at length
secured £150 sterling; but the season was so far advanced that he
uneasiness,
a few miles, the Indians, finding
that the infant child gave signs of
and fearing that it
might impede their progress, took
it aside and beat out its brains.
did not return to Canada until
He was then
spring opened.
it is believed, was among the
depredations committed by
the Indians in New England. The
prisoners taken from Charlestown
charged with having broken his
were
parole, a great part of his
money
taken from him by violence and
he was shut up with his family in a
prison, where they took the smallpox but fortunately they all survived. After eighteen months, Mrs.
Johnson, with her sister and two
;
;
daughters, were sent in a cartel
ship to England, and thence re-
turned to Boston.
Johnson was still retained in
prison for three years, and then,
with his son, returned and found
His eldest
in Boston.
daughter was retained in a nunnery in Canada. The daughter born
on the journey, as related, afterwards married Colonel George
Kimball. In 1756, Lieutenant Moses Willard, the father of Mrs.
Johnson, was killed. He was at
work in sight of the fort with his
son Moses. The Indians, having
dispatched his father, pursued the
son, and wounded him with a spear.
his wife
He however made his escape, dragging the spear with him to the fort.
In 1757 the Indians again burned
the mills which had been rebuilt,
and took Sampson Colfax, David
Farnsworth and Thomas Adams
prisoners. In 1758 Ashael Stebbins
was
killed;
and
This,
last
way
conveyed
Canada, by
to
Nearly all were
sooner or later redeemed by government or by their friends.
Charlestown originally included
to the French.
part of Langdon, and
porated July
First
2,
was
incor-
1753.
Ministers.
Rev.
John
Dennis, who, on account of the Indian war, was ordained in Northfield, December 4, 1754; dismissed
Rev. Burkley Olcott, orin 1756.
dained May 28, 1761; died June
Rev. Daniel Foster acted
26, 1792.
as pastor from 1796 to 1809. Rev.
Jaaraniah Crosby ordained October 17, 1810.
Boundaries
North by Claremont, east by Unity, Acworth and
.
Langdon, south by Langdon and
Walpole, -and west by Springfield
and Rockingham, Vermont. Area,
21,400 acres; area of improved
land, 15,654 acres.
Fifty - one
miles
Distances.
west from Concord, and twenty
miles south-west by railroad from
Newport.
Sullivan Railroad
Bail roads.
passes through the western border
of this town.
CHATHAM.
his wife, Is-
aac Parker and a soldier were captured.
In September, 1760, Joseph Willard, his wife and child-
all
of Lake Champlain, and sold
Cakroll County. The
surface
town is broken and mountainous and three-fourths of the
of this
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area is covered by a heavy growth
of timber, consisting of the various
kinds of hard wood, hemlock,
Much of
spruce, and some pine.
the soft wood is being cut and
floated down the Saco River, while
the heavy growth of hard wood,
at some day not far distant, will
yield a rich reward to some of the
enterprising
men of the
State,
who
always look at the main chance.
The soil on the streams and upland
Apples
is strong and productive.
are
successfully
grown
in
this
town, and several other kinds of
There are some very fine
fruit.
farms under a high state of cultivation.
Mountains.
rises so high
Carter's
between
Mountain
town
this
prevent the
opening of a highway, and the
people of the respective towns, in
and Jackson
as to
their intercourse, are obliged to
pass through a portion of Maine.
Kiarsarge, in the south-west corner of the town, has an altitude of
Upon the summit of
3,400 feet.
this mountain is a commodious
house for the accommodation of
The views from this
mountain are grand and very exvisitors.
In the north- west corner
is Baldface Mountain, 3,600 feet
high. Teams can be driven nearly
to its summit. From the crest of
this mountain the Tip-Top House
on Mount Washington can be
tensive.
seen, also the ocean.
Ponds and Streams.
There are
several ponds in town, the princiis Mountain Pond,
with an area of about one hundred
acres, high among the mountains,
entirely surrounded by the primeval forest. Trout have been taken
from this pond weighing six
pounds.
pal of which
There are several considerable
streams, well stored with trout,
and affording abundant water
power.
Employment.
Agriculture and
lumbering are the principal occupations of the inhabitants. There
is a clothes-pin manufactory which
has just commenced business on
an extensive scale.
Agricultural proResources.
ductions, 865,661;
est,
§1,300;
money
at inter-
mechanical labor,
$3,200.
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
gational, Rev. E. B. Pike, pastor;
Methodist, Eliphalet Weeks, minThere are six schools in
ister.
town. Average length of schools
for the year, fourteen
First
Settlers.
granted
to
weeks.
Chatham was
Peter
Livins
and
February 7, 1767.
North by White
Boundaries.
Mountains, east by Maine, south
by Conway, and west by Bartlett
and Jackson. Area, 26,000 acres
improved land, 3,848 acres.
Ninety-two miles
Distances.
north-east from Concord, and forty
north from Ossipee.
others,
Railroads.
Twelve miles by
daily mail to Fryeburg, in Maine,
on the Portland and Ogdensburg
Railroad.
CHESTER.
Rockingham County. Chester
formerly included the present town
Auburn which was set off in
The soil of the larger portion of this town is excellent, and
some of the large ridges are surof
1845.
fertility by but few in the
There are also some very
There are
valuable meadows.
many fine farms under high culti-
passed in
State.
vation.
�CHESTER.
There are several
Streams.
email streams, the largest of which
is a branch of Exeter River, called
the Branch.
Minerals. Plumbago, in considabundance and
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Charles Tenney, pastor; MethoRev. James Adams, pastor.
There are ten school districts, and
eleven schools. Average length
of schools for the year, seven
dist,
of good
found here. Sulphur is
also found in small quantities.
The prevailing rock is granite and
weeks.
gneiss.
twenty-five cents quarterly.
erable
quality,
is
Employments.
Agriculture
is
employment of the
for a few years past, a
the principal
people
;
but,
few have been extensively engaged in the lumbering business.
There have been annually sawed
1,300,000 feet, valued at $20,300.
Shoe business is an important
branch of industry; J. Underbill
manufactures about 24,000 pairs
valued
at
annually,
830,000.
About 30,000 pairs of shoe stock
are brought from out of the State
to be
made
into shoes, valued at
$37,000.
Hi sources.
ricultural
Annual value of ag-
productions,
$76,604;
value of mechanical labor, $25,
300; stocks, bonds, and money at
.
interest, $17,500; deposits in sav-
ings banks,
trade, $2,800;
ists,
$47,309;
stock
in
from summer tour-
access
The pleasant
town which stands
Resorts.
village in this
on a long street, with beaudwelling houses on either
side, surrounded with spacious,
shaded grounds, has solicited the
attention of the lovers of NewHampshire summer scenery for a
number of years, and it has now
become quite a resort for summer
chiefly
tiful
tourists.
There
Churches and Schools.
are three churches in the town.
Baptist, Joseph Stores, pastor;
Congregational,
200
members,
volumes. People can have
the library by paying
to
First Settlements.
Chester is
considered one of the old towns
of the State. In 1719, about eighty
persons, chiefly from Portsmouth
and Hampton, formed an association, for the purpose of securing a
tract of land in the " Chesnut
Country," (so called) and stationed
three men upon this tract, to hold
possession until they should procure
a lawful title. After considerable
difficulty they obtained a grant of
land, ten miles square.
Immediately the settlement was
commenced by several persons
from Rye and Hampton, among
whom were Samuel Ingalls, Jonathan Goodhue, Jacob Sargent,
Ebenezer Dearborn, Robert Smith,
E. Colby and S. Robie, who contributed largely to the permanent
success of the enterprise.
of May,
On
the
township
which had hitherto been called
Cheshire, was incorporated under
its present name, and comprising
an area of over one hundred and
twenty square miles. If Chester
had retained her original area, she
would have had at the present time
a population of nearly 6,500.
In
8th
$3,000.
Summer
Library. Ladies Library Association, 400
1722
the
1750, the south-west portion of the
town, with a part of Londonderry,
was set off, and forms the present township of Derry. In 1763,
town called Charmwas incorporated by the
that part of the
ingfare,
name
of Candia.
In
1765,
anothei
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was cut off, and incorporated under the name of Raymond.
In 1822, a portion of Hooksett was
taken from Chester. In 1845, that
portion
portion of the town known as Long
Meadows, was incorporated under
Several
the name of Auburn.
garrison houses were kept in town
until 1749, to guard against Indian
depredations. In June, 1724, they
took
Thomas Smith and John Carr
made their
prisoners, but they soon
escape, and arrived safe at a garrison in Londonderry, in three days
after they were captured.
First
Hale
1730,
Ministers.
Rev.
(Presbyterian,)
removed
Moses
settled
in 1734; Rev.
in
John
Wilson, settled in 1734, died in
1779.
In 1740, a Congregational
church was incorporated, and the
Rev. Ebenezer Flagg was the first
minister; he died in 1796. Rev.
Nathan Bradstreet, was his successor, and so continued until 1818.
Boundaries.
North by Candia
and Raymond, east by Fremont,
south by Sandown and Derry, and
west by Auburn.
Distances.
Seventeen
miles
west from Exeter, and twentythree south-east from Concord.
Railroads. Six miles to Derry
station on Manchester and Law-
rence Railroad, six miles to Hampstead on Nashua and Rochester
R. R.
CHESTERFIELD.
Cheshire County. The western
border of this town is washed by
the Connecticut river for a distance
of six miles. Nearly the whole
space, the hills rise abruptly from
the river-side, affording but very
interval land. But it is considered one of the best farming
towns in the county, the uplands
little
being well adapted to grazing,
and the production of corn, oats,
It has the
barley and potatoes.
reputation of producing more fruit
than any town in the county.
Ponds and Streams. Spafford's
Lake is a beautiful sheet of water
situated in the north part of the
Its waters are remarkably
and pure, its bed being a
white sand. There is a fjeautiful
island in the lake, of an area of
town.
clear
six
acres,
retreat.
affording
On
its
a delightful
east side issues a
stream, called Patridge's Brook,
sufficiently large for a number of
manufactories. Cat's Bane Brook
many good mill sites.
Mountain. West River Mountain
(Wantastiquel) lies partly in this
town and partly in Hinsdale. It
is supposed to have been once sub-
furnishes
ject to a volcanic eruption.
Lava
can
be found near the (supposed)
crater. A trembling motion is often
felt, and a deep rumbling is heard
in the mountain, by those living
near its base. The first settlers,
believing the crater bed to be a
silver mine, made an excavation
of nearly one hundred feet, principally through a solid rock.
Villages.
Chesterfield has three
villages very plasantly situated in
different sections of the town. At
the center there is an academy,
Avhich was opened in 1794. Factory village is a busy place. There
is one store, one hotel, one tannery, two saw mills and one large
bit and auger manufactory.
Employments.
The larger portion of the people are engaged in
farming; but there is considerable manufacturing done in the
town.
The capital invested in
manufactories, is over $40,000,
in
considerable
now
quantities,
�CHICHESTER.
principally
and
bits,
augers
acres; improved land, 19,450 acres.
leather, 5,500
Distances.
Sixty-two
miles
south-west from Concord, and
eleven south-west from Keene.
Railroad. It is eleven miles to
Keene station on the Cheshire
consisting
$50,000;
in
lumber, 910,000 feet wheel
heads, 20,000 annually manufactured, and all valued at $85,000.
Annual value of
Resources.
productions of the soil, $145,200;
mechanical labor, $ 30,200 money
at interest, $20,000;
deposits in
savings banks, $43,413; stock in
trade, $14,000; professional business, $ 10,000
summer tourists,
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95
;
;
railroad.
CHICHESTER.
;
Merrimack County.
two other churches with no permanent pastor. There are fifteen
Chichesa good farming town, the
soil, in most parts, being rich,
abundantly repays the cultivator
for his labor. The surplus products
of the farmer find a ready market in Concord, Pittsfield and Suncook. Many farmers in this town
have become quite wealthy by
schools in town, average length
their industry.
;
2,000.
Churches and Schools.
Rev. Noble Fisk,
dist,
Methopastor;
And
Congregationalist, no pastor.
for the year, nineteen
Hotels.
House at Facand Lake House at
the center.
Chesterfield
First Settlers.
was
granted to twelve persons by the
name of Willard and fifty-two oth-
and originally
called "Number One." The first
settlers were Moses Smith and
William Thomas, who, with their
families, came up the Connecticut
ers Februai-y
11,
1752
in canoes, in the fall of 1761.
Their
chief subsistence through the winter
and spring of their
first
is
The east part
town is watered by Suncook
River, which furnishes some good
mill sites, and flows through some
Pinkfield Pond is in
fine interval.
Chichester from which flows a
River and Pond.
weeks.
Spafibrd
tory village,
ter
year in
the wilderness, consisted of salmon
of the
small stream south-west into the
Suncook.
Bear
In the north part
Hill.
town
of the
is
the highest eleva-
under a high state of
cultivation and very productive.
Indians.
On the banks of the
Suncook were the plantations of
the Penacooks, a powerful tribe of
Indians, who once resided in this
tion.
It is
and shad of which there was a
great abundance in the river, and
deer, which were numerous in the
vicinity.
forests.
principally engaged in Agriculture.
First Minister.
Wood,
Rev. Abraham
Congregationalist, ordained
axes &c, of
Chisels,
stone, are frequently discovered.
Employments.
The people
The manufactured goods
of 2,500 clapboards
;
are
consist
550,000 shin-
in 1772, died in 1823.
gles
;
270,000 feet of boards 25,000
North by Westmoreland and Keene, east by
Keene and Swanzey, south by
Winchester and Hinsdale, and
west by Brattleborough and Dummerston Vermont.
Area, 29,439
pairs
women's boots and shoes;
Boundaries.
(See tables).
Productions of the
soil annually valued at $85,000;
from mechanical labor, $ 10,700
carriages &c.
Resources.
stocks,
bonds and money at interest.
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96
$
$
17,500
;
deposits in savings banks,
stock in trade, $ 4,500.
Churches and Schools. There are
three churches; Advent, no pas60,055
;
Cpngregationaiast, Rev. Mark
Gould, pastor; Methodist, Elder
Samuel Beede, pastor. There are
six school districts and six schools
average length for the year, nine
weeks.
Langinade High School
tor
;
fund, $ 5,000.
Nathaniel Goo-
First Settlers.
kin and others obtained a grant of
town in 1727. The first settlement was commenced by Paul
this
Morrill, in 1753.
Rev. Josiah
First Ministers.
Carpenter, ordained in 1791, dismissed in
1827.
North-east
by
Boundaries.
south-east by Epsom,
Pittsfield,
south-west by Pembroke, and
north- west by Loudon and Concord,
Area
11,978 acres.
Eight miles
Distances.
east
from Concord.
Railroads.
Epsom
Suncook Valley at
Pine Ground vil-
station,
any, towns in the State which possess so many natural advantages
and striking beauties as Claremont.
Some of these are her location in
Connecticut River Valley her fertile meadows and uplands; high
hills, cultivated or grazed to their
very tops rapid and useful rivers
and brooks large and productive
farms on which are neat, substantial and capacious buildings and
good fences, surely indicating that
they are the abodes of taste, intelligence and thrift. There is an air
of plenty, comfort and prosperity
throughout the town found in but
very few places, even in New Eng;
;
;
The
land.
large village
is filled
with extensive manufacturing establishments, workshops, stores,
and public and private buildings,
unmistakable evidences of industry, enterprise and wealth.
The
internal and surrounding hills and
mountains are a continual source
of pride and pleasure to her citizens
and of admiration to visitors. The
citizen
directs the
attention
of
strangers to Green Mountain in the
lage.
(XAREMONT.
Sullivan County.
This is the
and most nourishing town
in the western pai't of the State.
except Keene. For many years,
up to about 1860, Claremont and
Keene were nearly equal in population and valuation, but, in conse-
largest
quence, probably, of her superior
Keene has now
left Claremontbehind in both these
railroad facilities,
Claremont retains her superiority as a farming
town.
It is bounded
north by
Cornish, east by Newport, south
by Unity and Charlestown, and
west by Weathersfield, Vermqnt.
There are but few, if there are
particulars, while
east. Flat
Rock and Bible
Hill in
the south, and Barbouis Mountain
and Trisback
Hill
part of the town
;
in
and
to
the west
Ascutney
Mountain at the north-west, in full
view from the village and from a
large section of surrounding coun-
which towers up in conical
form 3116 feet above Connecticut
River, covered to its top with fresh,
living green in summer, all the
try,
rich,
warm
tints of the season in
autumn, and a thick mantle of
snow, white, cold, majestic, in
winter, as one of the most picturesque and grand of the mountains
of Vermont, and claims a kind of
inheritance in its wonderful and
ever changing beauty.
�CLAREMONT.
The drives in and around Claremont, over good and well worked
roads, in almost every direction,
are varied, attractive and pleasant.
The people have been too much occupied with other pursuits to give
attention to the building of hotels
to "take in" strangers
with which
summer
boarders, yet there are
ample accommodations for ordinary travel. City visitors in considas
numbers are entertained by
private families, and many are
erable
hospitably received by their friends
during the hot season.
Few towns are more generally
healthy than Claremont. Epidemics and prevailing sicknesses of any
kind are unknown here, 'which is
accounted for by rapid streams,
exemption from fogs and
the causes of them, pure water,
and the generally comfortable
condition and regular habits of
entire
the people.
Claremont village
is
situated
about three miles due east from
Connecticut river, occupies a large
and varid area and through it runs
Sugar River. The fall of the river in the
fifty feet
town
;
is
two hundred and
in the village
hundred and
fifty feet in
it falls
a
a distance
of about half a mile. Each footof
fall is capable of turning one thou-
sand spindles.
ings
are
all
The private dAvellcomfortable, well
painted and well kept, while many
of them are large, elegant, and
surrounded by handsome yards,
and flower, fruit and vegetable gardens. This village furnishes an
abundant market for all the wood
and agricultural productions of
this and the surrounding towns,
and is quite a center of trade for
the western part of the county, and
adjacent towns in Vermont.
One
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of the great advantages of
Claremont over other towns
is its
water-power, derived,
mainly, from Sugar River. This
river is the outletof Sunapee Lake,
which is nine and a half miles long
and from a half mile to two and a
superior
wide, and lies eight
hundred and twenty feet above
Connecticut River. By an act of
half miles
the
New-Hampshire
Legislature,
authorizing the Sunapee Dam Coi-poration, composed of mill owners
along Sugar River, this lake can be
feet, as may be required in any time of drouth
though this has never yet been
found necessary which insures an
abundant supply of water during
drawn down ten
—
seasons of the year. Sugar
River is about twenty miles long
from the Lake to Connecticut Rivall
which it empties. It is
what is called the South
Branch, which has its sources in
er,
into
fed by
Lempster, Unity and Goshen, the
North Branch, coming from Springfield, Grantham and Croydon, both
of which
it
of Newport,
receives in the town
and other smaller
streams along its course.
Employments. The inhabitants
of this town are engaged in agriculture, manfacturing, the various
mechanic arts, different branches
of trade, and the professions.
The
leading business, after agriculture,
is the manufacture of cotton goods.
Some of the larger establishments
are noticed in detail.
Monadnock
Mills.
Manufacture
cotton cloths from one to three
yards wide, Marseilles quilts, union
Capital,
and lumber.
flannels,
$200,000.
Employ 125 males and
Pay annually for la-
225 females.
bor, $115,000.
Produce 2,908,911
12,000 Mar-
square yards sheeting
;
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seilles quilts
;
Charles H. Eastman.
262,000 yards flannel.
Total value, $ 435,000.
Home Mill. A. Briggs
Capital, $20,000.
&
Leather
Employs 4 males.
Co.,
Pays, annually, for labor, $1,300.
Capital, $60,000.
Cotton cloth.
Employ 8 males and 20 females.
Pay annually for labor, $10,000.
Produce 500,000 yards sheeting,
valued at $ 40,000.
Sullivan Machine Co. Manufac-
Produces 100,000 lbs. leather, valued at $ 30,000.
Sugar River Mill Co. Manufacture flour, feed, and do custom
grinding. Capital, $30,000. Era-
ture
Steam Dimond
Drill
Ma-
chinery for quarrying rock, turbine
water wheels, cloth measuring machines, and do general machine and
mill work. Capital, $200,000. Employ 56 males.
labor,
$
$
30,000.
Pay annually
for
Products valued at
125,000.
Sugar River Paper Mill (Jo. Manufacture printing paper.
Capital
stock,
$
100,000.
and 20 females.
labor, $24,000.
Employ 30 males
Pay annually for
Produce 600 tons
paper, valued at $225,000.
Claremont Manufacturing Co.
Manufacture paper and books, and
do stereotyping and book and job
printing. Capital, $ 100,000. Employ 34 males and 34 females. Pay,
annually, for labor, $ 40,000. Products valued at $102,600.
Ritssell
Jarvis.
Manufactures
hanging paper. Capital, $25,000.
Employs 7 males and 2 females.
Pays, annually, for labor, $3,000.
Produces 330,000 lbs. paper, valued
$ 29,700.
John S. Farrington. Manufactures straw wrapping paper. Capital $ 7,500.
Employs 5 males and
1 female.
Pays annually for labor
$ 1,400. Produces 120 tons paper,
valued at $ 7,500.
Sullivan Mills. Geo. L. Balcom.
Manufactures
black
doeskins.
Capital, $40,000. Employs 20 males
and 18 females. Pays, annually, for
labor, $17,000.
Produces 65,000
yards doeskins, valued at $75,000.
at
Pay, annually, for
Grind 42,600 bush*
els of grain, valued at $ 52,000.
ploy 8 males.
labor, $3,120.
Saw
Mills.
Three saw
mills,
employ, a part of the
males. Pay, annually, for
Gapital, $8,000,
year, 10
labor,
$ 3,300.
Saw
950,000 feet of
lumber, valued at $ 13,000.
Blood & Woodcock. Monuments
and grave stones. Capital, $ 3,000.
Employ 8 males. Pay annually foi
labor, $ 3,500. Products valued at
$
10,000.
Houghton, Bucknam & Co. Sash,
doors and blinds. Capital, $8,000
Employ 8 males. Pay annually foi
labor, $4,500.
There are several boot and shoe
establishments in town, employing
about fifty hands, in addition to
which are carriage, blacksmith,
paint and tailors shops, printing
1
offices,
&o.
The United
States
census for 1870, gives thirty-three
manufactories of all kinds, employing 371 males and 375 females,
who annually receive for their labor, $244,100.
Banks. Claremont National, cap$150,000; Sullivan Savings
Institution, deposits over $ 700,000.
National Eagle,
Newspapers.
Northern Advocate, and The Comital,
pendium.
Hotels. Tremont House, Sullivan
House, and Junction House.
Churches. Trinity Church, Episcopal, Rev. I. G. Hubbard, D. D.,
rector 215 communicants. Property valued at $12,500,
Union
;
�CLAREMONT.
Church, Episcopal, West Claremont, Rev. W. B. T. Smith, rector,
33 communicants. Congregational, Rev. Levi Rodgers, pastor, 246
members. Property valued at §20,
000.
Baptist, Rev. C. A. Piddock,
pastor, 202 members.
Property
valued at §20,000. Methodist, Rev.
N. N. Bailey, pastor, 239 members.
Property valued at §13,000. Universalist, vacancy in pastorate, 45
members.
Property valued at
St. Mary's, Roman CathCornelius O'Sullivan, priest,
130
families,
about 800 souls.
Property valued at §15,000. Total
number of churches, 7; number of
members, 980; value of church
property, including parsonages,
where there are any, §90,500.
Schools. The town is divided
into nineteen school districts, with
twenty-five schools. Three of the
99
has been about ninety-five scholars.
Libraries.
The following are
the public and private libraries in
town, containing 400 volumes or
upwards. Fiske Free Library, 2000
vols. This was a donation to the
town by Samuel
native citizen,
to
it
life,
intends to add
from time to time, during his
and he and his wife have made
provision in their wills for a lib-
$10,000.
eral fund for its
olic,
their death.
have
districts
graded
Whole number of
average
schools.
scholars, 1216
attendance, 942; whole
of school money, §5,595.88.
amount
Value of school-houses and
lots,
$38,000.
Stevens High School.
Col.
Paran
Stevens, a native of Claremont,
donated to the town about §65,000
for the purpose of establishing and
endowing
It went inautumn of 1868.
All scholars in town who have arrived at thirteen years of age, and
this school.
to operation in the
pass the required examination, are
admitted to the school, free. The
town, in addition to its other school
money, has appropriated for the
support of this school from two to
three thousand dollars a year, the
balance of the expense being paid
from the Stevens fund. The school
building, the land on which it
stands,
225.6*f
and the furniture, cost §27,
The average attendance
P. Fiske, Esq., a
who
enlargement after
The use of the books
is
free to all citizens of the town.
Claremont Book Club, 500 volumes,
owned by about forty-five citizens.
Private libraries Otis F. R. Waite,
1550 vols. Bela Chapin, 1000; Drs.
:
;
N. & C. W. Tolles, medical and
miscellaneous, 1000; Ira Colby, Jr.,
law and miscellaneous, 700; Rev.
I. G. Hubbard, 800; W. H. H. Allen, law and miscellaneous, 700
Hon. H.
W.
Parker, law and mis-
cellaneous, 600; J. S. Walker, 550;
D. Baker, 1000; Rev. Levi
Rodgers, 400 A. J. Swain, 450 Dr.
S. G. Jarvis, 500.
Railroads.
Sullivan Railroad
connects with the Vermont Central
at Windsor, and with Cheshire,
Vermont Valley and Rutland and
Burlington at Bellows Falls, Vt.
E.
;
;
the Concord and Claremont RailConcord to Boston. The
road, via
Windsor and Forest Line Railroad,
from Windsor, Vt., to Greenfield.
X. II., to connect there with the
Wilton, has been chartered, a company organized and the route surveyed. The Claremont and White
River Junction Railroad has been
chartered, a
company organized,
and a preliminary survey made.
One hundred miles
Distances
north-west from Boston, and fifty
west from Concord.
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Soldiers.
Claremont did
its full
share in putting down the rebellion
of 1861. The whole number of
volunteers from the town, during
the four years of the war, was 370
drafted men who
dt afted men, 5
;
furnished substitutes, 74. Total,
449. Killed in battle, 33; died of
wounds, 14; died of disease, 20.
Total, 67. The quota required to
be sent from each town in the State
under all calls for troops, from July, 1863,
was proportioned
to the
enrolled militia. Claremont's quota was set down at 177, and she fur-
nished 206 recruits, being an excess of 29 over the number she was
required to furnish.
The
many
portions, is good fot
and potatoes. Fortytwo tons of starch and 11,500
pounds of maple sugar are annualsoil, in
grass, oats
manufactured.
ly
and Streams. Clarksville
Pond containing about two hundred
acres, and Carr Pond about thirty,
are the principal ponds in town
Po?ids
There are several small tributaries
to the Connecticut.
Resources.
of the
soil,
labor, $ 600
;
Annual productions
$32,248;
mechanical
money at interest and
stock in the public funds, $ 5,200.
Schools. There are four schools
town; average length
in
year, eleven weeks.
tlement was
burg,
incor-
porated in 1853.
Boundaries.
ses Spafford
for the
Town
First Settlement.
first set-
made in 1762, by ^loand David Lynde, and
a charter was granted Oct. 26, 1764,
to Josiah Willard, Samuel Ashley
and sixty-seven others. It received
its name from the country seat of
Lord Clive, a distinguished English general, who then had charge
of the British forces in the East
Indies.
The
first
white native of
Claremont was Elijah, son of Moses Spafford, born in 1763. The
minister of the town
was Rev. George Wheaton, of the
Congregational faith, who was ordained Feb. 19, 1772. The first minister of the Episcopal Church was
Rev. Ranna Cossitt, who took holy
orders in England in 1772, and in
the following year entered upon the
duties of his holy office. The Baptist society was formed in 1785, the
Methodist in 1809, and the Univer-
first settled
ealist in 1826.
broken and
hilly,
Area, 40,900 acres.
By stage from Colebrook to North Stratford station
on the Grand Trunk railroad,
about twenty-five miles.
Distances.
One hundred and
seventy-five miles north from Concord, forty-five north from Lancaster, and eleven north from ColePuiilroads.
brook.
COLEBROOK.
Coos County. Colebrook is one
of the most enterprising towns in
Northern New-Hampshire. Withthe past twenty years it has
nearly doubled its population and
trebled its valuation. It is the shire
town for the Northern Judicial
District of Coos County. The soil
in
town
but the
is
rich
and
easily cul-
Fine intervals of considerable extent stretch along the Connecticut and the uplands are fertile, producing good crops.
The
tivated.
Coos County. This town is in the
northern part of Coos county. The
is
Vt.
in this
CL.ARKSVIL.M3.
surface
North by Pittsby Gilmanton and
Grant, south by Stewartstown, and
west by Canaan and Hall's stream,
east
;
�COLEBROOK.
101
quantity of potatoes raised in this
labor, §36,800
town exceeds that of any town in
the State, averaging more than one
hundred and twenty thousand
bushels annually. The larger portion of these potatoes is manu-
§57,822
factured into starch. It is stated
that, within a radius of ten miles
from Colebrook Village, there are
annually producing in the aggregate over 1100
tons of starch, and are valued at
nearly §100,000. It ranks as the
twenty-sixth town in the State in
value of its agricultural products.
fifteen starch mills,
§866
;
;
money
at interest,
deposits in savings bank,
;
stock in trade, §30,200
summer
tourists,
;
from
§3000; profes-
sional business, §10.000.
Churches and ScJwols.
MethoRev. J. H. Knott, pastor;
Christian, Rev. William Morrill,
pastor Congregational, no pastor
Union, no pastor there are twelve
dist,
;
;
school districts and thirteen schools
in town average length of schools
for the year, twenty-four weeks
;
amount annually appropriated
for
school purposes, §1,609.13.
Elvers.
Colebrook is watered
by Connecticut and Mohawk riv-
Academy. Colebrook
has a considerable fund.
and Beaver brook. There is
considerable improved water pow-
Parsons House.
ers
er in town.
Hotel.
Monadnock House and
First Settlement. This
There
a beautiful
Academy
town was
erable business.
Coleburne and
was granted to Sir George Colebrook and others. It was incor-
or fifteen stores of all kinds,
porated June
mon
and Ministers. The
Church of Colebrook and vicinity was organized
by Rev. John Willard, Missionary,
Nov. 30, 1802, under the name of
Village.
is
village in this town, with consid-
There are twelve
two
hotels, three church edifices, court
house, academy, four lawyers, four
physicians, one dentist, besides various kinds of manufacturing comto a
New-Hampshire village.
The larger por-
Employments.
tion of the people are engaged in
agriculture
but there is considerable manufacturing and trade carried on in this town. The capital
;
invested in starch manufactories is
over §26,000, annually producing
between
five
and
six
hundred tons
of starch, and using over 120,000
bushels of potatoes.
Nearly all
branches of business are carried on
such as foundry, carriage shop, lumber mills, cabinet, wool carding,
jewelry, shoemaking, blacksmithing, tinware, and one woolen factory. Total value of goods annually manufactured, $158,200.
Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, §154,865; mechanical
originally
called
11, 1795.
First Church
Congregational
the
"Monadnock
Church."
It
There
was no preaching except Missionary labor until 1810, when Rev.
Dyer Burge became pastor until
May 5, 1815, when he was regular
ly dismissed, the church numbering 43 members. Rev. Nathan
Waldo preached from 1819 to 1822.
Rev. Andrew Rakin from 1822 to
July, 1823, when Rev. John L.
Hale took his place, and continued until 1824.
January, 1825, Rev. Orlando G.
Thiitcher became pastor and conconsisted of ten
members.
tinued until February, 1829.
Boundaries. North by Stewartstown, east by Dixville, south by
Columbia, and west by the Con-
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necticut river.
Area, 25,000 acres
improved land,
14,870.
miles
by
North Stratford
sta-
Thirteen
Bail roads.
is done.
Productions of the
Besourccs.
Distances. One hundred and seventy miles north from Concord and
thirty-four north from Lancaster.
daily stage to
lumbering
considerable
on the Grand Trunk Railroad.
It is expected that the Montreal extension Railroad will pass through
Colebrook in a short time.
tion,
§115,400;
soil,
;
stock in trade, §2,500.
Churches and Schools. There ar»»
two churches, no regular pastors,
and ten schools average length of
;
schools
the
for
year,
nineteen
weeks.
Columbia House.
Hotel.
COLUMBIA.
mechanical labor,
§3,400 money at interest, $5,872
deposits in savings banks, §10;
First Settlement.
In
1770 this
Coos County. The surface of
this town is uneven, and broken by
town was granted and named
Cockburne in honor of Sir James
mountains along
Cockburn, one of the grantees.
Incorporated December 16, 1797;
received its present name in June,
The
its
southern lim-
soil is
generally strong
and productive.
In the spring
its.
large quantities of maple sugar are
1811.
made.
Boundaries. North by Colebrook,
by Dixville and ungranted
lands, south by ungranted lands
and Stratford, and west by Vermont. Area, 37,822 acres; improved land, 9,823 acres. A large
portion of the rest of the territory
consists of large tracts of heavy
wood and timber land.
Streams and Ponds. From the
mountains descend a number of
streams in a westerly direction into the Connecticut, affording
many
excellent water privileges.
There
are several ponds, the most noted
of which is Lime Pond, situated
near the line between this town
and Colebrook. It is about one
hundred and sixty rods long and
fifty rods wide.
The bottom is
covered
ly six
to
feet
the depth of nearwith perfectly white
which
formed
by the shells of the cyclas and planorbis species, of which myriads
ealcarious marl,
is
still living in the waters of the
pond, and are generally found collected under loose stones. Fish
Pond is well stored with trout of
large size.
Lime-stone, in considerable quantities, is found near
the outlet of this pond.
Employments.
Farming is the
principal occupation of the people.
are
some manufacturing carried on. One hundred tons of
starch are annually made, and
There
is
east
One hundred and six-
Distances.
from Concord
from Lancaster.
By daily stage to and
ty-six miles north
and
thirty north
Railroads.
from
North
Stratford
station,
twelve miles, on the Grand Trunk
The Boston, Concord
and Montreal Railroad, when completed, will pass through this town.
Railroad.
CONCORD.
Merrimack County.
(a city)
the
is
Concord
capital of
New-
Hampshire and shire town of the
county. The surface is uneven,
though it presents none of the abrupt acclivities, or
common
towns.
rivers,
in
deep valleys,
many New-Hampshire
It is
well watered by four
two of which are of consid-
�103
CONCORD.
erable magnitude, The Contoocook, a river eighty miles in length,
from Ilopkinton through
passes
the northern part of Concord and
joins the Merrimack on the line
between
this city
and Boscawen.
Merrimack
The
river
passes
eastern centre; the
Soucook river washes the southeastern border, and ilows in-
through
the
to the Merrimack, forming the
boundary line between this city
and Pembroke; while the Turkey
river, having its rise in Turkey
Ponds, waters a portion of its
southern part and empties into the
Merrinuiek in Bow. There is some
good water power on the Contoocook, at Fisherville, where there
are several large manufactories.
On
the Merrimack, through Con-
some good water
no wheel is turned
by its valuable power. There are
five ponds, the largest of which is
Turkey Pond, in the south-west;
and Long Pond (or Pennacook
Lake) in the north-west part. At
the outlet of Pennacook Lake is a
woolen mill, kit factory, &c. Turkey Pond is the source of Turkey
River, which furnishes some good
water power in its passage to the
Merrimack.
The intervals on the Merrimack
are of considerable width and very
cord, there are
privileges, but
fertile,
hut perhaps a
in extent
andbeauty
Connecticut.
little inferior
to those
Many
on the
of the inter-
duced three hundred and twentybushels of corn, two hundred
and seventy-eight bushels of oats,
anil made the annual agricultural
five
Another, valued
produced two hundred
and twenty bushels of corn and
two hundred bushels of oats. Anreceipts, §3,177.
at §15,000,
Also, annual rec'eipts, $2,500.
other valued at $15,000. Annual
A market farm,
receipts, $3,600.
containing forty acres, valued at
$ 8,000, paid for labor, $ 1 ,000 fertil;
Annual
$1,000.
izers,
receipts,
The above is sufficient to
show that farming in Concord pays,
when it is considered that farming
$5,900.
real estate increases in value, on
an average, at the rate of four per
cent, per annum.
City.
Concord, owing to its
great railroad facilities, the wealth
and enterprise of its inhabitants,
and as being the capital of the
State, has become one of the most
popular cities in New England.
The city contains about 2,500 dweling
houses,
14,000
inhabitants,
and has a constant and steady increase in population and wealth,
which makes investments in real
estate safe and sure to increase in
value, if purchased at market
rates.
Like
many
other
New
England
cities,
Concord has beea
afflicted
with
devastating
fires
Within the past twenty-two years,
hotels,
five churches, five
an
every business block on
Street, has been burned
Out of nearly two hundred stores and shops for trade
within the city precinct, all but
nine have been built since that
nearly
vals,
however, by careful husbandry, have been brought to a high
state of cultivation, and produce
some of the finest crops of corn
and hay in the State. The plains
Maine
down.
and the uplands, when properly
date (1852.)
excellent
produce
crops. The census of 1870, shows
that a farm valued at $18,000 pro-
est of the five cities in the State.
cultivated,
These fire casualties
have made Concord, apparently,
in the business portion, the young-
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
104
Large and substantial business
blocks have been erected upon the
ashes of the former buildings, far
superior in architecture and beauBut few cities, of its size, exty.
cel it in its large and expensive
business
blocks,
hotels,
fine
its
and excellent concrete sidewalks. If any
broad and shaded
streets,
complaint can be made as to the
beauty of this city, it is in its
dense shaded streets, where, in
many places, the rays of the sun
A
view from
are nearly shut out.
the dome of the Capitol, in midsummer, gives the city the appearance of a large
forest,
with church
and domes peering above
tops of the trees; and a
spires
the
stranger,
who
obtained his
first
knowledge and view from this
stand point, would be loath to believe that a city, containing twelve
thousand inhabitants, nestled beneath the shade of the trees,
standing at his feet. Many of the
private residences are fine and ex-
Nashua and Acton, Worcester and
Nashua, Nashua and Wilton, at
Nashua; Manchester and North
Weare, at Manchester; and Suncook Valley at Hooksett or Suncook. It can be readily seen that
almost any section of the country
can be reached by railroad from
The
Concord.
total
number
of
miles of railroads in the city, besides side tracks, is over thirty.
The dividend from the railroad
tax exceeds that of any other
town or city in the State by over
$ 5,000.
The passenger station is a large
building and also contains the business offices of the Concord and
Northern railroads. The constant
increase of travel on the various
which centre at
lines of railroads,
station, with the change of
baggage and passengers from one
line of road to the other, requires
an enlargement of the depot, for
the convenience both of the passengers and of the employees of
this
pensive structures, and compare
favorably with fine dwellings in
other cities in New Hampshire.
The four
Railroad Facilities.
railroads which centre here together with their branches and
connecting lines, within a radius
of thirty-six miles, make it one of
the largest railway centres at one
the roads.
depot in New England. At this
station, passenger trains are made
up with special cars, for the Montreal Railroad, Northern, Bristol
Branch of the Northern, Concord
and Claremont, Contoocook Valley, Concord to Boston, via Lowell,
Concord to Boston via Lawrence,
and Concord and Portsmouth.
fully laid
which virtually makes eight railroads that centre here. Besides,
connections are made with the
some powerful convulsion, many
centuries ago. It was commenced
in 1816, and was finished and occu-
and Business Buildings.
Public
The State House is located on
Main Street. The grounds extend
east and west from Main to State
Streets,
Park
and north and south from
to Capitol
Streets,
forming
nearly a square plat of over two
acres. These grounds are beauti-
out with fine concrete
walks, ornamented with a variety
of shade trees, and the whole sur-
expensive
and
handsome iron fence.
The original building was
built
rounded
by an
of Concord granite, quarried from
the drifts which- were cleft from
the Concord granite ledges, by
�105
CONCORD.
pied in 1819, for the first time.
The whole cost, including grounds,
was about $85,000, and it was the
Chamber is on the east side
of the north wing, measuring 34
by 35 feet; and there are in this
most expensive edifice
wing, besides, two committee
rooms, measuring respectively 20
by 22 feet, and 16 by 22 £, together
with the stairway leading to the
chamber and Senate Gallery. In
In
in the State.
1805, the old capitol
was en-
remodeled, and enlarged at
an expense of over $ 150,000. It is
now considered one of the finest
buildings of the kind in New Eng-
tirely
The
land.
addition to the center
of the building was 28 by 50 feet,
and on each wing 28 by 38 feet,
making an additional area of
3,528
The
superficial feet.
first
floor contains the Doric Hall, or
what is sometimes called the
Rotunda, 45 by 52
of this
45 feet
is
:
feet; in the rear
the State Library, 26 by
on the
you enter,
right, as
Council Chamber,
measuring 22 £ by 24 feet, and connected with it, is the Govenor's
by 18 feet; in
private room, 11
the rear of this, is the Adjutant
is
the
first,
«b
General's Office, consisting of two
rooms connected by a double door.
The larger room is 22£ feet square,
In the south
the smaller 15 by 22 £
.
wing are the rooms of the Secretary
of State consisting of a small room
12 by 18 feet, and a larger room,
21 £ by 24 feet; next to these rooms
;
is
the Treasurer's Office 20 £ by 21£
beyond this, is the Insurance
feet;
Commissioner's and Superintendent of Public Instruction room,
measuring 16 by 20£ feet. On each
Senate
h.
the south
stairs
wing
is
at the
head of the
Sergeant-at-Arms'
the
room, 16 \ by 21 £
feet,
and next
the office of the Secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, and
beyond is the State Historian's
rooms: besides there is a wide
stairway, a hall extending across
the wing, and a stairway leading
to the Representative Hall Gallery,
and
roof
to
the Cupola.
eight
affords
The French
commodious
committee rooms, well lighted,
and averaging about twenty feet
square.
A spiral stairway leads from the
base of the dome to the top of the
cupola, 140 feet from the ground,
upon which is surmounted a colosThe view obtained
sal gilt eagle.
from the windows of the cupola is
very fine.
Doric Hall naturally claims the
It is
first attention of a stranger.
supported by ten columns or pilAgainst the walls of this
lars.
hall have been placed four large
glass cases, in
which have been
a wide stairway, the one on the north leading
to the Senate Chamber the one on
the south, to the Representatives'
Hall, and a door behind each,
opening into the yard towards
the Battle
Flags of the various military organizations of New-Hampshire,
who participated in the conflict to
sustain the Union; also a list of
battles, each regiment or battery
was engaged in, is printed in gold
State Street.
leaf
side of the library
is
;
On
the second floor the
Represen-
Hall occupies the center,
extending across the building, 80
feet long, and 45 feet wide. The
tative's
regularly
arranged
upon the
glass.
The
floor is
marble, tessellated in white and
black squares and diamonds. The
wainscoting and all the wood finishing except the stairways of this
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106
hall,
and
the rest of the build-
all
and oak, some
beautiful in color and
ing, is of chesnut
of which
is
grain.
The State Library has between
and 13,000 volumes besides
pamphlets. It is handsomely and
appropriately arranged for an in12,000
stitution of this character.
Gov-
ernors of the State from 1786 to the
present time, handsomely painted,
and set in large gilt frames. There
are also the portraits of Matthew
Thornton, Joseph Dudley, Jonathan Belcher, William Bernett,
and Simon Bradstreet. This chamber now presents the appearance
of a handsome portrait gallery.
In the Senate Chamber, are
fourteen portraits of Senators
who
have been Presidents of the Senate.
In the Hall of Representatives
Washington
and Webster in full size also Gen.
De Graaf, Gen. John Stark, Gen.
Poor, Gen. Cilley, Gen. Scammell,
Gen. Whipple and Gen. Henry
Dearborn. All these officers, with
the exception of Gen. Poor, were
at the surrender of Burgoyne, at
are the portraits of
;
Saratoga, in 1777.
Too much
credit cannot be ac-
corded to the Hon. Benjamin F.
Prescott, Secretary of State, for his
untiring effort and zeal in securing
a large portion of the portraits in
the Council Chamber, and many
of the Generals of the revolution
placed in the Hall of Representatives.
is
end of State Street
located the
is
The
State Prison.
central part
and south wing were erected
1812; the north
wing
in 1833.
in
In
present antique appearance it
imparts no beauty to the city, nor
its
the Council Chamber, are
systematically arranged, upon the
In
walls, the portraits of all the
over §40,000, and is a fine strucIn this building is a large
hall, the city offices, court room,
At the north
and county offices.
ture.
The Court House and City Hall
located on Main Street, north
of the Capitol, and considerably
elevated from the street.
It was
erected in 1855, at an expense of
much credit to the State, in its
present condition. (For fvdl particulars see State Institutions.)
The County Jail is situated one
mile west of the State House, and
was erected in 1853. It is a beautiful edifice, built of brick, and
well arranged for the purpose it
was designed for.
Tlie
Society
New-Hampshire
is
located on
Historical
Main
Street,
and owns and occupies a large
brick building. It was established
in 1823, and now has over 6,000
volumes of valuable books, besides
pamphlets and newspapers. There
is
quite a cabinet of Indian relics
and other curiosities, many of
which are of an antique character
also,
many
valuable
paintings.
These rooms are opened daily, and
are worthy of a visit from any
stranger.
The City Library is in the City
Hall building, and has over 7,000
volumes.
Newspapers.
Monitor, daily;
Independent Statesman, weekly;
Daily Patriot; New-Hampshire
Patriot,
weekly;
The People,
Herald,
weekly
Prohibition
weekly. (See tables.)
The Asylum for the Insane is
located on Pleasant Street about
one half mile south-west from the
State House.
The buildings are
spacious, conveniently arranged,
;
and present a
fine
and imposing
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appearance.
control, but
It
under State
is
heavily endowed,
and financially established on a
basis,
without requiring
solid
much State aid. (See State Instiis
tutions.)
There are many
blocks
fine
business
the
in the city precinct,
largest of
which are
Stickney's,
Brown's, White's, Sanborn's, Board
of Trade building, Eagle, ColumExchange, Merchant's, Rum-
bian,
ford,
Durgin's, State,
Hill,
City,
Phenix,
Hill's,
James R.
Phenix Hotel,
Foster's,
Pickering's,
Central, Masonic, Statesman, and
These buildings
brick structures, from
107
There are about two hundred reand shops for trade of
tail stores,
various kinds.
stores are large,
Some
of
these
and do an annual
business of nearly §100,000. Many
of them are elegantly finished,
and present a metropolitan appearance, comparing favorably
with those of any city in the State.
There are six hotels
Hotels.
Eagle, Phenix, Elm, and Sherman
House, in the city precinct, the
Washington House, at Fisherville,
and the Birchdale House, at Birchdale Springs.
The Eagle and Phenix
are
first
Moore's blocks.
class
are large,
as fine hotels, in every respect, as
three to four stories high (with
one exception), the lower floors
being generally occupied by stores
of various kinds, while the upper
are used for public halls, offices,
and mechanical work, The Board
of Trade building is located on the
corner of Maine and School
and was commenced in
the summer of 1872, and finished
streets,
in the
autumn of
1873.
It
is
with a handsome
French roof, surmounted by a
fine dome, in which has been
three
stories,
placed a large illuminated clock,
with four
dials.
The lower
story
while the upper conBoard of Trade rooms,
Young Men's Christian Associais
for stores,
tains the
tion
rooms,
offices,
&c.
The
whole expense of the building was
about $ 45,000.
The geoMercantile Trade.
graphical position, together with
extensive railroad facilities,
has caused Concord to become the
centre of a large mercantile trade.
There are six wholesale flour and
corn stores, whose annual sales
are not less than $1,800,000.
its
houses, and are considered
are found in
New
England, out-
Boston. The Elm and
Sherman are respectable, and
good houses, and receive a fair
patronage from the traveling pubThe registers of these four
lic.
hotels show the annual arrivals to
side
of
The Eagle and Phenix
be 40,000.
14,000 each,
man
12,000.
and the Elm and SherThe register of one
of the hotels, this season (1873),
shows that it was represented by
guests
from
thirteen
States in one day.
The
different
registers
of the Eagle and Phenix frequently show daily arrivals of guests
from six
to ten different States.
Birch-Dale House is located
near Birch Dale or Concord
Springs, about four miles west
from the State House, and is a
large and commodious house built
expressly for summer boarders.
Tlie
These springs possess medical
and the water is pronounced very beneficial to invalids who are afflicted with various
properties,
diseases.
lar resort,
It has become a popuand the house is gener-
ally well filled
through the
warm
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
108
season. To show the popularity
of the Concord Spring water, it is
stated that two thousand gallons
are annually sold by the glass in
the city of New York alone. The
house and springs are owned by
Dr. Robert Hall, of Concord.
The manufacManufactories.
turing business of Concord is considerable, various, and, many of
If Conits branches, important.
cord possesses, as it is often stated, water power nearly equal to
some of her
sister cities,
it is
evi-
dent that it has not been utilized,
except at Fisherville, to any great
extent, to propel the machinery
now in use in its various manufactories; neither have they, financially received much foreign assistance, but depended upon capital belonging to the people of Concord.
The carriage business has
been an important branch of industry for many years. There are
four manufactories, the largest of
which is the Abbott, Downing Co.
This firm has acquired a worldwide reputation for its fine carriages, both for durability and
neatness of work.
In 1813 the late Mr. Lewis
Downing, then a young man of
one and twenty years, came to
Concord, from Lexington, Mass.,
and opened a wheelwright shop at
the north end of Main Street. The
capital with which he commenced
was $125, $75 of which
he invested in a good set of tools.
business
He commenced
building
common
wagons with the bodies fastened
down to the hind axle, and worked alone, finding ready sales for
carriages he could make.
After the first year his business so
increased, that he employed two
all the
hands, which
number was
after-
wards increased as the business
demanded.
In 1825 he commenced erecting
shops at the south end of Main
street, near his house.
For twelve
years he manufactured only wagons, the style of which underwent
several changes.
The first attempt
was a wooden one
reaching from the hind axle to the
rocker which was soon followed
by the leather thoroughbrace, and
at a spring
;
successive styles of eliptic springs.
The
first
and sold
chaise he
made
in 1826,
Rev. Dr. Bouton,
now residing in Concord.
In 1826 he commenced the manit
to the
ufacture of coaches, which have
since made the name of Abbott &
Downing famous the country over.
That year he went to Salem, Massachusetts, and engaged J. Stephens
Abbott, then a journeyman coachbody maker, to come to Concord
and build three-bodies. Mr. Abbott arrived in Concord, Christmas
eve., 1826, and made the first coach
body ever built in New-Hampshire.
The first coach was completed and
went out of the shop in July, 1627,
and was sold to Mr. John Shepherd.
Mr. Abbott, after completing his
job with Mr. Downing, went to
Frainingham, Mass., for the purpose of forming a business connection, but concluded otherwise, and
went to Providence, R. I., and
worked a short time, but not feeling
contented he returned to Concord
in the fall, and became a partner
with Mr. Downing, January 1, 1828.
Coach building became a leading
feature of their business, and for
the reason of the lightness, durableness, and elegance of finish of
their
their
coaches, they
way
soon found
into every part of
New
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CONCORD.
England. It is worthy of mention
that while other carriages have
undergone an infinite variety of
changes in style, the Concord coach
was so near perfection in its line,
at that early day, that it has scarcely undergone any changes in construction since.
The partnership of Downing
&
Abbott was dissolved by mutual
consent in September, 1847; Mr.
Abbott continuing business in the
ing his
and Mr. Downing, taksons as partners, removing
new
shops, nearly opposite the
old shops,
to
Phenix Hotel.
These two firms remained in
their respective places of business
until
January
2, 1865,
with no ma-
change, with the exception
of Mr. Abbott taking his son E. A.
Abbott as a partner in 1852, under
the firm name of J. S. & E. A. AbIn the winter of 1849, the
bott.
shops of Mr. Abbott were entirely
destroyed by fire but were immediately replaced with more commodious and convenient buildings.
terial
January 2, 1865, the two firms
were dissolved, and the heavy and
popular firm of Abbott, Downing
& Co., was formed, and the business continued in the shops formerly occupied by J. S. & E. A.
Abbott, Mr. Lewis Downing senretiring from the business
ior,
after active participation in it for
nearly fifty-two years. This new
January
1873,
1,
which succeeded
Downing &
Morgan & Co.,
Abbott Downing Com-
the firms of Abbott,
Co., and Harvey,
called the
pany, with a capital of §400,000.
The officers of this corporation,
are Lewis Downing, President,
Edward A. Abbott, Treasurer,
Frank L. Abbott, Secretary and
George P. Harvey, Rufus M. Morgan, J. C. Harvey, Board of control.
Thus it can be seen that the
small wheelwright shop established
nearly sixty years before, with a
capita] of $ 125, and employing but
one man, has grown to a capital
of $400,000 and employing over
250
men.
In the spring of 1870, Mr. J.
Stephens Abbott, one of the original firm, died very suddenly at
his residence in Concord, and in
Mr. Lewis Downing,
Mr. Abbott. But
few business men, in this country,
have, by their own individual ef-
March
1873,
senior, followed
as mechanics, left names
more honorable, and more worthy
forts,
to
be handed
down through
life's
great drama, for generations to
come, than Lewis Downing and J.
Stephens Abbott.
To show the constant increase
of their business, it can be stated
that when Messrs. Downing and
Abbott formed a partnership in
1828,
there were four forges in
when the partnership
again formed in 1865, there
firm continued in business until a
their shops
change was made in January, 1873.
In the meantime another large
carriage establishment had grown
up in Concord under the name of
Harvey, Morgan & Co., and for several years had been doing quite an
was
extensive business.
By previous
act of the Legislature, an incor-
the value of § 500,000.
The question is often asked why
Concord coaches and carriages
porated company was established,
;
were twenty-four forges and now
company have thirty-five.
They employ 250 men with an annual pay-roll of §168,000, and prothe
duce carriages of various kinds to
�110
NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
have such a world-wide reputation.
The
reason
principal
is
the
thoroughness of work, and always
securing the best materials, and
the best skilled labor. No paint
is ever allowed to cover any dein
fect
wood
the
or
would have a tendency
iron,
to
that
weaken
the carriage, on any consideration.
Many
parts of wheels, or other
work have been stove before
eyes of the workman, which
Mr. Downing used to say) Avas
the
(as
the
most emphatic and cheapest argument he could produce to let his
workmen know that no sham work
was allowed in their shops.
Their carriages have been sent
to
nearly every
quarter of the
no firm in
Snake Hill) commence about one
mile from the Capitol, north-west,
and extend along for over two
miles nearly parallel with the Concord and Claremont railroad.
Mr. Luther Roby, now living in
the city, (1873)
first
opened
this
ledge on the southerly base and
near what is called the " Pulpit."
The piers for the Federal bridge
came from this opening also the
stone was boated down the Merrimack, to Manchester, by Mr. Roby
;
and son, for the basement of the
Manchester depot. They sent the
first Concord granite to Lowell,
Mass. The ledge now being so
successfully worked by Mr. Hollis,
was also opened by them. But
globe, and, doubtless,
the
this country
tion with other popular quarries in
is,
at this date, as well
known as the firm of
Downing & Company,
makers, Concord N. H.
The total value of
(including
Abbott,
carriage
carriages
repairing)
annually
produced in the city is about
$ 600,000.
The Granite business is an important branch which has grown
to large proportions within the
past twenty years. Granite of the
best quality has been known to
abound in Concord for rnany years,
but was quarried from large drifts
or bowlders, which at some age in
the past, were parts of the main
ledge which had been cleft asunder
by some violent convulsion of naThese drifts from the granite
ledges in Concord have been found
as far south as Massachusetts line,
but never to any distance northward eastward or westward. From
these drifts, the stone for the Old
State House, and other buildings
ture.
was quarried.
The granite
ledges, (or Rattle
first
great successful competi-
Maine and Massachusetts, was
in
securing the contract to furnish
the granite for the Merchants'
Bank, Boston. Blocks of granite
one foot square dressed in various
forms were sent from Hallowell,
Maine, Rockport, Quincy and some
other quarries. Mr. Roby had the
apparent temerity to send his block
from the Concord quarry, and after
careful examination as to merits
of the granite from each quarry,
the contract was given to Mr.
Roby, the price hardly coming in
as competition but the quality of
the stone. It has been ascertained,
by eminent chemists and geologists, that the stone from the Concord quarries, is perfectly free
from oxides or other mineral substance, which on exposure to the
atmosphere, would mar the beauty
(if some New England granite.
The award of this contract soon
established the reputation of Concord granite, as being the then Dest
in market. When the quarry-men
�CONCORD.
at Qnincy, only six miles distant
from Boston, found that preference
was given
to granite quarried
seventy miles away, they showed
that shrewdness characteristic of
Massachusetts business men, by
securing nearly all the control of
these ledges, and the heavy contracts pertaining tbereto
and to;
day the granite business
cord,
is
in
Con-
largely controlled by peo-
ple residing in Massachusetts.
Mr
Jfcoby
for the
furnished the stone
at Ports-
Custom House,
mouth, the Brooks house at Medford, and many other buildings, besides
much
of the stone
work
in
the buildings in Concord.
Like
all new enterprises where goods
are introduced into the market,
and the competition is in the qual-
Ill
$ 125,000 employ 75 men annual
pay roll, $45,000; tan 15,500 ox
hides, valued at $ 186,000, and
manufacture 780,000 feet of belting,
of various
widths, valued
at
;
$350,000.
;
Eastman
Samuel
&
Co., belting and leather hose, cap-
$ 15,000, employ eight hands,
annual production, $ 40,000. Concord and Northern Railroad's maital,
chine shops, employ 204 men
annual pay roll, $ 138,000; receipts,
$ 290,000: Ford & Kimball, found-
employ 50 men
annual pay
$ 30,000 value of production,
$ 165,000. William P. Ford & Co.,
foundry, employ 35 hands; pay
roll, $ 20,000
annually produce
sinks, stoves, plows, harrows and
other castings valued at $ 54,000.
Dunkley & Allen, machinists
employ 24 hands, annual pay roll,
ry,
roll,
;
;
;
instead of the price, and frequently much money is expended
before actual profits are realized,
the introduction of the Concord
granite was not an exception. Mr.
Roby may have the satisfaction of
knowing he has been the means
of first introducing this granite to
ture Palmer carriage springs,
ploy 16 men;
annual pay
the country and making it the gold
mine of Concord ; but it is feared
that the credit which he is rightfully entitled to, has not been ac-
production, $429,000
Five harness shops, annual products, $ 240,
ity,
corded to him.
In 1854, there were about thirty
men employed
in the granite busi-
There are now ( 1873) in these
quarries, $ 420,000 invested, employing 491 men with an annual
pay roll of $ 364,000, and annually
producing stone in the rough, and
dressed, to the value of $ 775,000.
ness.
This stone is now used for building
purposes in nearly all the large
cities on the Atlantic slope.
Tlie Page Belting Co. tan leather
under Page's patent tanning process, for belting
;
capital invested,
production,
$12,000;
$40,000.
&
manufac-
Joseph Palmer
Co.,
emroll,
annual production, $ 50,
Four bedstead and furniture
manufactories employ 280 hands;
annual pay roll, $ 125,000 annual
$
13,200
;
000.
;
000.
W. B. Durgin, manufacturer
of pure silver spoons, forks and
napkin rings, annual value of production, $ 75,000. There are also
manufactured cotton goods, $ 235,
000 woolen goods, $ 250,300 melodeons and organs, $ 120,000 confectionery and bread, $100,000;
sale boots and shoes, $150,000;
printing, newspapers, job printing,
$ 110.000; monuments and grave
stones, $60,000; doors, sash, blinds
and window frames, $50,000;
lumber,
sawed,
planed
and
;
;
;
matched,
Blanchard
$ 99,675
churns, $ 50,000
silver plating
;
;
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
112
$7,000; book binding, $20,000;
picture frames, $70,000; photograph business in its various
forms, $55,000;
plaster ground,
gas,
$45,000;
meal
ground, $40,000; organ and melodeon keys, organ and melodeon
reeds, organ and piano stools, artificial limbs, mackerel kits, excelsior, cement pipe, gas and steam
fittings,
files,
$9,000;
stencil plates;
be-
are carpenters, stair
builders, slate and gravel roofers,
undertakers, upholsterers, custom
boot and shoe workmen, blacksides there
smiths, tailors, milliners, and vaThe total cap-
rious other trades.
invested in manufactories of
employing
all kinds is $ 2,276,300
2,145, men and boys, and 364 womital
;
who
annually receive for their
producing manufactured goods, to the value of
*The number of
$4,600,000.
males and females engaged in insurance, banks, stores and shops as
en,
labor,
$
1,329,500,
proprietors or clerks, hotel clerks,
book keepers &c, is estimated at
1,540.
There are 28 lawyers, 22
physicians, 5 dentists, 28 clergy-
men, besides school teachers, male
and female.
Resources.
All the resources in
relation to stocks
and bonds are
taken as are individually given to
the assessors under the law. It
is
stated that there are in this city,
over $1,000,000 personally invested
in western railroad stocks and
bonds.
Productions of the soil,
$338,068 mechanical labor, $1,329,
500, clerical and professional busi;
ness
is
estimated, at
$924,000*;
stocks and bonds, $224,000; money
deposits in
at interest, $180,180;
savings banks, $1,170,580; stock in
trade, $774,693.
Public Works. Water has been
introduced into the city precinct,
and pipes have been laid through
nearly all the streets, with hydrants placed at proper distances,
The water
to guard against fire.
is
taken
Pennacook Lake,
from
lying about three miles north-west
from the Capitol, and oyer one
hundred feet above its foundation.
The water of this pond has long
been noted for its purity, and has
the capacity to supply a city many
times larger in population than
Concord. These works have been
put in very substantially, and
great attention has been given to
have durable pipes, and of such
material as not to impregnate the
water with any mineral substance
in the least.
The whole expense
not far from $300,000.
No city
in the country stands better guarded against large, devastating fires,
than Concord does to-day, with an
abundance of water, and one of
is
the most efficient
to use
fire
departments
it.
Sewerage.
The city precinct
has been surveyed, and an extensive plan
of
sewerage
been
draughted, which, when the plans
are fully carried out, will give the
city excellent drainage.
Much of
tinn,
This includes clergymen, lawyers, phy-
sician*,
merchants, landlords, bankers,
rail-
book keepers, National,
State, County, City officials, &c Ac, Doubtless the cities and large towns have a larger
per cent, than the average through the State.
road
officials, clerks,
.,
In this view of the foregoing facts, Concord,
The censns of 1870, gave the number of
persons in New-Hampshire, engaged in professional and personal services, trade and
transportation, of ten y -Mrs of age and over,
*
at 27,042, or over 8}^ per cent, of its popula-
with scarcely any
large cotton
or woolen
manufactories, and the capital of the State,
must have
at least 11 per cent, of its popula-
tion, or 1540 persons,
vocations.
employed in the above
�CONCORD.
Ihe
work has already been done
East Concord there
with two
in
masonry and
the whole plan will be consummated within a few years. The whole
the most substantial
expense
is
estimated
There are also good school-houses,
and graded schools at West Concord and- Fisherville.
Nearly all
of these large brick houses have
been built within the past twenty
years, at an expense, including
$100,000.
There are four bridges in the
over the Merrimack, and
three over the Contoocook river.
All of these are large and expencity
sive bridges.
The Federal
grounds, of not less than $150,000.
One of the most important literary institutions in the country is
located about two miles west of
the
State
House, called
St.
Bridge,
which leads to East Concord, is of
wrought iron, and was ei-ected in
the spring of 1873, at an expense,
including
stone
work,
of
Paul's
over
School.
copal
represent
There are fifty schools
which thirty-two
But few towns or
are graded.
cities have made more rapid pro-
The
Schools.
in the city, of
in
sive
Church
'
June 8, 1859; CongregaWest Concord, September
21, 1869; Old North Congregational
Church, November 18, 1870, and
the North Congregational, June
29, 1873.
The Unitarian,- South
and West Concord, have been replaced by more substantial and
expensive edifices, and the North
thirty-one weeks; in the city
there
;
ferent
sections
of the city.
At
for
tional at
1874.
and built at an expense of from $15,
000 to $60,000 each besides there
are several smaller houses in dif-
Concord,
tional,
will
five large, brick school-houses in
Edifices.
Unitarian, November 2d, 1854;
then followed the South Congrega-
age length of schools for the year
the city precinct, from four to six
commodious school rooms each,
(See literary Insti-
worship being destroyed by fire.
The first house destroyed was the
$24,047.45,
There are
buildings are very fine, extenand expensive, and the
the past nineteen years, has suffered
severely in its houses of public
the city precinct, are primary intermediate, first and second gramThe avermar, and high school.
precinct, forty weeks.
students
of the Union.
tutions.)
In 185-1, the total amount of money appropriated for school purposes was $5,536, being $2.40J
In 1872, the
to each scholar.
is
its
grounds around them are beauti-
past twenty years, than Concord.
averaging $9.21 to each scholar.
The high school is under the instruction of J. D. Bartley, as principal.
In this department, such
branches of study are taught, that,
at the expiration of four years, a
scholar is prepared to enter any
college. The grades of schools in
all parts
fully laid out.
public schools, for the
amount expended was
under Epis-
It is
and
control,
$26,000.
gress
a fine brick
departments.
is
house,
about
at
113
be rebuilt in the season of
Where
is
now,
the old North stood,
1873,
being built a
large brick school house.
The following
and
are the churches,
denominaNorth Congregational, Rev.
F. D. Ayers South Congregationpastoi's of various
tions.
:
Rev.
Blake; IstCalvinistic
W. Faunce; Freewill Baptist, Rev. Silas Curtis;
al,
S. L.
Baptist, Rev. D.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
114
Pleasant street Baptist, Rev. H. G.
Safford; Methodist, Rev. E. A.
est of the village.
Drew; Episcopal, Rev. J. H.
Eames, D. D. Unitarian, Rev. J. F.
houses.
;
Lovering; Universalist, Rev. E. L.
Conger, pastor; Catholic, Rev.
J. E. Barry; Second Advent, Elder
At East Concord,
J. G. Hook.
Congregational.
At West Concord, Congregational, Rev. H. B.
Putnam. At Fisherville, C. Baptist,
no pastor; Catholic, Rev.
J. E. Barry; Methodist, Rev. S. P.
Heath, pastor.
There are also clergymen of the
following persuasions, residing in
Concord, viz., C. Baptist Rev.
Congregational,
Moses Gerald
Rev. Nathaniel Bouton, D. D.,
Rev. H. A. Kendall, Rev. S. Utley,
Episcopal, Rt. Rev. W. W. Niles,
Bishop of the Diocese, Rev. H. A.
Coit, D. D., Rev. J. H. Coit,
Rev. Hall Harrison, Rev. John
Hargate, and Rev. R. A. Benton;
Methodist, Rev. Elisha Adams.
The value of church property
within the city precinct is not less
than $ 225,000.
East Concord is locaVillages.
ted across the Merrimack, about
two miles from the State House.
;
Here
is
a plaster mill,
saw
mill,
brick yard, belting and leather
hose manufactory, store, post office,
graded school house,
about sixty
dwellings. West Concord is about
two miles north-west from the
Capitol. There is a woolen mill,
large, brick,
•hurch edifice, and
kit
factory,
two stores, chui'ch,
and about sixty
house,
dwellings.
school
(For Fisherville, see Boscawen.)
two miles
Millville lies about
west from the State House.
Paul's
School
and
now
is
is
located
St.
here,
the absorbing inter-
There is a mill,
and a number of fine dwelling
About one mile directly east of
the State House, across the Merrimack, by the free bridge road,
and what is called the plain, has
been commenced a pretty village.
Within the past year, thei-e have
been
erected fifteen or twenty
dwelling houses, and a fine school
house. It bids fair to be quite an
auxiliary
to the
growth and
wealth of the city precinct.
Banks. There are seven banks
First National
National State Capitol, National
Savings, New Hampshire Savings,
in the city, viz.
Merrimack County Savings, Loan
and Trust Savings in city precinct;
and Pennacook Savings Bank, at
Fisherville. Total capital in Nabanks,
tional
Total
$350,000;
in the five sav-
amount deposited
ings
banks, $3,381,081.21.
(See
tables.)
Natural and acquired Resources.
As can be
seen, the granite ledges
of Concord are a mine of Avealth,
but at present the only resource is
the pay which the quarrymen get
for labor and the farmers realize
from the sale of the land where the
ledges are located. This is valuable, but it would be better to have
the profit on the stone stop here instead of going to Boston. The supply may be considered inexhaustible, and will last for many generations yet to come.
It is stated by competent judges
that the water power in Concord
is valuable, and is excelled by but
few towns in the State in unimproved privileges. Sewall's Falls,
in the Merrimack, are about three
miles from the State House. The
width of the river at this point is
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CONCORD.
only two hundred and thirty feet.
The expense of a dam here has
been estimated, by competent engineers, to be about forty thousand
dollars; and by taking the water
from the west end of the dam,
through a canal, for a distance of
about three miles, to the city proper, would produce a fall of over
twenty-one feet, and a constant
flow of water in the driest time, of
twelve hundred feet per second.
This power is equal to running
twenty cotton mills of five thousand spindles each, and requiring
one hundred and twenty operatives
to each mill, or three thousand in
all.
The whole expense to prepare this power ready to place mills
on is estimated by Gov. James A.
The acquired resources are
in its
and the
completion of the Concord and
Rochester Railroad, and extension
of the Contoocook Valley Road,
from Hillsborough to Peterborgreat
center;
railroad
ough, together with the completion of the Hoosic Tunnel, will
still largely increase its railroad
It being the capital of
facilities.
induces
the State
come here
quently adds to
ulation,
many men
its
which are gradually
From
creasing.
to
and consewealth and pop-
to reside,
in-
1871 to 1872, its
ratable polls increased 361.
With
the advantages above mentioned there is no reason why Concord should not annually increase
all
in wealth
and population
for
many
two hundred and sixtyfive thousand dollars, and if all the
power was utilized, it would make
an additional population of nearly
years to come, and hold her rank
with her sister cities in the State.
ten thousand inhabitants.
It may be well to state that there
are good facilities for erecting mills
the territory of Concord, was made
by parties living in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1663, but, not complying with the provisions of the grant,
Weston
at
on the east or west side of the
er, at
the foot of the
falls,
riv-
without
the expense of a canal two or three
miles. Land for a mile square
around the
falls
can be purchased
farm land in
at the rate per acre of
that vicinity.
We quote
the words of the efficient civil engineer, Hon. James
A. Weston,
who made
the survey
of this valuable power, in 1871
" Nature seldom offers to the hand
of man a more favorable location,
or greater facilities for the creation
of a large and successful manufacturing business."
At the south-east extremity of
the city are Garven's Falls, in the
Merrimack. The power here is considered valuable, but we have no
means of knowing
its full
capacity.
First Settlements. The first petition for a grant of land comprising
they forfeited their right. Fiftyone years after the first grant they
again petitioned to have the original grant of 1663 confirmed to them.
They contended that tbe first grantees built a trading house on the
tract, forty years before, and it is
supposed
was built on the east
Merrimack.
the inhabitants of Essex
it
side of the
In 1721
County, many of them living in
Haverhill and vicinity, petitioned
the government of Massachusetts
for a grant of land called Pennacook, and conveying nearly the
same territory of the Salem grant
sixty-two years before.
Benjamin Stevens,
Ebenezer
Daniel
Kimball, Austin Mitchell, and one
Eastman, John
Osgood,
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116
hundred and fourteen others were
Not fully succeed-
the petitioners.
effort, in 1725, a
signed by the five
persons above named, who acted
as a committee for the rest of the
former petitioners, was presented,
asking the government to review
the request of their former petiThis second attempt proved
tion.
successful, with certain provisions
to be fulfilled on the part of the
ing in their
new
first
petition,
The
1801.
first grist
mill
was
built
on a small brook running through
East Concord. In 1732, a grist mill
and saw mill were built on Turkey
river, at
ville.
what is now called MillThe burying ground was
out in
laid
Prior to 1730,
1730.
the meetings of the grantees were
holden in Bradford, Mass.
The
town meeting was holden
first
at
November 10,
Henry Rolfe was chosen
the meeting house,
1730.
grantees.
moderator and Benjamin Rolfe,
was to be divided
hundred and three lots,
and one hundred persons were to
be admitted and each pay five
pounds and build a good dwelling
house, and break up and fence six
clerk.
acres of land within the space of
settled in the vicinity of Concord.
The
territory
into one
three years, after the land
The first
be made on the
was
sur-
In 1733, " Penney Cook" was incorporated by the government of
Massachusetts under the name of
Rumford.
The Pennacook
tribe of Indians
They were the most powerful and
veyed.
fifty
settlements
waidike tribe in the valley of the
to
east side of the
Merrimack, and all other tribes in
this vicinity were subservient to
them. Passaconnaway was their
first chief known to the white settlers in New-Hampshire, and always kept good faith with the
and the houses
to be built on
not more than twenty
rods apart, in a regular defensible
river,
the
home lot
Also that a good, convenient house for the worship of
God, be completely finished within the same space of time that the
first minister should have one full
share with the rest, the lot to be
laid out adjoining the meetingposition.
;
lot. One lot for the support
of schools forever, and one other,
a ministerial lot of equal value
with the rest. The survey of these
house
was deferred till May 10, 1726.
Samuel Ayer is supposed to be the
lots
man who ploughed a field in
Concord. Ebenezer Eastman and
family were the first who settled
in town, and came here in 1727.
The first white female child born
in town, was Dorcas, daughter of
E. Abbott, who died in 1797. The
first
male child was born of the
same parents in 1730, and died in
first
English.
Tradition gives
it
that
he was the chief Sagamore of
the tribes in this section of
all
New-
England, as early as 1629.
This
tribe were opposed to the Christian
religion and refused to pray to God
for assistance;
but the settlers
never received any harm from
them as a tribe, probably not as
much as was administered to the
Indians by the white men.
The
only Indian foe they feared were
the
Mohawk
tribe, living in
New-
York, on the Mohawk river. There
was a deadly feud between these
two
many
men trod
tribes for
the white
years before
the soil of
The site of an
New-England.
fort, on the east side of the
Merrimack, is pointed out where
Indian
�CONCORD.
two tribes met in deadly conand victory decided in favor
of the Pennacooks. But there was
no reporter to record the heroic
deeds of valor displayed on either
side, and tradition tells the tale.
these
flict
The
first
Indian
depredation
committed upon the settlers of Concord,
was
in 1742,
of Jonathan
when
the wife
Eastman was taken
These hostile attacks
were instigated by the French,
captive.
who
then held control of Canada,
and these Indians came from that
vicinity. In 1746, there were seven
garrisons in " Rumford" for the
protection of the inhabitants.
with
all
But
these precautions, .Mon-
August 11, 1746, they ambushed and killed Lieut. Jonathan Bradley, Samuel Bradley, John Lufkin,
day,
John Bean and Obadiah Peters;
and Alexander Roberts and William Stickney were taken prisoners.
This sad tragedy occurred about
one and one half miles west from
the State House, on the Hopkinton
road, as they were going to a fort
about half a mile beyond where
they were massacred. Four of the
Indians were killed and two were
wounded. There is no doubt but
they intended to have made an attack on Concord, as there were
over one hundred in the party
who committed these murders.
Through some source, the Indians
learned that the town had been reinforced by soldiers sent from
Exeter under Captain Ladd, only
the day before, and thus the assault
was evaded. After this ambush
of the Bradleys and others, they
made a precipitate retreat, for fear
of an attack by the soldiers and inhabitants from the forts.
In 1837, a granite monument was
erected near the scene of this trag-
117
edy, by the late Richard Bradley
(a relation of some of the victims)
of this city. After it was erected
with formal ceremonies, Mr. Brad-
ley presented the deed of convey-
ance of the monument and grounds,
to the
New-Hampshire Historical
which was received by
Society,
the
ton,
Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Bouand being duly recorded was
deposited in the society archives.
The monument stands on a
little
eminence in a pasture, by the street
leading to Millville a'nd Hopkinton, and is placed on a mass of
cobble stone, uncovered by earth
and sod, or even fenced. A more
lonely and desolate spot is not to be
found in Concord, especially when
one's mind reverts back to this
dark and bloody deed, and, as your
eye glances through bush and
brake, a nervous feeling comes
over youjhat perhaps the unerring
rifle of the red man is still pointing at the heart to draw the life
blood of his unwary victim. (For
the honor of Concord, some measure should be taken to have this
made more respectWith the exception of the
sacred spot
able.)*
no public place is
visited by strangers, being but one half mile from
St. Paul's school, which is repre
sented by nearly every state in the
State House,
more frequently
union.
Besides the foregoing deed no
serious trouble ever occurred from
the Indians, aside from killing a
&c, For many years
was a long controversy between the proprietors of Bow and
few
cattle,
there
Concord, relative to certain rights
of territory. In 1727, Bow received
*
At a meeting of the members of the His
was voted to hav*
turical Society (1*73) it
these grounds appropriately arranged.
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118
a grant of land, nine miles square,
from certain authority in NewHampshire, which covered nearly
the whole territory which was
granted to the proprietors of PenThis of course led
nacook.
to
conflicting authority
between the
respective grantees.
This trouble
was finally settled by the government of New-Hampshire's incoiporating the parish of Concord
with town rights, in 1765, and including a large portion of the land
previously claimed by Bow. Perhaps but few people are aware
how the act for the incorporation
of Concord was couched. It com-
menced
"
An
as follows
Act for setting
off a part of
town of Bow, together with
some land adjoining thereto, with
the inhabitants thereon, and make
them a Parish, investing them
with such privileges and immunities as towns in this parish have
and do enjoy." To this parish, in
the town of Bow, was given the
name of Concord, which means
harmony and agreement with onethe
another.
of the legislature, and for
a long time, Chief Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas. He died
in 1822.
Benjamin Thompson, afterwards
as Count Rumford, was a
resident of Concord for many
years, and married a daughter of
Rev. Timothy Walker.
He held
known
various important military offices
under the British crown, and on
leaving the service, he was hon-
ored with the title of Count.
He
afterwards received the honor of
knighthood.
He died in France
in 1814.
Franklin Pierce, born in Hillsborough, but long a resident of
this city, was U. S. Senator, and
President of the United States, be-
sides filling
ble offices.
bore
their full share in furnishing
men
in the struggles of the
revolution, and the blood of her
sons helped to seal the covenant
which made us a free and inde-
pendent nation, as it did also to
defend it from being broken in
twain, in 1861.
many minor responsiHe died here, in 1869.
Isaac Hill came to Concord in
was a printer by trade was
1809
;
;
soon an editor of a political paper,
and wielded a powerful influence
in the State, for
many
years.
He
filled
the offices of State Senator,
U.
Senator, and Governor of the
S.
State.
The people of Concord
and money
member
He
died in 1850.
There are many other prominent
men, who have lived in Concord
but space will not permit us to
mention them. It is enough to
say, however, that she has furnished her full share of public men,
who have filled honorable positions, both in the State and nation.
First Ministers.
Rev. Timothy
Distinguished Men. Hon. Timothy Walker, son of the Rev. Timothy Walker, born in 1737, graduated at Harvard in 1756, filled va-
Walker was the first minister, and
came here in 1726, and was settled
town offices, and served in a
campaign under Gen. Sullivan;
member of the convention which
framed the Constitution in 1784;
ordinary intellectual powers, and
they were always used to promote
the best interests of the town, for,
unlike to-day, he did not act as
the pastor of a church, but of the
rious
afterwards, for several
years,
a
in
1730.
He
died in 1782.
Mr.
Walker was a man of more than
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CONWAY.
while town.
Under
his ministry,
whole
people were united, under one
congregation, and he died lamentAt the
ed by all who knew him.
time of the trouble with Bow, the
town sent Mr. Walker to England
no less than three times, relative
fifty-two
for
to
years,
the
troublesome question, as
this
their agent.
919 acres; area of improved land,
20,090 acres.
Latidude, 42 deg. 15 min. north
longitude, about 71 deg. 30
Distances. Seventy-three miles
north-west from Boston, and five
hundred and seventy-four miles
north-east by east from Washington,
Rev. Israel Evans, ordained in
Rev.
dismissed in 1797.
1789;
Asa McFarland, D. D., settled in
Dr. McFar1798, died in 1827.
land was greatly beloved by
his people, and died deeply lamented.
Concord was
sec.
west from Greenwich.
D. C.
CONWAY.
Carkoll County. The surface
town is uneven, except on
the rivers, where there is some
of this
fine interval land,
which produces
&c,
fine crops of corn, rye,
To
in-
cultivate the upland requires pa-
corporated,
crops.
trial,
The
July 6, 1849.
was adopted, on the fifth
The vote
in March, 1853.
tient labor to get a fair return of
charter
in the county, in its production of
City Charter.
then stood, 828 in favor, and 559
The mayors
against a charter.
have been, under the new charter,
1855, Rufus
1853, Joseph Low;
John Abbott;
Clement;
1856,
1859,
Moses T. Willard; 1861,
Moses Humphrey; 1863, Benjamin
F. Gale; 1865, Moses Humphrey;
1840,
4,903;
10,889;
and the fourth
first
in
its
town
total
value of agricultural productions.
Swift, PeeRivers and Ponds.
1775,
1,747;
1820,
2,838;
quawket Pond are the principal
1850,
8,584;
1860,
various decades, as follows
1790,
ranks as the
quawket, and Saco, are the princiThe Saco is about
rivers.
twelve rods wide, and two feet
It has been known to rise
deep.
over twenty-five feet in twentySwift and Peequawfour hours.
ket rivers discharge themselves
There are some
into the Saco.
valuable water privileges in this
Walker's Pond and Petown.
1866, John Abbott; 1868, Lyman
D. Stevens; 1870, Abraham G.
Jones; 1872, John Kimball.
The population has been, at the
1,052;
corn,
It
1870,12,241.
:
The popula-
pal
collections of water.
Elevations.
tion at the present time (January,
and Greene
The
18740 is estimated at 14,000.
assessed value of personal and
elevations.
real estate, in March, 1873, was
Its true value,
over §9,000,000.
no doubt, is over §12,000,000.
North by CanterBoundaries.
bury and Boscawen, east by Loudon and Pembroke, south by Bow
and Hopkinton, and west by HopArea, 40,
kinton and Boscawen.
Pine, Rattlesnake,
hills are the principal
On
the south side of
a detached block of
granite, or bowlder, which doubtless owes its present position to
some violent action of nature.
Pine Hill
is
On the bank
Medical Spring.
of Cold brook, is a spring strongIn
ly impregnated with sulphur.
some
cases, it has
cial to invalids.
proved benefi-
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120
Scenery.
Some
of
the
finest
views of the White Mountains are
obtained from North Conway.
Many tourists spend the summer
month in this beautiful mountain
scenery town. At North Conway
quite a village has grown up the
dwelling houses being principally
owned by men in some of the large
;
cities,
who remove
their families
here to remain through the warm
season of the year,
There are
also eight or ten large hotels and
boarding houses, for the accommodation of visitors who do not
wish to live in private houses.
Every inducement is offered to
make this mountain retreat a desirable location for men who have
families and do not desire their
children to be deprived of school
privileges too much.
At North.
Conway are good schools, a fine
academy, two or three churches,
and all such privileges as are
desired in cities, can be obtained
making it a desirable
opportunity to enjoy a fine mountain scenery through the summer,
which many are improving. The
number of tourists who stop permanently through the summer
months, is estimated at over 2,000
besides thousands who come and
go as they pass through the mountain region.
There are several
here, thus
manufactories at North Conway,
and eight or ten stores of various
kinds.
At Conway village there
several manufactories, of various kinds, three or four stores,
bank, three or four hotels, church
ai*e
and school house. It is a very
desirable and pleasant village to
live in, and many tourists stop here
through the summer.
Employments. Agriculture and
keeping
summer
boarders, are the
principal vocations of the people.
The farmers receive a good return
for all their products they
have to
The mechanical work is
considerable.
Over 75 tons of
sell.
straw board
is
annually
made,
12,000 sides of leather tanned; val-
ued at $84,000 375,000 feet of lumber sawed 6,800 bushels of grain
ground 75 harnesses made, besides
various other mechanical works.
The total value of goods annually
manufactured, of all kinds, is SU6,
500. (See tables.)
The town has
voted to exempt from taxation all
manufactories for a certain length
of time, provided there be $ 10,000
invested in the manufactory.
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, 8 113,299; mechanical labor,
$ 19,500 money at interest, § 12,
200; deposits in savings banks,
$24,553; stock in trade, $37,200;
;
;
;
;
from summer tourists, estimate,
professional business,
$ 160,000
$ 12,000.
Churches and Schools.
Methodist, Rev. Joseph Hawks, pastor.
At North Conway, Baptist, Rev.
P. J. Chapin, pastor; Congregational, Rev. D. P. Eastman, pastor
Episcopal, Rev. S. H. Hilliard,
rector. There are nineteen schools
in town
average length for the
year, fourteen weeks.
" North
Literary Institution.
Conway Academy, W. H. Bates,
;
;
1
'
principal.
Hotels.
Conway House, Grove
Hotel, Pequawket House.
At North
Conway, Kiarsarge House, Sunset
Pavilion, McMillen House, Washington House,
North Conway
House, and Interval House. These
Hotels are all fine buildings, and
all do a good business through the
summer. Each proprietor tries to
excel to
make
their guests feel at
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CONWAY.
home, while under their hospitable
roof horses are always at the
command of travelers to convey
them to any of the many attractive
points in and around Conway.
—
nearly through October, but the
two great months are July and
August, when fully three thousand
people are stopping here, so that
North Conway may well be called
Hfe
KIARSARGE HOUSE.
The Kiarsarge House
and elegant
is
a
new
hotel, erected during
the year 1872, and has accommodations for three hundred guests. It
is
delightfully located in the very
heart
of the
mands
fine
A
village,
views
in
and comall
direc-
band of music is
engaged for each season, and with
a daily arrival of one hundred to
one hundred and fifty persons, a
lively and animated scene is presented at all times of the day and
tions.
fine
evening for in addition to its own
guests, it is made an exchange or
centre where guests from the other
;
hotels, are sure to
who may
meet
friends
either be stopping tem-
porarily, or passing through the
place,
on their way
to the
moun-
tains.
With
the present railroad facili-
ties for
reaching this point, there
no doubt but it must become
one of the most popular resorts in
is
Visitors begin to come
here as early as May, and remain
the State.
the Saratoga of
the mountains.
Daniel Foster
obtained a grant of this township,
October 1st, 1765, with the condition that each grantee should pay
a rent of one ear of Indian corn annually, for the space of ten years, if
demanded. The first settlements
were commenced here in 1764, '65
First Settlements.
and
'66,
by James and Benjamin
Osgood, John Dolloff, Ebenezer
Burbank and
others.
First Ministers.
iel
Rev. Nathan
Porter, D. D., Congregational,
settled here in 1778, dismissed in
1815.
North by Chatham
by the State of
Maine south by Eaton and Madison, and west by Madison and
Albany. Area 23,040 acres. Improved land, 9,965 acres.
Boundaries.
and
Bartlett, east
;
Seventy-two miles
from Concord, and
twenty-five north from Ossipee.
Railroads. "Portland and Ogdensburg, 11 and " Great Falls and
Distances.
north-east
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122
Conway"
to this
Railroads, are completed
the first from Port-
town
;
from Portsmouth.
These two roads, when completed,
land, the latter
will
make Conway a
great railroad
the soil
is
and bonds, $3,600
$35,016;
est,
banks,
mechan-
$172,664; from
ical labor, $8,000
;
;
money in stocks
money at inter-
deposits in savings
$26,516;
stock
in
trade,
$4,500.
center,
Churclies
CORNISH.
and
ScJwols.
churches,
four
viz.
There are
Episcopal,
W. B. T. Smith, rector;
Methodist, Elder B. P. Spaulding,
pastor. At Cornish Flat Baptist,
Rev. H. C. Leavitt, pastor Con-
This town
with the exception of that
part which lies on the river. The
soil is fertile, well cultivated, and
adapted to the growth of wheat,
Rev.
corn, oats, barley, grass and fruit.
There is but one other town in the
pastor.
county which produces as much
wheat and fruit. Capt. Chester
Pike has the best farm-house in the
year, seventeen weeks.
Sullivan County.
is hilly,
Minerals. Good lime stone occurs in various locations. Crystals
of red oxide of titanium have been
found. Jewelers value these crysthe
highly,
name
;
gregational, Rev. C.
sell them under
Venus hair stone."
and
of "
On
Bryant's brook, silver ore has
been discovered. Also, spruce-yellow paint is obtained in considerable quantities.
River and Streams.
Connecti-
cut River waters the western border of Cornish. A fine bridge spans
town
Vermont.
the river and connects this
with Windsor village,
There are several small streams
which afford some water power.
Employments. Agriculture is the
general pursuit of the people.
Several farms are under a high
There is
state of cultivation.
but very little manufacturing in
town.
(See table of manufactories.)
Resources. Cornish is one of the
most wealthy towns in the county,
and its resources are principally
derived through farming. The annual value of the productions of
M. Palmer,
There are fifteen schools
Average length for the
in town.
The Connecticut River
Hotels.
Union House.
This town was
granted to Rev. Samuel McClintock and sixty-nine others, June
House
;
at the Flat,
First
State.
tals
:
21,
Settlers.
It
1763.
was
first
settled
by
emigrants from Sutton, Massachusetts, in 1765.
First
Ministers.
Rev.
James
Welman
(Cong.) settled in 1768
dismissed in 1785. Rev. Joseph
Rowell, ordained in 1800 dismissed in 1828. Rev. Ariel Kendrick,
(Bap.) ordained in 1801. Episco;
pal society formed in 1793.
North by Plainsouth by
Claremont, and west by Windsor,
Vermont. Area, 23,160 acres.
Boundaries.
field,
east by Croydon,
Distances.
Twelve miles north-
west from Newport, and fifty miles
north-west by west from Concord.
Railroads.
Sullivan
Railroad,
seven miles from the village of
Cornish Flat, passes through the
town. The nearest depot, from
which there is a public conveyance to Cornish Flat is Claremont,
ten miles, the terminus of the Sugar River Railroad, and Lebanon,
ten miles, on the Northern (N. H.)
Railroad.
�CROYDON
CROYDON.
moist and produces valuable
crops.
Mountains. Croydon Mountain
extends across the western part of
the town, and is the highest elevation in Sullivan County.
Rivers and Ponds. The north
branch of Sugar River crosses it in
a south-westerly direction, and affords some of the best water power there is in the county, though at
the present time but very little improved. The Sugar River Railroad passes within five or six miles
of this valuable water power, and
no doubt within a few years much
of it will be improved by valuable
mills of various kinds. There are
several ponds, the largest of which
are Long Pond, Rock Pond, Gov-
and
ernor's
Some
Spectacle
of these
stored with
Ponds.
Employments. Croydon is considered a farming town, and for
years it has enjoyed the reputation
of furnishing the best qualities of
butter and cheese of any town in
the county. About 200,000 feet of
lumljer is annually sawed. Also a
mill to manufacture Excelsior.
Annual value of agme-
ricultural products, $82,475;
chanical labor, $3,000 deposits in
savings banks, $28,225.
;
Schools.
Area, 26,000 acres.
Forty - four miles
Distances.
north-west from Concord and six
from Newport.
Railroads. Six miles to the depot at Newport, on the Sugar River Railroad.
DALTOIV.
Coos County. The western and
southern part of this town is hilly.
The soil on the high land is fertile
and easy of cultivation, producing
fine crops of wheat, &c.
Rivers and Ponds. Connecticut
and John's rivers are the principal
rivers. Fifteen Mile Falls in the
Connecticut commence in this
town and flow rapidly along its
north-western border. There are
also several large brooks; the
whole affording many
There are seven schools
town; average length for the
year, ten weeks.
First Minister. Rev. Jacob Haven ordained in 1788.
First Settler. Samuel Chase and
in
others in 1763.
Boundaries.
North by Grantham, east by Springfield and Sunapee, south by Newport and west
water
fine
Blake's Pond lies in
the south-east part, and was named
privileges.
for
one of the
is
ponds are well
fish.
Resources.
123
by Cornish.
Sullivan County. This town
is hilly, uneven and rocky, but the
soil is
DALTON.
considerable
There
first settlers.
lumber
in
this
town, of a good quality.
Employments. Agriculture is the
prevailing business of the people,
but many are extensively engaged
lumbering business. Over
lumber are annually produced, and 125 tons of
starch annually manufactured.
Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $80,900 from mechanin the
3,500,000 feet of
;
ical labor, $12,200;
value of stocks
in public funds, $10,300;
hand or
its
money on
at interest, $7,500
in savings banks, .$29
trade, $1,665.
Summer
;
deposstock in
;
tourists,
$3,000.
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
gational Church, no pastor,
Nine
schools in town; average length
for the year, seven weeks.
Hotels.
Summer House,
brook House.
Rose-
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lumber are annually sawed,
and 200,000 last blocks made.
Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $85,226 from mechanical labor. $8,600; stocks, bonds
and money on hand or at interest,
First Settlers. Moses Blake and
Walter Bloss were the first settlers.
Blake was a noted hunter and the
moose which frequented the pond
called hy his name often fell by the
fatal ball from his unerring rifle.
The town was incorporated No-
feet of
vember 4, 1784, and received its
name from the Hon. Tristam Dal-
posits in savings banks, $41,019.
ton, a grantee.
First Minister.
North by Lancasand Whitefield, east by Whitefield, south by Littleton, and west
by Lunenburgh, Vermont. Area,
Boundaries.
ter
16,455 acres.
miles
south
through this town, crossing the
Connecticut River near the village.
Stages connect daily to and from
the
Churches and Sclwols. Baptist,
Congregational,
Christian, Rev. J. R. Phillips,,
pastor. There are ten schools in
this town average length for the
year, fourteen weeks.
;
;
First
Settlement.
ment made
First
Summer House and
the depot,
all trains.
ated
June
settle-
in 1771, in the south-
east-part of the town.
Eight
from Lancaster, and one hundred
and twenty-five miles north-west
from Concord.
Railroads. The White Mountain
Railroad passes through the town.
When completed the Portland and
Ogdensburgh Railroad will pass
with
$20,350; stock in trade, $5,140; de-
;
William Hutch-
inson, settled in 1833.
Distances.
;
18, 1795.
It
Incorpor-
was a part
of Alexandria.
Boundaries. North by Grafton
and Alexandria, east by Alexandria and Hill, west by Wilmot and
Grafton, and south by Wilmot.
Area,
19,000 acres;
area of im-
proved land, 12,422 acres.
Distances.
Sixteen miles south-
west from Plymouth, and thirty
north-west from Concord.
Railroads. The Northern Railroad passes through the town near
south-western border. At Danbury depot the trains wait five minutes for refreshments.
its
DANliURY.
Grafton County. This town is
in the southern part of the county
and
form of a diamond.
and uneven, although
some interval. The soil
DANVILLE.
lies in the
It is
there
hilly
is
many portions is good. Fine
crops are produced, and the people
are prosperous and happy, notwithstanding other statements.
in
Rivers.
Smith's River
ly stream of any note.
is
the on-
Employments.
The people are
engaged in farming.
There is a large tannery, which
annually produces leather to the
value of $25,000; some 500,000
principally
Rockingham County.
Dan
was formerly a part of Kings
ton.
The soil is light and the
surface uneven, but in some porville
tions of the town, excellent crops
are produced.
Rivers and Ponds.
Squamscot
River passes through the northwest corner of the town; Long
and Cub Ponds, are the principal
bodies of water.
Employments. Agriculture is the
principal
employment of the peo-
�DEERFIELD.
pie, or
we might
say
it
is
about
125
pine and hemlock are the
oak,
equally divided, between farming
principal kinds of wood.
and manufacturing. Over 100,000
and shoes, are annually
lumber
feet
made; 2,500,000
This town
Ponds and Rivers.
contains several ponds, well stored
sawed, besides coopering, black-
partly in this
smithing, and various other trades.
(See Tables).
Productions of the
Resources.
water.
pairs boots
soil,
$ 18,400
$24,500;
;
mechanical labor,
money
at
interest,
$7,
500; deposits in savings banks, in
the State, $3,100, out of the State,
$35,000; stock in trade, $8,500.
Churches and Schools. F. Baptist, Rev. P. S. Burbank, pastor;
Methodist, Elder Joseph Hayes,
Four schools in town,
pastor.
average length for the year, thirtyseven weeks.
Jonathan SanFirst Settlers.
Jacob Hook, and others
settled between the years 1735 and
1739.
Incorporated February 22,
born,
1760.
First
Ministers.
Rev.
John
Page, settled 1763, died in 1782.
Boundaries. North by Fremont,
east by Kingston, south by Kingston and Hampstead, and west by
Sandown. Area, 7,000 acres im;
Thirty-three
miles
south-east from Concord, and ten
south-west from Exeter.
DEERFIELD.
Rockingham Countt.
Deerfarming town in
the county. The surface is uneven,
but the soil is fertile, and there are
many fine farms under a high state
of cultivation. The orchard products are annually valued at $ 12,
000, and are exceeded by only one
town in the county, and but three
in the State. Rock maple, white
maple, beach, birch, white and red
field is the largest
Pleasant
fish.
Moulton's Pond, in the
account
is noted on
of its having no visible inlet, and
its waters are supposed to be supplied by a subterranean passage.
west
part,
The
outlets of the
pond run
finds its
way
in
One stream
opposite directions.
to the ocean
through
of the Merrimack
River, and the other through the
Piscataqua. A branch of Lamprey
river, passes south and south-east
the
channels
through the town.
Mountains. The principal eleva-
Pawtuckaway, between
town and Nottingham, Saddleback (see North wood), and Fort
Mountain, in the west part. Near
tions, are
this
Mount
Delight, in the west part of
the town, is a natural formation in
the rock, which has for over ninety
years been known as the " Indian
On the east side of the
a natural flight of stone
steps, by which persons may easily
ascend to the top of the rock.
Agriculture is
Employments.
the principal industrial pursuit
of the inhabitants, ranking as the
Camp."
camp,
proved land, 2,900 acres.
Distances.
Pond lies
town and partly in
Northwood. This pond is noted
for its fine, sandy shore, and clear
with
is
town
first
in
the
county,
and
fifteenth in the State, in its value
of agriculture productions.
The manufacture of boots and
shoes
is
carried on quite exten-
much
of the stock being
brought from out of the State, to be
made up. The number pairs annually made is estimated at 230,000
There
pairs, valued at $280,000.
sively,
are
large
quantities
of lumber
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annually
sawed—2,500,000
feet of
Thomas
moderator,
Simpson,
and Samuel Leavitt, John
Robinson, and Eliphalet Griffin,
boards, 60,000 clapboards, and 500,
000 shingles, are the annual pro-
clerk,
ductions.
Selectmen.
Among
the early set-
from summer tourists, $2,500.
Baptist,
Churches and Schools.
Rev. H. C. Walker, pastor; P. W.
Baptist, Rev. Ira Emery, pastor;
Congregational, no pastor. There
are fifteen school districts, and
fourteen schools in town. Average
length for the year, twenty weeks
were Josiah Prescott, John
James, Nathaniel Weare, David
Haines, Samuel Tilton, Jeremiah
Eastman, and Thomas Jenness.
This town was a favorite resort
for deer, and while the petition for
a charter was pending, a Mr.
Batchelder and Josiah Prescott
killed a fine deer, and presented
it to Gov.
Wentworth, and he
granted the charter under the
name of Deerfield. During the
French and Indian wars, the in-
amount of money annually appro-
habitants lived in garrisons, but
priated for school purposes $2, 178.
78.
F. P. James, Esq., a wealthy
no serious injury was ever experienced from the savages. It is well
authenticated that Major John
Annual production
Resources.
of the
labor,
soil, $178,518; mechanical
$ 57, 900; money at interest,
$52,600; deposits in savings banks,
$82,729; stock in trade, $7,762;
banker in New York, and a native
of this town, is at the present time
(1873,) erecting a fine and substanschool-house in his native
school district, at an expense of
over $3,000, and will endow the
tial
district
with a permanent fund
tlers,
Simpson, of this town,
fired the
gun, on the American side, at
the battle of Bunker Hill. Col.
Stark instructed the men in his
line not to fire a gun till the British had arrived at a certain point
first
be annually appropriated for the
designated by him, which was
within forty paces of the AmeriBut, when the red
can works.
coats had advanced to within the
distance the major (then a private)
called a good shot for a deer, he
could not withstand such a good
chance, and fired, and dropped his
benefit of the public schools,
man.
sufficient to give the scholars of
the district all the school advantages that can be obtained in any
town or city in the State. The
late Hon. Richard Jenness, of
Portsmouth, donated to the town
$5,000, the interest of which is to
addition to the
by law,
in
amount authorized
to be raised for the school
purposes.
Hotels.
Glenwood, Parade, Ex-
change, Centre.
First Settlers.
The
first settlers
On
this the
along the
whole
ber
The first
(town) meeting was holden
this
parish
in
Samuel Leavitt.
Cram, was chosen
at the house of
Wadleigh
1756.
commenced
line.
When
Simpson was reproved for disobeying orders, he replied, he could
not help firing when game, which
he was after, came within gun
Major Simpson died Octoshot.
were John Robinson, Jacob Smith,
Isaac Shepard
and Benjamin
Batchelder,
fii'e
28, 1825.
The names of
town,
who
18 persons,
from
died in the revolu-
tionary struggle for independence,
48 persons gave
are preserved.
up their lives, in the late re-
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DEERING.
bellion,
maintain the
to
Summer
becoming quite a resort
ists.
many
From
its
Union.
Deerfield
Resorts.
many
is
for tour-
elevations,
views of the surrounding country can be obtained.
There are but few pleasanter
farming towns in the State.
Rev. Timothy
First Minister.
tine
Upham
(Congregational), ordain-
ed in 1772; died in
1811.
A
Free-
Church was formed
will Baptist
here in 1799.
Boundaries.
;
21,846 acres.
Thirty miles north-
west from Portsmouth, twentytwo north-west from Exeter, and
eighteen miles south-east from
Concord.
Railroads.
Candia and Ray-
mond
are
larger por-
engaged in
Employments.
About
farming.
700,000 feet of
lumber are annually
(See tables.)
Resources.
soil,
produced.
Productions of the
$98,846;
mechanical labor,
and money
$4,100; stocks, bonds,
deposits in
savings banks, $45,569; stock in
at interest, $14,700;
trade, $4,500.
CMirches and Schools. CongreRev. Morris Holman,
pastor; Methodist, Rev. L. W.
gational,
North by Northwood, east by Nottingham, south
by Candia and Raymond, and we^t
by Epsom and Allenstown. Area,
28,254 acres area improved land,
Distances.
The
tion of the people are
the nearest points to
At the north-west
part of the town Epsom Station,
on the Suncook Railroad, would
any railroad.
be the nearest point.
DGERIIVG.
is
favorable to the
several purposes of agriculture.
Ponds and Streams.
were the
first
in
settlers,
1765.
The name was given to this town
by Hon. John Wentworth, in honwhose name, before
It was
marriage, was Deering.
incorporated Januai-y 17, 1774.
First Minister. Congregational,
established in 1789, Rev. William
Sleigh, ordained in 1801, dismissed
or of his wife,
in 1807.
Hillsborough County.
This
town is diversified with hills and
The soil is strong and
valleys.
productive, and
pastor. Deering Academy, located at Deering Centre.
There are eleven schools in town.
Average length for the year, seventeen weeks.
Appleton House.
Hotel.
Alexander
First Settlement.
Robinson and William McKean
Prescott,
Dudley's
Pecker's, and Fullon's ponds are
the principal bodies of water.
The two former are the soui'ces of
the north branch of the Piscataquog River.
The town is well
watered by small streams, which
afford some good water privileges.
Minerals. In the north part of
the town, is a mine of Plumbago.
North by HillsBoundaries.
borough and Henniker, east by
Weare, south by Francestown and
Bennington, and west by Antrim.
Improved land, 12,963 acres.
Twenty-three miles
Distances.
south-west from Concord twentytwo north-west from Amherst,
and eighteen miles north-west
from Manchester.
Railroads. Connected by stage,
three times a week, with Oil
Mills, 12 miles, on the Manchester
and North Weare Railroad Hillsborough Bridge, four miles, is the
;
;
nearest
railroad
station.
The
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128
Hillsborough and Peterborough
Railroad will pass through the
western part of this town, when
completed.
DERRY.
one of the best townships in the
county for agriculture. The soil
is strong, productive and well culis
The
tivated.
inhabitants are not-
ed for their industry, wealth and
general intelligence. Some over
a mile from Derry depot is located
Derry village on elevated ground,
and commanding a fine view of
the surrounding country. It is a
delightful village and is a great
resort for
summer
tourists.
Beaver Pond
Ponds.
in this
a fine sheet of water,
nearly surrounded by gentle rising
town
is
hills.
Agriculture is
the principal employment of the
inhabitants. Shoe business is carried on quite extensively, nearly
Employments.
made.
by H. R. Underhill;
ribs for loom reeds, Benjamin
Chase; 400,000 shingles and 500,
000 feet of boards annually sawed.
190,000 pairs being annually
Edge
$
141,268;
$75,800;
money
principal.
condition.
Banks. Derry National Bank;
Derry Savings Bank. (See tables.)
First Settlement. This town was
formerly a part of Chester and
Londonderry. Incorporated July
2, 1827.
North by Auburn
Boundaries.
and Chester, east by Sandown and
Hampstead, south by Salem and
Windham and west by LondonArea of improved land,
derry.
12,120 acres.
Distances. Eighteen miles southwest from Exeter and twenty-five
south-east from Concord.
Manchester and
Railroads.
Lawrence Railroad passes through
the south-west section of the town
DIXVILLE.
Much of this
Coos County.
town is in its primeval state, but
being cultivated.
somewhat rocky
and rugged, but there is some very
little
surface
;
;
in trade, $24,506.
The resources
town show that
it is
in a
flourishing condition in its various
branches of industrial pursuits.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. Robert Haskins,
pastor; Methodist, Elder A. E.
Higgins, east.
There are eleven
schools in town; average length
for the year twenty-four weeks.
Rail-
at the depot.
The
$ 43,600 stocks
and bonds, $21,840; deposits in
stock
savings banks, $ 150,401
of this
Sanders' Hotel;
Hotels.
way House,
very
tourists, §8,000;
These Institutions
are popular and are in a flourishing
mechanical labor,
summer
E. L. Taylor, pre-
Pinkerton Academy has
a fund of $ 20,000, Mr. G. T. Tut-
Productions of the
at interest,
Adams
ceptress.
tools
Resources.
soil,
$4,200, Miss
tle,
Derry
Rockingham County.
Institutions.
Literary
Female Seminary has a fund of
of
it
is
good land.
Streams. This town is watered
by numerous streams, affording
some fine water privileges.
Dixville Notch. This Notch is a
remarkable gap, in the mountains.
It is through this pass, teams go
from Errol to Portland, and it may
be regarded as one of the most remarkable exhibitions of natural
scenery in the State, and is hardly
surpassed in grandeur by the fa-
mous Notch,
of the
White Moun-
�DORCHESTER
ains.
It is evident, that so inter-
—DOVER.
mont and
129
the course of the Con-
when more
necticut river, for several miles,
known, will draw a portion
of the numerous visitants of the
picturesque
scenery of
New-
can be distinctly seen.
Farming is the
Employments.
general occupation of the inhabi-
Hampshire.
tants.
esting a spot as this,
fully
town was
Gen. Timothy Dix of
This
Settlement.
granted to
Boscawen, in 1805. The Dixville
Notch and Dixville road were
named for him. He was father
of Gen. John A. Dix, the present
governor of the State of New- York.
Boundaries. North by Clarksville and grant to Gilmanton academy, east by Dartmouth college
grant and Wentworth's location,
south by Millsfield and Odell, and
west by Columbia, Oolebrook, and
Area, 31,023 acres.
Forty miles north
Distances.
from Lancaster, and one hundred
and seventy-six north from Con-
Stewartstown.
cord.
Grafton County. The
of Dorchester
is
districts,
surface
but the soil is strong, fertile, and
produces good crops of corn, wheat,
potatoes &c.
The
Rivers and Mountains.
south branch of Baker's River, a
Pemigewasset and
Rocky Branch Rivers, pass through
this town, affording some excellent
water power. The intervals along
tributary of the
Baker's River are very fertile,
yielding excellent crops of hay.
Church, Island, and Mc ditchers
ponds, form the head waters of the
Rocky Branch. Little, Norris, and
Smit's ponds are the headwaters of
the Mascomy. Stuart's Mountain,
lies partly in this town, and from its
summit a charming and extensive
view of the surrounding country is
obtained. The green hills of Ver-
and ten schools
in
town
average length, for the year, eleven weeks.
Benjamin Rice
First Settlers.
and Stevens March from Hanover,
This
settled here about 1772.
,
ers,
rocky and uneven,
is
2,400,000 feet of
;
boards &c, 500,000 shingles and
about 17,500 bushels charcoal are
annually produced.
Productions of the
Resources.
mechanical labor,
soil, $71,174;
$19,800; stock in trade, $5,935;
deposits in savings banks, $ 5,860.
ChrisChurches and Schools.
tian church, C. W. Nelson, pastor;
Freewill Baptist, G. W, Jesseman,
pastor. There are twelve school
town
DORCHESTER.
The lumber business
quite extensive
forfeited its first
by failing to
required.
The
to 72 persons,
fulfil
1,
chart-
conditions
was granted
third
May
two
1772.
Boundaries.
North by Wentworth, east by Groton, south by
Canaan, and west by Lyme. Area,
23,040
acres.
Improved
land,
9,531 acres.
Distances.
Fifty miles north-
west from Concord, and twentythree south from Haverhill.
Connects twice a
Railroads.
week by mail coach at west Rumney, on the Boston Concord and
Montreal railroad.
DOVER.
Strafford County. A city and
county seat of justice. It was the
second place in New-Hampshire
where the English set their feet
permanent settlement. In
no section of the State, can be
for a
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
130
found so dense a population, with
such a variety of villages, fertile
farms and fine country scenery, as
within a radius of ten miles around
Dover. Passing through the city
or vicinity in any direction, the
traveller finds no steep and rugged
mountains, nor sterile plains, but
occasionally ascends gentle swells
of land from the height of which
the eye meets some delightful object a well cultivated field, wind-
—
ing streams, forests and picturesque villages are seen on every
In the southern part of the
side.
neck of land extending
about three miles between the
Piscataqua River on one side and
Bellamy or Back River on the
city is a
The road, from which the
land gently descends toward the
water on either side, presents an
extensive and delightful view of
other.
bays, islands,
and distant moun-
The area of
territory
is
small,
comprising less than 3,000 acres
of improved land, but the soil is
excellent, producing fine crops.
Rivers. Cocheco (or Ouocheco)
River has its source from several
small streams in New Durham,
which
unite
in
Farmington,
whence the river passes through
Rochester, receiving the Isinglass,
and thence through Dover where
joins the waters of the
Salmon
Falls River, the principal tribu-
About
mouth of the
tary of the Piscataqua.
three miles from the
Cocheco, and where the tide water
meets the fresh, is a heavy fall in
the river of thirty-two and a half
feet producing an excellent water
power which
improved
by the Cocheco Manufacturing
Company. Bellamy Bank River
takes a
Cocheco
as the
City.
town
its
Dover
Falls.
the third city or
is
in the State in the value of
manufactured productions, the
fourth in population, and the
fifth
wealth.
The city proper is
located around the Cocheco Falls,
and is the seat of extensive manufacturing and trade.
The river
in
crosses Main Street, and is spanned
by a wide and handsome bridge.
The streets are wide, and many
of them beautifully shaded, while
the private residences are built on
spacious grounds,
affording
lawns and gardens.
The
fine
City Hall
a fine brick building, and located
near the center of the city. Many
is
of the business blocks are large
tains.
it
through the city, and joins with
waters which form the Piscataqua.
There is a good- water power on
this stream, which is generally
Vessels of light burimproved.
then come up the Cocheco, as far
is
south-eastern
course
and expensive buildings, and have
a metropolitan appearance. There
are in the city forty schools, ten
churches, one academy, six banks,
five weekly newspapers, four hotels, between eighty and ninety
stores of all kinds, twelve lawyers,
thirteen physicians, five dentists,
seventeen hundred dwellings, and
about 9,500 inhabitants. There are
a number of expensive church
and the school buildings
by those of any
edifices,
are, not excelled
city in the State.
Manufactories.
Dover has been
many
years, for its ex-
noted, for
tensive
cotton print works, and
the staple or uniform quality of the
goods produced also for its extensive sale boot and shoe manu;
factories.
The Cocheco Manufacturing
Company was incorporated in 1812,
�DOVER.
amended
charter
the
and went
1821,
in
into operation in 1822.
131
and machine shops, $60,000; marand soapstone, $15,000; besides
ble
business of this company is divided into two departments. In
one is the manufacturing of cotton
print cloth, and in the other is
printing calico. The first depart-
photographers, tin workmen, harness makers, blacksmiths, carpen-
ment does not produce two thirds
of the number of yards of cloth
that is printed. The number yards
of cotton cloth wove is 16,000,000
timated at $2,051,000, employing
1484 males and 982 females and
children, who annually receive for
annually, and valued at $1,240,000.
^he number yards of cloth printed
ducing manufactured goods to the
value of $7,352,900.
Resources. Agricultural productions, $55,648; mechanical labor,
$ 1, 120,000 engaged in professional
The
is 31,340,000, valued at $3,447,400.
In 1870 they printed 18,000,000
yards at $2,000,000—this shows the
rapid increase of their business.
The number of hands employed, in
both departments, is 502 males and
687 females and children. F. A.
& J. Sawyer, woolen mills, manufacture flannels and other woolen
goods. Value of goods produced
They employ
eighty-eight males and sixty-nine
in 1870, $340,060,
females and children
There are
eleven sale boot and shoe manufactories, with a capital of $400,000,
employing 655
135
men and
boys,
women, annually making
and
1,150,
ters, painters,
masons, and various
The
other professions.
tal
total capi-
invested in manufactories
their labor,
is
es-
and pro-
$1,120,000,
;
service, trade, transportation.
855
persons,
$513,000;
&c,
stocks,
&c, $209,375; money at interest,
$190,360; stock in trade, $717,
620; deposits in savings banks,
$1,203,307.
Churches and Pastors. Freewill
Rev. I. D. Stewart; C.
Baptist, Rev. W. T. Chase Christian, Rev. J. G. T. Colby; Methodist, Rev. O. H. Jasper, Presiding
Elder of Dover District Rev. C.
W. Millen, pastor Congregational,
Rev. George Spaulding; Episcopal,
Baptist,
;
—
;
000 pairs of boots and shoes of every
description, valued at $1,580,000.
R sv.
man
The Freewill
Baptist printing establishment has a capital of $80,000,
mond,
and employs 12 males and 12 females. Value of productions in
1870, $70,519.
There are also manufactured sand paper and glue
hore.
$125,000; floor oil cloth, $60,000
clothing, $75,000
hats and caps
;
$20,000;
baker's
sash, blinds
carriages
of
bread,
$20,000
and doors, $40,000
kinds,
all
$50,000
lumber sawed, $30,000; newspaper and job printing, $35,000 meal
and flour ground, $45,000 illuminating gas, $30,000 leather tanned,
$25,000; brick, $30,000; foundry
;
;
;
J. B.
Richmond, rector; Ro-
Drum-
Catholic, Rev. C. J.
Brown
priest;
;
Unitarian, T.
W.
Universalist, Rev. J. Cre-
There are forty schools
which thirty are gradAverage length of schools for
ed.
the year, 'thirty-six weeks. There
are 907 male and 980 female scholSchools.
in town, of
ars.
Sixty-five per cent, of this
number
regularly
attend school
through the year. Total amount
of money annually appropriated for
school purposes, $20,937.29 value
of school houses and lots, $140,000.
H. P. Warren is the principal of
the High School. Franklin Acad;
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
132
(See
Belknap) "sent their boats further
up the river to a neck of land called
Dover Enquirer,
Newspapers.
Dover Gazette, Morning Star, Lo-
by the Indians, Wennichahannat,
but they named it Northam, afterwards *Dover. This settlement
was commenced in 1623. For
emy
is
located in this city.
tables.)
Record,
(See tables.)
cal
in
Foster's
Democrat.
The first newspapers published
Dover were the Political Reposi-
tory and Strafford Record, commenced July 15, 1790 discontinued
;
January 19, 1792; Phenix, from
January 25, 1792, to August 29,
1795 Dover Sun, commenced September 15, 1795.
Banks. Strafford National Bank,
Dover National Bank, Cocheco
National Bank. Total capital invested, $320,000. County of Strafford for Savings, Dover Five Cent
Savings Bank, and Cocheco Savings Bank. Total amount of de;
posits in savings banks, $2,399,258.
(See banks.)
87.
American House, NewHampshire House, Kimball, and
Hotels.
Franklin House.
All these hotels
The American
and New-Hampshire are the largare good houses.
est.
First Settlements.
The
first set-
tlement of Dover was commenced
at
what
is
now known
as
Dover
Neck, a point of land extending
about three miles, between the
Piscataqua on one side, and Bellamy Bank, or Back River, on the
other; the extreme point being
about four miles from the city proper at Cocheco Falls. An English
company, styled the "Company of
Laconia," sent out an expedition to
establish a fishery around the
mouth of the Piscataqua.
A
por-
tion of this expedition landed at
or near Portsmouth, while the rest,
under command of Edward and
William Hilton, fish mongers of
London (as we quote from Dr.
many
years
it
included the princi-
pal part of the population of the
The
meeting house
and was surrounded with entrenchments and flankarts, the remains of which are not
town.
was
first
built here,
entirely obliterated.
Edward Hil-
ton obtained a deed of the land occupied by himself, and included
within the grant Dover, Durham,
Stratham, and part of Newington and Greenland.! For a number of years the town was under
no provincial authority save their
own municipal laws. In 1640 a
written instrument was drawn up,
and signed by forty-one persons,
agreeing to :ibido by the laws of
England, and those enacted by a
majority of their own number.
In 1641, the town voluntarily put
under the jurisdiction of
Massachusetts, and remained so
till 1679, when a commission was
itself
issued
New-Hampshire
and John
of Portsmouth, was the first
forming
into a royal province,
Cutts,
From
president.
this date
up
to
some contention whether this
first named Dover and afterwards
Northam, and sometimes Cocheco. It might
have been so, for there was a continual wrangle with the clergy, some of whom did not
prove themselves above reproach, and some of
these disputes were on Buch frivolous questions. This was prior to 1642.
*There
point was
f There
is
is
but
little
doubt that this
is
a
mistake
— that
part of
Durham, Stratham or Greenland; but
Hilton's purchase included no
now called Dover
and a portion of Newington
on the opposite side of Piscataqua river. The
whole of his purchase did not exceed an area
only that part of Dover
Neck
or Point,
of 3,500 acres.
See early settlements, page 3
�133
DOVER.
it was under various provingovernments, with a continual
wrangle concerning jurisdiction
and authority. In 1741 the final
boundary between Massachusetts
and New-Hampshire was estab-
1741
cial
lished, thus giving the colonies of
New-Hampshire a
distinct gov-
ernment, with Benning
worth as Governor,
Indians. This town, in
ly
settlement,
much
Wentear-
was the scene of
Indian warfare, and
many
its
ing,
June
27,
1689,
Dover was
the scene of one of the greatest
Indian massacres which ever occurred in the State.
It is stated,
this bloody deed was committed
more to revenge certain indignities, perpetrated on the Indians
by Major Waldron, who was a
resident and prominent man of
the town, some thirteen years prior.
By stratagem, he secured some
at
but,
night,
by unac-
countable negligence, no watch
was kept. The Indians were daily in town, visiting and trading
with the inhabitants, as was usual
but still they
in times of peace
had a vigilant eye on everything
;
passing, and patiently watched for
the convenient time to come to
wreak
its
inhabitants were subjected
to savage butchery, or long and
cruel captivity.
Thursday even-
of
retired
their long-pent-up revenge.
hints of this impending
storm had frequently been thrown
out by some of the squaws, but in
such a way that no one could comprehend their full meaning. Some
Some
more cautious people, howhad fears that something
wrong was intended by the savages;
but Waldron, from his
of the
ever,
long experience with them, scouted the idea. On the fatal evening,
told, by a young man, that
town was full of Indians, and
the people were much concerned.
He answered that he knew the Indians, and there was no danger.
The plan which the savages had
arranged, was, that two squaws
he was
the
two hundred Indians, who had, at
some times, exhibited some hostility towards the settlers.
Through
a form of trial, seven, who were
considered the ringleaders, were
immediately hanged, and the remainder were sold into slavery.
should go to each of the garrisons,
in the evening, and ask leave to
lodge by the fire. They were admitted to all but the younger Coffin's garrison, who took himself
for counsel, instead of Major Wal-
The
dron.
this
Indians abroad
a breach of
considered
faith,
and
against him implacable
revenge.
On the Cocheco River,
at Cocheco Falls, at the date of
the massacre, were five garrison
houses three on the north side,
viz. Otis's,Waldron's and Heard's;
on the south side, Peter Coffin's,
and his son's. These houses were
well built, and secured with stout
doors, fastened with strong iron
bars and bolts.
To these houses
the neighboring families usually
swore
—
The squaws were even
shown, at their request, by the
credulous people, how to unfasten
the doors, in case they should want
to go out in the night.
Mesandouit, one of the chiefs,
went to Waldron's garrison, and
was kindly entertained by him,
and by such acts he was lulled into
a sense of security which caused
him a horrid death.
When all had retired, and were
quietly locked in sleep, the gates
were opened, the
signal given,
and
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134
the savage horde rushed into the
respective garrisons, and com-
menced
their
of death and
work
cruelty.
Major Waldron, now advanced
in life to the age of eighty years,
awakened by the noise made by
the Indians coming into his apartment, jumped out of bed, and with
his sword, drove them through
two or three doors; but, as he
was returning for other arms, he
was stunned by a blow from a
hatchet, and dragged into the hall,
and seated in an elbow chair, and
asked " Who shall
judge Indians now?' Other cruel
indignities were inflicted on him,
such as that they passed around
him, and cut him across the belly
and breast, with their knives, each
saying "I cross out my account."
By loss of blood he soon fell to
the floor, and death ended his misinsultingly
1
After killing his son-in-law,
Lee, pillaging the house
ery.
Abraham
they took
Lee's daughter, with several oth-
and setting
ers,
and
it
on
fire,
left.
Otis's garrison shared the
He was
same
with several
others, and his wife and child
were carried away. Heard's garrison was saved by the barking of a
fate.
killed,
were entering. Elder Wentworth pushed
them out, and shut the gate, and
held it till the people within were
alarmed, and hastened to the dedog, just as the Indians
house was surprised, but as the Indians had no
enmity against him, they spared
fence.
Coffin's
life, and the lives of his family,
and contented themselves by pillaging the house. They then went
to the house of his son, who had
cautiously refused to admit the
squaws, in the evening, and
his
him
demanded
to
surrender,
promising him quarter.
He refused their offer, and determined
to defend his house, till they
brought his father before his eyes,
and threatened to murder him.
Filial affection broke his first resoBoth
lution, and he surrendered.
families were put into a deserted
house, with the intention of reserving them for prisoners, but the
Indians were so intent on plundering, they suffered
them
to
make
their escape.
In this attack twenty-three persons were killed, and twenty-nine
Five or six
were captivated.
houses, with the mills, were burned.
This surprise was so adroitly
planned, and so expeditiously carried into effect, that, before the inhabitants
in
other parts
of the
town were apprised, the Indians
had made good their escape, with
their prisoners and booty.
In 1691, a party of Indians fired
in the woods
near the settlement. The Indians
were pursued by a body of the
and nearly all were
citizens,
either killed or wounded. In 1696,
three persons were killed and
several wounded and taken prisoners, as they were returning
from church. In 1704, the people
were waylaid as they were coming
from meeting, and one Mark Giles
William Pearl and Nakilled.
upon a young man,
(
were killed in
and Jacob Garland shared
In the
the same fate in 1710.
spring of 1711 and 1712, an attack
was made on the town, and a Mr.
In August, 1723,
Tuttle killed.
Mr. Joseph Ham was killed, and
thaniel Tibbetts
1706,
three of his children carried off
It would require
by the Indians.
a large volume
to fully detail
aU
�DOVER.
the Indian murders and cruelties
which have been
inflicted
upon the
settlers of Dover, consequently want of space debars us
from the attempt.
and Church.
First Ministers
Rev. William R. Leveridge, Congregational, was the first minister
who preached here, and, probably,
the first ordained minister that
ever preached the gospel in NewHampshire. For want of adequate
early
remained but
and removed south.
He
was influenced to come here
•through Lord Say, and commenoed
his services Oct.
next was Rev.
The
1633.
10,
George Burdett,
who came among them in 1G34.
He was elected Governor and was
settled to preach in 1637, but being
detected in
some criminal
made
a precipitate
province of Maine.
acts,
he
the
flight to
A
Congrega-
was established in
1638, by one Capt. John Underhill,
and put in charge of Rev. Hantional church
serd
Knollys,
This
1639.
in
the
First
church was called
Church, being the oldest but one
New-Hampshire. He was followed by Rev. Thomas Larkman,
in 1610.
These two last men
in
proved themselves destitute of
moral character, and were forced
to leave the parish.
The church
being much oppressed by the bad
character
of
1642, called the
Maud
to
the
ministers,
in
pious Rev. Daniel
become
their
pastor.
This charge lie faithfully performed until his death, which occurred
Then followed the Rev.
in 1655.
John Reyner, settled in 1657 died
in 1669. Rev. John Reyner, his
;
son, settled in 1671
;
dismissed in
died in 1764.
Rev. Jonathan dishing, settled in 1717; dis-
ver, settled in 1711;
1715;
missed in 1764.
Rev. Jeremy
Belknap, D. D., settled in 1767;
removed to Boston in 1786, ami
was settled there in 1787.
Dr.
Belknap was the celebrated
died in 1676.
Rev. John Pike, settled in 1681;
died in 1710. Rev. Nicholas Se-
histo-
New-Hampshire. He died
Boston, June 20, 1798.
Rev
rian of
in
Robert Gray, settled
missed in 1805.
two
support,' he
years,
135
Town and
City.
in 1787
;
Dover was
dis-
in-
corporated as a town, October 22,
1641.
A city charter was granted
in June, 1855, and adopted September 1, 1855.
The following
persons have acted as mayors
1856, Andrew Pierce
1857, Thomas E. Sawyer
1858, James Bennett; 1860, Albert Bond;
1861,
Alphonzo Bickford; 1863, William F. Estes; 1866, Joshua G.
Hall; 186*, Eli V. Brewster; 1870,
William S. Stevens.
The population, at various dates,
;
:
is
as follows: in 1777, 1,666; 1790,
1820,
1,998;
1860,
8,502
;
2,871;
1850,
8,186;
Ratable
Assessed valTrue valua-
1870, 9,294.
polls in 1872, 2291.
uation, $5,917,089.
about $9,000,000.
Boundaries. North by Somersworth and Rollinsford, east by Saltion,
mon
Falls river, which separates
from Maine, south by Madbury,
and west by Rochester. Area of
improved land 2,640 acres.
Dista?ices. Forty miles east from
Concord, and sixty-six north from
it
Boston.
Railroads.
The railroad faciliDover are excellent. The
Boston and Maine Railroad which
ties of
connects Boston with Portland,
passes through the centre the Cocheco, a branch of the Boston and
;
Maine, runs to Alton bay, distant
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
136
nines
twenty-five
where
in the
north-west,
it con-
warm
season,
nects with steamboats running to
all
points on the Winnipiseogee
with the Great
and Conway Railroad for the
White mountains.
The Portsmouth and Dover Railroad, built
lake, also connects
Falls
town. Average length of schools
weeks.
The Rev. Edward Sprague made a
bequest of $8,000 for the support
in
for the year, twenty-four
of public schools. He also left the
$5,000, the interest of which
town
these
to be applied to the support of
an ordained Congregational minister, who shall statedly preach in
Dublin.
eleven miles.
volumes.
the
in
season
of
1873,
connects
two old towns together,
making the distance by rail, about
DUBLIN.
Cheshire County. The surtown is uneven, but
is
Social
Library.
Library,
Settled by
First Settlers.
thew Thurston and others
Incorporated March
29,
1817
Mat-
in 1749.
1871.
It
face of this
was
the soil is strong, yielding fair
crops of corn, oats, hay, &c. The
inhabitants are noted for their
Number
Fairer, Congregational, ordained
energetic spirit in business.
June
Streams and Ponds. Dublin is
situated on the height of land between Merrimack and Connecticut
Rivers; consequently its streams
are small. Center Pond, about one
mile in diameter, is the principal
sheet of water.
Mountains. A large portion of
the grand Monadnock lies in the
south-west part of the town.
Breed's Mountain lies near the
Baptist, ordained
center.
Employments. Agriculture is the
principal occupation of the people.
Three thousand, eight hundred
boxes of clothes pins are annually
manufactured.
Lumbering and
some small manufactories are carried on.
Resources.
of the soil,
From productions
$50,705; mechan-
ical labor, $12,800
est,
$21,532;
$8,400
;
Money at inter-
stocks
and bonds,
deposits in savings banks,
$108,206; stock in trade, $6,400.
;
Churches and Schools. Unitarian,
G. M. Rice, pastor; Trinitarian,
no pastor. There are ten schools
Monadnock
originally called
Three.
Ministers.
First
Rev. Joseph
Rev. Elijah Willard,
10, 1772.
June
5, 1793.
Boundaries. North by Ilarrisville, east by Peterborough, south
by Jaffrey, and west by Marlborough. A portion of Harrisville
was taken from the north part of
this
town
in July, 1870.
Distances.
Ffty miles south-west
from Concord and ten south-east
from Keene.
Railroads. Peterborough Depot,
six miles, on Monadnock Railroad.
Stage on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays.
.VI
.UK E£.
Coos County.
The
IDH
surface
is
rocky and uneven, but the soil is
strong, and good crops of oats,
potatoes
produced.
barley,
and
hay
are
Rivers. Androscoggin and Little
Ammonoosuc
cipal streams.
Rivers are the prinIn the latter are
the Pontook Falls.
Employments. Agriculture is the
principal vocation of the inhabitants.
Over
400,000 feet of
sawed
�137
DUNBARTON.
lumber, of
6a wed.
all
duced.
rifles
are
Products of the
soil,
scythe
25,000
made.
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
Resources.
§36,865;
soil,
kinds, are annually
Resources.
$91,111; mechanical labor, $5. 100
money
$1,000; stock in trade, $500.
Schools. There are six schools
stocks and
average length for the year, ten
weeks.
savings banks, $100,306; stock in
The town was
Churches and Schools. Baptist,
Rev. Samuel Woodbury, pastor;
Congregational, Rev. G. I. Bard,
pastor Episcopal, Rev. J. H. Coit,
rector. There are eleven schools
in this town; average length for
the year, twelve weeks.
Libraries. Episcopal Parish Library, 500 volumes.
First Settlement.
Mark H. Wentworth,
granted to
March
cember
8,
Incorporated De-
1773.
19, 1848.
at
bonds, $3,000;
trade, $18,848.
;
North by Millsfield and Erroll, east by Cambridge, south by Milan, and west
by Stark and Odell. Area, 23,041
acres area of improved land, 2019
Boundaries.
;
The
First Settlers.
acree.
One hundred and
Distances.
deposits in
interest, $11,200;
of Dunbarton
first settlers
were principally de-
sixty miles north from Concord,
scendants of Scotch-Irish, so called
from Lancas-
from the fact that their -incestors
emigrated from Scotland to Ire-
and
thirty north-east
ter.
Grand Trunk
Rail-
1751,
The town was
land.
road, near the south-west corner
Railroads.
proprietors. It
DVNBARTON.
town," in honor of the principal
Merrimack County. There
are many hills and no mountains
in this town.
The
good.
The situation
is
is
ele-
pure and the water
soil is
granted, in
Stark, Caleb
Page, and others, by the Masonian
was called " Stark's
of the town.
vated, the air
to Archibald
of the best qual-
proprietor.
It received its present
name from Dunbarton, in Scotland. The first settlement was
made about 1749, by Joseph PutJames Rogers, William PutFoster.
The
town was incorporated August
ney,
and well adapted to the growth
of corn, wheat and fruit. Some of
the finest specimens of apples in
the Oounty are produced here.
Concord furnishes an excellent
market for all the surplus products
ney and Obadiah
of the farmers, who are generally
industrious and successful husbandmen. The people are noted
for their wealthy and prosperous
condition, as their resources will
ton and Bow, east by Bow and
Hooksett, south by Goffstown, and
plainly show.
from Concord.
ity,
Employments.
are
riculture.
of
The
inhabitants
engaged in ag700,000 feet of lumber,
principally
all
kinds, are
annually pro-
10, 1765.
First
Minister.
Rev.
Walter
Harris, ordained August 26, 1789.
Boundaries.
North by Hopkin-
west by Weare. Area 21,000 acres,
improved land, 16,533 acres.
Distances.
Railroads.
Nine miles
By
south
daily stage
to
East Weare station, three miles, on
the Manchester and North
Railroad.
Weare
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
138
DIRHAH.
Strafford County. This town
favorably situated on the Piscataqua and Oyster rivers, both as to
water power and transportation,
as tide water conies up to the falls,
Oyster River a
at the village.
branch of the Piscataqua, takes its
rise in Wheelwright's pond in Lee,
and after running nearly its whole
is
course in Durham, furnishing
several good mill sites, meets the
water at Durham
tide
The
river takes
abundance
found near
of
its
its
village.
name from
the
formerly
confluence with the
oysters
quite a resort for invalids and
pleasure
seekers,
some forty
staying there through the warm
weather.
Resources. Annual value of farm
productions, 8108,133; manufactured productions, 8152,200 money
in savings banks, stock and bonds
on hand or at interest, 8139,800;
;
from summer
First
tourists,
8
1,000.
Durham
Settlers.
was
originally a part of Dover,
and
was included in Hilton's grant,*
but as the number of settlers increased, it soon became a distinct
parish by the name of Oyster River.
of the Piscataqua, runs through
Before any settlement had been
made by the white men, it was a
famous rendezvous for the Indians,
the westerly part of the town, over
several falls well adapted for mill
ment
Piscataqua.
Lamprey River, another branch
then into the town of NewMarket, and meets the tide water
at Lamprey River village in that
town.
Upon both sides of Oyster river
there is a deep, rich loam, which
is suitably adpated to the producsites,
tion of grass of
which heavy crops
is an article of
are cut, and hay
export, there being over 1,500 tons
sent to the Boston
market annu-
Good crops of corn, barley,
potatoes, &c, are also raised. The
town abounds in excellent granite,
ally.
which is a source of much profitable
employment to the inhabitants.
There is conManufactories.
siderable manufacturing in town.
One Paper
Mill annually
manu-
factures 309 tons wall paper, valued
at 869,365.
Nut and Bolt manu-
factory, annually
manufactures 250
tons of nuts and bolts, valued at
840.000, eighteen thousand pairs
of boots and shoes are annually
made, valued at 822,500.
Summer
Tourists.
Durham
is
and
for
many years
after the settle-
by
suffered exceedingly
it
Indian depredations and murders.
We append a few extracts giving
accounts of their deeds of cruelty,
which the
first settlers
suffered.
In 1694, when a large part of the
inhabitants had marched to the
westward, the Indians who were
dispersed in the woods about Oyster River, having diligently observed the number of men in one
of the garrisons, rushed upon
eighteen of them, as they were
going to their morning devotions;
and, having cut off their retreat
from the house, put them all to
death except one, who fortunately
escaped. They then attacked the
house, in which there were only
two boys, besides the women and
children. The boys kept them off
for
some
time, and
wounded
sev-
At length the Indians set fire to the house, and even
then, the boys would not surrender
till the Indians had promised to
spare their lives. The latter, however, perfidiously murdered three
eral of
them.
* See Dover.
�EAST KINGSTON.
or four of the children, one of
whom they fixed upon a sharp
stick, in the view of its mother.
The next spring, the Indians nar-
rowly watched the frontiers, to determine the safest and most vulnerable points of attack. The settlement at Oyster River was
selected for destruction.
Here
were twelve garrisoned houses,
amply sufficient for the reception
of the inhabitants but, not apprehending any danger, many of the
families remained in their unfortified houses, and those who were
;
in the garrisons,
were
indifferently
prepared for a siege, as they were
destitute of powder. The enemy
approached the place undiscovered, and halted near the Falls.
One John Dean, whose house
stood near the Falls, happening to
rise very early for a journey, before the dawn of day, was shot as he
came out
of his door.
now commenced on
The attack
all
points,
cruelties
were perpetrated, when
Major-General John Sullivan, of
was a resident of this town, and died here
the revolutionary army,
Jan.
trict
On
disasters are given in Belknap's val-
uable history of New-IIanipshire,
to which the reader is referred.
a native of
Judge of New-Hampshire.
occasions, he proved him-
all
self the firm supporter of the rights
of the country.
The Hon. Ebenezer Thompson,
Winborn Adams, and Hon.
George Frost, were also residents
of this town. The town was inCol.
corporated,
May
15, 1732.
Rev. Hugh Adams, settled in 1718, dismissed in
1739; Rev. Nicholas Gilman, ordained in 1741, died in 1748; Rev.
First Ministers.
John Adams,
settled in 1748, dis-
missed in 1778
;
Rev. Curtis Coe,
settled in 1780, dismissed in 1805.
Boundaries North by Madbury,
by Little and Great Bays,
south by New-Market, and west
by Lee. Area, 14,970 acres improved land, 9,948 acres.
Distances.
Thirty-five miles
south-east from Concord, eleven
north-west from Portsmouth and
five south from Dover
Railroads.
The Boston and
Maine Railroad passes through
this town in a northerly and
;
v
southerly direction.
the Indians, fearing that the inhabitants from the neighboring settle-
ments would collect against them,
retreated, having killed or captured between ninety and a hundred persons, and destroyed twenty houses, five of which were garrisoned. Minute accounts of these
He was
23, 1795.
Berwick, Maine, and was a distinguished commander during the
war; was President of the State
three years, and afterwards Dis-
east
where the enemy was ready. They
entered the house of a Mr. Adams,
without resistance, where they
murdered fourteen persons, whose
graves can still be traced. The
house of John Buss, the minister,
was destroyed, together with his
valuable library. He was absent
at the time, and his wife and family fled to the woods.
Many other
139
EAST KINGSTON.
Rockingham County.
surface of this
town
is
The
somewhat
uneven, but the excellent soil is
well adapted to the cultivation of
grasses and grains.
Powow River, having
source from ponds in Kingston,
passes through the south-west part
River.
its
of this town.
�NEW-HAMPSniRE GAZETTEER.
140
Employments.
Farming is the
principal occupation of the inhab-
crops of corn, potatoes, hay,
&c. The soil on the plains is a
sandy loam, and was formerly covered with an excellent growth of
fair
some of the farms being
itants,
under a high
96,000 pairs
state of cultivation.
womens
shoes are annually made. There is also quite
an extensive manufactory of stiffenings and inner soles, employing
pine.
Streams and Ponds. There are
no streams of any note in this
town. There are several ponds,
of which Snell's Pond is the prin-
twenty hands. 700,000 feet of lumber are sawed annually.
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $44,611; mechanical labor,
cipal one.
Minerals.
quality
is
Iron ore of good
found here also a vein
;
$ 32,500 stocks and money at interest, $ 6,650
deposits in savings
of sulphuret of lead
banks, §3,750;
inhabitants
;
Employments.
;
stock
in
trade,
Nearly all of the
engaged in ag-
are
There
some lumber
$9,415.
riculture.
Churches and SeJiools.
Methodist, Rev. J. W. Sanborn, pastor.
There are four schools in town;
average length for the year, twenty-two weeks. Jeremiah Morrill,
business carried on.
Resources.
Agricultural
Esq.,
.$
bequeathed
to
2,000, the interest of
this
ucts,
is
;
Churches and Schools.
to
be applied for the benefit of public schools in East Kingston.
First
fin,
Incorporated,
Rev. Peter Cof-
length of schools for the year, seventeen weeks.
William
Settlers.
ordained
in
1739,
W.
and
dismissed
in 1792.
,
S.
Merrill,
Boundaries.
North by Brentwood and Exeter, east by Kensington, south by South Hampton, and
west by Kingston.
Area. 3,445 acres of improved
land.
Forty-two
miles
south-east from Concord, six south
from
Exeter and twenty miles
south-west from Portsmouth.
Railroads.
Boston and Maine
Railroad.
EATON.
Carroll County. The surface
of this town is uneven. The soil
on the uplands
is
good, producing
pastors.
Robinson's Hotel.
Hotel.
First Settlers.
Distances.
Two Free-
will Baptists, Rev. J. Fletcher
and
There
are eleven school districts and
eight schools in town. Average
Abraham Smith.
November 17, 1738.
First Minister.
prod-
mechanical labor,
$4.500 money at interest, $3,988
deposits in savings banks, $3,441
stock in trade, $2,500.
town,
which
$92,614;
is
Eaton was grant-
ed to Clement March and sixty-five
others,
November
6,
1766.
It
included the town of
Madison, the whole with an area
of 33,637 acres.
First Church. A Baptist Church
originally
was formed
in 1800.
Boundaries. North by Conway,
east by Broomfield, Maine
South
by Freedom, and west by Madison.
Distances.
Seventy - one miles
north-east from
Concord, and
twenty-two north from Ossipee.
Railroads. The Great Falls and
Conway and Portland and Ogd ensburg Railroads form a junction at
North Conway, ten miles distant.
;
'
�EFFLNGIIAM
Conway Cor-
Six miles to depot at
ner,
on the Gt. F.
&
— ELLSWORTH.
C. R. R.
but a few years before the Revolution. Incorporated August 18,
1788.
EFFSNfillAITI.
Ministers.
First
Carroll County. The surface
of this town is uneven, there being several mountains of consider-
The
able elevation.
soil in
some
very good, and excellent
crops of wheat, corn, oats and hay
are produced.
Rivers
and Ponds. Ossipee
River and a few of its tributaries
are the only streams. Near Ossipee River is a pond four hundred
rods long, and two hundred and
seventy wide. Between Effiingham and Wakefield lies Province
Pond. There are three small villages in town, with post-offices,
viz. South, Center, and Effingham
parts
is
Falls.
Employments. Agriculture
is
the
employment of the inhabitants. There are various kinds
of manufactories in town, of which
principal
lumber, shoe pegs, bobbins, rakes,
and
grist mills are the principal
ones.
Agricultural
Resources.
ucts,
$5,000
$93,306;
:
money
prod-
mechanical labor,
at interest,
$4,459;
deposits in savings banks, $29.95;
stock in trade, $5,900.
ChrisChurches and Schools.
Rev. J. M. Colburn, pastor
Freewill Baptist, Rev. J. P. StinchMethodist and Confield, pastor
There are
gregational,
nine schools in town; average
length for the year, fifteen weeks.
tian,
;
.
Hotel.
Green Mountain House.
Masonic
Institution.
Literary
Institute, at the Center, J.
M. Co-
Settlements.
Effingham
was formerly called Leavitt's
Town. The first settlement was
Rev. Gideon
Congregational, settled in
1803 died in 1805.
Boundaries. North by Freedom
East by Maine line; south and
Area, 30,000
west by Ossipee.
Burt,
;
acres
improved land,
;
Sixty
Distances.
east from Concord,
9,025 acres.
miles
and
north-
five
north
from Ossipee.
Railroads. Great Falls and Con-
way
ELLSWORTH.
Grafton County.
This is a
romantic hamlet situated high up
in a great basin among the hills,
isolated from the rest of the world,
and full of tarns, brooks and mountains.
Ellsworth Pond, in the
south-east part of the town, contains about one hundred acres,
and affords a fine mill stream
called West Branch brook. Moulton brook, from Warren and Buzzell brook flows into this pond.
One of the three Glen Ponds is on
the western boundary, and a portion of Stinson Pond on the south
line.
Stinson brook flows through
the west part, and in the north
part is Kineo brook and Hubbard
brook, an affluent of Hubbard
Pond, in Woodstock. Mt. Kineo,
3,557 feet high, so called from an
Indian chief, is in the center, and
Black hill, formerly a great place
for moose, is in the valley between
Mt. Kineo and Mt. Carr. In the
south part
is
a portion of Stinson
mountain.
Indians.
burn, principal.
First
141
This basin was for-
merly a noted resort of Indians who
visited
ing.
it
for the purpose of hunt-
Relics of
them have been
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
142
found on the shores of Glen ponds.
Kineo, the chief, named from Eunnawa, meaning the bear, hunted on
the mountain bearing his name.
Ellsworth was
First Settlers.
granted to Barlow Trecothiek, May
1,
1769,
and was called Trecothiek
until 1802,
ed.
It
when
was
it
was
incorporat-
settled in 1792,
by Col.
station
Rumney,
is
North by Woodby Thornton and Campton, south by Rumney and West
by Warren.
Distances. Fifty-two miles from
Concord, and eighty-four from
Portsmouth.
Boundaries.
stock, east
Shortly after, Jonathan
T. Downing, Aaron Straw, and
Craige.
Gideon
The
moved
Hill,
into
town.
inhabitants, although not very
comforts of life, and
are a contented, frugal, virtuous
rich, enjoy the
and happy people.
First Minister.
tist
society
1820,
and
A Freewill Bap-
was formed previous to
Blake was the first
Israel
Employments.
successfully
ENFIELD.
Grafton County. The
Agriculture is
carried on.
Much
maple sugar is made and considerable lumber sent to market. Clover seed in large quantities was
formerly sold.
Resources.
Agricultural products, $20,800;
mechanical labor,
$1,700; stock in trade, $900.
Churches and Schools.
Freewill
Baptist, no pastor. There are two
schools in town; average length
weeks.
Summer Resorts. Ellsworth has
always been a noted summer refor the year, six
Hundreds of hunters, trappers and fishermen visit it every
year, and the basin in which Glen
sort.
ponds are situated
tourists each season.
is
alive with
There are no
spruce camp and
the lodge of green boughs answer
every purpose.
Minerals. In the neighbornood
of Stinson pond are numerous ores
and minerals, and on some of the
streams gold has been found.
Railroads. The nearest railroad
hotels, but the
town
surface
uneven, but the soil
is considered good, producing excellent crops of corn, wheat, oats,
of the
is
hay and potatoes. On many of the
and mountain sides are fine
pastures for sheep and cattle.
hills
Enfield
towns
minister.
six miles dis-
tant.
tiful
is
noted
among northern
for its diversified
scenery,
and beau-
its rivulets,
—the
valleys and hills
lakelets,
hills cult!
vated to their tops, and, in the
western part, rising into a considerable elevation, knoAvn as Mount
Calm, whose summits embosom a
pond two thirds of a mile long and
a third of a mile wide, and here
and there sink down into quiet
glens, fertilized by streamlets, and
dotted with farm houses. East,
Choate's, Jones, Shaker,
Goodhue
and George, are the names of the
principal hills, and Mascomy Lake,
East Pond or Crystal Lake, Spectacles, George, Mountain, and Mud
ponds, are the principal bodies oi
water/with mills at their outlets.
Mud Pond is mostly in Canaan.
Mascomy
River, taking its rise in
Dorchester, and running through
Canaan, is a considerable stream,
emptying into Mascomy Lake in
the north-west part. From marks
of a former shore running round
it, and logs found a dozen feet below the surface of the plain, extending about a mile south, this
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ENFIELD.
and
beautiful lake, four miles in length,
the Peace,
and of various breadths, would
seem to have been anciently considerably longer, and some thirty
Captain Richard Currier, whose
it now is at high
water mark, and its fall to have
been caused by a disruption and
lowering of its outlet in Lebanon.
At its head it receives a brook running from George Pond through
Centre Village, on which stream
are mills and factories. The other
principal brooks are Bicknell's,
flowing into, and Johnson's, flowing out of, East Pond, on both of
which are saw mills. At the foot
bf East Hill, about two miles easterly from the head of Mascomy
Lake, is East Pond or Crystal
Lake, with its single islet, whose
deep, clear water, about two miles
in length and three-fourths of a
mile in width, once abounded in
salmon trout weighing from two to
ten pounds, but which have been
exterminated by pickerel, introduced into the pond about half a
century ago. At the outlet of this
lake is one of the best unimproved
water privileges in the county.
feet higher than
Here was erected the first grist
mill and store in the town. The
village here was long known as
Johnson's mills, but now as East
village.
It was once the centre of
business of this and the adjoining
towns.
its
first
clothier,
house, erected before 1800, is in
possession 'of one of his grandsons.
Villages.
North Enfield* is one
of the most enterprising and important villages in the southern part
of Grafton County. It is located
on Mascomy river, about one half
mile from where it discharges its
waters into Mascomy Lake. The
river at this village produces some
very fine water power, which is
generally improved. There is one
card printing and job office, large
bedstead manufactory, two flannel
and hosiery mills, one of the largest grist mills in the State, large
tannery, lumber mill and various
other small shops. These various
manufactories employ about one
hundred males and females, who
annually receive for their labor
about $40,000, and produce goods
There are
valued at $365,000.
also six stores of all kinds, one
hotel, two churches, one large
graded school house, and about one
hundred dwelling houses.
The
Northern Railroad passes along
the southern border of the village,
where there is a depot, telegraph
and express office. At the Centre
there is quite a pretty village, with
considerable manufacturing. Here
is one hosiery manufactory, carriage and sleigh manufactory, tan-
two lumber
Here stands the mansion of
Judge Jesse Johnson, erected in
1803, and the occasional summer
nery,
x'esidence of his surviving children
two
and descendants. The old mansion house of Judge Johnson is
now owned by his son, George W.
mills, mai'ble
office,
Johnson, Esq., of Gasport, N. Y.
And here also resided two of the
town's eaidy and worthy citizens,
George Conant, Esq., Justice of
shop, grist mill, printing office and
other small shops. There are also
one good hotel, postone church, a large school
house, and about fifty dwelling
houses, some of which are very
fine dwellings. The Hon, James
TV. Johnson resides here, and has
*
stores,
The post
Eufield.
office
address of this village
is
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
144
one of the finest country residences
in the State. This village lies
three miles south-east from North
Enfield depot, and is connected
with it by stage, twice, daily.
At East Enfield there is a church,
school house,
saw
mill,
two or
three small shops, and eight or ten
dwellings.
Shaker village
is
located on the
south-western shore of Mascomy
lake. This village is divided into
what is termed three
families, viz.,
North, Center or Church, and
South families. The village is located about midway between the
two extremes of the lake, and they
own all the land on the lake for
The plain
two miles.
where the village is situated is
very narrow between the lake and
neai-ly
the hill (which rises quite abruptly),
but the
productive.
is very rich and
About twenty acres
soil
of their land, they devote to the
raising of garden seeds, and botan-
medicinal herbs. The hills afford some of the finest pasturage
Every thing about
in the State.
their fai-ms has an air of neatness.
Their cattle, horses and sheep are
of the very best quality, showing,
ic
with
all
their
peculiarities,
that
they are husbandmen whom it
would be for the interest of every
New-Hampshire farmer
Their
home farm
1,500 acres.
to imitate.
contains about
Their buildings are
modestly neat, and built more for
convenience and durability, than
beauty, although some of their
buildings have an expensive appearance, which is the fact. In
1837, the middle family built a
large stone building, four stories
high, 100 feet long and 56 wide. It
surmounted by a cupola, in
which is a bell weighing 800 lbs.
is
Every stone in the building is
mented and further fastened
ceto-
gether with iron trunnels.
The
whole expense of the building was
$ 35,000. At the time of its erection, it was considered the most
expensive building in the State,
except the State House. It is deThere are
voted to family use.
some other very good buildings,
among which is a large barn, the
most convenient of any in the State.
Their manufactures are not very
extensive, but their goods are of
the very best quality. They consist
of knit
goods,
tubs,
pails,
brooms, and distilled valerian, &c.
The annual value of valerian sold
The estimated
is about $4,000.
amount of all goods sold annually,
including garden seeds, is over
$ 30,000. All of the families worship together, and are under one
general board of Trustees. Their
number is about 200. As to their
religious creed, please see Canter-
bury, and for their early settlement
in Enfield, look at the early set-
tlement of the town.
greatest tragedies
One
of the
which ever
oc-
curred among the Shakers in this
town, was the murder of Caleb M.
Dyer by one Thomas Weir, in 1864.
their chief man in
business affairs, and was
extensively known throughout the
Mr. Dyer was
all their
and noted for his business
and honesty. Weir was an
unprincipled fellow, and voluntarily placed his children under the
State,
tact,
protection of the Shakers, but after
his return from the war he wished
to regain them.
Weir was
suffer-
ed to see them once or twice, but
he still called and insisted on havAt length his
ing the children.
frequent visits became a nuisance,
and Mr. Dyer refused to let him
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ENFIELD.
see the children,* at an unseasonable hour, and as the children did
not wish to leave their benefactors.
Of course Weir was more irritated,
and the next time came prepared
to see the children or seek revenge.
before, he was refused, and
while Mr. Dyer was trying to reason with him, he drew his pistol
and shot Dyer, the wound proving
fatal in a short time.
The loss of
Mr. Dyer was deeply felt by the
As
Historical Society.
There
is
a
historical society organized in this
town.
The Town's Early History.
In
year following the conquest of Canada by England, which
put a stop to the frequent murderous raids of the French and Indians from that quarter, upon the
1761, the
outlying
New-England settlements,
preventing their extension northwards, a rush of emigration took
business circles
pleasure to know
place in that direction from Massachusetts, Connecticut and South-
expiating his crime
under a sentence of thirty years and one day.
He was 52 years of age when he
ern New-Hampshire, the Governor of the latter State, having in
that one year chartered 60 towns
west and 18 east of the Connecti-
committed the crime, which virtually makes it a life sentence.
cut and Enfield, among them,
July 4th, exactly 15 years before
the Declaration of Independence.
Shakers, and
the
all
who had
Weir
him.
is
in the State Prison
Employments.
The people are
generally employed in agriculture,
manufactures are valuable, amounting to
over $ 450,000 annually.
but, as can be seen, the
Productions of the
Resources.
soil, $125,460; mechanical labor,
$54,300; stocks and bonds, $13,
900; money at interest, $49,550;
deposits in savings banks, $ 77,
520; stock in trade, $40,000.
Churjies and Schools.
Congregational, Rev. V. J. Hartshorn,
pastor;
Methodist, Rev. C. II.
Chase, pastor; Universalist, Rev.
C. Hayford, pastor;
S.
Henry Cummings,
There are
Shakers,
elder.
15 school districts
town
and
average length
for the year, 22 weeks; annual
amount appropriated for school
16 schools in
pui'poses,
Hotels.
Enfield,
$
;
2,420.73.
Granite State House at
and Mount Calm House
at the Center.
* It
on good authority, that the
wero opposed to leaving.
One still
remains with thew.
two
is
girls
stated,
Enfield, in the charter spelled
Endfield,
named
probably
Enfield in Connecticut,
after
was grant-
ed to 60 persons, all of whom,
(except 10 who were doubtless the
Governor's favorites, and resided
in or near Portsmouth), were wellto-do inhabitants of Eastern Connecticut, and most of them of
Windham
County.
The meetings
of these proprietors, were held at
inn of Amariah Storrs, at
Mansfield in that County, the first
twelve years, till December 1773,
after which they took place in Enfield or vicinity. But two or three
of the original proprietors, ever
resided in town. The book containing their proceedings from
December, 1773 to April 1781, has
the
been
lost.
The Governor
in this,
as probably in his other charters,
secured to himself the lion's share
—a select 500 acres, as marked on
the charter map — and among other
conditions, required, under penalty
of forfeiture, that the proprietors
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
146
should " plant and cultivate " about
2,000 acres, in the first five years, a
condition that, interested as many
them were in the settlement of
of
new townships, they found
themselves unable to perform. In
other
1766, a few months before the five
years expired, they dispatched Mr.
John
from Connecticut to
Portsmouth, to apply " to the Governor and Council of New-HampSalter,
shire, for a continuation of their
charter,
and also for an addition to
and renewed their
purchase, and compromises, succeeded in extinguishing the entire
claims under the Relham charter,
thus leaving the Enfield charter
undisputed and ending the "War
of the Charters," which had disquieted the town during eleven
years and retarded its settlement.
In 1775, 14 years after it was
chartered, the population
was but
and probably there were not
over 10 male heads of families. In
the following year, only 13 male
60,
said township,"
adults signed the Declaration of
exertions to settle the township.
But it should seem both their mis-
Loyalty, none refusing.
sion and efforts substantially failed
ter difficulties, the population
had
about
100
two years afterwards, August
1768, the Governor and Council,
In 1790,
years after the close of the char-
11
for
increased
8,
families.
treating the Enfield eharter as forfeited, re-granted " all that tract
or parcel of land, known by the
name of Enfield, to be known by
the name of Relham," * to an
entirely new set of 90 proprietors,
most of whom resided in and
And now
around Portsmouth.
began the " War of the Charters."
The validity of each being stoutly
asserted on the one side, and
denied on the other, the consequence was, that titles under either
were rendered uncertain and insecure, and feuds and collisions
occured between the claimants
Tinder the one, and those under the
ther, in attempting to reduce to
possession, and occupy the same
land.
This state of things was
finally put an
end to, mainly
through the efforts of Jesse Johnson, Esq.,
who
tion with other
Enfield
in 1779, in connec-
owners under the
charter, by
equivalents,
The
to
meeting house was
and removed in 1848.
first
built in 1798,
The
first
or
750,
minister settled was the
Rev. Edward Evans, in 1799, and
dismissed in 1805.
Origin of tlie Shaker Society.
Tradition has it, that onef Wilf-
The leading men of the Shakers,
field at
sion, in
at
En-
the present time claim that this ver-
every particular,
is
not correct.
They
claim that Ebenezer Cooley and Israel Chauncy,
without
voluntarily,
Williams,
came
to
invitation
from
Hartland, Vermont, and
from thence, with one Zadock Wright, journeyed to Enfield, and called upon James Jewett, a resident of what is now called Shaker
Hill, arriving September 1st, 1782, and the
first Shaker meeting ever hebl in New-Hampshire was at the house of Asa Pattee, near
In 1793, the frame of a
Mr. .Tewett's house.
church was raised on the west shore of Mascorny Lake, which house now stands, and is
now occupied as a place for their public worship.
The Shakers were
not, in the early days,
distinguished from others in their dress, and
would not to-day,
if
the world did not yield
to the calls of fashion.
They now
dress as
every one did one hundred years ago.
nnmed, probably, after some individual, as Relham or Rellian (it is spelled both
ways) was not, at that time, the name ot any
* So
place.
They also claim they have not changed in
mode of worship, or their zeal but are
same as they were eighty years ago.
The world has changed to be more liberal in
their
just the
;
�ENFIELD.
liams, a convert to this modified
Quakerism, then living in Grafton,
a town joining Enliehl on the east,
went to New-Lebanon, N. Y., and
induced two of the preachers of
the Shaker Society there, named
Cooley and Chauncey, to return
with him. We have the fact from
a record made at the time, that on
the 6th of September, 1782, these
two men came to Joseph Flint's,
Canaan, south road, and there
preached; but gaining no adher-
went
into
Enfield,
and
ents in that town, they
adjoining
the
one,
there succeeded in
verts of
some
making con-
of the
and
mechan-
staid
respectable farmers, and
—
and their families
among
were James Jewett, Ezekiel Stevens, Asa Pattee, Benjamin
Merrill and Zadock Wright, living
on Jones Hill, and the hill afterwards called after them, Shaker
northerly side of
Hill, on the
Mascomy Lake. They remained
on these hills, gaining some new beics
whom
lievers,
about ten years,
till
about
—when, effecting an exchange
1792
of land, they removed to the more
they have ever since
occupied, with large additions, on
the southerly side of the same lake.
For the first ten years, they were
not by their garb distinguished from
the " World's People," as they
fertile spot
their views,
and are willing to allow
classes the privilege to worship
to their
own consciences.
all
God agreeably
This
is
their view
of the facts relative to the Shakers and the
world's people, as they stood eighty years ago
in Enfield, and to-day.
It
is
gratifying to have the Shakers allow
that the world
is
progressing, and
intolerant, as years ago,
any improvement
if
is
not as
they do not claim
in themselves.
We
are led
to believe, however, that they, like all civil-
ized people, have changed for the better,
have more
years ago.
liberal views
and
than they had eighty
147
termed outsiders.
Six years after
their advent, they are called in tho
town records of 1788, " Shaking
Quakers," and the selectmen are
instructed to petition the legislature, stating " their conduct, "and
the
situation
risking for a
like other
of the
remedy.
new
town, and
At the
sects, the
start,
Shakers
were exceedingly wild, enthusiastic and extravagent in their beliefs
and religious exercises. But after
a time, they gradually settled down
into the sober, temperate, and
rational people they now are and
long have been. They have always
been remarkable for honesty and
industry. Like the same sect elsewhere, they hold their property in
common, take on themselves vows
of perpetual chastity, rejecting
even the institution of marriage,
and make dancing a part of their
religious exercises.
William Wil-
liams is said to be the person who
introduced the two preachers. He
was an honest, but eccentric man,
who, after living many years in
society, left it, and continued to
reside near it with his son William,
a man of wit and worth, deputy
sheriff, land-surveyor, town clerk.
The old gent died at an advanced
age, many years ago.
Notices of Early Settlers.
Most
of the early settlers of Enfield
came from Connecticut, Haverhill
and Chibano, a point near Salem,
Mass., and Hampstead, Plaistow
and South Hampton, N". H.
Jesse Johnson, Esq.,
Johnson.
was from Hampstead.
He made
purchase in Enfield in
1778, and in the next six years became the owner of nearly a quarter of tho township under its two
charters.
He passed much of his
time in Enfield, superintending
his first
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148
the clearing of his land and erecting mills, from 1778 to March 1787,
when he removed his family there,
and resided there
till
March
his 68th year.
11,
1800, in
his death,
In Enfield, he was made a magistrate and Representative, and discharged the principal town offices.
Hon. Jesse Johnson, oldest son
of the foregoing hy his first marriage, was born in Hampstead,
The
1762.
subject of this notice
in 1779, in his 17th year,
walked
to
Enfield, through the wilderness, to
aid in clearing his father's lands.
The year after he became of age,
he was appointed Justice of the
Peace, an office he held 32 years,
his death; was Proprietor's
Clerk, 30 years, one of the town's
earliest land surveyors, its first
magistrate and representative, a
delegate to the convention that in
1792 formed the present State Constitution, Judge of Probate, Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas,
and in 1812, nominee of his party
till
for Congress.
He
died Sept. 23,
1816, in his 54th year.
Gile.
Johnson
Gile,
an exem-
plary man, father of the late Daniel Gile, a gentleman of intelli-
gence and worth, and grandfather
of Bbenezer Gile, who occupies
the homestead, of Dr. Aaron Gile,
and of Mrs. Lydia (Gile) Conant,
late wife of G. W. Conant, Esq.,
came to the town from Hopkinton,
with his wife and two children, in
and died there, March 14,
1790, aged 38.
Bingham. Elisha Bingham was
born in Windham County Connecticut, and settled in Enfield about
1772.
Though illiterate, he seems
to have been a man of good capa1779,
city, his
town
name
officer.
often occurring as a
He had
a large fam-
His son Elias, born Aug. 29,
was the first male child born
in the town, and his daughter
Phebe, born January 7, 1778, probIn
ably the first female child.
1787, Mr. B. removed, with his entire family, to Jay, Essex County,
N. Y.
Jonathan PaddlePaddleford.
ford who has descendants in the
town, was, if not the first, among
the very first settlers.
He came
to Enfield with an adult family of
sons and daughters, from Ashford,
Windham County, Conn., where,
as early as 1765, he purchased several pieces of land from the original proprietors under the Enfield
ily.
1772,
and removed
between that year and
to Enfield
charter,
1772.
He
erected the second grist mill in the
town, afterwards known as Fol-
Mascomy Rivnear where the Shaker Mills
now stand. He died, July 13,
lansbee's Mills, on
er,
1783.
Capt. Nathan Bick-
Bieknell.
nell
came
to the town,
with his
wife and six children, in the
spring of 1777, from Ashford,
Conn., and resided east of East
Pond, where his son Isaac after-
wards
Bicknell's
lived.
was named
after
Brook
He
died in
him
Enfield.
Jachman.
Samuel
Jackman,
the ancestor of the Endfield Jackman, was from Haverhill, Mass.,
and came to Enfield about
when he bought
1779,
there a full right
of Jesse Johnson, Esq., on George
Hill.
Sanborn.
John Sanborn, land
surveyor, joined the Shakers, left
them and committed suicide about
1788.
He
lived on George Hill.
Kidder. Thomas Kidder came
to the town, from Alstead, in 1786,
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EPPING.
with his wife and children, who
were all of the Shaker church.
He was the father of Jason, born
in
1781,
among
man
long a
principal
man
the Shakers, and a gentle-
of refined manners, good tal-
ents and sterling worth.
Merrill.
came
to the
Joseph Merrill, Esq.,
town about 1795, from
South Hampton, was Justice of the
Peace, deputy sheriff, representative,
&c.
He was
a
man of enter-
and much inlluence.
Other early settlers before 1800.
Archelaus Stevens, Joseph MarsJonathan Johnson, Peter
tin,
Johnson, Moses Johnson, Benjamin Merrill, Moses Rowell, Jacob
Cochran, Capt. Asa Pattee, Theophilus Clough, Moses Jones, Jacob
Choate, Levi Webster, John Johnprise
son, half brother of Jesse.
North by Canaan,
Boundaries.
husbandman
gets a good
return
for his labor, both in his crops,
and
in the increased value of his farm.
Lamprey River, flowRivers.
ing from Deerfield and Raymond,
receives the Pawtuckaway coming
from Pawtuckaway pond, and runs
through the whole length of the
town from west to east, and north-
—North
River coming from
Saddleback
near
mountain passes through Deerfield and Nottingham, and joins
the Lamprey, in the north part of
the town. The Lamprey furnishes
some good water power.
east
Northwood
Villages.
On Lamprey
River, in
the southern center of the town,
is
located the village of Epping Corner. It is the seat of considerable
Here
trade and manufacturing.
are three churches, two school
two large shoe manufactowoolen mill, saw and grist
houses,
east by Grafton, south by Gran-
ries,
tham, and west by Lebanon. Area,
acres; area of improved
four or five stores, one hotel, post,
land, 15,425 acres.
telegraph and express
24,060
Fifty-nine miles (by
Distances.
railroad)
north-west
Northern
from Concord, twelve south-east
from Dartmouth College, and one
hundred and thirty-one miles by
The
rail north-west from Boston.
original distance by stage, was 42
miles to Concord and 105 to Boston.
The Northern RailRailroad.
road passes through the north-west
corner of the town.
EPPING.
town
is
sur-
moderately
uneven, but the soil is generally
good, and produces excellent crops
of corn, oats, and hay. Many of
the
farms
much
care,
are
and
other
mechanical
shops,
office, and
hundred dwelling
houses. At West Epping are two
stores, woolen mill, saw mill, postoffice and fifteen or twenty dwelling houses. About one mile north
from Epping Corner is a fine street
where fifty or sixty years ago the
larger portion of business in tow
was done. The large mansion
houses, seen there now, plainly
show that wealth and plenty dwelt
about
one
there
sixty
years ago.
On
this
Plummers, Ladds,
and other prominent men who, in
their day, were well known to the
State, and many of them held restreet lived the
Rockingham County. The
face of this
mills,
cultivated
with
in such cases the
sponsible positions in their town.
State
and nation.
Employments. The inhabitants
are principally engaged in agriculture, but manufacturing is an im-
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150
portant branch of industry. Over
280,000 pairs of sale shoes and boots
are annually made, valued at
$288,000 woolen goods are manu;
factured to the value of $19,000;
58,000 shingles; 1,700,000 feet of
boards and dimension timber are
annually sawed, valued at $19,900;
10,000 bushels grain ground, $10,
There are also hub
000.
mills,
blacksmith shops, planing mill,
Besides
wheelwright shop, &c.
distinguished citizens. He was a
of the United States Senate from 1802 to 1807, President of
member
the State Senate in 1810, and chief
magistrate of the State in 1812,
16,
and 18. William Plummer, Jr.,
was a member of Congress from
1819 to 1823. He died September
18, 1854, aged 65 years.
A CongregaFirst Ministers.
17,
was
tional society
established in
there are carpenters, painters, masons and butchers. (See tables.)
Productions of the
Resources.
Rev. Robert Cutler was ordained pastor in 1747; dismissed
in 1755 Rev. Joseph Stearns, ordained in 1758 died in 1788 Rev.
$102,064; mechanical labor,
Peter Holt, settled in 1793; dis-
soil,
$74,500;
stocks,
money
$28,300;
ings banks, $33,379
$39,125;
summer
and
at interest
deposits in sav;
stock in trade,
tourists, $2,500;
professional business, $10,000.
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
H. Stearns,
gational, Rev. J.
100
members; value of church property,
$ 3,000
son,
rector;
;
Episcopal, H. Fergu75
communicants;
value of church property, $ 3,500
Methodist, Rev. D. W. Downs,
pastor, 100 members; value of
There
church property, $2,000.
are eight schools in
town
;
aver-
age length for the year, nineteen
weeks.
Hotel. Pawtuckaway House, val-
ued
at $5,000.
Epping was
from
which it was taken February 23,
1741.
Its first settlement comFirst
Settlement.
originally a part of Exeter,
menced with the early history of
New-Hampshire, long before it
was severed from Exeter. One
hundred years ago it had rnore inhabitants than at the present time,
having a population of over 1,500,
being the fourth town in the county and the fifth in the State.
Wil-
liam Plummer was one Qf
most
its
1747.
;
;
;
missed in 1821.
Boundaries. North by Nottingham and Lee, east by Newmarket,
South Newmarket and Exeter,
south by Brentwood and Fremont,
and west by Raymond and Nottingham. Area. 12,960 acres; area
of improved land, 8,575 acres.
Twenty-nine miles
Distances.
south-east from Concord, eighteen
west from Portsmouth, and eight
north-west from Exeter.
Railroads. Concord and Portsmouth Railroad passes through the
town, in an easterly and westerly
Nashua, Epping, and
direction.
Rochester Railroad crosses the
Concord and Portsmouth at Epping
Corner. The Salisbury, Exeter
and Epping Railroad will have its
terminus here. With the growing railroad facilities, no doubt but
Epping will increase both in
wealth and population, within the
next ten years.
EPSOM.
Merrimack County. The
face of this
town
is
sur-
generally un-
even. The soil is good and well
adapted for grazing and grain.
There are some very fine interval
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151
of
carried to Canada, from whence
she returned after the close of the
and Ponds. Great and
Suncook Rivers are the
They afford
principal streams.
some very good water privileges,
many of which are not improved
French and Indian war.
There
were never any serious depredations by them, beside killing a few
farms,
pi'oducing
fine
crops
corn, oats, hay, &c.
Rivers
Little
to
their
Chesnut,
extent.
full
Round, and Odiorne's Ponds are
the principal bodies of water in
this town.
Mountains. McCoy, Fort, Nats,
and Nottingham Mountains are
the most noted elevations.
Brown oxide, and
Minerals.
sulphuret of iron are found in various localities.
A valuable mineral for paint (Terra-sienna)
found
Arsenical
here.
argentiferous galena, and
tite,
also
is
pyrites,
hema-
associated with quartz crys-
occur in several localities.
Employments.
The larger portion of the inhabitants are engaged
tals,
in agriculture.
About
600,000 feet
The
cattle.
people,
however,
were frequently frightened, and
would flee to the garrisons in Nottingham, whenever an Indian
alarm was given.
Maj. Andrew
of this town,
Mc Clary,
was
a native
killed at the bat-
Bunker's Hill, June 17,
In this battle he displayed
great
coolness
and courage.
When news of the battle of Lexington reached him, he left his
plough in the furrough, and hastened to the battle field.
First Ministers.
Rev. John
Tucker, ordained in 1761, dismissed in 1774 Rev. Ebenezer Hazeltine, ordained in 1784, died in
tle
of
1775.
;
1813.
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$6,400; stocks and bonds, $6,000;
money at interest, $ 8,250; deposits in savings banks, $63,492; stock
Boundaries.
North by Pittseast by Northwood and Deerfield, south by Allenstown, and
west by Pembroke and Chichester.
Area, 19,200 acres.
Distances.
Twelve miles east
from Concord.
Railroads.
Suncook
Valley
The Concord and
Railroad.
Railroad may pass
Rochester
through this town, east and west,
in trade, $11,900.
via Northwood.
of lumber is annually sawed.
A
considerable number of the people are engaged in making wo-
men's boots
and
shoes.
(See
tables.)
Resources.
soil,
$92,492;
Churches and Schools. Christian,
Rev. B. Dickson, pastor; Congregational, Rev. F. H. Wales, pastor; Freewill Baptist, Rev. Joel
Baker, pastor.
Hotel.
Suncook Valley House.
First
Settlers.
Epsom
was
granted to Theodore Atkinson and
others, May 18, 1727. It received
its name from Epsom, in England.
Indians.
McCoy was
August
21, 1747, Mrs.
taken prisoner, and
field,
ERROL.
Coos County.
tions the
soil
is
In some porgood, and fair
crops of oats, potatoes, and hay
are produced.
Rivers and Ponds.
In this town
several considerable streams unite
with
the
Androscoggin.
this river, in Errol, a large
of
Upon
amount
money ha« been expended in
dams and clearing the
erecting
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152
channel, for the purpose of driving logs from the upper lakes to
market, through tho whole season.
There are several ponds and small
streams, which abound with trout.
Agriculture is
Employments.
the principal employment of the
There
inhabitants.
is
but
little
manufacturing in the town.
Productions of the
Resources.
mechanical labor,
Boil, $20,929;
$1,600;
money
at interest, $1,200.
Dam House,
Hotels.
House, and Aker's House.
Errol
There are four schools
Average length of
schools for the year, eight weeks.
First Settlers. Erroll was granted to Timothy Ruggles and others,
February 28, 1774.
Incorporated
Schools.
in this
town.
December
28, 1836.
Boundaries.
North by Wentworth's Location, east by Umbagog Lake and State of Maine,
south by Cambridge and Dummer,
and west by Millsfield. Improved
land, 2,123 acres.
Thirty miles north
north-east from Lancaster, and
one hundred and fifty-nine miles
north north-east from Concord.
Distances.
EXETER.
Rockingham County. Exeter
half shire town of the county,
and was the third town organized
in New-Hampshire. It is situated
on both sides of Squamscot river,
which furnishes some valuable
water power.
is
The
erally
surface of the
level,
town
is
gen-
the soil quite good
and well cultivated.
Some
of the
ing their labor, with what they
and their receipts at
valued at $ 4,000,
paid for labor $300 farm productions, $ 2,300, of which $ 300 was
hired, $ 2,500,
$
5,068. 60 acres,
;
for
lumber.
show
This
is
sufficient to
that farming, if properly at-
tended
to,
will give a fair return
for the investment,
even in New-
Hampshire.
The town is watered
Hirers.
by Exeter River, by the Indians
At the falls
called Squamscot.
the tide water is separated from
Above
the fresh.
stream assumes the
the falls the
name
of Great
River, to distinguish it from one
of its smaller branches, called
Great River and its
Little River.
branches furnish some valuable
water power, which is generally
improved.
At Squamscot falls and
Village.
at the head of navigation, and, by
the course of the river about thirty
miles from the Atlantic, is situated the large and beautiful village
of Exeter. Here, near these falls,
commenced
the
first
settlement in
town under charge of the Rev.
John Wheelwright,* over two hundred and thirty years ago; and
ever since that date, Exeter has
been making a history for herself,
the State and Nation, in her eminent men, her popular schools, her
general improvements, and her
fine and picturesque village, as
honorable and as broad as any
town of her size in America. Here
are located two of the most popular
literary
country.
best farms in the State are in this
in
the
Acade-
my was
town.
institutions
Phillips Exeter
lips,
In 1870, a farm valued at
$ 20,000 returned the annual value
of production .$2,500, paying for
labor $ 400.
One $ 25,000, reckon-
founded by Dr. John Phila resident of Exeter, and a
charter was obtained from the leg* See note in other part of this
tive to the "
Wheelwright Deeds."
work,
rela«
�EXETER.
islature of
New-Hampshire, April
being the first charter
granted by the State for an institution of learning. It has been,
and is to-day, the most popular
institution of the kind in the counThe light from this institutry.
tion has reflected through such
1781,
3,
national men, as Lewis Cass, Daniel
Webster, John A. Dix, Edward
George Bancroft, John
and scores of other stars
quite as brilliant, that we might
mention if space would permit.
Through the generous bequest of
William Robinson, Esq., a native
and former resident of this town,
Everett,
P. Hale,
but who passed his latter years
in Georgia, the Robinson Female
Seminary was established in 1867.
was opened for the reception
153
Tho
wide and
elm and
maple. Some of the most ancient
and largest elms in the State, are
itants.
streets are
beautifully shaded with the
in this village.
vate
Many
residences are
of the pri-
among
the
most expensive in the State, while
some of the business blocks have
a metropolitan appearance.
Many
men
do business in Boston fifty
miles distant, and reside here,
largely because of its superior
school advantages, and other advantages not obtained in or near a
large city. The highways leading
from Exeter to Portsmouth, Rye
beach, Hampton beach, Newburyport, Kingston, Epping and Dover
are not to be surpassed by any like
number
in
New-England.
It is
This bequest
fourteen miles to Portsmouth, ten
to Rye, nine to Hampton, fourteen
sum of
$250,000 which will make a permanent fund in all time to come.
Thus far, the school has met with
unbounded success. (See Literary
Newburyport, six to Kingston,
Epping and sixteen miles
Exeter has furnished
to Dover.
her full share of public men both
Two
in the State and Nation.
It
of pupils, in 1869.
amounted
to
the large
to
eight to
governors, covering a
Institutions.)
There are eight church
edifices,
fifteen years;
six school houses, (one a large high
court,
school building,) three banks, from
forty to fifty stores of various kinds,
Attorney
three hotels, printing
office,
court
house, county buildings, one of the
finest depots in the State, one large
cotton
factory,
one large
brass
machine shop, foundry, machine
shop, carriage factory, potters' ware
works, besides wool pulling business on an extensive scale, shoe
making, harness making, monuments and marble works, tailors,
milliners and various other trades
common to a large New-Hampshire
village.
Their are also eight law-
two dentists,
many other professions and about
three thousand five hunched inhab-
yers, six physicians,
years;
space of
six justices of the
thirty-two
generals,
years;
three
thirty-seven
six presidents of the sen-
members of the U. S.,
house of representatives, two
U. S., senators, and many other
officers, both of State and Nation.
The tide rises about six feet at
Exeter and the river admits vessels of over 200 tons burthen.
Heavy articles, such as coal &c,
generally come up the river.
Employments. The larger porate,
six
tion of the people are generally de-
voted to manufacturing, mercantile
and professional business.
The Exeter Manufacturing Co.
annually produce 3,600,000 yards
cotton sheetings, valued at
fine
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
154
There are other manulumber, $ 21,100 flour and meal, $ 15,
200; foundry, $30,000; machine
shop works, $ 50,000 brass works,
$ 40,000 carriages, $ 10,000 wool
$
450,000.
factories annually producing
;
;
;
;
pulling
tin-
$250,000;
receipts,
manilla and brown
paper, $14,000; printing, $ 6,000
furniture, $5,000;
gas, $7,500;
ware, $ 14,000
;
custom boots and shoes, $
besides
milliners,
tailors,
3,000
black-
smiths, carpenters, painters and
other mechanical shops.
many
The
total value of
goods of
all
wool business,
employing 251 males,
kinds, including the
is
$
and
977,200,
135 females in its production.
Resources.
Agricultural produc-
mechanical labor,
$ 157,000; stocks and money at indeposits in savterest, $ 195, 100
stock in
ings banks, $ 198,341
trade, $ 191,250, and professional
tions,
$ 84,000
;
;
;
Exeter, for
many years, has been considered
a wealthy town, but its citizens
have had the reputation of contribbusiness,
$100,000.
uting as much money to assist in
building western railroads and
cities, as
any town in the
State, in
wealth.
It is to
proportion to
be hoped that
its
it
has worked no
material injury to their own town;
but if it has not, it is an exception
to the general rule in such cases.
Churches and Schools. 1st. Congregational, Rev. Swift Byington,
pastor church value, $ 35,000 2d
Congregational, Rev. George E.
;
;
pastor, value,
$ 25,000
Unitarian, Rev. Benjamin F. McDaniels, pastor
value, $ 14,000
Christ church, Episcopal, Rev.
Street,
;
Henry Ferguson,
rector;
$12,000; Baptist, Rev.
Chase, pastor; value,
value,
John N.
pastor; value $8,000; St. Mary's
Roman
Catholic,
Rev. Charles
Egan, priest; value, $3,000; Advent, no pastor, $ 1,500.
There are fifteen schools in town,
twelve of which are graded;
average length of schools for the
year, twenty-eight weeks number,
;
of scholars, 409 boys, and 361 girls;
total value of school-houses, $101,
Total amount of money annufor school purposes,
$17,062.74 or $22.15 to each scholar
in town; the average amount for
each scholar in the State, is $7.38.
000.
ally
expended
The public school advantages in
Exeter are second to none in the
State, and perhaps in the United
States.
Literary Institutions.
Phillip's
Exeter Academy, Albert C. Perkins A. M., principal; Robinson
Female Seminary, Eben S. Stearns,
principal
Exeter High School,
Albin Burbank, principal.
(See
;
Literary Institution.)
Exeter Town Libravolumes Private Libraries, Golden Branch, 1,500; Soule
Branch, 500. There are twentyeight libraries in town of 500 volumes or more.
Newspapers. Exeter News LetLibraries.
ry, 3,500
ter.
;
(See tables).
Banks. National Granite State
Bank, Exeter Savings Bank, and
Union Five Cent Savings Bank.
(See tables).
and
Hotels
Eating
Houses.
Squamscot House, American House
and Hoyt's House F. II. Hervey,
;
C. E. Folsom's Eating Houses.
First Settlement. The Rev. John
Wheelwright, in 1629, (who afterwards was banished from the Colony of Massachusetts, by reason of
$10,000;
his peculiar religious belief called
Methodist, Rev. Silas E. Quimby,
Antinomian opinions; purchased
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EXETER.
of the Indians a tract of country
a precipitate retreat, killing one
between the Merrimack and Piscataqua, extending back some fifty
person,
The deeds of these lands
signed by Fassaconaway,
chief sagamore of the Pennacooks,
miles.
were
on
living
three
Merrimack,
the
of other
chiefs
tribes
and
in
New England. The
this section of
consideration for these lands consisted in "coats,
tles."
In
shirts,
and ket-
1633, the authorities of
Portsmouth and Dover, agreed
with Wheelwright, that his proposed town at Squamscot Falls,
should be called Exeter. No settlement was commenced however,
until April
3, 1638,
when Wheel-
wright and others formed themselves, into a body politic, chose
their magistrate, and bound themselves by vote to sacred obedience.
In 1642, Exeter was annexed to
Massachusetts and Wheelwright,
by reason of his sentence, was
compelled to flee from his new
settlement, and from his brethren
in the
same
religious faith
— some
time after this, he was restored to
his former privileges, and was ordained at Hampton, in 1647, and
preached there eleven years.
The
first
settlers
suffered
more or
another
made
in
Exeter,
by Indian
depredations for many years. In
1675 one person was killed and
less
prisoner; in 1695,
two person were killed. In 1697,
the Indians had laid their plans to
make
a general massacre of the
and a total destruction
wounding another, and
away one child. The
guns were fired to frighten a few
women and children, who had
carrying
gone into the fields after strawIn 1707, another person
was killed; and in the spring of
Stevens, William
1709, Samuel
Moody and two sons of Jeremy
Gilman were taken prisoners at
"Pickpocket mills." In 1710, the
Indians killed Colonel Winthrop
Hilton, a meritorious citizen, with
two others, and took two prisoners.
Many others were killed or taken
captives, and much property destoyed by these savage incursions.
berries.
The town
as originally surveyed,
comprised within its borders,
Epping, New-Market, South NewMarket, Brentwood, Fremont, and
All of these towns,
Stratham.
with the exception of Stratham,
were formed into separate organIts popula-
izations, prior to 1775.
tion in 1775
was
1741.
Exeter has, during
its
history,
all
contained
periods of
among
its
eminent and useful men.
Hon. Samuel Tenney, General
Nathaniel Peabody, Hon. Nicholas
Gilman, General Nathaniel Folsome, Hon. Jeremiah Smith, Hon.
John Taylor Gilman, Hon. George
Sullivan, Hon. Tristram Shaw,
Hon. John S. Wells, and Hon.
John Sullivan, have filled high
and honorable positions, both in
the State and Nation. It has its
citizens,
who
stand high in
inhabitants,
citizens to-day,
of the town. They were concealed
in the thickets near by, preparing
for a vigorous attack. They were
frightened from their designs, by
hearing the reports of several guns,
the estimation of their townsmen,
and of the people in the State.
which led them to believe they
were discovered, and they made
First
Ministers.
Wheelwright
Rev.
John
settled in 1638, left
in 1642; Rev. Samuel Dudley,
ordained in 1650, died in 1683;
Rev. John Clark, ordained in 1698,
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156
died
in
1705;
Rev. John Odlin
Rev.
settled in 1706, died in 1754
Woodbridge Odlin,
dismissed
in
;
settled in 1743,
1776;
Rev.
Isaac
Mansfield, settled in 1776, dismissed
in 1787; Rev.
William
II.
Howard
boys and youths boots, brogans
and shoes the number of pairs
made exceeding that of any town
in the State. There are 13 manuen's,
—
factories with a capital of
$ 500,000
which employ nearly 1000 males and
who
annually receive for
settled in 1790, dismissed in 1828.
females,
North by NewMarket and Stratham, east by
Stratham, Hampton and Hampton
Falls, south by Kensington and
East Kingston, and west by Brentwood and Epping. Area of improved land, 3,675 acres.
their labor about
Forty miles southand fourteen
west from Portsmouth.
The Boston and
Railroads.
Maine Railroad passes through the
town in a northerly and southerly
direction. Trains stop at the station ten minutes for refreshments.
The Epping, Exeter and Amesbury
Railroad, will pass through here,
school building, twenty-five or thir-
when
er in the place, so is poverty.
Boundaries.
Distances.
east from Concord,
constructed.
FARUIINGTON.
$ 500,000, and produce 1,300,000, pairs of boots shoes
&c. valued at $ 1,700,000. Part of
these shoes are bottomed in the adjoining towns.
There are two banks, three
church edifices, one large high
ty stores of all kinds,
ing
office,
two
one job print-
hotels, three livery
post office, express and
telegraph office, three lawyers,
three physicians offices, one denstables,
1
tist's office,
and about three hun-
dred dwelling houses.
It is a very pleasant and busy
village, and, as idleness is a strang-
Employments.
Manufacturing,
Strafford County. The surtown is broken and rugged, but the soil when properly cul-
and mercantile trade are the principal employments of the inhabitants, although there are some very
fine farms, and good farmers in the
tivated yields fine crops
town.
face of this
Rivers
The Cocheco River pas-
ses through the north-east part of
the town affording some interval
lands along its banks.
Mountains. Blue Hill, or Frost
Mountain, extends in a north and
south direction neaidy through the
town.
Mount Washington, Monadnock, and hundreds of le-ss elevations, together with ships in
Portsmouth Harbor, can be seen
from its summit, in a clear day.
Village.
About one mile northwest from what is called the Dock,
is Farmington village. The inhabitants are extensively engaged in
the manufacture of men and wom-
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$ 504,000 stocks and bonds, .$ 10,
900; money at interest, $6,300; de
posits in savings banks, $ 143,635;
Resources.
soil,
$48,498;
;
in trade, $ 55,300
sional business, .$10,000.
stock
;
profes-
Churches and Schools. CongreRev. J. Smith, pastor;
Freewill Baptist, Rev. G. W. Park,
pastor Methodist, Elder Tebbets,
pastor; Advent, Rev. J. Smith,
pastor. There are fourteen school
districts, and eighteen schools in
town. Average length of schools
for the year, twenty- four weeks.
Literary Institution.
Farminggational,
;
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FITZWILLIAM.
ton
High School,
E. J.
Goodwin,
Principal— School Fund §3,000.
Hotels and Ealing Houses. Elm
House, Mechanics Hotel; and
Bickett and Wedgewood Eating
Houses.
First
was
Farmington
Settlement.
originally a part of Rochester,
but was incorporated as a distinct
town December,
First
1798.
Minister.
.
Durham.
Area,
extensively quarried.
The
Employments.
inhabitants
of Fitzwilliam are largely engaged
in manufacturing and stone quarrying.
fifty
Nearly one hundred and
are employed in the stone
men
Over 3,000,000 feet of
lumber is annually sawed 500,000
pails and 100,000 tubs are manufactured, besides carnages, sash and
business.
;
James
Rev.
Walker, Congregational, 1818.
North by New
Boundaries.
Durham and Milton, east by Milton, State of Maine and Rochester,
south by Rochester and Strafford
and west by Strafford and New-
improved lands,
suitable for whetstones.
Granite, of a superior quality, is
stones,
21,000
acres;
5,440 acres.
miles
Thirty-five
Distances.
north-east from
Concord, and
eighteen north-west of Dover.
Cocheco Railroad
Railroads.
passes through this town in a northwesterly and south-easterly direction.
FITZWII.LIAltt.
blinds, chair stock, &c.
(See table
of manufactories.
There are two pleasVillages.
ant villages in this town, which
are the seat of considerable business. There are three church edifices, three school houses, two postoffices, savings bank, ten or fifteen
stores of various kinds, and several
The valuable stone quarhotels.
ries, the extensive manufactories,
together with the fine scenery in
various sections of the town, which
draw hither hundreds of summer
tourists, every year, makes the
future prospects of Fitzwilliam
Cheshire County. The surface of this town is uneven, and the
very encouraging.
but suitably adapted for
grazing. There is a considerable
quantity of meadow land, which is
very pi'oductive.
Streams and Ponds. Camp and
ucts,
soil hard,
Priest Brooks
streams
are the
in town.
Rockwood's and
principal
South, Sip's,
Collin's
Ponds
are the only natural collections of
water.
Elevations.
Near the Center of
the town is a large hill, noted for
the delightful prospect it affords.
Gap Mountain, which,
a distance, appears to be a part of the
Monadnock, lies partly in this
town and partly in Troy, On its
at
summit are found various kinds of
Resources.
Agi'icultural
prod-
mechanical labor,
$53,606;
including stone
quarrying, $104,
000 ; stocks, bonds, and money at
intei-est, $19,170; deposits in savings banks, $66,640 stock in taide,
;
$15,225; from summer tourists, $8,
000; professional business, $18,000.
Library. Fitzwilliam Public Library.
Baptist,
Churches and Schools.
Rev. H. W. Day, pastor; Congregational, Rev. J. F. Norton, pas-
There are
Methodist,
twelve schools average length for
the year, twelve weeks.
Hotels. Fitzwilliam, Cheshire,
Sip Pond House, and Monadnock
House.
tor
.
;
;
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158
First Settlers.
originally
Fitzwilliam was
" Monadnock
called
Number
Four." The first settlement was made by Brigadier General Reed, John Fassett, Benjamin
Bigelow, and others, in 1760. General Reed was a revolutionary pa-
whose merits, as an officer,
and a true man, will long be remembered. Incorporated May 19,
triot,
1773.
First Minister. Rev. Benjamin
Brigham, Cong., ordained in 1771
died in 1799. Rev. Stephen Williams, settled in 1800
;
dismisssd in
of this mountain
covered with
almost a solid
ledge, affording a very extensive
woods, the other
view of the south-west.
Minerals. In the easterly part
of this town is a quarry of free-
which has been extensively
stone,
wrought.
It is of a
color, and,
when
marble of Vermont. Specimens of rock crystal
are found in the south part, and
plumbago occurs
Near the center of this
Village.
North by Troy and
by Rindge, south by
Royalston and "Wmchendon, Mass.,
and west by Richmond. Area,
of Francestown.
26,900 acres.
Distances.
Sixty
miles
south-
west from Concord, and thirteen
south-east from Keene.
Bailroads. The Cheshire Railroad passes through this town in a
north-westerly and south-easterly
direction.
the
the very pleasant village
is
It is neatly built,
being wide, and, in
places, beautifully shaded.
streets
many
It is the center of considerable
business from the surrounding
country. There are several stores,
one savings bank, one national
bank, one hotel, &c.
Employments.
Agriculture is
the principal employment of the
inhabitants. About 600,000 feet of
lumber are annually sawed also,
;
FKANCESTOWN.
Hillsborough County. The
surface of this town is uneven and,
in some parts, stony;
but the
quality of the soil is warm, moist,
and very productive.
some good interval.
Rivers and Ponds.
There
is
Haunted Pond.
The two
These two ponds
principal
fancy boxes, fancy writing desks,
kits, pails, &c, are manufactured.
Resources. Productions of the
soil,
$51,556;
$9,800
money
mechanical
labor,
stocks and bonds, $33,900
;
at interest, $8,300
in savings banks, $87,000
;
deposits
;
stock in
trade, $12,680; professional busi-
south branches of Piscataquoag
River have their rise in this town
the largest branch from Pleasant
Fond, and the other branch from
are the
water.
in the north part
of the town.
town
Bottndaries.
dark greyish
polished, resem-
bles the variegated
1802.
Jaffrey, east
is
is
collections
of
Mountain. Crotched Mountain
has an altitude of six hundred feet
above the common in the center
of the town. One of the summits
ness, $10,000.
Library. Home Circle Library.
Literary Institution.
Frances-
town Academy,
J. E. Vose, prin-
cipal.
Churches and Schools. CongreRev. H. F. Campbell,
pastor. There are ten schools in
this town average length for the
year, twenty-one weeks.
gational,
;
Hotel.
Francestown Hotel.
Francestown de-
First Settlers.
�FEANCONIA.
rived its name from Frances, the
wife of Governor Wentworth. It
was first settled by John Carson, a
Scotchman, in 1760, and was called
New Boston Addition. It was incorporate!
June
8,
1
by
1772.
its
present
name
Mr. James Wood-
bury was a soldier in
French war, and engaged
Gen. Wolfe when he was
the siege of Quebec. He
the old
beside of
killed at
also be-
longed to the company of rangers
commanded by the immortal
Stark. He died March 3, 1823.
First Minister. Congregational,
Rev. Samuel Cotton, 1773. Rev.
Moses Bradford, settled in 1790;
dismissed in 1827.
Boundaries. North by Deering,
and Weare, east by Weare and
New Boston, south by Lyndeborough and Greenfield and west by
Greenfield and Bennington. Area,
18,760 acres.
Distances. Twenty-seven miles
south-west from Concord, and
twelve north-west from Amherst.
Railroads. Stage passes through
this
town from Hillsborough
Bridge to Milford. The Manchester and Keene Railroad will pass
through this town.
FRAA'COXIA.
Grafton County.
is
Franconia
considered one of the mountain
towns in n< >rthernNew-Hampshire.
Along some of the streams, there
is considerable interval land, which
is very fertile and productive, yielding fine crops of oats, potatoes, and
hay.
Large quantities of Maple
Sugar are annually manufactured
here.
Str< urns and Ponds.
Several
branches of the Lower Ammonoosic have their rise in the mountain-
ious tracts
on the
east.
Ferrin's
159
Pond near " Notch " is the source
of "Middle Branch," one of the
principal branches of Peniigewas-
Echo Lake, about one
mile in length and three quarters
of a mile in width, lies at tho foot
of Mount Lafayette. It is almost
set River.
entirely protected, from violent
winds.by lofty hills which surround
it on all sides.
The report of a gun
fired upon its shores may be heard
distinctly several times, thus imi-
tating
successive
discharges
of
musketry.
Scenery.
The varied scenery
in
and around Franconia is not to be
excelled in any section of the White
Mountain district. No visitor has
thoroughly finished his tour to the
Mountains until 4e visits Franconia
and views its natural curiosities.
The Franconia mountain pass, presents to the traveler some of the
wildest scenery in the country, and
must ever remain as one of Na-
where the grand
and beautiful are so perfectly blended in its wild and rugged form.
The " Old Man of the Mountain ;"
" the Basin ;" " the Flume,' are all
worthy of a visit from lovers of
grand natural scenery. For a more
particular description see "Notes
on mountains in New-Hampshire.
Summer Besort. Franconia has
ture's curiosities
1 ''
become
quite a resort for
summer
about seven hundred persons- permanently board
there
through the warm season of the
tourists,
year, besides the transient visitors
who are
ing.
constantly going and comThere are three hotels, besides
seven or eight large summer boarding houses for the accommodation
of visitors. Almost every house has
a few boarders. There has been a
large Iron Manufactory in successful operation for a number of years,
�160
NEW-HAMPSnillE GAZETTEER.
February
but at the present time it is not doing
others,
any business. The ore which has
supplied this manufactory has been
taken from a rich mine, within the
limits of the town of Lisbon. 250
tons of pig iron, and from 200, to
300 tons of bar iron were the an-
The
first
ers, in 1774.
nual productions of this establish-
ment.
Employments. Agriculture, and
keeping summer boarders are the
principal employments of the people.
280 tons of
clapboards,
starch,
150,000
410,000 shingles,
and
14,
1764.
settlement was made by Captain Artemas Knight, Samuel Barnett, Zebedee Applebee, and oth-
Boundaries. North by Bethlehem, east by ungranted lands,
south by Lincoln and Landaff, and
west by Lisbon.
Area, 32,938
acres improved land, 5,369 acres.
;
Distances.
Eighty miles (via
Plymouth) north from Concord,
and twenty-eight North-east from
Haverhill.
1,45G\000 feet of boards, &c, are an-
Railroad. White Mountain Rail-
nually produced, besides bobbins,
cabinet work, boots and shoes,
road passes through Lisbon, the
iron
work &c.
Resources.
soil,
(See tables.)
Productions of the
$68,428;
$25,500
myhanical
town adjoining on the west,
dis-
tant about five miles.
FRANKLIN.
labor,
and money
$18,675; from summer
stocks, bonds,
Merrimack County.
$19,450; deposits in savings banks,
In proportion to its population, Franklin
is the most important manufacturing town in the State.
It was
$4,165; professional business, $10,
formed from four towns, Decem-
;
at interest,
tourists, $120,000; stock in trade,
000.
ber
Churches and Schools.
Baptist,
Freewill
There are
Average length of
.
five schools.
schools for the year, ten weeks.
Hotels.
Profile, Lafayette,
and
Valley Houses. The Profile House
is the largest and the best patronized house in the White Mountain
no uncommon thing
have from four to
five hundred guests at one time.
It is enough to say that their accommodations are not suflicient
for the demands made on them in
region.
It is
for the house to
the season of summer travel to
the mountains.
The other hotels
are fine, commodious houses, with
accommodating landlords, and
have a fair patronage.
First Settlements. The town was
originally called Morristown, and
was granted to Isaac Searle and
24,
1828, viz.
a small portion
of Andover, which bordered on
south-western bank of the
Pemigewasset River, a small gore
of Sanbornton, lying between the
Pemigewasset and Winnipiseothe
gee Rivers; a portion of Northfield, bordering on the south side
of the Winnipiseogee, and the
east bank of the Merrimack River;
and a portion of Salisbury
which bordered on the western side of the Merrimack and
Pemigewasset rivers, thus cutting
off Andover from the Pemigewasset, and Sanbornton and Salisbury
from the Merrimack.
The whole area taken from
these four towns, only formed a
small township of about 9,000
acres. The soil, on the river, is
generally sandy, but produces fine
crops,
when
properly
cultivated,
�FRANKLIN.
and some of the best farms
may be found
county
The Webster farm
tion
in this
in the
town.
lies in that por-
which formerly belonged
to
The father of Daniel
Webster removed to this farm
and built the main house now
Salisbury.
There
standing.
now
is
(1873)
growing in the front yard a large
elm, which was set out by Daniel
Webster,
June
when he was a
17, 1&73,
boy.
through an invi-
given by the citizens of
Franklin to the Webster Club of
Boston, who were the old, tried
friends of Daniel Webster, and
tation
to the
Governor and Council, and
members
of
the Legislature of
New-Hampshire, and other people
in the surrounding towns, there
was a meeting
at this old
home-
stead for the purpose of calling to
mind
the days in the past,
Webster made
his
annual
for his energetic efforts to
establish this institution
it
and have
Nathaniel
Concord, Hon.
located in Franklin.
White, Esq., of
Dexter Richards, of Newport, and
many others, who will be hereafter mentioned, deserve commendation for their liberal donations
of money to this humane work.
officers of the home are making extensive improvements by
erecting new buildings, etc.
Pond.
Webster Pond is situated near the Northern Railroad, in
the Andover portion of the town.
It is a beautiful sheet of water,
and is much resorted to in the
The
summer months,
parties.
Judge Thomas, Hon. Geo.
Hon. Peter Harvey of
Boston, and Governor Straw and
John H. George, Esq., of this
State, were very interesting and
impressive, and will long be remembered by those who had the
sion by
S. Hilliard,
pleasure of hearing them.
A few years ago this farm was
purchased for the purpose of establishing an Orphans Home.
It
1
in successful
mith
visit,
The Hon. Judge Nesmith of
Franklin, presided over the ceremonies of the day, and, on taking the chair, gave a short and
touching biographical sketch of
the Webster family.
The speeches, made on this occa-
now
A. Mack as superintendent,
has been very active for its
success from the day of its inception. The citizens cannot give too
much credit to Judge G. W. Nes-
D.
who
when
with invited friends, to the place
of his birth, his boyhood haunts,
and the graves of his father and
mother.
is
161
operation,
under the immediate care of Rev.
for pic-nics
and
Near the confluence
Pemigewasset and the
Winnipiseogee rivers, thus forming the Merrimack, is the large
manufacturing village of Franklin.
But few, if any, towns in the
State have made such rapid proVillage.
of
the
gress for the past fifteen years, in
manufacturing, and
wealth it having increased in
each nearly one hundred per cent.
The water power in this village,
with one exception, is the best
population,
—
and most
The
reliable
in the State.
principal manufactories are
on the Winnepiseogee, which never fails, having as a reservoir the
Winnipiseogee and Winnesquam
There is an immense
Lakes.
power on both rivers at this point
still unimproved.
The principal manufacturers are
the Winnipiseogee Paper Company, who manufacture book and
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
162
news paper, and annually produce
tons of paper, valued at
$625,000 the Franklin Mills, manufacturing fancy flannels, of the
best quality for shirtings, annually
2,496
other professions, and over three
hundred dwelling houses.
Some
;
of the business blocks are
and some of the
fine structures,
in
McCounel, belt
scenery,
;
;
$35,000;
en,
lumber
mills,
lacings, 1,100 doz-
besides
tin
carriages,
ware,
stoves,
blacksmiths, shoe shops, harness
makers, marble works, printing,
tailors, millinery, and other me-
The
chanical shops.
total capital
nvested in manufacturing in the
Number of
village is $1,145,000.
males
329.
employed, 478; females,
Annual pay roll, $333,000.
Annual production, $2,490,000.
There are four church edifices.
Two
large school houses, academy,
bank, from thirty to forty stores of
all
kinds,
stables,
two
two livery
telegraph and
six lawyers, four
hotels,
express,
printing offices,
physicians, one
dentist,
various
residences are the
private
producing 1,500,000 yards, valued
at $750,000 the Franklin Woolen
Co., manufacturing beavers, tricots, broadcloths, &c, valued at
Walter Aiken, pro$400,000;
ducing 55,000 dozen woolen hose,
vamed at $192,500; A. W. Sulloproducing 45,000 dozen
way,
Shaker socks, valued at $150,000;
Walter Aiken's machine shop,
manufacturing knitting machine
and other machinery,
needles,
valued at $50,000; Curtis & Lake's,
wool pulling establishment, annuF. H. Aiken,
al sales, $75,000.
manufactures brad awls, saw sets,
valued at $25,000;
tools, &c,
Sleeper & Hancock, door, sash,
and blinds, $25,000; Stevens &
Sanborn, machine shop, $6,000;
Taylor & Co. foundry, $15,000;
Jewell & Johnson, grist mill,
grind 35,000 bushels grain of all
kinds, valued at $30,000 Thomas
county.
the
The
best
Northern
Railroad passes along the western suburbs of the village, on a
high bank, affoi'ding a fine view
of nearly the whole village at a
glance.
Cemeteries.
etery
is
The
principal
cem-
situated on a plain about
one hundred rods easterly from
the village, considerably elevated
above it, and is truly a delightful spot for the final resting place
hold most dear. As
said, "All is quiet
yet, within the inclosure, the visitor, with a single
glance, may behold the distant and
gradually rising hills toward the
west, and the puffing locomotive,
with its almost endless train;
while, a short distance below, is the
union of the Pemigewasset with
the Winnjpiseogee, and before
of those
we
one has well
around, and
him
the busy village
with
its
—the
whole
and
variety
beauty, presenting a striking contrast to the stillness of the sacred
grounds, and forcibly reminding
him that there is but a step between the abodes of the living and
" the city of the dead." The Sanborn cemetery is one mile east,
and on a corresponding elevation,
overlooking the village and the
river. Both of these cemeteries
belong to incorporated companies,
and there are some fine and expensive monuments in their grounds.
The Webster place cemetery is the
oldest in town. In these grounds
rest the ashes of the parents of
Daniel Webster, and of others of
his kindred. Another cemetery
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FRANKLIN.
on the river road,
lies
in the north
part of the town.
The
prosperity of Franklin, like
that of Keene,
Newport, Rochester,
Lebanon, Littleton and Farmington
is
owing
largely to the enterprising
own inhabitants, who
invest their surplus capital for the
spirit of its
growth and welfare of their own
town and do not seek investments
in the West, and quietly wait for
foreign capital to come in and
build their workshops and mills
;
while they stand ready to sell their
corner lots at advanced rates. If
people wish to have their own
towns increase in wealth and population, let
them invest
their
own
surplus money in them, and foreign capital will surely come in
and
assist
them
in
enter-
their
Christian, Rev.
O. J.
Waite, pastor. There are sixteen
schools in town, seven of which
are graded average length for the
total
twenty-two weeks
year,
amount of money annually appropriated for school purposes,
pastor;
;
;
$4000.50.
Literary
Franklin
Institution.
Academy, Charles A. Jewell,
prin-
cipal.
Libraries. Franklin Library Association,
1500
volumes
Aiken
;
Library Association, 800 volumes.
Private libraries of 500 volumes
or more
Judge G. W. Nesmith,
1,500 volumes; Jonas B. Aiken,
500; David Gilchrist, 600 M. B.
Goodwin, 4,000; A. F. Pike, 2,000;
Daniel Barnard, 1,200; Rev. Dr.
Savage, 1,500; Rev. O. J. Waite,
:
;
John W. Simonds,
prise.
500;
Employments. As can be seen in
the foregoing, Franklin is a mercantile and manufacturing town;
although in proportion to the area
of improved land, its agricultural
productions are as valuable as
those of any town in the county.
The amount of lumber sawed, of
Na-
thaniel Sanborn, 600.
all
kinds,
laths,
is
600,000 shingles
and 800,000
and
feet of boards,
valued at S 1-2,000. The total value
of goods of all kinds manufactured
is
(See tables.)
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$ 79,000
$2,498,400.
Resources.
soil,
$334,800
;
;
stocks and
money
at in-
terest, 61,700; deposits in savings
banks, $123,057; stock in trade,
$159,450;
$
professional
business,
Franklin Savings Bank.
(See tables.)
Merrimack Jour-
Newspaper.
nal.
(See tables.)
Hotels.
Webster
Churches and Schools. First Baptist, Rev. J. F. Fielding, pastor
Freewill
Baptist, Rev.
James
Rand, pastor Methodist, Rev. J.
Dearborn, pastor; Congregational, Rev. W. T. Savage, D.D.,
;
House
and
Franklin House.
Boundaries. North by Hill and
Sanbornton, east by Sanbornton
and Northfield; south by Northfield, Boscawen and Salisbury, and
west by Salisbury and Andover.
Area, 9,200 acres; area of improved land, 7,376 acres.
Distances. Twenty miles, by rail
road, north from Concord.
Railroads. The Northern Railroad passes through this town,
from Concord, in a northerly and
northwesterly
80,000.
W.
Bank.
1,000;
direction.
When
from Franklin, to form a junction with the
Montreal Railroad at Tilton, and
thence to Alton Bay, their railroad
facilities will be equaled by but
few towns in the State.
the railroad
is
built
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164
FREEDOM.
surface
uneven, but the soil is well
adapted for grazing and tillage.
Hirer and Lakes. Ossipee River
is the only stream of any imporis
some excellent
of which but very
tance.
The Ossipee
factories, see tables.)
Bank
Valley Savings
and
here,
is
are
there
money
at interest,
pro-
$
6,225
deposits in savings banks, $13,918;
stock in trade, $ 9,066
tourists,
$
;
from sum-
Mr.
town.
Stenchfield,
W.
Baptist,
pastor;
Hobbs, pas-
There are ten schools in this
Average length for the
Freedom was
formerly called North Effingham
and was taken from Effingham,
and Ossipee Gore, and incorporated
by its present name, June 16, 1831.
Boundaries.
North by Eaton
and Madison, east by Parsonsfield,
south by Effingham, and west by
Ossipee. Area of improved land,
;
7,847 acres.
Distances.
east
Sixty miles north-
from Concord, and ten north
from Ossipee.
Railroads.
several other small streams, which
some good water power.
Loon Pond, in the north part is the
principal body of water.
furnish
A
Employments.
large portion
of the inhabitants are engaged in
ufacturing
carried on,
is
manwhich
will be largely increased
now
Nashua and Rochester
railroad
the
The
the town.
of boots and shoes annu-
passes through
number
is
30,000 pairs;
and 1,500,000 feet
boards, and dimension timber is
30,000 shingles
Carroll House.
First Settlements.
and theoretical farmers in
town, and their combined practice
has proved successful and remuner-
tical
ally manufactured,
year, ten weeks.
Hotel.
the inhabitants industrious and
prosperous. There are some prac-
agriculture, but considerable
3,500.
Churches and Schools.
Christian, Rev. A.
is
River and Pond. The town is
watered by Squamscot River and
ducts, $67,402; mechanical labor,
;
The
County.
generally level, and the
soil of good quality.
As a general
thing the farms are well tilled, and
surface
ative.
Agricultural
Resources.
tor.
FREMONT.
Rockingham
several
of various kinds, doing a
fair business.
Rev.
When
completed, the Ossipee Valley
Railroad will pass through this
town.
located
stores,
mer
Falls and Conway Railroad.
It affords
water privileges,
Part of Ossipee
little is improved.
Lake lies in this town.
The inhabitants
Employments.
are generally engaged in agriculture. There are some very fine
farms in Freedom, under a high
(For manustate of cultivation.
$ 5,800
on the Portsmouth, Great
station,
The
Carroll County.
sawed, valued at $19,000; besides
there are spokes, hubs, shoe boxes,
and palm leaf hats produced. (See
tables.)
Resources.
Agricultural produc-
tions, $56,862:
$21,500;
mechanical labor,
money
at interest,
$15,
savings banks,
$5,423; stocks and bonds, $4,400;
stock in trade, $ 6,000.
865;
deposits in
MethoChurches and Schools.
and Baptist are both supplied
by transient preachers. There are
dist
By
Express team
Centre
daily, eight miles to Ossipee
four schools
in town.
Average
�GILFORD.
length of schools for the
nineteen weeks.
First Settlements.
This
was
was
formed
from
Brentwood,
w:is
originally a part of
It
was incorporated June
Exeter.
22, 1764,
the
town
and
originally called Poplin,
which
July
year,
and changed
The
8, 1854.
first
to
Fremont,
precise date of
settlement
is
not known.
Rev. Orlando Hines, was the
first
minister.
North by Epping,
Danville and Sandown, and west by
Chester and Raymond. Area, 10,
320 acres; improved land, 4,449
Boundaries.
east by Brentwood, south by
Mountains. Suncook Mountain
extends in a towering pile through
its eastern portion nearly to Lake
Winnipiseogee.
The Winnipiseogee
Villages.
River, from the outlet of the lake
to the bay, separates the
town from
Laconia. On this river, in its
course of about two miles, are situated the two growing villages of
Lake Village and Laconia (formerly called Meredith Bridge). The
rapid growth of these two villages
has nearly connected them, so that
they now form one of the largest
centres for manufacturing and mer-
These
towns of Gilford and Laconia, and are connected by bridges over the Winnipiseocantile trade in the State.
villages are in the
acres.
Twenty-four miles
Distances.
south-west from Portsmouth, ten
west from Exeter, and thirty southeast from Concord.
GILFORD.
Belknap County.
Gilford
is
the shire town of the county it
ranks in population the eleventh,
in wealth the twentieth, and in the
;
annual value of
its
productions, the fourth
agricultural
town
in the
of the town is
uneven but the soil is generally
very productive and under a high
State.
165
The surface
state of cultivation.
WinnipiseoRivers, •Ponds &c.
gee River washes its eastern border in its passage from Long to
Winnisquam Lake, for a distance
of nearly two miles, and affords
water power in
Gunstock and Miles
the State.
Rivers have their rise in Suncook
Mountain and flow in a northerly
direction into Winnipiseogee Lake.
There are two ponds, Little and
Chattleborough. There are two
some of the
finest
gee River.
Lake
village
is
pleasantly situat-
ed at the foot of Long Bay, which,
at the Wiers, forms the outlet of
Winnipiseogee Lake. In this village are several hosiery manufactories, a cotton and a woolen manufactory, the Boston Concord and
Montreal Railroad repair and Machine shop, a large foundry and
machine shop, Wardwell Needle
Manufactory, knitting machine
manufactory, Photographer, sawmill, &c. There are also twenty
or thirty stores, four churches, one
large hotel, savings bank, newspaper office, and about 2000 inhabitants.
At Laconia village near Winnisquam Lake, are located the celebrated Ranlet Car Manufactory,
several hosiery mills, woolen and
cotton mills, sash and blind, iron
foundry, machine shops, gas works
and mechanical shops of various
kinds common to a thriving
islands in the lake belonging to this
New
town.
are
England
five
village.
church
edifices,
There
sev-
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
166
eral school houses, Court House,
three banks, one newspaper office,
thirty or forty stores, two hotels,
various professional offices and
about 3000 inhabitants. Some of
the public and business buildings
are fine structures, and compare
favorably with buildings of a similar character of any city or large
town in the State. The streets are
wide and lighted by gas and some
of them very pleasantly shaded by
which are many
trees, behind
splendid residences adorned with
beautiful gardens and green lawns,
and the generally thrifty appear-
value of $120,000. Men and women's cotton and worsted hose, shirts
and drawers annually manufactured, are valued at nearly $ 250,
250,000
10,000 clapboards;
000;
shingles 3,575,000 feet of boards,
together with the sash, blind and
planing of boards are annually valued at $129,000. The total value
of manufactured goods of all kinds,
annually produced, is $734,000.
(See Tables.)
Productions of the
Resources.
;
soil,
$247,290; mechanical
money
labor,
&c,
$28,700;
interest, $22,600; de-
stocks,
$185,800;
at
sections ren-
posits in savings banks, $230,989;
ders this village delightful and attractive. The inhabitants of the
two villages are earnestly discuss-
stock in trade, $42,630 from tourists, $10,000; professional business,
ance to be seen in
all
ing the question of forming three
towns out of the towns of Gilford
and Laconia and having these villages the centre of two of the towns.
The arguments produced
for such
About
a change, are plausible.
four miles east from Lake Village
In
is Gilford village (or centre).
this village
store,
is
school
a church, town house,
house,
post office,
and
some small mechanical shops.
Employments. The employments
forty or fifty dwelling houses,
of the people are nearly equally divided between agriculture, on the
one side, and manufacturing, trade
and professional business on the
other.
About 3,000 bushels of
wheat, 12,000 bushels of corn, 5,000
tons of hay, &c., are annually produced. The Boston, Concord and
Montreal machine shops, annually
turn off work in repairing, manufacturing cars, &c, to the value of
$140,000.
Two iron founderies
and machine shops, annually produce loom castings, stoves, plows,
cultivators, and water wheels to the
;
$80,000.
Summer
Resorts.
The
delight-
with the fine
scenery of the surrounding country, cause many tourists to make
their home in this town through
the warm season, away from the
ful villages, together
noise, filth
and impure
air ot the
large cities.
Churches and Schools. 1st Freechurch, Rev. S. C.
Kimball, pastor number of members, 140, church value, $10,000;
2d F. W. Baptist church, Rev.
will Baptist
;
Frank Lyford, pastor; number of
members, 114, church value, $8, 000
3d F. W. Baptist church, Rev. H.
Kimball, pastor; number of
160, church value, $10,
000; Calvin Baptist, Rev. K. S.
S.
members,
Hall, pastor;
number of members,
110, church value, $15,000;
Advent,
There are
fourteen school districts, and seventeen schools in town; average
H. B. Cutter, pastor.
length of schools for the year, sixteen weeks. Total amount annually appropriated for school purposes, $3,015,55.
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GILMANTON.
MOUNT BELKNAP HOUSE.
Hotels.
Mount Belknap House,
of agricultural products exceeded
town in the State. The
Laconia Hotel and
Willard Hotel, Laconia Village.
that of any
surface
is
The
the soil
is
Lake Village.
total value of
Hotels
is
$75,
000.
This town was
originally a part of Gilmanton, and
First Settlers.
was incorporated June 16, 1812.
James Ames and S. S. Gilman
made the first settlement in 1778.
broken and uneven, but
deep and fertile, and the
farmers are well rewarded for their
with good crops of wheat,
corn, oats, hay and potatoes.
It is well
Rivers and Ponds.
watered by Suncook and Soucook
labor,
some excellent
Suncook River
has its source in a pond on the top
of one of the Suncook mountains,
The
900 feet above its base.
water of this pond falls into another at the foot of the mountain
one mile in length, and one half
rivers,
which
afford
water privileges.
Elder Richard
Martin (F. W. Baptist) settled here
in 1798. Elder Uriah Morton, ordained in 1808; died in 1817.
Boundaries.
North by "VVinnipiseogee Lake, east by Alton and
Gilmanton, south by Belmont, and
west by Long Bay and Laconia.
Area, 23,000 acres improved land,
this
18,728.
about 500
First Ministers.
;
Twenty-five miles
north of Concord.
Railroads. The Boston,
Concord and Montreal passes through
this town on its western border.
The Lake Shore Railroad, if ever
built, will pass through the northern portion of the town.
Distances.
mile in width;
it
falls into
flowing through
another, covering
acres, from which it
meanders through the town, re-
ceiving
several
streams
in
its
The Soucook River has
source from Loon, Rocky and
course.
its
Shell Camp Ponds, in the south
part of the town, which are the
only ponds of any note.
Mountains.
Suncook
Moun-
tains extending in a southerly di-
G!L,MA^TTO.\.
Belknap County.
Gilmanton
is one of the best farming towns
in the county, and before Belmont
was disannexed from it the value
are in this town.
highest peak is about 900
rection,
The
feet
above the level of the sea. Porcupine Hill, is a remarkably abrupt precipice of granite gueiss and
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168
mica
slate rock,
which form, by
overhanging strata and deep
ravines, a pleasant and favorite
resort of the students of Gilmantheir
ton Academy. Below this steep
precipice, is a deep an'd shady dell
thickly clad with dark evergreen
foliage of forest trees, while the
rocks are wreathed in rich profusion by curious and beautiful lichens or mosses.
Quartz crystals of
Minerals.
considerable size are found near
Shell
iron
Camp
Formerly bog
pond.
was taken
in large quantities
from the bottom of Lougees Pond
by means of long tongs.
Summer
Resorts.
The numer-
ous hills and valleys in Gilmanton produce considerable scenery
which is romantic and beautiful,
and has attracted the attention of
many tourists who resort here in
the warm weather, for recreation
and health.
Employments.
Farming is the
chief employment of the people
although manufacturing is carried
on to a considerable extent. 500,
000 feet of boards &c, and 420,000
shingles are annually sawed, also
90,000 pairs of boots and shoes are
annually manufactured. There is
one mill where plows and cultivators are made
one rake manu;
besides
factory,
7,500
sides of
leather annually tanned, valued at
§33,700.
$
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
stocks and money at in-
170,670
$ 33,400
$
;
terest,
;
33,606
;
banks, $81,189;
$
$
$
deposits in savings
stock in trade,
from summer tourists,
9,000 from professional business,
6,900
spectable institutions in the State.
was incorporated October
It
13,
R. E. Avery, principal
number of students, 122; library
contains 600 volumes.
Hotels. Central House, (at iron
works).
Washington House, (at
1794
;
Academy).
First Settlements.
was granted
sons,
Gilmanton
to twenty-four per-
named Gilman, and 152 oth1727.
The settlement
May 20,
ers,
was delayed and interrupted by
frequent depredations of the In-
Benjamin and John Mudgand Orlando Weed with their
dians.
ett
families settled here in
December
Dorothy Weed, the first
white child born in town, was born
Belmont
here October 13, 1762.
was taken from this town June 28,
1761.
1859.
First Minister.
Elder Walter
Powers, ordained in 1786; dismissed in 1806. Rev. Isaac Smith,
ordained in 1774; died in 1817. A
Baptist Church was organized November 16, 1773, and the Congre-
gational
Church
November
30,
1774.
Resources.
soil,
Congregational, one Methodist,
one Friends, one Freewill Baptist,
one Calvin Baptist, and one AdEighteen schools; avervent.
age length for the year, sixteen
weeks.
Academy. Gilmanton Academy
is one of the oldest and most re-
;
;
18,000.
Churches and Schools. There are
seven churches in town, viz. two
Northeast by Giland Alton, south-east by New
Durham and Barnstead, southwest by Loudon and Canterbury,
and north-west by Belmont and
Improved land, 23,840
Gilford.
Boundaries.
ford
acres.
Twenty-five miles
Distances.
north-east from Concord, and eight
south-west from Gilford.
�GILSUM
— GOFFSTOWN.
169
money
Railroads. Ten miles, by daily
stage to Tilton, on Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad, from
Gilmanton Academy; and six
$35,100;
miles by daily stage to Alton, on
the Cocheco Railroad, from Gilmanton Iron Works. When completed, the Suncook "Valley extension and Franklin and Rochester
at interest, $9,550;
gational,
Railroad will pass through this
town.
GIL,SUM.
Cheshire County.
The
sur-
generally uneven, but the
In many parts are
soil is fertile.
to be found fine arable land, free
face
is
froin stone,
and producing good
deposits in savings banks, $58,193;
stock in trade, $33,600.
Churches and Scliools. CongreRev. H. Wood, pastor
There are
Methodist,
seven schools in Gilsum average
length for the year, ten weeks.
First Settlers. This town was
granted to Joseph Osgood, Jacob
.
;
Farmer and others, under the name
of Boyle, December 8, 1752. It
was re-granted to Messrs. Gilbert,
Sumner, and others, by its present
name, July 13, 1763. The first settlers were Josiah Kilburn, Peltiah
Pease, Obadiah Wilcox, Ebenezer
Dewey, and Jonathan Adams, in
crops of grass and grain.
1764.
River and Pond. Ashuelot River
passes through this town, affording
many excellent water privileges.
Cranberry Pond, a small sheet of
Rev. Elisha
First Minister.
Fish, Congregational, installed in
water, lies in the north-east section of the town.
Vessel Rock. In this town there
is an immense bowlder which has
received the name of " Vessel
Rock." It appears to have been
stranded upon a mica slate ledge,
whither it was driven and deposited by a powerful drift current
which swept over the country in
ages long since past. In the winter of 1817, a large piece of this
rock was split off from the mass by
some external force.
Employments. The employments
of the people are nearly equally
divided between agriculture and
manufacturing.
There are two
woolen manufactories, whose manufactured goods are annually valued at nearly $100,000. 600,000
feet of lumber are annually sawed,
&c. (See tables.)
Productions of the
Resources.
soil,
$52,145;
mechanical labor,
1794
;
died in 1807.
Boundaries. North by Alstead,
east by Stoddard and Sullivan,
south by Keene and west by Surry.
Distances. Forty-six miles southwest from Concord, and nine north
from Keene. Area, 9,456 acres.
Railroads. Nine miles to Keene
depot, Cheshire Railroad.
GOFFSTOWN.
Hillsborough County. Goffstown is considered one of the best
and wealthiest farming towns in
the county. The soil of the uplands is rocky in some places, but
Back
is excellent for grazing.
from the river are extensive plains
—not
so rich in soil, but easy to
cultivate,
tilled,
when
and,
producing
properly
fine crops.
Rivers. The tributary branches
of the Piscataquog River unite
near the west line of the town, and
run through the center in an easterly direction, falling into the
Mer-
what was
for-
rimack River
at
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170
merly called Piscataquog Village.
Elevations. In the south-west
part of the town are two considerable elevations, which bear the
name of "Uncannunuc."
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally engaged in agriculture. The surplus products of the
farmers find a ready sale in the
City of Manchester. Over 200,000
quarts of milk are annually sold.
There is considerable manufacturing done. 85,000 window sash and
45,000 pairs of
window
blinds are
manufactured
annually
7,000
boys sleds made also over 2,000,
000 feet of lumber sawed. The
total value of all kinds of goods
annually manufactured is §189,000.
(See manufacturing tables.)
Resources.
Agricultural prod;
1
;
mechanical labor,
$64,100; stocks and bonds, $16,600;
ucts, $160,860;
money
at interest, $7,200 deposits
in savings banks, $215,422; stock
in trade,
professional
$34,352;
;
business, $10,000. The resources
of Goftstown show the prosperous
condition of its inhabitants.
Churches and Sclwols. Congre-
missed in
Rev D.
1795.
L.
Mor-
LL. D., settled in 1802; dismissed in 1811.
Boundaries. North by Dunbarton and Hooksett; east by Hooksett and Manchester, south by Bedford, and west by New Boston and
Weare. Area, 29,170 acres. Improved land, 10,606 acres.
rill,
Distances.
Sixteen miles south
from Concord, and twelve north
from Amherst.
Railroads. The Manchester and
North Weare Railroad passes
through this town. The projected
line of railroad from Manchester
to Keene will also pass through
Goffstown.
GO R HAM.
Coos County.
Gorham
is
one
of the growing towns in Northern
New-Hampshire, having increased
in population from 224 in 1850, to
1161 in 1870, and is now the fourth
town in the county in population,
and in wealth the fifth. It is sit-
uated at the northern base of the
White Mountains, and much of
its territory is rough and unproductive.
Its prosperity
must be
Grand
gational, S. L. Gerald, pastor;
Methodist, E. Bradford, jr., pastor.
There are fourteen schools in town
Trunk Railway, which has ex-
average length for the year, eighteen weeks.
Hotels.
New-Hampshire Cen-
tensive repair shops here for the
Eastern Division of their road;
and as being one of the most pop-
and Uncannunuc.
This town was
granted to Rev. Thomas Parker
and others, by the Masonian pro-
ular resorts for
tral,
First Settlers.
prietors, in
formerly included a part of Hooksett and Manchester.
Incorporated June 16,
1748.
It
1761.
First Mi?iisters.
Currier,
ordained
Rev.
in
Joseph
1771;
attributed
the
summer
tourists
White Mountain range.
Rivers. The Androscoggin pass-
in the
es through the north-east part of
the town; Peabody Riv-r forms a
junction with the Androscoggin
near the village of Gorham.
There are many small mountain
streams well stored with trout.
dis-
missed in 1774. Rev. Cornelius
Waters, ordained in 1781; dis-
largely to
Village.
is
On
the Androscoggin
situated the thriving village of
Gorham.
The mountain scenery
�GORHAM.
around this village is not surpassed in the whole mountain region.
At
the south-east, distant but a
few miles, stand Mounts Moriah
and Carter, each about 5,000 feet
in height at the west can be seen
Mount Madison, at the north-west
;
the Pilot range, while at the east,
Androscoggin Hills, the
most prominent of which is Mount
Hayes. It is only eight miles to
the Glen House at the base of
Mount Washington. The other
places around Gorham, worthy of
a visit from tourists, are Lead
Mine Bridge in Shelburne, four
miles distant, Randolph Hill, Berlin Falls, on the Androscoggin,
and many other points of interest
are the
to
the
traveler.
House, in
The
Alpine
and one of
most popular
this village,
and
houses around the Mountains, was
The burning of
burnt in 1872.
the
largest
this
hotel
village,
made
many
is
and
it
a great loss to the
who have
summer home for
to travelers
their
years past.
gers of the
If the
mana-
Grand Trunk Railway,
Montreal Railroad, have an eye on the main
chance, and to the interests of
like those of the
their
own
road, a
new
hotel will
from the ashes of the Alpine,
with enlarged facilities for the ac-
rise
commodation of
tourists,
before
171
boarders.
It is estimated that
there are three thousand tourists
who stop here from one week to
three months through the warm
season,
mer
The
capital invested in the rail-
road shops,
is $ 125,000, employing
men, with an annual pay roll
of $ 96,000, and with an annual
production of $250,000. There are
155
also various other manufactories
in the village. There are three
churches, one large school house,
twelve stores, of various kinds,
bank, three lawyers, three physicians, one dentist, and about 900
inhabitants.
Employments.
mer
all
Over
boarders.
of lumber
is
2,850,000 feet
annually sawed, val-
ued
at $35,500; meal and flour
ground, valued at $ 9,000
machine shop, $ 250,000 starch mill,
$2,200; tannery, $ 18,800 besides
cabinet work, shoe making, black;
;
;
smiths, harnesses, carriage repairing, tin
ware,
and some
tailors,
other mechanical shops. The total
value of all goods manufactured
annually is $ 344,000. (See tables.)
Resources. Agricultural produc-
$5,000;
The Gorham House, Lary
House, Mount Washington House,
Eagle House, and Glen House, at
Mount Washington's base, are fine
hotels.
There are also five or six
boarding houses, for summer
The inhabitants
engaged in manufacturing, trade, and keeping sumare nearly
the wants of the traveling public,
desire to stop for a few weeks
or months in this delightful vil-
sum-
the village.
tions,
lage.
in the height of
weeks, there
are over one thousand stopping in
another year passes. There are a
number of good hotels still remaining, but not enough to supply
who
and
travel, for four
$ 20,920
;
mechanical labor,
$116,700; money at interest, $ 5,
deposits in savings banks,
750;
stock in trade, $39,709;
from summer tourists, (with the
Glen House) estimate, $ 130,000.
Professional business, $10,000.
Churches and Schools.
gational, Rev. G. F.
CongreTewksbury,
pastor; Methodist
supplied by Rev.
seaux of Lancaster.
lic,
;
Catho-
H. NoiThere are
I.
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172
and granite are also
slate, gneiss,
average length of
three schools
schools for the year, twenty-four
found.
weeks.
Banks.
principally engaged in agriculture.
;
There are annually sawed, 40,000
(See tables.)
First Settlement.
Gorham was
originally called " Shelburne
Ad-
In 1800 there were but
It
forty-five inhabitants in town.
was incorporated under its present
dition."
name June
18, 1836.
Area
and
Randolph.
Area of im-
west by
18,146 acres.
proved land 1981 acres.
Distances. By railrord 172 miles
north from Concord, and 35 east
from Lancaster.
Railroads.
The Grand Trunk
Railroad passes through the northeastern portion of the town. This
road connects Portland with Montreal and the West.
The Boston,
Concord and Montreal forms a
junction with it at Northumberland.
GOSHEIV.
Sullivan County. The surface of Goshen is uneven and broken, but the soil,
shingles;
&c.
925,000
feet of
boards
6,000 sides of leather,
;
and
12,000 lbs. of splits are annually
tanned, valued at $25,000.
Productions of the
Resources.
mechanical labor,
soil, $ 60,092
$ 5,000 stocks and money at inter
deposits in savings
est, $ 26,050
banks, $ 20,618
stock in trade,
$ 8,700.
Churches and Schools.
Christain church, Rev. H. A. Stratton,
Congregational church,
pastor
Rev. John Bragdon, pastor; Baptist church, no pastor
There are
Average
five schools in town.
;
Boundaries.
North by Berlin,
east by Shelburne, south by the
northern base of the White Mountains,
The people are
Employments.
Gorham Savings Bank.
when properly culSome
tivated, produces fine crops.
of the farms are under a high state
of cultivation.
Streams and Ponds.
Several
small streams which unite in
forming Sugar River have their
source in the east part of the Sunapee mountain. Rand's Pond, in
the north-east part of the town,
is the largest body of water.
Mountain.
Sunapee Mountain
;
;
;
;
length of schools for the
nineteen weeks.
year,
Goshen was
First Settlements.
formed from Newport, Sunapee,
Newbury, Washington, Lempster,
and Unity. It was first settled by
Capt. Benjamin Rand, William
Lang and Daniel Grindle, whose
sufferings and hardships were very
great their crops were often badly
injured by early frosts, and they
were frequently obliged to go to
and Walpole for
Charlestown
:
grain. Incorporated in 1791.
A CongregaChurches.
church was organized in
1802, and a Baptist society in 1803.
Boundaries. North by Sunapee
and Newport, east by Newbury,
south by Washington, and west by
Lempster and Unity. Area 12,023
acres; area improved land, 8,513
First
tional
acres.
the
principal elevation.
miles
Forty-two
Distances.
north-west from Concord, and six
Minerals.
Plumbago is found
here in limited quantities. Mica,
south-east from Newport.
Railroad. By stage three times
lies in the eastern part,
and
is
�GOSPOItT
— GRAFTON.
173
a week to Newport station, six
miles, on the Sugar river railroad.
Lord Jesus Christ. On a certain
day, which, by their agreement,
GOSPOKT.
belonged unto the exercises of
the fishermen came to
Mr. Brock, and asked him, if they
might put by their meeting, and go
a fishing, because they had lost
many days, by reason of foul
weather. He, seeing that without
religion,
Rockingham County. An island in the Atlantic Ocean, about
twelve miles from Portsmouth, and
belongs to a cluster of islands situated mostly within the boundary
of Maine, and called the Isles of
Shoals.
It was formerly called
Appleton Island and contains about
one hundred and
fifty
acres.
The
inhabitants are principally devoted
to fishing, and attending to the
wants of summer tourists. It is
becoming one of the greatest sumresorts on the Atlantic coast.
mer
One
of the largest hotels in the
was built here in 1872, besides there were several other
State,
large houses previously erected.
Steamboats leave and return to
the wharves in Portsmouth several times daily through the warm
season for the accommodation of
the traveling public.
Owing to
Early Settlements.
the
great
facilities
island
was inhabited by the whites
for
fishing,
this
an early date.
In 1728, they
paid £ 16, as their proportion of
the province tax of £ 1,000.
at
There
one school
with twenty-eight scholars. Average length of schools, twelve
Schools.
weeks
;
number
is
of inhabitants 94.
had occasionally, but
in this respect there has been no
improvement for over two hundred
years. " As eaidy as 1650, Rev. John
Brock began to preach here. The
Preaching
is
following story
by Mather:
is
— 'Mr.
consent, they resolved upon
doing what they had asked of him,
replied, If you will go away, I say
unto you, catch fish, if you can!
But as for you that will tarry, and
worship the Lord Jesus Christ this
day, I will pray unto Him for you,
that you may take fish till you are
weary.
Thirty men went away
from the meeting, and five tarried.
The thirty which went away, with
all their skill, could catch but four
his
fishes
;
the five
who
forth afterwards,
tarried went
and they took
hundred. The fishermen, after
readily attended whatever
meetings Mr. Brock appointed
them.'"
Doubtless there is no such agreement with any minister to-day, if
there was, the people would be
quite as apt to break it.
five
this,
GRAFTON.
Grafton County. The surface
is uneven but in many sections the
soil is good, and, when properly
cultivated, produces fine crops of
corn, potatoes, and grass.
There
some
are
farms, and
tical
very well
cultivated
some of the
best prac-
farmers in the State, reside
in this town.
related of him,
Eivers and Ponds. Smith's River,
Brock brought
a tributary of the Pemigewassett,
runs through this town in a south-
the people into an agreement, that,
exclusive of the Lord's day, they
easterly direction, also branches of
Mascomy River which
would spend one day every month
the
together, in the worship of our
into the Connecticut,
falls
have their
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
174
source in the north-western section
of the town. There are five ponds,
the largest of which is called Grafton Pond, and has an area of nearTwo are
ly three hundred acres.
named "Mud Ponds."
Elevations and Minerals. In the
north-west part of the town is a
remarkable ledge, called the " PinOn the south side, the
nacle."
ground rises by a gradual ascent
to the summit; but on the north
side, it rises nearly perpendicular
over one hundred and fifty feet.
At Glass Hill, about four hundred
feet above its base, is found a
very valuable quarry of Mica.
The Mica is very clear, and colorless and, when in thick masses, has
a red tinge. This quarry is extensively worked in the warm season,
and yields nearly 100,000 lbs. of
mica annually. It is now worked
by J. W. Kelton & Co., Grafton
Centre. From the summit of this
a delightful view of the surrounding country may be obtained.
hill,
On
John's Hill an eminence about
one mile south-west from Glass
Hill, beryls of
a large
size,
are
found.
Employments.
Agriculture is
the principal employment of the
people.
Besides the work in the
mica quarry, there is but little
manufacturing done. (See Tables.)
Resources.
Agricultural products,
$
79,934
;
mechanical labor,
$4,300; stocks and bonds, $3,200;
money at interest, $ 18,886 deposits in savings banks, $45,220; stock
;
in trade,
tourists,
$
$12,150;
from summer
1,000.
Churches and ScJwols.
Rev. Warren Applebee,
Union,
pastor;
There are ten
schools in town, average length for
the year, twelve weeks.
Christian,
.
Hotels.
Pleasant Valley House.
This town was
First Settlers.
granted to Ephraim Sherman and
August 14, 1761. The first
permanent settlement was made
by Captain Joseph Hoyt, and Captain Alexander Bixby in 1772. Inothers,
corporated,
November
was formed in
11, 1778.
A Baptist church
First Churches.
The Freewill
was organized in
1785.
Baptist church
1817.
North by Orange,
and Danbury,
south by Springfield, and west by
Enfield and Canaan.
Area, 21,
Boundaries.
east by Alexandria
993, acres.
Distances.
Thirty-six
miles
north-west from Concord, and sixty south-east from Haverhill.
Railroads.
There are two staNorthern
tions in this town, on the
Railroad.
GRANTHAM.
Sullivan County. The surface of this town is uneven, but
the soil is productive. There are
some farms along its southern and
western border which are well
cultivated and produce fine crops
of grain, grass, &c.
There are
many large tracts of valuable timber land, and plenty of water power to prepare it ready for market.
Ponds and Streams. There are
seven ponds, the largest of which
is Eastman's Pond of an area of
neaidy 300 acres there is another
pond near the Centre which covers
about 200 acres. On the summit
of Croydon mountain, is a natural
pond containing 70 acres. The
town is well watered by numerous
trout brooks, many of them affording excellent water privileges.
Mountains. Croydon Mountain
extends along the westerly part of
;
�175
GREENFIELD.
south-west
Grantham
from
north-east.
The mountain
to
sides
tham
;"
original
but
it
name
was restored
to its
in 1818.
furnish excellent pasturage, and,
at its base, grass is produced in
abundance. On the east side of
Rev.
First Minister.
Clayes, ordained in 1821.
medical
a
is
mountain,
spring supposed to possess healValetudinarians
ing qualities.
Dana
east
the
frequently visit
it,
summer
in the
North by Enfield,
by Springfield and Croydon,
south by Croydon, and west by
Boundaries.
Plainfield.
24,000 acres;
Area.
improved
land, 9,445, acres.
season.
Minerals. Large quantities are
found in this town, of a substance
which produces a paint similar to
spruce yellow when clarified, or,
being burned, produces a Spanish
Brown.
The
Employments.
inhabitants
are principally engaged in agriculture, and lumber business more
—
annually sawed in Grantham, than in any other town in
the county, amounting to over
2,400,000,feet; 1,600,000 clothespins
are also annually manufactured.
(See Tables).
Productions of the
Resources.
lumber
Distances.
to
Newport
is
$63,100; mechanical labor,
$10,500; stocks and bonds, $6,200;
money at interest, $ 9,750 deposits
soil,
;
Via Newport,
fifty
miles north of Concord, and ten
north from Newport.
Ten miles to NewRailroads.
port station on Sugar River Railroad. The Sugar River Extension
Railroad, if ever built, will pass
through this town. A stage runs
daily.
GREENFIELD.
Hillsborough County.
The
surface of Greenfield is broken and
uneven, but the soil is deep and
and yields fine crops
fertile,
of wheat, corn, barley, and potaThe hills afford excellent
toes.
grazing,
plains
stock in
the valleys and
for grain,
favorable
&c.
Churches and Sclwols. Methodist, Elder George A. Tyrrell, pastor; Union, Rev. W. H. Eastman,
There are eight schools
pastor.
in town; average length for the
year, fifteen weeks; amount of
money appropriated for school pur-
while
are
ery,
$
in savings banks,
trade,
$
;
Summer
poses, annually,
Hotel.
15,749
5,475.
$ 748,48.
" Grantham House."
Grantham was
First Settlers.
granted July
11,
1761
but the pro-
;
prietors not fulfilling the conditions of the charter,
it
was regrant-
ed to Colonel William
Symms and
sixty-three others in
1767,
its
present name.
under
The name was
changed in 1786 to "
New
Gran-
Resorts.
The
fine scen-
pure air, and pure water have
caused many city invalids to spend
their summer vacation in GreenThe town is noted for the
field.
longevity of its inhabitants.
Contoocook
Rivers and Ponds.
River foi-ms part of the western
boundary, and separates it from
Hancock. It affords some very
good water power. There are five
ponds, the largest of which is about
one mile in length, and one third
of a mile in width.
Mountains. A part of Crotched
Mountain, rising from the north
part, and part of Lyndeborough
Mountain from the south and east
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
176
town are the
sections of the
GREENLAND.
prin-
Rockingham Countt.
cipal elevations.
Greenone of the most pleasant
farming towns in the State. The
orchards and gardens are valuable,
yielding a good return to the farm-
Employments,
The inhabitants
are generally engaged in farming.
360,000 feet of lumber are annuSash and blinds
ally sawed.
and wooden measures are also
land
The town
is
made.
excellent fruit,
it
Resources.
Agricultural
prod-
$57,354; mechanical labor,
$ 6,500 stocks and money at interest, $18,575; deposits in savings
ucts,
;
banks, $54,037;
$ 4,725,
stock in trade,
from summer
;
tourists,
$3,000.
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
gational church, Eev. S. H. Partridge,
There are ten
pastor.
school districts in town, and seven
schools; average length for the
year, nineteen weeks.
Dunklee House.
Hotel.
First Settlements.
was
first
Greenfield
settled by Captain Alex-
ander Parker, Major A. Whitte-
more and
others in 1771. Incorporated June 15, 1791. It received
its present name from Major Whittemore. A Congregational church
was formed
in 1791.
Rev. Timothy
Clark, ordained 1800, dismissed in
1811; Rev. John Walker, ordained
in 1812, dismissed in 1822.
Boundaries. North by Bennington and Francestown, east by
Francestown and Lyndeborough,
south by Lyndeborough and Temple, and west by Peterborough and
Hancock.
Improved land, 7,611
First Ministers.
acres.
Distances.
ers.
is
celebrated for its
being excelled in
its orchard products
by no town in the county. Some
of the most valuable and productive farms in the State, are in
this town.
Great Bay waters the northern
section of the town, and the rest is
watered by small streams.
Employments. The people are
generally engaged in agriculture.
The farmers find a ready sale for
their produce in Portsmouth, four
the value of
miles distant. About 280,000 feet
of lumber are annually sawed, and
about 18,000 pairs of sale boots and
shoes made. Owing to the pleasant location of the town, quite a
number of summer tourists spend
the
warm weather
here.
Productions of the
$119,794; mechanical labor,
Resources.
soil,
$ 6,600
;
stocks,
bonds and money
$28,470; deposits in
savings banks, $39,976; stock in
at interest,
$ 1,875; from summer tour$ 2,000.
There is no means of knowing
trade,
ists,
amount of money securities
owned by many people in this
the
town, but
it
is
very large in pro-
portion to the population.
There
Churches and Schools.
are two churches Congregational,
and
Rev. Edward Robie, pastor
Methodist, Elder F. Chandler, pas;
Thirty-eight miles
south-west from Concord, and
about fourteen north-west from
Amherst.
Railroads. The Wilton Railroad
has been extended to this town,
thence to Peterborough.
;
There is a fund of $ 5000, the
income of which is applied to the
support of a congregational minister and for missionary purposes.
There are three public schools in
tor.
�GREENVILLE.
town
;
average length of schools
for the year, thirty-three weeks.
Bracket "Hotel."
Greenland was
originally part of Portsmouth, and
was incorporated in 1703; one
hundred years ago there were
more inhabitants in the town than
Hotel.
First Settlement.
at the present time.
Rev William
First Ministers.
Allen, the first minister, was ordained July 15, 1707; died September 8, 1760; Rev. Samuel McClintock, D.D., ordained in 1756; died
in 1804. He was a chaplain in the
revolutionary army, and very active in the cause of his country.
Boundaries.
North by Great
Bay and Newington, east by Portsmouth and Rye, south by North
Hampton, and west by Stratham
area 6,360 acres; improved land,
5,839.
Distances.
Forty miles south-
east from Concord,
and
west
five
The Eastern, and
Portsmouth and Concord railroad
pass through a portion of this
town, affording excellent railroad
facilities to the inhabitants.
is a small township taken
from the northern section of Mason, and includes within its limits
ville
village."
is
The
surface of
uneven, but the soil is
productive and produces excellent
crops, the fai-mers finding a
market
at
Mason
;
ally
sawing 700,000 feet of lumfurniture manufactory annu-
making
home
village for all
The Columbian Manufac-
ries.
Company are building
another large mill which will go
into operation in a short time.
The total value of goods annually
manufactured is estimated at
turing
$ 655,800.
soil
$108,200;
banks,
The
trade,
village of Green-
situated on the
and
eight or
kinds,
hotel,
some
in
Souhegan
one of the pleasantest villages in the State.
There
are several large cotton mills, an
extensive furniture manufactory,
lumber mills, blacksmith, tin ware,
shoe shops, and various other
mechanical works.
There are
river,
office,
affords
stock
;
$42,800.
through the northwestern part of
town and
summer
from
$35,800;
tourists, $2,500
Souhegan River passes
the
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
deposits
in
savings
£37,682;
is
ten
stores
of
various
two churches, a large school
house with graded schools, bank,
their surplus productions.
Rivers.
700 sets of furniture;
besides various small manufacto-
ville is
Hillsborough County. Green-
"Mason
ally
ber
Village.
GREENVILLE.
the town
voted to exempt from taxation for
a term of years any new manufactories
Avhich may be erected.
With this inducement held out,
there is a prospect that the whole
water power will be improved
within a short time.
The people are
Employments.
largely engaged in manufacturing,
although there are many fine farms
under a high cultivation. There
are annually manufactured 3,524,
400 yards of cotton goods, valued
at $617,100; lumber mills annu-
Resources.
from Portsmouth.
Railroads.
177
fine
water power, about one-half of
which is improved. The town has
insurance,
telegraph, post
two physicians'
offices,
and
about 100 dwelling houses.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. George F. Merriam,
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
178
pastor
number of members,
;
95
church value, $8,000; Baptist, Rev.
William H. Walker, pastor number of members, 100; church
;
There are live
value, $7,000.
schools in town, two of which are
graded average length of schools
;
twenty weeks.
Mason Village Savings
Bank.
Bank. (See table.)
" Columbian House,"
Hotels.
for the year,
number
of arrivals, 1,200.
See Mason. The
town was incorporated under the
First Settlers.
of Greenville in June, 1872.
North by Temple
Boundaries.
and Wilton, east by Mason and
Brookline, south by Mason, and
west by New Ipswich.
Forty-three nines
Distances.
Concord, and
southwest from
name
twenty west from Nashua.
A branch of the
Railroad.
Fitchburg railroad, formerly the
Peterborough and Shirley railroad, has its terminus at Greenville village.
soil
is
is
deep and
$ 70,367
;
money
at
interest,
$8,200; stock in trade, $4,878; deposits in savings bank, $ 14,020
mechanical labor $
6,000.
Churches and Schools. Christian
church twenty members, and Baptist church thirty members. There
are ten schools in town. Average
length of schools for the year, ten
weeks.
Organizations.
In 1776 Groton
was granted to George Abbott
and others, by the name of Cockermouth. It was incorporated De-
cember?, 1796.
The first settlers
were James Gould, Captain E.
Melvin, James Hobart, Phinehas
Bennett, and Samuel Farley, in
1770.
First Ministers.
Rev. Samuel
Perley, Congregational, ordained
in
Grafton County.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil,
1779,
dismissed in 1785; Rev.
Thomas Page, ordained
GROTON.
face of Groton
generally engaged in agriculture
1,035,000 feet of lumber, 90.000
clapboards and 430,000 shingles are
annually produced. (See tables.)
The
sur-
in
1790,
died in 1813.
Boundaries.
uneven, but the
Bounded north by
Wentworth and Rumney, east by
and the
reward
Hebron, south by Orange, and
west by Dorchester. Area, 16,531
fertile,
husbandman reaps
a rich
for his labor, in tine crops of corn,
acres.
buckwheat, potatoes, etc.
About 15,000 pounds of maple sugar
re annually made.
Rivers and Ponds.
This town
is well watered on its northerly
border by Baker's River, affording
some very good water privileges.
Several small streams have their
source in the southerly part, and
Forty-five
miles
Distances.
north-west from Concord, and ten
oats,
flow into
cle
ter.
Pond
Newfound lake.
Specta-
the largest body of waIt lies about a mile northeast
is
from Groton meeting house.
Employments.
The people are
west from Plymouth.
Railroads.
station
Six miles to
Rumney
on the Montreal railroad.
Daily stage to Bristol, twelve miles,
on the Bristol Branch railroad.
HAMB»STEAO.
Rockingham County.
town
lies partly
This
on the height of
land between the Merrimack and
Piscataqua rivers. In most sections, the soil is good, and when
�179
HAMPTON.
properly cultivated, produces fair
crops.
Rivers and Ponds. Spiggot River
flows from Wash Pond, near the
centre of the town. Angly Pond
lies in the north-east part, and is
drained by Powwow River. Island
19, 1749, and after the name of a
pleasant village, five miles north
of London in England. It included
in its grant, a portion of Kingston,
which created a long dispute between the two towns, which was
finally settled
by Hampstead's pay-
Pond contains a valuable farm of
ing one thousand pounds old tenor.
about three hundred acres. It is
an irregular shaped town its contour being varied by about thirty
Rev. Henry
First Ministers.
True, ordained in 1752, died in
1782; Rev. John Kelly, installed
angles.
in 1792.
;
The business
Employments.
is
divided between
farming and manufacturing. About
75,000 pairs of sale boots and shoes,
are annually made, and 700,000 feet
of lumber sawed, besides there are
(Several small mechanical shops.
Value of goods annually manunearly
equally
factured, $ 112,300.
Resources.
soil,
$
38,433
.§
29,200
;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
money
;
at interest,
$ 30,500 deposits
stocks,
;
banks,
$>
44,032
;
and
in savings
stock in
Boundaries. North by Sandown
and Danville, east by Kingston
and Plaistow, south by Atkinson,
and west by Derry. Area, 8,350
acres; area of improved land,
4,725 acres.
About thirty miles
from Concord, and
twelve south-west from Exeter.
The Nashua and
Railroads.
Distances.
south-east
Rochester Railroad now (1873)
being built, will pass through the
town.
trade,
HAMPTON.
$ 9,900.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. E. W. Bullard, pastor.
There are seven schools in
town.
Average length for the
year, twenty-four weeks.
There has been a fund bequeathed
to the town, for the purpose of
establishing a high school under
provisions.
The late
Emerson made the bequest.
certain
B. D.
First Settlements.
In
1728, a
Emerson made a settlement
Mr.
in the
south part, near a brook; and at
that time only a Mr. Ford and two
Indians lived in the town. This
territory was considered a part of
Amesbury and Haverhill Massachusetts, until the division line
was
two
was granted
established between the
States,
under
in
its
1741.
It
present name, January
The
Rockingham Countt.
town is level, and
rich and productive. It is
surface of this
its soil
noted for
its
extensive marshes,
which have an area of eighteen
hundred acres, or nearly one quarter of the whole surface of the
But few towns in the
town.
State produce as much value, to
each acre of improved land, a9
Hampton being $ 21,25.
;
The
soil
well adapted to tillage and
mowing, but there is not sufficient
is
pasturage, and
many
of the
young
cattle are driven in the spring,
up to
the pasture hills in Belknap CounHampton River, is the only
ty.
stream of any note. The constant
tide, has made quite a
channel, but above tide-flow it is
nothing but a small brook. In its
wash of the
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180
passage to the Ocean, it receives
the waters of Seabrook river.
Summer Resorts. Hampton has
been celebrated for many years,
for its extensive beaches and fine
Ocean scenery. Nearly midway
of the beach, there is a high bluff,
apparently rising from the Ocean,
On the
called "Boar's Head."
land side,
its
is
a gentle acclivity to
summit, which covers a level
space of two or three acres. Upon
summit, is a large hotel called
the " Boar's Head House " kept by
this
the popular landlord, S. H. Dumas, Esq. A little south of this
house, on the side of the bluff, and
near the Ocean, is the Leavitt
House, managed by the proprietors
of the same name of the House.
This House is a new structure but
is becoming quite popular, and re;
The number
the various .hotels.
who come
here and stay
from one week to three months, is
estimated at twelve hundred, besides the thousands who stop for
a day or two.
Employments. As can be seen,
the people are largely engaged in
keeping summer boarders, and
farming is made a lucrative business by having a home market for
of tourists
all their surplus productions, at
the hotels and boarding houses.
The business of manufacturing
sale shoes is carried on to a limited
extent; also lumber business, and
various other small mechanical
shops. The total value of manufactured goods annually produced,
is
$
56,560.
Resources.
soil,
$95,447;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
share of patronage.
At the north-easterly base, is the
Granite Hotel, which is a popular
$16,600; money at interest, $7,
100; deposits in savings banks,
$19,329; stock in trade, $21,967;
House.
The views obtained from the top
of Boar's Head, are the finest on
from summer
ceives
the
its full
New-England Atlantic Coast.
Before you is the broad Atlantic,
the Isles of Sholes, the sea coast
from Cape Ann to Portsmouth, and
the white sails of the hundred
vessels
bound to some foreign land,
some long
or just returning from
voyage to their home port, make the
scene grand and interesting. The
beaches, on either side of the bluff
are
broad, and
afford
excellent
opportunity for invalids and parThere
ties of pleasure to bathe.
are several hotels near the beach,
the largest of which is the Ocean
House. It is about two miles from
Hampton railway station, on the
Eastern railroad, where coaches
are in waiting, on the arrival of
each train, to convey travelers to
tourists,
estimate,
$80,000.
Churches and Schools. Congreno pastor; Freewill Baptist, no pastor;
Methodist, Rev.
Elihu Scott, pastor.
There is a
fund of $ 12.000, the interest of
which is to be devoted to the support of a Congregational minister.
There are seven schools in town,
two of which are graded. Average length for the year, thirty-one
gational,
weeks.
Literary Institution.
Hampton
Academy.
Hotels.
Union
House,
Boar's
Head House, Ocean House, Hampton Beach House, Couch House,
Eagle House, Granite House, and
Dow House.
Hampton was
town settled in New
Hampshire, and was incorporated
First Sctttements.
the fourth
�HAMPTON FALLS.
May
181
and included within
present towns of
North Hampton, Hampton Falls,
Seabrook, Kensington and South
Hampton, having an area of about
the town, in a northerly and south-
The Indian name of
the town was " Winnicummet,"
ton Falls is very pleasantly situated
on the Atlantic. The land back
from the marshes is elevated, and
affords some delightful views of
the ocean. The soil is very fertile,
and large crops of corn, oats, potatoes and hay are produced. Some
of the best farmers to be found in
the state reside in this town.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally engaged in agricul-
its
22, 1639;
limits the
45,500 acres.
and at the time of its settlement
it was considered within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts.
The
first
settlers were
emigrants of Norfolk,
The first house was
England.
erected in 1636. Like all the early
settlements, it suffered from Indian
depredations. August 11, 1703, a
party of Indians killed five persons, among whom was a widow
Muzzey, celebrated as a preacher
among the Quakers
First Ministers. Rev. Stephen
erly direction.
HAMPTON
FALLS.
Hamp-
Rockingham County.
1,578,000 feet of boards,
ture.
&c,
annually sawed, and 90,000
pairs of shoes manufactured. Cotten batting is also manufactured.
(See tables.)
Resources. Productions of th«
are
'
Batchelder ordained in 1638; removed in 1641. Rev. Timothy Dalton, ordained in 1639; died in
1661.
Rev. John Wheelwright,
ordained in 1647; dismissed in
1658.
Rev. Seaborn Cotton, settled in 1666; died in 1686.
Rev.
John Cotton, settled in 1696 died
in 1710. Rev. Nathaniel Gookin,
settled in 1710; died in 1734. Rev.
;
Ward
Cotton, settled in 1734
;
dis-
$82,794; mechanical labor,
stocks and money at inter-
soil,
$19,500
est, *
;
$ 9,420
banks,
deposits in savings
;
$16,297;
stock
in
trade,
$2,470.
Churches and Schools.
Baptist
Church, Rev. H. H. Beamans, pastor; Christian Church, Rev. J. H.
Graves, pastor Unitarian Church,
;
settled in 1797; dismissed in 1807,
There are three
schools in town; average length
for the year, thirty-two weeks.
There was an academy here for
and died in
many
missed in 1765. Rev. Ebenezer
Thayer, settled in 1766; died in
1792.
Rev. Jesse Appleton, D.D.,
1819.
North by North
Hampton, east by the Atlantic
.
south-west by Hampton
Falls, and west by Exeter.
Area,
8, 130 acres
area of improved land,
Ocean,
;
3,908 acres.
Distances.
Fifty
miles
south-
years.
First Ministers. Rev. Theophilus
Boundaries.
Cotton settled in 1712; died in
1726.
Rev. Joseph Whipple, ordained in 1727 died in 1757. Rev.
Josiah Bagley, settled in 1757 died
in 1762. Rev. Paine Wingate, set;
;
tled
in
1763;
removed
in 1771.
from Concord, ten south-west
from Portsmouth, and seven miles
e?st from Exeter.
Rev. Samuel Langdon, D. D., setdied in 1797. Rev.
tled in 1781
Jacob Abbott, settled in 1798.
Railroad. The Eastern Railroad
passes nearly through the centre of
deposits from this town.
east
;
*
Massachusetts savings banks receive large
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182
First
Hampton
Settlements.
was originally a part of
Hampton, and for many years
Falls
much associated with it in the variemployments of
was incorporated in
ous
It
its
people.
1712.
over twenty miles from the pond.
The village is very pleasantly
on a plain. Here are sevmechanical shops, church,
situated
eral
school house, town house, academy, several stores, hotel and fifty
Boundaries.
North - east by
Hampton, south-east by Atlantic
Ocean, south by Seabrook, and west
or sixty dwelling houses. It is a
very desirable village to live in,
by Kensington.
tourists.
Improved
Area, 7,400 acres.
land, 5,786 acres.
Distances.
Fifty miles south-east
from Concord, eleven south-west
from Portsmouth, and six southeast from Exeter.
Eastern Railroad.
Hail roads.
completed, the Newburyport and Amesbury Railroad will
pass through this town.
When
quently broken by hills, and in the
west part by mountains of considerable elevation. These elevations
afford excellent pasturing, besides
On
tillage land.
the Contoocook river, which forms
eastern boundary, are
some
meadows which produce
crops of hay.
the resort of
many summer
Employments. The inhabitants
are principally engaged in agriculture, and, as one has truly said, "It
emphatically one of the good old
farming towns, where any one
would be proud to point out the
home of his ancestors." There
is
are several small manufactories,
annually producing; leather, $10,
and meal, $9,200; lum$ 5,000 besides wheelwrights,
blacksmiths, harness makers, carber,
Hillsborough County. The
surface of this town is uneven, fre-
its
is
000; flour
HANCOCK.
some very good
and
fine
large
There are many
farms under a high state of
culti-
;
penters, painters, &c.
of
mechanical
all
Total value
productions,
$ 29,500.
Productions of the
$84,300; mechanical labor,
$ 10,300 stocks and money at interest, $28,325; deposits in savings
banks, $85,196; stock in trade,
Resources.
soil,
;
$4,650.
Churches and Schools.
There are nine schools average length for the year, nineteen
weeks. Hancock Academy, A. N.
vation.
tor.
Ponds. There are several ponds,
the most important of which is
Norway Pond, near the center of
the town, and Half Moon Pond,
named from its peculiar shape.
Hardy, principal
Long pond lying partly in this
town and partly in Nelson is one of
the sources of Contoocook River.
The stream from this pond flows
through Nelson, Harrisville, and
into the
Contoocook at Peterborough; thence its mingled waters pass back on the eastern line
of Hancook, after a passage of
Congre-
gational, Rev. Askel Bigelow, pas-
Hotel.
;
(in 1870.)
Jefferson House.
First Settlement. The first settlement was commenced here by John
Grimes, in May, 1764. The town
was incorporated under the name
of Hancock, November 5, 1779. It
was named in honor of Governor
John Hancock, of Boston, who was
one of the original proprietors.
But very few towns have retained
their staid, antique customs, and
�HANOVER.
183
former opinions of their friends
and neighbors, without regard to
hill sides in the
political views, like the people of
business.
They had one postmas-
Hancock.
ter for nearly fifty years and many
of their town officers have bad similar length of terms.
In lo71-2,
Mr. Joel Gates, over eighty years of
age, was sent from this town as its
representative in the Legislature
;
summer, indicate
that the farmers find
it
The annual
a lucrative
clip of
wool
about 50,000 pounds. As a general thing the farmers are wealthy,
prosperous and happy with ample
is
;
means ahead
down
to gently ease
them
the declivity oflife.
Rivers and Streams. Connectiis the only considerable
cut River
of this State. But few men had
influence in that body, in
stream in town. Mink, Slate, and
Goose Pond Brooks are the other
than Mr. Gates.
Rev. Reed Page,
ordained in 1791, died in 1816.
Boundaries. North by Antrim,
east by Bennington and Greenfield,
south by Peterborough and west
by Nelson and Harrisville. Area,
area of improved
19,372 acres;
principal streams, neither of
more
disc-vision,
First Minister.
land, 10,409 acres.
miles
Thirty-five
Distances.
from Concord,
twenty-two north-west from
south-west
and
Am-
herst.
Six miles by daily
Greenfleld
railroad
Railroad.
stage
to
station.
HANOVER.
Grafton County. The
of this town
sified
with
is
surface
delightfully diver-
hills
and valleys, and
the larger portion
is
suitable for
There is a small proportion of waste land, probably
less than in any other town in
Grafton County. Over one half of
the surface of the town is under
improvement. Some of the farms
are under a high state of cultivation, producing excellent crops of
wheat, corn, oats, potatoes and
hay. But one town in the county
cultivation.
produces as
Much
many
bushels of corn.
attention has been given to
the raising of sheep, and the large
flocks to be seen
on the pasture
have
sufficient
which
water for mill priv-
ileges.
In the Connecticut, there
are several small islands within
the limits of the town, the largest
of which
is
Parker's Island con-
A handtwenty acres.
some bridge over the Connecticut
connects Hanover with Norwich
Vermont.
Mountain. About five miles east
from the Connecticut, is Moose
Mountain, a considerable elevation
extending across the town from
north to south. There are many
taining
other elevations which oiler some
very fine views.
Village.
At the south-west corner of the town about a half mile
from Connecticut River and 180
feet above the level of its waters,
is located the beautiful village of
Hanover, on a level plat of ground.
The Common or Park is a square,
level area of about six acres,
shaded by rows of thrifty elms,
and surrounded by streets of considerable width.
On the north
side is a church, chapel, and sev-
on the
a street containing other
fine residences adorned with spacious
gardens, the Dartmouth
banking building &c.
On the
south is Dartmouth Hotel, several
business blocks, the gymnasium
eral beautiful residences;
west
is
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184
and many dwelling houses; and
on the east are the College grounds,
including
the
College
buildings
which with the observatory are
five in number.
A few rods north
of the Park, on College street, is
the medical building, a brick
structure some seventy feet in
by verdant meadows and well
fields,
dotted with
pleasant and
substantial
farm
mansions and still farther in the
side
cultivated
;
distance can be seen gradually rising the " Green Hills" of Vermont,
whose towering summits seem to
meet the clear blue ethereal sky,
and three stories in height.
South of the observatory and a
the whole presenting a picture of
few rods
forgotten by the
length,
buildings
the
east of the old
is
college
located "Culver Hall"
"New-Hampshire College
of
Agriculture and the Mechanic
Arts." Culver Hall is pronounced,
by competent judges, one of the
finest educational structures in
New-England. Nearly the whole
basement of this building is to be
reserved for an extensive collection of agricultural implements
and models of machinery. More
than one thousand of such implements and models are already in
the building for the purpose of illustration and instruction.
This
is a State institution in connection
with Dartmouth College, and organized expressly for the promotion and "aggrandizement" of the
agricultural interests and mechanical arts of
dustries the
New-Hampshire
;
in-
most important, and,
placed before the people in their
light, the most honorable
callings a man can devote himif
true
self to.
the road leading to Lebanon,
as you ascend to the crest of a hill,
you obtain a delightful and attrac-
view of the
village
surrounding country.
feet nestles
reposing
have visited
this spot.
With
the
pleasant village, the delightful
scenery which surrounds it, with
tlie friendly acquaintances formed,
the ties broken by separating after
a collegiate
life
launch forth on
of four years, to
broad ocean,
life's
the associations formed in
Han-
over are more lasting, and their
memory more sacred in the breasts
of thousands than those of any
other town in the State.
Hanover is one of the most desirable locations, for the prosecution
of studies, in
New
England.
The
pleasant resorts, the beautiful and
romantic scenery, away from the
bustle and confusion of city life,
all contribute to render it in every
essential, a desirable seat of litera-
ture and science.
For a
full des-
cription of this popular Institution,
see another part of this volume.
Employments.
The
inhabitants
are generally engaged in agricultu e, but 20.000 clapboards 55,000
;
On
tive
nature and art combined, not soon
thousands who
the
among
and the
At your
village, quietly
the stately elms
and maples, while a little farther to the west and south can be
traced the meandering course of
the Connecticut clothed on either
shingles and 200,000 feet of boards
are annually sawed, and about
6,000 bushels of grain are ground.
The
total value
articles,
of
The many
of manufactured
all kinds, is $53,200.
associated attractions
connected with the college for the
past fifty years, together with the
fine scenery afforded from the surrounding hills, make Hanover a
popular resort for tourists, who
���HANOVER.
are a source of considerable income
to the inhabitants.
Agricultural prodResources.
mechanical labor,
ucts, $153,112;
money
&c,
$10,200;
at
.
interest, $32,
$43,140; deposits
in savings banks, $120,459; stock
500; stocks
from
in trade, $37,500;
tourists,
$25,000; from College boarders
professional
estimated, $ 50,000
;
business, $60,000.
Churches and ScJiools. Baptist,
Rev. F. Merriam, pastor; Christian, Rev. J. W. Tilton, pastor;
.pastor;
1st. Congregational,
2d Congregational, Rev. S. P.
Leeds, pastor; Episcopal, Rev. J.
Haughton,
There
rector.
are
eighteen school districts, and twenty schools in town. Two of the
schools are graded. The average
length of schools for the year is
The total amount
money annually appropriated
twenty weeks.
of
is $ 2,654,97.
Second Social Library Association, 700 volumes College Library, 20.000 volumes; So-
for school purpose,
Libraries.
;
cial
Friends
Library,
9,300
vol-
umes; United Fraternity, 9,000
volumes Society of Inquiry's Library, 300 volumes Philotechnics
;
;
Society Library,
1,200
volumes.
Medical School Library, 1,100 volumes Northern Academy Library, 2,300 volumes; Thayer School
Library, 1,800 volumes; Agricultu;
ral
College
Library,
1,000
vol-
umes; Total number of volumes
in all the libraries in this town, 46,
700.
185
was formerly called Dresden, and
Was granted by charter to eleven
persons by the name of Freeman,
and fifty-two others, principally
from Connecticut, July 4, 1761.
The first settlement was made
in May, 1765, by Colonel Edmund
Freeman from Mansfield ConnecBenjamin Rice, Benjamin
ticut.
Davis, Gideon Smith, and Asa
Taiker, settled here in 1766. Dartestablished in
mouth College was
1770,
by Dr. Wheelock.
the worthy
men who
Among
finished their
earthly career in this town,
may be
Rev.
mentioned the following:
Eleazer Wheelock, who died April
24, 1779, aged sixty-nine years.
Hon. John Wheelock, LL. D.,
President of the College thirty-five
who died April 4, 1817, aged
sixty-three years. Hon, Beraleel
Woodward, who died August, 1804.
Rev. John Smith, D. D. who died
years,
April 1809. Hon. John Hubbard,
who died in September 1810. Rev.
Francis Brown, D. D., who died
July 27, 1820, aged thirty-six years.
These gentlemen were all connect-
ed with the College.
First Ministe rs. Re v Ed e n B urroughs, D.D., installed in 1772, dismissed in 1810; Rev. Samuel Collins, installed in 1788, dismissed in
.
1795;
Rev. Abel Bridgman,
set-
died in 1800. College Church, Rev. E. Wheelock, D.
D. settled in 1771, died in 1779.
tled in 1791,
Rev. Sylvanus Ripley, settled in
1787; Rev. John'
1779, died in
Smith, D. D., settled in 1786, died
Dartmouth National
Banks.
Bank, and Dartmouth Savings
Bank. (See tables.)
" Dartmouth Hotel."
Hotels.
There are two livery stables, with
in 1809.
18 horses.
acres.
First Settlers.
Hanover
Plains
Boundaries.
North by Lyme,
east by Canaan, south by Lebanon,
and west by Norwich, Vermont;
area, 27,745; improved land 21,798
Distances.
By
railroad, seven-
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186
from
from Havfive north of Lebanon.
Railroad. One half mile from
the College to Norwich station, on
the Passumpsic and Connecticut
miles
ty-three
Concord
erhill and
;
north-west
thirty south
Rivers Railroad.
H4RRISVILLE.
HarrisCheshire County.
was formed from the northern
ville
part of Dublin, and the southern
portion of Nelson, and incorporated, as a town. July
2,
The
1870.
village of Harrisville received its
name many years
from Bethuel Harris, an active and enterprising man, who, in 1820, commenced
business here without any capital save his energy and perseverance.
Mr. Milan Harris has a
large interest here in the woolen
mills, and received the honor of
being the
first
ago,
representative to
New-Hampshire
town organization. The
surface of the town is rough and
the Legislature of
after the
uneven, being situated on the
height of land between the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers, bat
the soil
crops.
is
good and yields
The water power
risville is
fine
Harstaple and as good as can
at
be found in the State. The mills
are situated on a small stream
called North Branch or Nubaunsit
River, and discharging its waters
into the Contoocook at Peterborough, nine miles distant from
'Harrisville, and in its course has a
fall of over 600 feet.
This stream
is fed by large ponds lying in the
towns of Hancock, Nelson, and
Harrisville, which have been dam-
Long Pond which is over four
Fourteen feet
miles in length.
can be drawn from Long Pond into Harris Pond which is at the
head of the river, and at HarrisWhen the gates are closed
ville.
at night scarcely a drop of water
escapes. The four mills at Harrisville, as yet, have never been able
to test the fall capacity of this valuable reservoir, by several feet
Nearly all the manufactories at
into
Peterborough are situated on this
small river.
Employments.
Harrisville
is
cidedly a manufacturing town.
Woolen
Harris
Co.,
have
de-
M,
two
mills; capital invested, $160,000;
employ 60 males, and 65 females,
who
annually receive for their laand annually produce 200,000 yards of tricot cloth,
of all colors, and Moscow beavCheshire
ers valued at $ 330,000.
mills have
$100,000 invested;
employ 40 males, and 40 females
annual pay roll $ 30,000, and produce 800,000 yards colored flannel,
bor, $48,000;
There are allumber mills, and clothes-pins,
and wooden ware are manufactured, to some extent.
valued at $ 360,000.
so
Resources. Production of the soil,
$ 35,000
;
mechanical labor, $ 84,
stock in trade, $ 43, 161 stocks
and money at interest, $22, 460;
deposits in savings banks, $57,308.
000
;
;
The
village
of Harrisville,
is
situated on elevated ground, about
1,300 feet above the ocean, and is
probably the most elevated ground
in New-England for manufactories
and now flow
There is
as extensive as these.
one store, one church edifice, one
graded school-house, post office,
several thousand acres, including
the original ponds. From Spots-
seventy-five
office,
telegraph
dwelling houses, and about 450
wood Pond
inhabitants.
med
at their outlets,
ten feet can be
drawn
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HAVERHILL.
CongreHolbrook,
pastor. At West Harrisville, Baptist, Rev.
G. S. Smith, pastor.
There are six schools in town, two
Churches and Schools.
Rev.
gational,
Amos
Average
of which are graded.
length for the year, twenty weeks
value of school-houses $5,100.
(For
first settlers
and ministers,
see Nelson and Dublin.)
North by Nelson
and Hancock, east by Hancock and
Peterborough, south by Dublin,
and west by Marlborough and
Roxbury.
Boundaries.
Distances.
Thirteen miles east
from Keene, and forty-five southwest from Concord.
Railroads. The Manchester and
Keene Railroad, when
built,
will
pass through this town.
Grafton County.
Haverhill
one of the most valuable farming
towns in the State, and the annual
value of its agricultural products
is not exceeded by any New-Hampshire town on the Connecticut
river. The soil is adapted to every
is
common
is
a
soap-
quarry which has been
partially opened, and pronounced,
by many, as being the best quarIt is about
ry now known.
miles
three
treal Railroad.
from the MonThere is a good
lime-stone quarry, also granite of
good quality. This granite is suitable for mill-stones, and good for
building purposes. Large quantistones are also
ties of scythe
On
quarried or manufactured.
the west side of Benton, bordering
town, is a bed of iron ore.
Fine specimens of crystals are also
this
found.
Haverhill is one
Villages, &c.
of the shire towns of the County.
The County buildings are located at
" Haverhill Corner," which is the
This
principal village in town.
village is located in the south-west
HAVERHILL.
species of cultivation,
There
Minerals.
stone
to
the climate. There is considerable
interval land, composed of a deep
rich loam, yielding large crops of
grass, &C:
Connecticut River
Streams.
waters its western border, while
Poole Brook runs nearly through
the town from north-east to southwest, and falls into the Connecticut, near the "Great Ox Bow,"
in Newbury, Vermont. Oliverian
Brook, having its rise in Benton,
runs through the southern section
of the town. There is considerable water power on these two
streams, which is generally improved.
angle of the town, on a plain about
one hundred and fifty feet above
the level of the Connecticut. From
the tops of the buildings, a fine view
of the adjacent country, for many
miles, north and south, and six or
seven miles east and west
obtained.
common
There
is
may be
a beautiful
in this village, laid out in
an oblong square, ornamented with
trees, and enclosed by a handsome
fence. Around this common stand
the principal buildings, several of
which are large and well constructed. There are two churches and a
court-house,
jail,
county buildan acad-
ings for county offices,
emy,
hotel, printing office, several
and shops of various kinds.
considered one of the most
delightful and pleasant villages on
stores,
This
is
In the northern
town, is another
village situated on a street nearly
a mile in length, straight and level,
the Connecticut.
section of the
�NEW- HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
188
and called North Haverhill.
In
the north-west corner of the town,
at the junction of the Boston, Con-
cord and Montreal, Passurnpsic,
and White Mountain Railroads, is
the young, but growing village
of Woodsville, which bids fair to
rival the older villages in point
of business. It is connected with
the thriving village of Wells
River, in Newbury, Vermont, by a
substantial bridge across the Con-
of the most romanviews on the Connecticut, i.s
One
necticut.
tic
obtained at this point, and it is
worthy of a visit from any lover
of beautiful, and romantic scenery.
Summer Resorts. The elevated
position, and the delightful views
on the Connecticut, have caused
many summer tourists to spend
their vacation in this town, and
the time
is
not far distant
when
it
shovel handles are annually made,
valued at $ 18,640; besides various
other manufactories. (See tables.)
There is considerable mercantile
trade in this town.
Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $272,581; mechanical
labor, $41,000;
$ 73,922
$ 57,308
;
money
at interest,
deposits in savings banks,
stock in trade, $ 38, 1 18
business,
$25,000;
;
professional
from summer
tourists,
$
8,000.
The
future prospects of Haverhill
are
very encouraging and
offer
better inducements to the farmer
and mechanic than can be found
in any western state this side of
Let them
the Rocky Mountains.
be contented, and prosperity will
surely attend them in this fertile
and delightful town.
Churches and Schools. There is
one Congregational, Rev. E. H.
oats and barley, 70,000 bushels of
Greeley, pastor; three Methodist,
Josiah Hooper, pastor at Corner;
and one Freewill Baptist,
There are nineteen schools in
town; average length of schools
for the year, twenty-one weeks.
The average amount of money annually expended for each school
potatoes, 36,000 lbs. of wool, 11,000
is
maple sugar, and 7,000 tons
of hay are annually produced.
Nearly 1,000, tons more hay is an-
institutions in the State.
will
become one of the most pop-
ular resorts for tourists
in
the
State.
Employments. The people are
largely engaged in agriculture.
Over 4,000 bushels of wheat, 16,000
bushels of corn, 34,000 bushels of
lbs.
;
$ 145.
Academy. The Haverhill Academy is one of the oldest literary
February
It
was
nually cut in Haverhill, than in
incorporated
any other town in the State.
There is considerable manufac-
Rev. Josiah Hooper
turing of various kinds carried on.
There are nine saw mills, annually
Library.
N. B. Felton, Esq.,
has a library of nearly six hundred
volumes.
"Smith's Hotel" at
Hotels.
producing nearly 5,000,000 feet of
lumber, five starch mills, annually
producing 160 tons of starch, three
scythe stone manufactories, annually producing 36,000 gross of scythe
stones, one paper mill, one pulp
mill, three grist mills, &c.
Also
36,000 boxes and 10,000 dozens of
is
11,
1794.
the present
Principal.
Haverhill, and "
House"
Mount Gardner
at Woodsville.
This town was
First Settlers.
granted to Captain John Hazen
and seventy-four others, May, 18,
1763. Captain Hazen came here in
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HEBRON.
the spring of 1762, and built his
encampment on the " Little Ox
Bow," near where there was
merly an Indian
fort
for-
and burying
ground.
Several of the early setHaverhill, Massachusetts, from which place this
town derived its name. Its orig-
tlers
came from
name was "Lower Cohos."
The first court was held here in
1773.
The first newspaper was
inal
printed
was
here April
called the
and
1808,
21,
"Coos Courier."
Since that time
it
has been pub-
lished under different names.
At
no paper
Years ago, the
the present time, there
is
published in town.
courts in Haverhill called together as much legal talent as could be
found in any section of the State,
Haverhill furnishing her full share.
At the present time, the Grafton
Bar is fully up to the standard
with her sister counties in point
of
position
and
Hon.
talent.
James Woodward and Hon. Ezekiel
ed in 1799; Rev. John Smith, ordained December 21, 1802, dismissed in 1807.
North
Botmdaries and Area.
by Bath, east by Benton, south by
Piermont and west by Newbury,
Vermont. Area 34,340 acres improved land, 24,300 acres.
Thirty-one miles
Distances.
north-west from Plymouth, and
eighty-one north-west from Con;
cord.
Hon. Moses Dow, a distinHon. Charles
guished citizen
Johnston, an officer in the revoluHon.
tion and Judge of Probate
John Page former Governor of
New-Hampshire
Hon. Joseph
Bell a distinguished lawyer, and
many other prominent men, were
;
;
;
;
Passumpsic
in
Northumberland,
and extends from Portland to
Railroad,
Montreal.
HEBROX.
Ladd, Judges of the old county
courts
The
Railroads.
Railroad passes along the western
border of the town, in Vermont,
and the Boston, Concord and Montreal passes through in a direction nearly north-west, and southeast.
At Woodsville in the northwest corner of the town, the two
roads form a junction with the
White Mountain Railroad which
connects with the Grand Trunk
Grafton County.
The surHebron is broken and uneven, and although generally the
face of
soil is hard,
cultivated,
it
yet,
when
carefully
yields excellent crops
of corn, wheat, potatoes &c.
Newfound
Rivers and Lakes.
residents of this town.
Lake lies mostly in this town.
There are several small streams
It is a remarkable fact that the
sound of cannon at Bunker Hill,
was distinctly heard in Haverhill,
power.
Employments.
affording
considerable
water
Agriculture
is
the scene of action being more
than one hundred miles distant.
the chief occupation of the people.
This statement is established by the
testimony of many respectable witnesses who were alive on that
shingles are annually sawed.
memorable day.
First
Ministers.
Resources.
The
Rev.
Agricultural prod-
mechanical labor,
interest, 8 1,900
stock in trade, $ 1,800; deposits in
savings banks, § 17,090 from summer tourists, $ 3,000.
ucts, $57,049;
S 6,140
Ethan Smith, Congregational, ordained, January 25, 1792, dismiss-
and 100,000
500,000 feet of lumber,
;
money at
;
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190
Churches and Schools. A Union
church, supported by persons of
the Congregational, Baptist and
Methodist persuasion, Lorenzo
Draper, pastor.
There are five
schools; average length for the
year,
There
thirteen weeks.
is
frequently a High school, which
open during the spring and
is
fall.
A
large
First Organization.
portion of Hebron was included
in the Cockerrnouth Grant, the
remainder was taken from Plymouth.
Hotels. Central House.
Boundaries. North by Rumney
and Plymouth, east by Plymouth,
south by Alexandria and Orange,
and west by Groton. Area, 13,305
acres.
Distances.
Forty miles north
from Concord, and nine west from
Plymouth.
Railroads.
Eight miles by
daily stage to Bristol station, on
the Bristol Branch Railroad.
Merrimack County.
ker
Henni-
pleasantly situated in the
valley of the Contoocook.
The
surface of the town is broken, but
is
deep, and produces excellent crops of Avheat, corn, hay,
the soil
is
&c. As an agricultural town Henniker is not inferior to any town in
Merrimack county,
or
cultivation.
either in soil
Many
of
the
farms are under a high state of
and
abundant
crops. The farmers have reaped a
rich reward for their labor, and
have carefully laid by a portion of
cultivation,
yield
and
With
prosperity
its
than
Henniker.
railroad facilities, central
aud with one of the best
water privileges on the river, it
can be made one of the largest
manufacturing towns in the State,
and that too on its own surplus resources. At the present time the
people appear to be alive to manu-
location,
Capital invested for manufacturing purposes, over a certain amount, and for
a certain length of time, is exemptfacturing interests.
ed from taxation. With this inducement, the Henniker Manufacturing Company has been formed
and is now erecting a large building
wide
ami three stories high, for the manufacture of boots and shoes. The
future prospects of Henniker, with
the present facts before us, appear
very flattering.
Rivers and Ponds. Contoocook
River passes through this town in
an easterly direction, and affords
in its course abundant water powThere are several ponds of
er.
considerable size. Situated about
one mile from the village is Long
Pond, nearly two miles long, and
sixty feet long, thirty feet
sixty rods wide.
The town
is
al-
watered
by several small
streams in different sections,
Crany Hill is the
Elevations.
so
and is of conand embraces
a large portion of the territory on
principal elevation,
siderable altitude,
the south of the town.
ly
It is
most-
under good cultivation.
Near the centre of the
Village.
town on the Contoocook is the
cords of the various savings banks
in the State are not deceptive.
pleasant village of Henniker. It is
the centre of considerable trade
and manufacturing of various
kinds. There are four stores, two
But few
church
their surplus earnings, if the re-
if
the State,
any farming towns in
show more wealth,
thrift
edifices,
academy, town
house, one large hotel, and about
�HENNIKER.
one
hundred
dwelling
The
streets are
wide and
church value, 8 1,000. There are
twelve public schools, in town, average length for the year, twenty-
houses.
in
191
many
places beautifully shaded with the
maple and elm. The dwellings are
and enclosed in spacious
yards, while the fences and houses
three
weeks
;
amount of money
annually appropriated for school
neat
purposes, 8 1,508,70. There is an
academy in the village where one
are painted in pearly white, the
whole presenting an air of neatness so much admired by every
lover of a New-England village
or two terms are annually kept.
Library. Henniker Library, 800
volumes.
home.
Twelve gen-
First Settlement.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally engaged in agriculture, but manufacturing and trade
important
are
and extensive
branches of business in town.
There are two large paper-mills,
annually manufacturing 800 tons
of manilla, news and book paper;
two saw-mills, two grist-mills, one
kit manufactory, annually
making
measure
and box-mill, making 8 5.400 worth
annually, one cabinet maker, machine shop, several blacksmith and
50,000 fish kits, one dry
T
tlemen of Portsmouth, the most
prominent of whom were John
and Mark Wentworth, and Theodore Atkinson, bought all the right
and title of lands of the heirs of
Mason, and caused it to be surveyed and laid out into townships.
This town was called " Number
Six" in the range of townships, and
was known by that name before it
was granted to the parties. The
Rev. James Scales built the first
building in 1760.
John Peters
built the next house in 1761. The
first two-story house was built in
shoe shops, &c., professional business, 8 18,000. The total value of
goods annually manufactured, is
1767 by Amos Campbell the second
two-story house was built in 1768,
$ 308,300.
and was destroyed by
Productions of the
Resources.
soil,
8
8
149,877
38,400
at
;
;
mechanical labor,
bonds and money
stocks,
interest,
8
35, 140
deposits in
;
savings banks, § 177,376; stock in
8 10,500; from summer tourThe central and delightful location of Henniker, with
its varied landscape scenery, has
made it a popular resort for tourtrade,
ists
ists
the
$
3,000.
who are yearly increasing, as
summer months come around.
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
gational, Rev. S. S. Morrill, pastor;
number
of
members
150;
church value, 8 5,000 Methodist,
Rev. W. W. Smith, pastor; number of members, 100 church val;
;
ue, $3,000; Friends, 25
members;
;
Captain E.
Ham
early settlers.
ent
fire
in 1873.
was among the
It received its pres-
name from Gov. Wentworth,
honor of his friend, John Henmerchant
of London, and a member of the
in
niker, Esq., a wealthy
British Parliament.
November
Incorporated
10, 1768.
Boundaries. North by Bradford
and "Warner, east by Hopkinton,
south by Weare and Deering, and
west by Hillsborough. Area, 26,
500 acres; improved land, 18,612
acres.
Distances. Seventy miles northwest from Boston, fifteen west
from Concord, and thirty-four
north-east from Keene.
Contoopasses
cook
Valley Railroad
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192
through this town in an easterly
There
and westerly direction.
are two stations " Henniker " and
" West Henniker." At the hitter
station
a pretty village, contain-
is
ing a large paper-mill, store, postoffice, school house, and fifteen or
twenty neat dwelling houses.
Merrimack County. The
sur-
uneven, but the
soil
is
good and in some localities very
fertile. There are many fine farms
under a high state of cultivation,
producing excellent crops.
Elvers and Ponds. This town is
watered by Pemigewasset and
is
Smith's Rivers, besides there are
Eagle
several small streams.
Pond is the most noted sheet of
water.
Ragged Mountain
Mountain.
is
of considerable elevation and
but
little
From
its
inferior to Kearsarge.
summit a good view of
the surrounding country
may
be
obtained.
The
Employments.
Woodward's patent Latch Needles
manufactured to
the value of $ 8,000 annually. (See
tables.)
Resources.
Agricultural prod-
ucts, $53,539;
mechanical labor,
bonds and money
$
at
6,500
;
stocks,
interest,
S 7,670;
deposits
in
stock in
savings banks, $ 54,720
trade, §9,276; from summer tourists, $800.
Churches and Schools. There are
two Christian Churches Revs.
Calvin Osgood and H. A. Stratton
are their pastors. There are ten
;
—
this
average length
weeks.
September
First Settlers.
1753,
town was granted
14,
to
proprietors,
eighty-seven
(the
greater part of whom resided in
Chester), and was called " New
Chester," which name it retained
January
1837,
when
it
re-
ceived its present name, in honor
of Hon. Isaac Hill, who was Governor of the State at that time.
The first settlers were Captain
Cutting Favor, and Carr Huse,
Incorporated NoEsq., in 1768.
vember
20, 1778.
Church.
First
Congregational
church, December 11, 1816.
Boundaries. North by Danbury,
Alexandria
and
Bristol,
east
by
New-Hampton and Sanbornton,
south by Franklin and Andover,
and west by Wilmot and Danbury.
Area, 20,000 acres.
Twenty-four miles
Dista?ice.
north from Concord.
Railroad. Bristol Branch of the
Northern Railroad.
inhabitants
are generally engaged in farming.
There is some trade and manufacturing. About 3,000 pairs of sale
boots and shoes are annually made.
for hosiery, are
for the year, fifteen
until
HILL.
face of Hill
schools in town:
HILLSBOROUGH.
Hillsborough County.
Hills-
considered as one of
the best and most enterprising
farming towns in the county. The
surface is uneven, but the soil is
and very productive.
strong
There are some fine farms under
a high state of cultivation, producing good crops of corn, grass, &c.
Contoocook
Rivers and Ponds.
River passes through the southeast corner of the town, and affords
borough
is
power.
excellent water
Hillsboi-ough River has its source
from ponds in Washington, passes
some
through the town, and forms a
junction with the Contoocook on
the south line of the town. The
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HILLSBOROUGH.
body of water is Lyon's
Pond, about one mile in length,
and two thirds of a mile in width.
Minerals. Plumbago of a good
largest
quality
is
found.
It
occurs in nar-
which have been
wrought to some extent.
Villages.
There are four pleasant villages, the most important
of which is called Hillsborough
At this village is the
Bridge.
terminus of the Contoocook Valley
Railroad, which has caused a large
row
veins,
increase of business in almost
every branch of industry common to a thriving New-England
village.
Here are two churches,
two school-houses, a bank, ten or
fifteen stores of various kinds, one
hotel,
two hose, drawers and
shirt
a bedstead and
shovel handle manufactory, besides many other mechanical shops
For a
too numerous to mention.
busy, lively village, " Hillsborough
Bridge" is not excelled by any village of its size in New-Hampshire.
manufactories,
No man
in this village
is
consider-
ed a peer with his neighbor unless
he labors.
At the Centre Village there are
two churches, several stores, ofand several manufactories.
fices,
Employments.
Agriculture is
the principal employment of the
inhabitants, but there is consider-
manufacturing carried on.
60,(K)0 worth of leather is
annually tanned $ 60,000 worth of
Gent's, hose, shirts and drawers
are made; over 5,000 bedsteads,
able
Over $
;
25 tons of castings, 5,000 barrels of
and 50,000 bushels of meal
annually produced; besides
lumber, shovel handles, and various other manufactures.
The
whole manufactured products annually amount to over § 350,000.
flour,
are
Productions of the
mechanical labor
$38,100; stocks and bonds, $13
760; money at interest, $28,235
deposits in savings banks, $91,659
Resources.
$ 133,496
soil,
;
stock in trade, $64,200
mer
;
from sum-
tourists, $6,000; professional
business, $ 30,000.
Churches and Schools. At Hillsborough Bridge Congregational,
Rev. John Bragdon, pastor Meth:
;
Elder L. W. Preseott, pasAt Hillsborough Centre:
tor.
Methodist, Elder S. S. Dudley,
pastor Congregational, Rev. John
odist,
;
Adams,
pastor.
een school
There are eightand seventeen
districts
schools in town; average length
of schools for the year, eighteen
weeks.
" Valley House" at the
Hotels.
Bridge, and "St. Charles" at the
Lower
Village.
First National Bank.
Banks,
A Savings Bank has been chartered.
Newspaper. Hillsborough Bridge
Messenger, Sargent & Whittemore, Editors and Proprietors.
Hillsborough
Settlers.
First
was known, originally, as " Number Seven." The first settlement
was made in 1741, by James McCalley, Samuel Gibson, Robert
McClure, James Lyon, and others.
The wife of James McCalley was
the only woman in town during
the
first
year
By reason
of the settlement.
of the Indian war, the
settlement was abandoned in 1744,
and was not resumed until near
1755.
In the mean time Col. John
Hill of Boston, received a grant of
the town from the Masonian pro-
and from Col. Hill it derived its present name. The first
children born, were John McCalprietors,
ley
and Mary Gibson, who
inter-
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194
married and received as a gift a
tract of land from the principal
proprietors.
The citizens of Hills-
borough struggled hard to secure
the independence of our country.
General Benjamin Pierce, a veteran of the Revolution, and afterwards Governor of New-Hampshire,
was a resident of
this
town.
He was
father of the late General
Franklin Pierce, who was Presi-
dent of the United States, from
March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1857.
The town was incorporated Nov.
First Church
The
and Minister.
Congregational church was
formed Oct. 12, 1769. The same
Joseph Barnes was or-
year, Rev.
dained;
Baptist
May
amounting
much
tobacco,
pounds.
Rivers.
The Connecticut extends along its western border for
nine and one-half miles.
The
Ashuelot passes through the southern portion and joins the Connecticut a short distance below the
great bend, called Cooper's Point.
to 96,850
The water
privileges on this river
through the town are numerous
and valuable. It is also watered
with many smaller streams and
springs.
There are several islands
in the Connecticut belonging to
14, 1772.
first
raised one third as
dismissed
Society
in
was
1803.
A
organized
The
intervals are ex-
Mountains and
north part
is
Hills.
In the
West River Moun-
which extends from the Connecticut across the entire width of
tain,
The highest peak
Mine mountain, and
the town.
21, 1813.
Boundaries. North by Bradford,
east by Henniker, south by Deering and Antrim, and west by
Windsor and Washington. Area,
improved land, 15,
27,320 acres;
945, acres.
Distances.
the town.
tensive and fertile.
Thirty miles south-
is
called
is
about nine hundred feet above
low water mark. Iron Ore, beds
of silicate of manganese, and other
minerals are found in several localities
about the
mountains.
South of the Ashuelot is Stebbins'
west from Concord, and twentythree north-west from Amherst.
Railroads.
Terminus Contoocook Valley Railroad. It is intended to have this road extended
Hill, a tract of excellent land,
Peterborough, where it will
connect with the Monadnock Raiload.
ticut,
to
lies
in
the
extreme
corner of the State.
is varied, containing
hills, valleys,
vals.
The
This town
south-west
The
surface
mountains,
and plains or
inter-
of the best quality, and produces excellent crops
of corn, oats, and tobacco.
In
1870, no other town in the State
soil is
of a superior quality.
On a point
of a hill, not far from the Connecare the remains of an Indian
fortification constructed before the
came here.
The village is located
Ashuelot. The valley here
first settlers
Village.
HINSDALE.
Cheshire County.
and
under a high state of cultivation.
The intervals here are broad and
on the
is narrow, the land rising abruptly
on both sides of the river, affording
but little chance for the village to
expand. The water runs rapidly,
and affords good mill sites. The
main street runs parallel with the
river, and some portions of it is
handsomely shaded with the maple.
Considerable manufacturing
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HINSDALE.
—
done here there are two woolen mills, two paper mills, mowing
is
machine
manufactory,
tool
their labor
$
125,600,
and manufac-
ture goods to the value of $ 690,
400, being the third town in the
fac-
and machine shop,
foundery, water wheels, besides
printing and several other mechanical shops.
There are three
churches, two school houses, eight
or ten stores, one hotel, and about
one hundred dwelling houses.
county in the amount annually
paid for mechanical labor, and the
fourth in the value of its manufactured productions.
Agricultural proResources.
The Ashuelot Railroad
money
tory,
bolt
gives
ductions,
it
good railroad facilities.
The inhabitants
Employments.
are about equally divided between
manufacturing, trade, and professional business, on one side, and
agriculture on the other.
The
In
manufactures are important.
1870, Haile & Co. employed 38
males and 42 females; annual
pay roll, $34,000. and annually producing 450,000 yards of
cashmerett, valued at $230,000.
Boydon & Amadon employed 23
males and 20 females annual pay
roll, $15,800; annually producing
its
stocks, $16,300;
at interest, $31,160; depos-
in savings banks,
fessional services,
trade,
in
mechanical
$118,408;
labor, $125,600,
$
$ 26,958
15,000
;
;
pro-
stock
professional
$58,820;
$ 20,000.
CongreChurches and Schools.
gational, Rev. C. C. Watson, pastor; Methodist, Rev. D. S. Dexbusiness,
ter,
pastor; Baptist,
;
Universalist Society,
There are eleven schools in town,
three of which are graded. Average length of schools for the year,
.
twenty-one weeks. Total amount
of money appropriated for school
;
John N. Beers,
purposes, $ 2,353.80.
Library. Hinsdale Library Association, 800 volumes.
tannery, annually producing leathWiler to the value of $ 72,000.
Spangled
Star
Newspapers.
Banner, monthly, and Hinsdale
230,000 yards of cashmerett, val-
ued
at .$ 110,000.
&
der
Hopkins, chisels and spoke
shaves, $ 18,500.
Newhall
&
Mirror, quarterly.
Hotel.
bins mowing machines, valued at
Paper mills, $60,000;
$52,000.
box manufactory, $ 10,000 foun;
dery,
machine shop, $ 75,
lumber
1,500,000 feet of
$
000;
14,000
;
grain ground,
$34,000;
$8,200; also bolts, shooks, boots
and shoes, water wheels, besides
sawed,
hardships,
blacksmiths, carpenters, masons,
painters, wheelwrights, harness
makers, and various other trades
and professions.
tal
The
manu-
employing
206 males, and 65 females and
factures,
children,
is
$371,900,
who
annually receive for
common
to
early settlements in
shire.
total capi-
invested in the various
(See tables.)
Ashuelot House.
This town
First Settlement.
was originally a part of Northa
field, Massachusetts, and for
number of years called Fort DuniThe first settlers encounmer.
tered all the horrors of the Indian
warfare, and struggled with other
Steb-
*
many of the
New-Hamp-
They were protected by
Fo^t Dummer, Hinsdale's Fort,
Shattuck's Fort, and Bridgeman's
Fort but, with all these precautions they were not effectually secured from savage incursions and
many cruel murders. June 17,
;
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196
1746, three men were killed, two
wounded, and two were taken
prisoners, near Bridgeman's Fort.
Daniel How, one of the captives,
killed one of the Indians in the
struggle.
Several persons were
killed and taken prisoners, and
land along Pemigewassett river.
Rivers and Ponds. This town is
well watered by the Pemigewassett
Fort
town, and partly in Ashland.
It
is two miles long, and half a mile
wide. The route from Plymouth,
through this town, to Centre Harbor and Wolfe borough, is charming, affording views, wild and romantic.
Many summer tourists
Bridgernan
June
1747.
16,
destroyed,
1748,
in
Nathan
French, Joseph Richardson, .and
John Frost were
killed,
and sev-
eral others captured, while cross-
ing from Colonel Hinsdale's to
Fort Dumnier.
In 1755, two persons were killed and Jonathan
Colby captured, while working in
the woods.
In July of the same
year, Caleb How, Hilkiah Grout,
and Benjamin Gaffield were ambushed and killed, while returning from labor.
The town was
incorporated under the name of
Hinsdale, September 3, 1763, in
honor of Colonel Ebenezer Hinsdale, long a highly esteemed resi-
which
river,
affords
water privileges.
some good
Squam Lake
lies in the south-easterly part,
Squam Pond
lies
and
partly in this
town through the
season of the year.
stay in this
warm
Farming is the
employment of the in-
Employments.
principal
habitants.
&c, and
1,200,000 feet of boards
1,100,000 shingles are an-
nually produced; 3,000 pairs of
boots and shoes, and $ 3,000 worth
of files are manufactured, and 2,000
dent here.
Boundaries. North by Chesterfield, east by Winchester, south by
Northfield, Mass., and west by
Vernon, Vermont.
Area, 14,000
acres area of improved land, 7,381
deerskins annually tanned, valued
13,900 pounds of maple
sugar are manufactured.
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $118,444; mechanical labor,
$ 6,000 stocks, and money at interest, $9,470; deposits in savings
banks, $ 5,950 stock in trade, $ 1,
acres.
950;
;
Distances.
seventy-five miles
south-west from Concord, and
fifteen south-west from Keene.
Railroads. The Ashuelot Railroad passes through the southern
part of the town, and joins the
Connecticut River Railroad, at
Vernon, with the Cheshire Railroad, r L Keene.
of Holderness
is fertile,
surface
but the soil'
and produces good crops
is hilly,
of corn, barley, potatoes and hay.
There is some very fine interval
;
;
;
from summer tourists, $6,000,
Churches and Schools.
There
are three churches in town, of the
Freewill Baptist denomination,
Elders Batchelder, Balch, Stevens
and Wyatt, Pastors. There are
thirteen school districts, and eleven schools. Average length for the
year, sixteen weeks.
First
Holderness
granted to John Shepard
and others, October 10, 1751, but
the grantees failed to obey the
was
HOLDERNESS.
Grafton County. The
at $ 2,400
Settlements.
first
conditions of the charter, and it
forfeited.
It was rdgranted,
was
October
worth
24,
and
1761, to
John Went-
sixty-seven
others.
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HOLLIS.
William Piper
first settled
here in
The southwestern portion of
Holderness was disannexed, and
1763.
the town of Ashland formed, July
1,
1868.
Rev. Robert
Fowle. An Episcopal church was
established here in 1770.
Boundaries.
North by Campton, east by Squam Lake, south by
Center Harbor and New Hampton
and west by Ashland and Plymouth.
Area improved land, 10,454 acres.
First
Minister.
Distances Forty-five miles north
from Concord, and six east from
Plymouth.
Railroads.
The
nearest railroad
communication is at Ashland, four
miles, on the Boston, Concord and
Montreal Railroad, It is expected
that the New-Hampshire Central
Railroad will pass through this
town, when completed.
westerly part.
There are four
ponds, Flint's, Penichuck, Long
and Rocky Ponds. These ponds
afford an excellent field for fishing.
Employments. The inhabitants
are largely engaged in agriculture.
Especially in the cultivation of
fruit, this town ranks the first in
the county. Quite an extensive
business is carried on in the pro-
duction of milk for the market.
Over 350,000 quarts are annually
sold. There'are saw mills annu-
manufacturing over 1,400,000
lumber. The manufacture
of kegs and barrels is an important
branch of business. (See tables,)
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $ 133,321
mechanical labor,
ally
feet of
;
$21,500; stocks, $21,840; money
at interest, $ 19,852
deposits in
savings banks, $ 168,710; stock in
trade, $25,951; summer tourists,
;
$
HOLLIS.
1,000.
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
Hillsborough County. 'The
surface of this town is varied,
pastor.
consisting of upland and interval.
districts in
The
of schools for the year, nineteen
interval
produces excellent
crops of corn, oats, hay, etc. The
upland is good for grazing, and
much
given to raising
cows, for the production of milk,
for the market. The farmers find
a ready sale for all their surplus
products, in the city of Nashua, at
remunerative prices. The orchard
production is more valuable than
that of any other town in the county.
Hollis is one of the wealthiest
attention
is
and everything pertaining to the farms and
farm-houses, betokens an air of
thrift and wealth.
Rivers and Ponds. The Nashua
River passes through the south-
towns
in the county,
easterly portion of the town.
The
Nisitisset flows through the south-
gational church, Rev.
James Laird,
There are fourteen school
town. Average length
weeks.
Library. Hollis Social Library,
sixteen hundred volumes.
Settlement.
This
town was
formerly a part of Dunstable and
Monson, Mass. Its original name
was Nisitisset, and it was afterward
called the West Parish of Dunstable. It received its present name
from the Duke of Newcastle,
whose name was Hollis. The first
settlement was made by Peter
Powers, in 1731. A son of his,
Peter Powers jr., was the first
child born in town. Hollis was
incorporated in 1746.
First Minister.
Rev. Daniel
Emerson, ordained in 1743, died
in 1801.
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198
North
Boundaries and Area.
by Mil ford and Amherst, east by
Nashua, south by Massachusetts
line, and west by Brookline. Area
of improved land, 10,805 acres.
Thirty-eight miles
Distances.
south from Concord, eight miles
south from Amherst, and five west
from Nashua.
Railroad. Nashua and Worcester Railroad passes through the
south-easterly part of the town.
•
HOOKSETT.
MerriMerrimack County.
mack River passes through nearly
the centre of this town. The surface
is
uneven but the
soil is
gen-
erally good, producing fine crops.
Near the center of the town in the
Merrimack is " Hooksett Falls."
The descent
of the water is about
sixteen feet, in a distance of thirty
large ledge just above the
rods.
A
falls
divides the stream and an-
swers as a pier for the Concord
Railroad bridge which spans the
The water
river at this place.
power here is valuable. There is
one cotton factory which gives employment to seventy-five males
and one hundred and seventy-five
females.
The
rest of this priv-
remains unimproved.
From an eminence
Elevation.
called the Pinnacle on the west side
ilege
of the river, a delightful view of
the surrounding country can be
At your feet, is the
obtained.
village
of Hooksett;
pleasant
the river, on elevated
aci'oss
ground, stands the palatial residence of Gen. Natt Head, acknowledged as being one of tho
most expensive and beautiful
country residences in the State.
At the north-east, a distance of one
mile, can be seen the enterprising
village of Suncook, while the Merrimack, above and below the falls,
with its verdant banks, the cultivated fields, and the distant hills
in the back-ground, form a grand
and picturesque scene. This Pinnacle on its south-eastern side has
an abrupt altitude of two hundred
At its foot, on the west side,
a beautiful pond of water, of a
bright greenish tinge, remarkably
clear, of great depth, and having
no visible outlet. It is supposed
this pond was the bed of the pinnacle from -which the latter, by
some violent convulsion of nature,
Hooksett holds
was upturned.
out many inducements for tourists
feet.
is
spend their summer vacation,
around the falls or among the
Four trains
surrounding hills.
daily to and from Boston, leave
and arrive at the Hooksett depot.
But few towns in the State have
to
better railroad facilities.
Employments.
The employment
is about equally
divided between agriculture and
manufacturing. The farmer finds
a ready market for his surplus
of the inhabitants
products either at Manchester,
Concord, Suncook or at Hooksett
village.
The future prospects of
the farmers are flattering.
The manufacturing of brick is
extensively carried on. Over ten
millions of bricks are annually
produced, employing over one hundred men in their manufacture.
Gen. Natt Head has the most extensive yards, annually producing
over three millions of bricks. At a
large granite quarry, twenty-five
men are employed, who annually
receive for their labor over $ 10,
000. One cotton manufactory annually produces over three million
yards of cotton cloth. One har-
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HOPKINTON.
ness shop produces $ 12,000 worth
of harnesses. (For manufactories,
see tables.)
Agricultural prod-
Resources.
ucts,
$
$
mechanical labor,
118,708;
107,000
$
terest,
;
and Beech
money
Rivers.
stocks and
4,897
at in-
deposits in savings
;
banks, $112,217; stock in trade,
$
32,995.
Churches and
ScJiools.
Congre-
Methodist, Elder
There are
J. E. Robins, pastor.
seven school districts, and eight
schools in town; average length
gational,
;
for the year,
twelve weeks.
mated value of
school
Esti-
houses,
Ayer House and Stearns
Hotel.
First
Organization.
Hooksett
was taken from Chester,
Goffs-
town, and Dunbarton, and incorporated July 3, 1822.
Boundaries. North by Bow and
Allenstown, east by Candia and
Auburn, south by Goffstown and
Manchester, and west by Goffstown, Dunbarton and Bow.
miles
Sixty-two
Distances.
north-west from Boston, nine
south from Concord and eight
miles north from Manchester.
Railroads.
The Concord
Rail-
through this town.
The Suncook Valley Railroad
forms a junction with the Concord
at Hooksett depot.
road passes
HOPKINTON.
Merrimack
County.
This
one of the most important
farming towns in the county in
point of its agricultural productions, and wealth of the inhabitants and ranking as the eleventh
in the State as an agricultural
town. The intervals and meadow
lands on the rivers are very fertile,
town
is
;
Hills.
The Contoocook River
passes through the town in an
easterly and north-easterly direction. In its passage it receives the
coming from Bradand Warner, and the
Blackwater coming from Andover,
Salisbury and Webster. The Contoocook furnishes some fine water
power in this town.
Elevations. There are no moun-
Warner
river,
ford, Sutton
but three or four hills of
considerable height, and all capable of cultivation to their summits.
The most important of these eletains,
$9,100.
Hotels.
while the uplands and hills afford
excellent pasturing and tillage
land. Some of the best farms in
this town are on Putney, Uiamon,
is Putney Hill, about one
mile west of Hopkinton village,
and about five hundred feet above
vations,
it.
On
this hill
commenced some
of the first settlements the traces
of many of the original houses can
be distinctly seen by the half-filled
;
On the extreme summit
one of the first cemeteries, containing about one acre, and well
fenced. It is said that this yard is
nearly full of graves, and has
been for over sixty years. The
roughness of the ground, caused,
by indentations, and the many
cellars.
is
stones apparently set edgewise, all
go to prove the veracity of the
There are but very
statement.
few stones legible to mark the
spot of those who once lived here
and cultivated the broad fields,
and viewed the delightful scenery
upon the
crest of their
home
hills.
Among some names that can be
traced, we noticed Lieut. Aaron
30, 1760, aged
Jeremiah Kimball, died
Kimball, died July
51 years
;
in 1764, aged 57 years
;
Dr. John
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200
Clement,
years
10
;
died
in 1804,
aged 61
his son died in 1779, aged
years,
a son Phinehas
died in 1872, aged
also
who
Clement,
The Rev. James Scales,
minister of Hopkinton,
lies in this yard, but no legible
stone marks the spot.
Dr. Clement was a popular physician in
this town and the surrounding
country for many years. The cel94 years.
the
lar
first
upon which
his house stood,
can be distinctly seen but a short
distance from where his ashes
now
rest.
Northeast from the graveyard,
about thirty rods, arc the remains
of the old Putney Fort. Here the
people of the neighborhood congregrated nights, when the Indians
were lurking round for captives;
but with
these precautions, the
inhabitants suffered much from
their depredations. April 22, 1746,
all
six Indians broke into the garrison, and captured eight persons
while in their beds, and hurried
them off. April 13, 1753 they took
Abraham Kimball, the first male
child born in town, and Samuel
Putney, (whose grandson is now
living on this hill) and carried
them away. The third day after
their capture, the Indians were
surprised while encamped on a
hill west of Boscawen Plains, and
in order to escape, they left Putney behind. Kimball was rescued
through the help of a dog, which
seized an Indian, while in the act
of drawing his tomahawk to kill
him.
The views obtained from Putney
Hill, are
some of the
finest
and
most extensive to be found in the
State.
At the north can be distinctly seen Mooshillock, in Benton,
while a
little
further to the
White Face, and ChoPeak in Sandwich, Waterville and Albany.
At the northeast, the Gilmanton Mountains in
Gilford, at the east, the Catamount
in Pittsfield, and Fort Mountain in
east are the
corua's
Epsom ;
further to the south, are
high hills in Francestown
and Deering; at the southwest,
the towering summit of the Monthe
adnock
in Jaffrey, is in full
at the west, the
Sunapee
view
lifts its
lofty crest at the northwest, right
before you, stands the old Kearsarge, as the central monarch of
;
chain of mountains which
of nearly
two hundred and fifty miles while
at your feet can be seen the villages, the farm-houses, the meadows and the broad ntervals through
which meanders the Contoocook,
whose limpid waters sparkle in
this vast
make a circumference
;
i
the
summer sunbeams.
mountains and
On
this
seven
of the ten counties in the State can
be seen.
Villages.
About eight miles
west from Concord, is situated, on
elevated ground, the old but pleasant village of Hopkinton. Sevenhill,
ty years
ago,
hills in
this
village
was
the most important with the ex-
ception
of
Concord, in
central
New-Hampshire. The State Legislature convened here in 1798,
1801, in 1806. and 1807.
The decision stood on a pivot for several
years, as to having the capital of
the State here, or at Concord, but
it was finally decided in favor of
Concord, and permanently established there in 1808.
The
courts
Hillsborough county were alternately holden here and at Amherst, for nearly forty years, or until it was set off to help form Merrimack county in 1823. The main
for
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HOPKINTON.
street is "wide and beautifully shaded with the elm and maple. The
elms in this village, with the ex-
ception of Exeter, are the largest
in the State. Many of the houses
have an antique appearance, but
all are kept in good repair, and be-
token an air of wealth.
There are
eight or ten wells in the village,
from 45 to 65 feet in depth, nearly
all of which were dug over a hun-
sides
lumber
mills,
wool carding,
carriages, fish kits,* harnesses, tin
ware, black-smith's, &c. There
are three church edifices, two
school-houses, an Academy, six or
eight stores of all kinds, one hotel,
telegraph, express and post ofinsurance agent, three phyfices,
hundred
sicians, and over one
It is a very
dwelling houses.
pleasant and desirable village to
reside in, having as citizens,
dred years ago.
In the fall of
men
some
the
Perkins
House was destroyed by fire. This
hotel was a great resort for summer tourists. In the spring of 1873,
the Town House and Academy
building was burnt. It was built
sometime in the last century. In
this house the Legislature of the
State met, also the county courts.
of
For many years an Academy was
it, and became very popular
the farmers
good markets for their surplus
products at Contoocook, Concord
and Fisherville. 14,600 bushels of
corn, 8000 bushels of oats and bar-
1872, the
kept in
for the reason of there being a very
quiet and moral
The
community around
old cemetery
is near the
centre of the village, and is a lovely spot. Many interments in these
it.
grounds date back over one hundred
years. A new cemetery of fifteen
acres has been located a little east
of the village, towards Concord.
In the village are three churches,
school-house, library, one store,
and seventy or eighty dwellings.
About three miles west of Hopkinton village, on the Contoocook
river, is situated the enterprising
village
of
Contoocook.
grown up within
years,
and
is
It
has
the last thirty
the seat of considera-
and
manufacturing.
annually manufactures 120,000 yards of flannel,
valued at $ 36,000. One grist-mill
annually grinds 8,600 bushels of
grain of all kinds valued at § 8,600.
Doors, sash and blinds, $20,000, be-
ble
trade
One
flannel mill
the
wealthiest
in
The Contoocook Valley
State.
forms a junction with
Railroad
the Concord and Claremont, at this
point, thus affording excellent rail-
road
facilities for all sections
of
the country.
The
Employments.
larger por-
tion of the people are devoted to
agricultural pursuits
;
find
ley, 19,000
bushels potatoes, 1,200
bushels onions, 54,000 pounds butter, 19,000 pounds cheese, and 4,600
tons of hay are annually produced
125,000 clapboards, 450,000 shingles
and laths, 1,120,000 feet of boards,
of all kinds, are annually sawed,
valued at $ 23,600; leather tanned
to the value of $ 17,300 doors, sash
and blinds, $20,000, besides flannel,
;
;
wool carding, kits, &c. The total
value of manufactured goods, is
$ 119,800.
Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $186,582; mechanical
labor, $25,600; stocks and money
deposits in
savings banks, $ 192,628 stock in
at interest, $69,333;
;
trade,
$
15,720.
* Saturday night,
November
15,
1873, the
buildings containing the above manufactories
were destroyed by
fire.
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202
Churches and Schools.
At Hop-
kinton, Congregational, Rev. J. K.
Five," afterwards " New-Hopkinton." The settlements were com-
Young, pastor; members, 120;
church value, $8,000; Baptist,
Rev. A. Snyder, pastor members,
75; value, $7,500; St. Andrews,
Episcopal, supplied by St. Paul's
School; communicants 40; value,
$ 3,000. Contoocook Methodist,
Rev. D. Howard, pastor; mem-
menced
value, $3,000; Freewill
Baptist, Rev, J. D. Osgood, pastor;
January
;
;
bers, 22;
members, 80
;
value,
$
3,000
;
Swe-
denborgian, Rev. Charles Hardon,
members, 32; value, $2,
There are 21 schools in town
the Kimwere
settlers
and Putney's. Henry Miller and others received a new
grant of this town in 1756, which
was the occasion of long and bitfirst
ball's
regard to titles.
the population
was 1,085, and, with the exception
of Amherst, was the most populous
ter
average length for the year, eighteen weeks; total amount annually appropriated for school purposes, $ 2,499.84.
Literary Institutions.
Contoocook Academy, Charles Hardon,
Principal.
New-Hampshire Philomathic and
Antiquarian
was
1873.
Society.
established
Its
This society
November
19,
rooms are located in
Contoocook. This society is the
outgrowth of the Philomathic Club
formed in 1859, by three young
men then residing in this village.
There is now a museum of some
2,000 or 3,000 specimens of antiquities and other curiosities.
The
society desires
and
solicits the ac-
quaintance and co-operation of all
persons of antiquarian or scientific
pursuits throughout the State. The
Rev. Silas Ketchum, of Bristol, is
the Corresponding Secretary.
Libraries.
Hopkinton Public
Library, 750 volumes.
Contoocook Social Library, 650 volumes.
Hotel. Contoocook House.
Early Settlements.
Hopkinton
was granted by Massachusetts
to John Jones and others, January
16, 1735, and was called " Number
disputes in
town
pastor;
000.
by emigrants from
Among the
Mass.
in 1740,
Hopkinton,
11,
1775,
in central
New-Hampshire.
Rev. James
Ministers.
First
Scales, Congregational,
in 1757, dismissed in
Scales
was ordained
ordained
1770.
Mr.
in Putney's
on Putney's Hill. Rev. Elijah Fletcher, ordained in 1773,
died in 1789. Rev. Jacob Cram,
ordained in 1789, dismissed in 1794.
Rev. Ethan Smith, settled in 1800,
dismissed in 1817.
Boundaries. North by Warner
and Boscawen, east by Concord,
Fort,
by Bow, Dunbarton and
Weare, and west by Henniker.
Area, 26,967 acres improved land,
south
;
17,590.
Eight miles west of
Distances.
Concord.
Railroads.
Concord and Clare-
mont Railroad runs through the
northeast corner of the town. The
The
station is at Contoocook.
Contoocook Valley Railroad has
its terminus at Contoocook, and
forms a junction with the Concord
and Claremont Railroad.
HUDSON.
Hillsborough County.
The
surface of this town, back from the
Merrimack, is uneven, and the soil
is
more
turage,
suitably adapted to pas-
and the growth of wood
and timber, than
to tillage.
On
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JACKSON.
the river, there are large intervals
of a deep, fertile soil, producing
fine crops of corn, vegetables, and
hay. The surplus products of the
farmers are readily sold in the city
of Nashua, at fair prices.
River and Ponds. The western
border of Hudson, is washed by
Merrimack River. Little Massabesick and Otternick, both covering a surface of three hundred
acres, are the principal bodies of
water.
Employments. Agriculture is the
principal employment of the people
who receive a good return for their
There
labor.
is
some manufac-
turing done in town, but not on an
extensive scale. Extension tables,
plane woods, &c, are manufac-
About
tured.
700,000 feet of
lum-
ber, are annually sawed.
Agricultural
Resources.
ducts,
$
133,321
;
pro-
mechanical labor,
stocks,
&c,
money at interest, $ 2,900
$20,600;
$12,500;
in savings banks,
$
;
deposits
135,775
;
stock
$ 14,483. The resources
town clearly show that the
inhabitants are prosperous, and
in trade,
of this
ought to be happy.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. S. M. Blanchard,
pastor in 1870; Methodist, Elder
Baptist,
C. A. Cressey," pastor;
Rev. A. W. Chaflin, pastor. There
are ten schools in town average
length for the year, twenty-two
weeks. Annual amount appropri;
ated for school purposes, $1,394.80.
First Settlements. This town was
included in the grant of Dunstable,
and formerly called Nottingham
West,
noV Nashua, and
settle-
ments were commenced by Messrs.
Blodgett, Winn, Lovewell, Colburn, Hill, Greeley, Cross,
ings, Pollard,
Cum-
Marsh and Merrill, in
1710.
Incorporated July
5,
1746,
name changed to Hudson in 1830.
The first settlements were commenced on the banks of the river,
where the Indians had cleared
fields for the cultivation of corn.
Near the old Indian
cornfields,
cinders have been found, similar
to those produced in blacksmiths'
works. The first inhabitants lived
in garrisons.
While the men were
fields and forests,
and children were
abroad in the
the
women
lodged in these places of security.
First Ministers. Rev. Nathaniel
Merrill, Congregational, settled in
Rev. Jabez P.
1737, died in 1796
Fisher, settled in 1796, dismissed
;
in 1807.
Boundaries. North by Litchfield
and Londonderry, east by Windham and Pelham, south by Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, and west
by Nashua. Area, 17,379 acres;
improved land, 9,443 acres.
Thirty-eight miles
Distances.
south from Concord, and two and
one half miles east from Nashua.
Railroads. Two miles to Nashua station, on the Concord and
Nashua Railroad. The Nashua
and Rochester Railroad, now being constructed, will pass through
Hudson.
JACKSON.
Carroll County. Jackson is a
mountainous town.
Along the
streams are some very fine lands,
producing excellent crops, which
find a home market, for the reason
that
summer tourists who
this
romantic town, number about
frequent
500 annually.
Rivers and Mountains. The two
branches of Ellis River are the
principal
streams.
Thorne and
Iron Mountains are the most important elevations in town.
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
Minerals.
Tin ore has been
found here in considerable quantities. In the southern part, bordering on Bartlett, and near Rocky
Branch, an affluent of Ellis River,
one of the most valuable mines
of iron ore in the United States,
with everything considered. The
is
vein
now
in Avidth,
being opened,
and
is
55 feet
175 rods in length.
It is evident the
whole mountain
intersected by numerous veins
of excellent iron ore, and will
is
furnish an inexhaustible supply.
This ore has been tested by one of
the most celebrated English iron
and steel manufacturers, who
favorably reported upon its good
qualities, as producing the finest
quality of steel.
Until recently,
been far from any
means of transportation by railway, but now the Portland and
Ogdensburg Railroad, which extends through Bartlett, will pass
within three miles of the mine,
and a branch road may be easily
built up Rocky Branch, to a point
near the shafts. (See Bartlett.)
this ore has
The
future prospects of Jackson
are very flattering.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally engaged in farming
and keeping summer
boarders.
are exbuilt, the coming
Some new manufactories
pected
to
be
season.
Resources.
soil,
$72,243;
$ 1,800
;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
money at
interest,
$
3,800
deposits in savings banks, $ 4,084
from summer
tourists,
$25,000;
stock in trade, $ 2,700,
Churches and Schools.
There
are two churches of the Freewill
Baptist denomination, Rev. Cha's.
Hurlin,
is
pastor of one of them.
There are seven public schools.
Average length of schools for the
There is an annual church and school fund of $ 400.
Hotels.
Jackson Falls Hotel,
" Thorne Mountain House," and
" Iron Mountain House.
These
Houses are full of guests, through
year, ten weeks.
1
the
summer
'
season.
Benjamin Copp,
town with his family
in 1779, and remained fourteen
years before any other person settled here. The town was incorporated by the name of Adams,
December 4, 1800. It was changed
to its present name, in 1829,
First Settlers.
came
to this
First Minister.
kins,
Rev. Daniel ElF. Baptist, settled here in
A
1809.
Freewill Baptist church
was formed
in 1803.
Boundaries. North and west by
Pinkney's Grant, east by Chatham,
and south by Bartlett. Area 31,968
acres,
improved land,
Distances.
5,496 acres.
from
90 miles north
Concord, and forty-five north from
Ossipee.
Railroad.
Two and one half
miles to railway station, on Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad.
JAFFREY.
Cheshire County.
The uneven surface of this town affords
numerous meadows and rich pastures, causing it to be peculiarly
adapted to raising cattle. There
are some very fine farms, however,
well cultivated, and producing ex-
cellent crops; but, like too
of
many
neighboring towns, the
farming interest is neglected the
young men being inclined to leave
their paternal home, And seek
their fortunes elsewhere.
There
are but few country towns which
offer better inducements in natural resources, for the people
the
—
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JAFFREY.
happy and prosperous, than
Its fine water power and
delightful scenery have attracted
the attention of capitalists, and
the lovers of lake and mountain
out of three of which issue streams
In the
sufficient to carry mills.
largest, which is four hundred
rods long, and one hundred wide,
The number of tourists
who spend their summer vacation
acres.
to be
Jaffrey.
scenery.
in this delightful
town
is
estimated
at over eight hundred, while thou-
sands annually visit the mountains
for a day's recreation.
With this
advantage the farmer can find a
ready sale for all the surplus products of his farm, at remunera-.
tive prices.
Mountain.
The Grand Monad-
nock, which lies mostly in this
town, has an altitude of 3718 feet
From the sumabove the ocean.
mit of this mountain, some fine
views of the surrounding country
for many miles in extent can be
obtained.
House
Monadnock Mountain
way
main road to the top of
situated about half
is
from the
the mountain, and can be easily
reached by a passable road.
The
number
of arrivals at this hotel
last year
was 12,000.
About one and one-
Spring.
half miles in a south-easterly direction from the mountain, is Mo-
nadnock Mineral Spring.
The
waters are impregnated with carbonate of iron and sulphate of
soda.
Yellow ochre collects in
considerable quantities, where the
spring issues from the earth. The
temperature of the water is so
high that
it
has never been
known
an island containing about ten
is
There is considerable wapower in the east part of the
town near the Monadnock Railter
still unimproved.
The inhabitants
Employments.
are largely engaged in manufacturing,
mercantile trade, and
keeping summer boarders, who
road,
visit this
town
in
summer
the
months, for recreation and health.
The value of cotton drills annually manufactured is $192,000; 1,000,
000 shingles, and 2,210,000 feet of
boards are annually sawed. The
Contoocook River knife works annually manufacture $ 14,000 worth
of shoe knives of all kinds. Besides these, are nest boxes, bobclothes pins,
bins,
boots, shoes,
Village.
chair
stock,
&c, produced.
East Jaffrey
pleasantest
one of
is
in the
In this village is a cotton
manufactory, knife maunufacto-
the
villages
State.
large saw and
wooden ware, boots,
ry,
grist
mill,
shoes,
&c,
ten stores, one large
hotel, two banks, three churches,
express and telegraph office, post
eight
or
office, railroad station, and about
one hundred dwelling houses.
Resources.
Agricultural produc-
mechanical labor,
$ 61,400; railroad stock and bonds,
$72,500; money at interest, $33,
tions, $67,136;
stock in trade, $39,630;
de-
to freeze over.
600;
Streams and Ponds.
Several
streams issue from the sides of the
posits in savings banks,
Monadnock, the largest of which
rises about one hundred rods from
its crest, and forms the principal
source of the Contoocook River.
There are several ponds in town,
wealth, ranks the
fourth town in the county; in
population the seventh.
from
summer
Jaffrey,
tourists,
$
134,858
$32,000.
in
Churches and Schools.
1st
Con-
gregational, Rev. Rufus Case, pas-
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206
East Jaffrey 2d CongregaRev. D. N. Goodrich, pasUnivertor Baptist,
salis!, Rev. J. M. H. Smith, pas-
tor, at
;
tional,
;
;
tor.
Congregational, 80
1st
mem-
$ 4,000 2d Congregamembers, value, $3,500;
members, value,
86
Baptist,
$ 3,000 Universalist, 20 members,
value, $ 3,000. There are thirteen
and fourteen
districts,
school
Average length
schools in town.
bers, value,
;
tional, 50
;
of schools for the year, nineteen
weeks. Value of school houses,
$
The
11,000.
Conant
High
School has placed Jaffrey in the
front rank of facilities
mon and
for
com-
missed in
tional
The Congregawas formed in
1780.
North by Dublin,
Boundaries.
by Peterborough and Sharon,
south by Rindge and Fitzwilliam,
and, west by Troy and Marlborough. Area, 28,600 acres.
miles
Distances.
Forty-six
south west from Concord, and fifteen south-east from Keene.
Railroad. Monadnock Railroad
passes through the south-east part
of the town. Railroad station at
Two miles to the
East Jaffrey.
centre of the town; conveyance
by stage.
east
high school education.
Jaffrey Social LibraEast Jaffrey, 500 volumes;
ry,
J. M. H. Smith's private library,
669 volumes.
Monadnock Savings
Banks.
Bank, East Jaffrey, and Monadnock National Bank, East Jaffrey.
1782.
Church
JEFFERSON.
Libraries.
Monadnock Mountain
Hotels.
Hotel; Centre,
Central House, Massasoit House,
and Granite State Hotel, East
House,
Jaffrey.
$62,000.
Cutter's
Total Value of hotels,
of arrivals for
number
the year at all the hotels, 19,600.
There are three livery stables
with 26 horses, which are valued
at $12,600.
This town
First Settlements.
was granted by the Masonian proprietors, to forty persons, in 1749.
In 1758, a Mr. Grant, and John
Davidson made the first settlement. It was originally called
Middle Monadnock, or Number
two.
In 1773, the town was incorporated and received its name
from George Jaffrey, Esq., of
Portsmouth.
First Minister.
Rev. Laban
Ainsworth, settled in 1778; dis-
Coos County. The surface of
this town is rough, uneven and
broken with mountains and
On
hills.
the south-west side of Pliny
Mountain, the soil is rich and productive, and furnishes several ex-
An extensive and
view of the White Mountains is obtained from this farming
neighborhood. The hills and base
of the mountains furnish some excellent grazing and tillage land.
cellent farms.
delightful
In proportion to the number of
acres of improved land, Jefferson
produces more bushels of potatoes
than any other town in the State.
Ponds and Streams. Cherry and
Safety Ponds, are the principal
Israel's River
bodies of water.
passes through the town from
south-east to north-west, and here
receives a considerable tributary.
There is some very good water
power on these streams.
Summer Resorts. The fine mountain scenery found
in Jefferson,
made it quite popular as a
summer resort. There are three
large hotels, besides many houses
has
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207
prepared for the reception of sum-
his
mer
Jefferson
was incorporated De-
cember
1796.
The Waumbeck,
boarders.
Mt. Adams, and Jefferson
the
Hill, are
names of the public houses.
The
scenery, at
Waumbeck
the
House of the surrounding country,
is grand.
At the rear of the house
is Star King Mountain which is
From the piazza
of the Hotel, people on the summit
of Mount Washington can be diseasily ascended.
tinctly seen with a glass.
Fine
views can be had from all the Hotels in town.
Employments.
Agriculture is
the principal vocation of the people. Lumber to the value of $ 46,500
four starch
is annually sawed;
escape
8,
S
75,600.
bushels
potatoes
pro-
duced, 78,467.
Resources. Agricultual productions,
S
$ 84,600
19,900
;
mechanical labor,
deposits
;
banks, $717.00;
from
84,399;
savings
in
stock
in
trade,
summer
tourists,
Churches and Schools.
MethoThere
$ 20,000.
dist, I. J.
Tebbetts, pastor.
stratagem.
Boundaries. North by Lancaster and Kilkenny, east by Randolph, south by White mountain
region and Carroll, and west by
Whitefield.
Area, 26,676 acres;
area of improved land, 6,980 acres.
Ten miles southDistances.
east from Lancaster, and by railroad and stage, one hundred and
forty-seven
miles
north from
Concoi'd.
Railroad.
ter station
Ten miles
to
Lancas-
on the Montreal Exten-
sion Railroad.
KEENE.
mills manufacture 190 tons 6tarch,
valued at $ 15,200; 11,000 bushels
meal and flour ground, § 13,800.
Total value of goods manufactured,
through
Cheshire County.
Coming
in
the cars from Bellows Falls, Ver-
mont, on the Cheshire railroad, as
you wind around the brow of a hill,
you first obtain a view of Keene,
nestling in the valley of the Ashuelot.
Before you are the meadows,
fields, the meandering Ashuelot, the farm houses, the
church spires peering through the
maple or elm, while farther in the
distance are the hills which act as
the cultivated
citadels to
guard
this
delightful
are eight schools in town; average length for the year, fourteen
vale against the chilling blasts of
a northern climate the whole
weeks.
This town
presenting a grand panoramic
view of nature and art combined,
John Goffe
rarely excelled.
First Settlements.
was granted
to Colonel
under the name of Dartmouth,
October 3, 1765; June 26, 1772, it
was regranted to Mark H. Wentworth and others. Colonel Joseph
Whipple, Samuel Hart and others,
commenced
the first settlement
about 1773. Colonel Whipple was
captured here in his house, by a
party of Indians, headed by a white
man, during the war of the revolution.
He succeeded in making
—
Keene is situated in a broad valwhich was in ages past the
ley,
bed of a primeval lake. Its alluvial deposits extend down to unknown depth, covering about one
third the surface of the town, and
varying in character from a clean
sand to pure clay, with vast deposits of peat and swamp muck composed of the vegetable accumulations of centuries.
These,
whex
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208
properly drained, will make meadow lands that will vie in fertility
with the prairies of the West. This
valley is watered by the Ashuelot
river
and
its
tributaries,
which
run through the town, affording
several valuable mill sites, some
of which are still unoccupied. The
soil,
generally, in the valley,
is
while the hill-sides are
well adapted to grazing. Granite,
fertile,
and shoe facone glue factory, two soap
factories, four tanneries one of
erection, one boot
tory,
—
them the
—
two
two brick yards, two
mills.
grist-mills, and six saw
There are in use eight steam engines, furnishing motive power for
largest in the State
potteries,
the various occupations, in addition to several water powers in
There are from
use.
fifty to
sev-
of
enty-five stores of all kinds, three
ite,
large hotels,
town hall, court
house, seven church edifices, several school-houses, three printing of-
good quality for quarrying,
abounds in many parts of the
town. A peculiar quality of grandesignated " rotten stone,"
is
found in abundance in several localities, affording the best mateIt contains
rial for road-making.
a portion of sulphuret of iron,
which decomposes, and leaves the
rock in a very fragile condition,
easily reduced, and convenient for
use. All branches of business pursued in the place are in a very
flourishing condition. In point of
energy, enterprise, and growth, it
may be considered the leading
town in the State, with a population of about seven thousand five
hundred. The offices, depots, and
shops of the Cheshire and Ashue-
five banks, besides many
lawyers physicians', dentists', and
insurance offices.
Some of the
business blocks are the finest and
most expensive structures of the
kind in the State. Its natural refices,
1
,
sources consist
in
its
numerous
water privileges, some of which
are
still
timber,
its
wood and
fertile soil,
favorable
unoccupied,
its
for agriculture,
ries, its
ing
its
granite quar-
vast beds of clay for
brick,
mak-
peat beds, which
be utilized as fuel, or
its
in time may
prepared for fertilizing the adjacent fields. There are hundreds
lot railroads are at this place,
and
with their extensive business, find
of acres in different parts of the
town, consisting entirely of peat
employment for a large number
These buildings measure more than a mile in length,
and with their solidity and beauty,
constitute an important part of the
village. The new shops and fac-
and muck beds, which by a proper manipulation can be made into
compost that for all practical pur-
of hands.
tories, erected in different parts of
the
plac"e,
are generally substantial
and beautiful
structures, imparting
a business air to the town. There
is a flannel factory, a pail factory,
an iron foundry, two carriage mantwo chair shops, two
furniture shops, one sash and blind
factory, and another in process of
ufactories,
poses
stable
is
equal in value to ordinary
This can easily be
manure.
made available by the proprietors,
who can thus add an immense value to their cultivated lands.
The location of the town in the
great basin makes it the natural
centre of business for most of the
county and portions of the adjacent
territory, by affording means of
communication
facilties
and commercial
unsurpassed by any other
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209
town in the State. Its increasing
population since the close of the
war has required the erection of a
number of houses, varying from
$
seventy-five to one hundred annu-
chairs, of all kinds,
some of which, in point of
beauty and value, are not excelled
by any private residences in the
State.
These with the generally
neat appearance of the streets,
shaded with majestic elms, make
Keene one of the most beautiful
000
pails,
and
blinds,
ally,
villages
in
New-England.
The
park in the centre of the village,
with its grove and soldiers' monument, surrounded by substantial
business blocks,
makes the place
particularly attractive to visitors.
It is supplied with an abundance of
pure water from a small lake three
miles distant, of sufficient elevation to force a stream of water ov-
er the roofs of the highest build-
thus rendering the place
comparatively secure against the
ravages of fire. Its advantageous
situation, in connection with the
ings,
enterprise of
its
citizens,
and
its lo-
it a prospect
of future prosperity and continued
cal resources, gives
growth in manufactures, wealth
and population, and, ere long, it
will be ranked as one of the cities
of New-Hampshire.
Employments The inhabitants,
are principally engaged in manufacturing and mercantile trade.
It is one of the largest centres for
trade in the State. The manufactures are varied and extensive.
86,400 sides of leather and 11,500
are
annually
tanned,
valued at $ 624,000. At the Beaver Mills are annually manufactured furniture, chairs, machinery,
and other mechanical works, to
the value of $ 242,000. There are
calf-skins
made
60 tons of glue, valued at
30,000; 3,800 chamber-sets,
8
115,
soap and candles, §54,500;
5,550 cases of men's and women's
boots and shoes, $ 255,000 143,600
000;
;
$
182,866; 260,
$43,000;
doors, sash,
valued at § 125,000
brush handles, $ 14,000; machinery of
kinds, §80,000; foundry,
all
$75,000; pottery works, S 35,000;
700,000 yards of flannel of the best
quality, $315,000; 550 sleighs
150 carriages, $65,700
;
and
besides gas
works, railroad shops, carpenters,
butchers, photographers, custom
boot
and shoe manufacturers,
plumbers, organ manufacturer,
bookbinders, cloth dryers, tin ware,
marble
workers,
blacksmiths,
brick, bakery, hair work, tailors,
milliners, and various other kinds
of mechanical work too numerous
to mention.
The total amount in~
vested in manufactories is $ 1,138,
300.
1,221 males, and 109 females
are employed, who annually receive for their labor, $636,000.
Total value of manufactured goods,
$2,757,700. (See statistical table.)
Resources.
Agriculturial products, $144,134;
$636,000;
money
mechanical labor,
&c, $372,350;
stocks
at interest,
$118,910; de-
posits in savings banks, $583,338;
stock in trade, $ 426,450
from
summer
;
estimate
$ 6,000.
and professional services are estimated at $ 300,000 or
more.
Churches and Sclwols. Congre-
The
tourists,
clerical
Rev. W. O.
White, pastor; number of members, 90 church valuation, $ 30,
First Congregational, Rev.
000.
Cyrus Richardson, pastor; members, 290
church value, $ 45,000.
Second Congregational, Rev. J. A.
Leach, pastor; members, 290;
gational Unitarian,
;
;
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210
Grace
church value, $33,000.
Ghurch, (Methodist) Rev. T. L.
Flood,
members,
pastor;
300;
church value, $50,000; Baptist,
RevW. H. Eaton, D. D., pastor;
members, 184; chui'ch valuation,
$ 16,000. St. James, (Episcopal,)
Rev. George W. Brown, rector;
communicants, 100 church value,
$ 40,000. St. Bernard's (Catholic,)
Rev. D. W. Murphy, priest; members, 1,600; church value, $ 10,000.
;
is now buildnew church edifice, (1873).
number of churches, 7;
number of members, 2,850 church
The
Baptist society
ing a
Total
;
There are
eleven school districts, and thirty
schools in Keene. Number of
valuation,
$223,000.
average
length
for the year, twenty-nine
weeks;
scholars,
1,190;
annual amount of money appropriated for school purposes, $ 14,978.
The schools
14.
as
high as in
town stand
any town in the
in this
;
;
volumes or moi'e, 24,150.
There are at least six Sundayschool libraries, ranging from 500
to 1000 volumes each.
Hotels.
Cheshire House, Eagle
Hotel, and American House. To400
tal
$
value of hotels in the town,
170,000
;
total
number
of arrivals
for the year, 24,300.
There are four
Livery Stables.
livery stables, with fifty-nine hors-
State.
Keene
Faulkner, Esq., 500; George
Cook, Esq., 800; J. H. Elliott,
Esq., 500 Rev. J. A. Leach, 2,700
Samuel W. Hale, 500; D. W. Gilbert, 400; I. F. Prouty, 400; Gen. S.
G. Griffin, 800; C. T. Buffum, 400;
Rev. G. W. Brown, 900; Dr. H. H.
Darling, 600 Rev. W. H. Eaton, D.
D., 900; C. C. Webster, Esq., 500;
Rev. D. W. Murphy, 400; G. H.
Tilden & Co., 600; Horatio Colony,
Esq., 800; Julius N. Morse, 500;
Hon. T. M. Edwards, 500; and
Samuel Dinsmore, 500. Total
number of volumes in libraries of
S.
Natural
History Society
valued at $ 12,000.
Banks. Cheshire National, Ash-
es,
was organized in 1872, and has
met with eminent success in col-
uelot
lecting illustrative
specimens of
the several departments pertain-
Cheshire Provident Institution for
Savings, and Keene Five Cent Sav-
ing to the natural sciences. The
interest in this enterprise is grow-
ings Bank.
ing rapidly and its members have
already a museum consisting of
numerous objects exemplifying the
Sentinel
mineral, and animal kingdoms, in
their various phases, together with
rare and curious works of art.
Libraries. Keene Public Libra-
setts,
volumes
Carpenter, M. D., (private), 800; D. H.
Woodward, Esq., 500; Rev. E, A.
Renouf, 1,000; Messrs. Wheeler
and Faulkner, Esqs., 450; G. B.
Twitchell, M. D., 1,000; Mrs. Ingersoll, 1,200; Gen. James Wilson,
700 Rev. W. O. White, 1,800 C.
ry, 3,000
;
;
A.
S.
;
National,
Keene National,
New-Hampshire
Newspapers.
Cheshire Republican.
First
;
Settlements.
originally granted
Keene was
by Massachu-
under the name of Upper
The first settlement
was commenced about the year
Ashuelot.
1734, by Jeremiah Hall, Elisha
Root, Nathaniel Rockwood, Seth
Heaton, Josiah Fisher, Nathan
Blake, and others. It was incorporated under its present name,
April 11, 1753, in honor of an Eng-
nobleman, Sir Benjamin
Keene.
From Hayward's Gazetteer, we
lish
�211
KEENE.
append a few extracts, showing
the danger, hardships, and cruelties which the first settlers of
Keene were subjected to by Indian
incursions.
"The usual scourge which attended the frontier settlements visited
this town.
In 1745, the Indians
killed Josiah Fisher, a deacon of
the church
in 1746, they attacked
;
the
fort,
marched the first detachment of men from this town, in
the war of tire revolution, and participated in the battle of Bunker
This company
(Breed's) Hill.
consisted of thirty men. The list
of the foot company in Keene, at
this time, numbered one hundred
soldier,
and twenty-six
They were, however,
discovered by Capt. Ephraim Dorman, in season to prevent their taking it. He was attacked by two
tablished
Indians, but defended himself suc-
in
cessfully against them,
An
the fort.
and reached
action ensued, in
which John Bullard was killed;
Mrs. M'Kenney, being out of the
fort, was stabbed and died; and
Nathan Blake taken prisoner and
carried to Canada, where he remained two years.
Mr. Blake
afterwards
returned
where he lived
1811,
at
till
to
the age of ninety-nine
years and five months.
was
ow
all
Keene,
his death, in
When
he
ninety-four, he married a wid-
of sixty.
The Indians burnt
the buildings in the settlement,
including the meeting house.
The inhabitants continued in the
fort until April,
1747,
when
the
In 1753,
town was abandoned.
they returned, and recommenced
In 1755, the
Indians again attacked the fort.
Their number was great, and the
onset violent, but the vigilance and
courage of Capt. Syms successAfter burning
fully defended it.
their settlements.
several
buildings, killing cattle,
&c, they withdrew.
They again
invaded the town, but with
and
influential
the alarm
the
'
1 1
Sentinel,'
at
Keene,
1799, is still living in
and
is
the
es-
"New-Hampshire
in
this
March,
town,
one of the oldest printers
Father
United States.
deposited his 74th annual vote for State and county
officers, on the 11th day of March,
1873.* Keene has been the birth
place and residence of many prominent and talented men, who have
held many honorable positions,
both in the State and Nation.
Prentiss
A
First Ministers.
was erected
fice
1736.
In
1736,
church edi-
in this
town
in
the Rev. Jacob
Bacon was ordained; left in 1747.
Rev. Ezra Carpenter settled in
1753 left in 1760. Rev. Clement
Sumner, ordained in 1761 left in
1772.
Rev. Aaron Hall, settled in
;
;
1778; died in 1814.
North by WestBoundaries.
moreland, Surry, and Gilsum, east
by Sullivan and Roxbury, south
by Swanzey, and west by ChesterArea,
field and Westmoreland.
22,040
acres;
improved
land,
11,445 acres.
Distances. Ninety miles northwest from Boston, and fifty-five
south-west from Concord.
Railroads.
The
railroad facili-
little
Since writing the above, Mr. Prentiss died,
success."
Colonel Isaac
;
Hon. John Prentiss, who
the only protection of the
inhabitants.
men
list forty-five.
Wyman, an
June 6, 1873, aged 95 years. He was
an excellent man in every relation of life, and
he died full of both years and honor.
Friday,
active
man, and a brave
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town are good. Cars
" Ashuelot"
and the
on the
"Cheshire" railroads leave daily
ties of this
When the "
country.
of the
for all sections
Manchester and Keene
Railroad" is completed, thereby
giving a more direct communication with the central portion of
the State, the railroad facilities of
Keene will be nearly perfected.
Ken-
sington has generally an even surand the soil is deep and fer-
face,
and well adapted to grazing
and produces excellent
tillage,
The average value
crops.
of agri-
cultural products for each acre of
improved land is over $ 14. This
all improved land except
includes
wood
land.
The
State of Illinois
averages less than $11, or 22 per
cent less than Kensington.
The
farmers find a ready market at
Exeter, three miles distant, for
their
surplus
products,
at
fair
There are some fine farms
under a high state of cultivation.
prices.
From the summit of Fogg's or
Moulton's Hill, an extensive view
can be had of the broad Atlantic,
and many
cities
and
Productions of the
$82,794; mechanical labor.
$25,650; stocks and money at interest, $ 13, 129 deposits in savings
banks, $ 16,856
stock in trade,
Resources.
soil,
;
;
$9,445;
$
from
summer
tourists,
1,200.
Churches and Schools.
tor
Rockingham County.
and
tannery, a plow manufac
and a wheelwright's shop.
Congre-
gational, Rev. E. D. Eldridge, pas-
KENSINGTON.
tile,
small
tory,
villages.
Many tourists stop through the
summer in this ancient and pleasant town.
Ponds. Muddy Pond is the only
body of water of any note.
It
derives its name from the turbid
appearance of its waters.
Employments. Agriculture and
shoe business is the principal employment of the people.
120,000
pairs of shoes are annually made,
valued at $ 120,000, giving employment to about 40 men. 650,000
feet of lumber, of all kinds, are
annually sawed.
There is one
;
Baptist,
salist,
;
.
Univer-
There are two
Average length
schools in town.
of schools for the year, thirty-four
weeks.
Libraries.
Kensington Ladies'
Sewing Circle Library, 500
First
Settlements.
vols.
Kensington
was
settled at a very early period,
but the exact date is not known.
It was originally
a part
of
Hampton, from which it was detached and incorporated, April 1,
1737.
First Ministers. Rev. Jeremiah
Fogg, (Congregational,) ordained
in 1737, died in 1789; Rev. Naphtali Shaw, ordained in 1793, dismissed in 1812. The Congregational society was drganized in
1737.
Boundaries.
east by
North by Exeter,
Hampton and Seabrook,
south by South Hampton, and west
by East Kingston.
Total area,
7,045 acres; improved land, 5,729
acres.
Distances.
About
forty miles
south-east from Concord and three
south from Exeter.
By
Railroads.
Newburyport
and Exeter daily stage to Exeter
station, three miles to the
and Maine Railroad.
Boston
When com-
it is expected that the Exand Salisbury Railroad will
pass through Kensington.
pleted,
eter
�KILKENNY
—KINGSTON.
KIMvI»V.
the soil being of a sandy
loam, easy to cultivate, and when
properly fertilized, produces good
crops. The plain land is rich and
very fertile. The highest elevalevel,
Coos County. Since the last
gazetteer of New-Hampshire was
issued, but little if any change has
occured in this" town. It is a rough,
rocky, and cold township. Along
the southern border of the town is a
narrow strip of land which is quite
productive and easily cultivated.
Mountains. Pilot and Willard's
mountain include a large portion
of this territory they receive the
;
tions are
from a
fact
that a hunter
called
is
Near the centre of the
located the village, on a
large plain.
is
;
contained 19 inhabitants
;
in 1856,
19, and we have no way of knowing any different census, at the
present time.
Boundaries.
North by Stark,
east by Milan, Berlin and Randolph, south by Jefferson, and
west by Jefferson and Lancaster.
Total area, 15,906 acres.
The
total value of the whole town, is
Distances.
One hundred and
twenty miles north from Concord,
and fifteen east from Lancaster.
KINGSTON.
Rockingham
surface of this
The
County.
town is generally
The carriage business
extensively
carried on here,
and, with the exception of Concord, more business is done in that
line,
than at any other point in the
State.
There are three churches, school
house, academy, three hotels, four
or five stores, of various kinds,
and about one hundred dwelling
is about two miles to the
railway station, on the Boston and
Maine Railroad, at East Kingston.
houses. It
Employments. The inhabitants
are about equally divided between
manufacturing, and mercantile
trade on one side, and farming on
the other. Carriages, to the value
of $ 126,000, are annually manufactured, leather, $ 10,000 lumber,
;
$5,000, besides sale shoes, and
other small mechanical shops.
The
total value of goods annually
manufactured, is $ 163,800.
Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $56,303; mechanical
labor,
$ 20,000.
and
Village.
town,
this
with his dog. On the east side of
the mountain was his camp each
day he noticed the dog left him, as
he supposed in pursuit of game,
but towards night he would return.
At last he resolved to follow him
and, on the following day, he set
out with the dog, and after three
days of hunger and fatigue, was
brought back to his camp by his
faithful guide and companion.
Organization.
This town was
granted to Jonathan Warner and
others, June 4, 1774. In 1840, it
Hill,
Ponds. There are several ponds,
the largest of which is Great Pond,
which covers about three hundred
acres.
All the ponds have an
area of eight hundred acres.
named
Willard, was once lost on
mountain, while out hunting
High
Rockrimmon.
name of Pilot and Willard's mountain
213
$ 53,600 stocks, and money
$ 12,679 deposits in
;
at interest,
;
savings banks, $13,172; stock in
trade,
ists,
$ 9,495
;
from summer tour-
$2,000.
Churches and Schools. CongreRev. Jacob Chapman,
pastor; Methodist, Rev. Joseph
gational,
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Hayes,
pastor;
Union,
.
died in 1795, aged sixty-five years.
There are six schools in town.
Average length of schools for the
year, twenty-two weeks.
Kingston
Literary Institution.
Academy, John W. Sanborn, prin-
Rev. Ward
First Ministers.
Clark, (Congregational,) ordained
in 1725, died in 1737 Rev. Joseph
Secombe, settled in* 1737, died in
cipal.
in
Alphia House, Towle's
Hotel, and Farmer's Hotel.
First Settlements. Kingston was
granted by Lieutenant Governor
Usher, to James Prescott, Ebenezer Webster, and others from
Thayer, D.D., settled in
Hotels.
Hampton, August
6,
1694,
and
contained within its borders, East
Kingston, Danville and Sandown.
The proprietors erected garrisons, and other buildings, and
began to cultivate their lands, soon
;
1760
;
Rev.
1762,
Amos Tappan, ordained
died in
1771;
Rev.
1776,
E.
died
in 1812.
North by BrentBoundaries.
wood, east by East Kingston, south
by Newton and Plaistow, and west
Hampstead and Danville.
by
Area, 12,188 acres; area of improved land, 5,786 acres.
Thirty-eight miles
Distances.
south-east from Concord, and six
south from Exeter.
But they were soon attended with
By daily stage to
Railroad.
East Kingston station, on Boston
and Maine Railroad, two miles
troubles from the hostile Indians,
distant.
after they obtained their charter.
which had a discouraging effect
upon the infant settlement. In
1707, Stephen and Joel Gilman,
were ambushed between Exeter
and Kingston, but fortunately
made their escape. Again in 1712,
Stephen Gilman and a comrade,
Ebenezer Stevens, were attacked
and wounded, and Gilman taken
and put to death. Jabez Colman
and son were killed while laboring in the field, in 1724, and at the
same time four children were
taken one escaped, and the others
were redeemed. Ancient French
coins, and Indian implements of
various kinds, have been ploughed
up near the ponds. Major Ebene-
—
zer Stevens, one of the
first settlers,
was a very distinguished and useful citizen. Kingston was also the
residence of the Hon. Josiah Bartlett, who was first govei-nor of the
State,
under
its
free constitution.
He was a valuable and useful man,
both in the town and State, He
LACONIA.
Belknap County.
This town
was disannexed from the eastern
section of the town of Meredith
and incoi-porated under the name
of Laconia, in July, 1855.
small township, but the
good, and,
when
It is
a
soil
is
properly culti-
vated, yields abundant crops.
It is watered on its eastern border by Long Bay and Winnipiseogee river, which separates it from
Gilford.
A portion of Winni-
squam Lake
lies in the south-east-
ern part, near the village of Laconia. This lake is a beautiful sheet
of water, about six miles in
length, and from one half to two
miles in width. A small steamboat plies on its waters during
the warm season, to the order of
With
picnics and private parties.
these advantages for varied recreations, Laconia has become quite
popular as a resort for
summer
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LACONIA.
The Winnipiseogee
tourists.
er in
its
riv-
passage from Long Bay to
comes from any car manufactory
in New England.
Unlike most
Winnisquam lake, for the distance
of two miles, furnishes some of
the best water power in the State,
which is improved to the extent
of over 1,400 horse power in the
manufactories of this character,
their shops are so arranged, that
every part of a car, from the most
simple bolt to the wheels and
two
shops, with the exception of the
Lake
Laconia and
villages,
axle.
Village.
Lake Village, lying
this town and partly in
Villages.
partly in
Gilford,
Long
is
situated at the foot of
bay, and on Winnipiseogee
About one mile from Lake
on the Winnipiseogee,
and on the shore of Lake Winnesquam, is located the thriving vilriver.
Village,
lage of Laconia.
scription
these
of
villages,
see
Employments. Laconia is a large
manufacturing and
mercantile
town, being excelled by but one
in the State in proportion to
At Laconia village
Car Manufacturing Company. They employ
over two hundred men, who anits
is
population.
situated the Raulet
nually
receive
for
their
labor,
while the annual production of various kinds, is valued at
For many years
over $500,000.
they manufactured only baggage
cars; but for several years past
they have been increasing their
$
150,000,
facilities for
the manufacture of
passenger cars, and at the present
time (1873) they manufacture
every species of cars from common baggage, to the finest palace cars that run over our railroads. Some of the splendid palace cars seen on the Montreal,
Vermont
Central, Northern and
Concord railroads, are made by the
skilled workmen of this company.
Their work is pronounced as good
and as handsomely finished, as
made
is
their
in
own
This gives them an advan-
tage in competing with the
who purchase
ufacturers
mantheir
wheels, springs, bolts, &c, from
other shops. The annual value of
manufactured productions
has increased from $280,000 to
$500,000, within the past three
their
years.
The Belknap
For further de-
Gilford.
town
springs,
cotton and woolen
mills have the capacity of employ-
ing 90 males and over 300 females,
and annually turn out manufactured goods to the value of $ 756,000.
They are at present making some
changes in their business and consequently are not in operation.
There are five hosiery mills, usually
employing 84 males and 166
fe-
males, and annually producing 262,
000 dozens of cotton and merino
One of
not in operation.
There is an iron foundery
for loom castings, &c.
a machine
shop for mill work, shafting, and
hose, valued at $353,000.
the mills at present
is
;
machinery, grist mill, saw mills,
and various other mechanical
shops.
The
employed
tories,
total
number of hands
in the various
when
manufac-
are in operation,
all
is males, 447, females 508, and the
annual value of goods manufactured, is $ 1,814,500.
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $66,157;
mechanical labor,
$351,950; stocks and money at interest, $56,150; deposits in savings
banks, $ 148,280
stock in trade,
;
$
107,000;
professional
business,
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216
$60,000;
from summer
tourists,
$ 2,000.
Churches and Schools.
CongreW. F. Bacon, pastor; Unitarian, Rev. C. Fowler,
pastor; Catholic, Father M. J.
Goodwin, priest; Methodist, Rev.
B. W. Chase, pastor; Freewill
gational, Rev.
H. Lyford, pasThere are eight schools in
town, five of which are graded.
Average length of schools for the
Baptist, Rev. F.
tor.
year, twenty-six weeks.
amount
of
money
The
total
appropriated
for school purposes, is $2,183.60.
The Laconia
Libraries.
Libra-
ry Association has a fund to the
amount of $ 1,500 to establish a
Public Library at Laconia Village.
Hon. O. A.
library,
J.
1,200
Vaughan, private
volumes;
Judge
E. A. Hibbard, 1,200 volumes.
Newspaper
Laconia Democrat.
.
(See tables.)
warm
in the
season, steamboats
are in readiness, on the arrival of
the trains, to convey passengers to
Centre Harbor,
Wolfeborough,
Alton Bay, and other important
points in and around the lake.
LANCASTER.
Coos County.
Lancaster was
formerly the whole shire town of
Coos county. The population, after the introduction of the Grand
Trunk Railway, increased quite
rapidly in the northern section of
the county, and Colebrook was assigned as shire town for the North-
ern Judicial District.
ows and
The meadtown are
intervals in this
considered the most extensive and
finest there are in the whole valley of the Connecticut, extending
back nearly a mile
The
soil
to the uplands.
of these intervals
is
allu-
and produces excellent crops of
corn, oats and grass; while the
vial
Banks. Laconia National Bank,
Belknap Savings Bank, and Laconia Savings Bank. (See tables.)
Hotels.
Mount Belknap House,
Lake Village Laconia Hotel, and
Willard House, at Laconia Vil;
lage.
First Settlements
and First Min-
(See Meredith.)
Boundaries. North and northeast by Long Bay, east by Gilford,
south by Sanbornton, and west
and north-west by Meredith.
Area of improved land, 4,702 acres.
Distances.
Twenty-five miles
north from Concord to Gilford
Court House in Laconia Village.
Railroads.
The Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad passes
along the eastern and north-eastern border of the town, through
Laconia and Lake Villages, thence
to the Weirs, landing at the outlet
of Winnipiseogee Lake, where,
uplands,
when
raise fine
pi'operly cultivated,
wheat and other crops.
The annual value of
its
agricultu-
exceeds that of any
ral products
other town in the county, and it
ranks as the twelfth town in the
State in agriculture.
There
ister.
that
is
is
no town
more
in the State
pleasantly situated for
mountain scenery than LanThe town itself is not
fine
caster.
mountainous, but towering mountains can be seen on every hand.
At the south and south-east, the
Franconia hills and the whole
range of the White Mountains are
in full
view
;
and
in the north
east the Stratford or
with
and
1
'
Percy Peaks,
many
of the Green Mountains
are distinctly visible
west; while before you
in
Vermont
to
the
is
the
with
its
meandering Connecticut
broad, cultivated intervals
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LANCASTER.
dotted with beautiful farm houses
the whole presenting a picture of
nature and art combined, worthy
of the pencil of a limner's brightest skill.
Rivers and Ponds. Connecticut
River washes its north-western
border for about ten miles. It is
about 20 rods wide at this point,
very deep and crooked. Israel's
River passes through the town in
a north-westerly direction, and affords some valuable water power.
There are several ponds,
the largest of which is Martin
Meadow Pond, named for a hunter who frequented this locality
many years ago. This communicates with Little Pond. The Baker Pond, one mile north of the village, is a pleasant sbeet of water
and is situated so near the Connecticut that, by a short canal,
logs are run into it from that river, thus affording remarkable facilities for the steam saw mill, on
the track of the railroad, near the
inlet.
Minerals.
Limestone
is
found
in limited quantities.
Villages.
On
Israel's river
and
about one mile from the Connecticut, is located the large
and pleas-
ant village of Lancaster. The fine
country which surrounds it, the excellent roads, and pleasant drives,
together with the magnificent
mountain scenery on every side,
have rendered it very attractive as
a summer resort, for the denizens
of our large cities and villages.
From the cupola of the Lancaster
House nearly as fine a view of
river, country, and mountain scenery can be obtained as in any other
section of the State. The streets
are wide and beautifully shaded,
while the business blocks and pri-
vate residences, betoken an air of
neatness, so much admired by every lover of a village home.
The river passes through nearly
the center of the village, and is
spanned by two substantial bridges,
the one on Main street being a
In its passage
fine structure.
through the village it furnishes
some fine water power, which is
There is
generally improved.
one paper mill, two saw mills capable of sawing 4,500,000 feet of
lumber annually, one carriage factory, one of the largest grist-mills
in the State, door, sash and blind
factory, furniture
shop,
foundry,
machine shop, tannery, starch
mill,
two printing offices, shoe
shops, harness shops, blacksmith
tailors &c.
value of goods annually
manufactured in the village, including meal and flour ground, is
It is the
estimated at $300,000.
centre of a large mercantile trade.
shops,
The
marble shop,
total
There are between twenty and
thirty stores, of all kinds, with a
There
capital of over $200,000.
are also one bank, two hotels, five
church edifices, with another in
process of erection, one large graded school house, academy, court
house and jail, insurance, express,
telegraph, and post offices, twelve
lawyers, six physicians, two denThere are about three
tists, &c.
hundred dwelling houses and fifteen hundred inhabitants in the
village. At South Lancaster there
is a large steam saw mill doing an
There are
extensive business.
four large potato starch mills in
town, and an excellent fair ground
and race course where annual fairs
and races are held.
Employments. The inhabitants
in their vocation are about equal-
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between agricultural on
and manufacturing, mercantile trade and professional business on the other. 4,700 bushels
ly divided
one
side,
of corn, 2,300 bushels of wheat, 31,
000 bushels oats, 115,000 bushels
potatoes, 68,000 lbs. butter, 27,000
maple sugar, and 5,833 tons of
hay are annually produced; 115,
lbs.
000 clapboards,
1,000,000 shingles
and laths, and 8,500,000 feet of
boards and dimension timber are
annually sawed, valued at $ 139,
000 45,000 bushels of grain of all
kinds, ground, valued at $ 60,000
350 tons of manilla and straw
wrapping paper, valued at $42,000
;
150 to 200 tons potato starch, worth
from $ 15,000 to $ 30,000 carriages
$ 20,000 sash and blinds, $ 6,000
furniture, $ 12,000 machine shop,
$ 15,000 harness-making, $ 10,000,
;
;
;
;
besides
printing,
foundry, boots
and shoes, tin ware, marble work,
and various other smaller shops.
The
value of goods of all
annually manufactured is
$ 403,200. (See tables.)
Productions of the
Resources.
total
kinds
soil, $ 181,344; mechanical labor,
$ 95,800 money at interest, $ 45,
450 deposits in savings bank, $ 10,
334 stock in trade, $ 200,000 professional business, S 80,000
from
summer tourists, $ 10,000.
Churches and Schools.
Congregational, Rev. H. V. Emmons,
pastor Baptist, Rev. Kilburn Holt,
pastor; Methodist, Rev. Otis Cole,
;
;
;
;
;
;
pastor;
Unitarian, Rev.
Clark, pastor
;
Lyman
Catholic, Father I.
H. Noiseaux, priest. The foundation for an Episcopal church edifice is now (1873) being laid. There
appropriated for school purposes,
$ 3,181. There is quite a fund for
public schools. The whole number of scholars in town is 563.
Literary Institution. Lancaster
Academy is a flourishing institution, and holds three terms a year.
Libraries. Lancaster Puplic Library,
1,600
volumes;
Judge
W.
Ladd's private library, 1,200 vols
Hiram A. Fletcher Esq., 4,000
vols;
Ossian Ray, Esq., 1,200
vols; Jacob Benton, Esq. 1,000
vols; Col. H. O. Kent, 1,000 vols.
Bank. The County of Coos Savings Bank. (See tables.)
Newspapers. The Coos Republican and the Independent Gazette.
(See tables.)
Hotels.
Lancaster House and
American House. Total number
of arrivals, for the year, 6,000.
There is a livery stable attached
to each house.
First
Settlements.
Lancaster
was granted to Captain David
Page and others, July 6, 1763. Mr.
Page with his family, and in company with Edward Buckman and
Emmons Stockwell, made the
settlement, April 19, 1764.
first
The war of the revolution impeded the progress of the settlement
for fear of Indian incursions. All
but Stockwell left the settlement
and fled for safety to older towns
S.
he determined to stay and risk the
consequences. Many others were
induced to return through his courageous example, but the town did
not increase very rapidly having
only 161 inhabitants in 1790. It
originally
called " Upper
was
are fifteen schools in town, three
of which are graded; average
length for the year, thirty-one
Coos." From 1790 Lancaster has
been advancing steadily in population and wealth, and is now one
of the most important towns in tho
weeks; annual amount of money
State.
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LANDAFF.
Rev. Joseph
First Minister.
Willard installed in July, 1794
dismissed in 1822.
Boundaries.
North by Northumberland, east by Killkenney,
south by Jefferson, Whitefield and
Dal ton, and west by Guildhall and
Area, 23,480
Lunenburg, Vt.
area of improved land, 15,
acres
;
;
394 acres.
One hundred and
Distances.
miles
north of Concord.
(by railroad)
thirty-seven
this
town
in a northerly
and south-
erly direction.
Grafton County.
town
farmers
is
are
their labor.
The
soil of
very fertile, and the
well rewarded for
There are many
fine
as Landaff.
Rivers and Mountains. The wild
passes from southeast to north-west, through the
Amonoosuck
southerly part of the town, and the
Great Amonoosuck passes through
the north-westerly extremity.
These rivers afford some of the
best water privileges to be found
In the east part
is Landaff Mountain, in the centre
Cobble Hill, and in the west Bald
in the county.
which
the
are
principal
elevations.
Veins of Magnetic
Minerals.
iron ore have been discovered in
Cobble Hill.
Employments.
of the
and 450,000 clap-
880,000 shingles,
boards are annually produced.
Also 344 tons of potato starch are
annually manufactured, valued at
$44,200 using 75,000 bushels of
potatoes in its manufacture. Two
hundred tons of lime is annually
made, valued at $ 1,600 and 45,800
pounds of maple sugar manufactured.
soil,
$ 163,537
;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$18,100; stocks and money at in$26,150; deposits in savstock in trade,
ings banks, $ 759
$ 16,350 professional business &c,
terest,
;
$
farms under a high state of cultivation, producing excellent crops
of wheat, corn, oats, barley and
potatoes.
But one town in the
county produces as many potatoes
Hill,
lumbering.
boards &c,
;
LANDAFF.
this
of
feet
Resources.
Railroad. The White Mountain
extension of the Boston, Concord &
Montreal Railroad passes through
and
agriculture
in
2,950,000
A
inhabitants
large portion
are
engaged
10,000.
MethoChurches and Schools.
Church, Rev. Joseph E. Robbins, pastor Union society at Landaff centre, Rev. Albert Gordon,
pastor. There are ten schools in
town average length for the year,
seventeen weeks.
Landaff was
First Settlements.
granted January 3, 1764, to James
Avery and others, but the grantees
failing to comply with the conditions of the charter, it was declared
to be forfeited, and was then granted to Dartmouth College. After
the revolution, on the ground that
the adjudication of the forfeiture
was irregular the original grantees
set up their claims and several
dist
;
;
'
cases
were
finally the
tried
by the court, and
claims of the grantees,
were sustained.
Boundaries.
North by Lisbon,
east by Lincoln, south by Benton,
and west by Bath. Area,
acres; improved land, 14,071
29,200
acres.
miles
north-west from Concord, and
twelve north-east from Haverhill.
Distances.
Railroads.
Ninety-five
The White Moun-
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220
tain (N. H.,)
Railroad passes
through this town, but the nearest
station is at Lisbon, three and one
town was named in honor of Governor Langdon, and was incorporated January 11, 1787.
First
half miles.
Minister.
A
Congrega-
Church was formed in 1792
Rev. Abner Kneeland, ordained in
tional
LANGDON.
Sullivan County.
Langdon is
and
high state of cultivation, producing
dismissed in 1810.
Boundaries. North by Charlestown, east by Acworth, south by
Alstead and Walpole, and west by
Walpole and Charlestown. Area,
excellent crops of corn, oats, hay
9,891 acres.
This town, for many years,
&c.
has been noted for its large, handsome cattle, and, in fact, everything pertaining to agriculture,
bears strong marks that farming
is not a secondary business with
Distances.
Fifty miles west
from Concord and eighteen southwest from Newport.
a small town, both
The
population.
in territory
soil is
very pro-
ductive, and many farms are under a
the inhabitants.
River.
A considerable branch
of Cold River passes in a southerly
direction through this town, and
unites with the main branch, near
the south line.
Employments. The inhabitants
are principally engaged in farming,
man
which
yields to the husband-
a rich reward.
In propor-
Langdon
the most wealthy farming town
tion to the population,
is
in the State
.
360,000 feet of boards
are annually sawed.
Productions of the
f74,800; mechanical labor,
$ 2,500 stocks and bonds, $ 6,700
money at interest, $22,626; deposResources.
soil,
;
its in savings
banks,
stock in trade, $ 3,500.
$28,098;
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
gational, Rev. Seth Hinkley, pas-
tor
;
Universalist,
.
There
are Ave schools; average length
for the year, twenty-one weeks.
Library.
The Union Library
has about ninety volumes.
First Settlers. Seth Walker, Nathaniel Rice and Jonathan Willard settled here in 1773.
The
1805
;
Railroad.
South Charlestown,
on the Sullivan Railroad, distant
three miles. Stage runs to Cold
River depot, and Bellows Falls.
LEBANOK.
Grafton County.
the largest
Lebanon is
and most important
town in Grafton county, in point
of wealth, manufactures and population, and ranks as the fifth town
in the county in the value of its ag-
ricultural products.
It is situated
on the Connecticut, and
is the
southern town in the county, on
the river. The town is noted for
the enterprising spirit of its inhabitants, and but few towns in the
State, have made more rapid progress in its manufactures and population for the past ten years,
having increased its population
fully one thousand, and doubled its
manufactured productions. The
surface is broken with hills, which
produce fine pasturage for cattle,
sheep, and horses. Many of the
hills, however, are capable of cultivation, and produce excellent
crops of wheat, corn, potatoes and
grass, while the fine intervals on
the Connecticut and Mascomy
yield abundant crops of corn, oatg
�LEBANON.
and grass.
Some of the finest
views of the Connecticut valley
can be obtained from some of the
farm fields in this town.
Rivers.
Besides the Connecticut,
221
goods manufactured
Cole,
Bugbee
employs 35
is
$700,000.
& Co's machine shop,
men
;
annual pay
roll,
$20,000; value of production of
water wheels, circular saw mills
Martin
$70,000.
machine shop, manu-
which washes
and
castings,
it is
Buck
&
its western borders,
watered by the Mascomy River, which passes nearly through the
centre of the town, in a westerly
direction, and* affords
some of
the
water power in the bounty.
its source from Mascomy
Lake, on the eastern border of the
town. At the outlet of the lake, is
a substantial dam, which regulates
finest
It has
the supply of water, thereby
mak-
ing it a reliable stream to erect
manufactories on. In its passage
of eight miles from the lake to the
Connecticut it falls nearly four
hundred
feet.
At the
Villages.
comy
lake,
is
Mas-
outlet of
situated the pleasant
of East Lebanon. At
this village is located W. O. Has-
little village
kell's establishment, for the
ufacturing of school furniture
man;
also
a mill for wood-working machinThere are several other small
ery.
shops, school house, post office,
and
twenty or thirty dwelling houses.
About four miles from East Lebanon on the Mascomy, is situated the
large manufacturing village of
Lebanon. The river, in its descent
through the village, (less than a
mile) has a fall of over one hundred feet. In this village, is located
the
celebrated
Sturtevant
Manufacturing Company, for the
manufacture of doors, sash, blinds,
chamber furniture, and finishing
for builders and contractors. It is
the largest establishment of the
kind in New-England.
They em-
ploy over 400 men and boys, who
annually receive for their labor,
$ 168,000, while the annual value of
Co.,
planers, mortising
chines &c. and employ 8 men
ma-
facture
annual production, $25,000 .« Shepard
;
Organ Company, employs 25 men,
annual production, $42,000. Granagricultural works, annually
manufacture 550 mowing machines,
valued at $ 44,000. Mascomy Edge
Tool Company annually make 2,300
dozen scythes, valued at $25,300.
Goodrich & Baker, stair builders,
and stair rails, products, $ 10,000.
Shaw, Hurlburt & Co., grist mill,
ite
annually grind, 65,000 bushels grain
all kinds, valued at $75,000.
There are also manufactured, carof
riages, $6,000; 3,500
dozen rakes,
$7,000; 1,000 dozen snaths, $7,200;
$5,000; soap, $5,000;
besides boots and shoes, tailors,
tin-workers, blacksmiths, house
printing,
carpenters, &c.
of goods
of all
The
total value
kinds
annually
manufactured in this village, is
estimated at over $ 1,100,000.
There is a handsome common
in the centre of the village, of an
area of two acres, neatly laid out
in walks, and beautifully shaded
with the elm and maple. Around
this common are located the principal business buildings and some
very fine residences. At the north
west corner of the common, on
the opposite side of the street, the
ground has been excavated for the
purpose of laying the foundation
for one of the largest hotels in the
There are between thirty
State.
and forty stores, of all kinds, two
hotels, four church edifices, three
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222
school houses, twobanks,one newsoffice, telegraph and express
office, insurance offices, four lawyers, six physicians, and two den-
paper
tists,
besides various other profesThere are about
Although Leba-
Employments.
non
is
considered one of the best
farming towns in the State, still it
has to be ranked as a manufacturing and mercantile town, as the
and probusiness is more than
double that of all the farm produc-
sional businesses.
receipts for labor, trade
400 dwelling houses, and 2,500 inhabitants. West from the village,
fessional
on a
bluff, is to
be located the
new
tions in town.
The
capital invest-
cemetery.
There are some beautiful dells in these grounds, and
when they are laid out by the skillful hand of Kev. Mr. Downs, it
ed in manufactories
will be a lovely spot for the repose of the silent dead. There is
(See tables.)
Resources.
new
is $ 612,000.
employing 591 males and 45 females, and annually producing
goods to the value of $ 1,221,600.
Productions of the
$171,249; mechanical labor,
$314,800; stocks and bonds, $77,
high
school building at an expense of
$ 20,000. When all these new improvements are completed, the people of Lebanon can truly boast as
having one of the pleasantest vil-
stock in trade, $ 173,940 professional business, $95,000; from
lages in the State.
summer
being built (1873)
West Lebanon
a
village
is
situa-
ted on the Connecticut, opposite
White River Junction, and at the
terminus of the Northern (N. H.)
Railroad. It is one of the finest
little villages in
the State, and
becoming quite a resort
mer
tourists,
for
is
sum-
being near one of the
greatest railroad centres in
New-
England. A bridge over the Connecticut connects it with Hartford,
Vt. There are five or six stores,
of all varieties, one fine hotel,
church, school house, grist-mill,
lumber mill &c, and seventy-five
dwelling houses. The street, running parallel with the Connecticut
is handsomely shaded.
On a hill
back of the village, and overlooking the valley of the Connecticut
and on to the green hills of Vermont, is located Tilden Female
Seminary. No more lovely spot
for an institution of this character
can be found in this country. (See
Literary Institutions.)
soil,
900;
money
592
at interest, $94,195;
in savings
deposits
bank, $
155,
;
;
tourists,
$
2,000.
Churches and Schools. 1st Congregational,
Rev. Charles
A.
Downs, pastor; Methodist, Rev.
Charles E. Hall, pastor; Baptist,
Rev. H. F. Barnes, pastor Catholic, Rev. M. J. Goodwin, priest;
Universalist, no pastor
2d Con;
;
gregational,
(at
West Lebanon,)
Rev. A. B. Rich, D. D., pastor;
There is a Unitarian Society in
town.
There are twenty-two
schools, seven of which am graded
average length for me year,
twenty-three weeks total amount
annually appropriated for school
purposes,
value of
$4,570.70;
;
;
school houses, $30,000.
Literary
Female
Tilden
Institutions.
Seminary,
Prof.
Hiram
Orcutt, Principal.
Rev. C. A.
Cabinet.
Lebanon
Downs
village has the
variety of minerals
(it is
at
largest
said) of
any cabinet in the State.
Library.
sociation.
Lebanon Library As-
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LEBANON
Granite State Free
H. Cheney, Editor. (See
Newspaper.
Press, E.
tables.)
Banks. National Bank of Lebanon, and Lebanon Savings Bank.
(See tables.)
Lafayette Hotel, HamHotels.
ilton House.
Southworth's Hotel,
West Lebanon. There are five
livery stables at
horses,
with
and two
Lebanon with 53
at West Lebanon
the
first
Lebanon was
granted by Gov. Benning Wentworth to William Dana, John
Hanks, Daniel Blodgett, Samuel
Penhallow, John Storrs and 58 othThe town was
ers, July 4th, 1761.
to be six miles square, and the conditions of the charter were that
every grantee, for every fifty acres
in his share, should plant and cultivate five acres within five years,
and reserve all the pine trees fit
for masting for the royal navy;
that from a tract of land near the
centre of the town, every grantee
should have one acre as a town lot
that if demanded, one ear of Indian
corn should be paid as annual rent
for the space of ten years the tirst
rent to be paid Dec. 25, 1762. The
Governor reserved five hundred
acres for himself, as he did in all
town grants he made. Gov. John
;
his successor, disap-
He was
male child born.
born July 11, 1766. Sarah Jones,
born December 22d, 1764, was the
Among
first female child born.
other early settlers were Oliver
Davidson, Elijah Dewey, Jairus
Jones,
came
who
with their families,
in the
autumn of
aniel Porter, Silas
18 horses.
First Settlements.
Wentworth,
and Mrs. Downer the first
white woman who spent a night
in town. Thomas Waterman was
family,
Nath-
1763.
Waterman and
eleven others followed soon after.
After the Revolution, and Vermont had petitioned to the government to be received into the
an independent
Confederacy, as
State, many of the towns on this
side of the Connecticut wished to
There
were sixteen of these towns, of
which Lebanon was one, and so
earnest were they in their opinions
be united with Vermont.
they refused
to
delegates
send
which formed the constitution of
New-Hampshire. They received
no encouragement from Congress,
and, after their delegates had taken their seats in the Vermont Assembly, they wished their towns
to be set off into a separate county
this request was not granted, and
they
left
the
Thus ended
Assembly
the
in disgust.
first
secession
movement after the Revolution.
The first settlers were principally
pointed in not having these lands
willed to him, set aside all the titles of these lands in the State,
and granted them to the actual
from Lebanon, Connecticut hence
the present name.
First Minister. Mr. Treadway
upon them. Four persons
viz., William Dana, Levi Hyde,
Paul Estabrooks and one other,
ed here a few months in 1766.
A Congregational Church was esThe Rev.
tablished in 1771.
Isaiah Potter was ordained and
settlers
spent the second winter in this
town, near the mouth of White
river. William Downer with his
wife and eight children came on
July 11, 1763. This was the first
:
was the
first
minister,
installed pastor,
He
who
August
preach-
25,
1772.
died July 2d, 1817, having been
pastor of the church forty -five
years.
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224
North by Hanover,
by Enfield, south by Plainfield
and west by Hartford, Vermont.
Area, 23,000 acres; area of improved land, 16,429 acres.
Boundaries.
east
Distances.
miles
Sixty-four
from Concord
five miles south from Dartmouth
College, and twenty-eight south
from Haverhill.
The Northern (N.
Railroad.
H.) railroad passes through this
town, in an easterly and westerly
direction.
There are three stations in town, viz., East Lebanon,
Lebanon, West Lebanon.
north-west, by
rail,
The
is
soil
hard,
but by careful cultivation, is made
very productive, and the farmers
are well rewarded for their efforts
&c.
Rivers and Ponds.
oats, bar-
ley,
It is
well
watered by Lamprey, Little, North
and Oyster Rivers. These rivers
furnish abundant water power.
Oyster River has its source from
Wheelwright Pond in the north
part.
This pond is the largest
body of water in town, covering
165 acres.
It is memorable on
account of a battle fought on its
shores, between a body of Indians
and two companies of rangers,
under Captains Floyd and Wiswell
in 1690,
Captain Wiswell and
twelve men lost their lives in this
engagement.
Employments. Agriculture is the
principal
habitants.
employment of the inThere are excellent
clay beds here, for the manufacture of brick, which is carried on
pretty extensively. 725,000 feet of
boards,
&c, and
Resources.
$ 63,895
soil,
$
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
stocks and money at in$ 28,732 deposits in savings
10,000
terest,
;
;
;
banks, $34,145; stock in trade,
$9,555; from summer tourists,
$2,000.
Churches and Schools.
gational church, Rev. J.
Congre-
W.
Lees,
Union church, Rev. A. G.
Cumings, pastor, There are seven
schools in town. Average length
pastor;
of schools for the year, nineteen
weeks.
Lee
Sunday
Hill
School Library, 700 volumes.
of Lee, in some portions,
by good crops of corn,
;
Libraries.
LEE.
Strafford County.
are annually sawed 6,000 pairs of
shoes, are annually manufactured.
160,000 shingles
Lee was origDurham, and was
First Settlements.
inally a part of
incorporated January
16, 1766.
Rev. Samuel
First Minister.
Hutchins, settled in 1792.
Boundaries. North by Barrington and Madbury, east by Durham, south by New Market and
Epping, and west by Nottingham
and Barrington.
Area, 11,625
acres
;
improved land,
8,993 acres.
Thirty-one
Distances.
miles
Concord and
twelve south-west from Dover.
Railroads. Four miles to NewMarket station. The Nashua and
Rochester Railroad, to be completed in 1874, will pass through this
south-east
from
town.
LEMFSTER,
Sullivan County. The surface
of Lempster is broken and uneven,
but the soil is fertile, and, by careful
cultivation,
is
made
to yield
good crops of wheat, corn, oats,
and potatoes.
This town
Rivers and Ponds.
is
well watered by numerous
small streams.
A branch of Su-
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LINCOLN.
gar River, and the south and -west
branches of Cold River, afford
conveniences for water machin-
Sand Pond
ery.
town and
lies partly in this
partly in
Marlow.
It is
Dodge
420 rods long and 70 wide.
Pond, near the centre, covers
about 50 acres, and, near the western boundary, is a pond 320 rods
the town is
long, and 80 wide,
very pleasantly situated, and, on
many
some
of
elevations,
its
affords
which
attracts
fine scenery,
the attention of tourists, who annually visit here, to spend a few
weeks
in the
summer.
Employments.
the principal
Agriculture is
of the
&c, and
1,160,000 feet of boards,
100,000 shingles are annually
saw-
200 dozen rakes are manufac-
ed.
tured, besides there is
one wheel-
and one harness shop.
pounds of maple sugar are
annually made.
wright
20,000
Resources.
Productions of the
$50,910; mechanical labor,
$ 12,600 stocks and money at indeposits in savterest, $ 10,225
ings banks, $21,456; stock in
soil,
;
;
trade, $3,600;
from summer tour-
$3,000.
ists,
Congre-
Churches and Schools.
gational Church, Rev.
John
he-,
Methodist church,
Rev. Geo. F. Wells, pastor; Uni-
bosquet, pastor
versalist,
schools,
;
There are
Average length of
.
nine schools.
for the
year,
nineteen
weeks.
Hotel.
Forest House.
Lempster
First Settlements.
was granted to Richard Sparrow
and sixty-one others, October 5,
Emigrants from Connecti1761.
cut
,
A
1831.
settled here in 1770.
Elias
Congregational church
in
November,
1761.
Boundaries.
North by Unity,
east by Goshen and Washington,
south by Marlow, and west by AcArea
worth. Area 21,410 acres.
of improved land, 11,359 acres.
Forty-two
miles
Distances.
west from Concord, and about
nine south-east from Newport.
Railroads. Nine miles, by daily
stage, to Newport, on the Sugar
The Windsor
River Railroad.
and Forest Line Railroad, if ever
built, will pass through this town.
L,INCOl,N.
manufacturing
carried on pretty extensively.
is
Rev.
Minister.
was organized
empl^ment
although
people,
First
Fisher, ordained in 1787, died in
Grafton County.
Lincoln is
one of the mountain towns in
Northern New-Hampshire, and a
great resort for visitors who are
White
the
through
traveling
Mountain region. It is estimated
that over eight thousand people
come within its borders annually.
The
scenery, in and around the
town, is grand and romantic in the
extreme. The views obtained from
the Flume House, are not surpassed
by any hotels in the mountains.
Directly in front
is
Mount
Liberty,
with the fancied resemblance to
the profile of George Washington.
On the north is the picturesque
notch, on the south the whole valley of the Pemigewassett is brought
to view with its pleasant intervals,
and the towering hills on either
side, the whole presenting views
of nature rarely excelled in this
The soil yields small
country.
owing to the early frosts
town is subjected to.
Rivers and Ponds. The middle
crops,
the
branch of Pemigewassett River,
having its source in Ferrin's pond,
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in the south
part of Franconia,
town near the
passes through this
center.
Bog, Fish, and Loon
ponds are the principal bodies of
water.
The
inhabitants
are principally devoted to attend-
ing to the wants of tourists who
frequent the town in the summer.
Not over one thousand acres of the
land is improved.
Resources.
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$6,878;
$ 1,500; deposits in savings banks,
soil,
from
summer
tourists,
$30,000.
There is one school in
average length for the year,
twenty-two weeks.
Hotels.
Flume House, Tuttle
House.
First
Organization.
Lincoln
was granted to James Avery, January 31, 1764.
The first settlement is not known. Incorporated
Schools.
town
and cultivated, prowhile the soil, on
the intervals and uplands is strong
and deep, affording many fine
erly fertilized
Employments.
$480;
in the value of its manufactured
productions the sixth.
The surface is uneven. The soil, on the
plain land, is light.but, when prop-
;
in 1764.
North by Franconia, east by ungranted lands, south
by Woodstock and west by LanBoundaries.
Area, 32,456 acres.
Dista?ices.
Eighty miles north
from Concord, and twenty east
from Haverhill.
Bail roads.
Nearest Railroad
daff.
is Plymouth,
by stage,
twenty-two miles, on the Boston
Concord and Montreal Railroad.
When completed, the Bristol
Branch and Montreal Railroads
will pass through this town.
station
LISBON.
Grafton County.
Lisbon is
one of the most important towns
in the county, both in point of agriculture, and as a manufacturing
town; ranking in agriculture as
the fourth
town
in the county
;
and
duces fine crops
;
farms, producing Excellent crops
of wheat, oats, potatoes and hay.
There are but two towns in the
county which produce as many
of wheat, and none as
bushels
many
potatoes.
River and Fond. Lower Ammonoosuc River runs in a south-west
direction through the whole ex-
Mink Pond
tent of the town.
in the southern part,
and, at
lies
its
some good water
outlet, furnishes
privileges.
Blueberry Mountain
Mountain.
the highest elevation.
is
Iron ore, in large
Minerals.
quantities, is found in the south-
eastern part.
Most of the ore
which supplied the Franconia furnace was mined in this locality.
Gold, in a quartz form, is found in
various localities in Lisbon and
vicinity.
There
is
now
(1873)
one
quartz mill, for gold, in operation
which
meeting with good sucunder the supervision
of Prof. J. H. Rae. There is other
is
cess.
It is
quartz in town which, when pulverized, makes an excellent fertilizer.
It
is
" Stevens'
called
Mineral Fertilizer."
Limestone,
in considerable quantities, is found
in various parts. The future prospects of Lisbon, in point of mineral wealth, look very flattering.
On the Ammonoosuc,
midway between Wells Riv-
Villages.
about
er
and
Littleton,
is
located the
busy manufacturing village of Lisbon.
The B.
C.
& M.
Railroad,
�LISBON.
passes the village, which affords
it
excellent
railroad
facilities.
Here are establishments
for the
227
tourists.
their
Over two hundred, spend
summer
vacation here.
Employments. Agriculture
is
the
employment of the peo-
manufacture of carriages, (on an
principal
extensive scale,) potato starch,
piano sounding-boards, boxes, kits,
excelsior, bobbins, shoe pegs, and
various other smaller shops, too
numerous to mention. There are
also one church, a fine school
house, fifteen or twenty stores of
various kinds, one hotel, express
and telegraph office, post office,
one lawyer, five physicians, two
dentists, three insurance agents,
ple, but, as
and some other professional busiIt is a very pleasant village,
and some of the business buildings
and private residences, are fine
ness.
structures.
Sugar Hill is a pretty, village
on a commanding -eminence of the same name, in the
eastern part of the town. Here is
one church edifice, owned jointly
by the Freewill Baptists and Adsituated
ventists, a fine
town
hall,
which
is
occupied for election purposes, by
the town, on alternate years, (a
similar hall located in Lisbon village, proper, being used half the
time) a carriage, blacksmith, and
shoe shop, a general store, one or
two
forty
and some thirty or
dwellings, with two or three
groceries,
summer boarding houses.
Summer Resorts. The village
can be seen, manufacturing and mercantile trade, is an
important
branch
of
business.
3,500 bushels of wheat, 26,000 bushels oats, 11 1,000
bushels of potatoes,
4,500 tons hay, 40,000 lbs. of but-
cheese, and 30,000
maple sugar, are annually
produced, There are also manuter, 12,000 lbs.
lbs.
factured, 200 tons of potato starch,
valued at $ 23,000; 20,000 bushels
shoe pegs, 100,000 rough bobbins,
valued at $19,000; 38,000 bushels
grain ground, valued at $55,000;
1,800,000 feet of lumber, of all
kinds, valued at $21,900; besides
carriages, piano sounding-boards,
boxes, excelsior, Stevens' mineral
fertilizer, quartz mills also blacksmith, shoe shop, tin shops, &c.
The whole amount of goods annually manufactured, is estimated
at $ 280,900.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil, $194,017; mechanical labor,
;
$61,000; money at interest, $57,
670; deposits in savings banks,
$8,224;
from
stock in trade, $52,770;
summer
tourists,
$8,000;
professional business, $ 50,000.
MethChurches and Schools.
Rev. J. H. Brown, pastor;
Freewill Baptist, Rev. John
Chamberlin, pastor; Advent, (Su
gar Hill) Rev. J. II. Shipman,
pastor. There are eleven schools
Average length of
in town.
schools for the year, seventeen
weeks. Total amount of money
annually appropriated for school
odist,
is
surrounded by a farming community, which is unsurpassed by
Northern New-Hampany in
shire.
It is but a short distance
from the White Mountains and
Franconia Hills; being but 15
miles to the Profile House, and 35
The
to the Crawford House.
beautiful scenery about town, and
pleasant views and drives make it
a desirable locality for summer
M
purposes, $ 1,996.64.
Library. Lisbon Village Libra-
ry Association, 1,000 volumes.
Hotel.
Ammonoosuc House.
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stocks and bonds, $ 21,20f
Lisbon was
First Settlements.
granted to Joseph Burt and others,
August 6, 1763, under the name of
" Concord."
November 20, 1768,
it was again granted to Leonard
$45,500
Whiting and others, under the
name of "Gunthwait." Soon after,
its former name was resumed, and
One
Churches and
Schools.
Presbyterian Church, valued at
$8,000; There are four schools;
average length for the year, thirty
weeks. There is one private Library of over 400 volumes.
First Settlement. This town was
originally a part of Nashua, and
called Natticutt or Brent* n\ F-<—i
It was incorporated by Massachusetts in 1734, and chartered by
New-Hampshire, June, 5, 1749.
The first setlement was commenced in 1720. Hon. Wyseman Clag-
retained until
ceived
its
1817,
it
re-
Elder Josiah
Minister.
First
when
present name.
Juimby was ordained in 1800.
North by Littleton
Boundaries.
and Bethlehem, east by Franconia,
south by Landaft", and west by Lyman. Area, 29,130 acres; area
improved land, 17,417 acres.
Twenty miles north-
Distances.
from Haverhill, and eightynine miles north from Concord.
Boston, Concord &
Railroads.
Montreal Railroad passes, in a
north-easterly and south-westerly
direction through the town.
east
LITCHFIKID.
Hillsborough County.
Litch-
a small but wealthy town,
situated on the east side of Merrifield is
mack
The
River.
soil is rich,
and
very productive, the farmers receiving a good return for their labor, and a ready market, in Nashua or Manchester, for their sur-
But few farming
plus products.
districts
in the State
offer
more
encouraging inducements, to the
farmer, than this town.
Employments.
Farming is the
employment of the
principal
habitants;
the
eighty
in-
men who
own, or help to cultivate the soil,
receive annually over six hundred
dollars
Aboul
all
each,
for
their
1,700,000, feet of
labor.
lumber, of
kinds, are annually sawed.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil,
$ 46,527
;
mechanical labor,
money
its
;
$
at interest,
10,400
;
depos
in savings bank, $86,118; stoci
$
in trade,
tourists,
ett,
$
10,595
;
from sumuiei
2,000.
a native of England, came to
this country before the Revolution,
and died in
this
town.
He
held
several important offices, under the
crown, and was attorney-general
under the provincial and State
governments.
Rev. Joseph
First Ministers.
Tufts, Congregational; ordained
Rev.
in 1741; dismissed in 1744.
Samuel Cotton, ordained in 1765;
Rev. Enoch
dismissed in 1784.
Pillsbury, settled in 1815;
died in
1818.
North and east by
Boundaries.
Londonderry, south by Hudson,
and west by Merrimack River.
Area, 7,426, acres.
Twenty-eight miles
Distances.
south from Concord, ten south
from Manchester, eight north from
Nashua, and eight east from Amherst.
Railroad. Concord and Nashua
Railroad runs past Litchfield on
the west side of the river.
The
railroad depot is reached at Thornton's Ferry one half mile from the
centre of the town.
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LITTLETON.
LITTLETON.
Grafton County.
Littleton
ranks in the State as the twentythird town, in wealth, and in population the fourteenth in the county
in wealth and population, the second, and value of manufactures
the third. In the value of its agricultural productions it ranks as
;
of the White Mountains Railroad,
in and through the village, it has
taken rapid strides in all branches
of business, and has now become
one of the principal marts in the
northern section of the State. The
manufactures are various and valuable, consisting of
woolen goods,
foundry,
machinery,
furniture,
and in
sash and blinds, tin ware, lumber,
leather, boots and shoes, steroscop-
on the
banks of the rivers are some very
views, carriages, starch, washing machines, churns, scythes,
photographing, printing, harnesses, and various other mechanical
the
fifth
town
in the State,
the county as the second.
The surface is uneven;
excellent interval lands, and the
soil, generally, through the town,
is
strong,
and well adapted
to
til-
lage or grazing, and produces the
various kinds of grasses and other
farm productions
in
abundance.
Many
ic
works.
and
There are between
thirty
forty stores, of all kinds,
banks, three
high school
churches, a
two
large
large
building, two
two livery stables and one
eating house. There are besides,
seven lawyers, six physicians and
of the farms indicate that
the husbandman's labor is attended with good returns in the form
hotels,
of an excellent harvest and a year-
dentists,
ly increased value of his
farm
in-
vestment.
Hivcrs.
also, telegraph, express,
and various other ofand about three hundred
It is an imdwelling houses.
insurance
fices,
The Connecticut River
washes the north-western border
of the town, for nearly thirteen
miles. Fifteen Mile Falls extend
whole distance, running in
foaming waves for miles together,
the
which renders
impossible to ascend or descend, in safety, with
boats.
The river runs for this
distance in a south-west direction.
Ammonoosuc River passes through
the southern part of the town, and
it
some fine water privileges,
many of which are utilized.
affords
Mountains.
Black, Iron, Parkand Eustace Mountains are
er's
considerable, and the principal elevations in town.
portant point for visitors to or
from the White Mountains, and,
owing to its pleasant location
among the hills, it has become a
popular resort for tourists, and
nearly five hundred spend a por
tion of the
summer months
beautiful village, and
its
in this
environs.
But few villages can boast
enterprise and business
more
than can be
seen
in
of
life
Littleton.
Many
of the stores, in quality and
value of goods, or in appearance,
will compare favorably with some
of the fine stores to be seen in
Concord, Manchester, and other
About four miles east
from the Connecticut, and on the
New-Hampshire cities. Its future
prospects look quite as flattering
as those of any of the growing
Ammonoosuc river, is situated the
large and enterprising village of
towns in the State.
The inhabitants
Employments.
Since the introduction
are nearly equally divided in their
Village.
Littleton.
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vocations, with agriculture on one
side
and
manufacturing,
trade
and professional business on the
other.
art-
1,100,000 yards of flannel
annually manufactured 700,000
;
clapboards, 1,500,000 shingles, and
4,220,000 feet of boards
and dimen-
sion timber sawed, $5,000 worth
of leather tanned, 300,000 stero-
scopic views made, $ 12,000 worth
of machinery, 1,500 dozen scythes,
$4,000 worth of churns, 160 tons
of starch, besides various other
mechanical
mentioned.
works
The
heretofore
total value
Rand, 550 volumes; Wm.
volumes; Charles
Hartshorn, 500 volumes James J.
Barrett, 500 volumes; Dr. H. L.
Watson, 450 volumes; Dr. T. E.
Sanger, 425 volumes; Rev. C. E.
Milliken, 400 volumes; James R.
Jackson, 400 volumes.
Newspaper.
White Mountain
Republic, G. C. Furber, Editor
and Proprietor.
Hotels.
Thayer's Hotel and
Union House; arrivals the past
season, 4,500; hotels valued at
C.
W.
J. Bellows, 550
;
of
kinds of goods annually manufactured is about $ 576,000.
$32,500.
all
Banks.
Littleton
National
Bank, and Littleton Savings Bank.
Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $226,145; manufacturing labor, $ 98,000
carpenters,
(See tables.)
masons, &c, $ 18,000; stocks, &c,
ton,
$65,700; money at interest, $81,
920; deposits in savings banks,
$13,876; stock in trade, $76,575;
January 18, 1770, it
was granted under the name of
Apthorp, and included Dalton. In
from summer
November, 1784, it was divided
and the towns of Littleton and
Dalton incorporated. Capt. Nathan Caswell came to Littleton
about 1774, and was the first permanent settler.
;
$ 30,000
and
tourists,
professional business,
trade
transportation, $ 100,000.
Churches and
Congre-
Scliools.
gational Church, Rev. C. E. Milliken, pastor, tuernbers, 150, church
value,
$6,000; Methodist, Rev.
George Beebe, pastor, members,
150, church value, $ 7,500 Freewill
;
Rev. E. Gilford, pastor,
members, 60, church value, $6,000.
There are twenty-one schools in
town, five of which are graded.
Baptist,
Average length of schools for the
year, twenty weeks total amount
;
annually appropriated for school
purposes, $4,052.80;
value of
school-houses and school lots, $40,
000. There is a high schoo} which
gives
the scholars of this
excellent school advantages.
town
In November,
including Little-
First Settlements.
1764, the territory
was granted under
the
name
of Chiswick.
First Church.
A
Congregational
Church was organized in 1803.
Rev. Drury Fairbanks settled here
in 1820.
Boundaries.
North-west by
Concord and Waterford, Vermont,
by Dalton, south-east
by Bethlehem, and south-west by
Lisbon, Lyman and Monroe.
Total area, 36,000 acres
area of improved lands, 17,637 acres.
Distances. One hundred miles
north-west from Concord, and
thirty north from Haverhill.
north-east
;
Railroads.
The White Moun-
Prof. F. Hutchins, Principal.
Libraries.
Littleton
Village
tain Railroad passes through the
Social
The
Library,
1,036
volumes;
south-east portion
of the
town.
inhabitants expect that
the
�LONDONDERRY.
& Ogdensburgh Railroad,
Portland
,
when
eonrpleted, will pass through
Littleton.
$
33,300
Rockingham County. There
is
waste land in this
town. There are no hills, swamps,
nor stagnant water of any extent.
money
at interest, and
$15,700; deposits in savbanks, $145,614; stock in
ings
ists,
but very
;
stocks,
$ 6,600
trade,
LO>DONDEKRY.
231
$
;
from summer tour-
$1,000; professional business,
12,000.
and very easy of cultivation. But
one town in the county excels it in
Churches and Schools. PresbyRev. "William House, pastor; number of members, 150;
Methodist, Rev. J. A. Steele, pastor number of members, 75 Baptist,
Total church valua-
the value of
tion,
The
ucts.
little
soil is
unusually productive,
its
agricultural prod-
The farms are
pleasantly lo-
cated, on gentle swells, with inter-
vening vales, which present a
beautiful farm scenery, rarely excelled by any farming country in
New-England. Located on a slight
elevation, is a pleasant village and
the center of considerable trade.
Streams and Po?ids. The prinstream in town is Beaver
River, having its source in Beaver Pond, a fine body of water,
in the form of a circle, about three
cipal
hundred rods in diameter, and
about one mile north-east from the
village.
Scoby's Upper, and Lower and Shield's Ponds, lie about
three miles north-west from Beaver Pond.
On the streams issuing
from these ponds, are some valuameadows, producing excellent
ble
crops of grass, &c.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally devoted to agriculture.
Over
8,000 bushels of corn,
and barley,
and 3,000 tons of hay are annually
produced also, over 200,000 quarts
of milk are annually sold. Con5,000 bushels of oats
;
siderable attention
is
paid to the
manufacturing of sale boots and
shoes; over 84,000 pairs are annually manufactured.
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $146,704; mechanical labor,
terian,
;
;
.
$
18,000.
are eleven schools in
average length for the year,
twenty-two weeks.
Amount of
money annually appropriated for
school purposes, $1,925.20; value
of school houses, $ 5,750.
Library.
Londonderry Public
Library, 150 volumes.
Thex*e
town
;
First Settlers. Londonderry was
one of the first settled towns in the
State, and her sons and daughters,
to-day, look back with pride upon
their
first
forefathers,
who were
settlers of this
the
ancient and
noble town.
They were distinguished for their sobriety, industry, intelligent, prudent, and sound
judgment, and natural ability.
For a brief history of the first settlement, we can give none better
than a few extracts from Hayward's Gazetteer.
" Londonderry, which formerly
included the present town of Derry, was settled in 1719, by a colony
of Presbyterians, from the vicinity
of the city of Londonderry, in the
north of Ireland, to which place
their
ancestors had emigrated
about a century before, from Scotland.
They were a part of 120
chiefly from three parwho, with their religious
families,
ishes,
instructors,
land in the
came to New-Engsummer of 1718. In
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232
October, 1718, they applied to the
James
government of Massachusetts
the grant of a township, and
for
II., A. D. 1688-9. He afterwards relinquished a military Hfe
re-
for the
ceived assurance that a grant
should be made them, when they
should select a place, for its loAfter some time spent
viewing the country, they se-
cation.
in
comtown of Londonderry,
lected the tract afterwards,
prising the
at first
known by
the
name
of
clerical
profession.
He
possessed a strong mind, marked
by a considerable degree of eccentricity.
He died January 25, 1735,
and was borne to the grave;, at his
particular request, by his former
companions in arms, of whom
was a considerable number
there
among
the early settlers of this
whom had been
from taxes throughout
the British Dominions, by King
Nuffield.
town, several of
In 1719, sixteen families, accompanied by Rev. James McGregore,
one of the clergymen who had emigrated from Ireland with them,
took possession of the tract, and,
made
on the day of their arrival, attended religious services and a sermon
under an oak on the east shore of
Beaver Pond. The inhabitants of
Londonderry, in 1720, purchased
the Indian
and, although
title;
it
was long a frontier town, they were
never molested by the Indians.*
They introduced
the culture of the
potato, a vegetable
known
till
then un-
New-England, and the
manufacture of linen cloth, which,
though long since declined, was,
for
in
many
years,
officer in
the army, and
distin-
guished himself in the defense of
city of Londonderry, when
besieged by the army of King
the
* This land was conveyed to the Rev. John
Wheelwright, May 10, 1629, by four Indian
Sagamores. It was deeded to the inhabitants
of Londonderry, by Col. John Wheelwright,
grandson of the Rev. John Wheelwright, in
1720.
William, for their bravery in that
siege.
A company of
seventy men from this town, under the command of Capt. George
Reid, were in the battle of Breed's
Hill, and about the same number
were in that at Bennington, in
which Capt. David Mc Clary, one
of their citizens, a distinguished
and brave officer, was killed.
Major General John Stark and
Colonel George Reid, officers of
the army of the Revolution, were
natives of this town.
Londonderry has produced many other
memorable
distinguished men.
The town was incorporated June
a considerable
source of their early prosperity.
A portion of this town, in 1828,
was taken to form the pleasant
town of Derry. Rev. Matthew
Clark, second minister of Londonerry, was a native of Ireland,
who had, in early life, been an
free
21, 1722.
North by Manchesand Auburn, east by Derry
and Windham, south by Hudson
and west by Litchfield. The origBoundaries.
ter
inal area of this
acres
;
but
town was
Windham,
64,000
parts
of
Manchester and Derry, have been
taken off, and formed into separate towns, and its present area
less than 25,000 acres.
The
area of improved land is 11,710
is
acres.
Twenty-four miles
Concord, six southwest from Manchester and twentythree south-west from Exeter.
Distances.
south from
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LOUDON.
The
Railroads.
and
Lawrence
Manchester
passes
Railroad
through the north-east section of
1870.
the town.
Merrimack County.
soil,
Loudon
has an uneven surface which rises
swells,
Productions of the
§186,307; mechanical labor,
$8,000; stocks and money at interest, $ 43,440 deposits in savings
banks, $94,347; stock in trade,
Resources.
LOUDON.
in
wealth and happiness, and the population has been gradually decreasing from 1638 in 1860, to 1282 in
and affords excellent
and grazing. It ranks as
the third town in the county in the
value of its agricultural products.
There are some fine farms, under a
;
tillage
$6,300.
Along
high state of cultivation.
the banks of the river are some
CongreN. Stone, pastor
Freewill Baptist, Rev. Mr. Brooks,
pastor; Methodist, Rev. A. R.
Lunt, pastor. There are fourteen
schools, two of which are graded.
Average length of schools for the
(See
year, twenty-three weeks
fine interval lands.
Soucook River, runRivers.
ning in a south-easterly direction
through the town, is the principal
stream, and affords some very
good water power which is im.
proved to some extent.
Employments. The inhabtiants
are generally engaged in agriculture. But two towns in the county
raise as
many
bushels
of
corn,
and none as much wheat, or as
many pounds of maple sugar.
35,000 pounds of butter are annually
produced, 40,000 shingles, 565,000
feet of boards and dimension timber annually sawed, hubs, spokes
and axe helves, $2,000; 1,800
bushels grain ground, and leathHaving Coner tanned $ 25,000.
cord for a ready market for all
the surplus productions, many of
the farmers have become quite
wealthy, and but few farming
towns in the State have a more
thrifty and prosperous appearance; but like many other NewHampshire farming towns, for
many years their sons have been
receiving that education which creates an uneasy feeling and a mistaken idea, that there are better
fields in the West to secure more
Churches and Schools.
gational, Rev. B.
tables.)
Hotel.
Mc Lellan
First Settlement.
House.
The
first
set-
tlement was commenced here in
1760, by Moses Ordway, Abraham
It was
and Jethro Batchelder.
formerly a part of Canterbury,
from which it was taken and incorporated under the name of
Loudon, January
First
Minister.
23, 1773.
A
Congrega-
was established in
1784; Rev. Jedediah Tucker was
settled over the Church in 1789,
tional society
dismissed in 1809.
by
North-west
Boundaries.
Canterbury, north-east by Gilmanton,
south-east by Pittsfield and
Chichester, and south-west by ConArea
cord. Area, 28,257 acres.
of improved land, 19,180 acres.
Distances. Ten miles north-east
from Concord.
Railroads.
Six miles to Pitts-
on Suncook Valley
Railroad, and ten miles to Concord
station. If the Concord and Rochfield
station,
is ever
expected to pass through
ester projected Railroad
built, it is
this
town.
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234
EYIWAN.
Grafton County. The
of this
town
is
station.
LYME.
Grafton County.
higli cultivation.
Ponds, River and Mountain.
There are several ponds, through
the largest of which flows Burnham's River. There is a considerelevation
called Lyman's
able
Mountain.
Employments.
the general
people.
16
uneven, but the
generally good, producing
fair crops of grain and grass.
Many of the farms are well tilled,
soil is
and under
Agriculture
is
employment of the
2,300 bushels wheat, 3,000
corn, 12,000 oats,
from Concord, and
north from Haverhill.
Railroad. Five miles to Lisbon
102 miles north
surface
and 42,000 bush-
The Con-
necticut River washes the west-
ern border of this town.
The
tervals are not as large as in
in-
many
other towns, on the river, but the
uplands are much better than they
average, in the river towns. Lyme
considered as one of the best
farming towns in the Connecticut
valley, in this State. It has been
is
many
celebrated for
years for
its
wheat and corn crops, and
its numerous and superior flocks
of sheep.
It is excelled by no
town in the State in its number,
and value of sheep. Considerable
annually proThere are two potato
duced.
starch mills annually manufacturing 84 tons starch, valued at $8,
400; 350,000 feet boards sawed,
besides cooper and other small
mechanical shops.
Resources.
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
soil, $ 109,430
attention has been given by the inhabitants to the agricultural interest of the town, for a few years
past, with decided effects for the
$ 6,200 money
better.
els of potatoes are
;
$
15,500
in savings bank,
§ 251
;
deposits
at interest,
stock in trade, $ 3.870.
Churches and Schools.
Union,
Rev. A. R. Russell, pastor. There
are seven schools in town.
Aver-
age length of schools for the year,
twenty weeks.
First Settlements. The western
portion of Lyman was disannexed
and the town of Monroe constituted July 13,1854.
ed November
persons,
Lyman
10,
It
was
grant-
1761, to several
among whom
Daniel
was conspicuous, and
from him the township received
its name.
Boundaries. North by Littleton,
east by Lisbon, south by Bath, and
west by Monroe.
Area of improved land, 10,363 acres.
Distances. By cars from Lisbon,
large
There are two small
Villages.
villages;
the principal village
pleasantly situated, and
for the neatness
is
is
noted
and order which
generally prevail.
Streams and Ponds.
There are
three small streams passing through
the town and discharging into the
Connecticut. There are two small
ponds, the largest of which is call-
ed Port's Pond.
Elevations.
elevations, the
of which
is
There are several
most considerable
called Smart's
Moun-
tain.
Minerals.
Beds of lime-stone,
of the granular crystaline variety,
with which are large quantities of
garnet, with crystals of hornblende
are found in several localities.
A
very curious mixture of granular
�LYNDEBOROUGH.
quartz with carbonate of lime has
been discovered, and is valued
highly for the manufacture of plate
Specimens of
or window glass.
black tourmaline have been found
in different parts; some of the
specimens are very handsome.
Employments.
The inhabitants
are principally engaged in agriculture.
Over 9,000 sheep are kept;
11,000 bushels of corn and 3,000
bushels of wheat, are annually produced; and 20,000 lbs. of maple
sugar, arc made.
130,000 shingles,
1,400,000, feet of boards,
&c, and
50 tons of potato starch, are annually
One
manufactured.
mill, valued at
$
6,000,
grist-
annually
grinds 14,000 bushels of grain, val-
ued at $
16,000.
Agricultural prod-
Resources.
mechanical labor,
8 10,300 stocks and bonds, $ 3,785
money at interest, § 43,500 deposits in savings bank, $ 34,082
stock in trade, 8 21,425 from summer tourists, $ 1,000.
Churches and Schools. Congregational Church, 282 members, Rev.
Henry A. Hazen, pastor in 1870;
Baptist, Rev. L. M. Wheeler, pastor.
There are fourteen districts,
and fifteen schools average length
for the year, twenty weeks.
Library. Lyme Social Library
has 2,800 volumes.
ucts,
$
199,204
;
;
;
;
;
Hotel.
" Kent's Hotel."
Walter Fairfield,
John and William Sloan, and othFirst Settlers.
ers settled here in 1764. Incorporated July 8, 1761, and granted
to Theodore Atkinson.
First Minister.
Rev. William
Connat, Congregational, settled in
1783; died in 1810.
Boundaries. North by Orford,
east by Dorchester, south by Hanover, and west by Thetford, Ver-
235
mont. Area, 28,500 acres;
of improved land, 18,266.
acres
miles
Fifty-four
Distances.
north-west from Concord, and
twenty south from Haverhill.
Railroad.
No Railroad passes
through this town, but it is well
connected by stages four times daily with the railway at West Thetford Depot.
LYNDEBOROUGH,
Hillsborough County.
The
Lyndeborough is elevated. The soil is deep and strong.
The pasturage is unequaled by any
town in the county.
Mountain and Streams. Centre
Mountain of considerable hight,
divides the town from east to west.
situation of
The streams are small, originating mostly from springs within the
On
town.
mountain
the plain below the
in the north-east part, is
a very pleasant (though small) village, situated on the banks of Piscataquoag River.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally engaged in farming.
About 10,000 clapboards, 240,000
shingles and 625.000 feet of boards
&c., are annually sawed.
The
Lyndeborough Glass Company, obtown
from which are made, fruit jars
and all kinds of glass bottles. 50
hands are employed.
tain their quartz rock in this
Resources.
prodmechanical labor,
stocks and money at inAgricultural
ucts $113,484;
$ 26,000
$ 7,850
;
deposits in savings
bank, $29,879; stock in trade, $15,
terest,
;
from summer tourists, $ 2,500.
Summer Resorts. The elevated
075
;
position of this town, has caused
many lovers of New-Hampshire
scenery, to spend their
vacation here.
summer
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
Churches and Schools.
CongreGeorge Smith, pastor; Baptist. Rev. E. J. Whittemore, pastor. There are ten public schools
average length for the
year, sixteen weeks.
Libraries. There are two public libraries, " Franklin" Library,
500 volumes South Lyndeborough
Library, 300 volumes.
First Settlements.
This town
was granted by Massachusetts to
Captain Samuel King and fifty-nine
gational, Rev.
;
;
others,
who were engaged
in the
Canada expedition in 1690.
was called " Salem Canada,"
the reason that
many
of those
It
for
who
belonged to the expedition were
Salem.
Benjamin Lynde,
Esq., purchased a large portion of
the township and adjoining lands,
from
in 1753,
and
name from
it received its present
him. It was incorpor-
ated April 23. 1764. The names
of the earliest settlers were, Put-
nam, Chamberlain and Cram.
First Ministers.
Rev.
John
Rand, (Congregational) settled in
1757, dismissed in 1763; Rev. Se-
Lyndeborough,
when completed
in the fall of 1873.
MADBritV.
Strafford County.
face
The
sur-
generally even and the soil
productive. In the valleys it consists of a portion of clay, on the
uplands, a mixture of sand and
is
loam.
Much
of this land
lent for hay, of
is
excel-
which large ciop
are annually produced.
Streams and Pond.
extreme
Its
southeasterly point extends to the
tide-water, on or near the Piscata-
Bellamy Bank River, coming from Barrington and passing
through the northeasterly part of
Madbury, is the only stream of
note; and Barbadoes Pond is the
principal body of water.
qua.
Minerals. Bog iron ore, and red
and yellow ochre, in considerable
quantities, are found in several
localities.
Employments. The people are
almost exclusively devoted to agriculture. Dover, three miles distant, affords an excellent market
wall Goodrich, settled in 1768,
died in 1809.
Boundaries.
North by Green-
for the disposal of their surplus
productions.
Francestown and New-Boston, east by Mount Vernon and
Milford, south by Milford, Wilton
and Temple, and west by Temple
and Greenfield.
Area,
20,760
tions, $50,980; stocks
and money
at interest, $14,746;
deposits in
field,
acres.
Dista?ioes.
miles
eighteen
Thirty-five
south from Concord,
north-west from Nashua, twenty
south-west from Manchester, and
ten north of west from Amherst.
Railroads.
Three and one half
miles to Wilton depot.
A daily
stage connects the railroad with
this town. The Peterborough and
Wilton Railroad will pass through
Resources.
Agricultural produc-
savings banks, $ 60,593.
Churches and Schools.
gational, Rev.
M.
Congre
Leese, pastor.
There are four schools, of which
only one averages twelve scholars
through the year. Average length
of schools through the year, nineteen weeks.
First Settlement.
Madbury was
originally a part of Dover,
and
its
connected with the
history of that ancient town.
It
was incorporated May 31, 1775,
and at that date contained a popuearly history
is
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lation of 677.
In
—MANCHESTER.
had 408
1870, it
237
are generally engaged in agricul-
There is considerable manufacturing and trade in town, be-
ture.
inhabitants.
Rev. Samuel
Hyde commenced preaching in
1758, and remained till 1770 Rev.
Eliphaz Chapman preached from
First Ministers.
;
mining
sides the
There
interest.
are about 12,000 pairs of shoes annually manufactured, and clothing
1771 to 1773.
to the value of
Boundaries. This is a small, triangular-shaped town, and is bounded north-east by Dover, south-west
by Durham and Lee, and northwest by Barrington. Area, 7,600
$ 20,000,
made.
(See tables.)
Resources.
acres
;
improved land,
4,600 acres.
miles
Thirty -six
north-east from Concord, and three
south from Dover.
Railroad.
Boston and Maine
Railroad passes through the eastern part of the town in a northerly
and southerly direction.
Distances.
MADISON.
Carroll County.
The
.
surface
uneven, but the soil is generally
good, producing fine crops of corn,
is
oats
and potatoes.
Pond.
Six-Mile Pond
principal body of water.
is
the
It is four
miles long and about one mile
wide. Its waters flow into Ossipee
Lake.
Minerals. There is a zinc and
lead mine, and a lead and silver
mine in this town. The Carroll
County Lead and Zinc Mining
Company1 were extensively working these mines in 1870.
date, the
At that
company employed twen-
ty-two men.
Eleven
men were
in
mine and eleven were above
ground.
The depth of tunnel is
seventy feet. The annual amount
the
of product, 23,475 grains of silver,
1094 tons lead, and 3273 tons zinc,
valued at $ 46,360.
For some reahave ceased
son, their operations
for the present.
Employments.
The
inhabitants
ucts,
is
Agricultural prod$78,478; mechanical labor,
$ 30,800
money
;
at interest,
$
2,
banks,
$13,447; stock in trade, 85,613;
424;
deposits
from summer
Summer
quite
a
in
savings
$ 10,000.
Madison
tourists,
Resort.
resort for
all
is
lovers of
New-Hampshire summer
scenery.
There are about five hundred visitors, who spend a part Or the
whole of their vacation in this
town.
Freewill
Churches and ScJwols.
Baptist Church, Elder A. C. Peasley, pastor. There are nine schools.
Average length of schools for the
year, eighteen weeks.
Churchill House, and
Hotels.
Madison House.
Town Organization. Madwas taken from the western
portion of Eaton, and incorporated
as a town, December 17, 1852.
First
ison
Boundaries.
east by
North by Albany,
Conway and Eaton, south
by Freedom, and west by Tarnworth and Albany. Acres of improved land, 6,232.
Distances.
miles
Sixty-four
from Concord,
twenty north from Ossipee.
north-east
Railroad.
Falls and
through
Portsmouth,
Conway Railroad
this
and
Great
passes
town.
MANCHESTER.
Hillsborough County. A city,
and part shire town of the county.
But few towns in New-England or
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
238
in this nation, have made such
rapid progress in population, manufacturing and wealth, for the past
as Manchester. It
value of cotton and
cloths manufactured, as
thirty years,
i*anks, in
woolen
its
the fourth city in the United States,
New-Hampshire.
Forty years ago, where the city
now stands, there was but a hamlet, and the only noise to break
the stillness of the quiet, was the
waters of the Merrimack, as they
thundered over the falls, and for
ages had been waiting to assist
and as the
man
to
drama
first in
do
its
part in the great
of creation's
work
;
is
now
a great city of nearly thirty thousand people, and the busy hum of
life is heard through the buzz of
its
200,000 spindles, the clatter of
and the bustle of
business
through its crowded
streets, from morn till night.
Unlike Lowell, Lawrence, and many
its
5,000 looms,
other cities in the vicinity of Bos-
enough away from
that commercial metropolis, as
ton,
it
is
far
not to destroy
and there
ton,
is
its
no
mercantile trade,
city outside of Bos-
Providence and Worcester, in
the eastern section of
land,
New-Eng-
which shows the business
life
in the streets, like Manchester.
The surface is generally level,
but the soil of a considerable part
of the town is light and sandy.
The intervals on the river are limited, but of easy cultivation, and
fertile, while the swells afford
many excellent farms, under high
of the State.
It
acres
has an area of
hundred
twenty-three
—about
and
fifty
twenty-five miles in
circumference and is divided into
;
two equal parts by a narrow strait
crossed by a bridge. Each of these
is about three miles in length
by one mile in width. Lying with-
parts
in four miles of the city proper, it
has become quite a public resort
The Massabesic
for pleasure.
House, on the shore of the lake, is
a fine hotel, and receives a good
share of the public patronage.
Rivers and Streams. The Mei rimack River passes along the
western part of the city
Amos-
;
keag Falls
river.
the largest on the
is
In the ordinary stage of
fall to the foot of
the water, the
the locks
the whole
mile
is
forty-seven feet and
fall in
the space of a
is fifty-four feet.
One
of the
most substantial stone dams on
the river is built at the head of
these falls, capable, at the average
flow of water, to turn the whole
river into a spacious basin connect-
ed with the upper canal, for the
use of the mills. The Amoskeag,
or lower canal, was first constructed for navigation around the falls,
and was connected with the Middlesex in 1816, and at that date
was the most expensive canal in
New-England, with the fexception
of the Middlesex. The Hon. Samuel Blodgett, who died here many
years ago, was the founder of this
canal and expended a large fortune in its construction without
—
handsome sheet of water, with
many islands, and presenting some
reaping any benefit therefrom his
death occuring about the time of
He was a man of
its completion.
intelligence and enterprise and a
Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, soon after the Revolution.
of the finest scenery in this section
The upper canal
cultivation.
Lake. Massabesic Lake, in the
eastern portion, towards Auburn,
lies partly in
this
town.
It is
a
is
4,950 feet long,
�MANCHESTER.
239
forty -five feet wide, ten feet deep
Merrimack River,
and
it falls
walled throughout with
stone. The lower canal is 7,500 feet
in length, and corresponding in its
other dimensions with the upper.
The fall from the upper to the
lower canal, is twenty feet. The
water power, secured hy the dam
and two canals, is estimated to be
is
sufficient to
drive nearly 250,000
and belongs to the Amoskeag Mill and water- power
company. These falls were the respindles,
sort of the Indians in the season,
to secure fish for their year's supply.
would
Tribes
congregate
many
miles around, and
catch and dry the fish, there appearing to be no end to the supply.
The early settlers followed
here, for
in the tracks of the Indians,
this respect, for
would
many years.
in
Par-
come
with teams
freighted with salt and barrels,
fifty miles distant, and camp out,
and catch and salt down Salmon,
Shad, Alewives, Eels and other
ties
kinds
of
them
the year.
sport,
and the fishing season, at
fish,
sufficient to
It
was
last
rare
" Skeag," was looked forward to
with pleasure by the settlers, for
many weeks, before the time arrived. Dams and other obstructions have destroyed the whole run
offish, which swarmed the river
from the ocean to its source in
the White Mountain streams.
Piscataquoag River has its rise
in Francestown. Weare, Dunbarand New-Boston, passes
ton
through Goflfstown and joins the
Merrimack at the south-west part
of the town. There is some valuable water power near its mouth.
Cohas or Massabesic River is the
outlet of Massabesic Lake. In the
short passage of three miles to
at GofFs Falls,
over one hundred and twen-
Near the Merrimack
a fine water power which
ty-five feet.
there
is
is improved.
There are several
brooks in various sections of the
town.
The city proper of ManCity.
chester is located on the east side
of the Merrimack and near the
Amoskeag Falls. But few cities
can boast of more rapid growth,
enterprise, and general intelliThe Amosgence of its people.
keag Manufacturing Company was
incorporated in 1831; and purchased all the land around the falls on
the east side, and
now
where the
city
stands, including the valley
cemetery. They now own nearly
all the land to within one hundred feet of the west side of Elm
street, and own and maintain all
those streets on the west side of
Elm, running towards the canal.
is the largest, and
most powerful corporation in the
State, and while it has always
looked at the main chance (or
their own interest,) it has always
The Amoskeag
looked at the best interest of the
city.
For (what is termed) a
soul-less institution, it has been
very liberal in its donations.
They gave the land for the Valley
Cemetery, and many other lots in
various other sections.
In 1837,
went into operation,
and from that date commenced
the growth of the town which had
their first mill
increased in 1840 to 3,235 inhabiThe streets are regularly
laid out, and, in various sections of
the city, public lawns were reservtants.
ed which have been laid out into
walks and planted with shade
trees.
Some of them have beautiful artificial ponds.
These parks
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
240
add much beauty to the city, and
the streets around them, and are
desirable locations for private residences.
Many of the public
and private buildings are handsome and expensive structures.
Some private
residences, including
grounds, have cost nearly $ 100,
000.
There are fourteen church
edifices,
between
thirty
and forty
halls,
eighteen
eight hotels, court house, city hall,
public library, two daily, two
weekly, and one monthly newspapers, eight banks, one hundred and
school-houses,
factories
fifty
and
mechanical
shops, of all kinds, thirty-six lawyers, ten insurance agents, thirty-
four physicians, six dentists,
(in
and
3,286 dwelling houses,
1870)
but at the present time (January,
In
1874,) it is estimated at 4,000.
1870, ward one had 419 dwellings
and 4,080 inhabitants; ward two,
253 dwellings,
ward three,
inhabitants;
2460
768 dwellings and 4,296
inhabitants;
ward
four, 615,
lings, 4,073 inhabitants;
dwel-
ward
five,
ter,
more generally respected
is
and beloved by the whole community than Mr. Wallace.
House
erected in 1839; value $ 6,500.
Franklin Street Congregational,
Rev. William J. Tucker, pastor;
church organized in 1844, as the
Second Congregational "Society.
House valued at $ 11,000. First
Baptist, Rev. A. C. Gi'aves, pastor church value, $ 60,000 organ;
;
Merrimack
ized in 1839.
Baptist, Rev.
Sherwin, pastor;
church value $ 7,000. First Freewill Baptist,
,
$ 20,000.
in 1850
tine's, Catholic,
ward seven, 237 dweland ward
habitants;
lings, 1,662 inhabitants;
eight,
100 dwellings, 541 inhabi-
tants.
Churches.
First Methodist Epis-
W.
Taylor,
1829;
house
copal Church. Rev. C.
organized
pastor;
erected 1830. St. Paul, Methodist
Episcopal, Rev. James Pike, pastor
$
;
Demar
;
cost
Augus-
St.
Rev. J. A. Cheva-
House erected in 1872
$ 45,000. St. Joseph's, Catholic,
Rev. John O'Brien, priest;
House erected in 1869. at an expense of $70,000.
The church property of Manchester is estimated to be worth $ 270,
lier, priest
;
cost
000;
the three catholic churches
1840, value,
owning nearly one half. Some of
them are the finest and most ex-
Universalist, Rev. G. S.
pensive structures, of the kind, in
church erected in
16.000.
or-
1839.
ward
dwellings, 3,300 in-
pastor;
Pine Street Freewill Baptist, Rev. N". L. Rowell,
pastor; organized in 1859. Unitarian, Rev. C. B. Ferry, pastor;
organized in 1840. Grace Church,
Episcopal, Rev. Lorenzo Sears,
rector; organized in 1841.
Christian, worship at City Hall, Rev.
Elisha H. Wright, pastor. Advent, worship at Martin's Hall,
Rev. Caleb Richardson, pastor;
St. Anne's, Catholic, Rev. William
McDonald, priest; House erected
ganized in
338 dwellings, 3,170 inhabitants;
six, 556
Street
A
church dedicated February, 1840, value $ 11,000.
1st Congregational. Rev. Cyrus W.
Wallace was pastor of this church
the State.
nearly thirty years.
He resigned his charge in 1873. No man
who has grown up with Manches-
age length for the year,
for
••-!",
pastor;
Schools.
The whole number of
schools in the city is forty-five, of
which thirty-six are graded aver;
weeks
;
total
forty
amount of money
annually appropriated for school
�THE
��241
MANCHESTER.
eneum was
purposes $44,683.51; or $ 12.76 to
each scholar in the city. The estimated value of school houses and
There are 1700
lots is $220,000.
male, and 1800 female children
enrolled as scholars attending the
public schools, and there are 500
children between the ages of four
and fourteen years who do not at-
January 28, 1846, the Amoskeag
Manufacturing Company generously gave $ 1,000 for the purchase
March 24, of the same
of books
year, the Stark Mills gave $ 500,
thing wrong somewhere to allow
one-eighth of the children to be
brought up in ignorance, which if
allowed to continue will be sure to
;
for the
appropriates
more
its
In 1850,
the library continually increased
for nearly ten years.
In 1854 the Manchester City Li-
for school purposes in pro-
portion to
same purpose.
Manchester Print Works gave
$ 500, for the same object. There
were many donations made by
members of the Association, and
breed vice and misery in any comNo city in New-Engmunity.
land makes better provisions for
and
1844,
soon made.
part of the year are very specific.
It is evident that there is some-
schools
in
of books Avasmade in March 1840,
of six hundred and eighty-three
volumes to which additions were
New-Hamptend any school.
shire laws, obliging parents or
guardians of children, at certain
ages, to send them to school a
money
established
mainly through the exertions of
Hon. Samuel D. Bell, Hon. Daniel
Clark, Hon. Herman Foster, lion.
Moody Currier, and other prominent citizens, with the design of
founding a library, reading-room,
and museum. The first purchase
wealth and popula-
In
was incorporated, and
brary
through Hon. Frederick Smyth the
Mayor of the city, arrangements
mon-
were made with the Atheneum
ey appropriated for school purThe principoses was $3,100,
pal school houses are, High School,
on Beech Street; Training School,
Franklin
Street;
Merrimack
Lincoln
Street Grammar School
Spring
Street Grammar School
PiscataStreet Grammar School
quoag Grammar School and Am-
Association together with the consent of the principal donors, to
transfer their library to form the
tion than Manchester, but if the
children are not made to attend,
it
is
money and labor
total amount
lost.
of
1814, the
basis of a free city library.
;
;
;
;
oskeag Grammar School.
Joseph G. Edgerly is Superintendent of public instruction, William
W. Colburn principal of the High
School, and Daniel A. Clifford,
Benjamin
F.
nually for the increase of the library, besides paying incidental
expenses &c.
Grammar
Library.
Dame, William E.
schools.
The Manchester Ath-
February
Patten's building in
Buck, Allen A. Bennett, and
Charles F. Morrill, principals of
the
Sep-
tember 6, 1854, the transfer was
made, and the Manchester City Library was established, with 2,956
volumes. There was a provision
in the contract that no less than
$ 1,000 should be appropriated an-
i
5,
1856,
which the Liwas destroyed
brary was located,
by fire, and all, save 596 volumes,
were burned. The number of volumes in the library at the time of
its destruction, was not less than
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242
A new
5,446.
building has been
Amoskeag,
House and
Stearns
built expressly for the library at
Ilazeltine House.
an expense of $
The Ilazeltine House was opened in 1872, and built at an expense
of $ 100,000. The Stearns House is
a new and a fine four story build-
The
being the
kind in the
30,000,
finest structure of the
now
eonnas a
fund of $ 5,000, the interest of
which is to be expended for the
purchase of books.
In looking
State.
tains
17,300
library
volumes.
down through
with
It
the vista of the fu-
present provisions
magnitude of this
library, fifty years hence, can readily be imagined, if nothing befalls
The present officers are John
it.
P. Newell, President; Samuel N.
ture,
its
for increase, the
Bell,
Treasurer;
and C.
II.
Mar-
ing,
handsomely
furnished,
and
arranged.
City Hotel has
been built over twenty years and
still holds its rank with good ho-
well
The Manchester House was
when
Manchester was considered only a
tels.
built over thirty years ago,
growing village. It has always been
under the control of Mr. William
Shepard, and has, in the various
changes in the city, in erecting new
more modern
shall, Librarian.
hotels of
Manchester Mirror and American, daily; Manchester Mirror and Farmer, weekly; Manchester Daily Union; The
Union Democrat, weekly, and
ure,
received
New-Hampshire Journal of Music,
houses.
monthly.
respectable
Newspapers.
Among
(See tables.).
sonic of the early papers
which were published prior to 1844,
were the Manchester Democrat,
by William II. Kimb.Jl, and Joseph Kidder. Iris & Literary Souvenir by S. II. NT. B. Everett; Weekly Advertiser, by Isaac Kinsman
Manchester Gleaner, by John
Caldwell.
Amoskeag National;
Banks.
Manchester NaFirst National
ional and City National capital
Amoskeag Savstock $000,000.
;
;
Bank Manchester Savings
Bank
City Savings Bank, and
Merrimack River Savings Bank.
Total amount of deposits $ 7,541,
044.52 and more than twenty five
ings
;
;
per cent of
all
deposits in the sav-
ings banks of the State.
The Manchestev House,
City Hotel, Webster House, Merrimack House, Tremont House,
Hotels.
architect-
maintained the position of being a first-class house, and always
its full share of public
patronage. The four last named
hotels are considered first class
The other hotels are good,
houses and are well
patronized.
City Hall
Hulls.
the corner
It
streets.
is
located on
of
Elm and Market
was
built in the season
of 1845, at an expense, including
the clock, of $35,000. When it
was erected it was considered the
building of the kind in the
finest
State
;
but the
rapid change in
antique
it an
architecture gives
appearance, and
many prominent citizens are talking of a new
City Hall in keeping with the
growth and wealth of their city.
The Old Town Hall was built
on the same ground in 1841, costing $ 17,000. It was destroyed in
1844 and the City Hall took its
place.
Brown's. Merchant's Exchange,
Faneuil,
Grand
Army,
Granite,
Music,
Kennard's, Merrimack,
Smyth's and Town's Hall on Elm
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MANCHESTER.
Masonic,
Globe,
Street;
Odd
Fellow's and Pytheon on Hanover
Street, and Lafayette and Lyceum
Halls on Merrimack Street, are the
principal halls in the city. Symth's
one of the largest in the
Music Hall is a very handsome room.
Squares and Parks.
Concord,
Hanover, Merrimack, Tremont and
Hall
is
State
;
Park,
are
They are
the
all
city proper,
principal
parks.
located within the
and
offer
a pleasant
retreat in
warm weather
for the
people to
secure healthy
recrea-
tion,
and pure
air.
Cemeteries.
There are many
cemeteries in Manchester, the
most important of which will be
briefly mentioned.
Cemetery. The grounds
cemetery were generously
donated by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company,
the
deed
bearing date, January 25, 1840,
and conveying nineteen and sevValley
for this
en-tenths acres, pleasantly located on Mill Brook, and bounded
north by Auburn Street, east by
Pine Street, south by Valley
Street, and west by Willow Street.
There were certain provisions in the
deed, debarring the use of money
obtained for the sale of lots, for any
other purpose than to benefit and
beautify the grounds.
The grounds
Cemetery was located in the
south part of Meeting house lot in
1759.
It was much used till 1840.
Forest Cemetery was located near
the south-west corner of ancient
Chester, and was used as early as
1735,
A dense forest has now
grown up over the graves. There
are, on the west side of the Merrimack, Piscataquoag, Amoskeag,
and the Catholic cemetery. All
tre
these grounds are pleasantly located and are capable of being made
pleasant resting places for the
dead.
.
Masonic. Trinity Commandery
No. 1; Adoniram Council, No. 3;
Mount Iloreb Royal Arch Chapter,
No. 11; Lafayette Lodge, No. 41;
Washington Lodge, No. 61.
Granite
Knights of Pythias.
Lodge, No. 3; Merrimack Lodge,
No.
/.
set
4.
WonolanWildey
0. of Odd Fellows.
Encampment, No.
Lodge,
No.
Lodge, No. 2;
2;
Hillsborough
Mechanics' Lodge,
45;
No. 13; Mount Washington Encampment, No.' 16; Odd Fellows
Mutual Relief Association. Odd
Fellows Building on Hanover
Street, is one of the finest edifices in the city. The Order owns
the building, and rents the lower
story.
Independent Order of Good TemStark Lodge, No. 4; Merrimack Lodge, No. 44 St. Paul's,
Total Abstinence Mutual Benefit
are laid out with much care and
taste, and the brook which is clear
and meandering in its course
through the grounds, adds much
beauty to this lovely spot, the
home of the dead, and the retreat
plars.
Nearly all the
lots have been sold, and another
purchase has been made, of forty
acres, and owing to the growth of
Pine which covers this lot, it is
called Pine Grove Cemetery. Cen-
Hampshire
of the mourner.
;
Union Degree Temple,
Society.
No.
20.
Tornverian.
Military.
First
Regiment New-
Volunteer Militia,
Headquarters, Grand Army Hall.
Amoskeag
Veterans,
Armory,
organized in 1854,
Head Guards, Armory in Lafayette
Hall, organized in 1865.
Sheri-
Town's block
;
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244
Armory
Muse-
Quint's,
organized in 1865.
Armory
Manchester Veterans,
in G. A. R. Hall organized 1870.
Clark Guards, Armory, Granite
Block, organized in 1867. German Brass Band rooms in Mer-
Smith's,
dan
Guards,
um
building,
in
;
;
chants' Exchange.
Mercantile Trade. The trade of
The
is extensive.
city affords a market for a good
farming country from eight to fif-
Manchester
teen miles around it, having a
population of about 15,000 inhabitants consequently many of these
farmers do their trading where
Elm
they market their produce.
is the principal street where the
mercantile houses are located, although trade is increasing on
many of the streets which are connected with Elm Street. There
are about four hundred and fifty
stores and shops for trade, of all
kinds, many of which do a large
—
Elm
business.
Street
straight,
is
one hundred feet wide,
aud paved with square blocks of
granite, while the side walks are
wide and paved with brick or conFor over one mile this
crete.
street is lined with large, mercanabout
tile
blocks, and, for that distance,
there
of
is
the
no
street in
same
New England,
length, outside of
Boston, that can show
ness life, with streets
more
teams and pedestrians,
all
their
various
busi-
with
busy in
filled
vocations.
Some
of the most important blocks are
Bradford's, Burge's,
Blodgett's,
Brown's, Central, Connor's, Emeral, Ferris's, Johnson's, Kennard's,
Kidder's, Lincoln, Marshal's,
Mu-
seum, Martin, McHugh's, Mercantile, Merchant's, Exchange, Merrimack, Methodist Church," Music
Hall,
Parsons',
Bell's,
Paddle's,
Sanborn's,
Smyth's,
Stark, Towne's,
Union,
Weeks', and Wells' blocks, are all
on Elm Street; Calley's, Globe,
Johnson's, Masonic, Odd Fellows',
and Post Office blocks, on Hanover Street, and many other mercantile buildings too numerous, to
mention. There are several large
jobbing houses, dealing in flour,
and corn. The capital invested in
trade is estimated at $ 1,813,200.
Manufactories.
The manufacturing business is very extensive
and important, being nearly equal
of Concord, Dover, and
Nashua, combined. The largest
and most important is, first, the
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. This company was incorporated in 1831, with a capital of
$ 3,000,000. The business is divided
to that
into three departments, viz.
first,
land and water power; second,
manufacturing cotton goods, and
third, machine and repair shop.
They own all the land and all the
water power used and occupied
This
by all the mills and shops.
land and power they rent to the
other mills at very low rates, the
whole amounting to less than
Their cotton
$40,000 annually.
manufactories are the largest in
the State, consisting of five large
mills.
The first went into operation in 1837.
The machine shops
manufacture machinery for cotton
and woolen mills, steam fire engines, &c.
There is a large founproducing
dery shop
various
They now ankinds of castings.
nually employ in their various
manufactories, at the rate of 1,200
males and 1,800 females and children, with an annual pay roll of
S
1,110,000,
and annually produc-
ing 24,000,000 yards, consisting of
��THE
�MANCHESTER.
denims, tickings, and sheetings,
valued at § 4,105,000; 70 steam fire
and various
engines, castings
kinds of machinery, to the value
1,269,000, making the total production $ 5,43 1,000. Hon. Ezekiel
A. Straw has the management of
§
business,
large
this
by
assisted
competent men.
Manchester Print Works, incorporated in 1839 as the Manchester
Mills.
In 1847, its charter was
changed to Merrimack Mills, and
again in 1851, to Manchester Print
Works, with a capital of § 1,800,
000.
In 1853 a part of their Avorks
was destroyed by fire, inflicting a
It was soon reloss of § 125,000.
built, but, in 1855, they
were again
245
yards
sheeting,
4,500,000
yards
drilling, 240,000 yards duck, 1,500,
yards crash, and 1,100,000
6eamless bags; the whole valued
000
at
§2,000,000.
Phinehas Adams,
agent.
Langdon
Capital §500,
Mills.
employed, 150; women
and children. 350 annual pay roll,
producing
5,000,000
§200,000
yards sheeting of various grades,
valued at § 700,000. W. L. Killey,
000;
men
;
;
agent.
Narnaskee Mills. Capital § 680,
employ 91 males, and 145 females annual pay roll, § 102,000
annually producing 1,600,000 yards
gingham, §232,000; 500,000 yards
flannel, §135,000.
E. A. Straw,
000;
;
visited by the fiery element, which
destroyed one half of their large
agent.
mill, causing a loss of §271,000.
tal,
J. Brugger, Hosiery mill.
Capi-
laine cloth, valued at §1,440,000;
employs 55 men,
and 95 women and children; annual pay roll, §85,000; annually
produce 78,500 dozen pairs woolen
stockings, valued at §265,000.
A. P. Olzendam, Hosiery. Capemploys 37 men,
tal, §50,000;
and 58 women and children; annual pay roll, §51,000; annually
produces 60,000 dozen pairs woolen hose, valued at § 180,000.
Manchester Locomotive Works.
employs 675
Capital, § 150,000
hands annual pay roll, § 405,000
and annual product 156 locomo-
380,000 yards casimere valued at
tives, besides castings of
Their business
is
under one gen-
eral supervision, but in
two de-
partments, viz. Mills for manufacturing cotton print cloths, and
mills for
delaine cloths, &c.
printing cotton goods and delaine
cloths. They annually employ, in
both departments, 1,000 males and
1,400 females and children, who
annually receive for their labor
;
§910,000,
and annually produce
9,500,000 yards print cloth, valued
§712,500;
at
9,000,000 yards de-
making the total § 2,562,
The goods printed in the
§410,000,
500.
other departments, are valued at
§
2,750,000.
Stark Mills, capital, § 1,250.000,
were incorporated
in
1838,
and
commenced
operations in 1839.
This corporation emploj-s 400
men and 900 women and children
annual pay roll is § 450,000,
and their annual product 4,500,000
the
§50,000;
;
;
scription, valued at
§
every de-
1,560,000.
Amoskeag Ax Company.
Em-
pay roll, 40,000;
annual value of goods manufactured, § 130,000.
Lowell's Iron Foundery. Produces iron fences, lamp posts, columns, water pipes, gas pipes, &c.
employs 40 hands annual pay roll,
§ 27,000 annual productions, § 75,
ploys 60 hands;
;
:
000.
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246
In 1870 the Unconoonook Mills
employed 20 males and 8 females
pay roll, $ 15,000 manufactured
;
ing 320,000 bushels
grain, of all
kinds, valued at $290,000;
6,075,
boards and dimension
timber, valued at $ 128,000; newspapers and job printing, $ 100,000;
000
feet
paper to the value of §180,000.
Amoskeag Paper Mills employ 20
males and 20 females; pay roll,
$ 16,800 produce paper to the value of $ 300,000.
Manchester Gas Light Company.
Incorporated in 1841, with a capiIt has laid twental of $ 100,000.
ty-one miles of pipe, from two to
fourteen inches, extending through
$5,000; fliers, $25,000; ale, $50,
000; boots and shoes, $75,000;
granite and marble works, $75,
000, besides shops to manufacture
files, rolls, harnesses, straw goods,
window shades, tin ware, hair
The
restorative, cigars, confectionery,
works have the capacity to furnish
and many other shops too
numerous to mention the whole,
in the aggregate numbering nearly
150.
There are tailors, milliners,
carpenters, masons, painters, book
;
different parts of
the city.
300,000 feet of gas every twenty-
The
four hours.
partments,
is
city,
in all de-
now consuming
50,
000,000 feet annually, and, rated at
excelsior, $30,000; carriages,
and repaired, $
were consumed
all
the
;
in 1870, 30,000,000
The numher of burners
mills
houses,
is
&c,
10,000,
in
in
stores,
besides 224
Forty-five men are
9,000,
street lamps.
made
spokes,
;
binders, gas
feet.
;
belts,
$2,50 per 1,000 feet, it amounts
$ 125,000. In 1854, 8,837,000 feet
to
100,000
&c, &c.
fitters,
The
blacksmiths,
capital invested in
the manufactories
is
$9,970,000,
employing 4,290 men, and 4,966
women and children, with an annual pay roll of $3,674,000, and
producing manufactured goods to
employed, annually receiving for
the
§ 28,000.
W. W. Hubbard, doors, sash,
blinds, moldings and stair rails,
emploj-s 30 men, pay roll $ 21,000;
manufactured
productions have
increased, since 1870, nearly $5,
000,000. and the operatives about
value
land, in proportion to their popula-
their labor,
of
productions,
§42.000.
Jeremiah Hodge, window frames,
&c, employs 8 men, value of productions, $ 20,000. Bisco & Denny,
card
clothing, value of
productions, $26,000.
John Cloworth,
loom reeds, $ 8,000. B. H. Chase,
pickers, $ 6,000. J. Baldwin, bobbins, spools
and
employs
$ 24,000,
annual value of productions, 8 55,
52
men and
shuttles,
boys, pay roll,
S. C. Forsaith & Co., machine works, annual productions,
$115,000.
D. B. Varney, brass
foundry, annual value of productions, $80,000.
There are also
three grist mills, annually grind-
000.
value
1,000.
tion,
of $18,108,000.
But few
cities in
The
Xew-Eng-
have exceeded these gains in
manufactories.
Professional Services, Trade
and
This branch of
business includes all persons not
employed in farming or in manufactories and house keeping.
It
means merchants, clerks, book
keepers, bankers, men employed
on railroads, day laborers, teachers,
lawyers, clergymen, physiTransportation.
cians, dentists, &c.
The number
of persons employed in these professions is estimated at nine per
cent of its population, or 2,700.
Productions of the
Resources.
�MANCHESTER.
soil,
$148,403; mechanical labor,
$3,674,000;
professional services,
&c, $ 1,620,000; stocks, $272,120;
money at interest, $48,300; deposits in
savings banks, $3,057,676;
stock in trade, $ 1,902,080.
Manchester Water Works.
The
was
The
extinguishing
force hose
pipes, with a head of one hundred
and fifty feet, is equal to an effifacilities for
alone, through
cient
fire
cities
in
taken
which
is
from Massabesic lake,
noted for
its
purity, being
from mineral substances, and is about four miles
from the City Hall. The water is
raised into a large reservoir, about
one hundred and fifty-two feet
above Elm Street, at the City Hall,
by hydraulic power pumping. The
pumping station is located on
Cohas river, the outlet of the lake,
with an outflow of water averagvery
clear
ing not lees than forty-five million
gallons per day, which, acting on
the
fall at this point, is
equal to a
hundred horse power privilege, and lias the capacity to pump
and furnish the water for a city of
five
125,000 inhabitants.
The present
pumping machinery has a capacity
to force into the main reservoir
not less than five and one third
million
gallons
of water
evei-y
twenty-four hours, while to supply
the present wants of the city, less
than two million gallons are required.
The pipes are wrought iron, cement lined. The force main and
supply main are twenty inches in
range with
secting streets.
The water
is
and twenty
the curb stone lines of the inter-
obtained at the June session of
the Legislature, 1871.
hundred
one
gates, set invariably in
fires,
establishing these works,
bill,
over
247
department
New-England,
many
in
and,
in
connection with the excellent fire
organization in this city, nearly
excludes the risk of any devastatThe total expense of
ing fires.
the works was about $ 600,000.
Sewerage. An excellent plan of
sewerage has been surveyed, and
much of it laid, and together with
the excellent water facilities,
make Manchester a clean
healthy
must
and
city.
The fire orFire Department.
ganization consists of No. 1, Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine Company,
No. 2, Fire King Steam Fire Engine Company, No. 3, The E. W.
Harrington Steam Fire Engine
Company, No. 4, N. S. Bean; No.
No.
1, Pennacook Hose Company
Excelsior Hook and Ladder
1,
Company. Benjamin C. Kendcll,
;
Chief Engineer.
Manchester was
towns of
Chester, Londonderry, Bedford
Goffstown, and a tract of land called Harrytown. It was incorporated under the name of Derryfield,
September 3d, 1757, and changed
to Manchester in 1810. The charFirst Settlement.
originally a part of the
diameter, while the other pipes
are respectively, fourteen, twelve,
ten, eight, six and four inches; the
acter of the soil
greatest length being six inches.
large numbers,
There are over one hundred and
hydi-ants, set uniformly
on the north-west corners of the
respective intersecting streets, and
keag falls
Hampshire
was such
One hundred
fifty fire
offered poor
early
inducement
pioneers to
for
settle
that
it
for the
here in
many
years.
years ago, the Amoswere as noted in Newas they are to-day, but
for very different purposes.
To-
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248
day they are noted for the vast amount of machinery the waters
move, which give employment to
ten thousand persons, thereby
drawing a large city around them,
of nearly 30,000 souls. One hundred years ago they were noted for
quantities
large
the
of various
Manchester was the scene of one
of the most attrocious murders ever
committed in a civilized communiMr. Jonas L. Parker, a promty.
inent citizen and tax collector of
the city in 184-4, was enticed from
his place of business, late in the
man unknown to any
evening, by a
kinds of fish that were annually
caught at the falls by people from
one, save Parker, under a plea
that a lady in Janesville, wished
State. These
would move out
of the Ocean, up the Merrimack,
to deposit their spawn at or near
to
all
sections of the
the spring,
fish, in
the various sources of the river,
falls, in the spring high
water, would naturally impede
and the
their passage up the streams. Tin iy
have been known to swarm so
plenty as to affect the progress of
boats, near the canal, at the foot
The people would
of the falls.
come prepared
to
camp
and
out,
the light of the camp-fires at night,
the roar of the foaming flood, mingled with the loud laugh, and
camp-fire songs of the fishermen,
sports which they year-
were rare
ly looked
But
forward to with delight.
this
great resource of the
State afforded no material growth
In 1775 there were
to the town.
but 285 inhabitants
;
in 1790, only
and in 1820, 762.
Major General John Stark died
here May 8, 1822, aged 93 years, 8
months and 22 days. The cemetery is enclosed on his own farm,
By
overlooking the Merrimack.
362,
his grave is placed a plain granite
with the simple inscription
" MAJOR GENERAL STARK.
History gives his deeds done
shaft,
1 '
see him, on urgent business.
This little village was situated about
one mile east from the City Hall,
and at that time a small piece of
woods intervened between the two
places.
In this woods, the next
morning, the body of Mr Parker
was found with his throat cut, and
the light
snow on the ground
re-
vealed the fact that a desperate
struggle had taken place between
The
the assassin and his victim.
pocket book containing several
thousand dollars, in the side pocket of Parker's coat, was missing,
but a wallet in his pants-pocket
having sixteen hundred dollars in
it, was left.
This horrid murder
naturally created a great excitement in Manchester, and every
means was taken to ferret out the
perpetrators of this dark and
bloody deed; but to day it is still
veiled in mystery to the public.
Manchester was incorporated as
a city in June, 1846. The Mayors,
up to the present time, are as follow: 1846, Hiram Brown; 1847,
Jacob F. James; 1849, Warren L.
Lane 1850, Moses Fellows 1852,
Theo1855,
Frederick Smyth;
dore T. Abbott; 1857, Jacob F.
;
;
founder of the canal, died here in
1859
1858, Alonzo Smith
Harrington 1861, David A.
Bunton; 1863, Theodore T. Abbott 1864, Frederick Smyth 1865,
1806.
Darwin
J.
Hosley;
1867,
Hon.
Samuel
Parker Murder.
James
E.
for his country.
Blodgett,
March 27,
the
1845,
;
;
W.
;
;
;
Daniels;
1866,
Joseph B.
John
Clark;
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MANCHESTER.
Isaac
Weston;
Cheney;
1872, P. C.
to Pittsfield
II.
13,933
1860, 20, 108
the
at
1873,)
;
1870, 23,586
present time, (December
estimated at about
is
The
es in 1871,
polls
July
5,404;
pot
in 1872,
one year of 507.
;
valuation, upon the usual basis of
assessing property at two thirds
Railroads.
ities
no
not far from
of the
same
year.
The
de-
fine,
of its inhabiportends to a brighter future for tins city, in wealth, population and social position than it
has ever enjoyed in the past.
Thirty-five years ago where the
city proper now stands there were
less than 100 persons, now there
are 30,000, and contains nearly one
tenth of all the population and
wealth in the State, and produce?
one sixth part of all the manufactured goods. With the past and
present before us, by the next
decade we may expect to see
a city of 36,000 inhabitants and a
wealth of thirty million dollars.
Seven years hence, may the statistical facts exceed our prediction.
North by HookBoundaries.
east by Auburn, south by
sett,
Londonderry and Bedford and west
by Bedford and Gofi'stown. Area
enterprising spirit
The Railroad
facil-
tants, all
of Manchester are very good
less than three roads
have their
termini here, and the Concord
road passes through the depot.
The Manchester and Lawrence
Railroad, connects
a
Future Prospects. With its vast
water power, its excellent railroad
completion of its
facilities, the
public works its fine churches and
its
large commercial
schools,
trade, its rapidly growing wealth,
together with the intelligence and
assessed valuation of the city
as returned to the Legislature in
1872, to base the State proportionthe true
al tax, was $ 13,930,822
is
4,
is
the State.
The
of its actual value,
§21.000,000.
for a
brick structure, and is
the largest building of the kind in
charged for tax-
were
5,911, a g;iin in
charter
from Manchester to
Keene, has been granted, and no
doubt the road will be built within
the next live years. The Concord
Railway was first opened to this city
and tlie first train of cars run June
28, 1842, and opened for the public
it
30,000.
A
;
railroad
Bartlett;
:
;
Railroad.
ley
1873,
resigned in
February 1873; succeeded by John
P. Newell.
The population, at different
times, has been as follows 1850,
Charles
at Hooksett,
over the Suncook Val-
port and Claremont
James A. Weston; 1869;
W. Smith; 1870, James A.
1868,
Lawrence and
intervening towns with the city;
and Portsmouth RailManchester to Portsmouth; Manchester and North
Weare, Railroad, from Manchester to North Weare, and the Concord Railroad, connects Manchester south, via Nashua, with BosConcord
road, from
Worcester, New- York, Albany, Chicago, &c, North via
Concord, on the Northern Railroad, with White River Junction,
Montpelier, Burlington, St. Al-
ton,
bans, Montreal and the West; on
the Montreal Railroad, with Lit-
White Mountains, Lancasand Grand -Trunk Railroad;
on the Concord and Claremont
ii
tleton,
of improved land, 5,140 acres.
ter
Seventeen miles
Distances.
south from Concord and fifty-six
miles north-west from Boston.
Railroad, with Hillsborough,
New-
.
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250
MARLBOROUGH.
stock in trade, $21,225; from sum-
mer
Cheshire County. The surface of this town is uneven and
frequently broken by
excellent for grazing.
hills,
being
There are
some very good forms on the
streams which produce fine crops
;
pastor; Universalist, Rev.
E. L. Senft, pastor.
Church valuation, Congregational, $ 8,000
Methodist, $ 2,000
Universalist,
of corn, oats, hay, &c.
There are
;
several ponds which are sources
$4,000.
of some of the brandies of the
The North Branch,
Ashuelot.
passing through the two villages,
is supplied by a large reservoir,
about seven miles above, and two
smaller ones, nearer, and thus furnishes some of the best water power in the county. Marlborough is
one of the growing towns of the
districts
fifteen
annually manufactured
is
$
Library.
Frost Free
has 2,300 volumes.
are also manufactured 20,000 boxes, 10,000 toy wagons,
1,500 toy
bedsteads,
chairs,
1,340,000
and 300,000
pails,
feet of
14,000
lumber.
There are ground, annually, 26,000
bushels grain, of all kinds. There
is an extensive granite
quarry
which gives employment, during
the months from April to December, to about forty men.
This
stone is of the best quality, and is
shipped to all parts of the country.
Several other brandies of mechanical business are carried on.
(See
tables.)
Resources.
ducts, $60,306;
Agricultural
pro-
mechanical, $92,
900 money at interest, $ 18,482
deposits in savings banks, $76,785;
Library,
Marlborough Hotel,
ar-
rivals last year, 2,310.
Marlborough
Timothy Dwight
First Settlements.
was granted
to
and sixty-one others, April 29,
1751.
The conditions of this charter were
150,
simeres, $ 70,000, and machineshop productions, §25,000. There
for
ton, principal.
of horse blankets
000; tricots, diagonals, fancy cas-
for the
Annual
school purposes, $ 1,149.10. Marlborough High School, C. E. Hough-
Hotel.
The value
weeks.
amount of money appropriated
Employments.
Agriculture, in
this town, is superseded by manufacturing, the people being largely
engaged in that branch of busi-
;
There are nine school
and ten schools in town.
Average length of schools
year,
State.
ness.
$ 2,250.
ard,
.
Ponds and Rivers.
tourists,
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. J. L. Merrill, pastor Methodist, Elder A. K. How-
-,
not seasonably fulfilled, by reason
of the French and Indian war, and
a second charter was granted
September 20, 1754, and called
Monadnock, No. 5. Incorporated,
December 13, 1776. The first settlers were William Barker, Abel
Woodward, Benjamin Tucker,
Daniel Goodenough, and One Mc
Colonel
Alister.
Andrew
Col-
burn, an officer killed in the Revolutionary struggle, belonged to
this
town.
First
Ministers.
Rev.
Cummings, ordained
Joseph
in 1778, dis-
missed in 1780; Rev. Holloway
Fish, ordained in 1793, died in 1824.
Boundaries. North by Roxbury,
east by Dublin and Jaffrey, south
by Troy, and west by Swanzey and
Keene.
13,000 acres; improved
Area.
land, 8,007 acres.
�MARLOW.
Five
Distances.
miles
south-
^
251
Agricultural
Resources.
pro-
from Keene, live from Monadnock Mountain, and fifty-eight
south-west from Concord.
mechanical labor,
$33,500; stocks and bonds, 4,700;
Cheshire Railroad
passes through the western part of
the town.
its
east
Railroads.
MARLOW,
soil
is
productive.
On
the river, and other streams,
there are large tracts of interval
land,
an
of
quality.
excellent
Many
of the farms are under a
high state of cultivation, producing
fine crops of grain and grass.
Ashuelot River passes
River.
through almost the whole length
town in a south-westerly
There are some fine
water privileges, which are gener-
of the
direction.
ally
improved.
There is a very pleasant and lively village in Marlow,
which is the centre of considerable
trail;}.
There are several stores,
various kinds of manufactories,
about seventy-five neatly painted
dwelling houses, and four hundred
Village.
inhabitants.
Employments.
The
larger por-
tion of the people are engaged in
agriculture, but there
is
consider-
able manufacturing done.
feet of
750.000
lumber are annually sawed
100,000 trowel
pail handles,
handles,
;
2,000,000
300,000 bucket but-
100,000 tassel moulds, plant
tons,
protectors, &c., are manufactured.
One
of the largest tanneries in the
State
men
are employed,
receive
Over 40
in this town.
is
for
who
annually
their labor, $22,000.
75,000 calf skins, besides slaughter,
are annually
$275,000.
tanned,
(See tables.)
money
in
at interest, $28,775; depos-
savings
banks,
$73,736;
stock in trade, $20,100.
MethChurches and Schools.
Elder Irad Taggart, pastor;
Christian, Rev. William H. Xa-
odist,
Cheshire County. The surface of this town is generally uneven; but the
ducts, $ 05,176;
valued
at
son, pastor;
Baptist,
Universalist,
;
.
There
are eight public schools in town.
Average length of schools, for the
year, sixteen weeks.
Academy. There is a flourishing academy, called the Marlow
Academy. Mr. Carl Allen is the
principal.
Hotels.
Forest
House,
and
1
Jones Hotel.
This town was
First Settlers.
granted to William Noyes and sixty-nine others, October 7, 1761.
Joseph Tubbs, Samuel and John
Gustin, N. Royce, N. Miller, Nathan Huntley, and others, were
the first settlers. The first town
meeting was held in March, 1776.
Rev. Caleb
First Ministers.
Blood, (Baptist) settled in January, 1778, dismissed in 1779; Rev.
Eleazer Beckwith succeeded, and
preached till his death, in 1809.
Boundaries. North by Acworth
and Lempster, east by Washington and Stoddard, south by Gilsum, and west by Alstead. Area,
15,937 acres.
Distances.
Forty miles south-
west from Concord, and
north from Keene.
Railroads.
No
fifteen
railroad passes
The nearest
through Marlow.
point is at Keene, 16 miles, or
Bellows Falls, the same distance.
The Windsor and Forest Lino
Railroad will pass through this
town, if ever built.
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252
MASON.
the soil
is
rich and productive,
yields good crops of
and
corn, oats,
potatoes and hay. The soil in the
valleys is exceedingly rich and
free
from early
frosts.
For
this
and
grapes
reason
excellent
Some of
peaches are produced.
the finest graperies and peach
orchards to be found in the State
are in Mason.
In 1872 the northwest part of Mason was disannexed, and the town of Greenville
formed, in which is included nearly all the water power in the old
town.
Employments.
Agriculture is
the principal employment of the
inhabitants.
1,500 pairs of shoes
are annually made.
There are
several granite quarries and the
stone being of a superior quality,
it
will soon be considered a val-
uable resource.
Resources. Productions of the
soil,
$
$
55,000;
14,000; stocks
terest,
mechanical labor,
and money at in-
$ 10,275; deposits in savings
banks,
S
10,000
$
$20,000;
stock in trade,
from summer
1,500.
;
tourists,
Churches and Schools.
CongreChurch, Rev. Daniel
Goodwin, pastor.
There are six
schools in town.
Average length
of schools, for the year, twentytwo weeks. Mr. John Boynton, a
native of Mason, left a fund of
§ 10,000, the interest of which is
to be devoted to public schools.
Libraries. There are two private libraries, of 500 volumes each.
gational
First Settlements.
1751.
Enoch Lawrence and
Deacon Nathan Hall made a permanent settlement, in 1752.
in
Hillsborough County. The
surface of Mason is uneven, but
Mason was
granted and known by the name
of Number One, August 26, 1768.
An effort to settle here was made
First Ministers.
Rev. Jonathan
Searle, ordained in 1772, dismissed
Rev. Ebenezer Hill, ordained in 1790. A Congregational
Church was formed in 1772, and a
Baptist Church organized in 1786.
Boundaries.
North by Greenville, east by Brookline, south by
Ashby, Mass., and west by NewIpswich. Area of improved land,
in 1782;
6,500 acres.
Distances.
Forty-three miles
south from Concord, and fifteen
south-west from Amherst.
The Peterborough
Railroads.
and Shirley branch of the Fitchburg Railroad passes through this
town.
MEREDITH.
Belknap County.
In 1855 the
town was
and formed the present
town of Laconia, and included the
thriving villages of Lake Village
and Meredith Bridge, on the west
side of the Winnipiseogee River.
Meredith is still a large and imeastern portion of this
set off
portant town, in agriculture, manufactures and trade, and as a resort
of summer tourists. As a farming
town it is surpassed by but few
in the State.
tile,
The
soil is deep, fer-
easily cultivated,
and many
of the farms beautifully situated
on the shores of Lake Winnipiseogee, which washes a large portion
of its southern and north-eastern
At Meredith Village
borders.
there is one of the best water privleges in the State, which is con-
by the Meredith MechanAssociation, with a capital of
§ 50,000. Besides the manufactories in the village, it is the centre
trolled
ics'
�MERRIMACK.
In
of a large mercantile trade,
the summer season, steamboats
leave its wharves for all important points on the lake. There are
ten or fifteen stores, 3 churches,
a savings bank, two livery stables,
and one hotel in the village. Until 1873 a portion of the village of
Centre Harbor was in this town.
It
estimated that nearly 1000
is
summer
tourists visit
There are but few
where the fu-
annually.
towns
town
the
in the State
ture prospects are more flattering
than those of Meredith.
Wauka-
Ponds and Streams.
wan
Lake, near the village, is connected with Lake Winnipiseogee
by a stream affording a large amount of water power. At the
outlet of the pond is a substantial
dam (owned by the Mechanics' Association) which forms a large wa-
Average length of
schools, for the
year, twelve weeks.
Elm House.
Meredith Village SavBank.
ings Bank.
First Settlers. Hon. Ebenezer
Smith moved into this town at an
Hotel.
early period of
its
was looked
to as
settlers for
many
settlement,
and
an adviser by the
He
years.
died,
Meredith was
originally called New-Salem. In-
August
1807.
22,
corporated Dec.
30, 1768.
First Ministers.
Rev.
Simeon
F. Williams, settled in 1792; dis-
missed in
1798.
Rev. David Smith,
settled in 1819; died in 1824.
the
Boundaries.
North by Centre
Harbor and Winnipiseogee Lake,
north and north-east by said lake,
south-east by Laconia, south by
Sanbornton, and west and northwest by New-Hampton. Number
of acres of improved land, 16,586.
Distances.
By the Montreal
in-
Railroad, thirty-seven miles north
receive a rich re-
from Concord, and nine north from
ter basin.
Employments. Agriculture
is
principal
employment of the
habitants,
who
ward
253
There
for their labor.
is
Gilford.
considerable capital invested in
manufactures. 35,000 pairs of cot-
Railroads.
The Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad passes
ton hose, 4,000,000 feet of dimen-
through this town. The Meredith and Conway Railroad is a projected line which may be built at
sion lumber, 600,000 lath, and 5,000
shooks are annually manufactured,
besides chair
&c,
bobbins,
stuff,
#
&c.
Annual productions
$175,900; mechanical
labor, $ 45,000 stocks and bonds,
-
MERRIItlACE.
Resources.
of the
soil,
;
8
some future time.
(See tables.)
6.900
;
money at interest, $ 34,726
deposits in savings banks, §111,
020
;
stock in trade, § 23,557
summer
tourists,
$ 20,000.
from
;
.
.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. G. I. Bard, pastor;
Calvin Baptist,
Freewill
Baptist, Rev. Lincoln Given, pas;
There are 20 school districts
and seventeen schools in town.
tor.
HlLLSBOROUGFI COUNTY.
The
surface of this town is generally
even, broken by a few moderate
The
soil, in various places,
but there is considerable
plain land which is not very productive, without heavy fertilizing.
swells.
is fertile
;
The
intervals on the rivers, pro-
duce
fine crops of grain
and grass.
Merrimack River washes its eastern border. Souhegan
River enters the town from AmRivers.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
254
and pursues a winding course
and joins the Merrimack one
Parker
&
hei'st,
ductions, $40,000.
mile
black walnut centre tables, ornamented and carved work, with
marble tops, $ 60,000. David Hen-
above
Thornton's
Ferry.
Babboosuck Brook, issuing from
Babboosuck Pond, in Amherst,
empties into the Souhegan near its
confluence with the Merrimack.
Penichook Brook has its source
from a pond in Ilollis, and forms
the southern boundary of the town.
About one mile from the mouth of
the Souhegan is the best water
power on the river. The water
three separate falls
within the space of half a mile.
It is estimated, that if the power
fills 83 feet in
on these falls was properly utilized,
it would sustain a village of 4,500
inhabitants.
There are four small
each with a post office,
Reed's Ferry,
viz., Merrimack,
Thornton's Ferry, and South Merrimack, on the Nashua and Wilton
Villages.
villages,
railroad.
The three
first
the Concord railroad, and
some manufacturing.
are on
all
have
At Reed's
Ferry there is one store, school
house, and several manufactories,
such as brick, barrels, and overalls
(on an extensive scale). At Thornis a school house
and store; also manufactories of
ton's Ferry there
and furniture. At
Merrimack there is one church edifice, school house, a new and commodious town house, store, and
bricks, barrels
hotel;
also manufactories of ex-
woolens. At
South Merrimack there is a church
edifice, school house, and store.
Farming is the
Employments.
tension tables and
principal
employment of the
in-
is an
important branch of business. M.
Houghton & Son manufacture
black walnut and chestnut extension tables annual value of pro-
habitants, but manufacturing
;
Co.,
derson, flannel and carpets, $ 70,
Fessenden & Lowell, cooper
000.
Nelson H. Brown
$ 6,000.
Hosea Evans, barrels, $ 2,000 besides overalls, pants and sacks,
$ 200,000 meal and flour, $ 3,500
lumber, $8,700; also blacksmiths,
stock, $20,000.
& Co,, barrels and lumber,
;
;
carpenters, wheelwrights, painters,
coopers, harness makers, &c.
total value of all kinds of
ical productions, is
The
mechan-
$ 435,000 annu-
Merrimack claims the first
discovery, in this region, of making
what are called Leghorn bonnets.
ally.
Misses Burnaps first made them,
years ago, and some of
their bonnets were sold at auction
several
for
$ 50.00 each.
Much
attention is now given to
manufacturing sale sacks, pants,
and overalls.
Two firms make
20,000 dozens annually, valued
at 6 200,000.
The amount paid
for making this clothing is over
$ 24,000. Females take the goods
(cut out) from the shops, and make
them, at their respective homes.
Resources. Productions of the
$94,496; _mechanical labor,
$96,400; stocks and money at insoil,
terest, $25,380; deposits in savings
banks, $ 157,847 stock in trade,
$25,375; from tourists, $2,000;
;
professional business, $ 10,000.
The
still
large available water power
unimproved, together with its
railroad facilities,
make
the future
Merrimack look encouraging for seeing a large manufacturing town within a few years.
1st ConChurches and Schools
prospects of
gregational, Rev. C. L. Hubbard,
pastor
;
number
of members, 125
•
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MIDDLETON.
South Merrimack, 2d Congre-
at
to
ponder the epitaph on his head
gationalism no settled pastor, 40
stone, in the cerneteiw at Merri-
twelve
members.
Tliere
are
schools in town; average length,
biography of a
for the year, twenty-one
total
weeks;
value of school houses, $6,900.
Hotel.
Merrimack House.
This town
was pari of Dunstable (now Nashua) and originally called Souhegan East. Settlements were comFirst
Settlements.
menced as early as 1733. The first
house was erected in town, several
years before any permanent settlement was made. It was located
on the margin of the
river,
and
occupied as a place of traffic with
the Indians.
Tt was owned by
John Cromwell, of England, and
was called Cromwell's House. He
carried on a profitable trade with
the Indians, for some time, in purchasing their furs, having as a
weight on the opposite scale his
foot for their furs to
weigh down.
This deception, at length, they
found out, and they determined to
kill him for his perfidy towards
them. Cromwell heard of their
intention, through some source,
buried his furs, and made his escape. Soon after his flight a party
of the Pennacook tribe made their
appearance, and not finding him,
burned his house. The town was
incorporated April 2, 1746, and deits name from the river on
which it was situated.
Hon. Matthew Thornton, one of
rived
the signers of the Declaration of
American Independence, resided
many years in this town. The
town records show that Mr.
Thornton presided over their town
meetings, and held various town
offices.
Statesmen and eminent
old
men of to-day, who
positions of trust,
hold honorable
would do well
mack.
but a worthy
It is short,
enough
to
time.
life
It is
volumes, but all
three words, " The
fill
implied in
Honed Man:''
He
died in 1803, at
the age of eighty-nine.
The people are to-day noted
their staid integrity,
for
and general
intelligence.
First Minister.
nap settled in
Rev. Jacob Bur-
1772, died in 1821.
North by Bedford,
Nashua, and west by Amherst. Area,
area of improved
19,361 acres;
Boundaries.
east by Litchfield, south by
land, 8,798 acres.
Distances. Twenty-seven miles
south from Concord, eight north
from Nashua, and six miles east
from Amherst.
The Concord
Railroads.
Rail-
road passes along its eastern border, while the Nashua and Wilton
Railroad runs through the southern part. On the Concord road
there are stations at Reed's Ferry,
Merrimack, and Thornton's Ferry
on the Wilton road,
rimack.
at
South Mer-
MIJ»10L,ETOIV.
Straffokd County.
The
sur-
even, and in some portions rocky.
By careful cultiva-
face
is
tion, the soil
can be made to yield
fine crops.
Moose Mountain,
Mountains.
which separates this town from
Brookfield,
is
the
principal
ele-
vation,
There are no ponds nor streams
of any note, consequently there
is
but very little water power.
Employments.
The employments of the people are varied.
Some
are engaged in Agriculture,
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256
while others are employed in me75,000 shoe and
chanical labor.
carving knives are annually manufactured
;
shingles,
2,000 clapboards, 62,000
42,000
of
feet
boards
and dimension timber sawed, and
bushels of grain ground,
other small mechanical
works. The total value of manufactured goods annually produced,
6,600
besides
including grain ground, is $33,000.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil,
$23,939;
$ 20,000
;
deposits in
700;
$21,792;
savings banks,
stock in trade, $2,100;
from summer
Churches
tourists,
and
$400.
Schools.
Free-
Baptist, Rev. Seth Sawyer,
will
pastor
town
mechanical labor,
at interest, $ 2.
money
;
There are four schools in
average length for the year,
sixteen weeks.
"Rollins Hotel," and
Hotels.
" Shapley House."
;
is
is
uneven, and broken.
The
soil
good, and well adapted to agri-
But few towns in the
culture.
county produce better or more
valuable crops to the acre.
Rivers and Ponds. The upper
Amonoosuek and Androscoggin
Rivers pass through this town,
flowing in nearly opposite direc-
The
tions.
latter receives several
There are
which Cedar is
tributaries in Milan.
several ponds, of
the largest.
Employments.
The
inhabitants
are mostly engaged in agriculture.
There are several saw mills, which
annually manufacture over 4,000,
000 feet of lumber, and two starch
mills manufacturing 175 tons of
starch.
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
money at interest, $ 4,
$ 10,200
687; deposits in savings banks,
Resources.
soil,
$ 79,972
;
;
from
First Settlements. Thomas Morgan, and others came to this town
$ 324 stock
and made a settlement a few years
Boundaries.
North by Brookfield and Wakefield, east by Milton, south by Milton and New-
MethoChurches and Schools.
Church, Rev. L. E. Gordon,
There are ten school
pastor.
districts in town; average length
of schools, for the year, eight
weeks.
Union Hotel.
Hotel.
This toAvn was
Settlements.
Durham and west by New Dur-
granted to Sir William
ham.
others,
before the Revolution.
corporated
First
March 4,
Minister.
It
was
In-
1778.
Rev. Nehemi-
ah Ordway settled in
1778.
Area, 9,840, acres; improved land 3,806 acres.
Distances.
Forty miles northeast from Concord, and twentyfive north-west from Dover.
Railroad Three miles to Union
station on the Portsmouth, Great
Falls and Conway Railroad.
MILAN.
Coos County.
Although there
are no mountains of any considei*able altitude, in Milan, the surface
;
summer
in trade, $ 4,900
tourists,
$
;
4,500.
dist
Mayne and
under the name of Pauls-
burg in
1771.
It
retained
this
name until December 16, 1824,
when it was incorporated under
the name of Milan.
North
Boundaries and Area.
by hummer and Cambridge, east
by Success, south by Berlin, west
by Stark and Killkenney. Area,
31,154 acres; area of improved
land, 5,512 acres.
Distances.
fifty
One hundred and
miles north from
Concord,
�MILFORD.
twenty-two miles north-east from
Lancaster.
Railroad.
Grand Trunk
Rail-
road, passes through this town.
257
new impetus has been given to all branches of business. In
the season of 1871, the Souhegan
cotton mill was burned, which, to
some extent, has paralyzed business but the inhabitants are vigorous and industrious, and, no
doubt, will soon recover from this
disaster, and go forward with renewed zeal. Nearly all branches
of industry are pursued. There
are two meat markets, five grocery stores, four dry goods, two
clothing, two drug and medicine,
two hardware, one book, two boot
and shoe, one merchant tailor,
two stove and tin ware, one jewelry, two millinery, one furniture
and crockery store, and one fish
market.
Besides, there are two
eating houses, one hotel, two livery stables, two churches, one large
high school building, two banks,
one large social library, and about
two hundred and fifty dwelling
houses. There are also four law-
road, a
;
HlLTJSBOROUGH COUNTY.
Milford is one of the most important
towns in the State, in point of agriculture, manufactures, and trade.
It ranks in population and wealth
as the thirteenth town in the State,
and in the county, the third. It
lies on hoth sides of the Souhegan
River, which runs in an easterly
direction through the town, and
affords many valuable water privileges.
The surface is moderately
uneven.
There is some very
fine interval land on the Souhegan,
about half a mile in width, the
which is annual-
larger portion of
ly overflowed,
which causes the
be deep, black, and exceedingly fertile. The uplands, when
properly cultivated, produce excellent crops of corn, oats, &c.
Large quantities of fruit, of various kinds, are annually produced.
Much attention has been given for
a few years past, to the production
of milk for the market. Over 220,
000 gallons are annually sent to
Boston, besides what is sold in the
village. The farmers of Milford
know the valuable results obtained through " New-Hampshire"
farming; and everything about
their farms and farm buildings
soil to
indicates
that
their
knowledge
has been put into practical operation.
On
the Souhegan is located the large and thriving village
For many years it
of Milford.
Village.
has been the seat of considerable
manufacturing and trade, but since
the completion of the Wilton Rail-
yers, five physicians
and various other
One
of the finest
was
the State
pense of $
since,
dentists,
town
halls in
erected, at an ex-
45,000,
about
five years
an ornament to the
The streets are wide and
and
village.
and
offices.
is
many
of them pleasantly shaded.
In the centre of the village is a
handsome
Common,
beautifully
shaded, and around this park are
located many of the business
blocks. Many of the dwellings are
very neat, adorned with beautiful
grounds,
and
enclosed
fences.
with handsome
The
whole village bears that impress
of thrift and enterprise, which ev-
ery stranger admires, who has the
pleasure of making a visit to this
delightful town.
It is
becoming
a popular resort for tourists, and
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258
many spend
summer
their
vaca-
summer
tourists,
$
4,000
:
profes-
&c, $ 100,000.
tion here.
sional service, trades
Employments. Many of the inhabitants are devoted to agricul-
CongreGeorge Prince, Jr.,
pastor number of members, 265.
Baptist, Rev. J. Tf. Tilton, pastor.
There are thirteen schools in town
ture, but
manufacturing and trade,
are the most important branches
of business 813,000 yards of cotton goods are manufactured carpets, &c, are annually made to
;
;
the value of $ 260,000
;
153,000 lbs.
of knitting and tidy yarn valued at
$107,100; 9,000 pairs men's boots
and shoes furniture to the value
;
of $ 100,000
90,000
;
mackerel
barrels, half barrels,
90,000
kits
and
kegs; 120,000 pictui'e and mirror
frames 70,000 portable desks and
fancy boxes; printers' furniture,
Churches and Schools.
gational, Rev.
;
classified as follows
:
three of the
primary grade, two grammar, seven mixed or ungraded, and one
high school.
Milford has taken
the advance step in education, under the public free school system.
At the June
session in 1870, the
Legislature passed an act to enable towns to abolish the district
700,000 shingles, 1,800,000
school system, and have the district embrace the whole town, under the supervision of a board of
and dimension timber sawed; 40,000 bushels grain
ground 24,000 sides upper leather
education. Under this system the
school terms are of the same length
throughout the town. At the an-
and 31,000 sides sole leather tanbesides
ned, valued at $ 306,000
nual town meeting in March, 1871.
Milford claimed the benefit of this
law, and abolished the several districts in town, and it is now comprised in one school district. No
doubt the system is a correct one,
for every scholar in town now has
the same privilege as to the length
of school terms, and grades, and
is the equal, only in distance from
school room, which cannot be ob-
;
$
10,000
;
feet of boards
;
;
piano actions, toys, extension tawindow springs, and various
other manufactured articles, too
numerous to mention. There are
also blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, marble workers, painters,
tailors, milliners, jewelers, &c.
The granite quarrying is becoming an important branch of industry. This granite is pronounced of
the best quality free from iron,
and is of easy access to the railroad.
bles,
—
men
Seventy-five
are employed on
the various ledges.
ital
The
total cap-
invested in manufactories
is
$722,300; males employed, 445,
females, 211 value of goods annu;
ally
produced
is
$
1,360,500.
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$252,100; stocks &c, $59,300;
money at interest, $ 95,340 deposits in savings banks, $355,390;
Resources.
soil,
$ 162,500
;
;
stocks in trade,
$
142,688
;
from
viated.
The length of
schools for
the
weeks, divided
into three terms of twelve weeks
year
is
thirty-six
Amount of money annually appropriated for school purposes, $ 6,200. Amount of money
in length.
expended
to
build
and repair
schoolhouses the past year, (1872,)
$7,103.52 Present Board of Education, W. B. Orcutt, G. Pierce,
Jr., and D. S. Burnham.
Library. Milford Free Library.
Number of volumes, 2,005. Books
taken out for the year ending Jan-
�MILLSFIELD
uary, 1873, equal to one
Number
9,207 times.
volume
of persons
— MILTON.
in
an easterly and westerly direc-
tion.
taking out books, 750.
National
Souhegan
Banks.
Bank, and Milford Five Cents
Savings Bank.
Union Hotel. ValuaHotel.
ation,
$
10,000.
bles valued
at$
Two
livery sta-
11,000
259
mi
i.viiii.i)
Coos County. The surface of
town is uneven, but the soil is
.
this
and might produce good
strong,
grass and grain, if the cold climate and isolated location did not
Milford was incorporated January 11, 1794, and
included what was anciently call-
debar
Duxbury
Mile Slip and
ed
School Farm. John Burns, William Peabody, Benjamin Hopkins,
Caleb Jones, Nathan Hutchinson,
land, 4 horses, 14 cattle, 6 sheep,
First
Settlers
Bradford, Elisha Town,
Captain Josiah Crosby, and William Wallace were the first setCaptain Crosby was a revtlers.
Andrew
olutionary officer.
The blood of the sons of Milford
ran freely in the war of the great
rebellion.
The memorial
tablet
in the Town Hall building gives
the names of sixty soldiers belong-
ing to this town who were killed
or died from the effects of the war.
First Churches and Minister. A
Congregational Church was organized in 1788, and the Baptist
oi"ganized September 5, 1809, Rev.
Humphrey Moore (Congregational)
was
the
first settled
minister,
and was ordained in 1802.
North by LyndeBoundaries.
borough Mount Vernon and Amherst, east by Amherst and Hollis,
south by Hollis and Brookline, and
west by Mason and Wilton. Area
15,402 acres; area of improved
tent.
its
being settled to any ex-
In
habitants,
1870, there
were 28 inimproved
180 acres of
The north3 swine in town.
ern portion is mountainous. There
are several ponds, the largest of
which is 300 rods long and 140
Clear Stream waters its
wide,
northern extremity, and Philip's
River with several small streams
the other parts of the town.
This town was granted to Sir
and
Thomas Mills, George Boyd and
others, March I, 1774.
North by Dixville,
by Errol, south by Dummer,
and west by Odell and Dixville
Boundaries.,
east
Area, 23,200 acres.
150 miles north from
Distances.
Concord, and 36 north-east from
Lancaster.
aiii/roN.
Strafford County. This is
an important town in point of
The surface is
manufactories.
broken and affords excellent pas-
The soil is generally
when properly tilled,
turage.
and,
duces
good,
pro-
fair crops.
Rivers.
the
Salmon
eastern
Falls River
section
wa-
of the
land, 10,547.
ters
Thirty-one miles
Distances.
south from Concord, five southwest from Amherst, and ten north
west of Nashua.
Railroad. Nashua and Wilton
Railroad passes through the town,
town. A branch of this river passes through the northern part, and
unites with it at the eastern border
of the town, near the center of the
line.
There is some valuable water power, a part of which is im-
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260
proved with valuable manufacto-
money annually appropriated
ries.
school purposes $ 1,645,85.
Literary
Institution.
-Milton
Classical Institute, Mr. J. H.
Ponds and Mountains.
Pond
Milton
the foot of Teneriffe
Mountain, a bold and rocky elevation which extends along the eastlies at
ern part of the town.
Employments. The employments
of the inhabitants are nearly equally divided between farming on the
one side and manufacturing and
trading on the other. At Milton
Mills there is considerable manufacturing one manufactory annu-
—
ally producing over $ 170,000 worth
of flannels and blankets. There
are also produced in other manufactories, 200,000 yards of felt cloth,
embossing cloth,
20,000 printing, or piano and table
Also carriages. At the
covei's.
South part there are made over
$ 100,000 worth of shoes, 15,000 clap150,000 yards of
boards, 325,000 shingles, 15,000
railroad splices, 5,000 shooks, 475,
000 feet of lumber 'besides, there
Ham,
for
pi'incipal.
Franklin House.
At
Milton Mills, Central House.
First Organization. Milton was
formerly a part of Rochester, and
was incorporated June 11, 1802.
Boundaries.
North - west by
Middleton and Wakefield, east by
Hotels.
Salmon
Falls river, which sepafrom Lebanon, Maine, and
south-west by Farmington and
rates
it
New
acres;
Durham.
area
of
Area,
25,000
improved land,
8,517 acres.
Forty miles north-
Distances.
from Concord, and twenty
north-west from Dover.
The Portsmouth,
Railroads.
Great Falls and Conway Railroad
passes through this town, nearly
north and south.
east
;
are carriage and other small mechanical shops. The total value
of goods, of all kinds, annually
manufactured in town
is
$520,000.
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
soil, $68,192;
$65,000; money at interest, $5,
250; deposits in savings banks,
Resources.
'
$ 21,193.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. F. Haley, pastor;
Freewill Baptist, Rev. Joseph F.
Joy, pastor; Christian, Rev. D. E.
Goodwin. Milton Mills, Congregational, Rev. D. B. Scott, pastor;
Baptist, Rev. Caleb F.Page, pastor.
There are also Rev. J. S. Potter,
Freewill Baptist, and Elder I. J.
$
67,874; stock in trade,
Tebbits,
Methodist.
There are
Aver-
thirteen schools in town.
age length of schools, for the year,
seventeen weeks.
Amount of
ITIOIVROE.
Grafton County. The
town
surface
broken with hills
and valleys, and affords excellent
of this
grazing.
good, and,
is
The soil is generally
when properly culti-
vated, produces fine crops of grain
There is considerable
and hay.
interval on the river, and the west
slope of Gardner's mountain produces excellent grass and wheat.
River. Connecticut River washes its western border. At the narrows in this town, the river is
only five rods in width, being conThe
by walls of slate.
•fined
scenery, at this point, is grand and
Near the north -west-
picturesque.
ern extremity of the town, at the
confluence of the Connecticut and
Passumpsic rivers, the former as-
sumes the shape of a diamond,
its
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MOULTONBOROTJGH.
and affording a delightful land-
wheat, corn, potatoes, &c. The
town ranks as the sixth town in
the county, in the value of its ag-
scape.
ricultural products.
Bog iron ore, zinc
Minerals.
and copper ore are found in various localities.
Employments. The inhabitants
Red Hill
Rivers, Ponds, &c.
River, the principal stream, originates in Sandwich, and passes
are largely engaged in farming.
The lumber business is extensivebushels
on.
1,400
ly carried
wheat, 3,000 bushels corn, and
9,000 bushels of oats and barley
piseogee.
are annually produced.
town.
Red Hill, lying
Mountains.
wholly in this town, is about 2,000
feet above the level of the sea,
about one
twenty islands,
greatest width being
mile, encircling
Productions of the
$61,254; mechanical labor,
Resources.
soil,
$
15,000
money
;
deposits
976;
in
$
at interest,
19,
savings banks,
$ 20; stock in trade, $ 8,800; from
tourists, $ 3,000.
Churches and Schools. Christian,
There
Union, and Methodist.
Average
are six schools in town.
length of schools for the year,
twenty-three weeks.
Hotel.
Organization.
Monroe
was disannexed from the western
part of Lyman, and formed into a
separate town, July
13, 1854.
North by Littleton, east by Lyman, south by Bath,
and west by Barnet, Vermont.
Area of improved land, 8,246
Boundaries.
acres.
Distances.
By
railroad, ninety-
seven miles north from Concord,
and fifteen north from Haverhill.
Railroad. At Mclndoe's Falls,
on the Passumpsic Railroad, in
Vermont,
is
town into the WinniLong Pond is a beauti-
this
ful sheet of
water, and connects
by a channel sixty
Avith the lake
Squam and Winrods in length.
nipiseogee Lakes lie partly in this
and commands notice from the
east, south, and west, and extends
about three miles from east to
west, between Red Hill River on
the north, Great Squam on the
west, Great Squam and Long
Pond on the south, terminating
south-east by a neck of fine land,
extending into the Winnipiseogee.
Monroe House.
First
through
the station for
Mun-
A
number
of oval bluffs rise on
summit, from each of which
the prospect, on either hand, is
its
The
extensive and delightful.
north bluff is supposed to consist
Bog ore is
of a body of iron ore.
found in a brook descending from
This mountain is covered with soil, and is wooded
It owes its
nearly to its summit.
name to the circumstance of the
this bluff.
Uva Ursa, with which it is
covered, changing to a brilliant
Ossipee
red in the autumn.
Mountain extends its base into
leaves,
.
this
roe.
nOVLTONBOROCGH,
Carroll County. The
surface
of Moultonborough is mountainous, but the soil is deep and fertile,
and yields good crops of
town, and
is
a commanding
elevation.
Springs. On the south part of
Ossipee Mountain, in Moultonborough, is a mineral chalybeate
spring, the water strongly impregnated with iron and sulphur, and
�NEW-HAMPSHIKE GAZETTEER.
262
efficacious in cutaneous eruptions.
soil,
About a mile north
$7,600 money at interest, $3,064
deposits in savings banks, $22,
is
a spring
of pure, cold water,- sixteen feet in
diameter, through the centre of
which the water, containing a
small portion of white sand, is
constantly thrown up to the height
of two feet.
The spring furnishes
water sufficient for mills. On the
stream, nearly a mile below, is a
beautiful
water-fall
of
seventy
Descending
on the left of this fall, a cave is
found, containing charcoal and
other evidences of its having once
been a hiding place for the Infeet
perpendicular.
dians.
Indians. The Ossipee tribe of
Indians once resided in this vicinity, and some years since a tree
was standing in Moultonborough,
on which was carved in bierogliphics the history of their expe-
Many
Indian implements
have been found, indicating this to have been once their
favorite residence.
In 1820, on a
small island in Lake Winnipiseogee, was found a curious gun barrel, much worn by age and rust,
ditions.
and
relics
divested of its stock, enclosed in
the body of a pitch pine tree, sixteen inches in diameter.
On the
line of Tuftonborough, on
the
shore of the lake, at the mouth of
Molvin River, a gigantic skeleton
was found, about sixty years since,
buried in a sandy soil, apparently
that of a man more than seven
feet high, the jaw bone easily
passing over the face of a large
man.
Employments.
Agriculture is
the principal
people.
000 feet
employment of the
and 325,
of boards &c, are annual700,000 shingles,
ly sawed.
Resources.
Productions of the
$109,622;
mechanical labor,
;
442
;
stock in trade, $ 10,401
summer
tourists,
$
;
from
3,600.
Churches and Schools.
MethoChurch, Rev. Henry Chandler, pastor. There are
seventeen school districts in this
town, and sixteen schools. Average length of schools for the year,
nineteen weeks.
Hotels. Jaclard House.
dist Episcopal
First Settlements.
Moultonborough was granted by the Masonian proprietors to Col. Jonathan
Moulton and sixty-one others, No-
vember 17, 1763.
Incorporated
November 27, 1777.
In the month of August, 1784, a
boy of Mr. Leach, eight years of
age, was sent to a pasture, towards
the close of the day, to put out a
horse and bring home the cows.
His father, being in a neighboring
field, heard a cry of distress, and
running to the fence, saw his child
lying on the ground, and a bear
standing by him.
He seized a
stake and crept along, with a view
to get between the bear and the
child.
The bear took the child by
the throat, and drew him into the
bushes.
The father pursued till
he came up, and aiming a stroke
at the bear, the stake broke in his
hand, and the bear, leaving his
prey, turned upon the parent, who,
in the anguish of his soul, was
obliged to retreat, and call for
help. Before any sufficient- help
could be obtained, the night was
so far advanced that a search was
The night was
impracticable.
passed by the family in the utmost
distress.
The neighbors assembled, and, at break of day, renewed the pursuit. The child's hat.
�MOUNT VERNON.
and the bridle, which he had dropwere found, and they tracked
ed,
his blood about forty rods,
they
discovered
The
corpse.
the
throat
when
mangled
was torn,
Whilst
and one thigh devoured.
they were standing around the
body, the bear arose from behind
a log. Three guns were tired at
him at the same instant, which
dispatched him, and a fire was
immediately kindled, in which he
was consumed.
First Ministers.
Rev. Samuel
Perley, Congregational, ordained
263
tions a fine prospect of the coun-
east and south-east, can be
obtained. On the top of one of
these elevations is situated the
try,
flourishing village of
Mount Ver-
non, which has become noted for
its fine scenery, healthy location,
literary institution, and as a summer resort for tourists from Boston,
New-York, and other large
cities.
Streams. There is but one stream
of any note. It rises in the north
part and passes into Amherst near
the eastern extremity of the plain.
miles
north
This stream was called, by the InQuohyuinaspassakessanandians,
uaquog.
Farming and
Employments.
keeping summer boarders are the
principal occupations of the inhabThe manufacture of fancy
itants.
writing desks and boxes has been
carried on quite extensively for a
number of years. The value of
these desks and boxes, annually
manufactured, is about $ 45,000.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil,
$ 72,973 mechanical labor,
$21,200; money at interest, $13,
670; deposits in savings banks,
from Concord, and about
north-west from Ossipee.
fifteen
$36,739; stock in trade, $6,225;
stage to
from summer tourists, $ 6,200.
Churches and Schools. Congregational Church, Rev. Seth H.
Keeler, pastor. There are five
in 1778, died in 1779;
Rev. Jere-
miah
Shaw, ordained in 1779;
Rev. Joshua Dodge, settled in
1808.
The first house for public
worship was erected in 1773, and
blown down by a violent east
wind, in 1819. The Congregational
church was formed March 12, 1777.
Boundaries.
North by Sandwich and Tarn worth, east by Ossipee and Tuftonborough, south by
Lake Winnipiseogee, and west by
Centre Harbor and Squam Lake.
Area of
improved land,
14,265
acres.
Distances.
Fifty
By
Railroads.
Meredith
Railroad.
expected
When
that
shire Central,
Ossipee
through
on the
and Montreal
station, ten miles,
Concord,
Boston,
daily
completed,
the
it is
New-Hamp-
and Meredith and
Railroads
tliis town.
will
pass
MOUNT VERNON.
Hillsborough Count?. The
town is uneven and
surface of this
is strong and
productive, well adapted to grass
and grain. On many of the eleva-
elevated, but the soil
;
schools in town, average length for
the year, twenty weeks.
Literary Institution.
Institute
Mc Collom
was organized
D. A. Anderson
is
in
1850;
the Principal.
Mount Vernon Public
. Library.
Library, 200 volumes, and Mc Collom Institute Library, 600.
Hotels. One of the finest hotels
in the State
was burnt in this town,
and has not been
in April, 1872,
rebuilt.
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264
First Organization. Mount Vernon was originally a part of Amherst, from which it was disannexed, and incorporated, Decem-
ber
15, 1803.
First
tional
Church.
The Congrega-
Church was organized here
in 1780.
North by NewBoundaries.
Boston; east by Amherst, south by
Amherst and Milford, and west by
Lyndeborough. Area, 7,957 acres,
improved land, 6,942 acres.
Twenty-eight miles
Distances
south from Concord, -and three
north-west from Amherst.
Railroads. It is four and onehalf miles to Milford station, on
the Wilton railroad.
NASHUA.
Hillsborough County.
Nashand part shire town of
the county, is one of the most im-
ua
(a city)
portant cities in the State, being
the second in the value of its manufactories, the third in population,
and fourth in wealth. It presents
a very even surface in the eastern
portion, while the western part
is
more broken, but not mountainous. The soil is varied and easy
of cultivation, and produces good
crops, especially along the banks
of the rivers.
It is
and the Nashua River, having
source in Massachusetts, flows
in
a north-easterly
direction
through the city, and joins the
Merrimack near the principal settlement.
This river near its
mouth furnishes some excellent
der,
its
water power, which
the
called
who had
" Nashaway,'
their headquarters
on
its
banks, in the present town of LanIt was a
caster", Massachusetts.
great resort for them near the
Falls in Nashua for fishing, and,
above and below its mouth, on the
Merrimack, for cultivation. Salmon Brook is a considerable
flowing
from
stream,
Massachusetts, and joins the Merrimack
here. There is some water power, which is improved.
This city
is
noted for
its
sive Iron Mills and Cotton
factories
exten-
Manu-
and the enterprising and
public spirit of
its
inhabitants.
It
one of the largest railroad centres in the State.
No less than six
railroads have their termini here
viz. Boston, Lowell and Nashua,
Worcester and Nashua, Nashua
and Acton, Nashua and Wilton,
Concord and Nashua and RochesThese various
ter Railroads.
is
roads lead to all sections of the
country, north, east, south, and
west.
It has many fine streets, beautifully shaded, and many of the private residences are fine structures
and compare favorably with those
of any city or town in the State.
Some of the business blocks are
large and very expensive
a number of which have been built within a few years. The City Hall is
a fine brick building, having a
dome surmounted by a large
gilt eagle.
The mercantile houses
are principally located on two
streets, and contain about one
hundred and twenty-five stores
and shops for trade of various
kinds many of them being large,
with goods finely displayed. There
are eleven church edifices, twenty;
well watered by
ivers and smaller streams. The
Merrimack washes its eastern borRivers.
dians
occupied by
large Cotton Manufactories. The
river was named for a tribe of Inis
—
eight schools, three hotels, seven
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NASHUA.
houses, five banks, two
weekly and two daily newspapers,
2,100 dwelling houses and about
eating
12,000 inhabitants.
The per
cent,
of increase in wealth and population, for the past three years, has
been quite as great as that of any
city in the State.
The manufac-
Manufactories.
tures are varied and quite extensive, the
most important of which
are as follows
Nashua Manufacturing Company,
capital,
§1,000,000; employs 300
800 women and chil-
men and
dren; annual payroll §360.000;
produce 13,970,891 yards of fine
sheetings, print cloth,
and cotton
valued at $ 1,862,275.
Jackson Manufacturing Company, capital, § 600,000, employ
100 men, and 350 women and
children annual pay roll $ 150,000
produce 9,054,800 yards of cotton cloth, valued at § 1,086,576.
Vale Mills. Capital, §300,000;
employ 30 men, and 50 women
and children annual pay roll $ 24,
000, and produce 884,000 yards of
cotton cloth valued at § 97,200
Nashua Iron and Steel Company, capital, $ 500,000
employ 300
men annual pay roll § 180,000
flannels,
;
;
;
;
value of productions, §2,000,000.
This Company produces steel tire,
locomotives, cranks, heavy iron
and steel shafting, and all kinds of
Nashua Foundry, capital, § 45,
employ 70 men; annual
000.00;
pay roll, §36,000; annual sales,
§ 100,000.
Warner and Whitney. Machine
employ
Shop, capital, § 50,000
60 men pay roll § 28,000 annual
value of productions, § 100,000.
A. H, Saunders, Machinist, capanital, § 25,000 employs 10 men
nual pay roll, §8,600; production,
§ 40,000.
Flathen & Company, Machinists,
capital, § 12,000; employ 16 men;
annual pay roll §9,600; produc;
;
;
;
;
tion, §24,000.
Nashua Lock Company, capital,
employ 134 males, and
annual pay roll, § 60,
16 females
§60,000,
;
000
;
sales,
§
180,000.
American Patent Horse Clipping
Company, capital, § 10,000 patent
sales, § 10,000.
Nashua Card and Glazed Paper
Company, capital, § 100,000, employ 75 males, and 75 females, an;
nual pay roll, §57,000; annual value of productions, § 450,000.
Eaton and Ayer, bobbins, spools
and shuttles
for cotton
and woolen
employ
factories. Capital §100,000,
200 men, pay
roll,
ductions, § 175,000.
Fletcher, Webster
facturers
of
§ 84,000
& Co.,
;
pro-
manu-
black walnut
and
chestnut furniture, capital §75,000
employ 60 males and 20 females
heavy and light iron and steel work.
Their- grounds cover twenty acres.
Within their enclosure, are six
large buildings each 200 feet long,
and 75 feet wide, making the area
covered with buildings about two
annual pay-roll, §44,600; sales,
§ 120,000.
Nashua Novelty Works, manu-
acres.
Capital,
Nashua Iron Company, capital,
§60,000; employ 95 men; annual
and
pay
§ 52,800 annual value of
production, § 190,000.
roll,
;
facture bird cages, toy sleds, toy
wagons, and almost every description of toys in the juvenile line.
§ 25,000
3 females;
;
employ 15 males
annual pay-roll,
§9,600; sales, §30,000.
Gregg & Son, doors, sash and
blinds;
capital,
§65,000; employ
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65
men;
pay-roll, $36,000;
annual
dist,
Rev. H. L. Kelsey;
sales, $96,000.
Melendy & Co., planing and
mouldings, capital, $20,000; employ 12 men, annual pay-roll, $7,
200; business $65,000 annually;
Unitari-
Gorman; Univer-
an, Rev. T. L.
salist,
lumber $60,000, and flour and
meal ground, $ 13,400. (See tables.)
There are, also, annually produced, monuments, grave stones,
and granite cutting, $ 100,000 confectionery and baker's bread, $120,
matresses, $ 50,000 gas, $ 40,
000
000; newspaper and job printing,
;
;
;
$45,000; bedsteads, $10,000; besides soap-stone work, Underhiirs
edge
tools,
wooden boxes, paper
suspenders, and various
other mechanical shops and trades,
such as tailors, milliners, shoe
boxes,
workmen, blacksmiths, carpenters,
The total cappainters, &c, &c.
invested in manufacturing, of
every description, is $3,436,300;
number of males employed, 1690;
ital
females,
Annual amount
1380.
annual
paid for labor, $ 1,374,000
value of productions, $ 7,393,500.
Productions of the
Resources.
;
soil,
$1,374,000;
ional
mechanical labor,
engaged in profess-
$88,550;
and personal business, trade
and transportation, 1080 persons;
annual amount received for their
labor, $ 648,000 stocks and bonds,
$ 188,040, money at interest, $ 53,
098; deposits in savings banks, $ 1,
410,231 stock in trade, $ 994,000.
First
Churches and Pastors.
;
;
Congregational, Rev. F. Alvord;
Oliver St. Congregational, Rev.
J. S. Blake; Pearl Street Congregational, Rev. C. Wetherby;
First Roman Catholic, Rev. J. O'
Donnell, priest; French Roman
Catholic, Rev. J. Millette, priest;
Main
V. A.
Chestnut Street Metho-
Street Methodist, Rev.
Cooper;
Rev. L. A. Philbrook; BapRev. G. W. Nicholson; Episcopal, Rev. J. B. Goodrich, rector.
Many of these Churches have
very fine edifices.
The French
Catholic church is new and a
handsome and expensive structist,
ture.
Schools. There are twenty-eight
graded schools. Average length
of schools, for the year, thirty-nine
weeks.
2,325.
Number of scholars,
Amount of money annu-
appropriated for school pur$ 26,400.65, or $ 11.36 to each
scholar in the city. A high school
building is to be erected on the
grounds of the old cemetery, on
Spring Street, at an expense of
$ 65,000, also one at the Harborborough, costing $ 10,000.
When
these two school buildings are
completed, the value of school
houses, including lots, will be
$ 170,000. But one other city in the
State appropriates as much money
ally
poses,
The high
under the charge of
H. Hussey. The Nashua
for school purposes.
school
T.
W.
is
Literary
was estabDavid Crosby is
Institution
lished in 1835.
the principal.
(See Literary In-
stitutions.)
Libraries.
ry, 6,000
Nashua City LibraPersons own-
volumes.
ing private libraries, of 600 volumes or over, are A. H. Saunders,
Dr. E. Spaulding, William BarH. B. Atherton, Judge G. Y.
Sawyer, Hon. John H. Goodale,
W. W. Bailey, and Rev. J. O
Donnell.
New - Hampshire
Newspapers.
Telegraph, weekly; Daily Telegraph; New-Hampshire Gazette,
and Hillsborough .County Adverrett,
1
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NASHUA.
tiser,
weekly; and Nashua Daily
Nashua
Gazette.
Historical So-
First Settlements.
Nashua was
settled prior to 1673,
and was thp
settlement
in
southern
ciety is in a flourishing condition,
earliest
having a large collection of an-
October
15,
New-Hampshire.
1673, it was incorporated by Mas-
tique curiosities.
(See tables.)
First National Bank,
Banks.
Indian Head National Bank, capital, $270,000; City Savings Bank,
Nashua Savings Bank, and Metotal
chanics'
Savings Bank;
amount of deposits, $ 2,861,102.82.
(See tables.)
Indian Head House and
Hotels.
Tremont House.
Pennichuck WaWatenvorks.
terworks were constructed in 1854.
The water is taken from an artificial pond, containing from twenty
to thirty acres,
and
is
fed by
many
The water
never-failing springs.
forced into a large reservoir,
half a mile north of the City Hall,
and about one hundred and ten
is
under the name of
Dunstable, and comprised within
sachusetts,
borders, Hollis, Merrimack,
and Hudson, in New-Hampshire,
and Tyngsborough, -Dunstable,
and parts of Groton, Peperell, and
Townsend, in Massachusetts, and
Litchfield,
portions of Pelham,
Milford, and Brookline, in NewHampshire. It belonged to Mas-
its
sachusetts
till
the division line be-
tween the two provinces was setIt was incorporated
tled, in 1741,
by New-Hampshire, April 1746,
under the same name, and continued so till 1837, when it was
changed to Nashua. In 1680, there
thirty families in town.
were
above its foundation. Hydrants have been placed at convenient distances through the city
proper, to guard against devastating fires.
The water is pure,
soft and excellent for culinary
Among
use.
In 1803, a post office was established at the village of Nashua, then
feet
Future,
Its
section of
more
Few
cities in this
New-England have a
flattering future,
as to in-
crease of wealth, population, and
all other advances in civilization,
such as schools, churches, benevolent
societies,
railroads,
etc.
With
coming from
all
its
six
sections
of the country, its large iron mills,
constantly increasing in business,
extensive cotton factories, and
other important manufactories, there is no doubt but it will
increase in every resource, fifty
per cent, within the next ten years.
its
many
She yields the palm to none of her
sister cities, in the mechanical and
inventive genius of her sons.
the
first
settlers in
this
was Edward Tyng, who
came here soon after it was incorThe names of Weld,
porated.
locality,
Blanchard, Waldo,
were among the
Cummings &c.
first
settlers.
containing a few stores, hotel and
The
several dwelling houses.
canal boat was launched
first
about this time, with much parade, and christened, " The Nashua," and " Nashua Village." The
charter for the
turing
Nashua Manufac-
Company was obtained
in
and Mill No. 1 went into operation in December, 1825. In 1827,
No. 2 Mill was built, and No. 3 in
1824,
1836.
Indians.
Dunstable
was the
frontier settlement, for over fifty
and as such was exposed to
Indian attacks, and subjected to
all the cruelties and hardships of a
years,
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268
savage warfare.
war
in 1675, the
doned.
During Philip's
town was aban-
neither acted with
ty.
The
much
soldiers, so
proprie-
suddenly
in-
several persons
terrupted in their jovial entertain-
were killed. In 1702, a party of
Indians made an assault upon the
ment, found themselves called upon to fight, when entirely destitute
of arms, and incapable of obtaining any. The greater part were
panic struck, and unable to fight
Fortunately, all
or fly.
were
In
1691,
settlement, and killed several per-
among whom was
Thomas Weld.
sons,
the Rev.
On the third day of July, 1706,
a party of Indians made a descent
upon Dunstable, (now Nashua),
where they fell on a garrison that
had twenty troopers in it. The
troopers had been ranging the
woods in the vicinity, and at night
came towards the garrison appre;
hending no danger, they turned
upon the interarms and harness
the house, and began a carousal,
their horses loose
val, piled their
in
to exhilirate their spirits after the
The Indians
had lately arrived in the vicinity.
That day they had
designed
attack
to
both
Wells'
and
fatigues of the day.
One of their
number had been "stationed to
Golusha's garrisons.
watch each of these houses, to see
that no assistance approached, and
no alarm was given.
A short
time previous to the arrival of the
cavalry, the Indian stationed at
Wells' returned to his party, an d
all was safe.
At
Mr. Cummings and his
wife went out to milk their cows
and left the gate open. The Indians who had advanced undiscovered, started up, shot Mrs. Cummings dead upon the spot, and
reported that
sunset, a
wounded her
husband.
They
through the open
gate into the house, with all the
horrid yells of conquering savages, but started with amazement
at finding the room filled with solders, merrily feasting. Both parties were completely amazed, and
then rushed
not in this sad condition some six
or seven men, with chairs, clubs,
and whatever they could seize upon, furiously attacked the advancing foe. The Indians who were as
much surprised as the soldiers,
had but little more courage than
they, and immediately took to
their heels for safety, thus yielding the house, defeated by one
quarter of their number of unarmThe trumpeter, who
ed men.
was in the upper part of the house
at the time of the attack, seized
trumpet, and commenced
his
sounding an alarm, when he was
shot dead by an Indian on the
stair way.
He was the only one of
the party killed.
September 4, 1724, the Indians
again fell on Dunstable, and took
two captives in the evening. The
persons taken were Nathan Cross,
and Thomas Blanchard, who had
;
been engaged in the manufacture
of turpentine, on the north side of
the Nashua River, near where the
city of
Nashua now stands. At
were no houses nor
that time there
settlements on that side of the rivThese men had been in the
er.
habit of returning every night, to
lodge in a saw mill on the other
That night, not returning
side.
as usual, an alarm
was feared
was given.
had fallen
that they
It
in-
A
parto the hands of the Indians.
ty consisting of ten of the princi-
pal inhabitants of the place start-
�NASHUA.
ed in search of them, under the
direction of one French, a sergeant of militia. In this company
was Farwell, who was afterward
lieutenant under Lovewell. When
<
they arrived at the spot where the
men had been laboring, they
cut,
the hoops of the barrel*
and the turpentine spread up-
on
the
found
ground.
From
certain
marks upon the trees, made with
coal mixed with grease, they understood that the men were taken
In the
and carried off alive.
course of this examination, Farwell perceived that the turpentine
had not ceased spreading, and called the attention of his comrades
to this circumstance. They concluded that the Indians had been
gone but a short time, and must
still be near, and decided upon
instant pursuit. Farwell advised
them to take a circuitous route to
avoid any ambush. But, unfortunately, he and French, a short
time previous, had had a misunderstanding, and were still at variance. French imputed this advice to cowardice, and called out,
" I am going* to take the direct
path if any of you are not afraid,
let him follow me." French led the
way, and the whole party followed,
falling in
the
rear.
Farwell
Their route was up the Merrimack, towards which they bent
their course, to look for their
horses upon the interval. At the
;
Lutwyche's (now
brook, near
Thornton's Ferry,) they were wayThe Indians fired upon them
laid.
and killed the larger part instant-
A few fled, but were overtaken
French was killand destroyed.
ed about a mile from the place of
ly.
action.
Farwell, in the rear, see-
ing those before
him
fall,
sprang
269
behind a
and ran.
discharged his rifle
Indians pursued
him the chase was vigorously
maintained for some time, without gaining much advantage, till
Farwell passing through a thicket, the Indians lost sight of him,
and fearing he might have loaded
again, they desisted. Farwell wa3
the only one of the company that
escaped.
A company from the
neighborhood mustered, upon the
news of this disaster, proceeded to
the fated spot, took up the bodtree,
Two
;
ies of their friends and townsmen,
and intered them in the burying
ground.
Blanchard and Cross
were carried to Canada after remaining there some time, they
;
succeeded,
by their own
exertions,
in effecting their^edemption,
and
returned to their native town.
In 1725, John Lovewell with Josiah Farwell as lieutenant, raised
a company of volunteers, and
marched northward
in pursuit of
In their two first expeditions, they killed eleven Indians, and took some prisoners;
but in the third they met with a
disastrous defeat by incautiously
falling into an ambuscade at Lovewell's Pond, in Fryeburg, Maine.
Sixteen were killed and eleven
the enemy.
wounded.
Among
the killed were
Captain Lovewell, Lieutenant Farwell and Ensign Robins, all of
Dunstable.
The noted chief
" Pagus," was killed. This disaster was a hard blow to the settlement, but it brought peace to this
whole section of New England,
and taught the Indians that swift
retribution
was sure
to follow their
savage cruelties to the settlers.
The song of the heroes of " Lovewell Fight," was cherished, and
sung at, the evening fireside, by the
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
270
sons and daughters of the settlers,
for
many
years.
In 1842, the northern portion of
Nashua, on the north side of
Nashua river, and on the south
side as far as the Concord railroad,
was disannexed and formed into a town called Nashville, and dividing the village by the river,
leaving in the new town the Depot, the Jackson Cotton Mills,
three churches,
two
hotels, fifteen
or twenty stores and over two
thousand inhabitants. This division was caused largely on the location of the
Town Hall.
City Charter.
In
1853, the
two
towns were consolidated and chartered as the city of Nashua. The
mayors under the city charter
have been, in 1853, Joseph Baldwin; 1855, Freeman S. Rogers;
1857,
Thomas W.
bin Beard
yer;
Morrill;
Spaulding;
man;
1868,
1858, Al-
;
Aaron W. SawGeorge Bowers; 1862,
1861,
Hiram T.
Gillis
1860,
;
Edward
Virgin C.
1865,
1866,
1864,
Gilman
George Bowers
Gil-
Scripture;
1869,
;
Jona-
Otterson;
1871, Dana
1872, Seth D. Chandler;
1873, Frank A. McKean.
than D.
Sargent;
The population,
decades, has been,
1790, 632;
1800,
at the various
in
705;
1775,
862; 1810,
1,049;
1820, 1,142; 1830, 2,417; 1840, 5,960;
1850, 8,942;
1860, 10,065;
and
1870,
At no time since 1840, has
town increased in population, and business more rapidly
than it has since 1870, and the num10,541
the
ber of inhabitants is now (1874,)
estimated at 12,000—polls, 2,800.
The valuation of the city is $10,
388,693.
First Ministers. Rev. Thomas
Weld, Congregational
settled in
1685; killed by the Indians in 1702,
;
Rev. Nathaniel Prentice, settled
in 1718; died in 1737; Rev. Josiah
Swan, settled in 1738; dismissed
in 1746 Rev. Samuel Bird, settled
in 1747; dismissed in 1751; Rev.
Joseph Kidder, settled in 1767;
;
died in 1818.
• Boundaries.
North by Merrimack, east by Litchfield and Hudson, south by Tyngsborough and
Dunstable
Massachusetts,
and
west by Hollis.
Area, 18,898
acres; area of improved land, 6,
069 acres.
Distances.
Thirty-five
south from Concord, and
north of west from Boston.
miles
forty
NELSON.
Cheshire County.
Nelson is
on the height of land, between the Connecticut and Merrisituated
mack Rivers.
but affords
The
soil is
The surface is hilly
excellent pasturage.
generally hard to culti-
vate, but yields the
husbandman a
good return for his labor. Harrisville was disannexed from
its
southern part, and, with the northern portion of Dublin, formed
into a separate totvn, with the
name
of Harrisville, in 1870.
Ponds. There are several ponds
in town of which Long Pond is
the largest.
Employments.
Agriculture
is
the principal vocation of the peoAt a small village, called
ple.
Monsonville, in the north-west
section of the town, are several
manufactories. J. D. Colony &
Sons' cotton mill annually manufactures 468,000 yards cotton sheetThere
ing, valued at $58,500.
are, also, chair, lumber, and other
small mechanical shops.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil,
$22,362;
mechanical labor,
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NEW-BOSTON.
$
16,800
terest,
banks,
$
stocks and
;
$
5,600
;
money
at in-
deposits in savings
stock in trade,
$48,781;
7,645.
Churches and Schools. CongreMark Gould, pasThere are six schools in
tor.
town. Average length of schools,
for the year, sixteen weeks.
gational, Rev.
The town was
Monadnock numwas granted by
First Settlement.
originally called
ber
six.
It
the Masonian proprietors, February 22, 1774, under the name of
Packersfield, and included a part
of Roxbury. It was changed to
its present name in June, 1814.
Breed Batchelder and Dr. Nathaniel Breed commenced the first settlement in 1767.
The Congrega-
First Minister.
be found
show
in
different localities,
that the agricultural inter-
wholly neglected.
Several
Streams and Ponds.
streams water this town, the largest of which is the south branch
of the Piscataquog River, having
its source in Pleasant Pond, in
Beard's Pond, and
Francestown.
Jo English Pond are the principal bodies of water. There are
many good water privileges.
Elevations. In the south part is
a considerable elevation, called
Jo English Hill, one side of
est is not
which
is
nearly
perpendicular.
The scenery around here partakes
of the
largely
alpine character,
with rocks piled on rocks, and hills
on hills.
Agriculture is
Employments.
Church was organized here,
Rev. Joseph
January 31, 1781.
Foster was installed as its pastor
the same year. He was dismissed
the principal vocation of the in-
in 1791.
annually produced.
There are annually manufactured, news paper, valued at $78,
tional
Boundaries. North by Stoddard,
east by Hancock, south by Harrisville, and west by Sullivan.
Distances.
Forty miles southwest from Concord, and eleven
north from Keene.
Railroad. By stage, three times
a week, eleven miles, to Keene
station.
NEW
BOSTON.
New
Hillsborough County.
Boston is an important farming
town, ranking as the fourth in the
county in the value of its agricultural productions.
Its surface is
uneven, consisting of fertile hills,
productive vales, and some valuable
meadows.
The
soil is favora-
ble for all the various productions
common
State,
to
this
section
and the many
fine
of
the
farms to
habitants.
1,200 bushels wheat,
pounds
and 3,600 tons of hay are
7,600 bushels corn, 36,000
butter,
300; leather, $8,400; 20,000 clap225,000 shingles and laths,
boards
;
1,500,000 feet boards
and dimension
timber, valued at $27,300; 15,000
bushels grain ground, $24,000; 900
door
piano forte cases, $ 15,000
knobs, $1,500; besides, bureaus
and fancy boxes, harnesses, boots,
shoes, &c. There are also carpenters, blacksmiths, painters, masons and other trades. The total
value of mechanical goods, annually produced, is $ 178,400.
;
The lower village, which lies in
a deep, narrow valley, and on the
Piscataquog, is the seat of considerable trade and manufacturing,
having a church, graded school,
several stores, hotel, etc.
Resources.
Productions of the
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272
soil, $ 150,057
mechanical labor,
$ 32,500 stocks and money at interest, $ 18,030
deposits in savings banks, $ 187,923
stock in
trade, $ 20,000 from summer tourists, $ 3,000 professional business,
$ 12,000.
Baptist,
Churches and Schools.
NEWBCRTT.
;
Merrimack County. Newbury
;
;
uneven and broken with
is
hills,
and Rev. John Atwood, pastors;
but the soil is deep and fertile,
and produces large crops of corn,
wheat, oats and potatoes.
Rivers and Ponds. Todd's pond,
500 rods long, and 60 wide, is the
largest body of water in town.
This pond affords a small branch
Presbyterian, Rev. D. C. Frink,,
to
There are fifteen schools
in town, two of which are graded.
Average length of schools, for the
year, eighteen weeks.
Value of
school houses, $ 8,050.
Hotel and Livery Stable.
Columbian Hotel. H. Lynch, livery
lies
;
;
;
Rev. Jesse M. Colburn,
(in 1870),
pastor.
stable.
Persons by
of Cochran, Wilson,
McNeil, Ferson and
First Settlements.
the name
Caldwell,
Smith made the
1733.
It
first
settlement, in
was granted, by Massa-
chusetts, to inhabitants of Boston,
January
years,
14,
was
Boston."
It
1736, and, for
called " Lane's
many
New-
was incorporated by
New -Hampshire,
1763, as
February 18,
New-Boston. Fifty years
ago the town contained 1,686
in-
habitants; at present, (1870) 1,241.
First Minister.
Rev. Solomon
Moor, ordained in
1768,
died in
1803.
Warner
River. Sunapee Lake
on its western border.
Employments.
The people are
generally engaged in farming. 1,
100,000 feet of lumber is annually
sawed. (See tables.)
Resources.
$ 81,174;
soil,
$5,000; stocks, and money at in$13,150; stock in trade,
$ 6,375; deposits in savings banks,
terest,
$44,555.
Churches and Schools. There is
one church of the Freewill Baptist
denomination, seventy-four members no pastor, at present. There
are eleven schools in town. Average length of schools for the year,
fifteen weeks.
Hotel. Sunapee Mountain House.
This new hotel was opened, for the
;
time, in July, 1873.
first
tensive and delightful
was
Area, 26,536 acres
1778
;
area of im-
view of the
surrounding country can be
ob-
tained.
First
Organization.
Newbury
originally called Dantzic.
proved land, 15,947 acres.
field,
Twenty-two miles
south from Concord, and nine
north from Amherst.
Railroads. Railway station, at
Parker's, on the Manchester and
North Weare Railroad.
in
Distances.
It is sit-
uated near the summit of Sunapee
mountain. From this house a fine
view of Sunapee lake and an ex-
North by Weare,
and Bedford,
south by Mount Vernon
and
Lyndeborough,
and
west by
Lyndeborough and Francestown.
Boundaries.
east Dy Goffstown
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
In
took the name of Fishersand derived its present name
it
1837.
It was first settled by
Zephaniah Clark, in 1762.
North by NewBoundaries.
London, east by Sutton, south by
Bradford, and west by Goshen and
Sunapee.
�NEW-CASTLE
Distances.
— NEW-DURHAM.
Thirty miles west by
north from Concord.
Railroad. Sugar River Railroad
passes through the town.
New-
Castle is situated in Portsmouth
harbor, and was formerly called
Great Island. It is connected with
The
Portsmouth by a bridge.
town is rocky and but a small part
is fit to till.
Fort Constitution is located on
also a light-house.
this Island
;
Employments. The soil among
the rocks is of good quality and is
made
to yield abundantly. Fishing
pursued with success. About
12,000 pairs of men's and women's
'boots and shoes are annually made.
is
of years Chief Justice of the Province of New-IIampshire, Secretary
born in this town, Dec. 20, 1697,
and died, Sept. 22, 1789.
First Ministers. Rev. John Emerson, ordained in 1704, dismissed
in 1712. Rev. William Shurtleff,
settled in 1712, dismissed in 1732.
Rev. John Blunt, settled in 1732,
died in 1748. Rev. David Robinson, settled in 1748, died in
Stephen
Rev.
gational, Rev. Lucius Alden, pas-
pastor
ply.
;
H. Graves,
and Advent, transient supschool district with three
One
Chase,
1749.
settled
in
died in 1778. Rev. Oliver
Noble, settled in 1784, died in 1792.
Distances. An Island in Portsmouth harbor, about three miles
1750,
from the Eastern Railroad depot,
in Portsmouth.
Churches, Schools and Library.
There are three churches, Congretor; Christian, Rev. J.
of the latter City. Hon.
for a number
Theodore Atkinson,
and President of the Council, was
NEWCASTLE.
Rockingham County.
was part
273
NEW
DURHAIU.
Strafford County.
face
is
uneven,
The
and a
sur-
portion
The soil is moist and well
adapted to grazing. Good crops
rocky.
average length of schools
weeks. There is a
town library of 400 volumes.
of corn, oats and potatoes are pro-
for the year, 26
duced.
Summer Resorts. About one
hundred summer tourists stay in
this town through the warm weath-
five ponds,
schools
er.
;
They
find entertainment at
private residences.
veyance runs
A public
from
con-
Portsmouth
twice a day, distance three miles.
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $5,160 annually; mechanical
labor,
fisheries,
$20,000;
not
known deposits in savings bank,
$33,523; stock in trade, $14,407;
summer tourists, $ 5,000.
;
First Settlers. The first settlement of New-Castle, no doubt,
commenced about as soon as that
of Dover or Portsmouth, but there
is
no positive
date, as
it
originally
Ponds and Rivers.
There are
the largest of which,
Merry Meeting Pond,
is about ten
miles in circumfei'ence. A never
failing stream issues from it and
discharges into Merry Meeting Bay
in Alton. Ellis River flows from
Coldrain Pond into Farmington,
and on it are some fine water
privileges.
The ..Cocheeo River,
also, has its source in this town.
Mountains. Mount Betty, Cropple-crown, and Straw's Mountains
are the principal eminences. On
the north-easterly side of Straw's
Mountain, is a remarkable cave,
the entrance to which is about
three feet wide and ten feet high.
The outer room is twenty feet
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
274
under
present name, Dec.
square; the inner apartments become smaller, until, at the distance
of fifty feet, they are too small to
be investigated. The sides of these
ated,
rooms are solid granite, and bear
marks of having been once united.
The south side of Rattlesnake hill
is one hundred feet high and near-
removed
Several other
hills in this town contain precipices and cavities, some of con-
east by Farmington, and west and
south-west by Alton. Area, 23,625
ly
perpendicular.
siderable extent.
is
the
employment of the people,
although there are some manufactories of importance. The Union
Powder works annually manufac49,000 gallons of acid, and
250 tons of Excelsior, valued at
ture
S
10,150.
First Minister.
Rev. Nathaniel
Porter, D. D., ordained in 1773,
(See Conway.)
North-west
by
Wolfeborough, and Alton, east by
in 1777.
Boundaries.
Brookfield and Middleton, south-
acres.
About thirty - five
from Concord,
and twenty-two north-west from
miles
north-east
Dover.
Railroad. Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad passes through the
town.
NEW-HAITIPTOIV.
There are annually sawed
4,000 clapboards; 700,000 shingles,
and
its
1762.
Distances.
Employments. Agriculture
chief
7,
Belknap County.
town
The
sur-
broken and
is remarkably
and
timber, valued at $ 22,500. There
are several other small manufac-
face of this
tories in town.
crops of grain and grass.
1,500,000 feet of boards
100,000 pairs of
shoes are annually made. There
in plenty of good water power un-
improved.
Resources.
Annual agricultural
productions, $62,233; mechanical
S 29,300 deposits in savings
banks, § 40,613 money at interest,
$ 800 stock in trade, $ 14,000.
labor,
;
;
;
Summer
Tourists.
The various
this town
is
uneven, but the soil
fertile,
and produces
excellent
Pemigewasset River,
Rivers.
which washes its western boundary, is the only stream of any note
in town.
On
the west side of
a remarkable
spring, from which issues a stream
It is
sufficient to supply mills.
never affected by rains or droughts
Springs.
Kelley's
Hill
is
tourists to visit
and empties into the river after
running one mile.
Elevation. In the south part of
is
the
natural
curiosities
in
have caused some of the summer
it. When the town
more fully known, no doubt it
will become one of their summer
resorts.
Churches and Schools. There are
two churches, Freewill Baptist and
Advents, and thirteen schools average length of schools for the
year, nine weeks.
;
First Settlers.
New-Durham was
granted to Ebenezer Smith and
others, in 1749.
It
was incorpor-
hill,
town is a high, conical-shaped
which can be seen for quite a
distance in almost any direction.
The village of NewVillage.
Hampton is pleasantly situated
among the hills and mountains,
from the crests of which a beautitiful and delightful view of the
village and the surrounding country can be obtained. There are
two churches, a literary institu-
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NEWINGTON.
tion, five or six stores, of various
some seventy or eighty
kinds, and
neat dwellings.
Employments.-
borough, of which he was one of
the
principal
The people
are
The
proprietors.
simple request of General Moulton, and he
Governor granted
this
New-Hampton,
honor
in
largely
called
there
of his native town. This "small"
gore of land contained 19,422 acres,
a part of which now constitutes
engaged in agriculture.
But some lumber is sawed, and
wheelwrights,
are
black-
smiths, tailors, etc.
Resources. Agricultural productions,
$
mechanical labor,
money at interest, $ 18,
$ 137,240
4,000
;
in savings banks,
deposits
800;
$46,479;
;
stock in trade, $6,510;
from summer
tourists,
$ 900.
Churches and Schools. Freewill
Baptist, Rev. E. H. Prescott, pastor; Calvin Baptist, Rev. D. M.
Dearborn, pastor. There are thir-
it
Center Harbor.
Rev.
First Ministers.
Ward,
Jeremy
(Baptist,) ordained in 1782,
died in 1816; Rev. Salmon Hibbard, ordained in 1800, dismissed
in 1816.
Boundaries. North by Ashland
and Holderness, east by Center
Harbor and Meredith, south by
Sanbornton and Hill, and west by
and Bridgewater. Area,
area of improved
19,422 acres;
Average
teen schools in town.
length of schools, for the year, fif-
Bristol
teen weeks.
NewInstitution.
Literary
Hampton Literary and Biblical Institution, A. B. Meservey, princi-
land, 13,750 acres.
pal.
Railroads. The Montreal Railroad passes through the extreme
northern part of the town. Five
miles to Bristol station, on the
Bristol Branch of the Northern
The Portland and RutRailroad.
land Railroad will pass through
the town, if ever built.
Social
Libraries.
Fraternity,
3,500; Literary Adelphi, 3,000 vol-
umes, and Ladies'
volumes.
Hotel.
ue,
$
200
Wankeneto House,
val-
3,000.
First
ton
Library,
Settlement.
was formerly a
New-Hamppart of Moul-
tonborough Gore, and was called
Moultonborough addition.
The
first
settler
was Samuel Kelley,
who moved
General
here in 1775. In 1763,
Jonathan Moulton, of
Hampton, having an
1,400
ox, weighing
pounds, fattened for the pur-
Hag upon his horns,
and drove him to Portsmouth,
as a present to Governor Wentworth. The General refused any
compensation for the ox, but he
would like a charter of a small
gore of land he had discovered
adjoining the town of Moulton-
pose, hoisted a
Thirty - five miles
Distances.
north-west from Concord, and fifteen north-west from Gilford.
NEWINGTON.
Rockingham County.
all
Nearly
town
But
and few
of the inhabitants in this
are engaged in agriculture.
few are considered
rich,
are classed as poor, there being
but two persons dependent on the
town.
The
soil,
near the water,
is rich,
and yields good crops of grain and
grass
;
but certain portions of the
town are sandy and unproductive.
Schools. There is but one school
district in
town.
school -house
was
In
1872, a
built,
brick
costing
�276
NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
NEW-IPS W1CH.
$ 5,500. The upper story is to be
used as a town hall, and the lower
The
part for school purposes.
schools are considered good, as the
people take quite an interest in
the future welfare of their children.
Indians.
In May, 1690, a party
of Indians, led by a sagamore, by
the name of Hapgood, made an
attack on Fox Point, and destroyed several houses, killed fourteen
persons and took six prisoners.
inhabitants pursued the Indians, and, after a severe action,
The
some of the captives were recovered, and part of the plunder.
The chief, Hapgood, was severely
wounded.
Annual productions
Resources.
of the soil, $59,042: deposits in
savings banks, $ 17,839 stocks,
bonds and
money
at
interest,
$7,150.
Newington was originally a
of Portsmouth and Dover.
It was called " Bloody Point," for
many years, on account of a
bloody fight in 1631, and was
settled over two hundred years
part
Incorporated in July, 1764.
Ministers.
Rev. Joseph
Adams, ordained in 1715, and died
in 1783.
Rev. Joseph Langdon,
ordained in 1788, dismissed in
ago.
First
Hillsborough County.
The
of a clayey loam, very productive, when properly cultivated.
soil is
There are many
fine farms under
a high state of cultivation.
Souhegan
Rivers and Ponds.
River is the principal stream,
and affords some valuable waThe first or second
ter power.
Cotton Manufactory, built in this
State,
was
situated on this river,
There are several
in this town.
brooks in various sections of the
town. Pratt's and Hoar's Pond's,
contain about fifty acres each.
The
Village.
is
village
principal
in the centre of the town, in a
beautiful
and
fertile valley.
Here
are several church edifices, several
bank, two hotels, Appleton
Academy, and forty or fifty dwellThe houses are neat
ing houses.
and substantial, many of them
stores,
built
in
the
style
so
among gentlemen who
common
lived in the
country forty or fifty years ago,
with spacious yards and gardens,
while others are modern cottages
but all betoken a degree of wealth
and prosperity, for which the people are distinguished.
Summer
Resorts.
location has justly
The pleasant
drawn the at-
1810.
tention of many tourists who spend
a few weeks in the summer
Boundaries. North-east by the
Piscataqua, east by Portsmouth,
The number
south by Greenland and Great
Bay, and west and north-west by
Great and Little Bays.
Area,
timated at 200.
Employments.
months
in
this
pleasant
town.
of visitors of this
class, through the summer, is es-
Distances. Forty-four miles east
south-east from Concord, and five
The people are
generally engaged in agriculture,
but their manufactories are important. A cotton factory belong-
west from Portsmouth.
Railroads. The Portsmouth and
Dover Railroad passes through
this town.
ing to the Columbian Manufacturing Company, was burned in 1871.
Chairs, ciIt has been rebuilt.
gars, boxes, bedsteads, harnesses,
5,273 acres.
�NEW-LONDON.
lumber, machine work, &c, are
manufactured, to the value of $ 72,
400 annually.
Resources.
soil,
$
$92,995;
money
19,100;
450;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
in savings
deposits
$ 85, 128 stock
from summer
;
at interest,
in trade,
tourists,
$
12,
banks,
$ 24,048
$ 6,000
277
and Mason, south by Massachuand west by Rindge. Area,
20,860 acres. Area of improved
setts,
land, 9,620 acres.
Fifty
Distances.
miles south-
west from Concord, and eighteen
south-west from Amherst.
Railroad.
By
stage, twice a day,
to Greenville station, three miles
on the Peterborough and
professional business, $ 15,000.
distant,
CongreChurches and Schools.
gational, Rev. T. S. Robie, pastor
Methodist, Rev. Jacob F. Spauld-
Shirley Railroad.
ing,
pastor;
Baptist,
no pastor;
There are thirteen schools in town
average length, for the year, twenty weeks.
New Ipswich Academy was incorporated, June 18, 1789. Appleton Academy is the name of the
institution there, at the
literary
present time.
John Herbert
is
the
ry, 1,000
New-Ipswich Libra-
volumes.
New-Ipswich Savings
Bank.
Bank. (See tables.)
Hotels. Clark's Hotel, and Appleton House.
New-IpSettlements.
First
swich was originally called Ipswich Canada, and was settled prior to 1749, by Reuben Kidder,
Archibald White, Joseph and Ebenezer Bullard, Joseph Stephens
and eighty others. In 1750 it was
granted by the Masonian proprietors, and incorporated September
The town sent sixty men
9, 1762.
Twenty-six men
to Bunker Hill.
gave up their lives in the great rebellion of 1861 to 1865.
First
tional
1750.
County.
The
principal settlements of this town
are formed on three large swells
The soil is deep and
of land.
good. In some portions of the
town, the land is rocky, but
there is very little not capable of
There are many fine
cultivation.
farms which clearly show they are
cultivated by practical farmers.
Principal.
Library.
NEW-LONDON.
Merrimack
Minister.
A
Congrega-
Church was gathered in
Rev. Stephen Farrer was
ordained in 1760, died in 1809.
North by Sharon
Boundaries.
and Temple, east by Greenville
Sunapee
Ponds and Streams.
Lake separates New-London from
the town of Sunapee. Little Sunapee Pond, one and one-half miles
in length, and three-fourths of a
mile in width, lies in the west
part, and empties into Sunapee
Near the centre of the
Lake.
town, are Harvey's and Messer's
Ponds,
which are the principal
Warner River. Pleas-
sources of
ant Pond, in the north part, is
nearly two miles long and one
There are some elevations
wide.
in this section of the town, but
they can hardly be considered
mountains. The elevated location
of the town, together with^its lake
and ponds, afford some very delightful and attractive scenery,
which has caused many tourists to
visit here, through the summer
months. One of the most flourishing institutions of learning in
the State,
is
located here.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
278
The
Employments.
inhabitants
are chiefly devoted to agriculture,
but the manufactures are considerable.
Over 4,500 dozens of
scythes are annually manufactur750,000
ed, valued at $45,000.
shingles,
and
10,000 clapboards,
&c,
150,000 feet of boards,
are an-
nually sawed; also, 8,000 bushels
grain ground, and $24,000 worth
of
Agricultural
pro-
mechanical
ductions, $ 78,678
bor.$ 20,300; stocks,
la-
&c,
$9,200;
money at interest, $ 46,990; deposin savings banks,
its
$30,488;
stock in trade, $ 30,000 from summer tourists, $3,000; professional
;
$
10,000.
Churches and Schools. Baptist,
Christian Union, Rev.
Lewis Phillips, pastor. There are
public
It is
one of the largest
literary institutions in the State.
The school property
is
valued
one hundred thousand
dollars, besides an endowment of
fifteen thousand dollars.
There
is a library connected with the
at about
containing 1,500 vol-
umes.
Seaman's House.
First Settlements.
was
NEWMARKET.
originally
market
New-
a small township, but
the soil is good, well cultivated,
and produces excellent crops,
which are readily sold in the vilis
lage at fair prices.
Rivers. Piscassick River passes
through this town in a northerly
direction. Lamprey River washes
are located the cotton mills of the
The
twenty-four weeks.
New-London Literary and Scientific Institution was incorporated
Hotel.
and Claremont Railroad.
town.
in
year,
institution,
Thirty miles north
schools, for the
schools
Average length of
in 1854.
Distances.
north-eastern boundary and
meets the tide water at Lamprey
River village, over falls of more
than twenty feet. At these falls
;
seven
land.
of west from Concord.
Railroad. Daily stage to Potter
Place station, on the northern
Railroad.
Also daily stage to
Bradford station, on the Concord
Rockingham County.
(See tables.)
Resources.
business,
Area of improved
11,100 acres.
and curried.
tanned
leather
Lake.
New-London
called
Dantzick,
and was incorporated January 25,
1779.
James Lamb and Nathaniel
Merrill were the first settlers.
First Church. A Baptist Church
was formed October 23, 1788.
Boundaries.
North and east by
Wilmot, south by Sutton and
Newbury, and west by Sunapee
its
Newmarket Manufacturing Company. Below the falls, the water,
at high tide, is of sufficient depth
for vessels of one hundred and
Coal,
twenty tons to navigate.
salt, and other heavy merchandise
are frequently freighted up the
Piscataqua, to Newmarket village.
This village is the seat of considerable trade and manufacturing.
There are three church edifices,
two school houses, three hotels,
town house, two banks, thirty-five,
stores, various professional offices,
four cotton mills, and various other manufactories.
Manufacturing
Employments.
and mercantile trade are the principal employments of the inhabitants.
7,500,000 yards cotton cloth,
and 24,000 pairs of boots and shoes
are annually manufactured. The
manufacture of sale clothing is an
�NEWPORT.
important branch of business.
total value of goods annually
manufactured, is $889,000. It is
the centre of trade for the surrounding towns. Those engaged
in agriculture find it remunera-
The
tive
employment.
Resources.
soil,
$64,519;
$177,000;
money
its
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
&c, $24,500;
stocks,
at interest, $22,100; depos-
savings
in
banks,
$89,894;
stock in trade, $138,375;
profes-
sional business, etc., $75,000.
Churches and Schools.
Freewill
Baptist, Rev. DeWitt C. Durgin,
pastor
Congregational,
Rev.
Isaac C. White, pastor; Methodist Episcopal, Rev. A. H. Wilkins, pastor. Total number of
members, 465. Value of church
;
279
ed for her excellent qualities, and
very much esteemed by all who
knew her. She died here in 1819.
Rev. Jobn
First Ministers.
Moody, Congregational, ordained
in 1730, died in 1778. Rev. Nathaniel Ewers, settled in 1795,
died in 1832.
North by Lee and
Boundaries.
Durham,
east by Great Bay, south
by South Newmarket, and west
Area of improved
by Epping.
land, 4,844 acres.
Thirty-eight miles
Distances.
south of east from Concord, and
eight nortb from Exeter.
Railroads
Boston and Maine
Railroad passes through this town.
NEWPORT.
This
is
the shire
town of
Owing
Sulli-
There are two
school districts and four schools
in town.
Average length of
van county.
schools for the year, twenty-four
with the business character of its
inhabitants, Newport has become
one of the most important and enterprising towns in the western
section of the State. For a number
of years it has not kept pace in
the march of improvement with
other towns in the State, inferior
property, $32,000.
weeks.
Total amount annually
appropriated for school purposes,
$2,736.
Library.
Newmarket Library
Association.
Washington
Hotels.
Newmarket
Hotel,
House,
Railroad
House.
to its central
water power,
location, its valuable
and railroad
facilities,
together
originally a part of Exeter,
in natural resources, for the lack
of railroad facilities but that obstacle has been removed by the com-
and was separated and incorporat-
pletion of the Sugar River Rail-
First Settlements.
was
ed December
portion
of
15,
its
Newmarket
1727.
territory
A
large
was
de-
tached, and the township of South
Newmarket formed June
27, 1849.
Mrs. Fanny Shute, when thirteen
months old, was taken by a party
of Indians, carried to Canada, and
sold to the French. She was educated in a nunnery, and, after re-
maining thirteen years in captivity, was redeemed and restored to
her friends.
Mrs. Shute was not-
;
road, to this town, in
and
November,
Claremont, in the fall
Since the first date, busof 1872.
iness, in every department, has
made rapid strides, and improvements are seen on every hand.
The surface of the town is generally uneven, frequently broken by
considerable elevations; but on
the borders of the Sugar River
and its branches are large tracts
1871,
of
to
interval
land,
yielding good
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
280
crops of corn, grass, &c. The soil
on the uplands is strong and when
properly tilled, produces excellent
There are many valuable
farms in this town, under high
crops.
The apple producmore valuable than in any
other town in the county. Some
of the finest maple sugar orchards
cultivation.
tions are
may be found in this
Forty thousand pounds of
maple sugar are annually manuin the State,
town.
main street is more than a mile in
length, crossing the river over a
handsome bridge nearly
in the
of the village. On this
street are located four elegant
church edifices, the court and town
house, jail and county buildings,
three school-houses, two large hotels,
two banks, the Argus and
Spectator office, seven lawyers',
three insurance, and six physi-
centre
cians'
and
factured.
tween
thirty
Sugar River, the outSunapee Lake, together with
the North and South branches, are
shops for trade, of various kinds,
and over one hundred dwelling
houses.
There are many other
pleasant streets, with well built
residences on them.
The manufactories are
valuable,
being
Rivers.
let of
the
principal
Near the
streams
in
town.
the Sugar rewaters of the South
village,
ceives the
branch, which has
its source in
Lempster, Unity and Goshen
thence flowing north about two
miles, it meets the waters of the
North branch, coming from Springfield,
Grantham and Croydon,
nearly in an opposite direction,
whence it passes west through
Claremont into the Connecticut.
At the outlet of Sunapee Lake,
there is a stone dam, with gates ar-
ranged
for
drawing from the sur-
face of the lake ten feet of water.
The
full capacity of this valuable
reservoir has never been tested.
Mountains.
Bald, Coit, Blueberry ledge, and East mountains,
are
the
principal
elevations in
situated on
never
offices,
be-
forty stores
and
dentists'
and
water power which
The
in a dry time.
fails
woolen
manufactories annually
produce 1,600,000 yards of flanThe
nel,
valued at $408,000.
amount paid for labor, by these
mills, is over $ 60,000.
18,000 sides
of leather and 16,000 lbs. splits are
annually produced, valued at $77,
there is annually ground 19,
bushels of grain, valued at
$ 33,000. There are lumber mills,
carpenter shops, and various other
kinds of mechanical shops, com200
000
;
mon
to a New-England village.
The court house and town hall
building was erected in the fall of
and the spring and summer
at an expense of over
$40,000, and is one of the fin1872,
town. From the summit of these
mountains a fine view is presented
of the surrounding country.
Villages.
On Sugar River,
about six miles from Sunapee
Lake, is located the thriving village of Newport. It is considered
one of the pleasantest and most
of
enterprising villages in the State,
buildings are large and substantial structures. Richards' building
both in manufacturing and as a
centre of mercantile trade.
The
est
1873,
edifices
State.
The
of the kind in
hotels are new,
the
com-
modious, and pleasantly located.
The books
number of
over^ 12,000.
is
of the hotels
show
the
arrivals last year to be
Some
one of the
of the business
finest
mercantile
�NEWPORT.
blocks in the county. In the north
part of the village is a beautiful
common, shaded with the maple,
and capacious enough to parade a
regiment on. On either side of this
common stand some of the finest
residences in the village, adorned
with yards and gardens.
The future prospects of the inhabitants of
this
town are very
flattering
and
;
their fond anticipations of seeing
a large village, double its present
may be fully realized within
the next ten years.
About two miles north-west
from the principal village is the
small, busy, manufacturing village
of Northville. Here are annually
made, 1,600 dozens of scythes, valued at $ 17,000 500 dozens of rakes;
size,
;
13,000 butter tubs
sides, there are
5,000 pails
;
lumber
;
mills,
be-
and
Summer Resorts.
But few local-
the State offer better in-
ducements
to
summer
The
than Newport.
tourists
fine roads,
pleasant drives, and delightful
views from the crests of its many
hills, render it very attractive to
lovers of country
ural scenery in
A pleasant ride
homes and
nat-
its varied forms.
of six miles brings
you
to the romantic shores of Sunapee Lake.
This lake is about
nine miles in length, and from one
half to two miles in width. Three
miles south of NeAvport village, is
Unity Springs, which has become
quite noted for its medical qualities.
Its waters are highly charged with salts of iron, and possess
Here is a fine
tonic properties.
hotel
to
accommodate
The views from this
house, of Sunapee Lake and the surrounding
country, are some of the finest in
the State. This house is becoming
a popular summer resort.
The
number of tourists who spend
their summer vacation in Newport and vicinity, is estimated at
over five hundred.
Employments.
The employment of the inhabitants is nearly
equally divided between agriculture on the one side, and mechanical, mercantile, and official business on the other, with the preponderance in favor of the latter. The
capital invested for manufacturing
purposes is over $ 375,000 the annual value of manufactured pro;
ductions, $619,100.
Annual value of agme-
Resources.
ricultural products, $ 148, 156
chanical labor, $117,700;
other small manufactories.
ities in
281
invalids
and lovers of recreation. A ride
on the cars, or by carriage, of six
miles, carries you to the " Sunapee
Mountain House" in Newbury.
sional services,
$
105,000;
&c, $64,800; money
$ 41,724
;
professtocks,
at interest,
deposits in savings banks,
$118,282; stock in trade, $105,
from summer tourists, $ 15,
975
;
;
000.
Churches and Schools.
The Con-
gregational, Rev. G. W. R. Scott,
pastor
number of members, 248
;
church valuation, $ 50,000. Methodist, Rev. E. R. Wilkins, pastor;
members, 230 valuation, $ 13,000.
Baptist, Rev. H. C. Leavitt, pas;
tor;
members,
189;
Christian
There are
eighteen school districts, and six-
church at Northville.
teen schools; average length for
the year, twenty weeks; average
amount of money annually appropriated for school purposes, $ 2,334.
50.
It is intended to build a large
school house(with all the modern
improvements), in the village, the
coming season, (1874.)
Banks. There are two banks
in
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
town,
—the
and
National,
First
Newport Savings banks.
Libraries. Newport Social
brary, 400 volumes
;
Li-
Hon. Edmund
Burke's private library, 6,000 volumes; besides several other private libraries with over 1,000 vol-
umes
each.
Hotels.
Newport House, and
Phenix Hotel.
First Settlers.
Ezra Parmelee,
then about twenty-one years of
age, in company with Dea. Jesse
Wilcox, and his two sons, Jesse
and Phineas Samuel Hurd and
Jesse Kelsey, came, early in the
month of June, 1766 occupied the
lands to which they were entitled,
built their camps, and commenced the actual settlement of the
town.
These men were from old
Kilingworth, Connecticut.
Some
years later, John McGregory, (fath-
—
—
John McGregory, M.
Joel McGregory, and Deacon
er of the late
B.,)
Daniel Chapin, made a settlement
in the north-western section of the
town. Joel McGregory died a few
years since, aged one hundred and
one years. A son of his is now
living in town, between eighty and
ninety years of age. Newport has
been the birthplace and residence
many prominent men and women of this country, Mrs. Sarah J.
Hale, was a native of this town.
The town was incorporated Ocof
tober
6,
1761.
Hon. Benjamin
and highly
Giles, long a resident,
respected,
built
the
first
grist-
Captain Ezra Parmelee settled on the Unity road
about one mile south of the village, and built his barn soon after coming to Newport. This barn
is now (1873,) standing and in
good repair.
It is safe to say that
it has been built, and been in use,
mill, in 1768.
over one hundred years. The covering boards are fastened to the
timbers with strong wooden pins,
which
clearly shows the scarcity
of nails in those early days of the
settlement.
A few rods from the
barn, stands an apple tree, which
is quite as old.
Captain Parmelee
brought it from Connecticut, over
one hundred years ago.
First
Ministers.
Rev. John
Remelee, ordained in 1783, dismissed in 1791
Rev. Abijah
Wines, settled in 1785, dismissed
in 1816. Congregational and Baptist churches were established in
;
1779.
North by Croydon,
by Sunapee and Goshen, west
by Claremont, and south by Goshen and Unity. Ai-ea, 25,267 acres
improved land, 18,533 acres.
Boundaries.
east
Distances.
Forty miles north of
west from Concord, and about thirty-five miles north from Keene.
Railroad. Concord and Claremont Railroad passes through the
town in an easterly and westerly
direction.
NEWTON.
Rockingham County.
New-
a small township bordering
on Massachusetts. The surface is
broken but the soil is deep and fertile, and yields good crops of grain
and grass. The farmers find a
ready sale for their produce at
Haverhill, Massachusetts. Nearly
one third of Country Pond lies in
this town, and it is the only body
of water, of note.
The employEmployments.
ment of the inhabitants is about
equally divided between farming
ton
is
and mechanical labor. 1,000,000
of boards &c, and 180,000
shingles, are annually sawed and
feet
;
�NORTHFIELD.
120,000 pairs of shoes are
made.
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
soil, $ 38,259
$30,000; money at interest, $3,
400; deposits in savings banks,*
Resources.
;
$
3,174; stock in trade,
$
11,827.
283
of land for agriculture, lies on two
ridges extending nearly through
The soil is of good
producing excellent crops
of corn, oats and grass. There are
many fine farms, under a high
the town.
quality,
Baptist
Churches and Schools.
church, Rev. B. H. Lane, pastor;
Christian, Rev. Nathaniel Day,
state of cultivation.
There are six schools in
town average length, for the year,
town, and flows into the Winnipiseogee, three miles from the junction with the Pemigewasset. Sondogardy Pond discharges its waters
Winnipisinto the Merrimack.
eogee River waters its western bor-
pastor.
;
twenty weeks.
Traveller's
Hotels
Home, and
Depot House.
Rev. John
Minister.
First
Eames, in 1791. A Baptist Society
was formed here in 1755, and it is
the oldest religious society, of that
denomination in the State.
A
Congregational Church was organized about 1759.
First Settlements. Joseph Bartlett
and others
town
in 1720.
first settled
in this
Twelve years presettlement he was
vious to his
taken captive by the Indians
at Haverhill, and conveyed to Canada where he remained four years.
North by KingsBoundaries.
by
east
ton,
Hampton,
South
Mass. and
Area, 5,250
south by Amesbury,
west by Plaistow.
acres,
Forty miles southand twentyeight south-west from Portsmouth.
Railroads. Boston and Maine,
Distances.
east from Concord,
from Tilton.
The town formerly possessed some
fine
water power, on this
river,
near
junction with the Pemigewassett, but this portion of its territory
is now embraced within the limits
of Franklin. It still holds some good
power at the village of Tilton.
Village. A portion of what is
called the village of Tilton, on the
south side of the river, lies in this
town.
On the Northfield side are
two woolen mills, annually manufacturing respectively 210,000 and
66,000 yards of repellants, valued
at $ 276,000 besides lumber mills,
its
wheel-wright shop etc.
There is
a large graded school building
and over fifty dwelling houses.
For full particulars of the village,
see Tilton.
Employments.
A
majority of
the inhabitants are engaged in ag-
pass
through
riculture,
but the
manufactories
are valuable, with fair encourage-
ment
NORTHFIELD.
Merrimack County. The
face of this
town
hills.
their
The
surplus
sur-
uneven, being
is
* Depositors in Savings
to place
it
part of the
Newton
town.
broken by
and separates
der,
Chestnut
Rivers.
lies in the east
and
Amesbury
and
Branch Railroads
this
and
Ponds
Pond
best section
Banks are induced
earnings in
chusetts Savings Institutions.
Massa-
that they will be enlarged
within a few years.
Productions of the
Resources.
$95,311; mechanical labor,
$ 46,500 stocks and money at indeposits in savings
terest, $ 9,648
soil,
;
;
banks, $50,911;
$
6,425.
stock in
trade,
.
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284
Churches and Schools,
The
churches are on the Tilton side of
the village.
There are nine
schools in town, two of which are
graded
average length, for the
year, fourteen weeks.
First Settlers.
Benjamin Blanchard and others first settled here
in 1760. It was originally a part
of Canterbury, and was incorporated June, 1780, under its present
;
name.
Boundaries.
North by Tilton
and Belmont, east by Belmont,
south by Canterbury, and west by
Franklin and Boscawen.
Area,
about 17,000 acres improved land,
;
9,638 acres.
Seventeen miles
north from Concord, by the Boston, Concord, and Montreal RailDistances.
road.
become a popular
resort for tourof the farmers make
it a special business to keep city
boarders through the summer
Many
ists.
months, and, in connection with
farms, find it a lucrative
their
business.
Employments. Agriculture is
the principal employment of the
inhabitants. 750,000 shingles and
350,000 feet of boards are annually
sawed, also 60,000 pairs of shoes,
are annually made.
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $76,224; mechanical
labor,
$ 20,500 stocks and money at in;
terest, $9,700; deposits in
bank, $ 46,803
$1,125;
from
$
;
stock
savings
in
summer
trade,
tourists,
15,000.
Churches and Schools. CongreChurch, Rev. T. V.
Haines pastor; Baptist Church,
There are three schools
in town. Average length for the
year, thirty-one weeks.
Library. North-Hampton Social
Library, 250 volumes.
First Settlements.
This town
formerly constituted the parish
gational
NORTH HAMPTON.
.
Rockingham County.
town has an even
surface,
This
and
its
has been made very productive
by means of the large quantities of
seaweed which the farmers spread
on the ground as a fertilizer. In
proportion to the number of acres
soil
under improvement, no town in
the county, exceeds it in its value
of agricultural productions.
Rivers. Little River is the principal stream
it has its source in
the north part of the town. Meandering through it in a south-easterly direction for a couple of miles,
it empties into the Ocean, between
Great and Little Boar's head.
Winnecut River rises near the
centre of the town and flows north
west into Great Bay. These rivers
;
afford
some water
Summer
privileges.
Part of the
eastern border is washed by the
Atlantic Ocean and the town has
Resorts.
called
The
North Hill
in
Hampton.
settlement dates back to
a very early period in the history
of this State, and the early settlers
first
were much exposed
ties
of
the
were erected
to the hostili
Indians.
to
Garrison
which the inhabi
tants resorted in times of danger.
In
several
persons were
Incorporated November
1742.
(For first settlers see
1677
killed.
26,
Hampton.)
First Ministers. Rev. Nathaniel
Gookin (Congregational) ordained
in 1731, died in 1766. Rev. Joseph
Hastings
moved
in
ordained in 1767, re1774; Rev. David Mc
Clure D. D., settled in 1776, dis-
�NORTHUMBERLAND.
missed in 1784. Rev. Benjamin
Thurston settled in 1785, dismissed
in 1800. The first Congregational
Meeting house was erected in
1738.
acres.
Distances.
Forty-seven miles
south east by east from Concord
and nine south by west from
Portsmouth by Eastern Railroad.
Eastern Railroad
Railroad.
passes through this town.
is
employment of the
the principal
inhabitants but manufacturing is
an important branch of business.
At Northumberland Falls, there
are starch, straw-board and shoe
peg mills, annually manufacturing
40 tons starch, 175 tons straw
board, and 20,000 bushels shoe
pegs.
At Groveton there are
Coos County.
Connecticut,
in
this
town,
the
was
of butternut wood. The soil is
from stone and gravel, and is
easily cultivated. A large portion
of the upland is good for pasturing
and tillage. There are several
good farms, producing excellent
and barley.
ued
at
total
$
102,000
;
meal, $ 3,500 be;
But one
other town in the county raises as
many bushels of corn.
Rivers. Connecticut River washes the western border, and it is
watered by the Upper Ammonoosuc River, which passes through
the town in a south-westerly direc-
carpenters,
value
of
manufactured
in
goods,
town,
&c.
The
annually
is
$208,600;
Rail-
At Groveton, the Montreal
growth
free
corn, oats
7,000,000 feet of long timber, val-
painters,
The land on
originally covered with a
manufactories, annually producing leather, $70,000; 100,000 clapboards, 1,000,000 shingles,
and
sides blacksmiths, harness makers,
NORTHUMBERLAND.
road forms a junction with the
Grand Trunk Railroad. In this
village there
is
a post
office, tele-
graph and express office, one lawyer, one physician, church edifice,
large graded school house, five
stores, of all kinds, one hotel and
one eating house.
Resources. Productions of the
soil, $72,544; mechanical labor,
$39,800; money at interest, $5,
deposits in savings banks, $ 1,
050
;
072; stock in trade, $20,260.
Church and ScJwols. Methodist,
Groveton) Rev. G. C. Noyes,
pastor. There are ten schools in
town, two of which are graded.
(at
tion.
Near the centre of
an abrupt and rugged
elevation, called Cape Horn, of an
Elevation.
town
is
altitude of nearly 1,000 feet.
The
scenery around this mountain is
wild and beautiful. Its north base
is separated from the Connecticut
by a narrow plain, and its eastern
washed by the Upper AmThe spring freshets
monoosuc.
usually overflow the meadows, at
side
and give them the ap
pearance of a large lake.
Employments.
Agriculture
;
Boundaries. North by Greenland, east by Rye and Atlantic
Ocean, south by Hampton Falls
and Hampton and west by Stratham. Area of improved land 5,363
the
this point,
285
is
Average length of
schools, for the
year, thirteen weeks.
Hotels.
Rogers
House;
at
Ammonoosuc House.
Settlement. Thomas Burn-
Groveton,
First
side
and Daniel Spaulding, togeth-
er with their families,
the
in
commenced
settlement in this town,
1767.
North of Cape Horn
first
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286
Mountains and Hills. Saddleback Mountain, between Deerfield
and Northwood, has an altitude
of one thousand feet above the
mountain, and near the river, are
the remains of a fort, built during the war of the Revolution. It
was placed under the command
of Captain Jeremiah Eames, afterwards well known for his usefulness, wit and social disposition.
The town was incorporated November 16, 1779.
Boundaries. North by Stratford,
east by Stark, south by Lancaster,
and west by Vermont. Area of
improved land, 6,555 acres.
Distances.
By railroad, one
hundred and forty-five miles north
from Concord, and eight northeast from Lancaster.
Railroads.
Grand Trunk, and
Montreal Extension Railroads.
the east side of this
mountain are found
and
crystals
crystaline spars, of various colors.
Plumbago of superior
quality is
Brown's or Richardson's Hill, between Jenness and
Long ponds, has an abrupt elevation of three hundred feet above
also found.
The summit
the latter pond.
is
covered with 'an open growth of
oaks, affording a fine place, in
mer, for picnic parties.
sum-
From
the
top of Fogg's Hill, eight ponds can
be seen.
The main street in
Northwood, passes over what
is
called Clark's Hill, the highest cul-
NORXHWOOD,
Rockingham
On
ocean.
tivated elevation, in
Rockingham
is
county, from the top of which can
be seen the ocean, and also nearly
the whole basin of the country, at
passes
a glance.
County.
For
beautiful and varied scenery, there
no town in the State, that surNorthwood, south of the
Her
White Mountain Range.
mountains and hills, and her sparking lakelets
or
ponds, lend
Agricultural.
wood
The
soil of
North-
moist, and has been considered better adapted for grazing,
en-
chantment to her many views.
Ponds. There are seven ponds in
this town viz. Suncook, Jenness,
Long, Little Bow, Harvey, Durgin and Knowlton, or Demerritt
Ponds, besides a part of Bow Lake
and Pleasant Pond, and all covering an area of over fourteen hun-
is
than any other branch of agriculture; but there are only three
towns in the county that raise as
many bushels of corn, and but one
as many bushels of wheat. Agriculture is neglected, owing to a
large portion of the people being
engaged in shoe business; but
when the soil is properly cultivat-
;
dred acres.
Rivers.
The north branch of
Lamprey River has its source in
ed,
town, at the eastern base of
Saddleback mountain. The main
branch of Suncook River has its
rise in Jenness, Long, Little Bow,
Durgin, Harvey and Suncook
Ponds, draining nearly one half of
the area of the town, (8,500 acres,)
and furnishing nearly all of the
water power.
position of Northwood,
it
yields excellent crops.
Summer
this
Resorts.
The elevated
command-
an extensive and delightful
view of the surrounding country,
ing
has caused many summer tourists
to spend their vacation here, and
it is becoming a popular resort for
all lovers of mountains, lakes, and
The
hills.
'
and
all
Gulf,
the ponds
Brown's
Hill,
are pleasant,
�NORTHWOOD.
and interesting
287
localities for tour-
State. It still retains its high reputation in that respect, in the Har-
There is one
Manufactories.
large shoe factory in the east part
vey House, kept by the accommo-
ists to visit.
$715,000,
dating landlord, E. C. Brown, Esq.
is a daily stage to Epsom
depot, on the Suncook Valley Railroad, distance, six miles; also a
stage three times a week to Newmarket, on the Boston and Maine
Railroad, distance, eighteen miles.
First Settlements.
This town
was originally the extreme northern section of Nottingham, and
some of the inhabitants, in the win-
men
ter,
of the town, employing over one
hundred men and women, and
manufacturing annually, over 152,
000 pairs of women's boots and,
shoes, valued at $ 215,000. There
is paid for labor annually, $ 55,000.
The whole number of shoes manuannually, in
factured,
nearly
550,000
pairs,
town, is
valued at
and giving the work$ 135,
000 per annum.
for their labor over
of the
soil,
productions
Total
Resources.
$74,188; mechanical
stocks and mon-
labor,
$
ey at
interest,
140,300
;
$33,900;
deposits
in savings banks, $51,115;
in trade, $21,170;
$
tourists,
iness,
$
1,500
;
stock
from summer
professional bus-
10,000.
Churches and Schools. CongreRev. E. C. Cogswell,
pastor
Freewill Baptist, Rev. L.
P. Bickford, pastor; Baptist, Rev.
A. A. Chase, pastor. There are
nine schools in town, two of which
are graded; average length, for
the year, twenty-one weeks
total amount annually appropriated
gational,
;
;
for school purposes,
Literary
$
1,405.
Institutions.
wood Academy,
North-
E. C. Cogswell,
(See Literary Institutions.)
Libraries.
Northwood
Social
volumes;
North-
1,000
wood Academy
Library, 500 vol-
umes; Rev. E. C. Cogswell's private library, 1,200 volumes.
Hotels.
The traveling public
have long appreciated the good
hotels in Northwood being excelled by no country town in the
;
would
visit this
locality for
lumbering, and they called
" north woods." Hence the
when
incorporated.
The
it
the
name
first set-
tlement was commenced, March,
25, 1763, by Moses Godfrey, John
and Increase Batchelder, and Solomon Bickford. Colonel Samuel
Johnson came, a few years after,
and the first night he was in town
he slept between two large stones
covered over by a quilt or canvass.
Within a few feet of where he rested the first night, his bones are now
taking their last rest. It was incorporated Feb. 6, 1773.
September 6, 1873, the people celebrated
the one hundredth anniversary
of the
town organization of their
town, and gave a general invita-
Principal. Northwood Seminary,
William H. Cotton, Principal.
Library,
There
tion to the sons
had
and
daughtei's,
who
native town, to join
them in the festivities of the occasion.
Over two thousand persons
met on the day appointed, and the
greetings of old friends and neighleft their
who had
not met for half a
were frequent, and the
enjoyment such as few partici-
bors,
century,
pate in in a
life
time.
Within thirty years
there have been fourteen violent
deaths in town. Ten were drowned, two were thrown from a carCasualties.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
288
one killed in a saw mill and
one, a girl thirteen years of age,
and broken with hills, but the soil
is deep and fertile, and produces
most
fine crops of
wheat, corn, barley,
potatoes, &c.
There are many
riage,
murdered by her
whose name was Evans, in
October, 1872.
Three other men
left town temporarily, and never
returned. One was thrown from
brutally
uncle,
a carriage, one killed on the railroad, and the other drowned.
and Ministers.
First Churches
The Baptist Church was organized
in 1779, and the Rev. Edmund
Pillsbury ordained the same year,
as its pastor. The Congregational
Church was formed in 1781. Rev.
Josiah Prentice was ordained in
1799.
He was pastor over forty
years.
Boundaries.
Strafford,
North-east
by
south-east by Notting-
ham, south, and south-west by
Deerfield, and north-west by Epsom and Pittsfield. Area, 17,075;
acres
area of improved land, 10,
;
389 acres.
Distances. Eighteen nules east
from Concord, twenty-six northwest from Exeter, and about
twenty miles west from Dover.
The natural reRailroads.
sources and growing business, of
this town, demand a railroad, and
if the projected Concord and Dover Railroad is built, it will pass
through it. But three towns in
the county do as much manufacturing
as
Northwood, and
there are but two towns whose
freight would be as valuable for
any raih-oad, it being a longer distance to market. The largest unbroken tract of woodland in the
county, is in this town, and con-
tains
between two and three thou-
sand acres.
NOTTINGHAM.
Rockingham
The
County.
surface of Nottingham is uneven
fine
farms under a high state of cultivation.
Rivers and Ponds.
»
Little
River
the principal stream in town,
is
and affords some very good water
power.
Several small streams
have their source in this town,
and North River passes through
it.
There are several ponds, the
largest of
which
is
Pawtuckaway.
Mountains. Pawtuckaway Mountain
the principal elevation in
is
on the line between
Nottingham and Deerfield, and
town.
It lies
consists of three distinct peaks,
abruptly,
rising
and
designat-
Upper, Middle, and
Lower Mountains. These mountains were once the haunts of the
deer, panther, and wildcat.
Minerals
Bog iron ore and
white granular quartz are found.
Nottingham Square is
Village.
a pleasant village, situated on an
elevated site, about 450 feet above
ed
the
as
the sea level, and affords a fine
view of the surrounding country.
At one time it was the seat of
considerable trade, and still retains
its
delightful views.
Employments.
the principal
Agriculture
is
employment of the
96,000 pairs of shoes are
people.
annually
manufactured.
70,000
clapboards, 800,000 shingles, and
23,00,000 feet of boards, &c, are
sawed annually.
Productions of the
$72,147; mechanical labor,
$26,700; stocks and money at indeposits in savterest, $ 22,550
Resources.
soil,
;
ings
banks,
trade,
$
ists,
$
40,785
1,500.
$22,510;
;
stock
in
from summer tour-
�ODELL
— ORANGE.
Union
Churches and Schools.
Church, Rev. Hosea Quirnby, pas-
289
mer, south by Stark, and west by
Stark, Stratford, and Columbia.
There are thirteen schools
Average length of
tor.
ORANGE.
town.
in
schools,
the
for
year,
Hotel.
First
was
The
Grafton County.
eighteen
sur-
face is uneven, being situated
weeks.
Rockingham House.
Nottingham
Settlements.
settled
by Capt. Joseph Cilley
and others, in 1727. A tribe of Indians had their rendezvous, at one
time, on the shores of a pond in
Northwood, near the line of this
town, but no serious depredations
were ever committed by them on
the inhabitants of Nottingham.
Incorporated
May
First Ministers.
10, 1722.
Rev. Stephen
Emery, Congregational, ordained
in 1742, dismissed in 1749.
Benjamin Butler,
Rev.
settled in 1758,
left in 1770.
Boundaries and Area.
North-
and Lee, south
by Epping and Raymond, and west
by Deerfield and Northwood.
Area 25,800 acres. Area improved
east by Barrington
land, 11,473 acres.
on
of land between the
the height
Connecticut and Merrimack RivThe soil, in many parts of
ers.
the town, is good, and fine crops
are produced.
Tha
Ponds.
and
Streams
streams are small, but some' of
them afford a few mill privileges,
which are improved. There is a
small pond in the south-east part
of the town, from which is taken
a species of paint, resembling
Chalk and magSpruce yellow.
nesia have been found near this
Yellow Ochre, of a qualipond.
ty superior to that imported, is
found in various localities.
Cardigan Mountain
Mountain.
lies
in the eastern
town, and
is
part
of the
of considerable ele-
vation.
The principal
Employments.
employment of the people is agri-
Twenty-five miles
south-east from Concord, fourteen
miles north-west from Exeter,
and twenty west from Ports-
000 shingles, and 450,000 feet of
dimension timber are annually
mouth.
produced.
Distances.
By stage, three times
Newmarket station, ten
culture.
Railroad.
25,000
Resources.
clapboards, 250,
Productions of the
a week, to
miles, on Boston and Maine Rail-
$
road.
deposits in savings banks, $3,139;
1,300;
money
mechanical labor,
at interest, $5,500;
from sum$ 1,000.
Churches and Schools. Freewill
Baptist, Rev. J. C. Waldron, pasThere are seven schools.
tor.
Average length of schools, for the
year, seventeen weeks.
Orange was
First Settlements.
granted February 6, 1769, under
mer
In 1860, this
Coos County.
town had one white inhabitant,
but in 1870, the person had died
or moved away.
The town is
rocky, rough, and mountainous.
A large branch
of the Androscoggin has its rise here. It is bounded, north by Columbia and Dix-
by Millsfield and
$26,306;
stock in trade, $2,350
ODELL.
ville, east
soil,
Dum-
the
name
;
tourists,
Fellows,
of Cardigan, to Isaac
and
others.
The
first
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settlement was made in 1773, by
Silas Harris, Benjamin Shaw, David Eames, Col. Elisha Bayne,
and Capt. Joseph Kenney. Incor-
porated July 18, 1781.
Boundaries. North by Dorchester, Groton, and Hebron, east by
Hebron and Alexandria, south by
west by Canaan.
and
Grafton,
Area
acres.
16,000
Improved
land, 5,624 acres.
.
Distances.
Sixteen miles east
Dartmouth College, ten
south-west from Plymouth, and
forty north-west from Concord.
Railroad. The Northern Rail-
road passes through the southwest corner of the town. East
Canaan depot, four miles distant,
the people take the
is where
cars.
OK FORD.
Grafton County. Orford is one
of the seven best farming towns
in the State, in respect of value
of agricultural productions, and
ranks as the third town in the
county. It is situated on the Connecticut which, through this town,
furnishes broad intervals, well
and
producing
excellent
crops of corn, oats, and hay.
uplands and
hills
The
afford fine pas-
turing and tillage lands. But one
other town in the State produces
as
many
bushels of wheat.
There are but few if any farming towns on the Connecticut that
equal Orford in its fine scenery of
and river
views. As you stand on many of
the farm hills which are cultivated
to their summits, you have a view
of the hills, and beautiful valleys
around you dotted with fine farm
houses, and well filled barns, and
a little farther you have an indismountain,
hill,
view of the
villages nestling
ring of the village school bell, all
denote that religion, education,
and
liberal
principles
harmoni-
ously dwell within; while still a
little farther, flows the winding
clothed on either
with broad intervals now
burdened with the rewards of the
Connecticut,
side
Troin
tilled
tinct
beneath the shades of the stately
elm, while the church sprre, peering through their tops, and the
vales,
husbandman's toil, and still beyond all this, are the green, cultivated hills of Vermont, and at
their base can be seen the puffing
locomotive, and the luxurious
cars, freighted with precious lives
as they glide through the vale.
and Mountains.
While the Connecticut River
washes the western border of the
Rivers, Ponds,
town, Orford Mill River passes
nearly through the centre and
furnishes some good water power.
There
are
four
or
five
ponds
Baker's
Upper Pond, lies within three or
four miles of the Connecticut and
discharges its waters into another
pond, lying partly in Wentworth,
.and the waters of both flow into
Baker's River. Indian Pond, lies
about one mile west from Baker's
Upper Pond. There are two conof
considerable
size.
siderable elevations called
Mount
Cuba, and Mount Sunday, lying
near the centre of the town,
Mount Cuba, extending east into
Wentworth.
Minerals.
On
the west side of
Cuba Mountain there are several
beds of limestone, which is granucrumble in burnSpecimens of quartz contain-
lar but does not
ing.
ing acicular crystals of oxide of titanium are also found here. Near
Sunday Mountain, is a bed of tal-
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ORFORD.
cose slate which answers well for
soap stone. There are many other
mineral crystals found in various
sections of the town.
Villages.
Orford village is situated on the upper banks of the
Connecticut and on the border of
the intervals and is one of the
handsomest and most quiet villages in the State.
Here are two
church edifices, large school house,
academy, five or six stores, of various kinds, one hotel, two lawyers, two physicians, one dentist,
and several small manufactories
and mechanical shops. The main
street is broad, and beautifully
shaded, while the dwelling houses
have a neat appearance and are
adorned with spacious yards, and
beautiful gardens.
Orfordville is situated about two
miles above the principal village,
and contains two chair factories,
lumber mill, and several other
small shops. Here are also one
church edifice, school house, store,
post office and several fine dwelling houses. It is a pleasant village
and a desirable place to live in.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally engaged in farming
but the manufactures are important.
3,900 bushels of wheat, 12,
000 bushels corn, 20,000 bushels
oats and barley, 41,000 bushels potatoes, 41,000 pounds of butter and
4,700 tons of hay are annually produced. There are annually man-
ufactured 360,000 shingles, 1,480,
000 feet boards and dimension timber, 12,000 bushels meal and floux-,
50 tons starch, and there are two
chair factories, a harness shop,
blacksmith shops, wheelwright, tin
ware, and shoe shops, also carpenters, painters, tailors, and various
other mechanical business.
The
annual value of mechanical productions is $ 68,400.
Annual production
Resources.
of the soil $204,200 mechanical
labor $ 17,700 stocks and money at
interest $ 62,243 deposits in savings banks, $ 6,727
;
stock in trade,
$39,500;
from summer
$ 2,000
$ 10,000.
professional
;
tourists
business
Churches and ScJwols. CongreFrank B. Knowlton,
gational, Rev.
Universalist,
pastor;
At
;
Congregational,
Orfordville,
Rev. N. F. Carter, pastor. There
are fourteen schools in town. Average length of schools, for the
twenty-two weeks. Total
amount annually appropriated for
year,
school purposes $ 2,229.21.
Orford
Literary Institution.
Academy, Nathan E. Stark, principal, in 1870.
Orford House.
Orford was
granted to Jonathan Moulton, and
Hotel.
Settlement.
First
1761.
GenJohn Mann,
a Mr. Caswell, and one Cross,
others September 25,
eral
Esq.,
Israel Morey,
commenced
the
first
settlement
in June, 1765.
Rev. Oliver
First Ministers.
Noble, (Congregational) ordained
in 1771; dismissed in 1777; Rev.
John Sawyer, settled in 1787 left
Rev. Sylvester Dana
in 1795
;
;
settled in 1807
;
left in 1822.
Boundaries. North by Piermont,
east
by Wentworth, south by
Lyme, and west by Fairlee, Vermont. Area 27,000 acres area of
improved land 16,315 acres.
miles
Sixty-two
Distances.
northwest from Concord and
twelve south from Haverhill. By
cars it is eighty four miles to Con;
cord.
Railroad.
One mile
to Fairlee,
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Vt.,
station,
on the Passumpsic
have induced many
to
OSSIPEE.
Countt. Ossipee is
town of the county. The
west and south parts of the town
are hilly and mountainous, while
the north-eastern portion is moderately uneven or nearly level.
The mountainous district affords
Carroi.t,
the shire
The soil is
excellent pasturage.
deep, and, when properly tilled,
produces fine crops of wheat, corn,
oats
tourists,
and
New-Hampshire scenery
spend their summers in this
lovers of
railroad.
and potatoes.
Lakes, Rivers and Ponds. Ossipee Lake, a beautiful sheet of
water, lies partly in this town. It
is about eight miles long and seven wide, and is quite as remarkable on account of its entire destitution of islands, and the bright,
silvery belt which surrounds it, as
is famous for
numerous islands. This lake
is shallow, and has many small
Ossipee River is
bays and inlets.
Pine and Bear Camp
its outlet.
the Winnipiseogee
its
Rivers discharge their waters into
Ossipee Lake, and ai'e the principal streams in town. There are
several ponds, of which Bear
Pond, in the south-east part, is
noted for not having any visible
outlet.
Ossipee and Green
Motmtains.
mountains are the principal eleva-
pleasant town, and enjoy the many
attractions which nature has so
lavishly bestowed
upon
it.
From
nearly
as
the
valleys or plains
fine
a home-view can be obtain-
ed as in any town in the State.
Ai'ound you are fine farms, where
waves the growing grass or
grain,
and rustle the leaves of the green
corn, fanned by the mountain air.
On the hill-side can be seen flocks
and herds, grazing on its gentle
knolls, or quietly reposing within
shade of the gorgeous oak or
maple. At the foot of the hills,
nestle the waters of the beautiful
the.
Ossipee, or
meander the spark-
To the
mountain streams.
south-east is Green Mountain,
with its icy fetters glistening in
To the
the summer sunbeam.
west is the Ossipee Mountain,
with its towering peaks, and in
ling
the
distance,
at
the
north, the
White Mountains show their
snowy summits and a little further to the west Chocorua Peak is
;
distinctly seen,
down
the precipi-
tous sides of which, tradition says,
an Indian made his last leap when
pursued by the white man.
Near
the foot of Ossipee Mountain is a
beautiful cascade, which attracts
many
visitors;
also
impregnated
a
spring,
with
sul-
tions in the vicinity of Ossipee.
slightly
The most
Near the westphuric acid gas.
ern shore of Ossipee Lake, in a
level field, is a circular mound,
about fifty feet in diameter, and
10 feet in height, supposed to be
the place where the Indians buried their dead after an encounter
with Captain Lovell. Several entire skeletons, besides hatchets,
tomahawks, etc., have been taken
lofty
peak of Ossipee
mountain has an altitude of nearabove the ocean level.
In the crevices of the rocks, on
Green Mountain, ice may be
found at all seasons of the year.
ly 2,500 feet
Summer
Resorts.
The bright
and silvery waters of Ossipee
Lake, and the beautiful mountain
scenery in and around Ossipee,
�PELHAM.
from
this
mound.
About 500
vis-
203
Area of
improved land,
spend their summer vacation in Ossipee.
There are three
hotels and many farm
houses,
where summer boarders are ac-
commodated.
way
Employments. Ossipee is one of
the best farming towns in the
17,740
acres.
excellent railroad facilities.
itors
State, many of its inhabitants being engaged in agriculture. There
is considerable money invested in
manufactories. Over 12,000 dozen
pairs of hose, over 1,250,000 feet
of boards, 100,000 clapboards, and
are annually
150,000 shingles,
manufactured, besides an extensive tannery and bedstead manufactory, annually producing 10,000
Bedsteads.
72,000 pairs of shoes
(See tables.)
are annually made.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil, $155,603; mechanical labor,
$ 55,950
994;
money
;
deposits
at
interest,
from summer
$41,557;
$ 3,
in savings banks,
tourists,
$25,000; Stock in trade, $ 19,980.
There
Churches and Sclwols.
are in town one Congregational,
two Methodist, and two Freewill
There are
Churches,
twenty schools in town. Average
Baptist
length of schools, for the year, ten
weeks.
Carroll
Hotels.
and
Houses, and Banks' Hotel.
Centre
Arri-
vals for the year, 7,500.
Sixty miles north-
Distances.
from Concord.
Railroad. Great Falls and Con-
east
Railroad
affords
this
town
FELHAM.
Hillsborough County. The
town is moderately
surface of this
uneven, but the uplands are excel-
and for the raising
But two towns in the
lent for grazing
of fruit.
county exceed
it
in the value of its
Over
were made
fruit productions.
rels of cider
6,000 bar-
in town,
in the fall of 1872.
Lowell and Lawrence furnish
the farmers a convenient market
surplus productions.
for
their
About sixty cans of milk are daily
to Lowell, and thirty to
Lawrence, the year round. In the
carried
eastern part of the
town are valuAbout
able quarries of granite.
twenty stone workmen are constantly employed at these quarries.
Beaver
Streams and Ponds.
River is the principal stream, and
together with its tributaries furnishes some good water power.
Gumpas, White's, and Island
Ponds are the principal bodies of
water.
Employments.
The inhabitan
Ossipee was
New Garden.
are principally devoted to agriculEvery hundred acres of
ture.
Incorporated February 22, 1785.
Rev. Samuel
First Minister.
Arnold, settled in 1829, dismissed
in 1831.
improved land in town yields the
farmer, on an average, $ 1,300 annually. This includes pasturage,
The lumber business
tillage, &c.
Boundaries.
North by Tamworth, north-east by Freedom and
Effingham, south-east by Wakefield, and west by Wolfeborough,
Tuftonborough
Moultonand
borough. Area over 55,000 acres.
is valuable, over 1,100,000 feet of
lumber, of all kinds, are annually
sawed. A frocking manufactory
annually produces $ 35,000 worth
of frocking. Stone quarried and
Besides there
dressed $15,000.
First
Settlement.
originally
called
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294
are five blacksmith and two wheelwright shops, two grist mills, and
about 3,400 pairs of sale shoes
made. Total value of goods annually manufactured, $96,800.
Productions of the
Resources.
mechanical labor,
soil, $ 109,965
;
$
19,500
;
money at
interest, stocks,
$23,190; deposits in savings
banks,* $54,698; stock in trade,
town was incorporated, July 6,
1746, and the first town meeting
was holden July 27, 1746.
First Church. The first church
edifice was erected in 1746.
A
Congregational society was formed
November 13, 1751, and the Rev.
James Hobbs was ordained as its
There are six
Berry, pastor.
schools in town. Average length
of schools, for the year, twenty-
he died in 1765; Rev.
ordained in 1765,
dismissed in 1792; Rev. J. H.
Church, D. D., settled in 1798.
North by WindBoundaries.
ham and Salem, east by Methuen
and Dracut,- Massachusetts, south
by Dracut, and west by Hudson.
six weeks.
Area of improved land,
Abel Gage, private,
over 500 volumes A. Batchelder,
private, over 500 volumes.
Thirty-seven miles
south from Concord, ten southeast from Nashua, and six north
from Lowell, Massachusetts.
Railroads. Six miles to Lowell
station, by mail carriage, three
times a week. A new railroad is
in contemplation, from Lowell,
etc.,
28,491,
Churches and Schools.
gational Church, Rev.
CongreAugustus
Libraries.
;
Pelham was
First Settlements.
originally a part of Dracut, Massa-
and was formerly included in Wheelwright and Mason's
purchase.
The first permanent
settlement was made by John Butler, William Richardson, .Joseph
Hamblett, and others, in 1721, by
chusetts,
erecting a log house.
Two
years
date, a block
the above
house was built by the Mason probefore
prietors,
to
assist
those
stood ready to defend their counwhenever assailed. In the
try,
1755,
citizens sacrificed
give
nine of her
their lives, to
England Canada.
In the
Revolution, 86 of her townsmen
were enrolled on the lists of the
army; and the record shows she
furnished 98 men to assist in quelling the Rebellion of 1861. The
*
The savings banks of Massachusetts get a
large portion of the deposits of the farmers of
Pelham.
Ames Moody,
8,049 acres.
Distances.
through Pelham, to Windham depot, on the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad also one from
Nashua, through Pelham to Plaistow, on the Boston and Maine
;
Railroad.
who
might purchase, and protect them
from Indian incursions. The inhabitants of Pelham have always
French war of
pastor;
PEMBROKE.
Merrimack
County.
Pemon the eastern
side of Merrimack River, and is
one of the growing towns of the
State, both in wealth and population. The soil is various, and generally productive. The intervals
on the river are valuable, and pro-
broke
is
situated
duce excellent crops of corn, oats
and grass. From these intervals,
the land rises in large swells,
which yield abundant crops, when
properly cared
Rivers.
considerable
for.
Pembroke
stream
no
running
has
�PEMBROKE.
through it, but it is well watered
by small streams, while its borders are nearly surrounded by
The Soueook River
rivers.
washes its north-western borit
from
separates
and
ders,
Concord; the Merrimack waters
on the west, and separates the
while the Suntown from Bow
it
;
cook passes along its south-eastern
boundary, and separates it from
Allenstown.
There is a small
curve in the Suncook, at Suncook
village,
which has been made
since the town line was formed,
and brings a saw, and sash and
blind mill, into Pembroke, situated apparently on the south-east
bank of the river, in AllensThe Suncook furnishes
town.
some fine water power in Pembroke, which is well improved.
Pembroke street is
Villages.
situated on a high swell of land,
about one mile from the Merri-
mack.
The main
street runs par-
with the river, and is wide
and very pleasant. Thirty years
ago it was the principal village in
town, and the seat of considerable
trade.
At that time there were
two flourishing academies, severallel
al stores,
away
but the thriving
has taken
former prestige.
The
etc.
its
;
Suncook
of
village
Blanchard or Pembroke Academy
still remains, and meets with varied success. The views from this
village, of the surrounding country
summer, are delightful.
Suncook. Near the mouth of the
Suncook River, is situated the
in the
manufacturing village of Suncook.
The river runs through the village,
—consequently
partly
in
it
is
Allenstown,
located
but the
larger portion in Pembroke.
growth of
this village, it
The
might be
said,
295
commenced
less
than twenty
years ago, for a few years prior to
that time a destructive fire swept
over a large part of the business
portion of the village, and
ture prospects looked
its fu-
gloomy
for a
number of years. Since 1860, i
has more than doubled its population,
On
and trebled
the
its
Pembroke
wealth.
side the
Web-
Manufacturing Company em
ploys 94 males, and 225 females,
and annually manufactures 7,382,
ster
000 yards of cotton print goods,
valued at $552,000.
The Pembroke Mills employ 49 males, and
115 females, and manufacture 3,
740,000
ued
one
at
yards of print cloth, val-
$
280,000.
grist-mill,
There
grinding
is
also
20,000
bushels of grain annually, valued
at $ 23,900
700,000 feet of lumber
sawed, valued at $ 10,000 sash and
blinds, and printing cases, valued
at $ 10,000
besides bakery, foundry, boots and shoes, harnesses,
;
;
;
blacksmiths, tailors, &c. On the
Allenstown side is the China Manufacturing Company, employing
144 males and 340 females, and
manufacturing 11,122,000 yards of
cotton print cloth, valued at $ 832,
000. The total capital invested in
the various manufactories in Suncook is estimated at $ 1,650,000
employing 345 males, and 700 females, who annually receive for
their labor,
$ 384,000, and manu-
facture goods to the value of $
1,
There are two church edifices, two large graded schoolhouses, one bank, telegraph and
express office, from thirty to forty
stores, of all kinds, two hotels, and
about 2,500 inhabitants.
But few
villages in this State, have made
754,000.
more rapid progress
for the past
ten years than Suncook.
The Sun
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cook Branch of the Concord RailSuncook Valley Railroad to Pittsfleld, furnish the village with excellent railroad facilroad, and the
„
About three miles north of Suncook village, on Suncook River, is
a small village, where there are a
lumber mill, grist-mill, a cotton
twine manufactory, and several
ities.'
other small shops.
As can be seen,
become a manufac-
Employments.
Literary Institutions. Pembroke
Academy, Isaac Walker, A. M.,
Principal.
Pembroke House, and
Hotels.
Suncook House.
Bank. China Savings Bank, at
Suncook, on the Allenstown side.
This town
First Settlement.
was granted by Massachusetts to
Captain John Lovewell, and his
company of fifty-nine men. in consideration of their faithful services
of agricultural, as
The grant
was given under the Indian name,
—"Suncook,"— in May, 1727. The
years ago.
settlement
Pembroke
lias
turing and trading town, instead
it was twenty
might be said that
the agricultural products have not
decreased within that time, but
the manufactories have increased
enough to over-balance the farm
productions.
Large quantities of
It
brick are made 40,000 clapboards,
950,000 shingles and laths, and 1,
800,000 feet of boards and dimen;
sion timber, are annually sawed
besides meal, flour, cotton goods,
&c. The total value of goods an-
nually manufactured, of
is
all
kinds,
estimated at $ 1,010,800.
Productions of the
Resources.
$126,170; mechanical labor,
$ 228,600 stocks and money at interest, $ 39,750 deposits in savings
soil,
;
;
banks,
$202,102;
stock in trade,
$ 59,025 professional business &c,
$ 80,000.
Churches and Schools. Baptist,
Rev. T. M. Goodwin, pastor Congregational, Rev. L. White, pas;
;
Methodist, Rev. James Noyes,
pastor; Catholic, Rev. I. B. Richer,
priest.
There are eleven schools
in town, six of which are graded;
average length, for the year, twentor
;
weeks
value of schoolhouses, $ 11,500; total amount of
money annually appropriated for
ty-five
;
school purposes, $ 2,230.25.
against the Indians.
many
made slow
progress for
years, for the reason of In-
dian depredations upon the property of the inhabitants.
James
Carr— killed May
the only person
the
Indians
1,
1748,
who lost
in
this
—was
his life by
town.
For
many
years the people led a life
of watching, anxiety, and fear,
which few persons in these days
know much about.
"The
death of James Carr, of
killed by the
enemy early in 1748, was attended
with a singular instance of canine
attachment and fidelity. He, with
two others, was ploughing on the
west bank of the river, within the
Topresent township of Bow.
Pembroke, who was
ward night, some Indians, who
had been concealed in a thicket
of bushes all day, watching them,
rushed upon them. His two com
panions were taken but in attempt
ing to run to the river, Carr, was
shot and fell dead on his back, with
his arms somewhat extended. As
;
the savages ran up to scalp him, his
dog, a large and fierce animal,
instantly attacked them, but was
stunned by the blow of a toma-
—
hawk, and
left for
dead.
ple at the garrison in
The peoPembroke,
�PETERBOROUGH.
being near
on an immediate pursuit, from the apprehension of falling into an ambuscade. After the departure of the
heard the
firing, but, it
night, did not venture
enemy, the dog revived, guarded
the corpse of his master through
the night, and was found the next
morning with his nose laid in its
open hand nor would the faithful
animal permit any one to remove
or even touch the body, until after
the use of much flattery and some
;
force."
This town was concerned in the
tedious controversy with the proprietors of Bow, who claimed certain lands belonging to the gran-
Some of the
grantees settled here as early as
1729.
It was incorporated under
tees in this vicinity.
its
present
name November
1,
1759.
Rev. Aaron
Whittemore, Congregational; ordained in 1737; died in 1767. Rev.
Jacob Emery, settled in 1768 left
in 1775.
Rev. Zaccheus Colby,
settled in 1786; dismissed in 1803.
Boundaries.
North-west by
First
Ministers.
;
Soucook River, which separates it
from Concord; east and northeast by Chichester and Epsom
south-east by Suncook River ; dividing the town from Allenstown
and west by the Merrimack River.
Area, 10,242 acres improved land,
;
Six miles south-east
from Concord, and ten miles north
from Manchester.
Distances.
PETERBOROUGH.
HlI.LLSBOROUGH COUNTY. The
diversified
uneven;
is
with hills, vales, meadows, broad
swells, and rills; the whole presurface
many beautiful landscapes,
worthy the pencil of a
The soil on the uplands is
and productive the hills and
mountain sides afford excellent
pasturing, while the meadows, on
the rivers, yield abundant crops of
grass.
There are many good
farms under a high state of cultivation, showing what they are capable of producing under the management of skillful husbandmen,
who intend to make farming their
business in New-Hampshire.
Rivers. The Contoocook River
artist.
rich
;
runs in a northerly direction,
through the centre of the town,
and affords some valuable water
power.
Nubanusit (or Goose
Brook) River takes its rise in
ponds in Hancock, Nelson and
Harrisville, and, after a passage
of nine miles from Harrisville,
and a fall of over 600 feet, joins
the Contoocook in the village of
Peterborough. For a description
of the valuable reservoirs, at the
head of
this river, see Harrisville.
This river furnishes nearly all of
the water power for the manufactories in Peterborough, with the
exception of a woolen mill, grist
mill, and barometer shop, and
several lumber mills. There are
excellent water privileges,
many
on both rivers, still remaining
unimproved.
Mountains. On the east side of
town is a chain of hills, called
The Grand
Pack Monadnock.
Monadnock, in Jafi'rey, lies in a
the
9,950 acres.
senting
297
skilful
south - westerly direction, about
ten miles distant. In the centre of
the town is a hill, at an elevation
of two hundred feet above the
The summit of this hill
river.
was formerly the site of a church
edifice.
Villages.
West Village
ated on Nubanusit River.
is situ-
Here
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a large cotton manufactory, employing 44 males and 87 females,
is
and manufacturing wide sheetings, from 4-4ths to ll-4ths, also
drills and print cloth; value of
manufactured goods, annually produced, $ 160,000. There are other manufactories, store, graded
school house, post office, and two
paper mills.
Peterborough Centre Village
is
situated at the confluence of the
Nubanusit with the Contoocook
rivers, and is one of the largest
and most entei-prising villages in
the State.
The Monadnock
Rail-
road was
completed about two
years ago, (June 6, 1871) between
this place and Winchendon, Massachusetts, and has given a new
impetus to the business of this village. There are two cotton manufactories, carriage manufactory,
grist mill, harness shop,
shoe
shops, piano stools, barometers,
grave stones, trusses and supporters, tailors, jewelers, and various
other mechanical shops.
There
are five church edifices, high
school building, one large graded
school house, two banks, two ho-
Peterborough Transcript oftelegraph and express office,
three lawyers, five physicians,
three dentists, between twenty-
open direct railway communicaConcord and the north-
tion with
ern section of the State
;
to Ports-
mouth, through Manchester; to
Boston and Portland,
through
Nashua, Lowell and Rochester to
;
Connecticut River, north or south,
through Keene and, on the completion of the Hoosac Tunnel, will
give this town railroad facilities
second to none in New-Hampshire. With this prospective view,
together with the large amount of
valuable water power still unimproved, the future growth and
prosperity of this village looks
very flattering.
;
Summer
The good
Tourists.
roads and delightful drives, in and
around Peterborough, and the fine
views obtained from the cre&ts of
its many hills, have rendered it a
popular resort for tourists to spend
summer vacation. The numwho stop here, through the
warm season, is estimated at 400.
their
ber
Employments.
Peterborough
is
decidedly a manufacturing and
mercantile town, as their annual
from these two sources,
exceed the value of the whole
receipts,
far
The Un-
tels,
agricultural production.
fice,
ion Manufacturing Co.,
five
and
thirty stores, of various
kinds, and about two
fifty
dwellings.
hundred and
There are many
fine buildings in the village, both
public and private, and some of
the streets and private residences
are beautifully shaded. The projected lines of railroad, being
from Hillsborough Bridge to this
village the Greenfield extension,
and the Manchester and Keene
;
roads, will, in all probability, be
built within a few years, and thus
Phoenix
Manufacturing Co., and Peterborough Manufacturing Co., annually produce cotton sheetings,
from 36 inches to 100 inches wide,
cotton drills and print cloth, to
the value of $ 383,000 J. Noone'a
Sons, woolen goods, to the value
;
of $75,000; J. Briggs, piano stools,
to the value of $50,000; foundry
and
machine
shop,
$25,000;
Charles
Wilder, thermometers
and barometers, $25,000. There
are also manufactured: leather,
$ 10,000 flour and meal, $ 35,000
wrapping paper, $ 28,000 harness;
;
�PETERBOROUGH.
custom boots and
$7,000; trusses and supporters, $8,000; monuments and
lumber,
gravestones,
$15,000;
becarriages, $6,000
$ 18,700
es,
$
10,000
;
shoes,
;
;
millinery,
sides printing,
tailors,
299
Value
twenty-one weeks.
year,
of school houses, $11,200. Total
amount of money appropriated for
There
which
has been established about two
school purposes, $3,314.50.
school
is a public high
—Thomas
blacksmith, and
years
various other mechanical shops.
There are invested in manufactories, of all kinds, $525,900; employing 275 men and 216 women
and children, who annually re-
cipal.
Peterborough Town
Library.
Library has about 4,000 volumes.
Newspaper. Peterborough Tran-
$ 175.600,
and produce manufacutured goods
First National Bank
Banks.
and Peterborough Savings Bank.
J.
the value of $740,900;
Briggs, the patentee and proprie-
at
jewelry,
ceive
tin, iron,
their
for
labor,
P. Maryatt, prin-
script.
Hotels.
to
French's Hotel, valued
tor of Briggs patent piano stools,
$ 45,000 annual arrivals, 7,256.
Union Hotel, value, $ 5,000 annu-
has purchased water power on
al arrivals, 3,300.
1
Nubanusit River, and is erecting
buildings capable of employing 70
men. The increased demand for
his stools has forced
him
to
make
enlargement in his business.
Resources. Agricultural productions, $128,742; mechanical labor,
$ 175,600 stocks and money at inthis
;
terest, $112,719;
deposits in sav-
banks,
$307,382; stock in
trade, $107,306; professional busiings
from summer
$ 80,000
$ 12,000.
Churches and Schools. Catholic,
supplied by the priest in Wilton
the first Sabbath of each month
value,
300
members;
church
Congregational Unitari$ 5,000.
ness,
;
tourists,
an, Rev.
W.
A.
members,
159;
Jackson, pastor;
value,
$25,000.
First Congregational, Rev.
George
Dustan, pastor 87 members value, $ 12,000. Methodist Episcopal,
Rev. A. F. Baxter, pastor; 40
;
members;
;
value, $8,000.
First
W. O. Ayer, pastor;
Baptist, Rev.
members value, $ 4,000.
There are fourteen schools in
town, live of which are graded.
Average length of schools, for the
60
;
;
;
First
Settlements.
This town
was granted by the government of
Massachusetts to Samuel Hey wood
and others in 1738. The first settlers were Scotch Presbyterians,
from Ireland, and being unacusto clearing and cultivating
wild lands, they endured great
Their nearest gristprivations.
mill was at Townsend, Mass.,
and
twenty-five miles distant,
their road was only a line of mark-
tomed
ed trees.
It appears that as early as 1750
the
inhabitants
were
afflicted
Octowith Indian depredations.
ber 6, 1750, Alexander Robbe,
Thomas Morrison, James Mitchell, William Robbe, John White,
James Gordon, John Smith, John
Hill,
William
Scott,
and Thom-
Vender, petitioned to the
General Court of Massachusetts
to allow them to build a fort and
block houses at the expense of
this State, and, also, to have a
guard of twenty men sent them
Their exfor their protection.
cuse for calling on Massachusetts
for this assistance, was, that if
as
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they were obliged to give up the
settlement at Peterborough, Townsend, Leominster, and Lunenburg,
in that State, would be left expos-
ed to the depredations and cruel-
John Ritchie
male child born in
town. He was born February 22,
1759, and died in the defense of
ties of the savages.
was the
first
his country, at
Cambridge, in
1776.
Hugh Gregg and Samuel Stinson
were among the first settlers. The
town was incorporated January
17 ,1700.
nished
Peterborough has fur-
many eminent men, who
have adorned the bench, chair of
State, the pulpit, the bar, the halls
of Legislature and of Congress.
First Ministers.
Rev. John
Morrison, ordained in 1766, resigned in 1775; Rev. David Annan, settled in 1778, left in 1792;
Rev. Elijah Dunbar, ordained in
1799, dismissed in 1827.
Boundaries. North by Hancock
and Greenfield, east by Greenfield
and Temple, south by Temple,
Sharon, and Jaffrey, and west by
Jaffrey, Dublin, and Harrisville.
Area, 23,780 acres. Area of improved land, 15,925 acres.
Forty-two miles
south-west from Concord, and
twenty west from Amherst.
Distances.
Railroads.
road has
its
Monadnock
Rail-
terminus in this town.
PIERITIONT.
Grafton County.
The
sur-
mill stream, and affords
some good water power, which is
large
improved.
Mountains. Peaked and Black
Mountains are the principal elevations, from the summits of
which a fine view of the country
can be obtained.
Minerals.
Iron ore hill coninexhaustible supplies of
specular and magnetic iron ore of
superior quality.
vein of stone
tains
A
runs through this town, which is
peculiarly adapted for whet stones,
large quantities being annually
manufactured.
Employments.
Agriculture is
the principal employment of the
inhabitants.
150,000 shingles
and
of boards, &c, are
annually.
There is also
675,000 feet
sawed
one hub manufactory, where
12,
000 hubs are manufactured, valued
and one whet stone and
manufactory, where
1,300 gross of whet stones, and
100 gross of rifles, valued at $ 4,
300 are annually made.
at
$
2,250,
scythe
rifle
Resources.
soil,
$
127, 175
;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$12,800; money at interest, $62,
300; deposits in savings banks,
$7,276; stock in trade, $ 12,114.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. A. L. Marden, pas
Methodist, Rev. Moses Shertor.
man, pastor. There are thirteen
Average length
schools in town.
of schools, for the year, twenty-
but the soil is fertile
and produces good crops of wheat,
two weeks.
potatoes and hay.
Along the banks of the Connecticut, is some good interval land.
granted to John Temple and 59
face
is hilly
corn,
The
oats,
hills afford some very fine
pasturage for sheep grazing, large
numbers being kept in town.
Streams. Eastman's Brook is a
First Settlement.
others,
first
November
settlement was
Piermont was
6,
Minister.
First
1764.
made
Rev.
The
in 1770.
John
Richards, settled in 1776, left in
Congregational Church
1802.
A
was organized
in 1771.
�PITTSBURG.
North by Haverby Warren, south by Orford, and west by Bradford, Vermont.
Total area 23,000 acres;
improved land, 16,315 acres.
Boundaries.
hill,
east
Seventy-five
Distances.
miles
and
north-west from Concord,
eight south from Haverhill.
Coos County.
est
town
in the
4,800
money
;
at interest,
tourists,
$
;
$
4,900
from sum-
5,000.
and Schools. There
is an Advent Society in town;
nine school districts, and six
Churches
is
the
far the larg-
and was
originally
called
Indian Stream
Territory.
A
portion
large
$
mer
Pittsburg
State,
tons of starch are annually
manufactured;
375,000 feet of
boards &c, and 24,000 clapboards,
are annually sawed.
Productions of the
Resources.
labor,
soil, $45,289; mechanical
fifty
stock in trade, $ 10,000
PITTSBUKG.
northernmost and by
501
of
town is still covered with a
heavy growth of wood and timber,
which was principally the proper-
the
average length, for the
schools;
year, thh'teen weeks.
The exact time
Organization.
of the organization of the town
these heavy forests the Deer, Bear,
General Moody
not known.
Bedel, who rendered valuable
service in the war of 1812, John
Haines, Esq., Rev. Nathaniel Per-
Wolf, and Sable
roam, while
and ponds
abound with Trout, and Pickerel,
kins,
and along the banks, are the Otter,
Mink, and Musk-rat. The surface
of Pittsburg is broken and uneven,
ed December 10, 1840.
Hotel. Connecticut Lake House.
Boundaries. North by the highlands that separate the waters of
ty of the State, prior to 1868.
the
streams,
In
still
lakes
but the soil is well adapted to grazCorn, buckwheat, and the
ing.
English grains are successfully
produced.
Rivers and
Indian,
Lakes.
HalFs, and Perry's streams furnish
abundant water power. In the
north-east portion of the town, is
Connecticut Lake.
It is four
miles in length, and three in
width,- and is the source of Connecticut River. Four miles above
Connecticut Lake, is Second Lake,
which is connected with it by a
considerable stream. Third Lake
lies two miles above Second Lake,
has an area of 200 acres, and is
situated near the highlands, which
New-Hampshire from
Canada.
Employments.
The people are
engaged in agriculture.
About
separate
is
Jeremiah Tabor, Ebenezer
and about fifty others,
Fletcher,
settled here in 1810.
Incorporat-
the St. Lawrence from those that
fall into the Connecticut;
east by
the State of Maine, south by Connecticut River, and west by Hall's
Stream.
acres;
The area is over 200,000
area of improved land, 6,
008 acres.
One hundred and
Distances.
seventy-six miles north of Concord, and forty north-east of Lancaster.
Connected by stage
North Stratford station on the
Railroads.
to
Trunk
Grand
that the
It is
about
expected
and
Quebec
Railroad,
twenty-five miles.
Montreal
Railroad, will be extended through
this tract of
develope
which
its
are,
New-Hampshire, and
valuable
resources
at the present time,
in a latent state.
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PITTSFIEIiD.
Mekrimack County.
is
one of the growing towns of
county,
and
its
future
have been established,
1870, there
Pittsfield
the.
prospects
three large shoe manufactories,
employing 325 hands, and annually
producing 500,000 pairs of womand shoes valued at
are very flattering. The surface
is uneven, and, in some portions,
rocky but the soil is very fertile,
en's boots
producing excellent crops of wheat,
corn, &c. But one other town in
the county raises as many bushels
of wheat, and but two sell as
and dwelling houses, with every
prospect that what has already
been done is but a foretaste of its
future business operations. There
many
many
are in the village, four church ed-
;
gallons of milk.
There are
farms under a high state
of cultivation, and many wealthy
farmers in Pittsfield.
Suncook
Rivers and Ponds.
River passes through this town in
a southerly direction, affording
many fine water privileges,
several of which are not improvfine
The new
railroad facilities
will, doubtless,
cause the utilizing
ed.
of
all
the surplus water power beBerry's and
years.
many
fore
Wild Goose ponds are the
princi-
$550,000.
There have also been
many
erected
business buildings
an academy, town
ifices,
hall,
two
banks, about twenty stores, of various kinds, one hotel,
offices,
three
numerous
professions,
of various
large shoe manufactories,
one
cotton
manufactory,
mill,
saw
and many other
shops,
and about
mechanical
two hundred
A
grist-
mill,
dwelling
houses.
disastrous fire occurred here in
the
fall
of 1872, but the people are
alive to such an emergency,
it
will soon be rebuilt with
and
more
pal bodies of water.
expensive structures, adding beau-
Mountain. " Catamount Mountain' extends across the south-east
part of the town. It has an elevation of 1,450 feet above the level
of the ocean, which can be distinctly seen from its summit, in a
clear day. Berry's Pond is on this
mountain.
Black tourmaMinerals &c.
line and magnetic iron are found
peat bogs are
in a few localities
numerous, and, when reclaimed,
produce heavy crops of grass. A
short distance north-east from the
village, is a spring impregnated
with sulphur.
Village.
In a valley on the Suncook river is situated the neat and
ty
ufactories.
flourishing
facturing
1
;
village
of Pittsfield.
Since the introduction of the railit has increased in business
and population very rapidly. Since
road,
and renewed
Pittsfield
ments
in
for
life to the village.
holds out great induce-
manufactures to locate
it.
Employments.
The inhabitants
are largely engaged in manufac-
and mercantile
though the products of the
turing
valuable. About 600,000
women's boots and shoes
trade,
soil are
pairs of
are
man-
ufactured annually, and over 2,000,
000, yards of cotton cloth, 7,000
shingles, 500,000 feet of boards and
dimension timber, and 9,000 shoe
boxes are annually produced.
There is a planing and turning
mill, and several other small man-
mill, in
The Pittsfield ManuCompany enlarged their
the summer of 1873, to the
of manufacturing
per cent, more goods.
capacity
fifty
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PLAINFIELD.
Agricultural produc-
Resources.
$ 97,973
tions,
$255,500;
mechanical labor,
;
stocks,
money at
&c, $30,200;
interest, $12,350; deposits
in savings banks, $ 137,248;
in trade, $43,375;
tourists,
iness,
$
3,000
&c,
;
stock
Congre-
Deering, pastor Cal. Baptist, Rev.
M. Coburn, pastor; Episcopal,
Union, Rev. Joseph Harvey, pastor Quaker, Hiram Paige,
pastor. There are ten school districts, and eleven schools in town
average length, for the year, eighteen weeks; amount of money annually appropriated for school
purposes, $ 1,755.45.
Literary Institution.
Pittsfield
Academy, a prosperous institution,
is located here,
Library. Pittsfield Library As;
J.
;
;
sociation.
Newspaper. Pittsfield Star.
Hotel. " Washington House."
John Cram and
were the first settlers in
It was incorpoi ated
town.
First Settlers.
others
-
27, 1782.
Rev. ChristoFirst Minister
pher Page, (Congregational,) settled in 1789, dismissed, 1793.
North-east
Boundaries.
by
Barnstead, south-east by Strafford
nd Northwood, south-west by
Chichester and Epsom, and northArea, 14,927
west by Loudon.
acres; improved land, 10,648 acres.
Distances.
By
railroad,
twen-
ty-two miles north-east from Concord
private conveyance, fifteen
;
miles.
Pittsfield is the ter-
Railroad
minus of the Suncook Valley Railroad. Suncook Valley Extension
to Alton,
it
is
Sullivan
County.
Plainfield
one of the best farming towns
The Connecticut
in the State.
River waters its western border
where can be found some very
valuable interval. In other parts
of the town, there are many fertile
is
Churches and Schools.
this
PLAINFIELD.
professional bus-
$60,000.
The Con-
cord and Rochester Railroad passes through Pittsfield, if ever
constructed.
from summer
gational-Freewill Baptist, Rev. A.
March
built another season.
thought, will be
meadows.
The
hills furnish
some
of the best pasturage for sheep in
the county. The soil is generally
strong and
fertile,
producing ex-
cellent crops of wheat, corn, oats
and potatoes. Nearly 4,000 bushels of wheat and 18,000 bushels of
corn are annually produced.
Rivers and Ponds. Connecticut
River waters its western part,
while a small stream whieh has its
source in Croydon mountains passes through the centre. Hart's Island, in the Connecticut, contains
nineteen acres. There are two
small ponds.
Elevation. Home Hill, on the
Connecticut, is a considerable elevation. Its summit can be seen
for a long distance, either up or
down the river, and it was named
by the Indians, who had their encampment near its base.
Lime Stone, of a good quality, is
found in the western portion of the
town.
Plainfield has a pleasant village
situated on a plain, through the
centre of which a street passes,
north and south.
On a gentle eminence, in this
town, is located the beautiful village of Meriden, upon the top of
which eminence are two churches,
a school house, two stores, a hotel,
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and Kimball Union Academy, being
one of the most distinguished literary institutions in the State. This
school was founded in 1813, and incorporated the same year. It was
endowed by Daniel Kimball, Esq.,
of Meriden, with the sum of $ 42,
000, and has an additional school
property of $ 18,000. Number of
alumni, about fifteen hundred.
The average expenses of each
scholar, including tuition, board
and room-rent, is $150.00 per year.
The average number of students,
per year, for the last thirty years,
has been about two hundred.
Of the income of this fund, $ 150
is annually applied towards the
support of a preacher the remainder, in aid of young men who contemplate entering upon the duties
of the ministry.
The success which has hitherto
attended this institution, is a sufficient guarantee of its present
standing and future prospects.
;
Rev. L. A. Austin, M. A.,
is
the
Churches and
There
Schools.
are five churches in Plainfield viz.
two Congregational, two Baptist
and one Methodist. Revs. C. M.
Palmer and Jacob Scales, pastors
of the Congregational
Revs. H.
G. Hubbard and E. H. Smith,
pastors of the Baptist, and Elder
David Moody, Methodist pastor.
There are sixteen school districts
and seventeen schools. Average
;
length of
schools, for the year,
twenty weeks.
Hotels. Booth House.
First Settlers. L. Nash, and J.
Russell settled here in 1764.
In-
corporated, or a grant given,
Au-
gust
14,
1761.
First Ministers.
Rev. Abraham
Cai-penter, (Congregational)
tled
in
1765; dismissed
in
set1799.
Rev. Micah Porter, settled in 1804
dismissed in 1824.
Boundaries. North by Lebanon,
east by Grantham, south by Cornish, and west by Hartland, Vermont. Area of improved land
Principal.
24,683 acres.
Farming is the
principal employment of the in-
west from
habitants.
Some of the finest farms
in the State can be found in this
north-west from Newport, and
twelve south from Dartmouth
town.
Many of the farmers keep
summer boarders through the
College.
warm
Railroad,
Lebanon on Northern
and Windsor on the
Vermont
Central, are the nearest
Employments.
weather, there being about
400 tourists who spend their summer vacation in this pleasant town.
Distances.
Railroads.
paints to railroads.
50,000 clapboards, 200,000 shingles,
and 700,000
Furniture to a
moderate extent, is manufactured.
Resources.
Agricultural products,
$
$
5,500
mechanical labor,
stocks and bonds, $ 14,000
179,075
;
;
money
its in
at interest, $37,710; depossavings banks, $ 35,826 stock
;
in trade, $54,000;
tourists,
$
PLAISTOW.
feet of boards, etc., are
annually sawed.
12,000.
from summer
Sixty miles north
Concord, seventeen
Rockingham County.
tow
Plais-
a small township with an
even surface, in the larger portion
of the town. The soil is generally
good, being a mixture of black
loam, clay,
and gravel.
The
many thrifty farms, attest as to
the quality of the soil, and to the
skill and industry of the husbandis
�PLYMOUTH.
man.
305
William Hurlin, pasThere are four schools in
town. Average length of schools,
Its proximity to the large
manufacturing city of Haverhill,
Mass., gives the farmers, a fine
tor; Baptist,
market
for the year, twenty-four
for the sale of their sur-
tor.
Hotel.
abundance near the
centre of the town, which affords
a rare opportunity for the manu-
originally
is
found in
facturing of brick.
On
Village.
Boston
the
and
Maine Railroad, near the centre
of the town, is located the pleasant
village, of Plaistow.
There are
several stores, of various kinds,
one
hotel,
two church
edifices,
school houses, post office, telegraph office, one lawyer, two physicians,
and about
houses.
If
fifty
dwelling
inducements
proper
are held out to the manufacturers
in the
hill,
now crowded
city of
Haver-
First Settlement.
of this village, can be
doubled, and the valuation trebled
within the next five years.
The inhabitants
Employme7its
are largely engaged in the manu.
facturing of brick.
It is estimat-
ed that there will be over 30,000,
made the present season (1873). Many people live in
this town, and do business in Hav-
000 of brick
erhill.
Besoui'ces.
Agricultural
pro-
ductions, $29,136; mechanical labor, $46,500;
money
at interest,
there
sion.
First
Churches and
ScJiools.
Congre-
* The Savings Banks, in Massachusetts, receive the benefit of the large deposits,
by the people of Plaistow.
made
Ministers.
Rev.
James
(Congregational)
settled in 1730 died in 1764.
Rev.
Gyles Merrill, ordained in 1765;
died in 1801.
Boundaries. North and northeast by Kingston, east by Newton,
south by Haverhill, Massachusetts,
and west by Atkinson.
Area
6,839 acres. Area improved land
dishing,
;
2,609 acres.
Distances.
Forty miles south
from Concord, eighteen south
from Exeter, and four north from
east
Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Railroad.
Boston and Maine
Railroad passes through this town.
PLYMOCTH.
Grafton County.
is
gational Rev. Calvin Terry, pas-
date given.
definite
were among the first settlers. It
is said that Deacon J. Harriman
was the first man in New-Hampwho embraced the Baptist persua-
;
$1,000.
no
is
Captain Charles Bartlett, Nicholas White, Esq., Deacon Benjamin Kimball, and J. Harriman
deposits
in
savings
$ 18, 900
banks in the State,* $2,800; stock
in trade, $31,590; from summer
tourists,
Plaistow was
of Haverhill
New-Hampshire, a charter was
granted Feb. 28., 1749.
Its settlements commenced early, but
18,000 pairs of shoes, are
annually manufactured, and about
350,000 feet of lumber sawed.
a part
Mass., and was part of the territory, in tbe Indian purchase of
1612.
After it became annexed to
four miles distant, the popu-
lation
weeks.
Union House.
plus productions, at remunerative
prices. Clay of the best quality
half shire
Plymouth
town of the county.
Owing
to its central position on the
great railway line of travel to the
western sections of the White
Mountains the fine natural scenery which surrounds it, and the
;
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306
energy and public
spirit of its citi-
becoming one of the
most important towns in the county, and it might be said, in the
zens,
it
is
r
State.
The
own road, they have
never forgotten to lend their influence and their money, for the promotion and welfare of this village.
Thej have erected here one of the
ests of their
surface
is
generally uneven,
and finest hotels in the
which is an honor to the
town, and to New-Hampshire.
Through the warm season this
largest
but the soil is very good, especially the interval land, and, usually, the farms are well cultivated.
State,
Many
house
of the hillsides are suitably
adapted to the growing of fruit,
and there are but two towns in the
county that raise as many apples.
numerous
Besides
Rivers.
small streams, in various parts, it
watered by the Pemigewassett
on its western border, and Baker's
River, flowing through the northern section of the town, joins the
Pemigewassett in the north-eastern
part. Baker's River has its rise in
Benton and Orange, and is thirty
is
miles in length.
this river,
it is
At the mouth of
a party of men,
said,
from Haverhill, Massachusetts,
under command of Captain Baker,
attacked and defeated a party of
Indians, killing a number and securing a large
quantity
of fur;
hence the name of the river.
Village.
On the Pemigewasset,
and on the line of the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad, is
situated the beautiful and growing
village of Plymouth. It is situat3d in the midst of some of the finest scenery in the State, and this, together with the generally neat appearance of the streets and build-
makes it a desirable place to
Here is located the State
Normal School. The building is of
brick, of modern architecture,
ings,
live in.
and with every convenience
school of this character.
fice
for a
The
of the Montreal Railroad
ofis
and while the
managers have in view the inter-
also located here,
generally
is
filled
with
many
of them staying from
two weeks to three months. The
passengers on the trains north and
south dine here; and one train
guests,
from the north, and two from the
south stay over night
and with
these advantages more people
know this house than any other
;
hotel in the State.
This village
is
the centre of a large mercantile
trade,
and has
many
yeai-s, for
also
been noted,
the manufacturing
of buck and leather gloves, and,
"Plymouth Glove" is known
through the larger portion of the
Northern States. There are eleven firms in this village, engaged
in this business, with a capital of
The annual value of
$70,000.
gloves manufactured is $ 120,000.
There are two church edifices, one
large graded school house, fifteen
or twenty stores, of all kinds, two
the
hotels, express
fice,
and telegraph
of-
three lawyers, four physicians
and two dentists. Blacksmiths, tin
workmen, carpenters, painters,
and
kinds of mechanics
a thriving
NewEngland village are found here.
The number of tourists who stop
in and around this pleasant village
from one week to three months is
estimated at 500, besides the thousands who stop for dinner or for a
tailors,
common
day.
all
to
The most noted
places of in-
terest, for travellers to visit.besides
the pleasant drives in any direc-
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PORTSMOUTH.
from the village, are Walker's
Livermore Falls, and ProsNo person will be satpect Hill.
isfied with his tour through NewHampshire, until he makes a visit
tion
Hill,
town.
Employments. Mercantile trade,
business,
manufacturing, hotel
keeping summer boarders, and
to this delightful
W. Blair, William Leverett, Esq.,
Joseph Burrows, and Samuel A.
Burns.
Pemigewasset House,
Hotels.
valued at $ 75,000 and Plymouth
House, valued at $ 10,000. Each
Hotel has a livery stable attached,
with from fifteen to twenty horses
apiece.
farming is by no means neglected.
There are 6,527 bushels of corn, 9,
This town
Joseph Blanchard,
Zachaand others, July 15, 1763.
riah Parker and James Hobert
000 bushels oats, 15,000 bushels po-
commenced the
tatoes, 32,000 lbs. butter, 29,000 lbs.
August, 1764, and in the following
autumn, they were joined by Jotham Cumings, Josiah Brown,
David Webster, Stephen Webster,
professional business are the chief
occupations of the inhabitants, but
maple sugar, and 3,000 tons of hay,
annually produced; 5,740 dozen buck, and 11,000 dozen leather
gloves,
annually manufactured,
valued at $ 120,000 lumber, $ 46,
800; flour and meal, $10,300; besides various other small mechanThe total value of
ical shops.
goods, annually manufactured, is
$ 224,000. (See tables.)
;
Agricultural
Resources.
pro-
ductions, $ 104,175; mechanical la-
money
bor, $57,400;
and
stocks,
$
at interest
9,125; deposits in sa-
banks, $51,154;
$36,678;
from
vings
trade,
tourists,
stock
in
summer
$ 50,000 professional bus;
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
gational, Rev. Cyrus Richardson,
members, 149 church val$ 10,000 Methodist, Rev.
M. W. Prince, pastor; members,
220; value, $19,000.
There are
eleven schools in town, two of
which are graded average length,
for the year, twenty-two weeks.
Literary Institution. State Normal School, Silas H. Pearl, the
ued
;
at
;
;
;
popular principal of this Institution, died in July, 1873.
Libraries.
to
settlement, in
first
and Ephraim
They organized a Congregational Church in 1765.
First Ministers.
Rev. Nathan
Ward, Congregational ordained
James
Blodgett,
Weston.
;
Rev.
Fairbanks; ordained in
1800, dismissed in 1818.
In 1803,
a Methodist church was foi'med.
Boundaries. North by Rumney
and Campton, east by Holderness,
south by Bridgewater, and west by
Hebron and Rumney. Area, 16,
256 acres area of improved land,
in 1765, dismissed in 1794;
Drury
;
10,103 acres.
iness, $60,000.
pastor
Settlements.
First
was granted
Private libraries of
over 400 volumes, are Colonel H.
Distances.
Fifty-one miles north
from Concord, by railroad; and
thirty-five south-east from Haver
hill.
PORTSMOUTH.
Rockingham County.
mouth
is
Ports-
town in
half shire town
the only seaport
the State, and
is
of the county. In 1872, with the
exception of Manchester, it was
the wealthiest city in the State,
and the fourth in population.
The
first
known
white man,
to
step
who was ever
foot
on the
soil
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
308
was Captain
Martin Pring, of Bristol, England,
in 1603, who landed in the vicinity
of where the city now stands. In
1614, Captain John Smith sailed
up the Piscataqua and examined
its waters
but the regular settleof New-Hampshire,
;
ment
did not
commence until
It is situated
1623.
on the south side of
the Piscataqua, about three miles
many
of the buildings
but
there are many fine structures of
modern architecture. The Cust< >m
sequently
have an antique appearance
;
House, Athenreum, Rockingham
House, and several churches, are
nice
Many
buildings.
streets are wide, clean,
mented with shade
of
the
and orna-
trees,
while
river, at this
the residences are adorned with
fine yards and gardens, which give
point, is over one-half mile wide,
the place a pleasant and inviting
from
its
mouth.
The
and, at low water, is seventy feet
deep, with a current of over five
The tide rises
miles an hour.
about ten feet, and consequently,
with the strong current, the river
is kept clear of ice in the harbor,
and for many miles up the river.
The
river, at its mouth, is protected by head lands and islands,
thereby debarring heavy seas from
the Atlantic. The channel of the
river has never less than forty-five
feet of water, at
low
tide.
With
advantages, the harbor is
considered one of the best and
safest on the Atlantic coast. The
location of the city is very pleasant; the land gently sloping towards the harbor. There is no
pleasanter country, nor finer roads
in New-England than are seen
around Portsmouth. The country
these
is
thickly settled with good farm
them betokening an air of wealth (and it might be
houses, nearly
all
of
said luxury,) while the streets are
wide, level and beautifully shaded.
Portsmouth has not increased in
population quite as rapidly as some
of her sister cities, who have been
extensively engaged in manufacturing for the past thirty yeai-s,
but has steadily grown in wealth.
It is an old town, and was an hundred years of age before Concord
or Manchester were chartered, con-
appearance.
The proximity
to
the sea and neighboring beaches
renders it a delightful summer
resort.
Portsmouth, from 1802 to 1813,
visited with several- disastrous fires.
In 1802, one hundred
and two buildings were burned.
In December, 1806, fourteen, including St. John's church; and in
was
fifteen
1813,
town
of the
acres
were
burned over, destroying
three hundred and ninety-seven
buildings.
It
has been the seat of consider-
able mercantile trade
years,
past
it
and
for
many
number
of years
has increased quite rapidly
for a
in manufacturing.
Kearsarge Mills, employ 134
males and 237 females; annually
manufacture goods to the value of
$ 450,000 wheat and corn ground,
$ 115,000; leather tanned, $20,000;
boots, shoes and slippers, $40,000;
foundry and
clothing, $ 100,000
machinery, $ 40,000 cod liver oil,
$8,000; stone and marble work,
;
;
;
$30,000; gas, $32,000; bakery,
$31,000; ship building, $55,000;
tin
soap and candles, $ 12,000
;
ware, $18,300; printing, $55,000;
besides cigars, ale, brass foundry,
patent grapplers, anchors, furniture, doors, sash and blinds, carriages, coopering,
masts and spars,
�PORTSMOUTH.
tents and awnings, and various
other small shops. The total capital invested in manufactories is
$ 1,437,000 males employed, 624
females, 401 annual value of production, $ 2,944,500.
;
;
•
Portsmouth
business,
is
many
so situated in
its
being engaged in
309
;
W. H.
Baptist, Rev.
Alden,
ConRev. C. S. Martyn,
pastor;
Episcopal, Rev.
J. F.
Bingham, rector; Freewill Baptist, Rev. L. L. Harmon, pastor;
Methodist, Rev. A. C. Hardy, pastor; Unitarian, Rev. James Depastor;
Christian,
;
gregational,
commerce, and
Normandie, pastor
iness, that
Rev. O. Van Cise, pastor; Catholic, Rev. F. C. Walsh, priest. There
are twenty-seven schools in town,
twenty- two of which are graded
in the fishing busimpossible to give
account of the re-
it is
any accurate
sources of the city.
The
receipts,
no doubt, from these two sources,
are several hundred thousand dollars,
annually.
There is no doubt but that the
individual wealth of this city exceeds that of any other city in the
State,
with the exception of Man-
chester.
The
agricultural
valuable.
products
are
But three towns in the
county raise as many apples. The
improved land is about 2,000 acres.
The average value of crops to each
acre of improved land,
$ 45
is
;
this
includes pasturage.
The mercantile
trade is very
having an extensive territory of a rich and populous farming
country, both in Maine and NewHampshire. The number of stores,
of all kinds, is over two hundred
and fifty, with a capital invested
of over $1,000,000.
Resources. Agricultural productions $ 98,300
mechanical labor,
$ 406,000 stocks and bonds, *$ 991,
952
money at interest $ 473,442
stock in trade, § 1,436,301
deposits in savings banks, $ 1,099,
389; from professional business,
value of toll bridges,
$700,000;
$ 27,500 ferries, $ 40,000 wharves,
$ 46,734.
Churches and Schools. Advent,
large,
;
;
;
;
;
*
;
This does not include U.
It is said,
amount
S.
bonds which
to over a million of dollars.
Universalist,
;
number
of scholars, 1,974; average length of schools for the year,
forty-four weeks value of schoolhouses, $80,000; total amount of
money annually appropriated for
school purposes, $22,377.39.
There are two high schools in connection with the public schools;
viz. Girl's High School, A. M.
Payson, Principal
Boy's High
School; Lewis E. Smith, Principal. The schools of Portsmouth
are of a high order, and rank as
some of the best in the State.
Banks.
First National Bank,
capital, $300,000; National Mechanics and Traders' Bank, $ 300,
000 Rockingham National, $ 200,
New-Hampshire National,
000;
$ 150,000 Total Stock, $ 950,000
Portsmouth Savings Bank; deposits, $ 2,087,997.55
Portsmouth
Trust and Guarantee Company;
;
.
;
;
;
;
due depositors, $247,619.97; Capital, $ 100,000
unpaid dividends,
$77,60; borrowed, $2,386.27; total, $ 350,083.28
Rockingham Ten
Cents Savings Bank due deposi;
;
;
tors,
$449,425.42;
(See
tables.)
The Portsmouth National Bank
was the first bank granted by the
government, and issued the first
bank notes in' the United
States, at the time of the rebellPortsmouth Savings Bank
ion.
national
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
310
was
the
Bank
Savings
first
char-
tered in New-Hampshire, viz. in
The
1823.
capital
invested
in
National Banks is $300,000 more
than that of any other city in the
State.
Newspapers.
Portsmouth Jour-
nal, Daily Chronicle,
New-Hamp-
shire Gazette, Daily Times,
and Union.
States
and
(See tahles.)
Maritime. The number of foreign vessels entering the port of
Portsmouth, for the year ending
June 30th, 1871, was 49; tonnage,
7,306; crew, 295; American vessels, 9; tonnage, 1,446; crew, 49;
Coastwise Trade and Fisheries
Trade Steamers, 49, tonnage, 9,
713 vessels of all kinds, 540 tonnage 58,776; crew, 2,532; fisheries vessels, 306; tonnage, 5,580;
crew, 2,770.
physicians,
and
five
dentists, be-
sides various other professions, in
the city.
Early History.
We append a
few quotations of the early settlement of Portsmouth. " In the begining of the seventeenth century, some merchants
of Bristol,
England, having formed a private
company for the investigation of
this country, employed for that
service, Captain Martin Pring, of
Bristol, a skillful navigator" and
of considerable note. " They plac-
ed under his
command two
named
ves-
auspiciously
In 1872, the tonnage of the coasting trade had increased to 72,533
the
Speedwell, and the Discoverer. In
the year 1603, he set sail for
America, and was enabled to be
the first discoverer of New-Hampshire. Just 270 years ago, ( from
1873,) he entered the channel of the
Piscataqua,
and explored it for
three or four leagues. He landed,
and
and doubtless, with his compan-
;
;
;
—
fisheries
number
tonnage to
7,948.
The
of registered, enrolled and
licensed vessels, belonging to the
port of Portsmonth, was 73, with
a tonnage of 12,994. Five of these
were steamboats, with a tonnage
of 429; number of vessels built, 3;
tonnage, 1,207.
The maritime business of this
harbor is constantly increasing,
and some predict
it will nearly
iouble within the next ten years.
Hotels.
Rockingham House,
Kearsarge House, National House,
Franklin House, American House.
The Rockingham House is one of
the largest and finest furnished
hotels in the State.
All the hotels
are of the first order, and compare
favorably with the public houses
in other towns and cities in New-
England.
Lawyers and Physicians &c.
There are eleven lawyers, eleven
sels,
ions, trod the soil of this city.
The
Portsmouth therefore,
just-
city of
ly boasts of
years,
her antiquity of 270
and of being the
first soil
in
New-Hampshire that was touched
by the
feet of
1614, the
Englishmen.
celebrated
In
John Smith,
saved from death by the Indian
girl Pocahontas,
examined and
extolled the deep waters of the
Piscataquoag.
In 1623, the company of Laconia, in England, consisting of Gorges aud Mason and
many eminent and enterprising
merchants of London and other
cities,
selected
some choice per-
and sent them to establish a
plantation on this river.
They
were high minded men, who had
enlarged views of government, religion and religious
toleration.
They were not of the Puritan party, for Gorges and Mason had not
sons,
�311
PORTSMOUTH.
uated on Pleasant Street, a few
north of the Universalist
Church edifice. The Rev. Richard
the same religious views with the
Massachusetts planters.
rods
John Mason, the London merchant,
member
Gibson was the pastor, and was
of the Portsmouth
Company, for the planting, ruling
and governing of New-England,
and first governor of this province,
advanced a large sum of money,
for the welfare of this place, and,
the
|
I
may
be said to have laid the foundation of its commercial prosperiDavid Tomson, a Scotchman,
ty.
who seems to have been prominent among the planters who first
settled here, built a house on
Odiorne's Point, a few rods north
of the evident remains of an ancient
It was built the year of his
fort.
arrival here, was the first house
erected on this plantation, and
was afterwards called Mason Hall.
About eight years afterward, Humphrey Chadbourne built the Great
House, winch was situated on the
bank of the river at the corner of
It was
Court and Water streets.
afterwards occupied by Warrenton
&
Cutts."
"On
the 28th of
May
1653, the plantation, which was
accidently called Strawberry Bank,
by reaaon of a bank where strawberries were found," on petition
of Brain Pendleton, was changed
by the General Court at Boston,
and called Portsmouth," as being
a name most suitable for this
place, it being the river's mouth,
and as good as any in the land.
It
was
also the
name
of the Eng-
John Mason
The first edifice erected here, for public worship, was
an Episcopal Church.
It was
built as early as 1639, on what is
lish
City in which
was born."
now
erly
Church Street, (formChurch Lane,) northerly of
called
the Court House.
erected at the
same
A
parsonage
time,
was
sit-
first
minister settled in Ports-
The worship at this
mouth.
church was according to the ritual
Francis
of the English Church.
Williams was appointed Governor
of the plantation in 1634.
He wa
I
a sensible and accomplished man,
and popular with the people. He
collected about him many valua-
men, whose example and inwas of the best order.
These circumstances gave a high
ble
fluence
character to the town. Its reputawas so great that it was always selected in the days of colotion
government as a most desiraplace of residence, and for
many years it was the home of the
royal governors and the king's
" It has been distincouncil."
nial
ble
guished for
men
of patriotism.
Here lived William Vaughan, who
claimed to be the projector of
the siege of Louisburg, under PepDr. Cutter was a surgeon
perell.
" Colonel
in that expedition.
Meserve, and Major Hale, took an
and Samuel Langdon
was the Chaplain of the NewHampshire forces. General Whipple was one of the signers of the
active part,
Declaration
of
Independence.
Governor Langdon was always a
devoted friend to his country. H^,
with General Sullivan, seized one
hundred barrels of Gunpowder at
the
fort, in
the
mouth of
the har-
and conveyed them to Bunker
Hill, where they proved very valuable on the memorable 17th of
June. Governor Langdon had the
honor of presiding in the Senate
when General Washington was
elected President of the United
bor,
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
States,
He and John Pickering
and Pierce Long were delegates to
the Convention, for the adoption
of the Federal Constitution, and
ably sustained
it.
Portsmouth points with pride to
Sewall,
Buckminister, Haven,
Penhallow, Langdon, Cutts, Bartlett,
Webster, Brown, Alden,
Pickering, Shei'burne, Woodbury,
and the Wentworths who were natives or residents of the town.
"
Navy Yard.
The navy yard
is
I
1817
each,
owned
in 100 shares of $ 100
contains over 11,000 vol-
umes; Portsmouth Bridge,
I
ized respectively in 1789
Mc Clay
trict
in
of vessels of the largest class. It
is about three fourths of a mile
north east from the city. The territory embraced within its limits
is about 65 acres, and is nearly enclosed with permanent quay walls
of dimension split granite."
water
at the
wharves
The
of sufficient depth to float the largest
class of government ships, at the
lowest tide. There are three
is
large ship houses, seven large tim-
ber sheds, a mast house, and a rigging house machine shops and
wood shops on the most extensive
;
and improved plans. The
quarters for officers and men are
not excelled by those of any navy
station in the country. There is a
scale
oating dry dock,
for the repair
of the largest government ships.
This dock is 350 feet in length, 115
in width, 38 feet in height, and cost
$800,000.
employed
300, to
The number of hands
in this yard varies
over
from
2,000.
Old Oryanizations and Societies.
Portsmouth Aqueduct Company,
organized in 1798; Portsmouth
Marine Society, organized in 1808
Portsmouth Athenasuni, January,
Maine.
These
forts
Whales Back, New
White Island, and Boon
Castle,
the construction
1811.
protect the harbor from any foreign invasion. There are four
light-houses attached to this dis-
Piscataqua, within the limits of
Maine, and has every convenience
facility for
and
Forts and Light Houses.
Fort
Constitution is situated on Great
Island and nearly opposite to Fort
situated on the east side of the
and
1819;
Howard Benevolent Society, 1829.
The old fire societies were organ-
viz.,
Island.
Bridges.
connects
Portsmouth Bridge,
with Battery,
the city
Maine.
Incorporated
Capital
$64,000.
Bridge incorporated in
bridge connects
New
in
New
1821.
1819;
Castle
This
Castle, with
Portsmouth.
Cemeteries.
Auburn
Street
Cemetery has an area of thirteen
acres. It is situated on two gentle
swells of land at the foot of Auburn Street. In the centre of the
ground is a beautiful artificial pond
surrounded by a lawn, and ornamented with trees and shrubbery.
The grounds
are laid out in lots
divided with gravel walks, shaded
with the oak and maple. Har-
mony Grove Cemetery,
diton to
Auburn
is
an ad-
Street Cemetery.
July 4th, 1873, the sons and
daughters of Portsmouth celebrated the 250th anniversary since the
first permanent
settlement was
commenced. Almost every city and
almost every section of the country
was represented in the great meeting of the natives of this ancient
town. It was the largest and most
important gathering of people ever
held in the city of Portsmouth and
was considered a success.
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RANDOLPH.
First Ministers.
Rev. John Gib-
son, installed in 1639; Rev.
Joshua
Moody,
died in
settled
1671,
in
1697; Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, set1699, died in 1723; Rev.
Jabez Fitch, settled in 1725, died
in 1746, Rev. S. Langdon, D. D.
tled in
settled in 1747; dismissed in 1777;
Rev. Joseph Buckminister D. D.
settled
in
died
1779;
in
1812.
Rev. John
Second Church.
Em-
erson, settled in 1715, died in 1732;
Rev. William Shurtleff, settled in
Rev. Job
died in
1747;
1733,
Strong, settled
in
cord Railroad connects it with
Central New-Hampshire and the
western and northern sections of
the State.
The
Portsmouth
Railroad
set-
now
is
Dover
and
(1873,)
and will be open
the coming autumn.
built,
being
for travel
KANDOL.PH.
died in
1749,
Rev. Samuel Haven,
1751;
is reached by the Great Falls
and Conway Railroad, which forms
a junction with the P. S. and P.
about twelve miles from Portsmouth. The Portsmouth and Con-
shire
Coos County.
This town
is
tled in 1752, died in 1806.
situated at the northern base of
Boundaries.
North-west by
Newington, north-east by Piscataqua River, which separates it
from Kittery, Maine, south-east
and south by Rye, and west by
Greenland and Newington. Area
9,000 acres. Portsmouth, including Kittery, Dover, and Exeter,
was an independent republic until
1641.
It then, with Exeter, placed
itself under the jurisdiction of
the
until 1679, when
New-Hampshire was formed into a separate province.
It was
Massachusetts,
with
incorporated
limits,
May 28,
porated as a
Distances.
its
1653.
It
city,
July
present
was incor-
6,
1849.
miles
north from Boston, and four hundred and eighty-nine miles northeast from Washington, D. C.
Railroads.
Fifty-four
The
railroad facili-
Portsmouth are very good.
The Eastern New-Hampshire, has
its terminus here, and connects
the city with Boston. The Eastern connects with the Portland,
Saco and Portsmouth Railroad,
which leads to Portland, and from
ties of
thence to
all sections of Maine
the eastern section of New-Hamp-
White Mountains. The suris uneven and broken with
hills, and of its area of over 26,000
acres, only 1,400 are under any
improvement. The lumber busiface
ness is an important branch of
resource to the people.
Rivers.
Branches of Moose and
Israel's Rivers are the principal
and afford some water
power.
Farming and
Employments..
lumbering is the principal employment, of the people. 1,000,000 feet
of lumber, of all kinds, are annuIn seasons of good
ally sawed.
potato crops, quite a quantity of
starch is manufactured.
Productions of the
Resources
mechanical labor,
soil, $ 18,401
$ 4,600 deposits in savings banks,
from summer tourists,
$ 111
$ 2,000.
streams,
;
;
;
Schools.
town
There are three schools
average length, for the
year, nineteen weeks.
The average attendance, in proportion to
in
the
;
number
of scholars,
is
larger
than that of any other town in
the county, viz. 81 per cent.
Hotel.
Wood's Hotel.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
314
First
was
Randolph
John Durand and
others from London, under the
name of " Durand" August 20,
1772.
It was first settled by Joseph Wilder and Stephen Gilson,
and was incorporated and received
its present name, June 16, 1824.
North by Berlin,
Boundaries.
east by Gorham, south by the
White Mountains, and west by
Total
Kilkenny.
area,
36,680
improved land, 1,400 acres.
One hundred and
Distances.
twenty miles north from Concord,
and twenty south-east from Lanacres
;
caster.
Railroads.
The nearest railroad
is at Gorham sta-
communication
tion,
five
miles
distant,
on the
Grand Trunk Railroad.
RAYMOND.
The
County.
town is generally
even, but the soil is various. The
Rockingham
surface of this
meadows on
the streams are pro-
ductive but not under a high state
of cultivation, while other portions, if properly cultivated, pro-
duce
fine crops.
Rivers and Ponds. Two branches
of the Lamprey River, from Deerfield and Candia, unite in Raymond, and the waters of two
ponds fall into this river in its passage through the town. Pawtuckaway River, from Nottingham,
crosses through the north-east corner into Epping.
In the north part of the town,
about one hundred rods from the
principal road leading to Deerfield,
near the summit of a hill, is a cave
or an excavation in the ledge
about fifteen feet, which is called
the " Oven," from the appearance
of its mouth.
is called Raymond Deon the Concord and Ports-
At what
Organization.
gi'anted to
pot,
mouth Railroad, is quite a village.
Here are three church edifices,
large school house, academy, ten
or twelve stores, of all kinds, one
hotel, various kinds of mechani-
and about seventy-five
dwelling houses.
It is the centre
of a large mercantile trade, and
has a business appearance.
Agriculture is
Employments.
the principal employment of the
inhabitants, but the manufactures,
cal shops,
Sale
and trade are valuable.
lumber to the value of $ 9,
meal and flour, $27,400;
200;
palmleaf hats, $ 8,000
besides sugar boxes, hogshead staves, tubs,
pails, mackerel kits, and various
other small mechanical shops.
shoes,
;
Total value of goods, of all kinds,
annually manufactured, is $ 79,800.
Resources. Productions of the
soil,
$
$94,606;
15,700
;
mechanical labor,
money
$
at interest,
15,
deposits in savings banks,
168;
$39,194; stock in trade, $30,375;
professional business, $ 12,000.
FreeChurches and Schools.
will Baptist, Rev. Joseph Fullonton, pastor;
Congregational, Rev.
Samuel Bowker, pastor; Methodist, Rev. William Hews, and Matthew Newhall. There are ten
average length,
schools in town
;
for the year, fourteen
Literary Institution.
High School.
weeks.
Raymond
"Two Terms
in a
year."
Hotel.
Central
House;
livery
stable attached to the house.
First
was
Organization.
originally
and, for
many
Raymond
a part of Chester,
years,
was
called
"Freetown." Itwasmadeadistinct
parish in 1762.
It
was incorpor-
ated under the present name,
May
�RICHMOND
Its population,
1764.
9,
was
in
315
are generally engaged in agriculture.
200,000 heading, 75,000 pail
stuff,
440,000 staves, 1,560,000 feet
dimension timber and 75,000
revolution. Four were killed, or
died in the service. Hon. John
Dudley, a patriotof the revolution,
member of the committee of safety, speaker of the house, and judge
of the superior court, died here,
of
May
terest, $3,435;
aged eighty years.
First Minister. Rev. Jonathan
Stickney, Congregational ordained in 1800.
North by DeerBoundaries.
field and Nottingham, east by Epping and Fremont, south by Chester, and west by Chester and Candia.
Area, 16,317 acres; area of
improved land, 11,084 acres.
Distances. Twenty-eight miles
south-east from
Concord, and
twenty-five west from Portsmouth.
The Concord and
Railroad.
Railroad
passes
Portsmouth
through this town, in an easterly
21, 1803,
;
and westerly
pails, are
Resources.
there being no elevations of any
soil
produces
good
crops of rye, wheat, corn, &c.
Rivers and Ponds. Branches of
the Ashuelot and Miller's rivers,
are the principal streams in town.
There are three ponds, one of
which is one of the sources of MilRiver.
Minerals.
ler's
Soapstone,
quartz,
felspar phosphate of lime, rutile,
iron
pyrites,
$
14,945
;
money
at in-
deposits in savings
stock in
banks, $49,918;
from summer
trade,
tourists,
$400.
Churches and Schools.
and Universalist.
dist,
MethoThere are
average length,
fourteen schools
for the year, ten weeks.
Hotel.
Howe's Hotel.
;
First Settlers. This town was
granted to Joseph Blanchard and
others, February 28, 1752, and the
first settlement was made about
1758, by people from Massachusetts
and Rhode Island.
Rev. Maturin
First Ministers.
;
died in
Rev. Isaac Kenney, settled
1792.
formed
First
in 1768;
Baptist
Church
second, in 1776.
North by SwanTroy and Fitzwilliam,
south by Warwick and Royalston, Massachusetts, and west by
Boundaries.
zey, east by
Area, 22,725 acres.
Seventy miles southwest from Concord, and twelve
south from Keene.
Fitzwilliam Depot,
Railroad.
on Cheshire Railroad, distant
eight miles.
U. S. Mail every
Winchester.
Distances.
other day.
RINDGE.
garnets, calcareous
Cheshire County. The surface of this town is uneven and
in some parts rocky, but the soil is
and hornblende crystals, are
found in one quarry.
Iolite, a
rare mineral of great beauty, and
highly valued, is found in the
deep
quartz.
crops
spar,
mechanical labor,
$21,000; stocks, and
in
The
Productions of the
$69,640;
soil,
1804.
RICH.TIONO.
note.
annually produced. (See
tables.)
Ballou, ordained in 1770
direction.
Cheshire County. The surface of this town is generally level,
The inhabitants
Employments.
1775,
The names
of twentyfour of its inhabitants are found
enrolled among the soldiers of the
683.
— RINDGE.
and
fertile
yielding
of hay and grain.
fair
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
316
Ponds and Streams.
thirteen ponds
let,
;
There are
Long, Grassy, Bul-
Manomonack, Emerson, and
Perley Ponds are the principal.
The three first discharge their
waters into the Contoocook, and
the three last into Miller's River.
Employments. The inhabitants
are principally engaged in agricultural pursuits, but the town is
noted for the manufacturing of
wooden ware, of various kinds.
The different mills annually produce nest, fig, and salt boxes, valued at $ 16,800 bobbins and spools,
$22,000; 18,000 brooms, $6,000;
;
1,120,000
pails,
$
2,800,000
19,500,
and dimension timber,
$43,100, 7,000 bushels meal, and
flour $11,000; besides, boots and
shoes, are made. There are blackfeet boards
smiths, carpenters, painters,
sons,
ma-
and other tradesmen. The
$
more inhabitants
mechanical labor,
stocks and money at in-
14,800
;
$23, 350; deposits in savings banks, $ 47,666 stock in trade,
;
$ 28,658.
Churches and Schools.
Congregational
Methodist
Rev. W. H. Stewart, pastor. There
are ten schools in town average
;
;
length of schools, for the year,
nineteen weeks; value of school
houses $ 8,000 amount of money
annually appropriated for school
purposes $ 1,577.50
;
Rindge House.
Rindge was
originally granted by Massachusetts,
and was called Rowley
Canada or Monadnock Number
One.
It was incorporated under
its present
name, February 11,
1768, for one of its proprietors.
Hotel.
First Settlement.
town
in 1790,
First
Ministers.
Rev.
Seth
Dean, (Congregational) ordained in 1765, left in 1780 Rev. Seth
Payson, D. D., ordained in 1782,
died in 1820 aged sixty-two years.
Dr. Payson was eminently distinguished for his many good deeds
;
in ministerial labors.
Boundaries. North by Jaffrey,
and Sharon east by New Ipswich,
south by Winchendon, Massachusetts, and west by Fitzwilliam.
Area 23,838 acres improved land
;
14,476 acres.
Distances.
Fifty-miles
south-
west from Concord, and twenty
south-east from Keene.
Bailroad.
Monadnock Railroad
passes through this town.
ROCHESTER.
Strafford County. Rochester
$ 56,395
terest,
in
than in 1870.
to-
value of goods annually manufactured is $ 150,600.
Besources.
Productions of the
tal
soil,
Jonathan Stanley, George Hewetts
and Abel Platts first made a settlement here in 1752. There were
one of the progressive towns in
the State, having, within the past
twenty years, nearly doubled its
is
population and wealth.
Its population, at the present time, (1873,)
is not far from 6,000, having on its
check-list, at the annual
town
meeting, 1,409 names. In Rochester village there have been erected, within the past three years,
two hundred dwelling houses; besides many business blocks
Its
railroad facilities are equal to
those of any town in the State.
Four railroads now come into the
town, or pass through it, viz. the
Eastern, Cocheco, Portland &
Rochester and Nashua & Rochester Railroads and the Concord &
Rochester Railroad has been chartered and, doubtless, will be built
—
—
�ROCHESTER.
The
within the next five years.
is uneven, rising in numerous swells, but the larger portion
can be cultivated. The soil is very
good and produces excellent crops
of corn, etc. There are some very
fine farms, under a high state of
cultivation.
The value of its agricultural products exceeds that
of any other town in the county.
surface
Squamanagonnick
the highest elevation, and
Elevations.
Hill
is
constitutes a considerable part of
several valuable farms.
Rivers.
Salmon Falls River
washes the eastern border of the
town Cocheco River runs through
the whole length of the town, and
;
nearly through the centre; Isinglass River crosses the southerly
corner, just before its junction
with the Cocheco River.
Both
Salmon
and Cocheco rivers
abundant water power,
Falls
furnish
which
beiDg improved, to some
is
extent.
Near the centre of the
Villages.
town on Cocheco River, stands the
principal village, foi'merly called
"Norway
thrift,
In point of
Plains."
business, wealth, and the en-
terprising spirit of
its
inhabitants,
equaled but by few villages
Its manufactures
in the State.
it is
and trade are considerable, and
very important. There are located
Norway
317
and growing
Besides,
villages.
three church edifices,
four school houses, a bank, two hotels, forty stores, of all kinds, sevthere are
eral eating houses, a
newspaper of-
fice,three express offices, telegraph,
physicians 1 ,
insurance, lawyers',
and various other offices, too numerous to mention.
Some of the
business blocks are
tial
buildings.
fine,
The
substan-
streets are
wide and in many places finely
shaded with the elm or maple
It
is a beautiful village, and all who
reside there feel proud to acknowledge it. The various lines
of railroads form a junction in this
village.
East
and
Rochester
growing
Portland
&
is
a pleasant
village,
Rochester
on
the
Railroad.
Here are three woolen mills, employing 200 males and females,
three churches,
school houses,
a post office, several stores and various kinds of mechanical shops.
Oonie Village has two woolen
mills,
employing 120 males and
fe-
males.
There are two banks,
a church, a school house, several
stores, a hotel, post office, &c. It is
a very pleasant village, and is the
residence of some of the most
prominent men in the State.
Employments.
Rochester can
justly
be'
called one of the princi-
Plains
pal manufacturing towns of the
Manufacturing Company, (three
mills) employing 350 males and
though its agricultural productions are valuable. The annual
value of woolen goods manufactured, in eight mills, is $1,142,000 over
700,000 pairs of boots and shoes are
in this village the
females
;
three shoe manufactories,
employing 450 males and females, a
large axe handle manufactory,
a door, sash and blind factory, two
carnage manufactories, a tannery,
lumber mills, also blacksmiths, carpenters, shoemakers, tin and the
various other kinds of mechanical
shops
common
to
enterprising
State,
;
manufactured
$ 9,000 worth of
carnages are made; 72,000 lbs.
splits, 18,600 sides sole leather, and
;
4,000 calf skins are annually pro-
duced; 200,000 shingles, 1,200,000
feet of boards,
&c,
are sawed; be-
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
and blind,
and various oher man-
sides there are door, sash
furniture,
The
town, seven of them being graded.
Average length of schools, for the
weeks value of
school houses, $ 19,950
amount
value of
goods, of all kinds, annually manufactured, is $2,275,500.00.
(See
year, twenty-five
tables.)
purposes, $6,355.55.
Library,
Banks,
ufactories.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil,
total
$ 139,888;
from operatives
in
the various manufactories, $463,
from carpenters, painters,
000;
masons, blacksmiths, &c, $ 90,000
interest,
at
$ 11,848;
money
deposits in
»fec., $47,600;
stock in
savings banks, $ 410,531
trade, $181,100;
from summer
professional sertourists, $ 9,000
This town is bevices, $ 150,000.
coming quite a popular resort for
summer tourists. The estimated
number who annually visit here,
for a few weeks or months, through
the summer, is three hundred.
Churches and Schools. Methodist Rev. D. J. Smith, pastor;
stocks,
;
;
number
of
valuation,
members,
$ 30,000.
church
Congrega-
300;
Rev. H. M. Stone, pastor;
150 church value, $ 20Freewill Baptist, Rev. E.
000.
True, pastor members, 40. Catholic, Rev. Father Pugh, pastor;
members, 300; church valuation,
East Rochester Meth$ 4,000.
odist, Rev. A. A. Cleveland, pasmembers, 75 church valuator
tion, $3,000. Freewill Baptist, Rev.
T. T. Kenniston, pastor; members, 80; church valuation, $9,000.
Advent Church, value, $ 800.
Two other Advent churches in the
Gonic:
town valued at $600.
Freewill Baptist, Rev. G. S. Hill,
pastor;
members, 110; church
valuation, $ 10,000.
One other
Freewill Baptist in town, Rev. P.
tional,
members,
;
;
:
;
;
Chesley,
pastor;
members,
50;
church valuation, $ 2,500.
There are twenty-six schools in
;
;
annually appropriated for school
Hotels,
Etc.
Rochester Social Library, 1,850
volumes. Gonic National Bank,
Gonic Savings Bank, and Norway
Plains Savings Bank.
Dodge's
Hotel, and "Mansion House," at
Rochester, and " Varney Hotel" at
Gonic.
Total value of hotels,
$ 75,000 number of arrivals the
;
past year, 10,750.
There are four
livery stables with 29 horses, val-
ued at $
6,200.
First Settlements. Rochester
was
granted by Massachusetts to several proprietors in one hundred and
twenty seven shares.
At that
time its area was 60,000 acres, but
at the present time the town con-
was incorThe first
permanent settler was Captain
Timothy Roberts, who moved here
with his family, December 28, 1728.
tains only 22,000.
porated
May
10,
It
1722.
Ham, Benjamin Frost,
Benjamin Tebbetts, Joseph Richards and others came soon after.
Eleazer
Rochester was one of the frontier
towns
till
Canada came
into
the possession of the English, in
1760.
The
inhabitants
suffered
much through Indian and Canadian cruelties for many years, often being obliged, for the pi*otection of their lives, to live in garri-
son houses, and with this precaution, they also kept a vigilant watch
night and day. The frequent attacks of the Indians and their
allies, caused the men to be bold
and adventurous, and their sons,
early trained to the use of arms,
soon caught the brave spirit ot
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ROLLINSFORD.
their fathers,
and they quickly he-
Forty miles
Distances.
east
enemies,
came
and the settlers did not suffer near
as much as many towns, that were
far less exposed.
In June, 1746, Joseph Heard,
John Wentworth, Joseph Rich-
from Concord, and ten north from
and Gershom Downs, were
and John Richards wounded and captured. A boy by the
name of Jonathan Door was also taken captive and carried to Canada.
One Sunday morning in May, 1748,
the wife of Jonathan Hodgdon was
ken from Somersworth, and incor-
killed by the Indians for not willing-
any town in the county. The farmers find a good market for their
a terror
to
their
ards,
killed,
ly consenting to accompany
them to
Canada.
Her husband married
again, and was the father of twen-
He died
ty-one children in all.
in 1815, aged ninety years.
In the Revolutionary struggle,
of the inhabitants took an
active part. The deeds of Cap-
many
tain
John
Brewer and David
John McDuffee and
Dover.
ROLXINSFOKD.
Strafford County.
ford
is
Rollins-
a very small township, ta-
porated July
3,
1849.
The
soil is
of the best quality, and produces
excellent crops of various kinds of
grain, grass, etc. With one exception, the orchard productions,
are more valuable than those of
surplus products at
Salmon Falls,
At Sal-
Dover, or Great Falls.
mon Falls, in this town,
manufacturing village.
is
a large
In this
churches, two
banks, ten or fifteen stores, of vaFalls
rious kinds, the Salmon
Manufacturing Works, and two or
village are three
Place, Colonel
three hundred dwellings.
memory of
the people of Rochester for many
Twenty-one men
years to come.
The Salmon Falls RivRivers.
er washes the eastern border of
the town, and affords excellent
others will live in the
from
this
town were
killed or died
in that great contest for
liberty.
Many men who have
held distinguished positions, both in the State
and nation, were natives or residents of this town.
Ministers.
First
Rev. Amos
Main, Congregational, settled in
Rev. Samuel
1737, died in 1760.
Hill, ordained in 1760, died in 1764.
Rev. Avery Hall, settled in 1766,
and dismissed in 1775. Rev. Joseph Haven, settled in 1775, and
dismissed in 1825.
Boundaries North-east by Berwick, Maine, south-east by Somersworth and Dover, south-west
by Barrington, and north-west by
Farrnington.
Area of improved
land, 11,368 acres.
water privileges.
Manufacturing
Employments.
and mercantile trade are the principal employments of the people,
although in proportion to its territory, there is not a better farming
district, in the State.
The Salmon
Manufacturing Company,
have a capital of $ 600,000. They
employ about 150 males, and 430
Falls
females,
who
annually receive for
They
$ 160,000.
manufacture about 6,000,000 yards
of cotton cloth, valued at $ 768,337.
There are several other small
their labor, over
manufactories.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil, $60,500;
mechanical labor,
$186,359; stocks etc., $25,000;
money at interest, $ 16,507 pro;
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fessional business,
•?
$
197,520;
Congre-
gational, Rev. Sclah Merrill, pas-
Catholic,
J.
Sullivan,
T.
There
Episcopal,
are six school districts,' and eight
priest
.
;
schools, in
for
town
;
average length,
the year, thirty-one
amount
of
ite
weeks;
money annually appro-
One
of the largest gran-
quarries in the State
At
town.
stock in trade, $ 61,875.
Churches and Schools.
tor;
Quarry.
50,000; depos-
savings banks,
in
its
present,
in this
is
being ex-
it is
tensively worked, and, no doubt,
will be a valuable
resource of
wealth. Estimated value of stone
quarried, the present year, (1873,)
$
150,000.
Employments. Aside from the
quarry business, farming is the
employment
principal
priated for school purposes, $ 3,
354.50; average amount appropri-
ated for each scholar, $11.11.
ucts,
of
the
people.
Banks.
Salmon Falls State
Bank, and Salmon Falls Savings
Bank. (See tables.)
Salmon
Library.
Falls Library,
volumes.
Hotel.
Franklin House.
Boundaries.
North by Somersworth, east by South Berwick,
Maine, and south and west by Dover. Acres of improved land, 2,813.
Distances.
Forty miles southeast from Concord, and two miles
east from Dover.
Railroads.
Boston and Maine,
and Portsmouth, Great Falls and
Conway Railroads pass through
1,000
Rollinsford.
ROXBVRY.
Cheshire County. The surtown is uneven,
face of this small
rising in considerable swells,
and
affording excellent grazing land.
The
soil is fertile,
and,
when prop-
erly tilled, produces fine crops.
Agricultural
Resources.
prod-
mechanical labor,
$ 38,000 money at interest, $ 4,360
deposits in savings banks, $ 19,088.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. G. L. Ninas, pastor.
There are three schools average
$ 27,427;
;
;
length,
the
for
year,
nineteen
weeks.
Roxbury
First Organization.
was formed of a part of Nelson,
Marlborough and Keene, and incorporated, Dec. 9, 1812. Joseph
Ames, Esq., a celebrated artist,
and portrait painter to the Pope of
Rome, was a native of this town.
Rev. ChristoCongregational; installed in 1816; dismissed in 1819.
North by Sullivan
Boundaries.
and Harrisville, east by Harrisville, south by Marlborough, and
west by Keene. Area, 6,000 acres.
Fifty miles southDistances.
west from Concord, and five east
First
pher
Minister.
Page,
from Keene.
Railroads.
It is
five
miles to
Streams and Ponds. The north
branch of Ashuelot River, forms
Keene
town
and Keene. Roaring Brook, on
which are several valuable meadows, waters the south part, and
furnishes a few water privileges.
Roaring Brook Pond is on the east
Keene Railroad, when built, will
pass through this town.
the boundary between this
side of the town.
on the Cheshire
The Manchester and
Station,
Railroad.
RCTUIIVEY.
Grafton County.
The
surface
of this town is uneven, but the soil
There is
fertile.
is generally
�RUMNEY.
much good
fai-mingland, and
some
very line farms. There is also a
large quantity of good timber,
which finds a ready market in
Boston, through the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad.
Streams and Ponds. Baker's
River and Stinson's Brook, the latter of which flows from Stinson's
Pond are the principal streams.
Stinson's
Pond
four hundred
is
rods long, and two hundred and
eighty wide. Part of Loon Pond
is on the east line of the town.
Mountains. The principal elevations are Stinson's Mountain,
Webber and Rattlesnake MounStinson's Mountain receivtain.
ed its name from Daniel Stinson,
who, while on a hunting excursion
with General Stark and two others,
in April,
was attacked
1752,
by a party of ten Indians, commanded
by Francis Titigaw.
Stark was taken prisoner, and
This sad event
Stinson slain.
will long perpetuate the
name
of
mountain,
pond and brook, which bear his
name.
There is a very pleasVillage.
ant village in this town, and the
Stinson, through
of
seat
the
considerable
business.
There are two churches, several
stores, a hotel, express and telegraph office, manufactories, of
various kinds, and about seventydwelling houses.
Employments. The larger portion of the people, are engaged in
five
There is considerable manufacturing of which lumagriculture.
ber
is
the principal;
700,000 shin-
and 2^975,000 feet of dimension
timber are annually sawed. Some
gles
years, 60,000 lbs.
of
camphor
is
valued at over $21,000;
10,000 truss pads are also made.
refined,
321
Gloves to the value of
meal
rakes, 500 dozens,
are
els
annually
$
14,700
8,900 bush-
produced, be-
sides, there are various other shops,
(See tables.)
Agricultural prod-
etc.
Resources.
ucts,
$ 115,234; mechanical labor,
$39,400;
money
at interest,
etc.,
$15,834; deposits in savings banks,
from summer
$25,983;
tourists,
$10,000; stock in' trade, $33,892;
professional business, $ 25,000.
Baptist,
Churches and Schools.
Rev. J. B. Breed, pastor; members, 126; church value, $5,000.
Baker's River, Baptist, Rev. G. A.
pastor;
Glines,
members, 81;
church value, $,3,000. Methodist,
Elder N. P. Philbrook, pastor;
church value, $2,000; number of
members, 120.
There are ten
schools in this town; average
length, for the year, twelve weeks.
Hotel.
3,000,
$
Stinson House arrivals,
annually;
hotel
value,
;
10,000.
First
and
This town
Daniel Brainard
Settlement.
was granted
to
March
others,
18, 1767.
The
were Captain Jonathan Cummings, Moses Smart,
Daniel Brainard, James Heath
and others, in 1765.
First Churches and Ministers. A
Congregational Church was estabfirst settlers
lished,
Thomas
October
in 1788;
tled in
21,
1767;
Niles, pastor;
Rev.
dismissed
Rev. Ezra Wilmarth setdismissed in 1811.
1779,
A Baptist
Church was formed
in
1780.
Boundaries.
North by Ellsworth, east by Campton, south by
Plymouth, Hebron and Groton,
and west by Wentworth. Area,
22,574 acres.
Distances.
north-west
Fifty-nine
from
Concord,
miles
and
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eight north-west from Plymouth.
The Boston, Concord
Railroad.
both pleasant and large towns.
was estimated
It
that fifteen hundred
and Montreal Railroad passes
through the southern part of this
tourists stayed in Rye, through the
town.
five large
warm weather
viz.,
RITE.
in 1873. There are
and commodious hotels
the Farragut, Atlantic,
Sea-
View, Washington and Ocean*.
Rockixgham County. Nearly
one third of the sea-coast of the
State, is in this town, extending
The number of
for six miles along the Atlantic.
to
On
Churches and Schools. There are
four churches in town viz., Congregational, Christian, Methodist,
There are four
and Advent.
schools average length, for the
year, twenty-six weeks.
the shore, are three pleasant
beaches, viz. Sandy, Jenness, and
Wallis. Near Goss' Mills, there
is a small harbor, into which ves-
burden may enter
sels of 80 tons
at high water.
but
is
in a
The
soil is hard,
high state of cidtivation,
and yields good crops.
Employments.
But very little
manufacturing is done. Nearly all
the people are engaged in farming,
and, in the
summer
warm
season, keeping
Nearly every
farm house is a boarding house,
and their own tables furnish a
good market for their farm prodboarders.
ucts, at first-class prices.
Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $76,296; mechanical
labor,
$ 10,500;
fisheries,
not
known deposits in savings banks,
.$ 130,660
stocks, bonds, and money at interest, $ 32,910; from sum;
;
mer
at boarding houses,
guests at hotels, $ 75,000,
tourists,
8 60,000
;
Summer
Tourists.
coming widely noted
Rye
as a
is
be-
summer
resort for invalids, lovers of seaside views, and those who are de-
lighted by the music of the ocean
The beaches are large and
for bathing. The roads are
hotels last
People
who
come
arrivals at all the
were 10,000.
Rye once are apt
season
visit
again.
;
First Settlements.
Rye was
or-
a part of Portsmouth,
Greenland, Hampton and NewCastle. Settlements commenced
within the present limits of the
town, as early as 1635, but it was not
incorporated till 1719. The inhabitants suffered much in early times
from frequent attacks by the Indians.
In 1694, John Locke was
killed while reaping grain in his
Twenty-one persons were
field.
killed or captured, at one time, at
Sandy Beach in 1696. In this invasion, in 1696, the Indians had
been down to the sea-shore for the
purpose of fishing, and, returning,
they encamped upon the top of a
hill.
While preparing their breakfast, they were surprised by a party of rangers, and captured.
This
hill has ever since, been called
iginally
"Breakfast
First
Hill.
1 '
Ministers.
Rev. Nathan-
wave.
iel
safe
in 1733.
Rev. Samuel Parsons,
ordained in 1736; died in 1739.
good, and the drives delightful.
in
No finer country can be found
New England than in the vi-
cinity of Rye.
Portsmouth,
*
Morrill, ordained in 1726; left
The Ocean House was burnt
in the season
was one of the largest, and most
expensive hotels on the New-England coast,
of 1873.
miles to
and nine to Exeter,
It is six
It
costing nearly $ 100,000.
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SALEM.
At North Salem there
Rev. Huntington Porter, D. D.,
fice, etc.
settled in 1784.
a church,
North and northBoundaries.
west by Portsmouth, north-east by
Little Harbor, east by the Atlantic
Ocean, south by Xorth-Hampton,
and west by Greenland.
Distances. Six miles south from
Portsmouth, and fifty south-east
from Concord.
Railroads.
The Eastern Rail-
woolen
At the June Session,
road.
1872,
school
house,
is
three
mills, a lumber mill, two
and a post office. At Depot Village are two churches, a
school house, shoe factory, lumber
stores,
wheel-wright shop,
mill,
five
six stores, of various kinds,
or
and a
post office.
The inhabitants
Employments.
are about equally divided between
forming on one side, and manufacand mercantile trade on
the other. Woolen goods, such
a charter was granted for a railroad to run through Rye, to be
called the Eastern Branch Rail-
tories
road.
and woolen yarn are manufactured, to the value of $ 260,000 annu-
SALEM.
town
is
The
uneven,
af-
fording a fair proportion of interThe soil is good,
val and upland.
and well
cultivated, producing ex-
cellent crops of corn,
grain and
proximity to the large
city of Lawrence, Mass., affords a
fine market for the farmers to sell
grass.
their
Its
productions.
surplus
four other towns in
sell as
much garden
But
the county
Pavers.
;
ferent sections of the town, viz. Salem, North Salem and Depot Village. At Salem village are two
churches, a school house, shoe
factor^*,
woolen
mill,
lumber
mill,
small mechanical shops,
three stores, one hotel, a post ofseveral
and
shoes, valued at
made
$
179,000 are
800,000 feet of lumber, val-
;
are sawed, and
small mechanical
shops. The total value of goods,
annually manufactured, is $460,
ued
at
$
there are
11,500,
many
(See tables.)
000.
Resources.
Annual agricultural
mechan-
productions, $100,137;
ical labor, $85,400;
terest,
ings
produce.
There are
several ponds, the largest of which
is Policy Pond, partly in this town
and partly in Windham World's
End and Captain Ponds are the
Spiggott River passes
principal.
through this town in a southerly
direction, and receives in its course
many branches, which afford good
water power.
There are three villages, in difPonds and
163,000 pairs of sale boots
ally;
Rockingham County.
surface of this
as flannels, frocking, water-proof,
$
12,400
banks,*
money
at in-
;
deposits in sav-
$
13,174;
stock in
trade, $31,635; professional business,
$ 35,000.
Churches and, Softools. Salem:
Methodist, Rev. H. Dow, pastor;
Congregational, Rev. A. M. Gates,
pastor. North Salem Methodist,
Rev. S. J. Robinson pastor. DeRev. J. H.
Methodist,
pot:
Baptist,
Rev.
Haines, pastor;
There are
Mr. Eaton, pastor.
eleven schools in town, two of
which are graded average length
of schools, for the year, twenty-six
:
;
weeks;
total
amoimt of money
annually appropriated for school
*
A
large portion of the surplus earnings
of the people, finds
its
way
banks in Massachusetts.
into the savings,
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324
purposes,
value
$1,967.14;
of
Salem House and Chee-
Hotels.
ney House.
First Settlements.
Salem was orig-
a part of Methuen, Mass.,
inally,
but came into New-Hampshire in
the State division in 1741.
It
was
incorporated May 11, 1750. The
town contained, as early as 1775,
Hon. Silas
man, died
inhabitants.
1,084
Belton, a distinguished
here in 1822.
Rev
Ministers.
First
Abner
Bagley, ordained in 1740; died in
1798. Rev. John Smith, D. D., ordained in 1797; dismissed in 1816.
North by Londonby Atkinson,
east and south by Methuen, Mass.,
south-west by Pelham, and west
by Windham.
Boundaries.
derry,
north-east
Distances.
Forty miles south
from Concord, and twenty southwest from Exeter.
Railroad. The Manchester and
Lawrence Railroad passes through
the town, in a northerly and southerly direction.
SALISBURY,
Merrimack County.
Salisbury
one of the best farming towns
in the county, and is especially
noted for its excellent apple orchards. But two towns in the
is
State equal this town in
production. The surface
ally,
uneven.
The
deep, and loamy.
River
land.
ford
its
is
apple
gener-
soil is strong,
On Blackwater
some very fertile interval
The more hilly portions af-
is
most excellent
pasturage,
however, some very
fine tillage land, producing good
crops of wheat, corn, potatoes etc.
16,000 lbs. of wool is produced annually. But very few towns in the
but there
is,
State hold out better inducements
husbandmen, than Salisbury.
There are two very pleasant villages located on rising ground
about one mile apart, and situated
on what was originally called
the Fourth New-Hampshire Turnto
school houses, $ 8,850,
pike.
River. It is watered by Blackwater River, which flows nearly
through the centre of the town.
Mountain.
Kearsarge ranges
within the bounds of Salisbm-y,
the north-west corner of which extends nearly to its summit.
Employments.
inhabitants.
little
The
to
Agriculture
is
employment of the
There is but very
the principal
manufacturing in the town.
had a tendency
railroads have
injure
which
mercantile trade,
ago was very
the
thirty years
extensive.
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$ 10,400 stocks and bonds, $ 12,
500; money at intei-est, $17,500;
deposits in savings banks, $62,445;
stock in trade, $ 8,250.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. J. B. Cook, pastor;
Baptist,
Christian, Rev. A.
There are
H. Martin, pastor.
eleven schools; average length,
for the year, fifteen weeks.
Hotel. Elm House.
Resources.
soil,
$
129,914;
;
;
Salisbury
First Settlers.
was
granted by the Masonian proprietors under the name of Stevenstown, October 25. 1749, and included within its grant part of
It was
the town of Franklin.
settled in 1750, by Philip Call, Nathanial Meloon, Benjamin Pettingill,
John and Ebenezer "Webster,
Andrew Bohonon, Edward
man and
Kingston.
It
East-
from
was incorporated,
others,
mostly
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SANBORNTON.
by
present name,
its
March
1,
Ebenezer
Hon.
Men.
Noted
Webster was one of the
first set-
He was
a patriot of the
revolution, an officer of the militia, and held responsible offices
in the State, such as Senator in
the Legislature, and Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas. He died
He was the father of the
in 1806.
Hon. Ezekiel and Daniel Webster,
names well known throughout the
tlers.
Hon Ichabod Bartlett,
Hon. Thomas H. Pettingill, and
Hon. Charles Haddock were nacountry.
tives of this town.
Indians.
suffered
The
first
inhabitants
much from the inroads of
On the 16th of May,
the Indians.
1753,
Nathaniel Maloon, living in
the west part of the town, was captured, together with his wife, and
three children viz. Sarah, Rachel
They were taken
and Daniel.
Canada, where, himself and
wife were sold to the French in
Montreal. The children were retained with the Indians, one of
whom returned, after an absence
to
of nine years.
After the parents
had resided
year and a
Montreal about
in
a-
they had a son
baptized by a
French friar, by the name of Joseph Marq. Mr. Maloon returned
from captivity after four years and
born,
half,
who was
a half, to his farm in Salisbury.
Sarah died with the Indians. No
record
son.
Rev.
Thomas Worcester, ordained
dismissed in 1823.
Boundaries. North by Wilmot,
Andover and Franklin, east by
Franklin, south by Webster, Bosin 1791
1768.
is given of the mother and
In August, 1753, the wife of
was killed, and on the
Samuel Scribner, and
Robert Barker were captured, and
;
cawen and Warner, and west by
Area, 26,000 acres.
Sixteen miles northwest from Concord.
Five miles from
Railroads.
North Boscawen depot on NorthThe Blackwater
ern Railroad.
Railroad, when built, will pass directly through this town.
Sutton.
Distances.
S
VNIIOBSMON.
Belknap County. In 1828, the
southern corner of Sanbornton, lying between the Pemigewasset and
Winnipiseogee rivers, was taken
to help form the town of Franklin,
and thereby taking valuable water
power on both rivers. But it still
retained enough territory and water
power, to make it the best farming
town, in the State, and to have a
flourishing manufacturing village.
In July, 1869, the south-eastern
portion of the town, bordering on
the Winnipiseogee River, was dis-
annexed, and incoi'porated into a
town, under the name of Tilton.
This last depletory movement,
severed from its territory, 8,600
acres of improved land, nearly all
of its water power, and a thriving
manufacturing village. If the territory of the
town was the same
as
forty-six years ago, the value of its
agricultural
productions,
now be over $ 340,000
would
annually, by
any town in the
manufactured goods
would be valued at nearly $2,000,
000, and it would have a population
Philip Call
far the largest of
same
State:
day,
taken to Canada.
First
Ministers.
Rev. Jonathan Searle, (Congregational,) ordained in 1773; dismissed in 1791.
and
its
of nearly 4,000.
But notwithstanding this large
draft
on
its territory, it is still
one
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of the most important farming
towns in the State, ranking as the
fifth in the value of its agricultural productions.
is
generally
The
uneven,
mountainous, nearly
surface
but
all the
not
high-
est hills are suitable for cultiva-
Much
tion.
attention has
been
given to the growing of the apple,
and the value of its productions exceeds that of any other town in the
State.
Salmon
Streams and Ponds.
Brook rises in Salmon Pond, in the
north part of the town, and flows
nearly through the centre, in a
southerly direction, into Franklin,
and discharges its waters into the
Pemigewasset. In its passage, it
furnishes
some water power
for
small mills, and is the only stream
of note. Lake Winnisquam washes
its
eastern border.
Sanbornton Square was the first
settled part of the town, and at one
was the
seat of considerable
but Tilton, and Laconia,
have taken nearly all of its former
prestige, as to trade and other business. There are two church edi-
time,
trade,
fices,
office,
a school house, store, postand several dwelling houses.
Employments Nearly all of the
inhabitants are engaged in agriculture.
There are a few saw mills,
and some mechanThere are annualshops.
$ 2,257 from summer tour$ 1,000.
Churches and Schools. 1st Baptist, Rev. A. Rankin, pastor; 2d
Baptist, Rev. V. B. Bunker, pastor; Congregational, Rev. M. T.
Runnels, pastor; F. Baptist,
trade,
;
ists,
.
There are fourteen schools in
town; average length, for the year,
eighteen weeks.
Sanbornton
First Settlements.
was granted by the Masonian proprietors, in 1748, to several persons
by the name of Sanborn, and was
by John Sanborn,
Andrew Rowen, David Duston
and others. It was incorporated,
settled in 1765,
March
1,
First
1770.
Minister.
Woodman,
dained in 1771
first
Baptist
lyproduced, 1,500 bushels of wheat,
11,500 of corn, and 25,000 bushels
potatoes; apples to the value of
$14,000; besides 51,000 lbs butter,
14,000 lbs. cheese and 5,200 tons
of hay.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil, $215,204; mechanical labor,
$5,000; stocks and money at interest, $18,575; deposits in savings banks, $93,466; stock in
Joseph
died in 1807.
;
The
Church was foraged
in 1793.
North by Neweast by
Lake Winnisquam, south by Tilton and Franklin, and west by
Acres,
Hill and New-Hampton.
of improved laud 20,935.
Twenty-one miles
Distances.
north from Concord, and six west
from Gilford.
Railroad. Three miles to Tilton, on the Boston, Concord and
Montreal Railroad.
Boundaries.
Hampton and Meredith,
grist-mills,
ical
Rev.
(Congregational,) or-
SANDOW1V.
Rockingham
surface of this
the soil
is
County.
The
town is uneven, but
well
adapted to the
growing of grain or grass.
Ponds and Rivers. There are
several ponds, the largest of which
is Philip's Pond, lying in the south
part of the town, about 340 rods
Angle Pond
long, and 200 wide.
in the south-east part, is about 200
rods long, and 100 wide.
Squam-
�SANDWICH.
River flows from Philip's
Pond, and unites with another
stream of about the same size,
about one half mile from the pond.
are the principal
These two
streams in town.
Employments.
In the summer
months, the larger portion of the
people are engaged in agriculture,
but many in the winter are engaged in shoe making and lumbering.
bottomed,
is
brought, principally,
from Haverhill, and Lynn, Mass.
There are annually sawed, 1,000,000
feet of
lumber, valued at $13,000.
Productions of the
Resources.
annually, $ 30,694 from mechanical labor, $22,200; deposits
in savings banks, $8,345; money at
stock in trade,
interest, $ 10,625
soil,
;
;
$
11,437.
There
Churches and Schools.
are two churches, viz. Methodist,
Methodist.
and Congregational.
W. H. H.
The
Collins, pastor.
students furnish the Congregational.
There are four schools aver;
age length, for the year, eighteen
weeks.
First Settlers. This town was
originally a part of Kingston.
Moses Tucker, Israel and James
Huse, and others, settled here in
1736.
It was incorporated April
6,
Rev. Joseph
Cotton, ordained in 1759; died in
1780.
Rev. Samuel Collins settled
in 1781
;
Webber,
left in 1788.
Rev. John
settled in 1795:
removed
in 1800.
Boundaries.
North by Chester
and Fremont, east by Danville,
south by Hampstead, and west by
Area, 8,522
Chester and Derry.
acres.
miles
south-east from Concord, twenty-
from Portsmouth,
and thirteen from Exeter.
Railroads. Eight miles to Plaistow, on the Boston and Maine
Railroad. The Nashua and Roch-
six south-west
ester Railroad,
now
being
built,
will pass through this town.
SANDWICH.
Carroll County.
The
surface
uneven, but the soil is deep,
strong, and produces excellent
crops of wheat, corn, oats and hay.
Sandwich is situated in a basin,
being nearly surrounded by mountains, and affording some of the
finest and most picturesque scenery in the whole mountain region
is
of New-Hampshire.
In the summer months, nearly
every farm-house is filled with city
visitors, who spend their summer
quiet town,
in this
vacation,
among the hills, and beside the
mountain streams. It is estimated that nearly one thousand persons, from all sections of the country,
spend their
summer
vacation
Sandwich is the best farming town in the county. Its mountain pastures are excellent, and
seldom affected by drouth. The
town is noted for its fine horses
and cattle, and the farmer finds a
here.
ready sale for
1756.
First Ministers.
Thirty-one
Distances.
scot
About 120,000 pairs of shoes are
made. The stock, ready fitted to be
327
all his
surplus prod-
home.
There are
Rivers and Ponds.
numerous streams, many of which
are well stored with trout.. Bear
Camp, Swift, and Red Hill Rivers,
ucts at
The waters
are the principal.
of the Bear Camp and Swift,
their way to the ocean,
find
through the Saco, the Red Hill,
—
About
through the Merrimack.
one fourth of Squam Lake, lies in
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328
Employments.
the south-west corner of the town,
and
this
and Bear Camp and Red
The people are
generally, engaged in farming,
summer
and
boarders, from
Hill Ponds, are the principal bod-
keeping
water.
Sandwich MounMountains.
tains are a lofty range, extending
in a north-easterly course, and
terminating at Cochorua Peak in
Part of Ossipee MounAlbany.
which they receive good returns for
their labor. About 30,000 pairs of
shoes are annually made, and 300,
000, shingles, and 500.000 feet of
tain lies in the south-easterly part
of excelsior and salt boxes, has
commenced
operations.
(See
ies of
of the town.
Squam Mountain ex-
&c, annually produced.
boards
A
large mill for the manufacture
tends from Holderness, through a
corner of Campton into Sandwich.
There are many elevations which
tables.)
would be
$
called mountains, with
geographical names, in many localities of the State, but here, un-
der the towering Whiteface, they
are considered only hills. In October, 1820, after a long drouth, a
heavy rain set in, and continued
for a number of days, causing a
from Whiteface Mouncutting a deep ravine in its
heavy
tain,
slide
sides, for several miles in extent,
and sweeping rocks and trees in
promiscuous confusion into the
meadows, at its base. The traces
of this slide, on the side of the
mountain, can be distinctly seen,
for nearly forty miles from the
base of the mountain. As in those
days when Cochorua and his tribe,
roamed through this trackless
waste, the sides of these mountains, and the ravines among them,
are shaded with deep, dark forests,
and are still the haunts of the bear,
panther, and
deer.
But the
whiz of the red man's arrow, which
often pierced the heart of the inocent fawn has long since ceased.
Village. There is a very pleasant village, in this town, at a point
called Hoyt's Corner.
Here are
several stores, one hotel, offices of
various kinds, three churches, an
academy and about
60 dwellings.
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
stocks, bonds, and money
Resources.
soil,
$181,475;
12,500
;
at intei-est, $13,688;
deposits
in
savings banks, $ 10,964
stock in
trade $ 12,450; from summer tourists, $ 30,000.
Some persons, who
reside here, are considered very
wealthy, but the town does not
;
have the honor of showing
paper.
it
on
Churches and Schools. There are
one Congregational, two Quakei,
two Freewill Baptist, and two
Methodist churches. Elder G. N.
Bryant, Methodist;
Rev. C. L.
Tappan, Congregational and Rev.
L. B. Tasker. and H. R. Beede,
are pastors.
There are twentythree school districts, and twentyone schools: average length, for
the year, eighteen weeks. Amount
of money annually appropriated
;
for school purposes, $2,420.53.
Literary Institution. Beede's Literary Institute.
(See Literary In-
stitutions.)
Banks.
There are two banks in
town. Carroll County National
Bank, and the Sandwich Savings
Bank. (See tables.)
Hotel. Eagle Hotel.
This town
First Settlements.
was originally granted by Gover-
nor Benning Wentworth, in 1763,
and comprised six miles square.
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SEABROOK.
On September 5, 1764, the grantees,
having represented that the north
and west sides of their grant were
rocky and mountainous, received
an additional grant of territoiw, on
the east and
" Sandwich
incorporated,
south side, called
Addition. 11
It was
October
1768.
25,
Hon. Daniel Beechef, a useful
zen, resided here
many
cit-
years.
Early Minister.
Rev. Daniel
Smith, settled in 1827; dismissed
in 1832.
North by WateirBoundaries.
east by Albany and Tamworth, south by Moultonborough,
and west by Holderness, Campton
and Thornton. Area, 64,000 acres
ville,
improved land, 23, 900
miles
Fifty-two
Distances.
north from Concord, and twentytwo north-west from Ossipee.
Railroads. It is sixteen miles
to Meredith railway station, on
the Montreal Railroad. A stage
runs to this station six times a
In the summer, this stage
week.
connects with the boats, at Centre
The Portland, Rutland
Harbor.
built,
will pass through Sandwich.
SEABROOK.
every
town, and in its passage affords a
few water privileges of moderate
power.
Several small streams
rise in this and adjacent towns,
and form the Seabrook River, in
the marshes. In its course, it
unites with the Hampton River,
and thence, in a few miles, joins
the ocean.
The beach is a favorthe
ite resort in
partly
Grape
warm
season.
Titcomb's
Elevations.
Hill,
town and
South-Hampton, and
lies partly in this
in
Hill, in the
south-west part
of the town, and partly in Massachusetts, are the principal elevations.
From
the
summit of these
an extensive and delightful
view of the surrounding country
can be obtained.
Employments. Agriculture is a
valuable occupation of the people,
but the manufacturing of women's
and children's boots and shoes, is
the most extensive branch of busihills
ness.
Rockingham County.
to
acre under improvement, while
the average in the whole State is
only $ 9.32.
Streams. Cam's Brook has its
rise in Salisbury, Mass., and flows
through the south-east part of the
which
acres.
and Otsego Railroad, when
The land averages $ 20.90
The
stock
is
cut out and
Seabrook is one of the ocean towns,
of the State, and has extensive
plains of salt marsh. The middle
and eastern portions of the town
are comparatively level, being in
many sections gentle swells, The
soil is light, easy of cultivation,
and productive. The farmers find
a good market for their farm produce in Newburyport, Mass., five
prepared for bottoming, and put
miles distant. But few towns in
the State, in proportion to the
number of acres under improvement, produce as valuable crops.
ous sections of the town, which are
There are
filled with workmen.
over 1,000,000 pairs of boots and
shoes annually made, giving em-
into cases of 60 pairs each, in
Lynn
and Haverhill, Mass., and sent
the
workmen
in Seabrook,
to
to
be
There are
shoe manufactories
having machines, and employing
finished into shoes.
three
65
large
men and
These
boys,
three
and
15
factories
women.
annually
make over 300,000 pairs. There
are many shoe shops, in vari-
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330
ployment to over 250 men and
women. Many thousand pairs of
shoe uppers are sent to Seabrook,
which gives employ-
to be fitted,
ment
number of females.
It is estimated that there
are over 200 sewing machines, in
town.
Quite a number of men
are engaged in making boats.
The lumber business is importo a
large
and 1,100,
of boords and dimension
70,000 shingles,
tant.
000 feet
timber are annually sawed.
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $69,370; mechanical
labor
$
124,250
700;
money
;
at interest,
$
1,
deposits in savings banks,*
stock in trade $ 10,500;
$3,115;
from summer tourists, $ 5,000.
Churches and Schools.
Congregational, Rev. Win. Rand, pastor;
Baptist, Rev. H. H. Buman, pas-
W. C. BartCongregational of
tor; Methodist, Elder
lett,
pastor;
Seabrook and Hampton Falls.
There are five schools in town;
average length, for the year, twenty-five weeks.
Academy.
Dearborn Academy
is located in this town, and was
founded in 1854, being endowed with $ 15.000 by Edward
Dearborn, an
eminent
physician, and a distinguished
citizen of Seabrook.
in the
It is situated
pleasant village
commands a
brook, and
of Seafine
view
of the ocean, and the neighboring
Dr. Dearborn, also left
income of which is
to be used for the support of the
Gospel.
villages.
$4,000, the
Hotel.
*
Washington House.
The Savings Banks of Massachusetts get
the surplus earnings of the people of
mouey was
this
NewHampshire Savings Banks, the town would
town.
If the
deposited in
annually get from the State, over $ 1,000.
First Settlers.
Christopher Hus-
Dow, and Thomas
Philbrick, were among the first
settlers.
It was originally a part
of Hampton, afterwards Hampsey,
Joseph
ton
Falls,
were
first
The
and the settlements
commenced about
1638,
inhabitants suffered consider-
bly by Indian depredations, and
many prominent citizens were cruelly massacred.
On one of their
attacks, they killed the widow
Mussey, a prominent member of
the society of Friends. She was
noted on account of her talent as a
public speaker. They also killed
Thomas
Lancaster,
Jonathan
Green, a child of widow Benjamin
Brown,
and Nicholas
Bond.
These murders were committed
in the most horrible and cruel
manner.
It
is
Weare
believed that Meshech
first chief magistrate
the
of New-Hampshire, settled within
the limits of this town.
Nathaniel
Weare was an agent
of the colony
to prosecute the complaints against
the royal governor, Edward Cranfield,
land.
and spent some time in EngHis son, Nathaniel Weare,
and father of Meshech Weare was
a prominent public business man.
Both lived within the limits of
Seabrook. Edward Gove, a member of the assembly which Cranhimby his opposition to the Cranfield government.
He was arrested and convicted of high treason,
sent to England and confined in
the Tower of London. After remaining there three years, he was
pardoned and returned to his
home. Seabrook was granted to
Jonathan Weare and others in
field dissolved, distinguished
self
1768.
First
Ministers. Rev.
Samuel
�SHARON
—SHELBURNE.
Perley, ordained in 1765 removed
in 1775; Rev. Elias Hull, settled
;
in 1779; died in 1822.
North by Hampton
by the Atlantic, south
by Salisbury, Massachusetts, and
west by South Hampton and Kensington. Area of improved land,
Boundaries.
Falls, east
3,320 acres.
Fifteen miles south
Distances.
from Portsmouth, eight south-east
from Exeter and forty south-east
from Concord.
The Eastern
Railroads.
Rail-
road passes through the easterly
section of the
town
and southerly
direction.
in a northerly
SHARON.
Hillsborough Countt.
surface of Sharon
is
uneven and
is
suitably adapted to grazing
than to grain, though there are
some excellent farms under high
cultivation. In the south-easterly
part of the town, is a medical
spring, which is frequently visited
by invalids. This spring is strongly
impregnated with iron and sulphur, and is noted for its healing
qualities.
Farming is the
employment of the peo600,000 feet of lumber is an-
Employments.
principal
;
nually sawed.
Resources.
soil,
$
$
3,000
terest,
135
;
18,572
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
stocks and
;
$
money
at in-
3,300; stock in trade, $3,
deposits in savings banks, $10,
855; from
Schools.
in
;
town
;
summer
tourists, $2,000.
There are three schools
average length, for the
year, fifteen weeks.
Organization.
originally
Slip.
It
24, 1791.
North by PeterBoundaries.
borough, east by Temple, south by
New Ipswich and Rindge and west
by Jaffrey.
Forty-eight
miles
Distances.
south-west from Concord, and
eighteen west from Amherst.
Railroads. The nearest railroad
communication is at Barker's station, on the Monadnock Railroad.
SHELBURNE,
Coos County.
Shelburne
is
of grand mountain scenery,
not to be excelled by any town in
the State. The soil, on both sides
of the Androscoggin, is excellent,
producing abundant crops of grain
full
and grass.
The
more
ple
331
This town was
Peterborough
called
was incorporated, June
Androscoggin River
Rivers.
passes through the center of this
town into which fall the waters of
Rattle River and some smaller
streams.
Mountains. Moriah is the most
noted elevation, and has an altitude of nearly 4,800 feet. From
the top of this mountain, some of
the best mountain views in the
" Moses
State can be obtained.
Rock" is on the south side of the
river, near the center of the town.
It is about sixty feet high and
ninety feet long, very smooth and
rising at an angle of neai-ly 50°.
Minerals. Lead and zinc have
been found in considerable quanThe lead mine has been
tities.
worked with apparent success, but
at present nothing is done.
Shelburne presents
Scenery.
much wild and beautiful scenery,
and many tourists spend their
summer vacation here. Mount
Moriah, Lead Mine Bridge, and
Moses' Rock are interesting localities to visit.
Employment.
The inhabitants
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
332
are generally employed in farming.
There is not a town in the State
where farming pays any greater
of
proportion to the number of its inhabitants, than Shelburne. The annual value of farm
products will average over $ 160 to
each person in town, while the average in the whole State is about
$70.
Resources. Farm products, $41,
State, in manufactures.
profits, in
money
922;
at
interest,
mechanical labor, $
mer
1,800
$7,850;
;
$ 10,000.
Churches and Schools.
sum-
tourists,
Two
churches, viz. Congregational and
Methodist. There are five schools
average length, for the year, nine
weeks.
Hotel. Winthrop House.
First Settlers.
Benjamin and
David Ingalls commenced a settlein 1775,
In August
ment here
1781,
a party of Indians visited
the town, killed one man, captured another, and returned to
Canada with
improved land,
3,170
acres.
Distances.
One hundred and
thirty-three miles north
River and
Salmon
Village.
Falls River passes along
northeastern border, which separates it
from Maine, and is the only stream
of note in town.
its
The village of Great Falls is situated on this river, where centres
all the manufacturing and trade in
town.
The Great Falls Manufacturing
Company
power
controls all the water
which
at this point,
is
rated
power.
This Confpany has a capital of
$ 1,500,000 and employs 775 men,
at 3,200 horse
;
women, and
775
250 children,
who
annually receive for their labor,
$533,000,
and manufacture
19,728,
000 yards of sheetings etc., valued at
$2,446,000. The improvements of
machinery have largely increased
their productions, but not the help
The Somersworth Machine Com-
their prisoner.
Boundaries. North by Success,
east by Riley and Gilead, Maine,
south by White Mountain region,
and west by Gorham.
Area,
18,140 acres;
its manufactured productions
and trade, in the county, and ranks
as the fifth town, or city, in the
from Con-
cord and about thirty south-east
from Lancaster.
Railroad.
Grand Trunk Railroad passes through the town.
SOMEKSWORTH.
pany, iron founders and machinists, manufacture cooking,
office
and parlor stoves, hollow wai-e,
also, all kinds of castings for mills,
gas work, cast iron, steam, gas and
water pipes, retorts, hydrants, &o:
Capital invested, $100,000; employ 100 hands
annual pay roll,
;
$60,000 and producing goods, of various kinds, to the value of $ 200,
000.
Great Falls Woolen Company
manufacture fancy cassimeres, 6-4
goods. Capital, $ 100,000 employ
60 males 30 females pay roll, $ 36,
annual productions, $ 300,
000
;
Strafford County.
Somersworth is a small township, and the
people are almost exclusively devoted to manufacturing, mercantile trade and professional business. Next to Dover, it is the
most important town, in the value
;
;
000.
Wright
&
Company;
flour
and
meal; capital, $30,000; annually produce 1,000 barrels of flour
and 168,000 bushels meal, valued
�SOMERSWORTH.
at
$
181,000,*
ufactured,
There are also manand spools,
bobbins
$35,000; harnesses, $9,500; 300,
800 pairs of sale boots and shoes,
valued at $ 325,000. There are no
shoe manufactories in town, but
the stock, ready cut and put up in
cases, is brought from out of the
State to be made into boots and
shoes. Perhaps a few cases come
from the adjoining towns. There
are bakers, confectioners, custom
boot and shoe workmen, carpen-
marble
ters blacksmiths, painters,
workers, masons, photographers,
printers, tailors, and various other
trades
there are six church edi;
two large school houses, two
banks, between sixty and seventy
stores, of all kinds, two hotels, seven lawyers, nine physicians and
fices,
various other professions.
This
village is located in a remarkably
romantic part of the country.
Nearly opposite the office of the
Great Falls Manufacturing Company, and in the centre of the vilis a handsome public grove,
on ground, sloping towards the
lage,
mills.
This
grove
is
a
great
resort for the inhabitants, in the
warm
season of the year.
Nearly
of trees are to be found
here, such as the maple, oak, elm,
chestnut, pine, etc. Many of the
streets are beautifully shaded, and
all varieties
lined on either side with fine resi-
dences and adorned with spacious
yards.
The cemetery
about one mile
from the village, and has many
expensive monuments and headstones. It is a beautiful and attractive spot for mourners to spend
a silent hour near those they once
is
* The business of the manufactories was taken from the census of 1S70, not receiving any
returns from them of their present business.
333
held dear, but who now lie slumbering in the dust.
Employments. As can be seen,
Somersworth is a manufacturing
and mercantile town.
There are
some very fine farms under a high
state of cultivation, and the country around here is an excellent
farming
The
district.
manufacmales employed, 1,053; females and children,
1,089; annual pay roll, $715,000;
tories
capital invested in
$
is
1,884,000
;
value of productions, $3,594,000.
Resources.
Annual productions
of the soil, $39,980; mechanical
labor,
$ 715,000; stocks and money
$ 157,400 deposits in
at interest,
;
savings banks, $361,046; stock in
trade, $344,214; summer tourists,
professional
services,
$ 10,000
;
$
125,000.
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
gational Rev. S. W. Webb, pastor
Methodist, High street, Rev. J.
W. Adams,
pastor;
Main
Rev. F. Ryder, pastor;
no pastor;
pastor;
street,
Baptist,
Freewill Baptist, no
Roman
Catholic,
Rev.
Patrick Canovan, priest.
There are fourteen schools, eleven of which are graded
average
length of schools, for the year, thirty-four weeks;
value of schoolhouses and lots, $20,500; annu
;
al
amount
of
money
appropriated
$ 6,783.50. The
public schools have stood high in
for school purposes,
this town for many years.
The
law which provides for the union
of several
districts to
establish
graded schools, originated through
the citizens of this town in securing a law for this purpose, now
called the " Somersworth Act."
The High School is under the
James W. Dixon,
struction of
Principal.
in-
as
�OO J.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
Great Falls Manuand Village Library, 6,
000 volumes
Agricultural Library, 1,000 volumes;
A. Twing's
prominent men.
private library, 1,000 volumes.
Hon. John Wentworth, was born
in this town July 14, 1745, and
graduated at Harvard College,
Libraries.
facturers,
;
Banks.
Great Falls National
Bank, Somersworth Savings Bank,
and Somersworth National Bank.
(See tables.)
Newspaper.
nal.
Great Falls Jour-
(See tables.)
Great Falls Hotel, and
Hotels.
William WentJohn Hall and William
First Settlement.
worth,
commenced
settlement
within the limits of thi" town, between 1650 and 1675, but the exact
date is not known.
Since 1823, the village of Great
Falls has been nearly all built.
At that date the Great Falls Manufacturing
'
a
Company was
tered, with a capital of
prior to that time there
char-
$ 500,000
was only
a saw and grist-mill and two
Somersworth
dwelling houses.
was taken from Dover, and incorporated April 23, 1754.
Many
of the
first settlers
were
killed or taken captive by the In-
George and Matthew Ricker were ambushed and killed near
Varney's Hill, Oct, 7, 1675.
A
Quaker by the name of Ebenezer
Downs was taken captive and cardians.
ried to
insulted
fused to
tives
Canada in 1724. He was
and abused because he redance with the other cap-
amusement of the
The following year he
for the
savages.
1768.
He was a member of the
Continental Congress in the Revolution, and died January 10, 1787.
Hon. Thomas Wallingford was
born in Bradford, Mass., in 1697.
He came
Granite State House.
Styles
Nicholas Pike,
author of the popular system ol
arithmetic, was born here Oct. 6,
1745; John Wentworth, son of the
was redeemed.
to
energetic
town
in the
and, being
business, from
this
early part of his
in
life,
his
a small beginning, became
of the most wealthy
men
one
in the
province.
Ichabod Rollins was born here
He was Judge of Probate
for the county of Strafford, and
died January 31, 1800.
Ministers.
Rev. James
First
Pike, ordained in 1730; died in
1792.
Rev. Pearson Thurston,
dismissed in
ordained in 1792
in 1721.
;
1812.
North-east
by
Boundaries.
South Berwick, Maine, south by
Rollinsford, south-west by Dover,
and north-west by Rochester area
;
of improved land, 2,294 acres.
Distances.
Forty-five miles east
from Concord, four north-east
from Dover, and twelve north-east
from Portsmouth.
The
Railroads.
ties
railroad facili-
of Somersworth
The Boston
tends to this
are
good.
&
Maine branch exvillage, and the East-
ern, Great Falls
& Conway
passes
In the summer
of 1710, Jabez Garland was killed
and the next year Gershom Downs
fella victim to their savage cruelties between Varney's and Otis
Hill.
This town has been the
along the north-eastern border
with the station at the village.
It is expected that the Portsmouth and Dover Railroad will be
extended to this town, forming a
junction with the Great Falls and
birthplace and residence of
Conway
many
Railroad.
�SOUTH HAMPTON
—SOUTH
SOUTH HAMPTON.
Rockingham
surface of this
The
County.
town is uneven, but
not rough, the land rising in gentle
swells, and affords exellent pasturing and tillage. The inhabitants
are noted for their proficiency in
agriculture; and their enterprise,
industry, and success in this department, entitles them to more
credit than they claim. Amesbury
and Newburyport, Mass. furnish
the farmers with a good market
for all their surplus products.
River.
Powow River passes
through the western part of the
town. The former water power
on it, in this town, is nearly flowed
out by the Salisbury Mills Company, at
Amesbury.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally engaged in farming.
About 350,000 feet of lumber, of
various dimensions, are annually
produced, and 2,000 pairs of sale
shoes manufactured.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil, $47,430; mechanical labor,
$ 3,200 stocks, and money at inter;
$3,275; deposits in savings
banks,* $46; stock in trade, $450.
Churches and Schools.
Baptist,
est,
Rev. J.
W.
There
Average length
Searle, pastor.
are three schools.
cf schools, for the year, thirty-one
weeks.
The Barnard Academy
was founded through a bequest of
the late Hon. Benjamin Barnai'd,
with a fund of $ 4,200.
Hotel. " Central House."
First
Settlers.
Hon.
Phillips
a member of the
old congress, a councilor in 1792
and 1793, and for many years judge
White,
*A
who was
large portion of the surplus funds of the
inhabitants, in the towns bordering on Massachusetts, finds
of that State.
its
way
into the Savings
Banks
NEWMARKET.
335
of probate, died June 24, 1811, aged
eighty-two. The town was formed
from parts of Hampton and Kingston and incorporated May 25, 1742.
First Ministers.
Rev. William
Parsons, Congregational, ordained
1743, dismissed in 1762; Rev.
Nathaniel Noyes, settled in 1763,
dismissed in 1800.
Boundaries.
North by East
Kingston and Kensington, east by
Seabrook, south by Amesbury,
Massachusetts, and west by Newton. Acres of improved land, 3,899.
Distances.
Fifty miles southeast from Concord, six south from
Exeter, and eighteen south-west
from Portsmouth.
Railroads.
Three miles to the
station at Amesbury, on the Eastern Railroad, and four to East
Kingston on Boston and Maine
Railroad. The Exeter and Amesbury Railroad, when completed,
will pass through the town.
in
SOUTH NEW-MARKET.
Rockingham County.
New-Market
is
South
a small township,
taken from New-Market, June 27,
1849.
The surface is uneven, but
the soil is strong, and, when properly
tilled,
produces excellent
crops. Many of the farms are under a high state of cultivation.
Rivers.
Swamscot and
Piscassic
Rivers are the principal streams.
The Swamscot is navigable for
vessels of considerable burthen at
high tide. The Piscassic affords
some water power.
Village.
On a slight elevation
from the Swamscot, and on the
Boston and Maine Railroad, is located the pleasant and busy village
of South New-Market.
But few
villages of its size, in the State,
produce more valuable manufac-
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336
tured goods. The Swamscot Machine Company, is located in this
175 men.
village, and employs
There is also one other small
machine shop, which does a fine
business. There are four stores,
two hotels, two churches, one large
school house and about 100 dwellings.
The main
street is wide,
and the buildings are neat, and
some of them costly structures.
Employments. South New-Market can justly be called a manufacturing town. There are annually
produced 25 engines, 1,500,000 feet
of gas pipe, 90 tons of brass and
iron fittings, 48 steam boilers, 750
tons of iron castings, and 13 tons
of brass and copper castings, besides other miscellaneous machine
works, the whole being valued at
There are also
over $310,000.
sawed 200,000 feet of lumber, besides blacksmith and other mechanical work. The total value of
goods annually manufactured is
$ 319,000.
Agricultural
Resources.
ucts,
$
prod-
mechanical labor,
stocks, and money at
$38,140;
109,000
interest,
;
$
17,934; deposits in sav-
ings banks, $ 46,871
;
stock in trade,
$8,400.
MethoChurches and Schools.
Rev. H. A. Mattison, pastor;
Congregational, Rev. Joseph Bart-
dist,
lett,
pastor
;
Universalist,
;
Father Egan, priest.
Catholic,
There are four schools in town,
three of which are graded. Average length of schools, for the year,
thirty-one
weeks amount of mon;
ey annually appropriated for school
purposes, $ 1,285.31.
Hotels.
"
"Shute House," and
Elm House."
First Settlement
ter.
See Exeter.
and First Minis-
Boundaries.
North by NewMarket, east by Stratham, south
by Exeter, and west by Epping.
Area, about 6,000 acres; area of
improved land,
Distances.
3,330 acres.
Thirty-six
miles
south-east from Concord, twelve
west from Portsmouth, and four
north from Exeter.
Railroads.
Boston and Maine
Railroad passes through the town
in a northerly and southerly direction, and the Portsmouth and Concord in an easterly and westerly
direction.
SPRINGFIELD.
Sullivan County. The soil of
town is strong and produces
this
good crops of corn, oats and potatoes.
Rivers and Ponds. It is watered
by branches of Black water and
Sugar Rivers, affording some very
good water privileges. There are
several ponds, viz., Station Pond,
Cilley Pond, Star, Stony and Morgan Ponds. Station Pond is the
largest body of water, and is 250
rods long and about 140 wide.
The people are
Employments.
principally engaged in agriculture.
550,000 shingles and 350,000 feet of
&c,
are annually sawed.
(See tables.)
Resources.
Productions of the
boards,
$72,552; mechanical labor,
$1,200; stock in trade, "$2,700;
deposits in savings banks, $ 19,
soil,
667.
Churches and Schools. Christian
Church, Rev. Lorenzo Bailey, pastor.
There are thirteen school
and eleven schools. Aver-
districts
age length of schools, for the year,
sixteen weeks.
First
Israel
Settlers.
Clifford,
Israel Clifford,
jr.,
Nathaniel
�STARK
— STEWAIITSTOWN.
Clark, and Samuel Stevens settled
here in 1772.
Early Minister. Rev. Job Cnshsettled here in 1825, dismis-
man,
sed in 1828.
38 miles north-west
Distances.
from Concord, and 13 north-east
from Newport.
Boundaries. North by Grafton,
east by Wilmot, south-east by New
London, south by Sunapee and
Croydon, and west by Croydon
and Grantham. Area, 28,300 acres.
The nearest railroad
West Andover, on the
Northern (N. H.) Railroad. The
Railroads.
station
is
at
public conveyance to this depot
is
by stage.
STARK.
The
ucts,
860,038;
S 26,200
868;
$
;
mechanical labor,
at interest, § 15,
money
;
deposits
1,650
337
in
savings banks,
stock in trade, $ 20,700.
MethoChurches and Schools.
Elder Amos Merrill, pastor.
There are seven schools. Average
length of schools, for the year,
twelve weeks.
dist,
Caleb and
First Settlements.
Benjamin Smith settled here in
1788.
This town was originally
called "Piercey,'''' and incorporated
by that name January 9, 1795, but
was changed to its present name
to compliment the memory of
General John Stark, who died May
The town was incorpo8, 1822.
rated, Dec. 28, 1832.
the soil is rich and productive,
yielding good crops of grain and
Boundaries. North by Stratford
and Odell, east by Dummer and
Milan, south by Kilkenney, and
west by Northumberland. Area
grass.
20,000 acres.
Coos Couxty.
broken and
hilly.
surface
is
In the valleys
In the north-east part
of the town, the north and south
branches of the Ammonoosuc River form a junction. Nash's stream,
flowing from Stratford, falls into
this river in the north part of the
town. Piercey's Pond is in the
Rivers.
Distances.
caster.
Railroad.
Mill Mountain
Stark, also a part of Pilot
in
Moun-
Near Mill Mountain
Rail-
STEWARTSTOWX.
is
a
singular ledge called the " DeviVs
Sliding place." On the south side,
it breaks
abruptly into a precipice of nearly three hundred feet,
while on the north, cattle may be
driven to its top.
Employments.
Agriculture is
the principal business of the people.
There are several very extensive lumber mills in town, annually producing five or six millions feet of lumber of all kinds.
Resources.
Agricultural prod-
tain.
Grand Trunk
road passes through the north portion of the town.
east part.
Mountains.
One hundred and
miles north from Concord, and ten north-east from Lan-
forty-five
is
Coos County.
The
surface of
Stewartstown is uneven and broken with hills, but the soil is deep
and fertile, and produces giod
crops of barley, rye, potatoes and
hay.
Rivers
and Ponds.
It is
well
watered by Bishop's Brook. Deadwater and Mohawk Rivers furnish
Hall's
excellent water power.
Stream unites with the Connecticut
river, at this place,
which passes
western border.
Great
and Little Diamond Ponds, are the
along
its
largest bodies of water.
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338
Employments. Agriculture
principal
ple,
is
the
employment of the peo-
although manufacturing
is
car-
ried on to a considerable extent.
150 tons potato starch are annually
made,
6,000 yards of full cloth,
yards of flannel and 2,000
yards of tweed, are annually manufactured, 100,000 clapboards, 250,
000 shingles, and 1,940,000 feet of
boards, &c, are sawed annually.
7,000 bushels of grain ground, besides other mechanical shops. The
total value of goods manufactured,
3,000
is
$
11,665 acres.
Distances.
By
stage
Besources.
Productions of the
$60,638; mechanical labor,
§13,300; money at interest, $21,
800; deposits in savings banks,
$ 109 stock in trade, $ 9,750.
Churches and Schools. Christian
soil,
;
Church, Rev. George Leach, pastor: Congregational Church, at
West Stewartstown, Rev. W. F.
Morrill, pastor. There are eleven
school districts and ten schools
Average length of
in town.
schools for the year, eighteen
weeks.
Hotel. Coos House.
First Settlements.
The
original
Stewartstown were
Sir George Cockburn, Sir George
Colman, John Stewart, and John
of
and
cars,
one hundred and seventy-six miles
north from Concord, and forty
north-east from Lancaster.
By stage twice a
Railroads.
week to North Stratford station,
nineteen miles, on the Grand
Trunk
Railroad.
STOOD AliD.
Cheshire County.
face of Stoddard
59,400.
grantees
west by Canaan, Vermont. Area,
23,040 acres, area improved land,
The
is hilly,
sur-
but the
soil is deep and fertile, and yields
good crops of corn, barley, potatoes
and hay.
This town is situated on the
height of land, between the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers.
The
location of
some houses is
on one
such, that the rain falling
side of the house, falls into
the
Connecticut, while that falling on
the other, runs into the Merri-
mack
river.
Bivers and Ponds. The south
branch of Ashuelot River is the
principal stream and has its source
near the center of the town.
Branch River is a considerable
stream, and the two rivers afford
some excellent water power. Is-
The first settlement was
commenced prior to the revolution,
but, after the war broke out, it was
abandoned.
During the war of
1812, a block house, or fort, was
land Pond, studded with small islands, covers about three hundred
acres, and is the largest body of
water in town. Long Pond, lying
partly in this
town and
erected for the defence of a com-
Washington,
is
and was occupied
was origanlly called
Stewart, but was incorpoi'ated under its present name, December
of water.
Nelson.
pany of
till
militia,
1814.
It
24, 1799.
Boundaries and Area.
North by
Pittsburg and Clarksville, east by
Dixville, south by Colebrook, and
Employments.
the principal
partly in
a beautiful sheet
Agriculture
is
employment of the
people, although manufacturing is
carried on quite extensively.
30,
000 shingles and 700,000 feet of
boards &c, are sawed annually.
Glass bottles to the value of % 40,
�STRAFFORD.
000 are manufacturer!.*
and
and
80,000 tubs
boxes of
clothes pins are annually made.
Also nearly 11,000 pounds of maple sugar are manufactured. Granite of a fine quality is wrought to a
pails,
17,000
considerable extent.
Productions of the
Resources.
mechanical labor,
soil, $46,404;
$ 30,600 stocks, and money at interest, § 16,904; deposits in savings
;
banks, $38,937;
$
stock
trade,
in
11,865.
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
gational Church, Rev. F. Jones,
339
1803; died July
man
ers,
9,
1854.
He was
a
powand of untiring energy and
of remarkable mental
perseverance.
A Congregational
Church was organized Sept. 4, 1787.
Boundaries and Area. North by
Washington, east by Windsor and
Antrim, south by Nelson, and west
by Sullivan, Gilsum and Marlow.
Area, 25,925 acres
area of im
proved land 12,897 acres.
Distances.
Forty miles southwest from Concord, and fifteen
north-east from Keene.
;
Railroads.
By
stage,
sixteen
pastor.
miles, to Peterborough station,
tricts
the
There are nine school disand seven schools in town
average
length,
year,
the
for
eighteen weeks.
Stoddard Town LiLibrary.
brary, 500 volumes.
Central House,
and
Hotels.
Week's Hotel.
town
and
to Colonel Samson
Stoddard and others, and received
its present name from Colonel
Stoddard. It was first settled by
John Taggard, Reuben Walton,
Alexander Scott, James Mitchell,
The privaand others, in 1769.
tions and hardships of John Taggard and his family were severe.
Their grain was procured at PeFirst
This
Settlements.
was formerly
was granted
wilderness.
At one time,
for six
days, they had nothing but the flesh
of the Moose to subsist on.
porated Nov. 4, 1774.
Incor-
Rev. Abishai
dismissed
Rev. Isaac Robinson, D.
First Ministers.
Colton, settled in 1793
;
STRAFFORD.
Stkafford County.
face of Strafford
is
The
sur-
broken and un-
and the north-west part
mountainous, but the soil is deep
and fertile and yields large crops
of corn, oats wheat, barley, and
even,
potatoes.
Rivers and Ponds. Bow Pond,
the largest body of water in town,
lies in the south-west part, is 650
rods long, and 400 wide, and is the
source of the principal branch of
Isinglass River, which furnishes
abundant water power.
Wild
Goose Pond lies between this town
and Pittsfield, and Trout Pond
west of the Blue Hills.
Mountains.
The range of moun-
in
which have a considerable
altitude,
known as the "Blue
These works are not in operation at the
Hills," lies in the north-west part
in 1795.
D., (Congregational,) settled
*
Cheshire Railroad, and twelve to
Hillsborough Bridge station, on
the Contoocook Valley Railroad.
When completed, the Greenfield
and Forest Line Railroad will pass
through this town.
called Limerick,
terborough, a distance of about
twenty miles, and carried by him
on his back through the pathless
on
Monadnock Railroad; fifteen
miles to Keene station, on the
present time.
tains
of the town.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
340
Employments
»
The
inhabitants
are chiefly engaged in agriculture.
Considerable attention is paid to
and
town. 600,000 shingles and 475,
000 feet of boards &c, are annually produced, and about 35,000 pairs
of sale shoes annually made.
Resources. Productions of the
mechanical labor,
soil, $ 123.672;
$28,900;
700;
$
stocks and
6,975
at in-
;
from summer
$63,175;
$
money
stock in trade, $ 4,
deposits in savings banks,
terest,
tourists,
2,000.
Churches and
There
Schools.
are four churches in town.
will Baptist, Rev.
C. C.
FreeFoster,
pastor; Rev. N. C. Lathrope, Rev.
William Rogers, Rev. D. S.
Quint, residents.
Austin
Academy at Centre Strafford, is a
fine and prosperous institution for
learning.
G. C. McClellan is the
Principal,
School year begins
February 27.
School Library 50
volumes.
First Minister. Rev. "William
Sanders, ordained in 1822.
Literary
Institution.
Organization.
Strafford
originally a part of
was
Barrington,
and was incorporated June
17,
1820,
Hotel.
Bow Lake
House.
Boundaries.
Bounded northeast by Farmington, south-east by
Barrington, south-west by Northwood and Pittsfleld, and northwest by Barnstead. Area, 29,000
acres; improved land, 14,911 acres.
Distances. Thirty miles north-
from Concord, and fifteen
north-west from Dover.
Railroads.
Ten miles to Rochester station on the Portland and
Rochester Railroad. The Concord
east
when
Railroad,
town.
STRATFORD.
the raising of stock, and some very
fine horses and cattle are found in
this
Rochester
completed,' will pass through this
Coos County.
This town ex-
tends along the Connecticut River
for a distance of ten miles. The
interval varies from one quarter,
to a mile in width, and is very fertile, producing fine crops of corn,
The soil on the upoats and hay.
lands is rocky, and more suitable
for pasturage than tillage.
Streams. Besides the Connecticut, which washes its western border, is Nash's Stream which waters the south-east part, and discharges its waters into the Ammonoosuc and Bog Brook the
western part, and runs into the
;
Connecticut.
Elevations. In the south-east
part of the town, are two mountains, of a conical form, called
" Stratford or
Pearcy Peaks."
These peaks are seen as
far south
as Dalton, nearly thirty miles distant.
Employments.
Agriculture
is
the general vocation of the inhab-
but there are some manuThere are three lumber
mills, annually sawing 1,000,000
feet of boards and dimension timber, valued at $ 12,000; two starch
mills producing 65 tons of starch,
$ 5,800 clothes pins $ 14,000 meal,
$ 8,000 bobbins, $ 4,000 besides
blacksmiths, shoe workmen, harness maker, machinist, millinery,
&c. Total value of goods, annually manufactured, $ 55,900.
Productions of the
Resources.
"mechanical labor,
soil, $ 70,534
itants,
factories.
;
;
;
;
;
$
14,600
;
money
at interest
$
25,
599; stock in trade, $25,612; deposits
in
savings banks,
from summer
tourists,
$
$ 235
8,000.
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STRATHAM.
At Stratford Hollow there is one
church, a school house, three
stores, a hotel, post office, express
office and one physician. At North
Stratford, there is one church, one
school house, five stores, of all
three hotels, a post office,
express office, and two physicians.
one hundred and fifty-seven miles
north from Concord.
The Grand Trunk
Railroad.
Railroad passes through this town,
on its western border.
STR AT HAITI.
kinds,
Churches and Schools. Methodist, Rev. Leander Moulton, pastor; Baptist, Rev. J. C. Sanborn,
pastor. There are nine schools in
town average length, for the year,
eighteen weeks.
;
Hollow StratAt North Stratford,
Hotels. Stratford
ford House.
;
American House, Willard House,
and Percy House.
Isaac JohnFirst Settlement.
son, James Curtis, James Brown,
Josiah Lampkins, and Archippus
Blodgett commenced the first settlement, some time before the commencement of the war of the revobeing,
lution,
the population
Thonias Burnside,
in 1775, 41.
of this town, was one" of Rogers Rangers, in the French war.
He made a personal application to
1
Governor Wentworth, at Portsmouth, to be appointed a Justice
of the Peace, stating to the Governor, that his neighbor (the only in-
habitant in town, besides himself,)
was not fit to till the office, neither
would he give satisfaction to his
His plausible argutownsman.
ment prevailed, and he was appointed
Peace in
the
this
incoi'porated,
first
town.
of
Justice
Stratford
November,
16,
was
1779.
Boundaries. North by Colum11
or ungrantbia, east by "Odell,
ed lands, south by Stark and Northumberland and west by Vermont.
Area of improved land, 6,354 acres.
Distances. Twenty miles north
from Lancaster by railroad, and
Rockingham
County.
surface of Stratham
The
level, the
is
is rich and very productive,
producing excellent crops. This
town is noted for its extensive
Connurseries of fruit trees.
siderable attention is paid to the
raising of all kinds of fruit, and
it ranks as the third town in the
county in the value of apples produced. The farmers find a ready
market, at fair prices, for their surplus productions, at Exeter and
Portsmouth.
But few farming
communities are more prosperous
and wealthy than are the farmers
of Stratham. Large quantities of
peat are found in the swamps.
Elevations. Stratham Hill is the
principal elevation in town. From
its summit an extensive prospect
is
afforded of the surrounding
soil
country,
including
the
White
Mountains, Great Bay, and the
Ocean.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally engaged in agriculture.
168, 100 feet of lumber, of all
kinds, are annually produced.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil, S 111,608; mechanical labor,
$ 2,700 stocks and money at inter;
$43,500; deposits in savings
banks, $65,850; stock in trade,
est,
$4,575.
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
gational Church, Rev. A. B. Peabody, pastor; Baptist Church,
Rev.
M.
B.
Laning,
Christian Church,
Baptist Church,
;
.
pastor;
Freewill
There aro
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342
four
in
schools
length,
for
town;
the year,
average
thirty-two
weeks.
was
granted
others,
Benjamin
to
February
12,
Population, in 1870, five.
Distances. 143 miles north-east
from Concord, and 30 east from
Lancaster.
1773.
First Settlements. The exact time
of the settlement of Stratham, is not
known, but
it
contained thirty-five
families in 1697,
and was
incor-
porated March 20, 1716, it was
formerly a part of Swamscot Patent, or Hilton's Purchase.
Rev. Henry
First Ministers.
Rust, ordained in 1718; died in
1749.
Rev. Joseph Adams, settled
in 1756 died in 1783. Rev. James
Miltemore, settled in 1786; left
;
in 1807.
North-east
by
Boundaries.
Greenland, east by Greenland and
North-Hampton, south by Exeter,
and west by Exeter and South
Newmarket. Area, 10,120 acres;
area of improved land, 7,151 acres.
Distances.
Forty-three miles
south-east from
Concord, and
three east-north-east from Exeter.
Railroad.
Concord and Ports-
mouth Railroad passes through
this
It
Mackay, and
town.
This
Cheshire County. The soil of
town is good, well cultivated,
and very productive. The inhab-
this
itants are intelligent, industrious
and prosperous.
River and Ponds. Ashuelot River waters the south-east part of
the town. Bolster and Chapman's
Ponds are the principal bodies of
water. There is a reservoir of an
area of over one hundred acres, and
twelve feet deep, which furnishes
some fine water power. There are
other good water privileges still
unimproved.
Employments. The inhabitants
are chiefly engaged in farming.
Keene furnishes a good market for
their products.
About
600,000 feet
of dimension timber is annually
There are some small
sawed.
SUCCESS.
Coos County.
SULLIVAN.
is
a cold,
rugged township, lying north of
the White mountains. In 1870,
there were but forty acres of improved land, four horses, seven
cattle, and fourteen sheep in town.
The soil is hard to cultivate and
the only redeeming quality is the
lumber, which may some day be
brought to market.
The south
part of the town is mountainous.
Rivers. Narmarcungawuck and
Live Rivers rise here, and pass
westerly into the Androscoggin.
Boundaries.
North by Cambridge, east by Maine, south by
Shelburne and west by Berlin and
Milan. Area, 30,000 acres.
manufactories, where chair stock,
flour buckets, hoops, &c. are pro-
duced. (See tables.)
Agricultural prodResources.
$56,088; mechanical labor,
$6,000; money at interest, $32,
144; deposits in savings banks,
ucts,
$ 46,741
;
stock in trade,
$ 5,152.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. Joseph Fassett, pas-
There are five school districts
and four schools in this town.
Average length of schools, for the
tor.
year, eighteen weeks.
First
Town
van received
Organization.
its
name from
Sulli-
Presi-
dent Sullivan, the chief Magistrate
of New-Hampshire, at the time of
its
incorporation, (Sept. 27, 1787.)
�SUNAPEE.
343
Boundaries. North by Gilsum
and Stoddard, east by Stoddard
Nelson, and Harrisville, south by
Roxbury and Keene, and west
by Keene and Gilsum. Area, 15,
666 acres; improved land, 7,514
There are three small ponds having an area of 300 acres.
Employments. A majority of the
people are engaged in farming,
acres.
bor, about
Forty-six
miles
Distances.
south-west from Concord, and six
north-west from Keene.
Railroad.
Keene station, on
Cheshire Railroad.
from the railway station, is a fine
manufacturing village, and the
principal settlement in town. In
this village, with a few mills in
SUNAPEE.
Sullivan County.
sur-
soil in
some
when
is
uneven, the
erable and valuable.
other sections of the town, are annually manufactured 950 dozen
1,500 dozen fork and hoe
handles, 6,000 gross of clothes pins,
10,000 bushels of shoe pegs, 46 tons
of starch. Machine shop receipts,
properly cultivated, yields excelGranite of the best
found in abundance in
ue of $
two paster shops produce
$6,500,
lent crops.
quality
is
various sections of the town. It is
quarried, in considerable quantities, to supply the market in this
section of the State.
Lake, Streams and Ponds.
far the largest portion of
Lake
By
Sunapee
within the limits of this
surface of the lake,
contains about 4,100 acres, of
which 2,720 acres are in Sunapee.
town.
At the Hartwo and a half miles
hames,
The
parts rocky, but strong, and,
face
but the manufactories are consid-
lies
The
At Sunapee Harbor is the outlet
of the lake, which is the principal
source of Sugar River, which flows
inner-soles and stiffeners to the val19,500.
Also 1,050,000 shin-
and 750,000 feet of boards and
dimension timber, 8,000 sides of
leather, 7,000 of splits and 2,500
bushels of meal and flour are angles,
nually produced.
are
The
Besides, there
small manufactories.
total value of manufactured
other
goods,
is
$
117,500.
There are
also,
in the village, four or five stores
of various kinds, one hotel, two
churches, school-house, post-office,
and about fifty dwelling houses.
At George's mills, there is quite a
through the centre of the town.
little
The
Productions of the
$56,475; labor, $28,300; money at interest, $ 15,726 deposits in
savings banks, $29,989; stock in
outlet of the lake
is
controlled
by a stone dam, and regulated by
gates, capable of holding or with-
drawing ten
water on the
surface of the lake. It has never
been found necessary to test the
full
feet of
capacity of this valuable reser-
From the lake, for a distance of nearly two miles, the river
has a rapid descent and furnishes
voir.
some of the finest water power in
the State, part of which is utilized
with valuable manufactories, but
much remains
still
unimproved.
settlement.
Resources.
soil,
;
trade,
$
6,462.
Churches and Schools.
Methodist, Rev. John H. Hillman, pas-
There are two Union ChurchThere are nine schools in
town. Average length of schools,
for the year, sixteen weeks.
" Lake House."
Hotel.
First Setlleme?its. The town was
originally granted by the name of
tor.
es.
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344
Seville to
John Sprague and others,
It was incor7, 1768.
November
porated under the
name
of
Wen-
honor of one of the principal proprietors, John Wendell,
April, 4, 1781. It was changed to
dell, in
Sunapee, (the name of the lake
and mountain,) in June, 1850. The
first
came from Rhode
settlers
Island in 1772.
First Church. A Congregational
Church was incorporated, June 24,
1819.
Rev. A. Woodward was the
first
minister.
Boundaries. North by Springfield, east by New London and
Newbury, southerly by Goshen,
and west by Newport and Croydon. Area, 15,000 acres improved
;
land, 8,627 acres.
Distances.
Thirty-seven miles
north-west from Concord, and six
east from
Newport.
valued at $ 10,300. There are two
blacksmiths and one wheelwright
shop also one store, a hotel, and
;
two churches.
MethoChurches and Schools.
dist, Rev. Mr. Parker, pastor UniThere are
versalist,
:
.
four schools, average length, for
the year, twenty weeks.
Hotel.
at
Carpenter House, valued
$ 5,000.
Productions of the
$46,375; mechanical labor,
$3,900; stocks and money at interest, $ 12,320
deposits in savings banks, $30,160; stock in trade,
Resources.
soil,
;
$ 6,428.
First
Settlement,
Surry was
severed from Gilsum and Westmoreland, and incorporated under
its present name, May 9th, 1769.
Peter Haywood commenced the
first
settlement, in 1764.
He
be-
The Sugar River
gan clearing and cultivating his
Railroad passes through the southern section of the town.
land the year previous, making his
Railroads.
is
Keene, At
were hostile
and lurking through the woods in
at the
fort,
in
that time, the Indians
SURRY.
Cheshire County.
home
This town
the vicinity; but he passed daily
small, both in territoi'y and pop-
from the fort to his farm, having
for his guard his trusty gun and
his faithful dog: he acted as mon-
but the inhabitants are
prosperous and many of them are
quite wealthy, for a farming community. The intervals on the Ashuelot River are fertile and very
valuable, extending nearly through
the town, from north to south. On
the east side of the river is an abrupt mountain, of considerable
height, upon the top of which is a
pond, having an area of three
acres, and a depth of about twentyulation,
five feet.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally engaged in agriculture. About 138,000 shingles and
550,000 feet of boards and dimension timber are annually sawed,
itor to give the
alarm, whenever
the wiley savage dared approach.
First Ministers.
Rev.
David,
Darling, (Congregational) ordain-
ed in 1779, dismissed in 1783.
Rev. Perley Howe, ordained in
1795.
Boundaries. North by Walpole
and Alstead, east by Gilsum, south
by Keene, and west by Westmoreland and Walpole. Area, 12,212
acres; area of improved land,
6,300 acres.
Fifty - two
miles
Distances.
south-west from Concord, and six
north-west from Keene.
�SUTTON.
Railroad. By stage three times
a week, to Keene railway station.
SUTTON".
fied
with
soil in
hills
many
is
Agriculture
is
sur-
5,200 bushels of grain is ground,
and
valleys.
portions of the
The
town
Ponds and Rivers.
There are
several ponds; the largest is Ke-
Pond about
church, school house
uneven, diversi-
being fertile. Considerable interval land may be found along the
branches of Warner and Blackwater rivers which produce grass
and grain in abundance.
zar's
tories, stores,
and post office.
Employments.
the principal pursuit of the people,
but there is some manufacturing.
Merrimack County. The
face of Sutton
345
190 rods square
and Long Pond which is one mile
long and seventy rods wide. The
south branch of Warner River enters the town on the south, and
the northerly branch passes nearly
through the center from north to
south, and furnishes good water
power.
There is some fine interval on this branch.
A large
branch of Blackwater has its
source along the western base of
Kearsarge mountain.
Mountain.
A large portion of
Kearsarge Mountain lies in this
town.
Hundreds visit it in the
summer months, and climb to its
summit to view the fine and varied scenery, which it affords.
King's Hill is situated in the west
part. The most elevated part of
this hill, rises within a few feet
as high as Kearsarge, and affords
some delightful and extensive
landscape views.
Minerals. Granite of an excellent quality is found here. Plumbago is obtained in considerable
quantities.
At the foot of King's
clay of superior quality is
found.
There are several small
villages in different sections of the
hill,
town, having each some manufac-
60,000 clapboards, 200,000 shingles
and
laths,
and
570,000
feet
of
boards are annually sawed, valued
at $ 9,200. There are also an excelsior mill, blacksmith and shoe
shops, carpenters, painters, &c.
The total amount of goods of all
kinds annually manufactured, is
valued at $37,800.
Productions of the
Resources.
soil, $68,532;
mechanical labor,
$ 12,400; stocks, and money at indeposits in sav$ 26,976
ings banks, $ 37,464
stock in
trade, $ 11,275.
Churches and Schools.
Advent,
Rev. Frank Nelson, pastor; Freewill Baptist, Rev. Edwin Smith,
pastor;
South Sutton, Rev. I.
Smith, pastor; Universalist,
terest,
;
;
.
There are fourteen schools
average length for the year, seventeen weeks.
First Settlement.
Sutton was
granted by the Masonian proprieIt was called Perrystown, from Obadiah Perry, one of
Daniel
the original proprietors.
Peaslee first settled here in 1767,
and was followed by others soon
after.
The first settlers found sufficient evidence to show that it
was once the haunt of the red man.
Hearths skillfully laid with stone,
gun barrels, stone pestles, mortars,
tomahawks, arrow heads &c, were
frequently found. On the bank of
Kezar's pond, an Indian burial
tors in 1749.
was also discovered. The
town was incorporated, April 13,
place
1784.
First
Minister.
Rev. Samuel
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346
Ambros, (Bap.) ordained
in
1782,
siderable extent, the facilities for
branch of industry being su-
dismissed in 1795.
Boundaries.
North by NewLondon and Wilniot, east by Wilmot and Warner, south by Warner and Bradford, and west by
Newbury. Area, 24,300 acres; of
this
improved land,
manufacture,
annually,
76,400
yards beaver cloth. * A blanket
factory, manufacturing 28,000 yards
blanket cloth, a matress factory,
8,673 acres.
By
and
rail-
road, thirty miles north from
Con-
Distances.
stage
cord.
The Concord and
Railroad.
Claremont Railroad passes through
the southern border of the town
near Warner. Five miles to Bradford station.
SWANZEV.
Cheshire County.
face of this town is
consisting
of
hills,
swells of upland.
The
sur-
diversified,
and
valleys
The
soil
conabout
of three varities, in
equal proportions, interval plain
and upland.
The first named
yields excellent crops of grass the
plains produce corn, rye and other
grains in abundance, and the
strong and deep soil of the upland
affords good pasturage, orcharding
sists
;
and woodland.
Rivers and Ponds.
a good prospect of
the enlargements of old, as well
as the erection of new manufac-
perior, with
tories.
The
Stratton
Mills
Company
making $
15,000 worth matresses.
Also 210,000 packing and candy
boxes, 32,400 buckets, 305,000 pails,
39,600 toy pails, and various other
small articles, are annually made.
Total value of goods, annually
manufactured, $ 351,000.
Resources. Productions of the
soil, $93,081; mechanical labor,
$ 88,400
terest, $
;
stocks,
17,750
;
and money
at in-
deposits in savings
banks, $98,038;
stock in
trade,
$ 13,100; from summer tourists,
$ 800 professional services, $ 25,
;
000.
Churches and Schools. Baptist
Church, Rev. E. J. Emery, pastor; Congregational Church, Rev.
Charles Willey, pastor; Universalist, Church,
There are
average
thirteen schools in town
length, for the year, nineteen
weeks value of school houses $ 10,
.
Ashuelot
River, the principal stream, passes
through Swanzey in a south-west
direction, and empties into the
Connecticut at Hinsdale.
The
South Branch River unites with
the Ashuelot about a mile north
from the center of the town. Great
;
;
400.
Library.
School District LibraNo. 9, 450 volumes.
ry, in district
Hotels.
West Swanzey
Hotel,
and Elm House.
principal bodies of water.
Pond and Lock's Pond are tho
Hypon-
first
Massachusetts
granted Swanzey, in 1733, to
First Settlements.
eco Brook formerly afforded ex-
sixty-four persons.
cellent trout fishing.
visional line being settled,
Employments. Agriculture is a
lucrative employment, the excellent soil affording the farmers am-
granted by New-Hampshire, July
Until its being granted
2, 1753.
ple returns for their labor. Manufactures are carried on to a con-
by the
*
The
latter State, it
state di-
was
it
was
called
Recently burnt, but will probably be
rebuilt.
�TAMWOKTH.
Lower Ashuelot, from the Indian
name Ashaelock. The inhabitants
from Indian
suffered severely
depredations from 1741 to 1747.
Several were killed and many
were taken prisoners. During this
trying period, Massachusetts, un-
Swanzey
der whose jurisdiction,
347
TAMWORTH.
Carroll County. The surface of Tamworth is uneven, and
broken with hills and valleys, but
the soil is deep and fertile, and suitably adapted to grazing and tillage.
Tamworth is undoubtedly one of
the best grazing and fruit towns
had been
for thirteen years, with-
drew her
tlers were
protection,
sixth
left
value of
and the setdefenceless, and ex-
posed to the fury of the savages.
It being necessary to abandon the
in the
State.
town
and the
its
It
in
ranks as the
the
county,
in
agricultural products,
first
in
its
pro-
fruit
But one other town in
ductions.
many
settlement, the inhabitants collect-
.
the
ed together their furniture and
household goods, and concealed
them in the ground. We can
hardly conceive the emotions of
pounds of maple sugar as Tamworth.
There are many fine
farms under a high state of culti-
were compelled to leave behind those happy
homes; scarcely had they begun
their wearisome and perilous jour-
The scenery in and around Tamworth is grand, beautiful and romantic and it is fast becoming one of
these pioneers as they
ney,
when
the Indians set fire to
the houses, and with one exception
After a periall were destroyed.
county
produces
as
vation.
the fashionable resorts for
tourists.
summer
It is estimated that
500 tourists spend a few
months, in the
warm
over
weeks or
season of the
od of three years, the settlers returned, and the arduous task of rebuilding was commenced.
First Ministers.
Rev. Timo-
camp River, which passes through
the town in an easterly direction,
thy Harrington, (Congregational,)
and empties into Ossipee Lake.
Rev.
Swift River rises in the north-west
corner, and meanders through the
center, and discharges its waters into those of Bearcamp
and
Conway River proceeding from
Conway Pond, in Albany, passes
through the south-east coi'ner of
the town, and mingles its waters
with those of the Bearcamp River.
These are the principal streams
and afford some excellent water
power which is impx*oved to some
extent.
Mountains. There are no mountains lying wholly in the limits of
this town, but on the northern bor der are the mountains of Albany,
and part of Ossipee Mountains are
settled in 1741
;
left in 1747.
Ezra Carpenter,
settled in
1753;
Rev. Edward
Goddard, settled in 1769 dismissed in 1798. Rev. Clark Brown,
dismissed in 1769.
;
settled in 1810; dismissed in 1815.
Boundaries and Area.
North
by Keene, east by Marlborough
and Troy, south by Richmond,
and west by Winchester and Chesterfield.
Area, 28,057 acres; improved land, 11,259 acres.
Distances.
Sixty miles south-
west from Concord, and six south
from Keene.
Railroad.
Ashuelot Railroad
passes through this town, in a
northerly and southerly direction.
year, in this pleasant town.
Rivers. It
is
well watered by Bear-
;
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348
included within
southern bor-
its
Lead ore and argen-
Minerals.
tiferous galena are found in several localities, in
small quantities.
There are three small
Villages.
villages in different sections of the
town, with a
stores,
which destroyed almost all
and nearly reduced
them to starvation. "But they
were like all the early pioneers of
Old New-Hampshire, a brave, hardy
enterprising people, and amidst all
their trouble and discouragement,
they firmly resolved not to abandon
the settlement. They frequently
killed a deer, bear, or some other
wild animal and thus they were
enabled to sustain themselves and
frosts
their crops,
der.
post-office,
one or two
a school house and
some
mechanical shops.
Agriculture
Employments.
is
employment of the
the principal
people, although manufacturing
is
families until
carried on quite extensively.
1,
permanent
135,000 feet of lumber, of all kinds,
is annually sawed
$ 32,600 worth
of spools, 2,000 dozens of rakes,
300 dozens fork handles, 3,000
sides of leather, and marble work
to the value of $ 5,000 are annually
produced.
The total value of
goods, annually manufactured, is
;
$81,375.
Annual production
Resources.
of the soil $
106, 199
labor $ 16,000
;
interest,
$
mechanical
stocks and money at
15,975;
;
deposits in sav-
ings banks, $8,553; stock in trade,
$
$
13,057
;
from summer
tourists
10,000.
Churches and Schools.
CongreH. Riddle, pastor
Freewill Baptist, Rev. J. S. Run-
gational, Rev. S.
nals, pastor
;
Methodist,
.
There are nineteen school districts
and seventeen schools in town.
Average length of schools, for the
year, twelve weeks.
Hotel
Gilman House.
First Settlement.
Tamworth was
granted to John Webster, Jonathan Moulton and others, October 14. 1766. It was first settled
by Richard Jackman, Jonathan
Choate, David Philbrick and William Eastman, in 1771. The early
settlers endured great hardships
and privations occasioned by early
they could secure
relief.
The town was
incorporated October 14, 1766.
First Church. A Congregational
Church was organized and Rev.
Samuel Hidden ordained as its
pastor,
September
12,
1792.
He
was greatly beloved and esteemed
by the people of Tamworth and
the surrounding towns.
He was
ordained on a large flat rock, capable of seating fifty people. A witness of this novel ordination says
"Early in the morning the people
assembled around the rock, men,
women, boys and girls, together
with dogs and other domestic animals.
It was an entire forest
about the rock. The scenery was
wild. On the north is a high hill,
and north of this is Chocorua's lofty
peak, which seemingly touches the
heavens. On the south, and in all
directions are mountains, steep and
rugged.
I had expected to have
heard the howling of the wolf, and
the screeching of the owl but instead of these, were heard the melting notes of the robin, and the
chirping of the sparrow and other
;
birds, that
the forest seem
Mr. Hidden died
1837, and in the forty-
make
like Paradise."
February
13,
sixth year of his ministry.
Boundaries. North by Albany,
by Madison, south by Ossipee,
east
*
�TEMPLE
—THORNTON.
and west by Sandwich. Total area,
improved land, 15,304 acres.
28,917;
north
miles
Sixty
Distances.
from Concord, and six north from
Ossipee.
Great
Railroads.
Conway Railroad
Falls
and
passes through
one corner of the town, but the
nearest station is by daily stage to
West Ossipee station, four miles,
on the Great Falls and Conway
Railroad.
When completed it is
expected that the Meredith and
Conway, and Portland and Rutland
Railroads will pass through some
portion of
349
gational, Rev. S. D. Clark, pastor.
There are four schools in town.
Average length of schools, for the
year, twenty one weeks.
"Central House."
Hotel.
First
Temple
Organization.
was formed from
the
easterly
portion of what was originally
It
called "Peterborough Slip."
was
incorpoi'ated,
First Ministers.
August 26, 1768.
Rev. Samuel
Webster, (Congregational,) ordained in 1771 died in 1778. Rev.
Noah Miles, ordained in 1782; died
;
in 1831.
North by Greenand Lyndeborough, east by
Lyndeboi'ough and Wilton, south
by Greenville and New-Ipswich,
and west by Sharon and PeterborBoundaries.
Tamworth.
field
TEMPLE.
Hillsborough County. The
town is uneven, but
surface of this
is of a good quality, and,
properly cultivated, returns
fine crops to the husbandman.
Mountains and Streams. Temple Mountains extend along the
the soil
when
western and north-western border
of the town. From the summit of
these mountains an extensive and
delightful view of the surrounding
From
country can be obtained.
the highest point of elevation, in a
clear atmosphere, over twenty
church edifices may be seen by the
naked eye. The several streams
Area, 13,400 acres.
Forty miles southwest from Concord, and twelve
ough.
Distances.
west from Amherst.
Mail conve}*ance to
Railroad.
Wilton railway station; distance,
Peterborough and
seven miles.
Shirley railroad, four miles.
THOK.vrOlV.
Grafton County.
The
surface
broken and uneven,
but the soil is deep and fertile, and,
when properly cultivated, produces
of Thornton
is
riv-
fine crops of corn, barley, potatoes
Wilton, have their rise
among these mountains.
The inhabitants
Employments.
are generally engaged in agricul-
&c. Along the rivers are some
good interval lands.
Rivers and Ponds. This town is
watered by the Pemigewassett river, which passes in a southerly direction through the town, also, by
Mad river, passing through the
which flow
er,
into the
Souhegan
at
ture.
About
200.000 feet of
lumber
are annually sawed.
Productions of the
Resources.
mechanical labor,
soil, $71,721;
$
1,700
;
stocks,
bonds and money
deposits in
interest, $7,950;
savings banks, $54,519; stock in
at
trade,
$
1,500.
Churches and Schools.
Congre-
south-easterly corner into Campwhere it joins the Pemige-
ton,
wassett, and by several other small
streams, which afford some good
water power. On Mill Brook is a
beautiful cascade, the water fall-
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
350
ing off a rock forty-two feet per-
Farming is the
employment of the peoOver 32,000 pounds of ma-
Employments.
principal
ple.
ple sugar
annually manufactur-
gewassett Valley Railroad
pass through this town.
will
15,000 clapboards, 90,000 shin-
ed.
gles
is
Ten miles by stage
Plymouth station on the Boston,
Concord and Montreal Railroad.
When completed, the PemiRailroads.
to
pendicularly.
and 250,000
soil, $
$ 3,600
104,527
;
feet of boards, etc.,
Belknap County.
are sawed.
Resources.
Productions of the
;
mechanical labor,
stocks and
money
at inter-
$2,300; deposits in savings
banks, $ 3,086 stock in trade, $ 6,
est,
;
105;
from summer
tourists,
$8,
000.
Churches and Schools. Christian
Church, Rev. D. A. Smith, pastor;
Freewill Baptist Church, Rev.
John
Pettengill,
pastor.
There
are eleven schools in town. Average length of schools, for the year,
twelve weeks.
Grafton House, Union
Hotels.
House.
First Settlements.
Thornton was
granted to Matthew, James and
Andrew Thornton, and others,
July 6, 1763. It was first settled
by Benjamin Hoit, in 1770. Incorporated November 8, 1781.
Rev. ExperiFirst Ministers.
ence Esterbrooks, settled 1780,
dismissed 1781. Rev. Noah Worcester, D. D., ordained 1787, dismissed
1810.
A Congregational Church
was organized August 10, 1780.
NorthBoundaries and Area.
by ungranted lands and
east
Waterville, south-east by Watersouth by
ville and Sandwich,
Campton, west by Ellsworth and
north-west by Woodstock and Lincoln.
Area, 28,490 acres; improved land, 13,462 acres.
miles
Distances.
Fifty-eight
north from Concord, and twelve
north from Plymouth,
Tilton
was
disannexed from Sanbornton and
incorporated into a separate town,
in July, 1869. The surface is generally uneven, being diversified
with hills and valleys. Some of
the hills are quite elevations, but
nearly all of them can be cultivated to their summits. The soil,
throughout the town, is good, producing excellent crops of corn,
oats
and hay.
River.
Winnipiseogee
River
runs along its eastern and southern limits, and furnishes in its
passage some valuable waterpower, a portion of which is
improved. Part of Lake Winnisquam lies in the northern
section; also Little Bay on the
eastern side of the town.
Indians. At the head of Little
Bay, on the Winnipiseogee, are to
be seen the remains of what is
supposed to have been an Indian
fort.
It consisted of six walls
one extending along the river and
across the point into the bay, and
the others in right
angles, connected by a circular wall in the
rear.
When
the
first settlers
came
were breast-high,
and large oaks were growing
within their enclosure. Most of
the stones which composed this
wall, have been removed to build
a dam thrown across the river at
here, these walls
this place.
Numerous Indian
rel-
have been found within this
fort; which shows conclusively
ics
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TILTON.
once resided, in this
powerful tribe of Indians, of whose former existence
all traces will soon be obliterated,
by time and the progress of civi-
was
lization.
many
there
that
vicinity, a
On
the Winnipiseoforms the boundai'j
Villages.
gee,
line
where it
between this town and North-
field, is
ton
situated the village of Tilcalled " Sanborn-
—formerly
ton Bridge". This village is on
both sides of the river, and is connected by several bridges. Here
are three woolen mills, one cotton
mill, a saw and a grist mill, two
church edifices, two school-houses
New-Hampshire
(one graded),
Conference Seminary and Female
College, two banks, twelve or fifteen stores, of various kinds, one
hotel, various mechanical shops,
two lawyers, five physicians and
about one hundred and twentyThe mills
five dwelling houses.
do the
in this village respectively
following amount of business, viz.
Tilton Mills employ 39 males, 16
females annually produce tweeds
;
Win-
to the value of $ 175,000.
nipiseogee Mills employ 40 males,
80 females
ton
$
annually produce cotto the value of
;
sheeting
On
167,000.
the Northfield side,
Granite Mills employ 26 males, 54
females produce repellents valued
;
at
$
210,000.
Elm
256.
It has a library of 1,183
volumes, and a valuable cabinet
especially relating to mineralogy.
(See Literary Institutions.) It is a
lively business village, and has
pleasant residences. With
valuable unimproved waterpower, it has every encouragement to double its business and
population within the next ten
years. It is the center of a large
mercantile trade, which is a very
important branch of business. At
East Tilton, is an excelsior factory,
its
saw and
grist mill,
two church
school house, store, and
edifices,
twenty dwelling houses
Employments. The vocations of
fifteen or
the inhabitants are nearly equally
divided with farming on the one
side, and the various trades on the
There are annually proother.
duced 6,000 bushels of corn, 27,000
pounds of butter, and 2,500 tons of
hay. The annual value of manufactured
of
goods,
all
kinds,
is
$ 445,000.
Hesources.
tions,
$ 69,300
$
trade,
$
mechanical labor,
18,675
banks,
ings
;
and money
stocks
;
interest,
19,675
ness, $ 42,000
ists,
Agricultural produc-
$ 108,915
;
;
at
deposits in sav-
stock in
$64,037;
professional busi;
from summer tour-
$3,000.
Churches and Schools.
Mills employ 7
produce repel-
pastor;
CongreTheodore Pratt,
Rev.
gational,
The
Rev. ^\IarD. D., rector.
At East Tilton, Methodist, Rev. J.
W. Bean, pastor Freewill Baptist,
Rev. Gilman Sanborn, pastor.
There are six schools in town;
average length, for the year, thirtysix weeks.
number of
Hampshire Conference Seminary
and Female College.
males, 14 females
lents valued at
$
nual pay-roll for
;
66,000.
all
The an-
the mills
is
The New-Hampshire
Conference Seminary and Female
$103,600.
College
is
one of the most popular
literary institutions in the
State.
buildings are fine structures,
and cost over $ 40,000. It has an
endowment of $12,000, and the
students, the past year,
Episcopal,
cellus A. Herrick,
;
Literary
Institution.
New-
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Libraries.
Conference Seminary Library, 1,183 volumes; Til ton
Social Library.
Banks. Citizens National Bank,
(See
and Iona Savings Bank.
1
tables.)
" Dexter House."
Hotel.
first
Area of improved
land,
8,612
acres.
Distances. Eighteen miles north
from Concord, and seven south
from Gilford.
Boston,
Concord
Railroads.
and Montreal Railroad passes
;
banks, $ 59,803
deposits in savings
;
stock in trade,
$ 27,270.
Churches and Schools. Baptist,
Rev. Jonathan Herrick, pastor;
Congregational, Rev. L. Bingham,
pastor.
settlement and first
ministers, see Sanbornton.
Boundaries. North by Sanbornton, east by Belmont, south by
Northfield, and west by Franklin.
For
$ 17,500
terest,
There are six schools,
average length, for the year, twenty-one weeks. Troy High School,
Mrs. L. B. Wright, preceptress.
Hotel. Monadnock House.
The village in this town is very
pleasant, and has a business appearance so common to the small
manufacturing villages in Cheshire County.
First Town Organization. Troy
was taken from Marlborough and
Fitzwilliam, and incorporated Jan-
along the eastern border of the
town. Stations at Tilton and East
uary
Tilton.
installed
23, 1815.
First Minister.
in
1815,
Ezekiel Rich,
dismissed in
1818.'
TROY.
Cheshire County.
Troy
is
a
6mall township and now ranks as
a manufacturing town. The surface is uneven, but the soil yields
fair crops, when properly cultivated.
Manufacturing
Employments.
is
the most prominent business in
town, although there are some
very good farms well tilled. There
is one blanket manufactory, annually producing 60,000 horse blankTubs and
ets, valued at $ 112,000.
pails are made to the value of $ 40,
000, meal and flour to the value of
$
Lumber, $ 4,400
6,000.
;
besides,
leather boots and shoes, nest box-
Boundaries. North by Marlborough, east by Jaffrey, south by
Fitzwilliam, and west by Richmond and Swanzey. Area of improved land 5,666 acres.
Distances.
Fifty-four
miles
south-west from Concord, and
twelve south-east from Keene.
Railroad.
The Cheshire Railroad passes through nearly the
center of the town, in a northerly
and southerly direction.
I'llFTONBOROCGH.
Carroll County.
The soil of
town is various; the surface
in some parts is even, in others
more rough. There are some very
this
es,
finely cultivated farms, pleasantly
The
located near
blacksmiths and other trades.
total value of goods of all
kinds annually manufactured is
$245,000.
Resources.
soil,
$31,875;
$ 48,300
;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
and money at in-
stocks,
Lake Winnipiseogee.
Several arms of the lake reach far
into the interior, and from the crest
of the hills, present a succession
of beautiful views to the spectator,
some of which are unsurpassed in
�UNITY.
Tuftonborough has
sum-
this region.
many natural
mer resort.
attractions as a
The
Employments.
About
inhabitants
18,000 pairs of
made
in this
boots and
town, annu-
some
350,000 feet of lumber
(See tables.)
Productions of the
Resources.
ally
;
sawed.
is
mechanical labor,
and money
$89,860;
soil,
$4,500;
stocks, bonds,
deposits in
at interest, $5,350;
savings banks, $24,557; stock in
from summer tour-
trade, $2,350;
ists,
$
2,000.
Churches and Schools.
Advent,
W. Piper, pastor 2d Christian,
J. Whitney, D. A. Wiggin, pastors; F. Baptist, S. F. Bean, pastor; Methodist, James Cowley,
pastor. There are eleven schools
T.
;
average length, for the year, ten
weeks.
Hotel. Melvin House.
Tuftonborough
First Settlers.
was originally granted to J. Tufton Mason. The first settlers were
Benjamin Bean, Phinehas Graves
and Joseph Peavey, in 1780 incorporated in 1795.
;
Rev.
First Minister.
Kellum, (Cong.) in
Joseph
1800.
pee, south-east by Wolfeborough,
Lake
Winnipiseogee, and north-west by Moultonborough.
by
Improved
land,
12,
635 acres.
Distances.
The sur
broken, and uneven, but the soil is rich, very productive, and is highly favorable
for grazing.
Good crops of wheat,
corn, barley and potatoes are annually produced. It ranks as the
sixth town in the county, in the
value of its agricultural products.
There are many fine farms under a high state of cultivation.
Considerable attention has been
given to the raising of neat stock,
and some of the finest cattle in the
State, can be found in this town.
Rivers and Ponds. Little Sugar
River, a considerable stream, lias
its source in Wortleberry and Beaver Meadow Ponds, in the north
part, and passes through the centre and empties into the Connecticut at Charlestown. A branch of
Sugar River, flowing through
Newport, has its source in Gilman's Pond, in the east part of the
town; these streams afford some
water power. Wortleberry, Beaver Meadow and Gilman Ponds
are the principal bodies of water.
Fifty miles east-by-
from Concord, and about
eight west from Ossipee.
t
Railroad. Wolfeborough depot,
north
is
Cold Pond lies partly in this town
and is the head of Cold River.
Mountains.
Perry's Mountain,
in the south-west part, lying partin
ly
North-east by Ossi-
Boundaries.
south-west
TT1VITY.
Sullivan County.
face of Unity
are generally employed in the cultivation of the soil, and are industrious,
prosperous, and happy.
shoes are
353
this
town and
Charlestown,
is
in
vation.
Springs.
In the eastern part of
town and about three miles
from Newport Village, is a strong
chalybeate spring, which is becomthe
ing celebrated
properties.
for its
medicinal
A large hotel is locat-
ed here for the accomodation of
invalids.
seven miles. A stage runs every
other day in the winter, in the
consists of Gneiss
summer,
overlaid by strata of
daily.
partly
the principal ele-
Minerals.
The rock formation
and Granite,
micaceous,
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354
hornblende, and chlorite slate.
in small quantities, is
Near
found in various localities.
Little Sugar River is a mine of
copper and iron pyrites. Near the
mine is also found Iolite, a fine,
delicate, blue-colored stone, which
alis highly valued by jewelers
so titanium, valued in the art of
Porcelain Painting, and the manmineral teeth, is
ufacture of
found in considerable quantities.
Employments.
The inhabitants
are principally engaged in agricul-
Bog iron ore,
;
1
aral pursuits.
of maple sugar,
factured.
of
all
Over 28,000 pounds
is annually manu-
is
Productions of the
$109,418; mechanical labor,
$1,000; stocks and money at interest, $9,360; deposits in savings
Sesources.
from
39,093;
summer
14.437.
Distances. Fifty miles west by
north from Concord, and nine
south from Newport.
Railroads.
Nearest railroad
communication, from center of
the
town
is
at
Claremont
station,
on the Concord & Claremont Railroad. When completed,
the Forest Line Railroad will pass
through Unity.
five miles,
WAKEFIELD.
sawed annually.
6oil,
.$
;
ed land,
450,000 feet of lumber,
kinds,
banks,
North by Clareeast by Goshen, south by Lempster and Acworth, and west by Chariestown.
Area, 24,447 acres area of improvBoundaries.
mont and Newport,
Cakkoll County.
Wakefield
point of wealth, the
fourth, and, in mechanical business, the third town in the county,
ranks,
and
toursts, $2,000.
The
MethoChurches and Schools.
Church, Rev. Silas Quimby,
pastor; Baptist Church,
Methodist Church at West Unity,
There are twelve school
districts and nine schools in town
average length, for the year, nineteen weeks.
Hotel.
Unity Spring Hotel.
Unity was
First Settlements.
granted to Theodore Atkinson,
soil
Meshech Weare,
in
at present is
growing rapidly.
lies
dist
;
.
thers in
ses
1764.
Thurston,
and
forty-five
John Ladd, MoCharles Huntoon,
Esq., and Joseph Perkins
tled here in 1769.
first set-
The town
re-
present name on account
of a friendly adjustment of a dispute which had existed for a long
time, between certain parties in
Hampstead and Kingston, each
ceived
its
party claiming the same territory
Incorunder different grants.
porated July
13, 1764.
surface
is
is
uneven, but the
generally good, and well
There are
adapted to grazing.
some fine farms highly cultivated,
which produce excellent crops of
wheat, corn, oats, and hay.
Pine River
Rivers and Ponds.
has its source in a pond of the same
name. The principal branch of
Piscataqua River takes its rise
from East Pond, in the south-east
part of the town. Pumice Pond
between this town and Effingham, and is 450 rods long and 400
wide. Lovewell's Pond, lying in
the south part of the town, is 700
rods long and 275 wide. This
pond received its name from Captain John Lovewell, who surprised and destroyed a party of Indians, near its eastern shore, FebThere are several
ruary 20, 1725.
valuable water privileges, and,
along the streams, there is considerable interval, which is well
�WALPOLE.
and very productive.
Employments. A majority of the
people are engaged in farming,
but manufacturing and mercantile
trade are becoming important
branches of business. Some 30,000
pairs of boots and shoes are annucultivated,
ally
made;
11,000 clapboards, 800,
000 shingles, 1,250,000 feet of boards
and dimension timber sawed. The
manufacturing of sale clothing is
becoming quite an extensive business. One firm at Wolfeborough
make
Junction,
per.
000
4,000 pairs of pants
month, and several others 1,
month. There are
pairs per
several other small manufactories
in town; the whole, including the
manufacturing of clothing, makes
the annual value of manufactured products $211,400.
There are several villages,
pleasantly located, each trying
to vie with the other, in bus-
The number of
iness.
beauti-
ponds in town, together with
the fine drives, and delightful
views, have caused many summer
tourists to spend their summer vacation here, there being over two
hundred last season, and the numful
ber is increasing every year.
Two
have been erected, the
past year, for the accommodation
fine hotels
of visitors.
Resources.
soil,
$
100,605
;
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
$51,100; stocks and
money
at in-
$ 26,034 deposits in savings
banks, $ 49,701
stock in trade,
from summer tourists,
$ 15,795
$8,000; from professional business &c., $ 30,000.
Churches and Schools.
Four
churches
Congregational, Advent, Baptist, and Methodist. Rev.
S. Clark is pastor of the Congregational Church.
There are eleven
terest,
;
;
;
355
town
average length,
twenty-one weeks;
amount of money annually
schools in
;
for the year,
tatal
appropriated for school purposes,
$
1,562.52.
Union Library,
Library.
at
Un-
ion Village.
Hotels.
Union Hotel, Sanborn
House, National House and DaValue of hotel propervis Hotel.
ty, $ 30,000. Hotel arrivals, for the
year, 8,000.
Livery Stables.
There are four
livery stables, with fifteen horses
each.
Town Organization. Wakewas originally called " East
Town, " and was incorporated August 30, 1774. Mr. Robert MackFirst
field
born in Scotland, and distinguished for longevity; died here
in 1787, at the age of 115 years.
First Minister. Rev. Asa Piper,
ordained
in
(Congregational,)
1785 dismissed in 1810.
Boundaries. North-west by Ossipee and Effingham, east by Newfield, Maine, south-east by Milton,
and south-west by Middleton and
Area, of improved
Brookfield.
lin,
;
land, 11,871 acres.
Distances.
Fifty miles
north-
from Concord, and ten southeast from Ossipee.
Railroads.
Portsmouth, Great
Falls and Conway Division of the
Eastern Railroad, and the Wolfeborough Branch of the Eastern
Railroad. There are five Railway
Union,
stations in town,
viz.
Wolfeborough Junction, Wakefield, East Wakefield, and North
east
Wakefield.
WALPOLE.
;
Cheshire
County.
Walpole
ranks, as an agricultural town, the
third in the State in the value of its
�NEW- HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
Vo6
The
productions.
is
town
face of the
beautifully diversified by hills
and
The
vales.
soil is deep,
and
similar to that of other towns on
The
the Connecticut River.
vals are extensive
cellent tillage
;
and
inter-
afford ex-
while the uplands
are inferior to none in the State.
Many
of the farms are highly cul-
and very productive.
tivated,
River
Connecticut
Rivers.
washes the western border of the
town. Cold River passes through
north part, affording some
water power, and unites with the
Connecticut, about one mile south
of Bellows Falls. Near these falls
is a cragged mountain abruptly
the
rising 800 feet above the surface of
The road from Charlestown to Walpole passes along
between this mountain and the
falls, and at this point presents a
wild and picturesque scenery to
the river.
On the opposite side
of the river, in Vermont, is the
thriving village of Bellows Fnlls.
At this point four railroads have
their termini viz. Rutland, Sullivan, Cheshire and Connecticut
the traveler.
—
T
River A alley Railroads.
Village.
About four miles south
Falls, is situated the
pleasant village of Walpole, on a
main
above the
river.
The
and south,
and is broad and beautifully shaded
with grand old elms and maples.
Bordering on either side are the
houses, stores, shops and churches.
Many
and
street runs north
of the residences are elegant
costly,
a handsome
is
neatly laid out and
with beautiful shade
common
furnishes
common,
ornamented
trees.
a
This
delightful
promenade
for the quiet villagers,
or their visitors, on the pleasant
summer evenings, just as the sun
below the horizon and regolden beams on the
western sky, or upon the crest of
the towering mountains beyond the
Connecticut, the whole presenting
a picture far beyond the most
settles
flects
its
drapery of human imThe general neatness
and quiet which prevail, together
with the beautiful scenery of the
surrounding country, render this
one of the most delightful and
splendid
agination.
New-HampMany summer tourists
attractive villages in
shire.
spend their vacation in this village,
and it is becoming quite a summer
resort. It is the centre of a large
mercantile trade, and many of the
stores have a metropolitan appearance.
Employments. The inhabitants
are generally devoted to agriculture.
38,000 bushels of corn, large
and 39,000
wool are annually produced.
quantities of tobacco,
from Bellows
plain, high
There
and adorned with spa-
cious and beautiful yards, carpeted
with green grass, and made fragrant by blooming flowers while
other dwellings have a rich, antique appearance which are sugpast.
gestive of
days in the
;
lbs.
The number of bushels of
corn, an-
nually raised, exceeds that of any
other town in the State by over
13,
The manufacturing is
considerable. The value of shirts
000 bushels.
and collars annually manufactured,
is
$71,000; 1,100,000 feet of boards,
and 220,000 shingles are annually sawed; 30,000 bushels grain,
ground, 1,000.000 pill boxes made,
besides leather, towel racks, etc.,
are produced. The total value of
manufactured productions,
600.
Drewsville
is
is
$
131,
a village of
some trade and considerable manufacturing.
It is
romantically
sit-
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WALPOLE.
uated near the falls, and contains
a hotel, post-office and church.
Agricultural proBesources.
mechanical
ductions,
$254,095;
labor, §34,200; stocks, etc., $36,
600;
money
at interest, $60,620;
stock in trade, $25,725 deposits in
savings banks, $43,960; from summer tourists, $4,000; professional
;
sources, etc., $ 60,000.
Churches and Schools. There are
Congregational,
Rev. W. E. Dickenson, pastor;
Unitarian, Christian, Episcopal,
and Catholic. There are fourteen
school districts, and fifteen schools
in town
average length, for the
year, twenty-two weeks. Amount
annually appropriated for school
purposes, $ 3,386.64. Walpole has
been distinguished for its efforts to
promote the interests of education.
There is a school fund of $ 1,577.50.
The Walpole High School is a popular institution. Mr. C. R. Crowell is the principal.
Library. Walpole town library
has 1,500 volumes. The town appropriates annually $ 75 for expenses, and, for the purchase of
books, $ 100.
five churches, viz.
;
Hotels.
Wentworth House, and
at Drewsville, Cold River House.
Livery Stable. W. A. Maynard,
14 horses, valued at $ 2,000.
First Settlers.
granted, by the
Walpole was
government of
New-Hampshire,
February 16,
1752, to Colonel Benjamin Bellows
and sixty-one others. It was first
settled by John Kilburn and his
Colonel Bellows
settled here in 1757. His descendants are numerous and highly respected. The late Hon. Henry A.
Bellows, Chief Justice of NewHampshire, and one of the most
estimable men in the State, was a
family, in 1749.
native of this town. He died suddenly at his residence in Concord,
March
11,
was
Walpole
1873.
originally called " Great Falls," or
" Bellows
years of
Town." During the
its
first
settlement, the inhab-
were subjected to some of
the savage cruelties of the Indians
itants
and Canadians. The indomitable
bravery of Colonel Bellows and
John Kilburn, with the men under
their command, soon convinced the
Indians and their French allies,
own personal safety,
they had better give Walpole a
wide birth, in their vandal excur-
that, for their
We give
sions.
a few extracts in
relation to the troubles of the
first
with the savage hordes
sent upon them, by men who pretended to respect civilized warTo-day the French nation
fare.
are reaping their just reward, for
settlers
which
on the
of New-England.
the
cruelties
fathers inflicted
"
An
Philip,
their
fore-
first settlers
Indian by the name of
who had acquired sufficient
English to be understood, visited
the house of Mr. Kilburn in the
town of Walpole, in the spring of
1755, pretending to be on a hunting
excursion, and in want of food.
treated with kindness, and
flints, flour and other things were
He was
furnished him. After he had been
gone a short time, it was ascertained that the same Indian had
visited all the settlements on the
Connecticut river, about the same
time, and with the
same plausible
Kilburn being somewhat acquainted with Indian stratagem, suspected, (as it afterward
proved,) Philip to be a wolf in
Soon after, a
sheep's clothing.
friendly Indian, sent from Albany
by Governor Shirley, communica-
pretensions.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
358
ted the startling intelligence, that
four or five hundred Indians were
the assistance and encouragement
of their companions, and, at the
collected in Canada, whose purpose it was to massacre all the
white inhabitants in Connecticut
valley. We will leave it for the
reader to imagine the terror in
the feeble white settlements, when
they learned of the impending calamity.
To forsake their homes,
their crops of grain, and their cattle, would be giving up
all for
which they had so diligently
toiled, and to oppose the savage
horde from Canada, was a hope-
same time, kept watch upon the
movements of the enemy.
In
But, accustomed to
less resort.
and dangers of
they determined to
protect themselves, or die in the
the
privations
frontier
life,
Kilburn and his men, with
cause.
their rude implements, strength-
ened their position with
fortifica-
tions, consisting of a palisado of
stakes driven into the ground.
"At the fort, about a mile south
of Ivilburn's house, were about
thirty
armed men, under command
of Col. Benjamin Bellows but he
could afford no protection to Kilburn while attending to his cattle
;
and
crops.
"The time
of the attack of the
Indians, no one could foresee nor
prevent, although the inhabitants
were
daily expecting their appear-
ance.
August
17, 1755,
as Kilburn,
young man of
eighteen, a man named Peak, and
his son, were returning from their
work, they discovered their expected and savage foes in an alder
his son John, then a
swamp.
They speedily ran
to the
house, secured the door, and made
preparations for an obstinate resis-
There Avere at this time in
the house, besides these four men,
Kilburn's wife and his daughter
tance.
Hitty,
who
contributed greatly to
about fifteen minutes the Indians
were seen crawling up a bank,
east of the house, and one hundred and ninety-seven were counted, as they crossed a footpath, one
by one; about the same number
remained in ambush near the
mouth of Cold river.
"The Indians thought it would
be best to way-lay and capture Col.
Benjamin Bellows and his men,
who, they had learned, were at
work in a mill about a mile east,
before attacking those who had
sought shelter in the log house.
As Bellows and his men, about
thirty, were returning home, each
with a bag of meal on his back,
their dogs began to bark and
show signs of the approach of the
enemy.
Bellows well knew the
intrigue of the Indians, and the
language of his dogs. Believing
that the Indians intended to form
an ambuscade, he acted accordingly.
The men were ordered to
throw down their meal, advance to
the rise, crawl up the bank, give
one whoop, and instantly drop into
This stratagem
the sweet fern.
resulted as he had expected. As
soon as the Indians heard the
whoop, they arose from their ambush, and formed a semi-circle
around the path Bellows was to
follow.
"His men
instantly
improved
the splendid opportunity afforded
them
for a shot.
This so thwarted
the plans and expectations of the
Indians, that they hastily fled to
the bushes, without firing a gun.
Bellows, judging them to be too
numerous for him. ordered his
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men
to retreat to the fort.
the Indians
made
Soon
their appearance
on the eminence east of Kilburn's
house, and Philip came forward,
and sheltering himself behind a
tree, summoned those in the house
to surrender, offering
them quar-
Quarter shouted the older
Kilburn, with a voice of thunder
that rang through every Indian
heart,
you black rascals, begone,
or we ll quarter you.' Philip then
returned to his companions, who
commenced the war-whoop, after a
ter
!'
'
;
'
1
few moments consultation. Kilburn was fortunate in obtaining
the first fire, before the smoke from
the enemy's guns obstructed his
aim. An Indian was seen to fall,
and Kilburn, judging from his size
and appearance, supposed him to
be Philip. The Indians kept up
359
velocity.
were
A number
made
to
of attempts
force
open
the
doors but the bullets within compelled them to abandon the rash
undertaking.
The manner in
which the Indians fought evidently evinced that they were not
insensible to the effect of Kil
burn's bullets.
"For the remainder of the day
until nearly sundown, the fight
was kept
up, but as the sun disappeared behind the western hills
war-whoop and the
sound of the guns died away in
the cry of the
By
silence.
this day's encounter,
the Indians were induced to return
Canada, and thus an effectual
check was put to the expedition,
and it is reasonable to conclude
that hundreds of the settlers were
saved from the horrors of an Indian
to
the work of destruction; some
were busily engaged in destroying
the hay and grain, and others fell
tylassacre".
to butchering the cattle, while a
in 1763
shower of
settled in 1767, died in 1813.
bullets continually rat-
tled against the house.
mated
It is esti-
that not less than four hun-
dred bullets were lodged in the
house at the first fire.
Kilbnrn
and his men were not idle. For
convenience in loading, their powder was poured into hats, and they
were prepared for a successful resistance or a glorious death. Although they had several guns in
the house, they were kept hot by
incessant firing; and having no
First Ministers.
grew
When
short, the
suspended
blankets from the roof of the
house, to catch the bullets of the
enemy, these were run into bullets and loaded by them, and sent
back to the Indians with equal
Rev. Thomas Fessenden,
mont.
Area, 24,331 acres.
Sixty miles southwest from Concord, and fourteen
north-west from Keene.
Railroad.
Cheshire Railroad
passes through this town in a
northerly and southerly direction.
Distances,
WARNER.
Merkimack County.
their stock of lead
women
;
Boundaries. North by Charlestown and Langdon, east by Alstead
and Surry, south by Surry and
Westmoreland, and west by Westminster and Rockingham, Ver-
ammunition to waste, special aim
was taken to have every bullet
count.
Rev. Jonathan
Leavitt settled in 1761, dismissed
Warner
one of the most important towns
in the county, both in agriculture
and manufactures.
The surface
is broken by hills, but the soil is
excellent, producing good crops
of wheat, corn, hay, &c. On some
is
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360
located on
Warner
River, while
of the hills are large orchards and
is
line pastures.
tower far
above the spires of the village
the
River and Ponds. This town is
watered by Warner River, a
pleasant and rapid stream which
in Sunapee MounNewbury. From New-
takes
its rise
tains,
in
bury it passes through Bradford,
and enters Warner at the northwest corner, thonce running in a
south-easterly direction through
the town, separating it in nearly
two equal parts, and uniting with
the Contoocook River, in Hopkinton. In its passage through Warner,
it
stream,
a
receives
coming
considerable
from
Sutton.
This river produces many good
water privileges. There are four
ponds, viz. Tom, Bear, Bagley
and Pleasant Ponds.
Pleasant
Pond has no visible outlet or inlet,
though its banks are overflowed
in the driest season.
Its waters
are clear, deep, cold and abound
with a great variety of fish.
Elevations.
Kearsarge Moun-
hills,
on either
side,
churches. The main street extends along the upper bank of the
river for nearly a mile, and is well
shaded by the beautiful rock maple.
On this street are located
the churches,
schools,
stores,
banks, hotel, and many fine dwelling houses. Everything around
betokens an air of neatness, thrift
and the wealth of its inhabitants.
For a few years past, this village,
with the surroundings, have attracted the attention of many sum-
mer
tourists.
It is only about five
miles to the summit of Kearsarge,
which affords some of the finest
scenery in New-Hampshire. The
Kearsarge Mountain Road Company have constructed a new road
from the village nearly to the
summit, on the south-east side
of the mountain. About one half
mile from the summit, is a beautiful site for a Hotel, winch doubt-
mostly within the limits of the
town. Its sides are covered with
deep forests, while its summit is
be built ere long. From
very fine view of the
southern portion of the State, can
be obtained. When all these pro-
naked rock.
jected improvements are finished,
Minerals, &c. The rocks in this
town are gneiss and mica slate;
the latter containing beds of soap
of the important points in the State
tain, a lofty elevation, is situated
and lime stone.
The quarry
of
soap-stone is large and valuable.
The gneiss contains finely colored
pyrope garnets. There are several
peat bogs, one of which contains
twenty-two acres, and
is
twenty-
deep.
From this bog
have been dug, from various
depths, plainly showing imprints
five
feet
sticks
of beavers' teeth.
Summer
lage
Resorts.
Warner
Vil-
is one of the pleasantest in
the central portion of the State. It
less will
this point a
no doubt but Warner
for
summer
will be
one
tourists to visit.
Employments.
The inhabitants
are principally employed in farming; but manufacturing
portant and gi-owing
is
an im-
interest.
Warner River affords abundant
water-power in its passage through
the town. The different manufacturers have bought up the Blaisdell Pond flowage which will give
a large increase of staple waterpower. There is one woolen mill,
one straw-board mill, whose annual production is $ 75,000. 60,000
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clapboards, 650,000 shingles, and
1,375,000 feet of boards are annually
sawed; besides there are ex-
celsior mills, chair factories, grist
mill, tannery, bedsteads,
wooden
ware, card board, and carriage
hub manufactories. A large building has been erected this Summer
(1873) for the manufacturing of
and shoes. The total
of manufactured goods,
361
Ground was broken for the High
School building, in May, 1871, and
was dedicated the following
it
December. The first term opened,
December 4, under the instruction
of
Edmund C.
cipal,
Cole, A. B., as prin-
and Miss Helen E. Gilbert,
as preceptress.
Libraries.
Warner Social LiWarner High
volumes
sale boots
brary, 200
value
annually produced, is $212,000.
(See Tables.)
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $164,172; mechanical labor,
$41,100; stocks, &c,
$53,400;
money at interest, $35,616; deposits in savings bank,
$ 131,225;
School Librai'y,150 volumes; and
Lemuel Willis' Library, over 400
volumes.
Kearsarge National
Baulcs.
Bank.
The Kearsarge Savings
Bank has been chartered. (See
stock
in
summer
trade,
tourists,
$ 28,593
$ 3,000
from
from
;
;
professional business, trade, etc.,
$
60,000.
Churches and Schools. CongreM. A. Gates, pastor
Methodist,
Baptist,
There are twentytwo school-districts and twentyfour schools.
Average length
of schools, for the year, sixteen weeks.
The late Franklin
Simonds, Esq., bequeathed to this
town, $ 20,000, for the endowment
of a High School. To this endowment, his widow, Mrs. Abigail K.
Simonds, subsequently added $5,
000.
For the erection of the High
School building, she also gave $ 5,
000; Messrs. Gilman A. Bean and
gational, Rev.
;
;
.
Samuel H. Dow, $2,098.52, each,
George Jones, C. G. Mc Alpine
and John E. Robinson, $ 250, each,
Reuben Clough, $20., Leonidas
Harriman and John C. Bean, $ 10.
each, and William K. Morrill,
$ 5. Several of the citizens gave
work amounting to $ 73.75, making
the whole expense of the building,
including
the
lot,
$9,992.04.
;
tables.)
Hotel.
Warner
Hotel.
First Settlement.
Warner was
granted by the government of
Massachusetts to deacon Thomas
Stevens and sixty-two others, in
1735, under the name of Number
One, and then New Amesbury. It
was afterwards regranted to sixty-
two persons, by the Masonian profrom which a controversy
arose, which was not finally settled
prietors,
1773.
The first settlement
was commenced in 1762, by David
Annis and his son-in-law, Reuben
Kimball.
It was
incorporated
until
under the present name, September 3, 1774.
On Sunday, SeptemTornado.
ber 9, 1821, at five o'clock P. M.,
one of the most terrific tornadoes
which ever occured in New-Hampshire, swept through the town,
leaving in its track, desolation and
death.
In this calamity, four
houses and seven barns, besides
out buildings, were totally demolished; five persons were killed,
and ten or fifteen severely wounded. Every tree, bush, stone wall
or board fence in its way, was
leveled with the ground.
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First Ministers.
Rev. William
Kelly, Congregational, ordained in
1772; dismissed in 1801.
heads, gouges, and other
have been found there.
First Settlers.
relics
Warren was chai*-
North by Sutton,
Wilmot, Andover and Salisbury,
east by Salisbury and Webster,
south by Hopkinton and Henniker,
and west by Bradford and Sutton.
Area, 31,851 acres; improved land,
Joseph Patch,
a hunter, built his camp by Hurricane Brook, in 1767, and John
Mills, James Aiken, Joshua Copp,
and Ephraim True, with their fam-
20,792.
These men,
Boundaries.
Seventeen miles
Distances.
north of west from Concord.
Concord and Clarepasses through this
an easterly and westerly
Railroad.
mont Railroad
town, in
direction.
WARREJV.
Grafton County.
er,
Baker Riv-
called by the Indians the As-
quamchumauk, flows through this
town from north to south. Black
Brook, the Mikaseota, Berry, Merrill East Branch, Batchelder and
Patch Brooks are considerable
Glen
streams running into it.
ponds, Kelley pond, Wachipaukca
or Meader pond and Tarleton lake
are situated upon the boundaries.
These streams and ponds abound
in trout, and more than 50,000 in
number are caught yearly.
Warren is surrounded by lofty
Moosehillock, Indian
Moosilauke, on the north, being about 5,000 feet high. They
are all heavily wooded and wild
mountains.
name
game
is
plenty.
Many deer, bears,
wild cats, sables, minks, and foxes
are captured each year.
An Indian trail, the
Indians.
principal route of the Indians from
Merrimack valley to Coos and
Canada, followed up Black Brook,
and captives, in early provincial
times, often travelled it. In the
valley of Runaway Pond, was once
and arrow
an Indian village;
the
tered, July 14, 1763.
moved
town in 1768.
few years
got their supplies from Haverhill
and Plymouth, bringing them
ilies,
into
for the first
twenty miles home through the
woods on their backs.
Wild
beasts annoyed them very much,
and on winter nights wolves frequently put their noses against the
window pane of John Mills' cabin,
and looked in on the family seated
by the open fire place. Moose were
plenty, and Joseph Patch often
had twenty-five barrels of Moose
meat
in the cellar at once.
The
took an active part in
the revolution. Three of them,
first settlers
Capt. John Mills, jr. Capt. William Tarleton, and Capt. James
Aiken, commanding companies,
and in all about eighteen men, in
a population of less than one hundred served in the army. Joshua
Copp, jr. was this first child born
in town, John Marston was the
first man married, and John Mills
the first who died, he being killed
by the fall of a tree in 1779.
First Ministers.
Rev. Peter
Powers preached the first sermon
in Warren, but no minister was
settled until after 1799, when the
Methodists established a church.
The principal
Employments.
employment is agriculture, but
about six million feet of lumber
are annually manufactured and
sent to market. Window shades,
bobbins, and potato starch are
made, in large quantities.
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Summer Tourists. Many famtake summer boarders. The
ilies
Moosehillock House, kept by D.
G. Marsh, accommodating a large
number. An excellent turnpike,
by Daniel Q. Clement, runs
to the Prospect House on Moosehillock, and hundreds of people
built
visit
the
summit every season.
For many years James Clement
has been the landlord there, and
from his house is seen one of the
grandest mountain views on this
side of the
American continent.
Mines. On Ore hill is the Warren silver mine. Lead, copper and
zinc also abound, and gold in small
particles is found in all the streams.
Church and Schools.
Methodist, Rev. Wm, Eakins, pastor.
There are eleven schools, of which
two are graded. Average length
of schools, for the year, fifteen
weeks.
Railroad Facilities. The B., C.
& M. Railroad runs through the
town.
There are two stations,
Warren and Summit.
Boundaries.
North by Benton
and Woodstock, east by Woodstock
and Ellsworth, south by Wentworth, and west by Piermont.
Distances. Twelve miles from
Haverhill, sixty from Concord and
ninety from Portsmouth.
363
academy,
WASHINGTON.
church, school house, post-office,
manufactories,
grist mill, lumber mills, black-
bobbin and rake
smith shop, etc.
Rivers and Ponds. A branch of
Ashuelot River has its source in
Ashuelot Pond, also a branch of
Contoocook River has its source
from several small ponds in the
eastern part of the town. These
streams afford some very good
water power. There are sixteen
ponds the largest and most prom;
inent of which are Island, Half-
moon, Ashuelot, and Brockway's
Long Pond lying partly in
this town and partly in Stoddard,
is the largest body of water.
ponds.
.
deep, moist, and
but the
fertile,
soil is
and when
properly cultivated, produces fine
crops. Clay of superior quality is
found, also peat is plenty in the
swamps.
Villages.
Washington
Lovewell's
Mountains.
tain, so called
Moun-
on account of Cap-
tain Lovewell's killing several In-
dians near
its
summit,
lies in
the
southerly part of the town, and
is
the principal elevation.
Farming is the
employment of the in-
Employments.
principal
habitants, although manufacturing
on quite extensively.
dozen men's socks are manufactured, valued at $ 34,500 5,000
is
carried
10,000
;
350,000
hills,
man-
clapboards, 200,000 shingles, and
Sullivan Countt. The surface
of Washington is uneven and
broken with
post-office, hosiery
lumber mills, improved
turbine water wheel, and several
other small shops. At East Washington are two or three stores,
ufactory,
village is
pleasantly located. In this village
are several stores, hotel, church,
feet
of boards
&c,
are
sawed annually
4,000 boxes of
clothes pins, and 300 dozen rakes
are manufactured. An improved
;
turbine water-wheel
is
made here
also there are various other small
manufactories.
The total value
of manufactured goods, annually
produced, is $ 85,700. (See tables.)
Resources.
soil,
$57,319;
% 25,300
;
Productions of the
mechanical labor
stocks,
and money at
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364
interest,
$
15,958; deposits in sav-
banks,
ings
$ 37,548
;
stock
in
trade, $12,517; professional busi-
ness,
$
15,000.
Churches and Schools.
Congregational Church, Rev. H. H. Colburn, pastor; at East Washington,
Meththe Baptist Church,
There are
odist Church,
Average
ten schools in town.
length of schools, for the year, sixteen weeks.
;
.
is
Shed Free Library,
Library.
600 volumes.
Lovel House.
"Washington
was granted by the Masonian proHotel.
Settlement.
First
prietors to
a dense forest of pine,
hemlock, maple, and birch and it is
one of the best regions for hunting
and fishing in the State. In her
forests now dwell the bear, deer,
and wild-cat, and in her crystal
streams, swim the spotted trout.
Rivers and Ponds.
Swift and
Mad rivers are the principal
streams.
There are two ponda
and several elevations.
Reuben Kidder,
In
Scenery.
many
parts of
Esq.,
Wa-
grand and
terville the scenery is
located here.
It is
now mostly
Tubbs Union Acad-
Academy.
emy
towns of New-Hampshire.
sublime.
All lovers of natural
scenery, in its true primitive state,
which man has never defaced, will
town hard to be excelled
New-Hampshire. Over three
hundred summer tourists annually
visit here.
They find a welcome
home at the Greeley House, where
every want is supplied, in shape
find this
in
and originally called Camden. It
was first settled by the grantee in
1768.
Incorporated under its present name, December 13, 1776.
First Minister.
Rev. George
of food for the inner man horses
guns, and fishing tackle for the
Leslie, (Congregational,) installed
sport.
in 1780
;
;
Boundaries and Area. North by
Goshen, east by Bradford, Hillsborough and Windsor, south by Stoddard, and west by Marlow and
Lempster.
Area,
30,765 acres
area of improved land, 11,964
acres.
Thirty-five
south-east from Newport.
By stage three times
Railroad.
a week to Hillsborough Bridge
station, twelve miles, on the Contoocook Valley Railroad. When
completed, the Windsor and Forest
Line Railroad, will pass
through this town.
$ 600
;
from
First Settlers.
granted
mechanical labor,
summer
tourists,
This town was
to Josiah
Foss, jr.,
and
Moses
June 29,
" Gillis and
Gillis,
others,
and was known as
Foss Grant." It was incorporated
July 1, 1829.
Boundaries. North by ungranted lands, east by Albany, south by
Sandwich, and west by Thornton.
Distances.
Sixty-eight miles
north from Concord, and eighteen
north-east from Plymouth.
Montreal Railroad,
Plymouth, thence by stage.
Railroad.
at
WEABE.
Grafton County.
Waterville
one of the wild mountainous
;
2,870
$6,000.
WATERVILLE.
is
$
tions,
1819,
miles
west from Concord, and sixteen
Distances.
Agricultural produc-
Resources.
died in 1800.
Hillsborough County. Weare
is
one of the most important and
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365
wealthy
farming towns in the
The
county.
The
goods, annually produced,
deep, and
is
strong and
generally well culsoil
is
and suitably adapted to
tivated
various productions usually
grown in the State. It exceeds
any town in the county, in the
quantity of corn and wheat raised
and but one other produces as
many apples. The locality of the
town is such that the inhabitants
are divided into precincts or
central points, consequently, there
are five post offices, for their
mail conveniences.
There are
the
many fine farms under
total
amount of manufactured
is
val-
There are eight
$ 290,300.
stores in town. (See tables.)
Productions of the
Resources.
soil, $192,399; mechanical labor,
$ 56,850 stocks, and bonds, $ 5, 100
ued
at
;
money
at interest, $16,950; depos-
in savings banks, $239,191;
stock in trade $41,168; from summer tourists, $ 6,000. There are
its
but few towns which show such
large resources, in proportion to
their population.
Churches and Schools.
There are
a high state
of cultivation, producing excellent
four Baptist, one Universalist, and
crops of corn, hay etc.
Rivers. The principal stream
sixteen schools; average length,
for the year, twenty-one weeks;
annual amount of money appropri-
is
two Friends churches.
There are
the north-west branch of the Piscataquoag River, which meanders
through the northerly and easterly section of the town, and affords
excellent water power, which is
ated for school purposes, $2,716.
" Clinton Grove Seminary"
is in this town
C. H. Jones is the
principal. There is one small pub-
generally impi oved
lic
-
by mills, of
93.
;
Slimmer Tourists. The surface
is broken with hills and vales, and
in
many
Library.
Collins
Hotels.
various kinds.
sections there
is
some
House,
and
Deai-born House.
First
Settlements.
The Maso-
nian proprietors granted this town
about two hundred
from various sections of
the country, stop here through the
Ichabod Robie and others,
September 20, 1749. It was originally called Halestown, but was
incorporated September 21, 1764,
and received its present name in
honor of Hon. Meshech Weave.
First Minister. Rev. John Clay-
warm
ford settled in 1802
very
fine
scenery,
which has
at-
tracted the attention of tourists,
who spend
their
summer
in this thriving town.
mated
vacation
It is esti-
that
tourists,
season of the year.
Employmcjits.
The inhabitants
are generally devoted to the cultivation of the soil, but the
manu-
factures are quite important, and
valuable resources, as to the prosThere are
the town.
one cotton mill, one woolen mill,
two shoe manufactories, one organ
box manufactory, one furniture
manufactory, wheel-wright shop,
tannery, grist and saw mills &c.
perity of
to
;
dismissed in
1808.
Boundaries. North by Hennikev and Hopkinton, east by Dunbavton and Goffstown, south by
New-Boston, and west by Francestown and Deering. Area, 33,648
area of improved land, 23,
acres
;
392 acres.
Distances.
Fifteen miles south-
west from Concord, and eighteen
north-west from Manchester.
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366
The terminus of the
and North Weare
Rtiilroads
Manchester
chair stock, peg mill, grist mill,
leather board manufactory, black-
Railroad is in this town. There
are three stations. There is also
a daily milk train riming from
North Weare to Boston, and during the summer, Sundays; which
offers great inducements for those
who wish to follow the milk
smith, carpenter, etc.
business.
trade,
WEBSTER.
Merrimack County. Webster
was taken from the western portion
Total value
of goods manufactured, is $64,000.
Agricultural proResources.
mechanical
ductions, $101,628;
labor,
$
15,200
at interest,
and money
stocks,
;
$
13,487;
deposits in
savings banks, $62,766;
$
Churches and
tian,
Edward
ChrisCongregational,
Buxton, pastor;
Schools.
;
Rev.
stock in
4,800.
of Boscawen, and incorporated under its present name, July 3, 1860.
The surface is uneven, but the
soil is strong and deep, producing
Methodist, George Wood, pastor.
There are eight schools in town.
Average length of schools, for the
year, eighteen weeks.
For First Settlements. See Bos-
excellent crops of corn, wheat and
cawen.
hay.
It is
Boundaries.
noted for the fine qual-
by
North
Salis-
and abundance of its apples.
Ponds and Rivers. Long Pond is
about two miles in length, and half
a mile in width. Blackwater River passes through the whole extent
bury, east by Boscawen, south by
of the town, in a southerly direc-
from Concord.
and furnishes some excellent
water power.
Courser Hill is quite an elevation, but is capable of cultivation
to its top, with quite a little settlement on it. There is a church,
school-house, store, post-office and
about fifteen or twenty dwellings.
The views obtained from this hill,
are extensive and very fine.
Employments. The inhabitants
are largely engaged in agriculture,
but there is some manufacturing
Railroads.
Six miles to Boscawen, on the Northern Railroad.
ity
tion,
carried
on.
6,439 bushels corn,
pounds butpounds cheese, and apples to the value of $ 6,000, are annually produced;
115,000 clapboards, 400,000 shingles and laths,
1,225,000 feet of boards and dimension timber sawed, valued at $24,
200 besides, there are carriage and
2,497 tons hay, 25,475
ter, 10,744
;
Concord and Hopkinton, and west
by Warner. Area of improved
land, 11,687 acres.
Distances.
Fourteen miles north
WEJITWORTH.
Grafton County. The surface
is
is
moderately uneven, but the soil
generally good, and that in the
is exceedingly
producing excellent crops.
Rivers and Ponds. Baker's River flows through the town and is
vicinity of the rivers
fertile,
the principal stream.
a
On
this riv-
of considerable height,
affording splendid water privileges.
The south part is watered by the
south branch of Baker's River,
er, is
fall
which joins the main branch near
Rumney
Baker's Pond, sitline.
uated partly in Orford and partly
in this town, is the largest sheet
of water. Pond Brook is the outlet
which
affords
water
sufficient
�WENTWORTn'S LOCATION
several valuable mill sites.
Mountains. Part of Carr's Moun-
for
tain
is
situated in the easterly part,
while a portion of Mount Cuba
rises in the westerly section of the
town.
The
Minerals.
named
last
mountain contains inexhaustible
quantities of the best limestone.
Granite of a fine quality is found
at the base of Carr's mountain, also
Iron ore is found in various parts
of the town.
The
falls,
situated
village,
near the
contains several stores, postand is a thriving and
office etc.,
industrious place.
Employments.
Most of the
in-
habitants are engaged in agriculture. The lumber business is carried on quite extensively. 25,000
clapboards, 965,000 shingles, and
5,900,000 feet of boards are
ally
sawed;
also gloves
40,000 cigars
annumade,
and mittens are man-
ufactured in considerable quantiTotal value of manufactured
ties.
production $ 97,700.
Productions of the
Resources.
$ 83,645 mechanical labor,
$ 25,000 stocks, and money at interest, $ 6,070 deposits in savings
soil,
;
—-WESTMORELAND.
367
North
Boundaries and Area.
by Warren, east by Rumney, south
by Dorchester, and west by Orford.
Area, 23,040 acres improved land,
;
10,307 acres.
By
Distances.
railroad, fifteen
miles north-west from Plymouth,
and about sixty-five miles northnorth-west from Concord.
The Boston, ConRalroads.
cord and Montreal Railroad passes
through the town.
WESTWORTH'S LOCATION
Coos County. This location is
bounded north by Dixville and
ungranted lands, east by Maine
line and Umbagog Lake, south by
Umbagog Lake and Errol and west
by Dixville.
In 1870, there were 38 inhabitants, 575 acres of improved land,
5 horses, 67 cattle, 28 sheep and 6
swine. The value of agricultural
productions was $6,098.
The Margallaway River passes
through the eastern portion of the
In some parts the soil
location.
is good, producing fair crops of
corn, potatoes and hay.
VESTmORELAND.
;
;
banks, $20,723;
$19,755; from
stock
summer
trade,
in
tourists, $8,
000; professional business, $12,000.
Churches and Schools.
gational Church, Rev.
Congre-
David
S.
There are thirteen school districts in town aver-
Hibbard, pastor.
;
age length, for the year, twelve
weeks.
Hotel. " Union House."
This town
John Page, a few
years prior to the Revolution, and
incorporated November 1, 1776.
First
Settlements.
was granted
First
to
Minister.
Rev.
S. Davis, settled in 1833.
Increase
Cheshire County.
Westmore-
land is considered one of the best
farming towns in the State. The
surface is less varied by hills, valleys and mountains, than that of
On the
the neighboring towns.
Connecticut there are some very
The soil of
fine interval farms.
the uplands"
is
good, and
easily
cultivated.
Streams.
The town
is
well
watered by small streams which
empty
The
into the Connecticut.
one which
rises in Spafford
in Chesterfield, affords
Lake,
some of the
best water privileges, in town.
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368
Employments.
Agriculture is
the principal employment of the
inhabitants,
ward
who
receive a rich re-
for their labor.
No
class of
people in the State are more prosperous and happy than the farmers
of Westmoreland. There are several small manufactories.
About
200,000 shingles,
and 500,000
feet
annually sawed,
chair stuff to the value of $14,000
is annually sawed out.
(See tables
of manufactories.)
Resources.
Productions of the
soil, $148,139; mechanical labor,
$12,600; stocks and bonds, $15,
400; money at interst, $66,371;
deposits in savings banks, $ 145,
boards are
of
581;
stock in trade $ 17,600
summer
tourists,
fessional business,
Summer
;
$4,000;
$
from
pro-
12,000.
Owing
Resorts.
to its
on the beautiful Connecticut, this town is drawing quite
a number of tourists to spend their
fine situation
summer
vacation among its hills
City people, who wish
to retire from the bustle and noise
of our great cities for quiet recreation and rest in the country, to
breathe its free, fresh air for a
and
vales.
few weeks, will find that Westmoreland will offer as many inducements for truly hospitable
country life, as any other town in
the county.
Churches and Schools. First and
second Congregational, Revs. L.
Fowler and
J.
Barber, pastors;
Christian, Rev. J. Clafflin, pastor
Rev. Joseph Barber,
There are thirteen schools
in town. Average length, for the
was called Greawas incorporated un
present name, February 11,
afterwards
Mfeadow.
der
its
1752.
it
It
First settled
by four fami-
lies in 1741.
Indians.
The Indians several
times attacked the early settlers.
In one of their visits, William
Phips, the first husband of Jemima How, was killed; on another
time Jeremiah Phips, father of her
first husband, was taken captive
and carried
into
Canada, where he
died.
First Ministers.
Rev. William
Goddard, ordained in 1764; dismissed in 1775 Rev. Allen Pratt,
;
dismissed in 1827.
Boundaries. North by Walpole,
east by Surry and Keene, south by
Chesterfield, and west by Putney,
settled in 1790;
Vermont.
Area
Distances.
22,466 acres.
Sixty miles
south-
west from Concord, and ten west
from Keene.
Railroad.
The Cheshire Railroad passes through the north-east
portion of the town, where there is
a station.
WHITEFIELD.
Coos County.
No town in
the county has made more rapid
progress, for the past four years, in
business, wealth and population,
than Whitefield. The surface is
uneven, and broken by hills, but the
soil is good, producing excellent
crops of corn, oats, barley, potatoes and hay. Some of the best
farms in the county are here.
agricultural products, to each
acre of improved land in town,
are valued at $ 13.80; the average
in the county is $ 10.77.
Ponds and River. Blake's, Long,
Round, and Little River Ponds,
Unitarian
hill
pastor.
The
year, sixteen weeks.
Hotel.
First
was
Valley Hotel.
Settlers.
Westmoreland
granted by Massachusetts
under the name of Number Two;
first
are the principal bodies of water.
�WHITEFIELD
John's River has its rise in Jefferson and Carroll and passes through
this town in a westerly direction,
thence west through Dalton, and
discharges its waters into the Connecticut. In its passage, it furnishes some good water power.
L.
369
& W.
planing,
G.
Brown &
Co., lumber,
matching and grooving,
situated
$370,000; Messrs. Brown & Co.
have the largest lumber establishment in the State. Their mill has
two roofs, but the buildings are all
open, and connected
it is about
250 feet long, and 160 feet wide.
on John's River, and on the line
of the White Mountain Extension
of the Montreal Railroad. It is
growing quite rapidly, and is the
Their motive power is three locomotives of 200-horse power, and
one water wheel with 140-horse
power. When there is sufficient
Village.
seat
of
The
village
is
business.
considerable
There are two church
large graded
one
with
edifices,
school-house,
three departments, two grist-mills,
two lumber mills, one sash and
blind shop, one pail mill, wool
carding and planing mill, printing
office, ten or twelve stores, of all
kinds, one good hotel, one lawyer,
three physicians, about 125 dwelling houses, and 700 inhabitants.
There are some nice private resiand, twenty-five years
dences,
hence, many of the streets will be
The views,
beautifully shaded.
from this village, of the mountains
in Carroll and Jefferson, are very
fine:
The
Employments.
;
water, this wheel will carry nearly all of the
The
machinery
in the mill.
railroad passes along by the
side of the mill,
where the lumber
loaded on to the cars to be transported to Boston, or to other secis
and to their
lumber sheds, which are three in
number, and each 150 feet in
tions of the country,
length.
In and around the mill, they employ about 120 hands. There are
two large circular saws, for sawing boards and timber, one gate
saw for sawing long timber three
shingle machines, two power edgers, one large planer for matching
and grooving, three small planers,
;
inhabitants
one Daniels
are largely engaged in lumber
business, although farming is an
important branch. Three potato
large timber,
starch mills annually manufacture
starch to the value of $ 19,400 one
job print'ng office, $1,000; Snow &
Pillsbury, doors, sash and blinds,
$10,000; Libbey & White, wool
carding, $2,000; Smith & Walker,
grist-mill, flour and meal, $ 20,300
A. L. & W. G.Brown & Co., meal,
$ 6,000 Quimby & AUard, lumber,
G. W. & N. W. Libbey,
$ 12,000
lumber, $ 16,000 L. D. & L. T. Hazen, lumber, $ 25,000
Burns &
Brooks, lumber, $ 35,000
Charles
Libbey & Co., lumber, $ 50,000 A.
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
1
planer for dressing
two saws for cutting
off logs, two trimming saws for
trimming boards and planks, and
two slab saws. This mill is now
(1873,) daily sawing 40,000 feet of
long timber, 14,000 shingles, 1,000
clapboards, 35,000 laths, and planing and matching 10,000 feet of
long timber, making the annual
production 12,000,000 feet long
timber
4,200,000 shingles, 300,000
clapboards, and 10,500,000 laths;
the whole being valued at $350,
;
They also annually cut and
masts and spars to the value of
$ 20,000. The labor is all done on a
systematic plan, and everything
000.
sell
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370
connected with the mill, from the
rolling of the logs into the pond, to
the loading the lumber on the cars
moves
like clock work. Every man knows
for
his
its
final
destination,
place and duty,
responsible
for
and
doing
is
his
held
part
of the work when offered to him,
and delivering it to the next man,
when required. The two men
who have charge of the two large
circular saws, and wield their
cant-hooks as skilfully as the marriner moves his tiller, which
safely guides his bark along our
rock bound coast, are the pendulums which move the work of the
whole mill. If they neglect to do a
good day's work, every man in the
establishment falls short accordingly. Messrs. Browns fully appreciate the services of such men,
and, doubtless, no men in NewHampshire, for doing rough and
heavy work, receive larger pay,
and no men more richly deserve it.
In order to keep the machinery
of this establishment constantly in
repair, there is, connected with it,
a wood shop, machine shop and
blacksmith shop. To guard against
fire,
there
is
a large force pump,
one of the No. 1 Amoskeag steam
fire engines, and 1,500 feet of hose.
The timber fields which feed
their establishment,
are situated
principally in the towns of Carroll
and Jefferson, in one unbroken
lot and contain 26,000 acres. They
have a railroad extending from
their mill into their lumber lands,
eleven miles. The rolling stock
of this road is two first class engines and thirty-two cars, made
expressly for their business. Besides the help of their railroad, in
the winter they employ two hundred men, forty pairs of oxen, and
ten spans of horses. They have a
grist-miil to grind their meal, and
have now on hand over 7,000 bushels of corn.
The timber on their
lot is about one third pine, and the
larger portion of the remainder
spruce.
is
It will require
years
forty
to
clear
about
this
lot
once over, at their present rate
of doing business. At their mills,
lumber lots, building railand erecting dwellings for
their emploj'ees, they employ, on
an average, about two hundred
and fifty men, who annually receive
for their labor § 131,000. The capin the
roads,
invested in their business, including lumber lots, is about
ital
$ 300,000.
The total amount of long timber
annually sawed in town is 19,900,
000 feet. The value of this timber,
together with the planing, matching and grooving, clapboards, shingles
and
laths, is $472,500.
town (including the
tures in the
lumber
The
manufac-
total capital invested in
business)
$440,000;
is
number of hands employed,
325;
annual pay roll, $ 171,350, with an
annual value of manufactured
production of $ 554,000.
Agricultural
Resources.
ductions,
•$
102 750
labor, § 171,350;
$
est,
17,250
banks, $ 750
;
;
money
deposits
pro-
mechanical
at inter-
in savings
stock in trade, $ 49,
from summer tourists, S 4,000;
professional business $ 30,000.
Churches and Schools.
Methodist,
Rev. William C. Tanson,
Freewill Baptist, Rev. G.
pastor
H. Pinkham, pastor. There are
850
;
;
;
ten schools in town, two of which
are graded; average length, for
the year, sixteen weeks.
Whitefield Library
Library.
Association, 400 volumes.
�WILMOT.
Hotels.
Whitefield House, and
The latter is kept
Dodge House.
open only in the Summer.
First Settlements.
The
first set-
tlement was commenced here
ahout 1774, by Major Burns and
The town was
December 1, 1804.
others.
ated
incorpor-
371
Springfield, and affords many good
water privileges in AVilmot.
Mountain. The summit of Kearsarge Mountain forms the southern boundary.
The Winslow
House, on this mountain, and the
most popular summer hotel in
New-Hampshire,
central
is
located
in this town.
North by Lancaster, east by Jefferson and Carroll,
south by Carroll and Bethlehem,
and west by Dalton and Lancaster.
Area, 20,800 acres area of improv-
Minerals.
Felspar, of an excel-
lent quality,
and which has been
ed land, 7,450 acres.
beryls and crystals of mica.
Distances.
One hundred and
twenty-five miles north from Con-
is
.
Boundaries.
;
and twelve south-east from
Lancaster.
Besides the MonRailroads.
which passes
treal Extension,
through the town, it is expected
the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad, when completed, will also
pass through.
cord,
wiohot.
Merrimack
County.
This
town is composed of hills and
valleys and presents a rough surface. The pasturage is suitable
The Ullage land is
rocky, but, when properly cultivated, produces fair crops.
The
Fourth New-Hampshire Turnpike,
for sheep.
from Concord to Hanover, passed
through this town, and before the
days of railroads, was the great
thoroughfare for travel, from the
Connecticut River, through Concord, to Boston. But the times of
the rattling stage coaches and the
dull click of six and eight horse
baggage wagons, as they moved
through Wilmot, are far in the
past, and stories of those days are
as a romance to the youth of to-day.
The Blackwater River
Rivers.
has its sources in this town and
successfully used in the manufac-
ture of teeth,
found hero, also
is
At Wilmot Flat there
quite a business and pleasant
Village.
There is a post office,
one church edifice, a large school
house, two stores, a large tannery
one hosiery manufactory, lumber
mills, tailor, carpenter, blacksmith
shops, etc., besides some fifty dwelvillage.
ling houses.
Farming is the
employment of the in-
Employments.
principal
habitants, although the
manufac-
considerable and valuaThe value of woolen hose
ble.
and other woolen goods, annually
turing
is
made, is over $30,000; leather
tanned, $ 40,000 100,000 shingles,
and 1,500,000 boards and dimension timber sawed, besides various
other small shops.
The value of
goods, of all kinds, annually man;
mactured,
is
about $96,300.
(See
tables.)
Resources.
Agricultural produc-
tions, $97,278;
$
15,
450;
100
;
money
deposits
mechanical labor,
at interest, $ 15,
in
banks,
savings
$ 36.970; stock in trade, $ 13,125.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. C. B. Tracy, pastor;
Methodist, Elder C. E. Trussell,
pastor; Union,
Freewill Baptist. Rev. J. A. Knowles,
pastor. There are fifteen schools
;
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372
in town, two of which are graded.
Average length of schools for the
East
year, eleven weeks.
large manufacturing village.
Hotel.
First
Winslow House.
Settlement. This town was
originally called
Kearsarge,
and
was granted to Joseph Minot, Matthew Thornton and others, in 1775.
received its present name from
Dr. Wilmot, an Englishman, who,
at one time, was considered a popular author. It was incorporated
It
June
18, 1807.
Boundaries. North-east by Dan-
by Andover,
Warner and Sutton,
south-west by New-London, and
Area
north-west by Springfield.
of improved land, 15,775 acres.
bury and
south by
Hill, east
Thirty miles north-
Distances.
grown
Wilton, where there has
up, within a few years, a
Here
are three woolen manufactories,
large tannery, fancy boxes, and
portable desk factory, furniture
shop, boot and shoe factory, large
lumber and grist mill, besides
shops for the manufacture of wooden ware and toys, custom boots
and shoes, clothing &c. For the
past three years, East Wilton has
met with several financial reverses,
caused by flood,
and mis-
fire,
management in some of its manufactories. About three years ago,
a flood on the Souhegan carried
away a
mill, valued at $40,000;
a year later, the Wilton Manufacturing Co. lost their mill by fire
and the Newell Manufacturing
Co., are not in operation at pres-
west from Concord.
Railroad. The Northern Railroad passes through the eastern
corner of the town. It is two and
ent, (August 1873).
New mills are
being erected on the site of those
one-half miles to Potter Place sta-
burnt, the financial affairs of the
tion, in
Andover.
other mill are being adjusted, and
before another year, the manufacturing facilities of this village,
WILTON.
Hillsborough County.
surface
is
The
generally uneven, but
not mountainous.
The soil is
strong and of an excellent quality,
producing fine crops of grain and
hay.
The Hillsborough county
farm is located here, which proves
that the town contains soil of a superior grade. Clay of a good quality is found in abundance.
River and Village. Souhegan is
the
principal
river.
Its
main
be far ahead of what they
were prior to the flood and fire.
With these explanations, we shall
give the manufactories of Wilton
as they were rendered in the census of 1870
and no doubt within
one year from date, their manufacwill
;
tured productions will exceed that
of 1870 by more than S 100,000.
There are in this village from fifteen
to
twenty stores of
hotels, a bank,
all kinds, two
two churches, large
branch enters Wilton near the
school house, post
south-west corner, and flows in
and express
a north-east course, till it forms
a junction with several streams
running from Temple and Lyndeborough. Thence it flows through
the north part, and furnishes
some valuable water power at
two dentists, and
about one hundred and fifty dwelling houses. At West Wilton, there
are two stores, one hotel, school
house, post office, knob factory
and a number of dwelling houses.
office,
office,
three physicians,
telegraph
one
lawyer,
�WILTON.
The business is
Employments.
nearly equally divided between
agriculture
and manufacturing.
With the exception of Bedford, the
milk exceeds that of any
sale of
town
being over 200,
A milk car
starts from this town for Boston,
every morning, under the management of D. Whiting and Sons.
The manufactories of various
kinds, annually produce goods, as
follows
Newell Manufacturing
Co., 300,000 pounds woolen yarn for
carpets, valued at $ 150,000 Wilton
Manufacturing Co.; 486,500 pounds,
$232,700; Robert Dawson, carpets,
in the State,
000 gallons annually.
:
;
$
189,600 yards,
80,000.
Wilton
al-
so annually produces 27,000 bush-
meal and flour, $ 35,000
carts, and wagons, $ 5,200
els
;
toys,
;
furni-
8 50,000 A. J. Putnam & Co.,
upper leather and splits, $ 35,000
125,000 shingles and 1,100,000, feet
ture,
;
American Silex
cheese factory,
sale boots and shoes,
$2,500;
$25,000; besides blacksmiths, tin
ware, coopering, tailors, milliners,
boards, $23,300;
$25,000;
Co.,
carpenters, masons, painters, and
other kinds of trade. The capital
invested in manufactories is $319,
employing 178 males, and
and annually producing goods to the value of
$ 695,300.
500;
116
females,
Resources.
tions,
$
Agricultural produc-
132,392;
mechanical labor,
$112,760; stocks and money at interest^ 20,750 deposits in savings
banks, $ 154,960
stock in trade,
;
;
$ 52,750
professional
;
$75,000;
from summer
business,
tourists,
This town has become
quite popular as a summer resort
for tourists. The Whiting House,
one of the largest hotels in the
$
15,000.
State,
was
built
largely for
the
373
purpose
of
summer
keeping
boarders.
Baptist,
Churches and Schools.
Rev. S. C. Fletcher, pastor; Congregational, Rev. D. F. Adams,
pastor; Unitarian, Rev. I. S. Lincoln, A. M. Pendleton, pastors.
There are thirteen schools in town,
four of which are graded average
length, for the year, twenty-four
weeks total value of school housannual amount apes, $ 10,505
;
;
;
propriated
school
for
purposes,
$3,117.39.
Wilton Public Libravolumes.
Wilton Savings Bank.
Bank.
Library.
ry, 1,200
(See tables.)
Hotels.
road House
House.
Whiting House, Railat West Wilton, Fry
;
First Settlement,
The
first
set-
tlement was made as early as
1738,
by three families from
Danvers, Mass. two by the name
of Putnam, and one by the name
Hannah, the daughof Dale.
ter of Ephraim Putnam, was the
Septemfirst child born in town.
ber 7, 1773, while the people were
attempting to raise their second
church edifice, the frame fell, and
:
men were instantly killed;
two died of their wounds soon afterward, and a number of others
were badly injured. July 20, 1804,
the same building was consideraIn
bly shattered by lightning.
Samuel Abbott
1815, Ezra and
three
erected the first potato starch mill
here, and the first ever built in the
State. Their first town Fair or
was holden about
was something new, and
Cattle Show,
1826.
It
was well represented by people
from
all
Among
as
the
adjoining
towns.
the visitors were such
men
Hon. C. G. Atherton, Gov. Ben-
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
374
jarnin
Pierce,
and other
President
dignitaries.
Pierce,
The town
June 25, 1762,
and derived its name from Wilton,
a manufacturing district in Eng-
Avas incorporated,
land.
First Ministers.
The
first
church
organization was effected, and the
Rev. Jonathan Livermore was ordained, as its pastor, in 1763. He
was dismissed in 1777, and died in
Rev. Abel Fisk settled in
Rev. Thomas
Beede settled in 1803 dismissed in
1809.
1778; died in 1802.
;
Boundaries.
North by Lyndeborough, east by Lyndeborough and
Milford, south by Mason, and west
by Temple. Area, 15,2S0 acres
area of improved land, 10,391 acres.
Distances.
Forty miles southwest from Concord, nine south-
west from Amherst, and fifteen
miles from Nashua.
Railroads. The Wilton Railroad
extends from Nashua to this town.
This season, (1873) a railroad is
being built from this road to Greenfield, and thence being extended to
Peterborough to form a junction
with the Monadnock Railroad.
These extensions will open railroad communications with the
southwestern section of the State.
WINCHESTER.
Cheshire County. Winchester
ranks in population, wealth, and
in the value of manufactured productions, as the second town in the
The
surface
is
various.
In the southern part it is quite level, while other portions are more
uneven.
On either side of the
intervals,
Ashuelot are broad
which are very fertile, producing
grass in abundance.
The soil on
the uplands is generally good,
when
til-
Ponds and Rivers. Humphrey's
Pond, in the north-east part of the
town, is 300 rods long and 80 rods
wide, and the largest body of water.
The Ashuelot River passes
through the town, in a south-westerly direction. In its passage, it
furnishes very extensive water
power, much of it being improved.
It receives the waters of Muddy
and Broad brooks, and several
smaller streams.
Villages.
1829.
county.
yeilding excellent crops,
led properly.
There are two vilon the Ashue-
lages, both situated
doing considerable business,
lot,
Ashuelot and
Winchester.
is the smallest, but is extensively engaged in manufacturviz.
Ashuelot
ing.
There are two
stores, school
and about
dwelling houses. Winchester
Village is very pleasant, with
wide, shaded streets and many fine
dwelling houses. There are three
churches, one large graded school
house, two banks, lawyers, physician and dentist offices, and over
one hundred dwelling houses,
Employments. The inhabitants
are nearly equally divided behouse, post
office, hotel,
fifty
tween manufacturing and agriculIt ranks in its agricultural
productions as the fifth town in
the county.
There are three
woolen manufactories, winch annually manufacture 278,000 yards
Union Beaver and other woolen
cloths valued at §368,800; 43,000
grey horse blankets, §118,000; six
ture.
lumber
mills,
manufacturing
boards, staves, shingles and trun-
valued at §72,600; one tantwo fancy box
§ 75,000
mills, § 28,000 one box mill, § 10,
000 grist mill, § 14,000 bedsteads,
nels,
nery,
;
;
;
;
§6,000; carriages, §5,000; machine
�WINDHAM.
besides blacksmith
shop, §4,000;
and shoe shops, harnesses, photographers, tailors, carpenters,
sons,
and a few other
The
397,000,
of
all
kinds
is
employing 252 males and
who
annually receive
for their labor, §158,000. and annually
manufactured
produce
goods to the value of $741,400.
There are two lawyers, five physicians, one dentist, and various oth105 females,
er professions.
Resources.
soil,
$
§5
136,784;
name
the
Productions of the
mechanical labor,
and money at in-
158.000; stocks
July
of Arlington.
2,
was granted by NewHampshire to Josiah Willard, who
1753,
it
settled here in 1732.
trades.
Capital invested in
total
manufactories
$
ma-
375
In
1746, the
town was sacked by the Indians,
and the church edifice was burned,
with all the private residences,
and the inhabitants were obliged
to seek safety in older and moie
They did not
secure settlements.
return to resume the settlement
In the sumfor nearly five years.
mer of 1756, Josiah Foster and his
family were taken prisoners by
the Indians,
Efforts
to.
were made at one time
Dartmouth College in
locate
§84,598; deposits in savbanks. §65,135;
stock in
trade, §81,142; professional busi-
this
ings
town, but the project was
abandoned, owing to the powerful
opposition made by Josiah Wil-
ness, §42,000.
lard, the principal landholder.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. Elijah Harmon,
pastor; Methodist, Rev. Anson C.
Coult, pastor; Universalist, Rev.
Ashley, Congregational, ordained
in 1736, dismissed in 1747; Rev.
Micah Lawrence, ordained in 1764,
terest,
Mr. Foster, pastor; Catholic,
There are twenty-three
schools, three of which are graded. Average length of schools, for
.
the year, eighteen weeks.
Num-
—
ber of scholars girls, 301; boys,
Total value of school houses,
§ 18,300. Total amount annually
appropriated for school purposes,
There is a public high
§ 3.338.65.
school, having two terms a year.
The town appropriates § 1,000 annually for this purpose.
Washington Library
Library.
Association, 1,200 volumes.
Banks.
Winchester National
Bank, and the Ashuelot Savings
Bank. (See tables.)
290.
Winchester House and
Ashuelot House.
Winchester
First Settlements.
was originally granted by the Government of Massachusetts under
First Ministers.
.
Rev.
Joseph
dismissed in 1777; Rev. Ezra Conant, settled in 1788, dismissed in
1806.
North by Chester*
and Swanzey, east by Swanzey and Richmond, south by Warwick, Massachusetts, and west by
Boundaries.
field
Area,
Hinsdale.
Area of improved
33,534
acres.
land,
13,964
acres.
Distances.
Sixty-five
miles
south-west from Concord, and
thirteen south-west from Keene.
Railroad. The Ashuelot Railroad passes through the town, in a
south-westerly and north-easterly
direction, giving it good railroad
facilities.
WIJiBHAM.
Hotels.
Rockingham County. The soil
generally good, yielding fair
crops of corn, oats and hay.
Rivers and Ponds. Beaver River
is
�NEAY-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
376
is
the principal stream,
there
is
and
Golden
Cabot's,
Policy,
Mitchel's ponds are the principal
collections of water.
The larger porEmployments.
tion of the people are
engaged in
The value
of shoes
annually manufactured is $35,000.
There is a small woolen mill in
town, and 1,500,000 feet of lumber
are sawed, annually.
Annual productions
Resources.
of the soil, §65,619; from mechanagriculture.
ical labor,
ings
$
10,300
banks,
hand or
deposits in sav-
;
$31,422;
money on
$ 19,060; stock
$ 14,012.
Churches and Schools. The Presbyterian Church, formed in 1747,
is the only one ever organized in
town. The church edifice is valued at $ 10,000. There are seven
at interest,
in trade,
Average
schools.
schools,
for
the
length
year,
of
twenty
Libraries.
The Nesmith Libra-
was established
in 1871,
and
now
Has 1,835 volumes. Sunday School
Library has 300 volumes.
First
was
Hillsborouh County.
sor
Wind-
a small township of less than
is
100 inhabitants.
The surface is
varied with hills and vales. The
soil is deep, strong and well adapted to grain, grass, &c.
P<yid and Streams. Black Pond
is
the principal collection of water
There are no streams of
any note.
Employment.
Farming is the
in town.
principal
habitants,
employment of the
who
in-
are as prosperous
and happy as any farming community in the State.
Agricultural
Resources.
uct,
$15,304;
$ 5,588
money
mechanical labor, $
;
prod-
at interest,
1,000
deposits in savings banks, $3,837;
stock in trade, $ 450.
There
School.
school
in
this
is one
public
town. Average
length of school, for the year, sixteen weeks.
Organization.
Windsor
originally called " Campbell's
First
weeks.
ry
WINDSOR.
upon which
meadow land.
considerable
Settlements.
Windham
originally a part of
derry, from
which
it
London-
was severed,
and incorporated in 1739.
Boundaries. North by Londonderry, east by Salem, south by Pelham, and west by Hudson and LonArea, 15,744 acres.
Thirty-three miles
south from Concord, and twenty
south-west from Exeter.
donderry.
Distatices.
Railroads.
Manchester
was
Gore," and was incorporated under
present name, Dec. 27, 1798.
Boundaries.
North-east and
east by Hillsborough, south by
Antrim, west by Stoddard, and
north-west by Washington. Area
its
of improved land, 2,604 acres.
Distances.
Railroad.
and
WOLFEBOSiODGil.
Lawrence Railroad
depot is 2£
miles from the center of the town-;
The Nashua and Rochester Railroad, now being built, passes
through the town also the Nashua
and Plaistow, if built.
;
Thirty miles south-
west from Concord, and twentyseven north-west from Amherst.
Railroad. Six miles by stage to
Hillsborough Bridge railway station, on the Contoocook Valley
Carroll County.
rough
is
the largest and
Wolfebomost im-
portant town in Carroll county,
both in wealth and population. It
ranks in wealth, as the twentieth,
—
�WOLFEBOROUGH.
and
377
Village.
Wolfeborough village
pleasantly situated on two beautiful slopes of land, rising gently
in population, as the twentyeighth town in the State. It is
pleasantly situated on the south-
is
ern part of Lake Winnipiseogee,
which touches its south-western
border, while the lofty mountains
from the lake.
Between these
slopes, and nearly in the centre of
the village, Smith's River passes
of Ossipee, and the rugged hills of
Tuftonborough appear to form, in
into the lake.
the rear, walls of a gigantic for-
whole presenting a view
of sublime and picturesque sceneThe town is six miles square,
ry.
tress, the
and nearly one third of its surface
is
is
covered with water.
somewhat hard
The
to cultivate,
soil
but
strong and very productive. The
farmers find a ready market for
nearly
ucts,
all
of their surplus prod-
own town, at good
Much attention has been
in their
prices,
The
river
connects the
principal
hotels in the State.
It is elegant-
fully entitled to the
is
and summer boarding houses in
don House was
the village.
is
the
Lake
at
Wolfeborough Bridge.
this river, from
In the passage of
the pond to the lake, within a dis-
tance of one half mile, may be
found some of the best water power in the State,
which
is
sufficient
machinery
which could be placed between
the pond and the lake. At South
"Wolfeborough is another good
power, the source of which is Rust
Pond. Nearly all this power is improved by the Wolfeborough Woolen Manufacturing Company. There
to propel
are a
which
all
of
the
number of smaller streams
afford power for lumber and
shingle mills.
and
rank of a
open only
ly furnished, well conducted,
through the Summer.
Smith's,
in
On this street are located
nearly all of the churches, school
houses, the academy, banks, hotels, fifteen or twenty stores, of all
kinds, and many dwelling houses.
The Pavilion is one of the largest
first-class
and Streams.
street
river.
ing garden produce, for the hotels
Ponds
span-
the village on either side of the
given, for a few years past, to rais-
Crooked, Rust, Beach, Barton's,
and Sargent's Ponds, are the principal bodies of water.
Smith's
Pond is six miles in length and is
the source of Smith's River, which
flows through Crooked Pond into
is
ned 'by a substantial bridge about
twenty-five feet in length, which
hotel.
It is
The Glen-
built in 1873,
and
also a first-class hotel, finely lo-
cated, having
commanding views
of the lake and mountain scenery;
has all the modern improvements,
and
for architectural beauty, neat-
ness,
and accommodation,
it
is
equal to the best in the country,
and is kept open throughout the
year.
The Belvue House
is
a fine ho-
and beautifully situated on the
shores of the lake. The Lake HoThere
tel is the oldest in town.
are some twenty boarding houses,
for the purpose of accommodating
tel,
summer
tourists,
who
beautiful village in the
visit
this
warm
sea-
son of the year. Mill Village,
about one half mile from the lake,
has considerable manufacturing,
three stores, one church, and the
best school house in the county.
At South Wolfeborough is located the
Wolfeborough Woolen
Manufacturing Company, several
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
378
stores one church, a school-house,
and a number of dwellings,
Summer
The
Resorts.
pleas-
ant location on the lake, the many
fine views of natural scenery, the
excellent roads, and the extensive provisions made for the accommodation of travelers, together with the varied recreations
amid mountain, lake, and country scenery, have caused Wolfeborough to be one of the most important points for
summer
New-Hampshire.
tourists, in
Those seeking
health or pleasure, will find this
town one of the most healthful and
delightful resorts in the country.
The evening excursions on the
lake, by
Steamboats, are delightful, and the views obtained
from the deck(especially by moonlight) of the glistening waters ,
the islands, shores, and distant
mountains, through the shades
of a summer evening, are grand,
and not soon forgotten by the beholder.
Six miles east of the village
Copple Crown Mountain,
2,
is
100 feet
From its summit an extenview of the surrounding coun-
brings you to two mineral springs,
the waters of which contain medicinal
properties.
These springs
are visited by all classes.
carriages, boats
Horses,
and attendants can
always be obtained at the hotels.
Wolfeborough can be reached
from Boston by three public routes,
viz. direct, byrail, over the Eastern
Railroad by cars on the Boston &
Maine Railroad to Dover, thence
over the Cocheco to Alton Bay,
thence (in warm weather) by
Steamboats, ten miles, to Wolfeborough or over the Boston and
Lowell, Lowell and Nashua, Nashua and Concord, and Concord and
Montreal Railroads to the Weirs;
thence, by boat on the lake, twenty
miles, to Wolfeborough. At the
;
;
present
day,
visitoi's
Hampshire never make
to
New-
their tour
complete, without they spend a
in this pleasant lake
town. The estimated number of
tourists who spent their vacation
here, or made a brief visit last
year, (1873) was ten thousand.
Employments.
The people are
few days
try can be obtained.
engaged in agriculture, manufacturing, trade, hotel and boarding
house keeping. The manufactur-
clear day,
ing
high.
sive
Here, in a
spread before the eye
of the beholder, the Ocean, Mt.
is
Washington, the Winnipiseogee
and its islands, numerous ponds,
forests, and cultivated fields, all
affording a grand panoramic view
of nature and all its varied fornix.
To
"
business
is
very important.
The value of woolen blankets annually manufactured, is $180,000;
value of leather annually tanned,
$ 108,700. There are 125,000 pairs
of sale shoes manufactured, and
300,000 shingles,
and
1,850,000 feet
Tumble
The view
Sash and
of boards &c, sawed.
blind and various other kinds of
from its summit is similar to that
of Copple Crown, but it is easier
of ascent. Seven miles in a southeasterly direction, is Devils' Den,
a natural curiosity, worthy of a visit from any admirer of nature.
A
ride of four miles from the village,
mechanical business are carried
on.
The annual value of manu-
the
north-east
is
Down Dick Mountain."
factured productions, of all kinds,
is
$522,500.
nets,
$
(See tables.)
Agricultural
prod
mechanical labor,
money at interest, $13,
Resources.
146,600;
$71,300;
�WOODSTOCK.
014; stocks
&c, $42,900;
in savings banks,
deposits
$ 229,835 estimated amount received from summer tourists, $ 125,000 professional business, $ 100,000.
Churches and Schools. Congregational, Rev. T. H. Emerson, pas;
;
tor? 2d Congregational
;
Christian,
Rev. Lewis Philips, pastor; 1st
Freewill Baptist, Rev. A. 1). Fairbanks, pastor; 2d F. W. Baptist,
Christian and Methodist, united;
total value of all church property,
There are sixteen schools
town; average length, for the
total amount
year, twenty weeks
S
20,000.
in
;
money
appropriated annually
for school purposes, $2,505.14.
Institution.
WolfeLiterary
borough Christian Institute is a
prosperous Institution, and has a
fund of $ 10,000, J. W. Simonds,
A. M., is the principal.
of
Wolfeborough PubLibrary, 750 volumes; Charles
Libraries.
lic
H. Parker,
volumes.
private
library,
500
"Wolfeborough Savings Bank. (See
tables.)
Pavilion, Glendon, Bel-
vue, Lake and Franklin Houses.
Value of Hotel property, $ 175,000.
Livery Stables. There are two
Livery Stables, with twenty-nine
horses.
First Settlers.
cas,
Rev. Ebenezer
First Minister.
Allen (Congregational,) ordained
in 1792 died in 1806.
Boundaries. Northeast by Ossipee, south-east by Brookfield, south;
west by Winnipiseogee Lake and
Alton, and north-west by Tuftonborough. Area, 28,680 acres improved land, 16,694 acres.
;
Distances.
Forty-five
miles
north-east from Concord, and eight
miles south-west from Ossipee.
Railroads. The Wolfeborough
Branch of the Eastern, Great Falls
and Conway Railroad has its terminus in this town, on the shores
of the lake. In the summer season, steamboats arrive and depart
from the wharves at the village,
several times daily, from and to
all important points in and around
the lake.
WOODSTOCK.
Grafton County.
The
of this large township
is
James Lary,
B. Blake, J. LuJ. Fullerton
others first settled here.
and
The town
was named for Gen. Wolfe, an
officer who was killed in the battle
before Quebec, Canada, -September
and
on the rivers
is good, and produces excellent
crops of corn, grain, and hay.
Much of the town is still a dense
forest, and the extensive drives of
mountains.
The
soil
logs we see floating down the Merrimack in the spring, come largely
from this town.
Rivers.
The Pemigewassett
River passes through the eastern
section, and receives large branches in its passage, which furnish
good water power.
Mountains.
The
Incorporated July 9th,
in the north-west,
tain in the west.
1770.
principal ele-
vations are Cushman's Mountain
in the south-west, Black Mountain
Gov. John Wentworth
erected a splendid mansion in this
town, about five miles east of
Wolfeborough village.
13th, 1759.
surface
uneven,
diversified with hills, valleys,
Lake National Bank,
Carrol] County Savings Bank and
Banks.
Hotels.
379
and Blue Moun-
Among
these
mountains, branches of the wild
Ammonoosuck, and Baker's River,
and Moosehillock Brook, have
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.
380
On the last stream
a beautiful cascade, where the
waters glide smoothly on a glassy
surface of rocks or tumble in a
foaming cataract a distance of two
hundred feet
Grafton mineral
their sources.
Churches and Schools.
is
spring is in this town and its waters are strongly impregnated with
sulphur and other mineral substances.
The scenery in Woodis very tine.
Employments.
The inhabitants
are employed in farming, in the
summer, and lumbering in the
winter. There is one large tannery, which produces leather to
the value of $75,000 annually.
Nearly all the lumber cut in town
stock
down the river in the
Clapboards, shingles, and
boards are sawed, to the value of
$ 4,800 annually.
Resources.
Agricultural prodis
floated
logs.
$44,008;
ucts,
$
10,500
terest,
;
$
stocks,
5,500
banks, $ 644
000
;
;
mechanical labor,
and money at in-
deposits in savings
stock in trade, $ 19,
;
from summer
tourists,
$
1,000.
;
Baptist,
Advent,
Rev. T. B.
Eastman, pastor; Freewill Baptist,
There are five schools
average length, for the year, eleven weeks.
First Settlement. This town was
granted to Eli Demeritt, September 23, 1763, under the name of
Peeling.
It was
subsequently
called Fairfield, and again changed
to Peeling.
In 1804, it took the
name of Woodstock. John Riant
and others commenced the
first
settlement in 1773.
Boundaries. North by Lincoln,
east by Thornton, south by Thornton and Ellsworth, and west by
Warren, Benton and Ellsworth.
Area, 33,359 acres;
area of im-
proved land, 2,540 acres.
Distances.
Seventy-three miles
north from Concord, and twentyone north from Plymouth.
Railroad. Eight miles to Warren station, on the Montreal Rail-
road.
�KOCKINGHAM.
381
COUNTIES OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
CHAPTER
A
summary
statistical
ical
of the counties
position, value
and
IV.
State, pertaining to their geograph-
of their manufactories,
farm productions, railroads,
newspapers, national banks, savings banks, insurance, post-offices &c.
ROCKINGHAM.
This county has the only territory which borders on the Atlantic
Ocean,
being about seventeen miles in extent.
it
It
is
bounded
north by Strafford County, east by the Atlantic, from the
mouth
of the Piscataqua to the line of Massachusetts, south by Massachusetts,
and west by Hillsborough and Merrimack Counties.
The principal rivers are Piscataqua, Lamprey, SquamPawtuckaway and Spiggot.
The total horse water power
Rivers.
6cot,
now used
is
3,364.
Mountains.
Pawtuckaway,
in
Nottingham and Deerfield, and
Saddleback, in Deerfield and Northwood are the principal
ele-
vations.
Area.
There are thirty-eight towns
there were incorporated
— in
in
the County, of which
the reign of Charles
I.,
two
;
in the
William and Mary, two
two in the reign of Queen Anne
seven, George L; thirteen,
George II.; eight in the reign of George III.; and three by NewHampshire. It was incorporated, March 19, 1771, and named in
honor of Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham,
by Governor Benniug Wentworth. Its greatest length is thirtyreign of Charles
II.,
one
;
in the reign of
;
four miles
;
greatest breadth, thirty miles.
Shire towns, Exeter
and Portsmouth.
With the exception of Strafford County, the surface
broken than that of any county in the State, and much of the
land is well adapted to the raising of corn, oats, and hay, but the
rust injures the wheat. In 1870, there were produced 18,596 bushAgriculture.
is less
els
wheat, 165.682 bushels corn, 72,976 bushels oats and barley,
484,000 bushels potatoes.
Orchard productions, $126,000.
745,
�382
ROCKINGHAM.
000 pounds butter, 73,000 pounds cheese, 66,000 tons hay, and
The total value of agricultural
6,128 pounds maple sugar.
productions, of all kinds, was $2,640,000.
The manufactures of the County are varied and
Manufactories.
important, of which men's and women's boot and shoe manufacturing
much the largest branch. The stock for many of the boots and
made in the county, comes from the large shoe manufactories
in Lynn and Haverhill, Massachusetts, ready cut out and generally
is
shoes,
put up in sixty pair
tions, to
cases,
and sent by cars
be bound and bottomed.
workmen, the same
as if
were in the
it
to their various destina-
This stock
leather,
is
charged
to the
consequently, this
and
amount of the production, while, heretofore, Massachusetts has
claimed the workmen, amount puid them, and the sale.
This
may duplicate New-England business, but it rightfully belongs to
New-Hampshire. In 1870, the census gave the county as capital
State should have the credit of the benefit of the betterments,
the
invested in the boot and shoe business, $ 194,000, employing 701
workmen, with annual amount of wages, $ 230,284, value of productions, $ 941,912. There is now invested in shoe business, $ 264,
000, employing 623 hands, annual pay-roll, $ 276,500, and producing 930,000 pairs of boots and shoes, valued at $ 1,059,000. There
are also employed on shoes, the stock of which was put up in cases,
and brought from out of the State, 1,269 hands, annual pay-roll,
$ 522,600, and producing 2,937,000 pairs of boots and shoes, valued
This credit of over $ 500,000, the receipts for
at $ 3,167,000.
the labor of over 1,200 workmen, has been given to Massachusetts,
by what tangible
as part of her resources, but
right,
we
are unable
to explain.
Cotton Goods.
This branch of business,
is
gradually increasing.
15,100,000 yards of cotton cloth of various widths, are annually
manufactured, valued at $ 1,645,000
618,000 yards woolen goods,
valued at $ 214,000
95,000 pairs hose, $ 152,000; 245,000 clap;
;
and 29,667,000 feet boarda
6,355,000 shingles and laths
and dimension lumber sawed, valued at $ 474,300 234,500 bushboards
;
;
;
grain ground, $ 267,700, besides various other manufactories.
els
The
000
pay
total capital invested in manufactories of all kinds,
;
men employed,
roll,
3,840
;
women and
$ 3,926,
is
children, 1,362
;
annual
$ 2,008,500, and value of productions, $ 11,005,000.
(See
tables.)
Valuation and Taxes.
The
total assessed value of the county, in
�383
STRAFFORD.
1872, was $ 24,253,032
the true value, (as assessed on two thirds
;
The
of the actual value) was $ 36,379,548.
total
State, county,
town and school tax assessed was $ 421,329.28, or seventeen mills
on the dollar the true per cent., eleven mills and one half.
—
Whole number
Churches.
of churches, 113, edifices, 112, seating
capacity, 33,910, (or nearly 72 per cent, of all the inhabitants,)
church value, $ 564,000.
Total number schools, 264, number graded schools, 52
average attendance, 7,187 or 72
Schools.
number
;
boys, 5,106, girls, 4,792
per cent
;
average length of schools for the year, twenty-five and
value of school houses and lots, $ 315,185 annual
;
one half weeks
;
;
amount appropriated
for school purposes, $ 86,922.34,
averaging
to each scholar, $ 8.27.
The
Railroads.
railroad facilities in this county are very good,
especially in the lower section.
There are but six or seven towns
but a railroad passes through some portions of
in the county,
it.
The Manchester and Lawreuce extends from Londonderry to Methuen, Massachusetts Concord and Portsmouth, from Auburn to
;
Boston and Maine, from Plaistow to Durham in
Portsmouth
Strafford County Eastern, from Seabrook to Kittery, Maine Portsmouth and Dover, from Portsmouth to Piscataqua bridge The
Nashua and Rochester, from Windham to Lee. The whole length
;
;
;
;
of railroads in the county,
Miscellaneous.
is
about 130 miles.
Total population, 47,297
—male, 22,853,
24,440; foreign, 2,819; colored, in 1860, 97,
number paupers
— native, white, 262, black,
for the year, $ 47,000
female,
1870, 153;
4, foreign,
29
;
— white,
— males, 315,
criminals convicted during the year
;
Whole number persons
number died over 80 years
25, foreign, 3.
died, 659
males, 344
83, or 12 J per cent.;
;
whole
expenses
;
fe-
num-
ber died with lung disease 149, or 22# per cent.
STRAFFORD.
This
The
is
the second county in the State in point of manufactures.
surface
is
generally level, having no mountains of any magni-
tude, the Blue Hills in Strafford having the highest altitude, or per-
haps Frost Mountain,
Dover
is
Rivers and Bays.
Cocheco,
in
Farmington,
is
of about the same elevation.
the shire town.
Salmon Falls River, on
Lamprey and
its
north-eastern border,
Isinglass rivers, are the principal streams,
and, in their passages, furnish some valuable water power.
Great
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STRAFFORD.
Bay and
county from Rockingham
These streams and their tributaries, now fur-
the Piscataqua, divide the
county, on the east.
nish 7,523 improved horse power.
Boundaries &c.
It contains thirteen
incorporated in the reign of Charles
towns, of which one was
in the reign of George I.,
and seven under the State government.
Bounded north by Carroll County, east by State of Maine and
Great Bay, south by Rockingham County, and west by Belknap
and Carroll Counties. It was incorporated, March 19, 1771, and
named in honor of William Wentworth, Earl of Strafford.
two;
George
II.,
and
is
three,
This county
Agriculture.
land
I.;
small in territory, but
is
much
of the
valuable for farming purposes, raising good corn, oats, hay
The
potatoes.
total
number of
Manufactories.
In proportion to
of improved land
acres
94,650; annual value of productions, of
its
all kinds,
is
$ 1,146,464.
population and wealth,
its
manufactured productions, and the amount paid for mechanical
labor, exceed that of any county in the State.
The value of cotton
cloth annually manufactured is $ 4,474,000; of calico goods, $ 3,447,
000.
At
This cotton print business has increased rapidly since 1870.
that date, only printing 19,000,000 yards, while the present year,
There are sixty-one shoe
over 31,000,000 yards.
ital
firms, with a cap-
of $ 1,237,000, employing 2,101 males, and 356 females, with an
annual pay
roll of $
1,264,000 producing 3,837,000 pairs of men's,
women's, and youth's boots and shoes, valued at $ 4,937,000 4,628,
000 yards woolen goods, valued at $ 2,055,000
flour and meal,
;
;
$ 292,000
also lumber, leather, oil cloth, glue
;
The
carriages, machinery, bobbins &c.
manufactories
children,
is
3,201
;
men employed,
$6,373,000;
annual pay
The
on the dollar
assessed,
the product
(See tables.)
The
county
total State,
is
county,
was $ 273,517.20, or eighteen mills
— the true per cent. 11
There are
Churches.
in
women and
total assessed value of the
$14,899,029; -true value, $22,348,544.
town and school tax
4,491,
$ 3,403,000, and
roll,
$16,916,000 worth of manufactured goods.
Valuation and Taxes.
and sand paper,
total capital invested
fifty-six
J mills.
church
edifices, seating
capacity,
19,550 (or 64£ per cent, of all the inhabitants in the county.)
Value of the
Schools.
edifices,
$ 290,000.
There are 176 schools, of which 58 are graded;
num-
ber of boys attending school, 3,446
number of girls, 3,278 average attendance, 4,120 or 61 per cent.; average length, for the
;
;
�BELKNAP.
385
value of school houses and lots, $ 238,375
annual amount appropriated for school purposes, $ 54,327.80
average amount to each scholar, $ 8.08.
year, twenty-five weeks
;
;
;
With
Rqilroads.
the exception of Strafford, nearly every town
by railroad cars. The Boston and Maine
Berwick in Maine Great Falls and Conway,
from Maine line to Wakefield Cocheco, from Dover to New Durham and Portsmouth and Dover Railroad, from Piscataqua River
in the county
runs from
is
visited
Durham
to
;
;
;
to
Dover
city
;
Nashua and Rochester, from Lee
Total length of railroads in the county
females, 15,795
convicted
foreign,
;
foreign, 3,885
;
colored, 44.
—white,
95
;
to
Rochester.
about 79 miles.
Total population of the county, 30,243
Miscellaneous.
14,448,
is
— males,
Criminals
—
native, 125, foreign, 180; paupers
native, 195,
expense for the year, $ 18,973. Whole number of
deaths for the year 1870, 307
;
—males, 151, females, 153
;
died at eighty years of age and over, 26 or 8 J per cent.;
number
number
died with lung disease, 67, or 22 per cent.
BELKNAP.
This county was originally a part of Strafford county, and was
The surface is broken by mounand lakes, producing some beautiful scenery.
The soil is good, and is well adapted to grazing, and the various
kinds of productions, common to the latitude. Gilmanton Mounincorporated December 22, 1840.
tains, hills, valleys
tain
is
the principal elevation.
Lakes, Bays
ty
is
and
Rivers.
The north-eastern portion of the coun-
watered by Winnipiseogee Lake, and Alton Bay, an arm of
the lake extending about six miles into Alton.
River
is
Winnipiseogee
the principal stream, and furnishes some of the best water
The horse water power is 2,899.
North by Carroll County and Lake Winnipiseogee, east by Strafford County, south-west by Merrimack County,
and west by Grafton County. Area, of improved land, 155,421
power
in the State.
Boundaries.
acres.
There are eleven towns, of which two were incorporated
George I., two in the reign of George III., and seven
by the State government.
The county was named in honor of Dr. Belknap, the Historian
of New-Hampshire. Shire town, Gilford.
Towns.
in the reign of
Agriculture.
There are annually raised 20,000 bushels of wheat.
�386
BELKNAP.
91,000 bushels corn, 270,000 bushels potatoes,
81,000
ter,
lbs.
;
438,000
lbs. but-
of cheese, 40,000 lbs. maple sugar, 39,000 tons of
The
total value
The manufactures of the county are
considera-
hay, and $ 391,000 worth of cattle
of farm productions,
Manufactories.
is
fit
for slaughter.
$ 1,637,000.
(See tables.)
and rapidly increasing, the most important of which are cotton
goods, $ 923,000 cotton and woolen hose, $ 750,000 woolen goods,
flour and meal, $ 168,000; passen$183,000; lumber, $ 274,000
ger and freight cars, and repairs, $ 700,000
besides other important mechanical works.
The total capital invested in manufactories, is $ 1,424,500, employing 1,212 males, and 892 females, with
annual pay roll of $743,200. and producing $3,499,400. (See
ble,
;
;
;
;
tables.)
Valuation and
Taxes.
1872, was $ 6,107.000
Total assessed value of the county, in
The
true value, $ 9,081,500,
;
total
amount
of State, county, town and school tax collected was $131,058.34,
or twenty-one and one half mills to the dollar, true per cent, fourteen and a half mills.
Whole number
Churches.
$158,500.
Schools.
of church edifices, 47
seating capac-
;
(or 68 per cent, of the population;) church
12,135;
ity,
value,
(See tables.)
Total
number of
schools, 154, of
which seventeen are
graded; number of male scholars attending school, 1,892; females,
1,654; average length of schools for the year, seventeen weeks;
amount of money annually appropriated
total
$ 18,159.45, or $ 5.30 to each scholar
for school purposes,
value of school
;
lots
and
school houses, $87,545.
Railroads.
the county.
Railroads pass through seven of the eleven towns in
The Boston and Montreal Railroad extends from
ton to Ashland;
Bay. The
two miles.
and the Cocheco, from New-Durham
total length of railroads, in the county, is
Miscellaneous.
Total population of the county,
8,508, females, 9,093.
white natives, 52,
Crime
Foreign, 687
colored, 8,
—number convicted,
colored,
;
foreign, 18
for the year
;
;
122
cent
number died over eighty
;
;
about thirty-
17,681
41.
Til-
Alton
— males,
Paupers
—
annual expense, 5,000.
white, 3.
of deaths in the county, for the year, 223
to
Whole number
—males,
101, females,
years of age, 31, or nearly 15 per
died with lung disease, 52, or over 23 per cent.
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CARROLL.
CARROLL.
is one of the mountain and lake counNew-Hampshire, having some of the finest natural scenery
It is broken by mountains and hills, but
the United States.
This
Ossipee, shire town.
ties in
in
much
of the
soil is
productive.
Elvers and Lakes.
Saco, Pine, Bearcamp, Ossipee, and branches
This counof the Salmon Falls River, are the principal streams.
ty being the source of many considerable streams, they are, consequently, not large enough within itsterritory to furnish a perma-
nent supply of water power for large manufacturing establishments
however,
it
is
very valuable, and turns
many water
wheels.
;
The
improved horse water power is 1812. Winnipiseogee and Ossipee
Lakes are the principal bodies of water. Tourists, in the summer,
find pleasant recreation at many points on their shores.
Mountains. Ossipee, Red Hill, Chocurua, Whiteface and CarMountains are the highest elevations.
North by Grafton and Coos counties, east by the
State of Maine, south by Strafford County, and south-west and
west by Lake Winnipiseogee and Grafton County. Area of imter
Boundaries.
proved land, 175,319 acres. It was originally a part of Strafford
County, and was incorporated December 22, 1840. It contains seventeen towns, eight of which were incorporated during the reign of
George the III., and nine under the State government.
Some of the land is cold, but excellent for grazing.
Agriculture.
In 1870, 17,000 bushels of wheat. 108,000 bushels corn, 328,000
bushels potatoes orchard productions, $ 68,000 505,000 lbs. butter
16,000 lbs. cheese, 176,000 lbs. maple sugar, 50,000 tons of
;
;
;
hay
;
and
cattle sold,
ready for slaughter, $ 286,000.
The
total
farm productions was $ 1,808,000.
The manufacture of men's and women's boots
Manufactures
value of
all
in value any other manufactured production,
employing 182 hands, with annual pay roll of $ 64-
and shoes exceeds
in the county,
000,
and producing boots and shoes
Woolen goods are produced
to
the
to the
value of $ 400,000
value of $ 185,000, men's
flour
leather tanned, $ 306,000
and women's hose, $ 45,500
The total capital inand meal, $ 74,200, and lumber, $ 161,000.
vested in manufactories, of all kinds, is $ 583,000; employing 764
;
;
males,
and 107 females
;
annual pay
roll,
$ 295,800, and product of
goods valued at $ 1,459,100.
Valuation and Taxes.
The
assessed valuation of the county, in
�MERRIMACK.
388
1872,
was $ 5,228,812— true valuation, 8 7,843,218.
The total
and school tax assessed, was $ 123,679.22, or
State, county, town,
twenty-three mills to the dollar
ity,
10,830, (or 63
Churches valued
cent, sixteen mills.
the county, 46
;
per cent, of the inhabitants of
seating capacthe.
county.)
at $ 65,500.
Whole number
Schools.
—the true per
Number of churches in
Churches.
— 2,476, female, 1,925
of schools, 187
;
number
of male schol-
average attendance, 3,113, or 71 percent
number
average length of schools, for the year, seventeen weeks
of graded schools, four amount of money annually appropriated for
ars
;
;
;
;
school purposes,
J^ailroads.
Conway
;
•$
20,342.56, or $ 4.60 to each scholar in the county.
Great Falls and Conway, from Middleton to North
Portland and Ogdensburg from Maine State line to
Wolfeborough Railroad,
Conway, through to Upper Bartlett
from the shore of Lake Winnipiseogee in Wolfeborough, to WakeThe total length
field, on the Great Falls and Conway Railroad.
of railroads, in the county, is about fifty three miles.
;
Miscellaneous.
Population of the county, 17,333
females 8,575; foreign, 176, colored, 13.
year, 1870
— 142 males,
and 159 females.
years and over, 36, or nearly 12 per cent
— males, 8,758,
Number of deaths in the
Number died at eighty
;
died with lung disease,
70, or 23 per cent.
MERRIMACK.
Concord
With
is
theshire town of the county, and capital of the State.
the exception of Belknap, this
is
the only county in the State
a portion of the border of which does not touch some other State.
Its surface is broken by mountains, hills, and valleys, dotted with
lakes and ponds,
The
and
lined with
numerous
rivers
and streams.
on the rivers and streams, is very productive, while the
and mountain sides, are good for grazing.
soil
hills
A
portion of Sunapee Lake lies within its borLakes and Rivers.
and it and Webster Lake, in Franklin, are the principal bodies
of water. Merrimack, Pemigewasset, Winnipiseogee, Contoocook,
Soucook, Suncook, Warner and Black water rivers are the principal streams. The total improved horse, water power is 8,740.
Kearsarge, Ragged, Rattlesnake and Fort mounElevations.
ders,
tains, are the principal elevations.
Boundaries. North by Grafton and Belknap counties, east by
Rockingham County, south by Hillsborough County, and west by
�389
MERRIxMACK.
Sullivan County.
It contains
twenty -six towns, four of which were
incorporated in the reign of George
government.
ham and
was originally a part of the counties of Rocking-
It
Hillsborough, and was incorporated July 23, 1823.
The number of manufactories, of various
Manufactories.
is
two in the reign of George
I.,
seven in the reign of George III., and thirteen under the State
II.,
kinds,
Amount
number of men
446, steam horse power 764, water horse power, 8,740.
of capital invested in manufactories, $ 6,654,000
;
amount annually
employed, 4,567, women and children, 1,957
paid for labor, $ 2,777,000. The value of manufactured products,
;
in sixteen towns,
is
respectively over $ 50,000, ten over $ 200,000,
and
annually produced, of manufactured
goods, of all kinds, in value, $ 12,771,000 worth, the most important
of which are 33,634,000 yards of cotton cloth, valued at $ 2,609,000
There
six over $ 500,000.
is
;
2,561,000 yards woolen cloths, of
all
kinds, valued at $ 1,801,000
;
121,000 dozen pairs cotton and woolen hose, of various kinds,
$ 381,000; 3,521 tons paper, of
all kinds,
$ 843,000
;
also lumber,
and meal, $ 788,000
leather tanned, $ 354,000
foundries,
carriages, of all kinds, $ 650 000
furniture, $ 400,000
$280,000; railroad repair shops, $ 290,000; boots and shoes, 930,
leather hose and belting, $ 390,000 organs and melodeons,
000
$120,000; harnesses, $270,000; and granite and marble dressed
$ 411,000
flour
;
;
;
;
;
;
;
or quarried, $ 800,000
besides other manufactories of lesser note
;
but important.
Agricultural.
county
is
The number of acres of improved land,
number of horses, 4,939, cattle, 28,828,
317,344;
32,447, swine, 3,819
;
the
sheep,
bushels of wheat annually produced, 28,215,
rye, 5,166, corn, 184,662, peas
tons of hay,72,467,
in
and beans,
number of pounds of
5,631, potatoes, 429,650,
wool, 138,079, butter, 705,
516, cheese, 167,903, maple sugar, 89,802, honey, 6,630; gallons
of milk sold, 147,215, maple molasses, 1,079. Estimated value of
live stock, $1,886,649,
ucts
sold, $ 22,363
;
orchard products, $100,345; garden prod-
animals slaugh450,000
Estimated value of farm products, in-
forest products, $
tered, or sold, $ 575,055.
;
cluding betterments $ 3.103,071.
Money and
$ 2,864,361
;
Stocks.
$ 50,000 deposited.
est,
$ 687,062.
Total amount of deposits in savings banks,
eight towns have over $ 100,000,
Total amount of
and seventeen, over
money on hand
or at inter-
Total value of shares in corporations, and stocks
in public funds, $ 552,388.
Assessed value of stock in trade, in
�MERRIMACK.
390
True value
1872, $ 961,012.
tual value) $ 1,441,568.
on two thirds of the ac-
(as assessed
Total assessed value of the county, $ 21,
True value, $ 32,084,189.
389,459.
State tax, $81,408
Taxes.
tax, $224,281.66
on the dollar
county tax, $ 37.000
;
town and
;
city
total tax assessed, $342,689.66, or sixteen mills
:
— true per
cent. 10.7 mills.
Total number of districts, 308
number of schools, 334
number boys, 4,477 girls, 4 419
number of graded schools, 46
number of male teachers, 90 female teachers, 444 annual amount
Schools.
;
;
;
;
;
expended
for school purposes, $ 58,564.56
school-houses and
for schools,
52
Churches.
ity,
lots,
$ 231,760
academies, 5
;
Number
;
;
;
estimated value of
number of school-houses
;
—male
unfit
pupils, 310, female, 274.
of churches, 76; edifices, 75
25,083, (nearly 60 per cent, of all
;
seating capac-
the inhabitants)
value,
;
8 501,500.
The
Merrimack County, exceed
The Boston, Concord and
Montreal Railroad extends from Concord, through Canterbury and
Railroads.
railroad facilities of
those of any other county in the State.
Northfield, to Tilton
;
Northern extends from Concord through
Boscawen, Franklin, Andover, Wilmot, to Danbury
Branch extends from Franklin through Hill to Bristol
Bristol
;
Concord
;
and Claremont extends from Concord, through Hopkinton, Warner,
and Sutton to Bradford; Sugar River Railroad extends from BradContoocook Valley Railroad
ford through Newbury to, Sunapee
extends from Hopkinton through Hopkinton, Henniker to HillsConcord and Nashua extends from Concord through
borough
Bow and Hooksett, to Manchester; Concord Railroad, (east side of
Merrimack River) extends from Concord, through Pembroke and
Allenstown to Hooksett; Suncook Valley extends from Allenstown
;
;
through Epsom to
The
Pittsfield.
total
number of miles of
roads in the county, not including side tracks,
railroad passes through
the county.
No
is
rail-
A
about 160.
some portion of the twenty-six towns
railroad passes the borders of Salisbury,
in
New-
London, Webster, Dunbarton, Loudon and Chichester.
Miscellaneous.
males, 21,433
;
population, 42,151
Total
colored, 96
whole number paupers, 244
ses,
$ 27,837.
year, 146
;
— natives, 200,
Whole number
—natives,
;
20,718,
foreigners,
foreigners,
44
;
fe-
3,949
;
expen-
of criminals convicted, during the
Whole number died, 575
number died over eighty years of age,
48, foreign, 98.
males, 281, females, 294
— males,
natives, 38,202,
�HILLSBOROUGH.
71, or 12 1-3 per cent, or nearly
28 i per cent.
years
one in every eight lived
Number
years of age and over.
Forty died
391
in the
till
eighty
died with lung diseases, 166, or
town of Hopkinton, 10 over 80
21 over 70 years and 27 over 50 years of age.
;
HILLSBOROUGH.
This
is
the largest and most important county in the State, in
The
wealth, population, and manufactures.
surface
is
varied, por-
and mountains On the Merrimack,
it is more level.
There are no high mountains in the county
the mountains in Lyndeborough, Greenfield, Peterborough,
Hancock and Francestown having the greatest altitude.
Rivers and Ponds. It is well watered by numerous streams, the
most important of which are the Merrimack River, passing through
the eastern part of the county, from north to south the Contoocock
River, running through the western section, from south to north
The Souhegan, passing through the southern portion, from east to
west the Nashua, coming from Massachusetts, passing through part
and the Piscataquog, in the northern secof Hollis and Nashua
These rivers, together with their
tion, flowing from west to east.
tributaries, furnish good water privileges through the county.
The
horse water power improved is 18,770, or nearly double that of any
There is much good power which still recounty in the State.
mains unimproved, in all sections of the county. A portion of
tions being
broken by
hills
;
;
;
;
;
Massabesic Lake
lies in
the eastern section of the county, while
there are considerable ponds in Hancock, Hollis, Brookline, Fran-
cestown, and Amherst.
Boundaries.
It contains thirty-one towns, ten of
corporated in the reign of George
II.,
which were
in-
twelve, in the reign of
and the remainder by the government of New-Hampbounded north by Merrimack County, east by Rockingham County, south by Massachusetts, and west by Cheshire and
Area of improved land, 287,451 acres. IncorSullivan Counties.
porated March 19, 1771, and received its name from the Earl of
Hillsborough, one of the privy council of George III. Shire towns,
County Records, kept at
Amherst, Manchester, and Nashua.
George
III.,
shire.
It
is
Nashua.
Agriculture.
Much
of the territory
is
well adapted to the various
crops usually raised in this section of the country.
the
number of acres
In proportion to
cultivated, (with the exception of Grafton
and
�392
HILLSBOROUGH.
Coos Counties,) the value of
any county of the
in
Manufactories.
State,
done
is
000
;
Nearly one third of
is
equal to that of those
all
the manufacturing in the
The number yards
in this county.
annually manufactured,
all kinds,
crops
its
(See tables.)
State.
cotton goods, of
112,025,000, valued at $ 16,800,
is
woolen goods 1,952,000 yards, valued at $ 1,098,000
dozen pairs woolen hose, valued at $ 440,000
of all varieties, $1,054,000;
144,000
;
2,040 tons paper,
;
154,500 pairs of men's and women's
boots and shoes, $258,000; 35,148,000 feet of lumber, $619,000;
746,000 bushels flour and meal ground, $ 819,000
The
;
leather tanned,
and machine-shop business, such
manufacturing locomotives, and all classes of machine work,
$ 432,000.
twice as
much
iron foundry
as
is
as that of all the rest of the counties in the State,
The total capital invested in
number of manufacturing estab-
being over $ 5,000,000 annually.
manufactories
is
588
lishments,
amount paid
;
$ 15,990,000
;
males employed, 8,270, fema'es, 7,460 annual
value of manufactured goods,
;
for labor, $ 6,323,000
;
$ 31,464,000.
Valuation and Taxes.
$ 37,115,441
;—true
The
town and school tax assessed
16 mills on the dollar
ChureJies.
total assessed value of the
value, $55,673,016.
in
The
county
total State,
is
county,
1872, was $ 588,065.05, or about
—the true per
cent., 10J mills.
There are 90 churches, and 72 church
edifices,
capa-
ble of seating 36,736 persons, or 57 per cent, of the population of
Value of church property, $ 819,500.
There are 374 schools, of which 93 are graded. Numaverage attendance
ber boys attending school, 6,624, girls, 6,405
for the year, 8,992 or 67 per cent.; average length of schools, for
the year, 25 weeks value of school houses and lots, $481,680 anthe county.
Schools.
;
;
;
nual amount appropriated for school purposes, $ 121,961.94
;
aver-
age amount to each scholar, $ 10.14.
There are over one hundred and twelve miles of railThe Concord railroad extends from Hooksett line to Nashua; Manchester and Lawrence, runs from ManchesConcord and Portsmouth, from Manchester to
ter to Londonderry
Railroads.
way
track in the county.
;
Auburn Manchester and North Weare, from Manchester to Weare
Wilton, from Nashua to East Wilton; thence by the Peterbor-
;
;
ough, through Lyndeborough, and Greenfield,
to
Peterborough
;
Nashua and Lowell, to State line; Worcester and Nashua, to
State line
Nashua and Acton, to State line Peterborough and
;
;
�CHESHIRE.
Shirley, from State line to Greenville
to
Peterborough
;
393
Monadnock, from
;
Contoocook Valley, from Henniker
Jaffrey,
line to Hills-
borough Bridge.
Population of the county, 64,238
Miscellaneous.
females, 34,217; foreign, 11,472;
colored, 124;
—males, 30,021,
criminals convict-
—
—
ed natives, 124, foreign, 201; paupers natives, 171, foreign, 95
pauper expenses for the year, % 47,735. Whole number of deaths
for the year, 918
males, 458, females, 460; number died over
eighty years, 82, or 10 per cent.; number died with lung disease,
;
—
262, or over 28 per cent.
CHESHIRE.
This
is
State in
becoming one of the most enterprising counties
its
variety of manufactories.
of the county
uneven, but
is
much
The
of the
surface in
soil is
in the
many
parts
productive, yield-
ing fine crops, especially in those towns bordering on the Connecticut river.
The Connecticut washes
Rivers.
gether with
power
its
western border, the Ashue-
through the county in a south-westerly direction, and
lot flows
its
tributaries, furnishes the larger portion of the
Cold
in the county.
Rver
passes through
to-
water
north-west
its
corner, and branches of the Contoocook water three or four towns
on
eastern border, affording
its
some
proved horse water power of the county
Monadnock Mountain,
Mountains.
county,
is
is
The im-
water power.
6,310.
in the
eastern
part of the
the highest elevation in the middle and southern sec-
West River Mountain
tion of the State.
is
fine
in the south-west part,
quite an elevation.
Boundaries.
towns, of which eight
George II., ten, in the reign of
George III., and five under the government of New-Hampshire.
Bcunded north by Sullivan County, east by Hillsborough County,
south by Massachusetts, and west by Vermont. Its greatest length
is
contains twenty-three
It
were incorporated
in the reign of
thirty-one miles, greatest breadth, twenty-six miles.
porated
Keene
March
is
19, 1771,
and was named
after
It
was incor-
a county in England.
the Shire town.
Ai/rictdiure.
this county.
Some
Much
of the best farming towns in the State are in
attention
is
given to the raising of tobacco, on
the Connecticut and the lower part of the Ashuelot rivers.
ly two
hundred thousand pounds are annually produced.
Near-
The
�CHESHIKE.
394
number
acres of improved land
is
This county
Manufactories.
Woolen
manufactured.
260,517
;
annual value of agri-
(See tables.)
cultural productions, $1,887,856.
noted for
is
its
variety of goods
goods, consisting of beaver cloths, tricots,
&c,
diagonals, flannels, horse blankets
are annually produced to
the value of $ 2,369,000, exceeding that of any county in the State;
cotton goods, $250,500;
er tanned, $ 1,297,000
and
all
shoes, $ 190,000
paid
boots
;
besides their are chairs, tubs, pails, toys of
of manufactories of every description,
vested, S 3,325,000
amount
leath-
;
and meal ground, $ 251,000
machine work, granite dressing &c, &c.
kinds, paper,
number
;
24,028,000 feet lumber, $ 441,000
flour
;
is
371
males employed, 3,241, females, 702
;
labor,
for
value
$1,737,000;
The
capital in-
;
;
annual
productions,
of
$7,911000.
Valuation and Taxes.
The
assessed valuation of the county, in
1872, was % 14,956,599; true valuation, % 22,434,898.
The State
county, town aud school tax, was $ 239,367.48, or 16 mills on the
dollar
— true per cent. 10 mills.
Churches.
Number
churches, and church edifices, 62, capahle of
seating 25,083 persons, or 92 per cent, of the population of the coun-
Value of church property, $425,680, far exceeding that of any
county in the State, in proportion to wealth and population.
There are 259 schools, of which 49 are graded; numSchools.
ty.
ber of scholars
;
boys, 3,236
;
girls,
2,964;
through the year, 4,711, or 76 per cent
;
average attendance,
average length of schools,
for the year, 19 weeks; value of school houses
and
lots,
$ 161,120
annual amount appropriated for school purposes, $ 43,823, or $
;
7.
05 to each scholar in the county.
Railroads. There are twelve towns in the county, in which a
The Cheshire Railroad,
railroad passes through some part of it.
from Bellows Falls in Vermont to Massachusetts line, 42| miles
the Ashuelot, from Keene to Vermont Hue, 231 miles Monadnock,
from Massachusetts line to Peterborough line, about 11 miles.
;
;
Miscellaneous. Population in 1870,
27,265— males,13,653;
females,
22 persons convicted of
natives, 24; annual exnatives, 7, foreign, 15; paupers
cr i me
Whole number of deaths for the year, 338 males,
penses, $ 6,700.
number died over eighty years of age, 52, or
females, 166
172,
14 per cent.; number died with disease of the lungs, 81, or 24 per
13,612
;
foreign, 1,802, colored, 15
in 1870,
—
—
;
cent.
;
—
�395
SULLIVAN.
SULLIVAN.
One
of the Connecticut River counties
;
the surface
is
broken by
many
and river valleys,
It is an excellent county for
and interesting.
portions, very
grazing, and nearly 40,000 sheep roam over its hills, and on its
Croydon and Green mountains, in the northern
mountain sides.
mountains,
making the
hills
scenery, in
fine
and western section of the county, are the highest elevations.
Lake and Rivers. Suuapee Lake lies principally in this county
on its extreme eastern border, and is the largest body of water. Sugar River has its source in Sunapee Lake, and, together with its
Little Sugar
branches, waters over three fourths of the county.
t
flows
from east
to west
ers
have their
rise in
its southern limits, and joins the
Branches of Cold and Ashuelot riv-
through
Connecticut in Charlestown.
the southern section of the
these streams furnish good water privileges, about
couuty.
All of
half of which
Improved horse water power, in the county, 3,737.
North by Grafton County, east by Merrimack and
Hillsborough Counties, south by Cheshire County, and west by
Area of improved land, 220,517 acres. It contains
Vermont.
fifteen towns, one of which was incorporated in the reign of George
II., nine in the reign of George III., and five under the State government. Incorporated July 5, 1827, named in honor of Hon.
John Sullivan, one of the presidents under the new constitution.
are improved.
Boundaries.
Shire town, Newport.
Agriculture.
the soil
is
very
Along the streams, particularly the Connecticut,
and the uplands are generally productive.
fertile,
The county has been
noted, for
many
years, for the large quantity
and excellent quality of butter and cheese it produces, amounting
The annual
to about 600,000 lbs. butter and 100,000 lbs. cheese.
value of agricultural productions
is
$ 1,559,177.
(See tables.)
There are only four towns in the county which
have manufactories to any extent, or an annual value of productions amounting to over $100,000.
The most important manufacManufactories.
tures are paper, $ 400,000
leather, $ 217,000
;
woolen, $ 61 1,000
cotton, $ 464,000
lumber, $ 164,000 boots and shoes, $ 422,000
;
;
;
;
;
men's and women's hose, $ 35,000. The total value of manufactured goods, annually produced, is $ 2,663,000. (See tables.)
Valuation and Taxes. The assessed valuation, in 1872, was $8,
929,030—true
valuation,
$ 13,393,546.
The
State, county,
town
�GRAFTON.
396
and school
was $ 105,144.95, or 13 mills on the dollar
tax,
—true
per cent, about 8 mills.
There are 54 church
Churches.
425 persons, or 85 per
capable of seating 15,
edifices,
cent, of its population
;
value of church prop-
erty, $ 180,700.
There are 172
Schools.
ber of scholars
schools, of
— boys, 2,080
girls,
;
which 16 are graded; numaverage attendance,
1,725
;
through the year, 2,589, or 67 per cent.; average length of schools,
for the year, 20 weeks; value of school houses and lots, $82,025;
amount of money annually appropriated
for school purposes, $ 29,
525.52, or $ 7.52 to each scholar in the county.
Railroads.
Railroads pass through only five towns in the coun-
The Sugar River Railroad
ty.
port,
Claremont where
to
passes through
Sunapee and New-
forms a junction, with the Sullivan
it
County Railroad, which extends from Windsor Vermont through
Cornish, Claremont and Charlestown to Bellows Falls. The length
of railroads in the county
8,830,
females, 9,228
victed of crime
is
about 46 miles.
Population of the county, in 1870, 18,058
Miscellaneous.
colored, 43
foreign, 1,015,
;
— natives, 10,
— males,
persons con-
;
number of paupers, na-
foreign, 6,
annual expense, $13,402.38.
Whole
number of deaths for the year males, 112, females 138 num-
180;
tives,
foreign,
12;
—
;
ber died over eighty years of age, 25, or 10 per cent
;
number died
with disease of the lungs, 77, or 30 per cent.
GRAFTON.
This
is
in point
The
one of the largest and most important counties in the State,
of territory,
population, and
surfoce, in the eastern portion,
agricultural
broken by
is
productions.
hills
and
lofty
mountains, and affords some of the grandest scenery in America.
Its western portion borders
on the Connecticut, extending for a
The soil, on the rivers, is of
distance of nine towns, on that river.
the best quality, and, together with the
abundant crops of
grass, grain,
and
hilly portion, produces
all the fruits
common
to the
climate.
Mountains.
to the
In the northern sections, are mountains belonging
White Mountain range, Franconia Mountains and
gan Mountain; a
little to
the south-west
while at the east and south-east
terville,
is
is
Carrri-
Moosehillock, in Benton,
a part of the Whiteface, in
and the Campton Mountains,
in
Campton, and
Wa-
vicinity.
�GRAFTON.
Rivers and Lakes.
Connecticut and
its
rivers, in the
the county.
of
in
Mascomy
branches
in the
water the
Squam Lake,
in the
the southern section,
and
in the south-western section of the county, are the
bodies of water.
principal
its
Part of
Newfound Lake
south-eastern section,
Mascomy Lake
northern part,
The Pernigewasset and
portions
it is watered by the
which are Lower and
section,
tributaries, the largest of
Wild Arnmonoosuc
southern section.
central
In the western
397
The streams furnish abundant water
power, while the lakes prove excellent reservoirs for a constant
The improved horse water
power of the county is 11,6-40.
Boundaries.
North by Coos County, east by Coos, Carroll, and
Belknap counties, south by Merrimack and Sullivan counties,
and west by Vermont. There are thirty-eight towns, of which
twenty-three were incorporated under the reign of George III.,
and fifteen under the State government. Incorporated March 19,
1771, and received its name in honor of Augustus Henry
Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton.
Shire towns, Plymouth and Haverhill.
supply of water through droughts.
is
the agricultural county of the State.
It contains 442,738 acres of
improved land, and 230,300 acres of
farming
has 12,748 cows, 6,685 working oxen,
Grafton
Agriculture.
wood
land.
Its
farms are valued at over $ 12,100,000
implements, $ 646,000.
It
14,562 other cattle, 7,135 horses, and 86,681 sheep.
;
annually
It
produces 57,800 bushels wheat, 198,165 bushels corn, 433,000 bushels oats
and barley, 1,078,000 bushels potatoes, 140,000 tons hay
446,000
lbs.
000
maple sugar
lbs.
;
wool, 1,100,000 lbs. butter, 190,000 lbs. cheese, 650,
value of orchard productions, $115,000; val-
;
ue of slaughtered animals, 8 600,000, and total value of all agricultural productions annually raised, $ 4,034,900.
Some of the
finest
farming country
in the
United
States, is to be
found in the
Connecticut valley, in this county.
Manufactories.
manufactures are varied and important, but
Its
not as extensive as in some of the southern counties in the State.
There are annually produced, furniture, doors,
er
wood work
to the value of $ 1,000,000
;
and
sash, blinds
oth-
woolen goods, $694,
men's and women's hose, t 213,000 lumber,
and meal, $ 583,000 leather, $ 319,000 starch,
bebuck and leather gloves and mittens, $ 140,000
$ 150,000
sides, machine shop work, and other manufactures too numerous to
mention.
There are 658 manufactories, of all kinds, representing
000
;
paper, $330,000
$ 948,800
;
;
flour
;
;
;
;
;
�398
coos.
a capital of $ 2,771,000, employing 2,635 males and 417 females,
with an annual pay roll of $ 1,232,000, and producing goods to the
value of $ 5,775,900.
Railroads. There are twenty towns in the county through some
There are also five
which a railroad passes.
towns on the Connecticut River, which are well accommodated with
railroad facilities by the Passumpsic Railroad, passing alon^ on
portion of
Length of
the opposite side of the river, in Vermont.
railroads,
about 128 miles.
There are 72 churches, and 77 church
Churches.
edifices
num-
;
ber of sittings, 24,631, or 63 per cent, of the whole population of
the county
;
graded
;
value of church property, $ 248,700.
Number
Schools.
of schools in the county, 415, of which 33 are
number of
scholars
—boys,
4,977, girls, 4,391
attendance, for the year, 5,786, or 66 per cent
schools, for the year, 18
$ 189,925
weeks
value of school houses and
;
amount of money annually appropriated
;
average
;
average length of
;
for
lots,
school
purposes, $ 51,684.22, or $ 5.52 to each scholar.
Valuation and Taxes.
The
valuation, as assessed in 1872, was
8 15,037,880— true valuation,
The
$22,556,820.
State,
county
town, and school tax, was $ 288,238.62, or 19 mills on the dollar
true per cent. 12| mills.
Miscellaneous.
males, 19,287
foreign, 17
;
;
Population, in 1870, 39,103
foreign, 2,256
—males,
19,816,
fe-
— natives, 319,
convicted of crime —na-
colored, 41; paupers
;
expenses, $ 30,208
;
persons
Whole number of deaths, through the year
males, 237, females, 244; number died over eighty years of age, 60,
number died with lung disease, 153, or 32
or about 12? per cent
tives, 11, foreign, 3.
;
per cent.
COOS.
This county
and
is
lies in
the extreme northern part of New-Hampshire,
the largest county in the State, extending north and south
76 miles, and averaging, east and west, 20 miles, and having an
area of nearly 1,000,000 acres.
by
lofty mountains,
lies
and
Much
of
its
territory
is
broken
In the southern part
unfit for cultivation.
the larger portion of the White Mountain range, covering an area
of nearly 200 square miles, or 128,000 acres
;
on the west side are
the Stratford Peaks, while near the centre of the county
ebrated Dixville Notch.
is
the cel-
There are many other mountains, which,
�399
coos.
if located in
grand and
the southern portion of the State, would
lofty,
but the towering peak of
be called
Mount Washington
magnitude in this locality.
Mountainous regions, in any country, are generally considered no
more than a barren waste, but these are an exception to the general
For nearly three months, through the sumrule in this country.
mer, nearly every mountain pass is teeming with human life. Here
among these mountains have been reared some of the largest hotels
in the country, which, in elegance of finish and magnitude, would
Here are represented all the style
vie with any city on the globe.
and fashion of society, from the belles of New- York and Boston,
eclipses their
to the tidy waiter girls of Coos,
who
pass
them
their savory dishes
;
from the millionaire and man of fashion to the simple fisherman,
with his basket on his shoulders, and rod in hand, or the bold
mountaineer with his braded staff and hook ready to scale the
and brave the dangers of the lofty mountain sides. The numwho visit these mountains and vicinity, through the
season, is estimated at not less than 20,000, making a constant
population, including help, of 8,000 from two to three months.
The amount derived from this source alone is not less than $ 1,
000,000, and these mountains are of more value to the county, than
are the rich meadow lands on the Connecticut.
Most of the ungranted lands are within the limits of the county,
viz. Dartmouth College, Gilmanton and Atkinson Academies
Wentworth's Location, Crawford's Grant; also Carlisle No. 1,
Webster No. 2, and Hubbard's No. 3.
Rivers and Lakes. The Androscoggin and its tributaries water
its north-eastern portion
the Connecticut and its branches, the
most important of which are Hall's, Indian, Mohawk, Upper Ammonoosuc, Israel's and John's rivers, water the western portion,
while branches of the Saco and Lower Ammonoosuc water the
steeps
ber of people
;
southern part.
A large portion of Umbagog Lake lies
in the east-
ern section, and the chain of Connecticut Lakes lies in the northern section of the county, and they are the most important bodies
Much of the water power remains unimproved. The
improved horse water power is 4,449.
Boundaries. North-west and north by Canada, east by Maine,
south by Carroll and Grafton counties, and west by Vermont. It
contains 26 towns, five of which were incorporated in the reign of
George III., and the remainder by the State government.
Incorof water.
�400
coos.
porated December 24, 1803, under the
name
of Coos, which
is
the
Indian name of the Connecticut, and signifies crooked. The Shire
towns are Colebrook, in the northern judicial district, and Lancaster, in the southern.
Agriculture. It
but
it is
is
a
little
too far north for the raising of much fruit,
the best county in the State for grass and grain, and
attention
given to the growing of livestock.
is
Some
much
of the fiuest
can be found in Whitefield, and in the
The total value of farm pioductions, is $1,395,063 annually; improved land, 120,000 acres, or
$ 11.62 to each acre. In Illinois it is $ 10.87 to the acre.
farm lands
in the State,
river towns, on the Connecticut.
The manufacturing
of lumber is the most extenmore than half of the manufactured products
in the county. 2,634,000 clapboards, 21,176,000 shingles and laths,
and 86,650,000 feet of boards and dimension timber are annually
sawed, and valued at $ 1,427,800. There is flour and meal, % 169-
Manufactories.
sive business, being
000, leather, $101,000, paper, $40,000, woolens, $ 12,000, starch,
$ 143,000, besides, carriages, machine shop and foundry work, and
mechanical work, annually produced, the total amounting to over
$ 2,582,000.
(See tables.)
Valuation and Taxation. Assessed valuation, in 1872, $ 4,946,910
— true
value, $ 7,420,365.
The
State, county,
was $98,272.95, or 19f mills on the dollar
town and school tax
—true
per cent. 13£
mills.
Churches.
There are 24 churches, and 23 church
ber of seatings, 5,050, or 35 per cent, of
its
edifices
population
;
num-
—value of
church property, $ 49,500.
There are 148
Schools.
of scholars
— boys, 1,954,
schools, 11 of
girls,
1,749
;
which are graded
;
number
average attendance at schools
through the year, 2,151, or 60 per cent.; average length of schools
value of school houses and lots, $ 48,125
for the year, 16 weeks,
;
annual amount of money appropriated for school purposes, $ 17,
779, or $ 4.78 to each scholar in the county.
Railroads. The White Mountains Eailroad extends from Beth-
lehem to Northumberland, and forms a junction with the Atlantic
and St. Lawrence Railroad which extends from Maine line to Vermont line. These lines of roads will convey persons direct to almost any section of the country
county 75.
;
number
miles of railroads in the
(See tables.)
Miscellaneous.
Population in 1870,
14,932
—males,
7,955, fe-
�GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE STATE.
males, 6.977; foreign, 1,015
crime
—
natives, 2
support, $ 14,560.
;
paupers
;
colored, 10
—natives, 80
Number
persons convicted
;
foreign, 60
;
of deaths for the year,
cent.;
;
of
expense of
— 83 males, and
number died over 80 years of age, 7,
number died with disease of the lungs, 52,
79 females
401
;
or over 4 per
or over 32 per
cent, of all the deaths.
GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE
STATE.
New-Hampshire is bounded north by Canada East, east by Maine,
by the Atlantic Ocean and Massachusetts, south by
Massachusetts, and west and north-west by Vermont and Canada
East.
It is situated between 42° 40' and 45° 16' north latitude,
and 70° 35' and 72° 27' longitude west from Greenwich, or 5° 30'
and 6° 15 longitude east from Washington. Its extreme length
running north and south is 168 miles.
Greatest width, measuring
south-east
v
from the easternmost point in the town of Rye due west to the
Connecticut River, is 90 miles. North of latitude 43° it gradually decreases in width, and at its northern extremity is only 19
miles wide.
The area
is
9,280 square miles, or 5,939,200 acres, of
which about 100,000 are covered with water.
The
State
is
divided into ten counties and 236 towns and
besides several grants in Carroll, Grafton
and Coos
the towns three were incorporated in the reign of Charles
during the reign of Gharles
II.,
two under William
der Queene Anne, fifteen under George
George
86 under George
I.,
cities,
counties.
III.,
I.,
Of
one
two ununder
thirty-seven
and 90 under State government.
hills, valleys and
plains, dotted with silver lakes and lined with sparkling streams.
The soil is varied, some being of the best quality, and some more
sterile and requirnig more cultivation, but the advantages of a home
market largely make up for some of its hard and rough soil, and
The
II.,
surface
is
III.,
diversified with mountains,
there are but few States in the Union, which produce larger crops
than New-Hampshire.
Its mountain streams furnish
some of the best water power in the world, which has built up
manufacturing cities and large villages in every section of the
to the acre
�GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE STATE.
402
Around these villages are fine farms and thrifty farmers,
who always find a ready market for all their surplus productions,
Their sons and daughters, who do not prefer
at advanced rates.
agriculture, can find other employments near their own homes,
State.
either in teaching, mercantile or mechanical
to suit the diverse genius of all classes.
It
work of every variety
is
a noted fact that the
any country with mountains, hills valleys,
more diversified
plains, lakes and rivers, the more diversified are the people who
Nature never designed that
live there in their occupations of life.
the gifts or ingenuity of all men should be alike, any more than it
designed that they should look alike, and if they are placed in a
position where there is no chance to receive the rudiments to develop their natural genius, it must always remain latent, and they
or the world will never receive any benefit from the gifts which nature has bestowed upon them. The employments af the people of
is
New-Hampshire
which they
;
are as varied as the surface of the country in
While New-Hampshire manufactures 148
live.
differ-
ent kinds of goods, Georgia, with three times the population, pro-
duces only 65
;
Illinois,
tants, produces 210,
with eight times the number of inhabi-
and Massachusetts 325.
If a person's genius
not adapted to the profession which he pursues through life, one
half of his time is thrown away. Two men are brought up on farms
is
in Illinois
— one
is
a natural farmer, while the other
machinist, but he does not
know
it,
and
in those
is
a natural
broad prairies
no chance to find it out, so he leads an indolent life all his
and is called lazy by his neighbors, while the other man is
days,
prosperous and happy. If this natural machinist had lived in
New England, he would have found out his calling and followed
The greater the variety of labor in any country, the more rapid
it.
there
is
the accumulation of wealth and the more general the diffusion of
among
the people.
If Illinois, in proportion to
its
it
population,
had as many men and women employed as New-Hampshire, it
would set 26,360 males and 76,690 females at work who are now
lying idle, and are consumers instead of producers, and if paid
the same wages as others receive who work in that State, they
would earn enough in five years to build and equip all the railroads now running through Illinois. This is enough to show that
hills and mountains in any country are no curse to the inhabitants,
•but rather a blessing and far preferable to continuous broad plains,
if they are fertile and productive.
�GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE STATE.
403
Agriculture.
As we have said, much of the territory of NewHampshire is unfit for cultivation, being broken in the northern
section by lofty mountains, while in the southern portion a large
majority of the inhabitants are engaged in manufacturing.
The
best farming district of the State, or where
more of the peo-
ple are engaged in agriculture than all the other professions,
is
in
the Connecticut River valley, or the towns bordering on that river,
being twenty-five in number, and extending from Hinsdale,
Massachusetts
line, to
Clarksville in Coos County.
on
Six of these
towns, respectively, do a manufacturing business of over $ 350,000,
annually, two of them amounting to over $1,200,000 each; but
the main business
is
agriculture, through this valley.
In 1870 these
twenty-five towns contained a population of 40,4:63 inhabitants,
and the area of improved land, including pastures, was 375,820
acres.
The intervals and meadows are very rich and productive,
but in many places are narrow, and the widest points do not extend more than one mile from the river to the hills, which generally rise quite abrupt,
The
first fifteen
making
the finest pastures in the country.
towns, from Massachusetts up as far as Bath, pro-
duce large crops of corn, but the towns above that point, are too
make it a lucrative business. These fifteen towns an-
far north to
nually produce over 247,000 bushels of corn, or more than onefifth
of the corn produced in the State.
cellent for sheep,
and
The
hill
pastures are ex-
this valley contains two-fifths of all the
sheep
grown in the State, viz. 94,923, the whole number being 248,760.
The total value of all kinds of agricultural products annually
raised,
It
is
$ 3,759,203, or $ 92.90 to each inhabitant of the valley.
this is one of the best farming
must be remembered, although
districts in the State or country, still there is a large
manufacturing done, but
State.
Many men who
less
amount of
in proportion than the rest of the
are rated as farmers do considerable me-
The whole amount paid
chanical work during the year.
chanical labor, annually,
is
for
me-
$1,327,000, or about $32.84 to each
The number of persons engaged in professional services, trade, and transportation, is 2,500, earning $ 1,500,
000 annually, or $ 37.00 to each person. The total amount annuperson in the
district.
ally received for labor, including
or $ 162.79 to every man,
New-Hampshire
farm productions,
woman and
is
$6,581,203,
child in the valley, on. the
side of the river.
Probably there are but few
districts of
this
area of territory,
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GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE STATE.
where farming
which can equal
is
occupation of the inhabitants
the principal
For the information
New-Hampshire farmers a few comparisons will be given of
other rich farming districts in this country, to show that there are
but few localities where the people earn more money than in the
Connecticut Valley, and if possible to dispel this false idea that
more money can be earned in the West than in New England.
Madison County, in Illinois, which contains the city of Alton, is
considered and is one of the best farming districts in the State.
In 1870 there were 44,131 inhabitants in the county, and 357,000
this district in its resources.
of the
acres of improved land, annually producing 1,207,181 bushels winter wheat,
corn, being six times the amount
number bushels of corn raised in
of New-Hampshire.
The total value of agricul-
and 2,127,540 bushels
of wheat and nearly double the
the whole State
tural
productions of all varieties was $3,727,000, or $84.41 to
each person in the county,
it
annually pays for mechanical labor
1586,591, or $ 13.29 to each inhabitant. The number of people en-
gaged
in professional services, trade
and transportation
is
2,700,
and
annually earning $ 1,620,000, or $ 36.^2 to each person. The total
amount annually received for labor of all professions and including agricultural productions,
$ 5,913,789, or 813-4.52 to every in-
is
habitant, and being $ 28.27 less for each person in the county than
in the twenty-five towns in the Connecticut Valley.
of Madison county
now have a
surplus
left
If the people
over their expenditures,
and their receipts were as large as in the New-Hampshire district,
w ould annually increase this surplus $1,247,583, or enough to
build and equip forty miles of railroad. These statements are no
fiction, but are taken from official statistics and show conclusively
that the great farming districts in Illinois do not compare with
it
7
the agricultural district in the Connecticut Valley, in
its
resources
from labor.
Windsor County,
in the State.
in
Vermont,
is
the largest agricultural county
It contains a population of 36,063,
and has 398,106
acres of improved laud, with an annual production of $ 3,479,098,
or $ 96.18 to each person.
There
is
annually paid for mechanical
labor, $ 655,495, or $ 18.19 to each person.
2,200 are engaged in
and transportation, who annually receive for their services, $ 1,320,000, or $36.90 to every inhabitant
in the county.
The total amount annually received for labor, induing farm productions, was $ 5,454,593, or $ 151.28 to each person
professional business, trade
�GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE STATE.
and $ 11.51
than the Connecticut
less
district in
405
New-Hampshire.
This valley has the capacity of maintaining a population of 100,
000, when the inhabitants are fully aware that they have the best
A
railroad passes
and finest farming district in the Union.
through or near every town except three in the district. In 1872
the people gave in under the law, $ 1,714,607 as money on hand or
'
at interest,
and
in stocks,
and the State treasurer returned to their
banks in the
credit $ 1,246,199 as deposited in the various savings
The towns belonging to the Connecticut valley in New
Hampshire, are Hinsdale, Chesterfield, Westmoreland and Walpole in Cheshire County Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish and
Lebanon, Hanover, Lyme Orford,
Plaintield in Sullivan County
Piermont, Haverhill, Bath, Monroe, and Littleton in Grafton
County Dalton, Lancaster, Northumberland, Stratford, Columbia,
Colebrook, Stewartstowu, and Clarksville in Coos County.
State.
:
;
;
There are other fine larming districts in the State, but none as
There are ten or twelve towns in the vicinity of Win-
extensive.
nipiseogee Lake, the larger portion of the
it
One
which are good agricultural towns.
ton) in proportion to
State, being
population,
its
is
number lying south
of
of these towns, (San born-
the best tarming town in the
§ 172. to each person in town, in
its
agricultural pro-
ductions.
The number
of acres of improved land, in the State,
is
2,334,483
;
wood-land, 1,047,690 acres; value of farms, $ 80,589,313; farming
implements, $ 3,459,943
;
total
amount annually paid
the farms, including board, $2,319,164;
on
farm
lor labor
total value of all
productions, including betterments, $ 22,473,547, or $ 70.67 to each
inhabitant in the State.
The number of persons from
ten years of
age and upwards, engaged in farming,
is
54
fuller details, see
to
each person thus employed.
For
46,593, averaging $482.
agricul-
tural tables.
Manufactories.
As has been
seen in the foregoing pages, the
people are largely engaged in manufacturing, and
it
is
increasing
rapidly in all sections of the State.
It should be remembered that in looking over the value of goods
annually produced in the various towns and manufactories, the
amount of receipts vary largely from the sum paid for labor, whol-
ly through the value of the
raw material before it is wo.ked. In
about one sixth the value of the whole goods
after they are manufactured, boots and shoes over one quarter,
cotton goods, labor
is
�GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE STATE.
406
woolen, nearly one sixth, furniture and carriages, one third, leather tanned, one ninth, lumber, one fourth, flour
and meal, one
thir-
ty-second part, stone dressed, over one half, and cotton prints, one
twentieth.
For
factories in
instance, they
pay
in the cotton
and print manu-
Dover, for labor, $ 570,000, and annually produce
goods viz. prints and cotton cloths, to the value of $ 4,687,000 in the
stone yards and ledges at Concord, they pay $ 350,000 for help,
;
and
sell
stone to the
towns where
grist
amount of $ 700,000.
It will also
be seen, in
and lumber mills are the principal manufacto-
that the pay is rated small, for the reason that men are not
employed through the season, or all the time, consequently, they
ries,
are only paid for labor done.
Cotton Manufactories.
The manufacturing
of cotton goods, of
various kinds, exceeds that of any other business in the State, the
sales
amounting
to
242,955,000 yards valued at $ 30,612,000.
The
value of goods manufactured, has increased over $ 8,000,0000 within four years.
(See tables.)
Boots and Shoes.
State.
This branch
is
the next largest business in the
4,867 males, and 846 females are employed,
who annually
receive for their labor, $ 2,721,000 and manufacture 9,588,000 pairs
men's and women's boots, shoes and brogans, valued at $ 11,706,
000.
Much
of the stock for these shoes
is
cut out in the large bout
and shoe manufacturing establishments in Massachusetts, and sent
The larginto New-Hampshire to be worked into boots and shoes.
er portion of those, made in Rockingham County, come from these
(See Rockingham County, also tables.)
manufactories.
Woolen Goods. Woolen goods come next in the amount of re$ 9,222,000, annually. All kinds of woolen fabrics are
manufactured, such as carpets, horse blankets, beavers, tricots, cassimeres, flannels, of all varieties, delaines &c. In Franklin are manceipts, viz.
ufactured fancy shirting flannels, of the finest quality, there being
The above cotton and
do not include cotton and woolen hose manufacwoolen goods
nearly thirty different styles or patterns.
tured.
Iron and Machine Work.
Next
in order is
the iron and ma-
chine work, which amounts to over $ 7,500,000 annually.
This
branch of business has increased very rapidly since 1870, especially in Manchester and Nashua.
Lumber. This business is an important branch, and is increasing from year to year, but the worst feature of
it is,
that the raw
�GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE STATE.
material
exhaustive, aud
is
statistics are
hard
pared for market.
in
many
the labor and the lumber pre-
In some instances the labor
down of
the cutting
the
other cases,
it
commences
The
reckoned from
is
ready for the market, while
tree,- till it is
the expense of the labor.
The lumber
disappearing.
fast
is
sum up between
to
407
at the mill,
which
per thousand,
price
not half
is
lumber
for
standing, (especially in the northern section of the State,)
is
nominal, compared with that of the sawed timber, ready for
the whole increase
is
and
in labor, capital,
given in as $ 1,209,600 annually,
merely
sale,
and
The labor here
profit.
no doubt, more than
There are 762 saw mills in the
State, representing a capital of $ 3,272,000, employing 3,392 hands,
a part, or whole of the year, who are represented, as annually receiving for their labor, $ 1,209,600, and sawing 6,528,000 clapboards,
69,508,000 shingles and laths, and 305,048,000 feet of boards and
falls short,
$ 1,000,000 of the true amount.
dimension timber valued at $ 5,174,900.
This amount includes
lumber sawed, planed, and grooved.
The next important
Tanneries.
The number
ed, $ 927,000
year,
is
693
;
of tanneries
;
business
the State,
is
tanning leather.
is
71
capital invest-
;
number of hands employed, the whole
or part of the
annual pay-roll, $347,500; value of leather tanned,
The currying
$ 3,265,100.
in
business
and dressed
skins,
is
about
$ 1,720,000 annually.
The paper manufactures have increased their business
The receipts, at that time, were
Paper.
over
fifty
per cent since 1870.
$ 1,913,635
at the present time
;
it is
nearly $ 3,000,000 annually.
The number of persons employed
Hosiery.
in this business, is
295 males, and 880 females; value of goods manufactured, $ 2,016,
There are but three States in the Union which exceed New000.
Hampshire
in this
branch of industry.
Furniture, Chairs, &c.
The
(See tables.)
receipts
from
this business, are
over
$ 2,000,000 annually.
The above are some of
but there are
many
the most important branches of industry
others that are important, such as flour
and
sash, blinds, and doors, $ 700,000
meal productions, $ 3,563,400
carriages, of all kinds,
freight and passenger cars, $ 650,000
;
;
$ 1,100,000
;
potato starch, $ 400,000
dressed, $ 1,000,000
;
;
harnesses, 3 500,000
musical instruments, $ 200,000
;
;
granite
agricultural
implements, $ 275,000 &c.
The
total
number
of manufactories, of all kinds, in the State,
is
�GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE STATE.
408
The steam horse power is now rated at 9,262 the improv3,389.
ed water power, 69,254; capital invested, $ 42,562,900
males em;
;
ployed, 31,409
$ 19,945,500
value of
;
annual amount paid for labor,
goods manufactured, $ 95,995,500. This
females, 16,667
;
all
;
an increase, in vajue of goods, of over § 24,000,000, since 1870.
Productions of the soil. $ 22,473,547 mechanical laResources.
debor $ 19,995,500 stocks and money at interest, $ 10,454,187
is
;
;
;
posits in savings banks, in the State, * § 22,132,399
;
stock in trade,
The
$8,362,586.
assessed valuation of the State, in 1872, was
These assessments are made on a basis of two-thirds
$ 153,187,177.
For instance, a town
having savings bank deposits of $ 150,000, was only placed at
S 100,000 in assigning the proportional tax, which belonged to the
of the actual value of the property assessed.
several towns to
pay
as their share of the State tax, on every one
thousand dollars raised. This
is
expressly against the law, provided
for in the assessment of property for taxes, but a constant
ing practice goes far ahead of any
The
919;
total
total
768,582.73
75
number
in 1873,
;
of ratable polls, in the State, in 1872, was 82,
town debts
;
total
it
in the State, over available assets,
;
engaged
;
the total State debt, in 1872,
in 1873, $ 4,132,160.82.
Professional Business, &c.
shire,
was $4,
tax committed to the collectors was $ 2,610,263.
was S 2,376,495.03
was $ 4,138,124.26
and grow-
New-Hampshire Statute Law.
in professional
In 1870, there were in
business,
New-Hamp-
trade and transportation,
27,046 persons, or 85 per cent, of the population. This class consists
of clergymen, physicians, lawyers, bankers, teachers, of every pro-
merchants, peddlers, soldiers of U. S. army, hotel keepers,
fession,
clerks, booi-c-keepers,
day laborers, hucksters, railroad and express
managers, and their employees, telegraph operators,
a basis, call their pay each at S 600 per annum, and
to $ 16,227,600.
if
This
is
is
&c.
As
would amount
much higher,
The stock and money at in-
a low estimate, and might be
the actual figures could be obtained.
terest
sailors,
it
probably over $ 20,000.000, for
it
depends wholly on the
statement of those persons holding them, and they use the argu-
ment that other people are not taxed on the
full
value of their
property.
New-Hampshire have over $ 10,000,000 deposited in the
This takes out of New-Hampshire $100,000 as taxes,
anil places $75,000 in the treasury of Massachusetts.
The people of New-Hampshire have always catered to the interests of the Bay State.
*
It
is
estimated, that the people of
TBrious savings banks in Massachusetts.
�RAILROADS.
The
Total Income.
(including
farm
$ 19,995,500
;
total
income of
productions,
409
people in the State,
all the
$ 22,473,547
mechanical
;
deposits in savings banks, S 1,328,000
;
labor,
on
on deposits in savings banks
professional services, etc., $ 16,227,600
;
interest
on stocks, bonds, and money at
out of the State, $ 60 ^,000
;
interest, $ 1,200,000
$ 61,824,644, or % 200 to each person in
is
)
;
interest
the State, and over $ 748 to eyery ratable poll.
No
State west of the Alleghany Mountains has as large a re-
source, in proportion to
its
population, as New-Hampshire, by over
$ 15 to each inhabitant, and the great commercial State of
York
is
cities
of
lars to
The
no better.
New-
resources of New-Jersey, between the
New- York and Philadelphia,
fall
short
more than ten
two
dol-
each person in the State.
RAILROADS.
Thirty-five years ago there was not a length of railway track in
New-Hampshire.
way
At
that date no iron horse
had ever wound
its
beside her river banks or through her mountain passes, and his
had never echoed through her deep, dark forests but
day nearly every hamlet in the State can hear the clarion sound
of the locomotive and see the white, curling smoke as it hovers o'er
shrill whistle
;
to
the track of the swift passing train.
New-Hampshire has now,
1874, over 890 miles of railroad, owned by thirty-two corporate
companies, and built at an expense of over S 30,000,000.
As a
the
general thing, the railroads of this State have been undei
management of
respectable and business men,
who have
not
pocketed the stock nor profits of the roads, at the expense of the
stock-holders.
It
may
be true that some roads have been built at
a greater expense than what the business on them will pay, and the
may have depreciated in value, but the only parties that have
made any money by it are the public, and the people in the towns
stocks
through which such roads pass.
There have never been any such
bare-faced swindles in this State, in rail-road speculations, as those
perpetrated on the noted, staid, and industrious people of Vermont,
where the whole expense of the
first
construction of their roads,
�410
RAILROADS.
has been squandered, or found
its
way
into the pockets of
better fitted to grace the cells of a State's prison than the
men
manage-
ment of auy railroad.
The following gives the standing and number of miles of rail-road
and the towns through which they pass or touch. There may be
some errors in stating all the towns, for in many instances it touches
the town but a few rods, while in others it lacks but that distance.
Ashuelot Railroad. This road extends from Keene to South Vernon, Vermont. It leaves Keene and passes through Swanzey, Winchester and Hinsdale.
Distance in New-Hampshire, 23 miles.
Miles annually run by passenger trains, 15,995 by freight trains,
;
32,150 miles.
This road is leased to the
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railway.
Grand Trunk Railway, of Canada, for the term of 999 years; and
leads from Portland, Maine, to Montreal, Canada.
It passes in
New-Hampshire through the towns of Shelburn, Gorham, Berlin,
south-east corner of Dummer, Stark, Northumberland and Stratford
on the Connecticut river. Whole distance in the State, 52 miles.
Miles run by
all trains,
885,313 annually.
Extends from Boston
Boston and Maine Railroad.
to
South
Berwick, Maine, 74 miles, thence on the Boston and Maine Extension to Portland.
In this State, it passes through the towns of Atkinson, Plaistow, Newton, Kingston, East Kingston, Exeter, South
Newmarket, Newmarket, Durham, Madbury, Dover, Rollinsford
Great Falls branch,
and Somersworth, distance about 35 miles.
3 miles.
Annual receipts from passengers, $ 1,092,600, freight,
—
$ 813,000, mails, $ 14,000, rents, $ 43,000.
R
Extends from Concord,
Boston, Concord and Montreal
tilroad.
through Canterbury, Northfield, Tilton, Belmont, Laconia, Gilford,
Meredith, New-Hampton, Ashland, north corner of Bridgewater,
Plymouth, south-west corner of Campton, Rumney, Wentworth,
Warren, south-west corner of Benton, Haverhill to Wells River,
Vermont, distance, 93
miles.
This
is
road, under one control, in the State,
the longest continued line of
and
Receipts— from passengers, $231,000,
is
well managed.
freight,
$417,000, mails,
$ 10,000, express, $ 8,000.
Extends from Bellows Falls, in Vermont,
Westmoreland, south-west corner of Surry,
Cheshire Railroad.
through Walpole,
Keene,
Rindge
Marlborough, Troy, Fitzwilliam,
to
Winchendon, Mass.
Whole
south-west corner of
length of road, 53 miles;
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KAILROADS.
in
New-Hampshire, about 42 J
This road
miles.
is
the connecting
link between Burlington (through Rutland) and Boston.
The num-
ber of passengers carried one mile on this road, in 1872, was 6,139,
685
tons of freight, one mile, 22,909,589.
;
year, from all sources, $824,763.34
Concord Railroad.
sett,
;
Total receipts, for the
total expenses, $ 640,912.16.
Extends from Concord, through Bow, Hook
Manchester, Bedford, Merrimack to Nashua, 35 miles.
road has two tracks, and
is
Thi&
one of the best lines in the country for
the distance, the annual receipts amounting to over $ 1,040,000, and
the expenses, $ 688,226.
The number of passengers
carried one
mile, 13,333,060.
Contoocook River Railroad.
Henniker
to
Extends from Hopkinton, through
Hillsborough Bridge, distance, 15 miles.
Receipts,
$ 44,000, expenses, % 30,000.
Concord and Portsmouth Railroad.
Extends from Concord,
through Pembroke, Allenstown, Hooksett, Manchester, Auburn,
Candia, Raymond, Epping, South Newmarket, Stratham, Green-
land and Portsmouth, distance, 58 miles.
This road is run in conand under the management of the Concord Railroad,
and its cars are run over their track through Hooksett.
Dover and Winnipiseogee Railroad. Extends from Dover, through
Rochester, Farmington, New-Durham to Alton Bay, where it connects with Steamboats to various points on Lake Winnispeogee.
The whole length of road is 28J miles. It is under the
management of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
Eastern Railroad, in New-Hampshire. This, with the Eastern
Railroad of Massachusetts, and the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth,
connects Boston with Portland, distance, 107 miles, That portion
in New-Hampshire is 16 miles, and extends through Seabrook,
Hampton Falls, Hampton, North Hampton, Greeuland, west corner of Rye, and Portsmouth.
nection, with
Peterborough and Shirley Railroad. The length of this road, in
New-Hampshire, is about 91 miles, and extends from Massachusetts
line through Mason, south border of Wilton to Greenville.
It is
managed by the Fitchburg Railroad.
Manchester and Lawrence Railroad. Extends from Manchester,
through Londonderry, Derry, Windham, Salem, to Lawrence, MasThe distance in this State, is about 22£
sachusetts
26 miles.
—
miles.
Receipts of the road, $ 177,000
managed by
the Concord Railroad.
;
expenses, $ 76,000.
It is
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RAILROADS.
Manchester and North Weare Railroad.
Extends from Manchesto Weare,
19 miles. It is under the management of the Concord Railroad.
Merrimack and Connecticut River Railroad. Extends from Concord, through Hopkinton, Warner, the southern portion of Sutton
through Goffstown, north-east corner of New-Boston,
ter,
to Bradford, 27 miles.
It
is
managed by
Receipts, $ 131,000
the Northern Railroad.
;
expenses, $ 101,000.
This road together with
the Sugar River, and
Contoocook Valley Railroad, have been
formed into one corporation, called the Concord and Claremont
(N. H.) Railroad.
Monadnock Railroad.
Extends from Winchendon, Mass., to
Its length, in New-Hampshire, is 13J
miles, and extends through Rindge, Jaffrey and Peterborough.
This is a new road with no through connection on any of the great
lines, but it now pays more than the running expenses.
Mount Washington Railroad.
This road extends from the base
of the White Mountains, to the summit of Mount Washington,
Peterborough, 15| miles.
It has been built at
about three miles.
000, and
like
now pays more than running
any other road
of a visit to the mountains.
is
Fare
is
un-
its
track in the
itself and worthy
up and down, $ 4.
This is a new road, and the
a novelty in
— up, $
Nashua, Acton and Boston Railroad.
cars went over
The track
in the world, and, together with the invention
of the brakes to hold the train,
first
an expense of nearly $ 200,
expenses.
summer
3.
of 1873.
It
forms a con-
necting link, which gives a direct railroad communication between
northern and central New-Hampshire, with Providence, New-Bedford and other cities in that section of Massachusetts and
Island.
in
It
is
New-Hampshire.
Nashua and Lowell.
a quarter of which
double track and
is
is
It
may
Extends
to Lowell, fourteen miles, five
from Nashua to Massachusetts
line.
and
It has a
one of the best managed roads in the State.
Cost of road, $ 737,000
% 521,000.
Rhode
nearly twenty miles in length, about five of which are
;
annual
receipts,
be necessary to
$ 603,000
state, that the
;
expenditures
Wilton, Stony
Brook, Salem and Lowell, and Lowell and Lawrence railroads are
managed by the Nashua and Lowell, and the above is the total receipts
and expenditures, of
Nashua and
Rochester.
all these roads.
A
new road now
being built, and
It
extends from Nashua, through Hudson, north-
ern part of Pelham,
Windham, Deny, Hampstead, Saudown, Fre-
nearly finished.
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RAILROADS.
mout, Epping, Lee, Barrington to Rochester, about
forty-eight
miles.
Northern Railroad. Extends from Concord, through Boscawen,
Franklin, Andover, Wilmot, Danbury, Grafton, south-west corner of
Orange, Canaan, north-west corner of Enfield and Lebanon to White
Vermont length of road, 69£ miles.
owned by the Northern, extends from FrankAnnual receipts,
through Hill to Bristol, thirteen miles.
River Junction,
The
lin,
8 706,000
748
in
Hartford,
;
Bristol Branch,
;
expenses, $ 545,000.
Passengers carried one mile, 8,060,
freight carried one mile, 25,057,849 lbs.
;
Extends from East Wilton, through
Peterborough Railroad.
Lyndeborough and Greenfield to Peterborough, about 16J miles.
It is now being built, and nearly completed.
Portland and Ogdensburg. Extends from Portland, Maine, and
cars run to Upper Bartlett, seventy-two miles, of which twenty-two
are in New-Hampshire, running from Maine line, through Conway
to Bartlett.
When completed it will extend through the White
Mountain passes, through Carroll, Whitefield and Dalton to the
Connecticut River.
Portland and Rochester.
Extends from Portland
to Rochester,
only three miles of the road being within the limits of
New-Hamp-
shire.
Portsmouth and Dover.
ed
;
Is
now being
built,
and nearly complet-
extends from Portsmouth, through Newington to Dover, eleven
miles.
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Con-way.
Extends from the Great
Falls Junction, on the Eastern Railroad, in Maine, to North Conway. In New-Hampshire it runs from Great Falls, through Rochester,
Milton, Wakefield, Ossipee, Madison to North Conway, six-
ty-five miles.
Suncook Valley Railroad.
Extends from Hooksett, through Al17* miles.
The road is under
the management of the Concord Railroad.
Sugar River Railroad.
Extends from Bradford, through Newbury, Sunapee and Newport to Claremont Junction, on the Sullivan Railroad, 29 miles. It is managed by the Northern Railroad.
lenstown and
Epsom
to Pittsfield,
Extends from Windsor, Vt., through. CornClaremont and Charlestown to Bellows Falls, Vt., 26 miles. It
operated by the Central Vermont Railroad Co., at an annual rent
Sullivan Railroad.
ish,
is
of $ 25,000.
Receipts, $210,000
;
expenses, $ 151,000.
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RAILROADS.
Extends from Woodville, in Haverthrough Bath, Lisbon, Littleton, Bethlehem, Whitefield, Dal-
White Mountain Railroad.
hill,
ton and Lancaster to Northumberland, and forms a junction with
The length of the road,
managed by the Boston, Concord
the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad.
completed,
is
42 miles.
It
is
and Montreal Railroad.
Wilton Railroad. Extends from Nashua, through the southwest corner of Merrimack, southern part of Amherst and Milford to
East Wilton, 15£ miles. The road is under the control of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad.
Extends from Wolfeborough,
Woljeborough Branch Railroad.
through Brookfield to Wakefield, and forms a junction with the
Great Falls and Conway Railroad. The length of the road is 12
The cars commiles, and it is managed by the Eastern Railroad.
menced running over the track in 1872.
Worcester and Nashua. This road extends from Worcester to
Nashua, and is the connecting line from Central New-Hampshire
It is forty-six miles
to New York City, Albany, Niagara Falls, &c.
in length, of which about six and one half miles, are in New-Hamprunning through the south-east corner of Hollis, to Nashua.
shire
;
The length
of all the Railroads in the State finished, or nearly
completed, in January, 1874,
is
Ashuelot,
Atlantic &
131
52
Lawrence,
Boston, Concord & Montreal, .. 93
Boston & Maine with Gt. F. B.* 38
St.
Ports., Gt. Falls
28£
Suncook Valley,
Sugar River,
48
.
. .
&
Conway,
.82£
9£
164
22
3
11
.
.
.65
17£
22£
Sullivan County,
19
White Mountain,
29
26
42
27
Wilton,
15£
131
Wolfeborough,
Worcester & Nashua,
12
16
Eastern,
& Lawrence,
& North Weare,
Merrimack & Conn. River,
Manchester
Manchester
Monadnock,
Mount Washington,
Nashua & Acton,
Nashua & Lowell,
is
Rochester,
58
35
line,
&
15
421
Concord,
Contoocook,
Concord & Portsmouth,
Dover & Winnipiseogee,
* This road
Nashua
Northern & Bristol Branch,
Peterborough & Shirley,
Peterborough,
Portland & Ogdensburg,
Portland & Rochester
Portsmouth & Dover,
Cheshire,
Maine
nearly as follows,
officially called as
only twenty-five miles.
.
.
3
6£
41
5£
893
running in New-Hampshire, from Massachusetts line
It is about thirty-five miles.
to
�THE PRESS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
415
THE PRESS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
Daniel Fowle, the
printer in
first
Boston to Portsmouth
day, October
7,
1756.
;
number bearing date ThursThis paper when laid open measured seven-
New-Hampshire Gazette, the
the
New-Hampshire, came from
October and established
in 1756, early in
by ten.
Mr. Fowle had deeply
first
teen inches
first
felt
the pangs of a stifled press
editorial breathed forth that
ple are entitled
to,
his
—
liberty in a free country,
if
and
all peo-
and which the newspaper press of this country
He says: "As the press always claims
enjoying to-day.
is
;
freedom of speech, which
it is
presumed, that none will be offended,
the paper discovers that spirit of freedom which so remarkably
prevails in the English Nation."
From
this small
paper commenced the foundation upon which
In 1850, there were puband periodicals with a circulation of 19,700, and annually issuing 1,024,400 copies in i860
the number of papers, &c, had increased to thirty-eight, with a
circulation of 60,236, and issuing annually, 3,067,552 copies, in
the press of this State stands to-day.
lished in the State, twenty newspapers
;
1870, there were fifty-one papers
and annually
&c, with a
in this State keeps far ahead in
the
circulation of 173,919,
This shows that the press
issuing, 7,237,588 copies.
march of progress and im-
provement, compared with other branches of industry.
The
circulation of newspapers
&c,
in
New-Hampshire, is equal
United States
to one for every person in the State, while in the
it is
only equal to one for every two persons.
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE STATE.
Amherst— Farmer's
Cabinet, published every Wednesday. EstabE. D. Boylston, Publisher and Editor.
Canaan East—The Canaan Reporter, published every Friday. C. O
Barney, Editor and Proprietor.
CLAREMONT-^The National Eagle, published every Saturday. Established in 1834 T. J. Lasier, Publisher and Editor.
lished in 1802
;
;
�THE PRESS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
416
Claremont—Northern Advocate,
lished in 1840; J.
published every Tuesday.
Estab-
Weber, Publisher and Editor.
Claremont—The Compendium, published Bi-weekly.
Established
H. Story, Publisher and Editor.
Colebrook Northern Sentinel, published every Friday. Established in 1870; Albert Barker, Publisher and Editor.
Concord Concord Daily Monitor, published every evening, except
Sunday, and Independent Statesman, published every Thursday. Monin 1870; S.
—
—
.
Statesman Building.
xtor Established
in 1863;
lican Press Association
;
Weekly,
in 1823,
Published by The Repub-
Edward A. Jenks, Manager.
Concord—The Daily Patriot, published every evening, except Sunday.
New-Hampshire Patriot, published every Wednesday. Established
Daily in 1839
Weekly,
C
Published by E.
and G. G. Bailey.
every Thursday. Established in
1868; Charles C. Pearson & Co., Editors and Proprietors.
Concord Prohibition Herald, published every Tuesday. Established in 1870; Rev. O. H. Jasper, Editor. Published by C. L. Millen.
Dover Dover Enquirer, published every Thursday. Established in
1827; J. R. Varney J. T. S. Libbey, Editors; Libbey & Co., Publishers.
Dover Foster's Democrat, published every Saturday. Established
in 1871; J. L. Foster Editor; George J. Foster, &*Co. Publishers.
Dover Dover Gazette, published every Friday. Established in
1826; Edwin A. Hill, Publisher and Editor.
Dover The Morning Star, published every Wednesday. Established in 1826; George E. Day, Editor; I. D. Stewart, Publisher.
Dover Dover Local Record, published monthly. Established in
1870 E. O. Foss, Publisher and Editor.
Exeter Exeter News- Letter, published every Friday. Established
in 1881 Hon. Charles H. Bell, Editor; Charles Marseille*, Publisher and
;
Concord—The
in 1809.
People, published
—
—
—
;
—
—
—
—
;
;
Proprietor.
�THE PRESS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
'
v
417
W«*u
Journal Office,
in Burleigh's Block.
Franklin— Merrimack Journal, published every Thursday.
M. B.
Goodwin, Editor.
Gkeat Falls Great Falls Journal, published every Saturday. Established in 1867 Edwin Fernald, Publisher and Editor.
Hanover The Anvil, published every Thursday. Established in
1873; Edited by members of Junior Class, Dartmouth.
—
;
—
Hillsborough — Hillsborough Bridge Messenger, published every
Established in 1869; William M. Sargent, Publisher and
Thursday.
Editor.
Hinsdale
—
Star Spangled Banner, published monthly. Established
H. E. Hunter, Editor, Hunter & Co., Publishers.
Hinsdale Hinsdale Mirror, published quarterly. Martin & Co.,
Editors and Proprietors.
in 1863:
—
—
—
Keene Cheshire Republican, published every Saturday. Established in 1827; Julius N. Morse, Publisher and Editor.
Keene New-Hampshire Sentinel, published every Thursday. Established in 1799; T. C. Rand, Editor; Sentinel Printing Company,
Proprietors; C. J. Woodward, Treasurer.
Keene The United States, published every Saturday. Established
in 1873; H. C. Bartlett, Publisher.
Laconia Laconia Democrat, published every Thursday. Established in 1849; O. A. J. Vaughan, Publisher and Editor.
Lake Village Lake Village Times, published every Saturday. Established in 1868; Martin A. Haynes, Publisher and Editor.
Lancaster Coos Republican, published every Tuesday. Established in 1855; Coos Republican Association, Publishers and Editors.
Lancaster Independent Gazette, published every Wednesday. Established in 1871; Emerson, Hartshorn & Co., Publishers and Editors.
Lebanon Granite State Free Press, published every Friday. Established in 1844 E. H. Cheney, Publisher and Editor.
Littleton White Mountain Republic, published every Thursd'y. Established in 1867
Furber, Publisher and Editor.
Geo.
—
—
—
—
—
;
—
;
C
�THE PRESS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
418
Loudon Ridge—Household Messenger,
Isaac S. French,
lished in 1867;
M.
published monthly.
D., Editor;
Estab-
Messenger Association,
Publishers.
Loudon Ridge—National
in 1866;
&
Smith
Gazette, published quarterly. Established
an advertising sheet.
Co., Publishers and Editors;
Manchester. Manchester Mirror and American, published every
evening, except Sunday and Mirror and Farmer, published every Sat
urday. John B. Clai-ke, Publisher and Editor.
Manchester Manchester Union, published every evening, except
Sunday; and Union Democrat, published every Tuesday. Established
;
—
Daily
in 1863
Weekly,
;
in 1850
;
Campbell and Hanscom, Publishers and
Editors.
Manchester— "New-Hampshire Journal
of Music, published monthly.
Established in 1871 I. S. Whitney, Publisher and Editor.
Established December 30, 1873;
Mieford Milford Enterprise.
George E. Foster, Editor and Proprietor.
Nashua. Nashua Telegraph, published every evening, except Sunday and New-Hampshire Telegraph, published every Saturday. Es
tablished Daily in 1869; Weekly in 1832; Moore and Langley, Publish;
—
;
ers
and Editors.
NAsnuA— Nashua
Gazettee and Hillsboro Co. Advertiser, published
Established in 1826; B. B. and F. P. Whittemore,
every Thursday.
Publishers and Editors. Also Daily.
Newport New-Hampshire Argus and Spectator, published every
Friday. Established in 1824 Carlton and Harvey, Publishers and Ed-
—
;
itors,
Peterborough—Peterborough Transcript, published every Thursday
Farnum and Scott, Publishers and Editors.
Pittsfield Weekly Star, published every Saturday. Established in
Established in 1848;
—
—
John C. Cashman, Publisher and Editor.
Portsmouth Portsmouth Chronicle, published every morning, except Sunday, and New-Hampshire Gazette, published every Thursday.
Established Daily in 1852; Weekly in 1756; Marston and Freeman, Pub1872;
lishers
and Editors.
Portsmouth — Portsmouth Times, published every evening, except
Sunday, and States and Union, published every Friday. Established Daily in 1868 Weekly in 1863 Thayer and Guppy, Publishers and
;
;
Editors.
Portsmouth—Portsmouth
Journal, published every Saturday. EsBrewster, Publisher and Editor.
Rochester Rochester Courier, published every Friday. Established in 1864; Charles W. Folsom, Publisher and Editor.
Rochester Monthly Miscellany and Monthly Echo.
Strafford Corner Monthly Miscellany, published monthly. Established in 1866; George G. Berry, Publisher and Editor.
Woi.feborough Granite State News, published every Monday. Established in 1860; Charles H. Parker, Publisher and Editor
tablished in 1793; Lewis
—
—
—
—
W.
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NATIONAL BANKS.
NATIONAL BANKS.
The
first
National Banks established since the commencement of
the rebellion of 1861, were in 1863.
In October, 1863, there were 66 National Banks; in 1864, 508;
in 1865, 1,513; in 1866, 1,644;
in 1867, 1,642; in 1868, 1,644; in
1869,1,617; in 1870,1,615; in 1871, 1,767; in 1872,1,919. In
1863, the loans and discounts were $5,466,088; in 1872, it had
swelled to the large
amount
in all the banks, in 1872,
The law provided
of $872,520,164.
The
capital invested
was $479,629,000.
to establish these
National Banks
is
that the
United States Treasury a certain amount of United States bonds, and the government
will issue to them, 90 per cent, of the amount deposited, in paper
bank notes, and guarantee to the public the faithful redemption of
The banks receive the inthe notes thus issued, whenever required.
terest specified on the bonds besides what they receive from the
paper currency, which they loan to the public; and this, together
with what they receive on money deposited for safe keeping, makes
parties desiring such bank, shall deposit in the
a very lucrative business, considering the actual capital invested.
This national banking business, is managed by the United States
Comptroller of the Currency.
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STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT,
Showing
the
names of National Banks in New- Hampshire,
Capital.
TOWNS.
Charlestown,
their Officers
and
�SAVINGS BANKS.
421
SAVINGS BANKS.
Considerable space has been devoted relative to the standing
of the several savings banks in the State, as to their present condition
and
banks,
There are no money institutions
their officers.
which
State, in
so
many
in the
people have an interest, as in the savings
now numbering over 95,000
depositors, with $29,671,114.18
on deposit. They have increased from twenty-one banks, in 1858, to
sixty-one, in 1873, having at the first date, 23,463 depositors, with
$ 3,588,658.23 on deposit. They were first established as beneficent
institutions, to protect the small funds of
the earnings of farmers and laborers,
who
widows and orphans, and
receive a trifle more than
These savings banks fully establish the
they expend.
theory
of cooperation, and what can be done
by it in any branch of busiNo private money monopoly can stand for a
ness in the State.
moment beside these banks, controled by, 95,000 persons, who own
this vast amount of money, nearly all of which has been accumulated within the past fifteen years, and enough to build, and stock,
all the cotton factories in
the State.
Properly conducted savings banks, are an immense advantage to
They aggregate small and idle sums, and help
up towns in the vicinity where they are located,
the spare change is collected, and sent out of the State,
the community.
largely to build
but
if all
there
is
a question about the practical benefit of such institutions.
It should
be remembered that high usury, for money loaned, incurs
greater risks.
ALTON SAVINGS BANK—ALTON.
Charter expires
Incorporated 1869.
1889.
President Henry Hurd.
Treasurer Amos L. Rollins; salary, not fixed; bond, $25,000
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
—
AMOSKEAG SAVINGS BANK—MANCHESTER.
Incorporated 1852.
President
Treasurer
Charter perpetual.
Moody Currier.
Moody Currier
salary, $3,800; bond, $ 150,000— a copy
on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerks— George B. Chandler, Cashier; C. M. Currier, Teller; G. L.
of which
;
is
Hadley, Book-keeper.
ASHLAND SAVINGS BANK—ASHLAND.
Incorporated 1872. Charter perpetual.
President -Nathaniel Batchelder.
Secretary Jonathan F. Keyes salary, $ 200 bond, $25,000
of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
;
;
—a copy
�SAVINGS BANKS.
422
ASHUELOT SAVINGS BANK—WINCHESTER.
Charter expires 1875.
Incorporated 1855.
President—Everson Cook.
Treasurer—ElleryAlbee; salary, $200; bond, $50,000—a copy of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
BELKNAP SAVINGS BANK—LACONIA.
Charter, 20 years.
Incorporated 1868.
President— John L. Perley,
Treasurer—Benjamin P. Gale; salary, $800; bond, $40,000— a copy
of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
CARROLL COUNTY SAVINGS BANK—WOLFEBOROUGH.
Charter expires 1877.
Incorporated 1857.
President—Blake Folsom.
Treasurer John M. Brackett; salary, $1,300; bond, $45,000
copy of which is on file in Office of Secretary of State.
—
CHESHIRE PROVIDENT INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS—KEENE.
Incorporated 1833. Charter expires 1893.
President— Wm. P. Wheeler.
Treasurer—Geo. Tilden; salary, $1,500; bond, $100,000—a copy of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
BANK—MANCHESTER.
CITY SAVINGS
Incorporated 1859.
Charter pei'petual.
Joseph Kidder.
Treasurer—E. W. Harrington;
salary, $2,000; bond,
President
of which
Clerks
is
on
file
$50,000—a copy
in office of Secretary of State.
—Daniel W. Lane, E. W. Harrington,
CITY SAVINGS
jr.,
paid by treasurei.
BANK—NASHUA.
Incorporated 1863.
Charter expires 1883.
President—E. P. Emerson.
Treasurer E. H. Spaulding; salary, $2,500; bond, $
of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk— L. Farnsworth; salary, $ 1,500.
—
—a copy
100,000
CONNECTICUT RIVER SAVINGS BANK—CHARLESTOWN.
Incorporated 1831.
Samuel Webber.
George Olcott
President
Treasurer
which
is
;
on
file
Charter perpetual.
salary,
$ 700
;
—a copy of
bond, $ 35,000
in office of Secretary of State.
CHINA SAVINGS BANK— SUNCOOK.
Incorporated 1869.
Charter expires 1889.
Natt Head.
President
—a copy
Treasurer— C. F. P. Hildreth; salary, $300; bond, $25,000
is on file in office of Secretary of State.
of which
CONWAY SAVINGS BANK— CONWAY.
Incorporated 1869.
Charter perpetual.
—J. B. Shackford.
President
Treasurer—Leavitt H. Eastman; salary, $150; bond, $25,000—
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
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SAVINGS BANKS.
COCHECO SAVINGS BANK— DOVER.
Incorporated 1872. Charter expires 1892.
President—William B. Wiggins.
Treasurer—John C. Plumek; salary to be fixed; bond, $25,000—
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerks Harrison Haley, Henry H. Hough.
—
DARTMOUTH SAVINGS BANK—HANOVER.
Charter expires 1880.
Incorporated 1860.
Daniel Blaisdell.
Treasurer—N. S. Huntington
President
;
of which
is
on
file
salary,
$900; bond, $35,000—a copy
in office of Secretary of State.
DERRY SAVINGS BANK— DERRY.
Incorporated 1870.
President?—J.
Charter expires 1890.
W. Noyes.
Treasurer—David Currier salary, $250; bond, $25,000—a copy of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
;
DOVER FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK—DOVER.
Incorporated 1856.
Charter expires
1876.
Oliver Wyatt.
Treasurer— Calvin Hale; salary, $1,100; bond, $40,000—a copy of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
President
—Isaac F. Abbot — no bonds.
Clerk
EXETER SAVINGS BANK—EXETER.
Incorporated 1851.
Woodbridge Odlin.
—N. Appleton Shute,
President
Treasurer
of which
Clerk
is
on
file
Charter perpetual.
—a copy
(absconded;) bond, $ 25,000
in office of Secretary of State.
—Nathaniel Shute.
FARMINGTON SAVINGS BANK— FARMINGTON.
Incorporated 1868. Charter twenty years.
President— G. M. Herring.
Treasurer—Thomas F.Cooke; salary $600; bond, $25,000—a copy
of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
FRANCESTOWN SAVINGS BANK— FRANCESTOWN
Incorporated 1868.
President
Treasurer
Charter expires
George S. Peavy.
Thomas B. Bradford;
copy of which
is
on
file
1888.
salary, $500; bond, $25,000
—
in office of Secretary of State.
FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK— FRANKLIN.
Incorporated 1869.
Charter expires 1889.
Austin F. Pike.
Treasurer—N. H. Sanborn salary, $ 1,000
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
President
;
;
bond, $ 35,000—a copy of
FITZWILLIAM SAVINGS BANK—FITZWILLIAM.
Incorporated 1871. Charter perpetual.
President Stephen Batcheller.
Treasurer Milton Chaplin; salary not fixed; bond, $25,000—
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
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SAVINGS BANKS.
GONIC SAYINGS BANK—ROCHESTER.
—
Incorporated 1864. Charter expires 1884.
President Charles A. Foss.
Treasurer Nicholas V. Whitehouse; salary, $200; bond, $25,000
a copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
GORHAM FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK— GORHAM.
Incorporated 1872.
Charter expires 1892.
Warren
Noyes.
Treasurer—R. F. Ingalls; salary, $100; bond, $25,000—a copy of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
President
IONA SAVINGS BANK—TILTON.
Incorporated 1870.
Asa P. Cate.
Treasurer— William T. Cass;
Charter perpetual.
President
of which
is
on
file
bond, $25,000—a copy
salary, $300;
in office of Seeretai-y of State.
KEENE FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK—KEENE.
Incorporated 1868. Charter perpetual.
President Samuel Woodward.
Treasurer -O. G. Dort; salary, $900; bond, $50,000— a copy of which
is on file in office of Secretary of State.
LACONIA SAVINGS BANK— LACONIA
Incorporated 1831. Charter perpetual.
President Albert G. Folsom.
Treasurer Woodbury L. Melcher; salary, $1,000; bond, $40,000
a copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
—
LAKE VILLAGE SAVINGS BANK— LAKE VILLAGE.
Incorporated 1864.
Chartered for twenty years.
Benjamin Cole.
President
Treasurer—Thomas Ham; salary, $300; bond, $25,000—a copy, of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
LEBANON SAVINGS BANK— LEBANON.
Incorporated 1869.
President
Treasurer
William
S.
Charter expires 1889.
Ela.
—
Edward A. Kendrick; salary, $1,000; bond, $55,000
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk Amelia L. Foster.
—
LITTLETON SAVINGS BANK— LITTLETON.
Incorpoi'ated 1868.
John Farr.
Treasurer— Oscar C. Hatch;
Charter expires
1888.
President
of which
is
on
file
bond, $25,000— a copy
salary, $300;
in office of Secretary of State.
LOAN AND TRUST SAVINGS BANK—CONCORD.
Incorporated 1872. Charter perpetual.
President Jonathan E. Sargent.
Treasurer John V. Barron salary not fixed bond, $50,000
of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerks Henry J. Crippen, Geo. A. Fernald.
;
—
;
—a copy
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SAVINGS BANKS.
MANCHESTER SAVINGS BANK—MANCHESTER.
Charter perpetual.
Incorporated 1846.
Newell.
Treasurer— Nathan Parker; salary,
William
President
of which
on
is
file
P.
$3,800; bond, $ 125,000—a copy
in office of Secretary of State.
Clerks— Charles E. Balch, E. H. Paine,
W. M.
Parker, paid by
Treasurer.
MASON VILLAGE SAVINGS BANK—MASON.
Charter expires 1890.
Incorporated 1870.
Samuel Haines.
Treasurer— Frank B. Heald;
President
of which
is
on
file
salary,
bond, $25,000— a copy
;
in office of Secretary of State.
MECHANIC'S SAVINGS BANK—NASHUA.
Incorporated 1869. Charter expires 1889.
President Henry Parkinson.
Treasurer Cornelius V.Dearborn; salary, $1,200; bond, $50,000
a copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk Frederick A. Eaton, paid by Treasurer.
—
—
MEREDITH VILLAGE SAVINGS BANK—MEREDITH.
Incorporated 1869. Charter for twenty years.
President Joseph W. Lang.
Treasurer Seneca A. Ladd; salary, $300, including office room }
bond, $25,000 a copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
—
MERRIMACK COUNTY SAVINGS BANK—CONCORD.
Incorporated 1867. Charter expires 1887.
President Lyman D. Stevens.
Treasurer John Kimp.all salary not fixed bond, $ 50,000
of which is on file in office of Secretai'y of State.
Clerk Frank P. Andrews, salary, $40 per month.
—a
;
;
copy
—
MERRIMACK RIVER SAVINGS BANK—MANCHESTER.
President
Incorporated 1858.
Smith.
Charter expires
1878.
Waterman
Treasurer— Frederick Smyth salary, $4,000 bond, $ 100,000
is on file in office of Secretary of State.
W. R. Walker, Joshua S. Morrill, paid by Treasurer.
;
;
— a copy
of which
Clerks
—
MILFORD FIVE CENTS SAVINGS INSTITUTION—MILFORD.
Incorporated 1859. Charter expires 1879.
President William B. Towne.
Treasurer Gilbert Wadleigh salary, $800; bond, $45,000
of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
—a copy
;
MONADNOCK SAVINGS BANK—EAST JAFFREY.
Incorporated 1869.
President
Treasurer
which
is
on
Charter perpetual.
Oscar S. Bradley.
Peter Upton; salary, $100; bond,
file
$25,000
in office of Secretary of State.
NASHUA SAVINGS BANK—NASHUA.
Incorporated 1854.
Charter perpetual.
—a copy
of
�426
SAVINGS BANKS.
President^-ISAAC Spalding.
Treasurer Edward Spalding; salary, $4,000; bond, $75,000
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk G. F. Andrews, $ 1,500 included in treasurer's salary.
—
—
NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK— CONCORD.
Incorporated 1867.
Charter expires 1887.
George A. Pillsbury.
Treasurer—William W. StorrS;
President
copy of which
is
on
file
bond, $ 100,000—
salary, $3,000;
in office of Secretai-y of State.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
SAVINGS BANK— CONCORD.
Charter perpetual.
Incoi-porated 1830.
Joseph B. Walker.
Treasurer— Charles W. Sargent salary, $ 1,500
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk—William P. Fiske salary, $ 400.
President
;
bond, $80,000—
;
;
NEW
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK— NEW IPSWICH.
Charter perpetual.
Incorporated 1849.
President
James Chandler.
Treasurer—W. A. Preston; salary, $300; bond, $ 30,000—a copy of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
NEWMARKET SAVINGS BANK—NEWMARKET.
Perpetual charter.
Incoi-porated 1832.
President— George W. Kittredge.
Treasurer—David Murrat salary, $ 150 bond, $ 25,090
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
;
;
—a copy of
NEWPORT SAVINGS BANK—NEWPORT.
Incorporated 1868.
Charter expires 1888.
Dexter Richards.
Treasurer— Frederick W. Lewis;
President
bond, $50,000—
salary, $1,000;
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk John Towne, paid by treasurer.
—
NORWAY PLAINS SAVINGS BANK—ROCHESTER.
Charter perpetual.
Incorporated 1851.
John Mc Duffee.
Treasurer— Franklin Mc Duffee
President
;
salary, $1,500;
—
bond, $50,000
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk George Mc Duffee, paid by treasurer.
—
OSSIPEE VALLEY TEN CENTS SAVINGS
Incorporated 1868.
BANK—FREEDOM.
Charter expires 1888.
President—Josiah Thurston.
Treasurer—Elias Towt le; salary, $125; bond, $25,000—a copy of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
PETERBOROUGH SAVINGS BANK—PETERBOROUGH.
Incorporated 1843.
Charter perpetual.
President Albert Smith.
Treasurer Mortier L. Morrison; salary, $1,000; bond, $75,000
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
—
�427
SAVINGS BANKS.
PENACOOK SAVINGS BANK—FISHERVILLE.
Charter expires 1889.
Incorporated 1869.
President—Henry H. Brown.
Treasurer Samuel F. Brown salary, $800; bond, $40,000—a copy
of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
;
PITTSFIELD SAVINGS
Incorporated 1855.
BANK—PITTSFIELD.
Charter expires 1875.
President—Reuben L. French.
Thomas H. Thorndike
is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Treasurer
;
bond, $ 30,000
—a
copy of which
—John L. French.
Assistant Treasurer
PORTSMOUTH SAVINGS BANK—PORTSMOUTH.
Incorporated 1823.
Charter perpetual.
William Simes.
Treasurer—James F. Shores;
President
salary, $2,500; bond, $130,000— a copy
of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk A. C. Hoyt, without bonds.
—
PORTSMOUTH TRUST AND GUARANTEE COMPANY,
PORTSMOUTH.
Incorporated 1871.
President
Treasurer
on
file
Perpetual charter.
George L. Tread well.
Charles H. Rollins; bond,
$35,000
in office of Secretary of State.
—a copy of which
—
—
is
ROCKINGHAM TEN 'CENTS' SAVINGS BANK—PORTSMOUTH.
Incorporated 1867.
Aaron Hill.
Treasurer— John Christie;
Charter expires 1887.
President
salary, $1,800; bond, $25,000
—a
copy of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk—Howard N. Durgin, with salary of $1,200, and bond of
$6,000.
ROLLINSFORD SAVINGS BANK—ROLLINSFORD.
Incorporated 1850.
President
Charter perpetual.
—H. R. Roberts.
Treasurer— W. H. Morton; salary, $1,500; bond, $ 50,000—a copy of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
THE COUNTY OF COOS SAVINGS BANK—LANCASTER.
Incorporated 1868.
Charter, twenty years.
Hiram A. Fletcher.
Treasurer—Henry O. Kent; salary,
President
which
is
on
file
$200; bond, $25,000— a copy of
in office of Secretary of State.
SAVINGS BANK FOR COUNTY OF STRAFFORD— DOVER.
Incorporated 1824.
Charter perpetual.
Daniel M. Christie.
Treasurer— Charles Woodman;
President
salary, $1,500; bond, $120,000—
copy of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk—Albert Mathes, with salary of $ 1,500, and bond of $5,000.
SALMON FALLS STATE BANK—ROLLINSFORD.
Incorporated 1851.
Renewed
1871.
Charter expires 1891.
�SAVINGS BANKS.
428
—
Paesident H. R. Roberts.
Treasurer—W. H. Morton; salary, $200; bonds, $50,000—a copy of
which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
SANDWICH SAVINGS BANK— SANDWICH.
Incorporated 1872.
President
Treasurer
file
Charter perpetual.
Moulton H. Marston.
William A. Heard bond,
;
$25,000
—a copy of which
is
on
in office of Secretary of State.
SOMERSWORTH. SAVINGS BANK— SOMERSWORTH.
Charter expires 1885.
Incorportaed 1845.
—M. C. Burleigh.
—J. A. Stickney;
President
Treasurer
which
is
on
file
salary, $700; bond, $50.000
—a
copy of
in office of Secretary of State.
SULLIVAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION— CLAREMONT.
Incorporated 1838. Charter expires 1878.
President Daniel W. Johnson.
Treasurer John L. Farwell; salary, $2,700; bond, $70,000
of which is on file in office of Secretary of State.
Clerk Albert Rossiter, paid by treasurer.
—a copy
—
UNION FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK— EXETER.
Incorporated 1868.
Charter expires 1888.
William B. Morrill.
Treasurer— George E. Lane; salary, $300; bond,
President
which
is
on
file
$25,000
—a copy of
in office of Secretary of State.
WOLFEBOROUGH SAVINGS BANK—WOLFEBORO UGH.
Incorporated 1871.
President
Treasurer
which
is
on
Stephen Durgin.
Joseph L. Avery
file
;
Charter perpetual.
—a copy of
salary, $600; bond, 25,000
in office of Secretary of State.
WILTON SAVINGS BANK—WILTON.
Incorporated 1864.
Charter unlimited.
Joseph Newell.
Treasurer— Moses Clark; salary, $500; bond, $25,000 a copy of
which is on file in office of Setretary of State.
President
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STATISTICAL TABLES.
Numbei
amount
Banks in
of Deposits,
of Depositors,
the State
~
up
and total liabilities of
to May, 1873.
3
,5no $ 2,9S2,454 48
102,740 00
67 5j
2 Ashnelot,...
3 Alton,
4 Ashland
!
5
104
112
775
Belknap
2,600
County,
Cheshire Provident Institution. 5,860
1,900
City, Manchester,
2,80(1
City, Nashua,
1,162
Connecticut River,
150
Cocheco,
6 Carroll
7
China
Conway
Dartmouth,
~
Derry,
Dover Five Cents,
2,041
1.500
Exeter,...
Farmingtou,
Francestown,
Franklin,
Fitzwilliam,
Gouic,
i
Gorham,
341
2.042
3,06
1,005
Laconia
Cents,...
Lebanon,
366
550
357
Littleton,
Lake Village,
Loan and Trust,
Manchester,
Mason
860
442
700
50
168
147
Ioua,
Keeue Five
312
221
1,500
16s
5,002
160
823
Village,
Mechanics,
Meredith Village
395
Merrimack County,..
Merrimack River,. ..
Millord
Munadnock
New-IIamnshire,
Nashua,
3,151
4,232
National,
Newmarket,
New Ipswich,
44|Newport,
665
3,950
1,442
265
3,410
,
579
320
919
1,500
45 Norway Plains,
247
46|Ossipee Valley
Peterborough,
1,717
47
48 Penacook,.
1,281
9,ooo
49 Portsmouth
50 Ports'h Trust & Guarantee Co.,
600
51 Pittsfield
1,62'
52 Rollinsford
3,096
53 Rockingham,
148
54 Sandwich,
285
55 Savings Bank, Coos County,....
56 Savings B. for Co. of Strafford.. 4,643
57 Somersworth,
2,100
58 Sullivan Savings Institution,.. 2,142
69 Union Five Cents
622
60 Wilton,
553
61 Wolfeborough,
94
1
Savings
2J= a
®
HAmoskeag,.
all
7,603
12,191
336,912
491,349
1,672,849
562,068
1,016,377
52
51
77
41
32
40
S-JN9.956
6,250
1,861
12,191
66,911
44,067
:;.".
36
92
51
60
83
119,193 82
31,168 50
70
24-1,800 39
17,592
44,649
51,894
303,218
36,558
393,521
402,517
149,392
107,976
209,732
5,569
40,101
.3
61
89
47
85
33
56
20
81
37
60
51
75
61
61
13,6S1
17,592
23,928
26,103
37,302
8,596
18,f04
42,286
19,282
3,810
90.331
5,569
06
12
39
67
88
22
39
30
51
38
5,467 39
98,744 67
533.411 51
41>i.888 31
305.979 44
63,008 20
101,567 7!
6'
141.391
2,326.079 5:
18.252 56
325,242 42
79,922 66
192,772 90
1,346,896 75
458,818 69
74,204 71
1.088,985 93
1.440.779 13
1,579,829 06
40,434 39
103.882 18
213,348 07
573.536 33
52,964 12
566,001 75
198.192 65
1.937,899 10
349,975 31
128.594 59
636,510 16
425,348 39
26.286 15
27,717 78
1,866,069 90
581.478 84
764.325 03
56,336 10
92,261 67
28.860 91
5,467 39
31,816
58,480
127.574
127,936
47,732
36,124
141,391
215 209
13,054
124.276
26.803
60,029
9,522
44,669
35,171
106,493
215.642
149,636
94
50
89
38
60
75
67
07
40
07
35
65
99
39
79
5S
78
27
3,567 54
3.077 13
60,736 57
17,12"
13,554 00
49,960
214,729
183 136
34,954
125,020
68,526
25.286
91
29
81
59
32
40
15
8,648 78
221,923 12
11,340 71
100,198 47
6,804 85
625 24
28,860 91
$183,742
3,520
879
630
11,169
36,757
21,571
14,915
32,495
5,324
349
61
88
09
22
84
96
39
24
56
23
82
256 26
4,508 22
13,994 13
735 40
16,153 78
4,167
2,476
17,530
18
3,167
184
6,401
38,809
7,577
8.898
3,063
6,416
6,117
119,494
581
14,222
2.598
7,984
55,393
26,894
1,125
100,996
31,925
64.261
31
37
06
98
54
46
53
95
69
87
86
12
37
46
59
56
09
88
01
73
61
37
71
54
26
62
43
15
69
99
93
34
20
12
74
76
49
92
85
20
46
00
81
06
87
04
99
IS. 834 45
41
239.404 98
82.521 07
03
15
92
200,756 93
1,402,289 90
485,713 61
75,-330
39
59
45
1,189.892
1.472,704
1,633,093
41,004
106,010
224,239
593.424
54,581
587.318
52
58
81
970 50
2,127 82
10,891 90
19,S88
1,617 14
21,316
11,798
150,098
107
4,296
39,630
24,077
849
1,066
105,570
31,772
$3,166,197
106,260
8,282
12,821
348,082
528,107
1,694,420
576,983
1,048,873
250,124
17,943
44,906
56,322
317,212
37,294
409,675
414,517
166,360
110,392
227.262
5,588
43.268
5,651
105,146
572.221
426,466
314,877
66,072
107,983
147,509
2,445.573
66
24
45
97
09
87
03
25
33
21
36
739 33
931 98
74
1,070 62
209,990
2,087,997
350,083
132,890
675.141
449.425
27,135
28,784
1,971,640
613,251
765,064
57,268
92,836
29,931
87
89
00
97
79
26
41
89
55
28
68
03
42
40
11
11
20
36
08
46
53
94967 $28,462,539 98'$3,814,321 40 $1,296,242 29 $29,671,114 18
�430
STATISTICAL TABLES.
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STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT.
Exhibiting the Number, Condition and Progress of the Savings Banks of NewHampshire, in each year, from 1860 to 1873. inclusive,
TEAR.
�433
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE.
There are
Town Fire Insurance Companies.
fifteen organizations
in the State, viz., in Barnstead, Candia, Canterbury,
Dunbarton,
Lyndeborough, Milford, Northwood, Pembroke, Piermont,
The number
Strafford, Sutton, Unity, Weare, and Windham.
Hollis,
of polices
now
losses for the
in operation,
is
;
amount of
risk,
$2,136,460;
expenses, $ 845.28.
This would
2,292,
year 1872, $ 2,116
be about $1.90 per year on $1,000 worth of property insured, or
less than one per cent, for every five years.
Some Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. The Commissioner says
" It
must be apparent to the most casual
them are' dragging out the last thread
of a weak and precarious existence. One or two considerable fires,
to which they are hourly exposed, must inevitably crush them out."
New-Hampshire Fire Insurance Company. E. A. Straw, PresActual Cash Capital, $ 200,
ident, John C. French, Secretary.
Whole number of polices in force, in 1872, 9,200 amount of
000.
risk, $ 10,217,200; amount of loss by fires, and other expenses, $ 60,
They
557.31 amount of receipts in the same time, $ 65,904.49.
The whole
lost by the Boston Fire, in November 1872, $ 8,500.
amount of joint stock or guaranteed capital authorized, is $500,000.
Foreign Fire Insurance Companies. There are about fifty companies doing business under the laws of the State.
The total
amount of premium receipts, for 1872, was $432,571.63. The
amount of losses by fire, and marine disaster, was $ 269,914.78,
leaving a balance of $ 162,556.85, for expenses and interest on
of these Companies
:
observer, that a majority of
;
;
Capital.
At
the
first
glance this large surplus looks like the
in the contribution
and
five
more
box one
man
placing
cent, for the benefit of the heathen,
to defray the expenses in administering the benefit
of the cent to him.
But
guard against devastating
these large
fires,
But if
Hampshire were burned down, the
within the past two years.
«,
premiums are exacted
to
such as visited Chicago and Boston,
all
the cities and towns in
New-
would not be much larger,
than the loss caused by the great fire in Boston. No doubt but
the premium on risks in large cities like Boston and New York,
should be much higher than in the smaller cities and towns in the
country, and it appears a little hard for people living in these small
cities and towns to be charged to pay these heavy premiums, to
loss
�434
POST OFFICES.
save the various Fire Insurance Companies from loss caused by such
occurred in Chicago and Boston.
fires as
Zdfe Insurance Companies.
The number of
life
insurance com-
panies licensed to
do business in New-Hampshire,
They have grown
to large proportions in this State,
stantly increasing through the
heavy outlay in
is
thirty-two.
and are conadvertising, and
the untiring zeal of their agents.
The whole number of
life
polices,
now
in force in this State,
is
amount of premiums received, for the year 1872, $ 703,510.37 amount paid on losses and endowments, $161,123.71, leaving a balance of $542,386.66. The
10,000; amount of risks, $ 14,754,725
;
;
expense of agents with their clerks,
is
about $54,000, annually, which
makes the large sum of nearly $ 500,000 that is sent out of the
State, more than what is received through loss of life, and interest
on premiums. The amount of money which is sent out of the State
annually, through fire and life insurance business, is over $600,000
more than what is received from fire and life risks. This allows
over $ 100,000 for expenses to manage the business in this State
This large amount of money would pay the annual interestalone.
on the whole State debt, and defray the expenses of the State government every year.
It
is
to
be hoped that the people of this State will look at this
question candidly, and establish and sustain institutions of this character belonging to their
money
No
at home.
own
State,
and retain
this vast
amount of
one doubts the practical benefit of both of
and their necessity, but we are loth to believe
any need of annually sending out of the State, $ 600,000
these institutions,
there
is
more money than is received, to secure the blessings of these institutions, which can be sustained in our own State, through the efficient agents now working for these foreign Companies.
NAMES OF ALL THE POST OFFICES IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
TOGETHER WITH LAWS REGULATING MATTER SENT BY
MAIL.
New-Hampshire
is
one of the nine States, in which the receipts
exceed the expenditures, the balance being $ 32,500.39, in favor of
the State, in 1872.
The length
of mail route,
and eight miles
is
is
1,828 miles, of which one hundred
by Steamboat, and
five
hundred and forty by
�435
POST OFFICES.
Railroad, and the rest by various conveyances.
Post-offices
is
The number of
four hundred and twenty-nine, as follows
Acworth—Acworth,
East Acworth, South Acworth.
Albany— Conway, and North Conway.
Alexandria—Alexandria.
Allenstown— Allenstown, Suncook.
Alstead— Alstead, Centre Alstead, New-Alstead.
Alton—Alton, Alton Bay, West Alton.
Amherst Amherst.
Andover—Andover, East Andover, West Andover, Potter Place.
Antrim—Antrim, North Branch.
Ashland Ashland.
Atkinson—Atkinson, Atkinson Depot.
Auburn—Auburn
Barnstead Barnstead, Barnstead Centre, South Barnstead, North
—
—
—
Barnstead.
Barrington—Barrington, North Barrington.
Bartlett—Bartlett, Lower Bartlett.
Bath— Bath.
—
Bedford Bedford.
Belmont— Belmont.
Bennington— Bennington.
Benton—Benton.
Berlin
—Berlin Falls.
Bethlehem—Bethlehem.
Boscawen—Boscawen, North Boscawen,
Fishersville.
Bow—Bow.
—
—
Bradford Bradford.
Brentwood Brentwood.
Bridgewater—Bridgewater.
—Bristol.
—
—
—
—
Village, West Campton.
Canaan— Canaan, East Canaan.
Candia — Candia, Candia Village.
Bristol
Brookfield Brookfield
Brookline Brookline.
Cambridge Milan.
Campton Campton, Campton
Canterbury— Canterbury, Shaker Village.
Carroll— Carroll, Twin Mountain House, White Mountain House.
CentAe Harbor— Centre Harbor.
Charlestown—Charlestown, North
Chatham—
Charlestown, South Charlestown.
P. O. Stowe, Maine.
—
Chester Chester.
Chesterfield— Chesterfield, West Chesterfield, Factory
Chichester— Chichester, North Chichester.
Claremont— Claremont, West Claremont.
Clarksville— Clarksville.
Village.
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POST OFFICES.
—
Colebbook Colebrook.
Columbia— Columbia, South Columbia.
Concobd Concord, East Concord, West Concord, Mast Yard,
—
Fishers-
ville.
Conway— Conway, Conway Centre,
North Conway.
—Cornish.
Croydon— Croydon, Croydon Flat.
Dalton—Dalton.
D anbury— Danbury, South Danbury.
Danville—Danville.
Deerfield—Deerfield, Deerfield Centre, South Deerfield.
Deerinq—Deering, East Deering, West Deering.
Derry— Derry, Derry Depot, East Derry.
Dorchester— Dorchester, North Dorchester.
Dover— Dover.
Dublin— Dublin
Dummer—Milan, P. O.
Dunbarton— Dunbarton, North Dunbarton.
Durham—Durham.
East-Kingston—East Kingston.
Eaton—Eaton.
Cornish
Effingham—Effingham, South
ham Falls.
Ellsworth —Ellsworth.
Effingham, Effingham Centre, Effing-
—
Enfield Enfield, West Enfield, Enfield Centre.
Epping Epping, West Epping.
Epsom—Epsom, Short Falls.
—
Erroll—Err oil
Exeter—Exeter.
Farmington—Farmington.
—Fitzwilliam,
Fitzwilliam
Fitzwilliam Depot.
Francestown— Francestown.
Franconia— Franconia.
Franklin—Frankl in
Freedom—Freedom.
Fremont—Fremont.
—
Gilford Gilford, Lake Village.
Gilmanton Gilmanton, Lower Gilmanton, Gilmanton Iron Works.
Gilsum Gilsum
—
—
Goffstown— Goflstown.
Gorham— Gorham.
Gosport— Gosport.
Goshen Goshen, Mill
Grafton Grafton
—
—
Village.
Grantham— Grantham, North Grantham.
—Greenfield.
Greenfield
Greenland— Greenland, Eastern Depot, Concord Depot.
Green ville— Greenville
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POST OFFICES.
Groton— Groton, North Groton.
Hampstead— Hampstead, East Hampstead, West Hampstead.
Hampton—Hampton
Hampton Falls—Hampton Falls.
Hancock—Hancock.
Hanover— Hanover, Hanover Centre.
—
Harrisville Harrisville, West
Hart's Location Bartlett.
Harrisville.
—
Haverhill— Haverhill, East Haverhill, North
Hebron—Hebron
Henniker—Henniker, West Henniker.
Hill—Hill.
—
Haverhill, Woodsville.
Hillsborough Hillsborough, Hillsboro' Centre,
Hinsdale Hinsdale
Holderness Ashland or Plymouth.
—
Hillsboro' Bridge.
—
—Hollis.
Hooksett—Hooksett.
Hopkinton—Hopkinton, West Hopkinton, Contoocook.
Hudson—Hudson.
Jackson—Jackson.
Jaffrey—Jaffrey, East Jaffrey.
Jefferson—Jefferson
Keene— Keene.
Kensington— Kensington.
Kingston— Kin gs ton
Laconia—Laconia, Weir's Landing.
Lancaster—Lancaster.
Landaff— Landaff, East Landaff.
Langdon—Langdon.
Lebanon—Lebanon, East Lebanon, West Lebanon.
Lee— Lee, Wadley's Falls.
Lempster—Lempster, East Lempster.
Lincoln— Lincoln.
Lisbon— Lisbon, Sugar Hill.
Litchfield—Thornton's Ferry.
Littleton—Littleton, North Littleton.
Hollis
Londonderry— Londonderry, North Londonderry, Wilson's Crossing.
Loudon— Loudon, Loudon Centre, Loudon Ridge.
Lyman—Lyman.
Lyme— Lyme, Lyme Centre.
Lyndeborough—North Lyndeborough, Lyndeborough Centre, South
Lyndeborough.
at Dover.
Madison Madison, East Madison.
Manchester—Manchester, Amoskeag, GoflTs Falls.
Marlborough—Marlborough, Marlborough Depot.
Marlow Marlow.
Mason Mason.
Madbury—Post-office
—
—
—
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POST OFFICES..
Meredith—Meredith
Center, Meredith Village.
Reed's Ferry, South Merrimack, Thornton's
Merrimack—Merrimack,
Ferry.
Middleton—Middleton Corner.
Milan—Milan, West Milan.
Milford Milford.
Milton—Milton, South Milton, West Milton, Milton
Mount Vernon Mount Vernon.
—
Mills.
—
Monroe—Monroe, North Monroe.
Moultonborough—Moultonborough.
Nashua— Nashua.
—
Nelson Nelson, Munsonville.
New-Boston New-Boston
—
South Newbury, Chandlersyille.
Newcastle— Newcastle.
New-Durham— New-Durham.
New-Hampton—New- Hampton.
New-Ipswich— New- Ipswich.
New-London— New-London, Scytheville.
Newington— Newington.
Newmarket— Newmarket.
Newport— Newport.
Newton— Newton, Newton Depot.
Northfield—Northfield, and at Tilton, P. O.
North Hampton— North Hampton.
Northumberland—Northumberland, Groveton.
Northwood— Northwood Narrows, Northwood Center,
Newbury— Newbury,
wood.
Nottingham—Nottingham, West Nottingham.
Orange East Canaan.
East North-
—
—Orford, Orfordville.
Ossipee—Ossipee, Moultonville, Ossipee Centre, Water Village, Leighton's Corner, West Ossipee.
Pelh am—Pelham
Orford
Pembroke.— Pembroke, East Pembroke, Suncook.
Peterborough— Peterborough, West Peterborough.
Piermont
—Piermont.
—
Pittsburg Pittsburg, Connecticut Lake.
Pittsfield Pittsfield.
—
—
Plainfield—Plainfield, East Plainfield.
Plaistow Plaistow, Atkinson Depot.
Plymouth—Plymouth, West Plymouth.
Portsmouth— Portsmouth.
Randolph— Gorham, P. O.
Raymond—Raymond.
Richmond— Richmond, North Richmond.
Rindge— Rindge, West Rindge.
Rochester—Rochester, East Rochester, Gonic.
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POST OFFICES.
—Rollingsford.
Rollingsford
Roxbury—Keene, P. O.
Rumney—Rumney, West Rumney, Rumney Depot.
Rye— Rye.
Salem— Salem, Salem
Depot, North Salem.
—Salisbury, West Salisbury.
Sanbornton—Sanbornton, North Sanbornton.
Sandown— Sandown.
Sandwich— Sandwich, North Sandwich, East
Salisbury
Sandwich, Sandwich
Centre.
Seabrook.
—
P. O. and Temple P. O.
Shelburne— Shelburne.
Somersworth — Great Falls P. O.
South Hampton—South Hampton.
South Newmarket— South Newmarket.
Springfield—Springfield, East Springfield, West Springfield.
Stark—Stark.
Stewartstown—Stewartstown, West Stewartstown.
Stoddard— Stoddard, South Stoddard.
Strafford—Strafford Corner, North Strafford, Blue Hill, Strafford CenBow Lake.
Stratford— Stratford Hollow, North Stratford.
Strath am—Stratham
Sullivan— Sullivan. East Sullivan.
Sunapee— Sunapee, South Sunapee, George's Mills.
Surry—Surry.
Sutton— Sutton, North Sutton, South Sutton.
Swanzey —Swanzey, Westport, West Swanzey.
Tamworth —Tarn worth, South Tamworth, Tarn worth Iron Works.
Temple—Temple.
Thornton—Thornton, West Thornton.
Seabrook
Sharon— New-Ipswich
ter,
Tilton—Tilton, East
Tilton.
Troy—Troy.
Tuftonborough— Tuftonborough
Corner, Melvin Village, Mackerel
Village.
—Unity, East Unity.
Unity
Wakefield— Wakefield, East
Wakefield, Sanborn's, Union.
Walpole—Walpole, Drewsville.
Warner— Warner, Roby's Corner.
Warren—Warren.
Washington—Washington, East Washington.
Waterville— Campton P. O.
Weare—Weare,
East Weare, Oil Mill, North Weare, South Weare.
Webster— Webster.
Wentworth —Wentworth.
Wentworth's Location— Wentworth's Location.
[Depot.
Westmoreland—Westmoreland, East Wetsmoreland, Westmoreland
�KATES OF POSTAGE.
440
—Whitefield.
Whitefield
Wilmot—Wilmot,
Wilniot Flat.
Wilton, West Wilton.
Winchester Winchester, Ashuelot.
Windham Windham, Windham Depot, West Windham.
Windsor Hillsborough Lower Village, P. O.
Wolfeborough Wolfe borough, North Wolfeborough, South Wolfeborough.
Wilton— East
—
—
—
—
Woodstock—Woodstock, North Woodstock.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Letters by mail from one post
office to another, for
each half ounce
or fraction thereof, prepaid by postage stamps, 3 cents.
Drop or Local Letters
at letter-carrier offices, for
or fraction thereof, prepaid by postage stamps, 2 cents.
letter-carrier offices,
1
each half ounce
At other than
cent.
Postal Cards, with postage stamps impressed upon them, 1 cent.
For Newspapers and Periodicals issued once a week or more frequently, with postage paid quarterly or yearly in advance, and sent to
actual subscribers, from a
known
office of publication, the rates
are
Newspapers and periodicals each Quarterly rates—
Not exceeding 4 ounces in weight, sent to any part of the United
:
States
— weekly,
5 cents; semi-weekly, 10 cents;
six times a week, 30 cents
;
tri-weekly, 15 cents;
daily, 35 cents.
—
Exceeding 4 ounces and not exceeding 8 ounces weekly, 10 cents;
6emi- weekly, 20 cents tri-weekly, 30 cents six times a week, 60 cents
;
;
daily, 70 cents.
—
Exceeding 8 ounces and not exceeding 12 ounces weekly, 15 cents;
semi-weekly, 30 cents; tri-weekly, 45 cents; six times a week, 90 cents;
daily, $1.05.
—
Exceeding 12 ounces and not exceeding 16 ounces weekly, 20 cents
semi-weekly, 40 cents; tri-weekly, 60 cents; six times a week $1.20;
daily,
$
1.40.
Letters addressed to initials or to a box, without personal address, are
lot deliverable under the rulings of the Department.
Printed cards, containing no writing except the address may be sent
through the mails prepaid by a one-cent postage stamp, if under two
ounces in weight.
Writing on a circular, in addition to the address, subjects it to letter
postage.
—
Two postal cards joined together one containing an inquiry and the
other in blank for a reply cannot be sent by mail.
In such a case it
would be the duty of the postmaster at the mailing office to cancel both,
thus rendering the one intended for reply worthless.
Postage must be paid before delivery on newspapers and other periodicals sent from a known office of publication to subscribers, for not
—
less
than one quarter, nor more than one year, at either the
office
of
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RATES OF POSTAGE.
—
mailing or delivery commencing at any time, and to be accounted for
in the quarter in which it is received.
No law was passed by Congress compelling subscribers to regular
newspapers, etc., to pay quarterly postage in the mailing office in advance, after July 1, 1873. They may pay at either office after July 1, as
now.
When a subscriber to a paper or periodical shows a receipt for postage paid at his former residence for one or more quarters in advance,
the publication should be delivered to him for the unexpired time paid
for, provided it is mailed direct from the office of publication and not
remailed from his former residence. If remailed from his former residence (without prepayment of postage), double transient rates must be
collected on delivery.
size, issued less frequently than once a week,
be sent in packages to one address at the rate of one cent for each
package not exceeding four ounces in weight. The postage to be paid
quarterly or yearly in advance.
When packages of newspapers are received at a post-office directed to
one address and the names of the subscribers to whom they belong,
with the postage for a quarter in advance, is handed to a postmaster, he
should deliver them accordingly, provided they are properly folded.
Newspapers having writing on their margins are subject to letter
postage, and postmasters should collect postage at letter rates on all papers having writing on them when found in the mails.
The following are the quarterly rates of postage, when paid quarterly
or yearly in advance, on newspapers and periodicals issued less frequently than once a week, and sent to actual subscribers from a known
Newspapers of small
may
office of publication
Newspapers, magazines, and other periodical publications, each:
Not exceeding four ounces in weight, sent to any part of the United
States semi-monthly, 6 cents monthly, 3 cents quarterly, 1 cent.
Exceeding 4 ounces and not exceeding 8 ounces semi-monthly, 12
cents monthly, 6 cents quarterly, 2 cents.
Exceeding 8 ounces and not exceeding 12 ounces semi-monthly, 18
cents monthly, 9 cents quarterly, 3 cents.
Pamphlets, occasional publications, transient newspapers, maga-
—
;
;
;
;
;
—
—
;
zines, hand-bills, posters, unsealed circulars, prospectuses,
scripts,
book-manu-
proof sheets, corrected proof-sheets, maps, prints, engravings,
blanks, flexible patterns, sample cards, phonographic paper, letter en-
and wrappers, cards, plain and ornamental
paper, photographic representations of different types, seeds, cuttings,
bulbs, roots, scions, and all other matter, which may be declared mailvelopes, postal envelopes
able by law, and all other articles not above the weight prescribed
by law, which are not, from their form or nature, liable to destroy, deface, or
otherwise injure the contents of the mail-bag, or the person of
any one engaged in the postal service, may be sent by mail, prepaid by
stamps at the rate of 1 cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof, but books, samples of metals, ores, minerals and merchandise,
�MONEY ORDER POST
442
OFFICES.
two cents for each two ounces, or fracAll liquids, poisons, glass, explosive materials,
and obscene books, shall be excluded from the mails. All matter, excepting books and other printed matter, book manuscripts, proof-sheets,
must be prepaid
at the rate of
tional part thereof.
and corrected proof-sheets, shall not exceed twelve ounces in weight.
Samples of metals, ores, and mineralogical specimens shall not exceed
twelve ounces in weight.
Packages of woolen, cotton, or linen clothing, not exceeding two
pounds in weight, may be sent through the mail to any non-commissioned officer or private in the army of the United States, if prepaid, at
the rate of one cent for each one ounce, or fraction thereof, subject to
6uch regulation as the Postmaster General may prescribe.
No package weighing more than four pounds shall be received for
conveyance by mail, except books published or circulated by order of
Congress.
Money-orders, for sums not exceeding $50 on one order, will be issued on deposits with the Postmaster, at any money-order post office,
payable at any one of the designated money-order offices, being the
larger cities and towns in the United States, on payment of the followOn orders not exceeding $ 10, five cents over $ 10 and not
ing fees
exceeding $20, ten cents; over $20 and not exceeding $30, fifteen
cents over $ 30 and not exceeding $ 40, twenty cents exceeding $ 40,
:
;
;
;
twenty-five cents.
MONEY-ORDER POST-OFFICES IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Ashland,
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STATISTICAL TABLES.
CHAPTER
V.
Tabular Statement of the population of the
cities
and towns
in the State,
ratable polls, assessed valuation of all the towns, stock in trade,
interest, deposits in savings banks, proportional tax,
town
money
at
debts, clergymen,
lawyers, physicians, merchants, agricultural productions, value of farms,
number of farms, dwellings and families, value of cotton manufactories,
woolen manufactories, boots and shoes, hosiery, paper mills, lumber mills,
grist mills, tanneries, total manufactories in the State, various occupations
of the people in 1870,
in 1870,
number
number
of each kind of manufactories, in the State,
deaths, by towns, in the State, in 1870, centenarians
have died since 1822, &c, &c.
TABULAR STATEMENT
Showing Population of New- Hampshire in 1870, 1860 and 1850.
who
�444
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT
Showing Population of New- Hampshire in 1870, 1860 and 1850.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT
Showing Population of New-Hampshire in 1870, 1860 and 1850.
445
�446
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT
Showing Population of New- Hampshire in 1870, 1860 and 1850.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT
Showing Population of New- Hampshire in 1870, 1860 and 1850.
447
�448
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT
Showing Population of
New -Hampshire
in 1870, 1860
and
1850.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT.
Selected Ages, with Sex, by Counties.
449
�450
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT.
Classification of Population of
New- Hampshire by Age and Sex
1870 and 1860.
suses of
1870.
at the
Cen~
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
451
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
The following statement shows the number of persons, in 1870,
who were born in New-Hampshire, also the
number living here who were natives of other States and countries.
living in other States,
New -Hampshire
in Account vrilh oilier States
lation, as
and
Territories in regard to
by Census Returns in 1860 and 1870.
i*
Popu-
�IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION.
452
of 172, and probably without a parallel in any State or nation,
have, in California, 176 more persons
this side of Ireland.
We
than in 1860
255
in Illinois,
;
Massachusetts, 7,204
Iowa, 1731
in
;
in Minnesota,
;
841
;
in Kansas,
;
658
561
in Missouri,
in
;
in
;
"While in
and in District of Columbia, 295.
Alabama there are 45 less Louisiana, 64 Georgia, 54 Maryland,
48 Mississippi, 48 North Carolina, 45 South Carolina, 57 TenMaine, 2,612 Vermont, 4,029 New-York, 3,740 and
nessee, 41
New-Jersey, 666
;
;
;
;
This shows conclusively, that New-Hampshire has not
Ohio, 844.
many
;
;
;
so
;
;
;
;
;
men
carpet-baggers (as
are
now termed who go south
to
by several hundred, as before the war.
In 1860, New-Hampshire had in its population, of foreign born,
reside) in the South,
20,939
in 1870, 29,611
;
In 1870,
a gain in ten years of 8,672.
;
and
there were 40,820 persons in the State having a foreign father
foreign mother
;
42,862 having a foreign father, and 42,550 having
Of the
a foreign mother.
ca
2 in Asia
;
;
Islands; 9 in Austria
13 Indians in Canada
514
Cuba
States
;
11 in
;
55
Holland
in
4 in Bohemia
239
;
22
specified)
;
;
in the
;
3 in
1 in
;
Central America
60 in France
436
;
12,190 in Ireland
;
Hungary
7 in India
;
2 in Poland
;
Sandwich Islands
11 in Switzerland
12
;
in
;
;
892
9 in
;
Turkey
;
11 in
West
number of colored people
in
1 in
;
;
;
Scotland
Greece
1 in
42
;
in
5
German
;
;
5
Mexico
4 iu
Sweden
2 in Russia
;
;
in Brit-
5 in China
;
9 in Italy
Portugal
225
;
in all the
9 in South America: 9 in Spain
;
Newfoundland
in
Prince Edward's Island
;
in Afri-
Australasian
11,901 white, 2 colored, and
New-Brunswick 6
in
in
Denmark
;
14
107 in Great Britian (not specified)
;
Norway
The
;
2,679 in England
27 in Wales
in
Scotia;
America (not
ish
in
Nova
in
foreign population, 4 were born
8 in the Atlantic Islands
;
;
India, and 11 at sea.
was
Portsmouth had the largest number in 1870, viz. 56
Manchester, 50
Exeter, 54
Concord 36
Dover, 33, and Nashua 25. In 1790, there were 158
580
;
total
in 1860,
520
;
and
in the State, in 1870,
in 1810, 970.
;
;
;
;
slaves in the State
in 1800, 8
in 1830, 3, and in 1840, 1.
There were 3 Indians in Carroll County 13 in Coos 5 in Hillsborough 1 in Rockingham, and 1 in Sullivan making in all 23.
;
;
;
;
The census shows that
ances, had, born
;
;
this State, in 1870,
in other States
and foreign
in striking the balcountries, 8,500
more
people than in 1860, and still our population decreased 7,473 in
the last decade.
It does not solve this problem, and it will be hard
to induce people to believe that for the past ten years 15,000
more
�453
STATISTICAL TABLES.
people have died in the State, or moved into foreign countries, than
have been born for the past ten years, if we do take into account
the fearful loss of
life in
If this
the late rebellion.
is
the fact,
worthy of the serious consideration of every thoughtful
State.
The
natives of
New-Hampshire can
man
it is
in the
truly be classed with
the lone Indian, for with a loss at the same ratio, for the next fifty
years, not a vestige of pure, original,
left,
New-Hampshire blood
will be
that ran in the veins of our forefathers one hundred years ago.
TABULAR STATEMENT,
By
Towns, for the year 1872, Showing
the.
Ratable
Polls, Assessed Valuation,
True Valuation. Stock in Trade, Stocks, and Money at Interest, Savings Banks
Deposits, Proportion on $ 1,000
KOCKINCHAM
CO.
and Town Debts
over available Assets.
�454
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT,
By
Towns, for the year 1872, Showing the Ratable Polls, Assessed Value, &c.
STRAFFORD
CO.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
•
By
TABULAR STATEMENT,
Towns, for the year 1872, Showing the Eatable
MERRIMACI
455
Polls,
Assessed Value, &c.
�456
STATISTICAL TABLES.
By
Towns, for the year 1872, Showing the Ratable Polls, Assessed Value,
TABULAR STATEMENT,
SULLIVAN CO.
<&c.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
457
TABULAR STATEMENT,
By
Towns, for the year 1872, Showing the Eatable
COOS CO.
Polls, Assessed Value, &c.
s
�458
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULARSTATEMENT,
Showing number of Clergymen, Physicians,
Dentists,
and Manufacturers, by Towns, arranged
Lawyers, Merchants,
alphabetically.
�459
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT,
Showing number of Clergymen, Physicians,
Dentists,
and Manufacturers, by Towns, arranged
Lawyers, Merchants
alphabetically.
TOWNS.
TOWNS.
>.=
Loudon
Rochester
Lyman
Lyme
Rollinsford
.
Roxbury
Itumney
Kye
Salem
Lynileborough
Madbury
Madison
Manchester
Marlborough
Salisbury
Sanbornton
Sandown
Marlow
Mason
Sandwich
Seabrook
Sharon
Meredith
Merrimack
Middleton
Milan
Shelburne
'
Somersworth
South Hampton
South Newmarket
Milford
Milton
.
Mount Vernon
Springfield
Monroe
Stark
Stewartstown
Stoddard
Moultonborou;
Nashua
13
Nelson
New-Boston
Strafford
Stratford
Newbury
Stratham
New-Castle
Sullivan
New-Durham
New-Hampton
Sunapee
Surry
Newington
New-Ipswich
New-Londou
New-Market
Newport
Sutton
Newton
Northfleld
Tilton
Orford
Ossipee
Pel ham
.
Plaistow
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Kandolph
Richmond
Rindge
.
.
Walpole
3
Plainfield
Raymond
Wakefield
10
.
Peterborough
Piermont
Pittsburg
Pittsfield
.
Troy
Tuftonborough
Unity
.
North Hampton
Northumberlant
North-wood
Nottingham
Orange
Pembroke
.
.
Swanzey
Tarn worth
Temple
Thornton
21
35
3
2u
2
7
22
220
12
9
11
Warner
Warren
Washington
Waterville
Weare
.
Webster
Wentworth
Westmoreland
Whitefield
Wilmot"
Wilton
Winchester
.
Windham
.
Windsor
Wolfeborough
Woodstock
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STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR
Relative to the Agricultural Productions of the State,
ROCKINGHAM
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
STATEMENT.
As per Census
county.
a
n
of 1870.
461
�462
STATISTICAL TABLES.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
COUNTT.
463
�464
STATISTICAL TABLES.
MERRIMACK
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
COUNTY.
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o
o
c
o
"3
J3
00
§
465
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STATISTICAL TABLES.
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�STATISTICAL TABLES.
COUNTY.
s
o
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o
p.
o
•§
3
pq
467
�468
STATISTICAL TABLES.
GRAFTON
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
COUNTY.
469
�470
STATISTICAL TABLES.
COOS
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
COUNTY.
471
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
472
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STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT,
and unimproved land, value of farms and
farming implements, and amount of wages annually paid for farm labor.
Showing number
acres of improved
Unimproved.
S-g
(=5 *-*
73
Counties.
> -
o
2
5
Rockingham
Strafford
235,605
102,412
155,421
176,191
335,882
283,874
260,180
221,310
442,738
120,870
Carroll
Merrimack
..
Hillsborough.
Cheshire
Sullivan
Grafton
Coos
Totals
24,127
6.119
2,597
120,659
2,282
21,606
8,327
2,336
31,052
5,030
$13,418,030
2,334,487
.
....
Belknap
2,
=
97,105
49,739
53,544
151,164
124,211
92,084
72,073
64,332
230,300
112,529
1,047,690
224,417
Counties.
the
number
of farms,
2*0
<s
a
1H
$277,305
5,127,390
4,934,900
4,963,413
12,096,577
11,073,395
7,151,499
6,069,230
12,106,924
3,647,955
$ 464.255
190.226
184,548
177,522
442,380
530,81
323,446
313,971
646.343
186,435
$80,589,313
$3,459,943
$2,319,164
TABULAR STATEMENT,
Showing
^
a *
3
and number
of acres in each.
149,640
99,797
93,282
286,916
332,813
206,416
209,592
485.108
178,295
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE,
Relative to the Cotton Manufactories in
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
New- Hampshire.
475
�476
STATISTICAL TABLES.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CONTINUED.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE
Relative to the
Woolen Mills in New- Hampshire.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
477
�478
STATISTICAL TABLES.
SULLIVAN COUNTY.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
479
TABLE
Relative to the Manufacturing of sale Boots, Shoes, Brogans &c.,in
New-Hamp-
shire.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
Hands employed.
t.
•-
TOWNS.
~
s o
Atkinson
Auburn
Brentwood
$4,000
7
12
15
Candia
Candia
4,000
6,000
11,000
43,000
6,000
18,000
7,500
33,000
60,000
25,000
48,000
8,000
3,000
25.000
15,000
20,000
24,000
6,000
26,000
5,000
25,000
6,000
1,000
55,000
75,000
19,000
5,000
20,000
6,000
44,000
20,000
120,000
6,000 ,
25
111
25
Chester
Danville
40
Peerfield
Deerfield
20,1)00
6
50,000
75
120
40
4n,(l00
Derry
East Kingston
121
..
Epping
Fremont
2d
Greenland
Hampstead
Hampton
Hampton
12.000
6,00(1
40
35
Falls..
4(
Kensington
Kingston
Londonderry....
is
New
50
4(
in
50
12
3
110
Castle
Newton
Newmarket ....
North Hampton
Northwood
Northwood
Nottingham
170
....
4i
Plaistow
Portsmoutl
12
40
Raymond
17
Salem
62
45
225
20
Sandown
Seabrook
Windham
Totals
JoT3
o
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&.„ 3
u * 1
14
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2;
-
2 = 2
c
25,000
24,000
28,000
34,000
—
$ 30,000
28.000
30,000
37,000
313,000
35,000
125,000
41,000
240,000
200,000
300,00(1
30,000
120,000
30,000
200,000
160,000
96,000
244,000
30,000
18.000
72,000
48,000
90,000
120,000
24,000
88,000
20,000
120,000
24,000
6,000
152,000
400,000
56,000
18,000
90.000
25,000
190,000
120,000
800,000
25,000
110,
238,000
32,000
20,000
84,000
44,000
100,000
130,000
26,000
98,000
25,000
135,000
28,000
7,000
215.000
500,000
100,000
20,000100,000
30,000
200,000
125,000
750,000
30,000
$ 799,000
3,867,000
>4,226,000
60
660
750
10
23
452
100
36
$30,000
410,000
500.000
3.000
12,000
242,000
5,000
17,000
150,000
1,150,000
1,500,000
10,000
101.000
726,000
300,000
100,000
160,000
1,580,000
1,700,000
12,000
125,000
920,000
325,000
115,000
2,101
356 $1,264,000
3,837,000
1,632
STRAFFuRD COUNTY.
Barrington*
Dover
...
Farmington
Lee*
...
451,000
500,000
Milton
Rochester
Somersworth
15,000
372,000
*.
Strafford*
.?
1,237,0(10
BELKNAP COUNTY.
>
4,937,000
�480
STATISTICAL TABLES.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE
Relative to Hosiery Mills in
New- Hampshire.
481
�482
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE
Relative to Paper Mills in
New- Hampshire.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
ABSTRACT STATEMENT
of the Paper Manufactories.
483
�484
STATISTICAL TABLES.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
485
MERRIMACK COUNTY CONTINUED.
Lumber annually sawed.
TOWNS.
a
.2
-3
02
a
a
<*
2
fc,
llopkinton...
Loudon
Newbury....
13,000
7,000
5,000
2,000
6,000
9,000
10,n00
,
New-London.,
Northfield
..,
Pembroke...
Pittsfield
Salisbury ....
Sutton
3,01)0
2,000
4,000
1,000
1,000
3,000
1,000
1,000
2,000
4,000
8,000
1,000
4,000
5,000
21,000
9,000
60,00
Warner
Webster
Wilmot
Total
82
$245,000
235
$73,500
125,000
10,000
40,000
20,000
60,000
3
O
§.9 a
250,000
40,000
300,000
750,000
200,000
950,000
750,000
120,000
200.000
450,000
400,000
100,000
510,000 8,725.001)
1,122,000
565,000
1,100,000
100,000
650,000
1,800,009
400,000
315,000
570,000
1,375,000
1,225,000
1,500,000
24.000
10,000
13,000
5,000
8,000
31,000
12,000
5,000
9,000
21,000
24,000
19,000
22,497,000 S 411,000
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
Amherst
Antrim
$1
§3,000
,000
11 ,000
Bennington
Brookline .
Deering
Francestown
Goffstown
4,000
5,000
1,000
9,000
1,500
3,000
5,000
19 .MUM
8 000
30 Ml HI
8, MMM
2. 000
13 ,000
Bedford
...
. .
Greenfield
Greenville
3,,000
Hancock
3 ,000
5 ,000
6
Hillsborough...
Hollis
Hudson
Lyndeborough
Manchester ....
Mason
Merrimack
2,000
2,000
1,200
3,000
2 ,000
3 ,000
Nashua
Boston....
Ipswich...
Pelham
Peterborough
Sharon
..
6,000
2.000
8,000
2,500
1,000
4,000
4.000
3,000
MMM
500
1,400
,000
7,00ft
!,000
102
,
S 337,000
308?
106,301
CHESHIRE COUNTY.
Alstead
& 13,000
Chesterfield
.
Dublin
Fitzwilliam
.
Harrisville...
Hinsdale
Jaffrey
Keene
Marlborough.
Marlow
Nelson
Richmond
Rindge
Roxbury
14,' km
5.000
29,000
3O0(
Gilsum
...
200,000
8
10
7
34
3
4,000
13,000
20,000
24,000
3,000
9,000
4,000
30.000
31,000
72
29
500
1
5
14
16
13
3
12
7
700,000
600,000
2,273,000
360,000
1,400,000
400,000
10,000
240,000
700,i
00
50,000
2,000
225
IKK)
2*0,0
10
1,0<XI
1,
Wilton
Windsor
10,000
601
ijOOO
Temple
Weare
800,000
600
18 000
5 000
50 000
12. HUM
4, 000
17 000
18, HMO
3, 000
Milford
925,000
600,000
1,300.000
400,000
1,600,1X10
3,001
2,500
1,000
18,000
20 000
Mount Vernon.
125.0«X
100,000
395,000
500
10
5 ,000
.
Total
II
13 ,000
5 OHM
13 ,000
Litchfield
New
New
I
5,01X1
5,000
21,000
9,000
10,000
15,000
25,000
62,000 3,165,000
1,000,000
1,400,000
700,000
1,700,000
625,000
6,075,000
300,000
550,000
1,700,000
420,000
2,500,000
1,500,000
350,000
1,100,000
1,500,000
600,000
120,000
920,000
1,100,000
400,000
$ 17,000
9,000
26.000
5,000
22,000
9,000
9,000
46,000
4,000
20,000
5,000
17,000
21,000
10,000
34,000
12,000
128,000
4,000
9,000
33,000
6,000
60,000
27,000
6,000
19,000
19,000
8,000
2,000
14,000
22,000
5,000
35,148,000! S 619,000
�486
STATISTICAL TABLES.
CHESHIRE COUNTY CONTINUED.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
487
�488
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE
New- Hampshire.
Relative to Grist Mills in
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
a °
TOWNS.
JO.
E S
tc
Eitst
King-ton..
>
600
Epping
4,00(1
3,000
Hampton
2,01 Ml
Hamjiton Falls
Nortliwood
North Hampton
Nottingham ....
.
Plaistow
Portsmouth
Raymond
Rye
Seab rook
Stratham
Total.
500
1,000
600
1,000
2 000
18.000
3.000
1,000
4,noo
STRAFFORD COUNTY.
M<
234..-IIHI
$ 267,700
1,600
2,0ii0
$44,600
5,500
10,000
20,000
2,000
6,000
1,700
2,500
800
1.000
16.000
106,000
21.000
11.000
24 000
7,000
$ 6,000
800
400
900
600
2,000
Exeter
Greenland
400
600
800
200
400
200
200
100
200
600
$
S S
II
|
11,000
21,000
2,500
7,000
2.000
3,000
1,000
1,200
19,000
120,000
25,000
13,000
27,000
9,000
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
489
�490
STATISTICAL TABLES.
GRAFTON COUNTY.
TOWNS.
Ashland
Bath
Bethlehem
S 2,000
Bristol
Campton
Canaan
Danbnry
Enfield
Franconia
Grafton
Groton
Hanover
,
Haverhill
Lebaa n
Lisbon
Littleton
Lyme
Monroe
Orford
Piermont
Plymouth
Kninney
Warren
Went worth
Totals
Berlin
Colebrook
Columbia
En nl
Gorham
Jefferson
Lancaster
Milan
Northumberland
Pittsburg
Stratford
Stewartstown
Wakefield
Total
.
,
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE
Relative
to
Tanneries in
New- Hampshire.
491
�492
STATISTICAL TABLES.
CHESHIRE COUNTY CONTINUED.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE
Relative to the total Manufactories in
New- Hampshire.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
I
�494
STATISTICAL TABLES.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
MERRIMACK COUNTY CONTINUED.
495
�496
STATISTICAL TABLES.
SULLIVAN COUNTY.
Number
Hands
of
employed.
horse power,
TOWNS.
— -3
S-S
12
36
Cornish
1,364
11
.
270
240
136
Acworth....
Charlestown
Claremont
84
Croydon
Goshen
Grantham
70
80
285
40
225
610
120
62
292
40
269
..
Langdon....
Lempster .
Newport...
.
Plainfield ..
Springfield .
Sunapee....
Unity
Washington
240
Total
3,951
$ 46,000
156,000
750,000
14,000
2,000
16,000
22,1X10
5,000
11,000
375,000
11,000
5,000
66,000
3,000
34,000
1 1,506,000
75
225
$ 23,000
146,000
248,000
8,000
4,500
5,000
10,000
2,500
13 000
118,000
4, nun
1.000
28,000
3,000
25,000
871
25
14
19
34
7
40
197
10
7
52
10
1,123|
524
Ashland
Bath
Benton
Bethlehem
13
,
39
13
7
..,
Bridgewater.
Bristol
Campton
Canaan
Banbury
16
3
31
12
25
9
Borchester...
Ellsworth....
Enfield
Franeonia
Grafton
Groton
7
2
38
22
4
11
Hanover
10
Haverhill
Hebron'.
48
5
Holderness...
8
28
48
Landaff
Lebanon
Lincoln
Lisbon
1
35
37
9
23
Littleton
Lyman
Lyme
Monroe
1
Orange
4
23
Orford
Piermont
11
Plymouth....
39
Rumney
31
Thornton
,
Warren
Wentworth...
Woodstock...
Total
4
23
13
5
357,000
1,250,000
25.000
7.000
48,000
33,000
5,000
26,000
619,000
17,000
4,000
117,000
10.000
85,000
$639,000 $2,703,000
GRAFTON COUNTY.
Alexandria..
$ 100,000
$
7.000
110,000
10,000
3,000
58,000
1,500
108,000
12,000
36,000
9,000
20,000
700
54,000
23,000
3,000
6,000
10,000
34,000
6,000
6,000
18,000
315,000
1,000
61,000
99,000
6,000
10,000
1,000
1,000
18,000
17,000
51,000
39,000
4,000
28,000
25,000
10,000
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
COOS COUNTY.
497
�498
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT,
Showing
the various Occupations of the people of
New- Hampshire,
in 1870.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
499
�500
STATISTICAL TABLES.
Mechanical and Mancf'iro Industries.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
Mechanical and Mandf'inq Industbies.
501
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
502
TABULAR STATEMENT,
By
towns, showing
number of deaths in
the State in 1870.
BELKNAP COUNTY.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
TOWNS.
TOWNS.
Alton
Barnstead
Atkinson
Auburn
Brentwood
Belmont
Candia
Chester
Centre Harbor..
Gilmanton
County Farm
Gilford
Deerfleld
,
Derry
East Kingston
New Hampton.
,
Sanbornton....
,
TUtou
Eppiug
Exeter
Fremont
Gosport
Greenland
101
122
CARROLL COUNTY.
Albany
Bartlett
Falls. ..
Brookfield
Kensington
Kingston
Londonderry
New
31
Total
Hampstead
Hampton
Hampton
,
Laconia
Meredith
Danville
Chatham
Conway
Eaton
Effingham
Castle
Newington
Freedom
Jack9on
Madison
Moultonborough
Newmarket
Newton
North Hampton...
Northwood
Nottingham
Sandwich
Plaistow
Tamworth
Portsmouth
Raymond
Tuftonborough.
Wakefield
Rye
Wofeborough
.,
Salem.-
Sandown
159
Total
Seabrook
South Newmarket.
South Hampton...
Stratham
MERRIMACK COUNTY.
Allenstown
.
Andover
Boscawen
Windham
Sow
Bradford
Canterbury
STRAFFORD COUNTY.
Barrington
Dover
.
Chichester
. .
Concord
Dunbarton
.
. .
Durham
Epsom
Farniington..
Franklin...
Lee
Henniker
Madlmry
Hill
Middleton....
Milton
Hooksett.. ..
Hopkinton...
Loudon
New Durham
i
Newbury
Rochester....
New London
Rollinsford. ..
Somersworth.
Northfleld
Strafford.
Pembroke...
..,
Pittsfield ...
Total
.
....
26
154
153
Salisbury
. .
70
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
MERRIMACK COUNTY CONTINUED.
503
CHESHIRE COUNTY CONTINUED.
TOWNS.
�504
STATISTICAL TABLES.
GRAFTON COUNTY CONTINUED.
�DECEASED CENTENARIANS.
505
demic, but this scourge, consumption, creates no fear with the peo-
and they pass heedlessly and carelessly along without taking any
its flattering premonitory symptoms.
If the inhabitants at the north were as guarded as the people in
Virginia, or other southern States, in their clothing and exposure to
inclement weather, this mortality, caused by lung affection, could
be reduced at least fifty per cent.
ple,
precaution to guard against
DECEASED CENTENARIANS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE SINCE
1822.
Through the courtesy of Dea. Daniel F. Secomb of Concord,
we are enabled to give the number of persons who have died since
1822, at one hundred years of age and upwards.
The reader
will perceive that people live quite as long at the
present day, as
fifty
years ago, notwithstanding the sayings of older
people to the contrary, who are led to believe that the vanities of dress,
and the general style of
is
living, has a
no doubt but the generation of
to
tendency to shorten
day has a
life.
There
lease of life at least
ten years longer than the generation of seventy-five years ago.
The census
of
New-Hampshire
in 1870,
when compared with
that
of 1860, reveals some curious facts which are worthy of careful consideration.
age,
The number
was 67,578
34,460
;
;
of children in 1860, under ten years of
in 1870, 47,817
in 1870, 31,578
;
;
fifteen
forty years
and under twenty, in 1860,
and under fifty, in 1860,
33,613; in 1870, 39,355; seventy and under eighty, in 1860, 9,941
eighty and under ninety years, in 1860, 3,030
in 1870, 16,647
in
It
;
;
and under one hundred years, in 1860, 364
1870, 337 one hundred years and over, in 1860, 7 in 1870, 18.
also shows that in 1860, there were living in New-Hampshire
in 1870, 3,555
;
ninety
;
;
266,952 persons under
;
fifty
years of age; of the same age in 1870,
235,998, or 30,954 less than in 1860.
fifty
The number of persons of
years of age and upwards in 1860, was 59,120
;
in 1870, 82,
more than in 1860. It is evident that the principal
cause of this great change in the population of the State, as to age,
is in the younger class leaving the State to seek employment elsewhere, and leaving the older persons at home. If this young class
with their wives and children would return to New-Hampshire, who
have left it within the past ten years, it would no doubt increase the
population at least 40,000. The war had something to do with this
302, or 23,182
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506
depletion of middle aged persons.
Over 5,000 gave up
their lives
in the contest for the cause of the Union.
The
tables herewith annexed, are very interesting for the reader
to ponder.
Names
of persons
who have died
at one
Hew -Hampshire,
hundred years of age and
since 1822.
over,
in
�507
STATISTICAL TABLES.
NAMES OF PERSONS WHO DIED FROM
1853
TO
1864.
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508
CHAPTER VI.
)
Giving a statement of
all
the public Schools in the State, Dartmouth College,
Literary Institutions, State Institutions, such as
New-Hampshire
Asylum
for the
Insane,
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Orphan's
State Prison, State
Normal
School, State Capitol,
Home,
Reform School and Relig-
ious Denominations in the State.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The founders of New-Hampshire believed in universal education.
They believed, too, that the idea of a republic was the idea of a
people governing themselves.
This implied that the people should
amount of intelligence and virtue, which are essential
self-government.
Our early legislators enacted laws providing
possess that
to
for a system of free
Our
common
schools.
present free educational institutions are of the highest val-
ue to the State. The maintenance of them involves a great expense and much care, but it is a wise outlay.
Knowledge is less
Ignorance is a dangerous and costly
any form of government, and under a republican, des-
expensive than ignorance.
factor under
tructive.
The
poses.
several towns are sub -divided into districts for school pur-
In the sparsely settled
districts,
the schools are ungraded.
and several of the larger villages, a system of graded
schools has been established, embracing Primary, Intermediate,
Grammar and High School Departments, with rooms, furniture,
books, apparatus and teachers suited to the peculiar wants of each
grade. The best graded schools are found in Manchester, Nashua,
Great Falls, Dover, Littleton, Concord, Portsmouth, Milford and
In the
cities
Claremont.
Towns and
cities are required,
by law,
to raise annually,
support of public schools, three hundred and
fifty dollars for
for
each
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dollar of the apportionment of State tax
districts
The
towns,
cities
and school
can raise larger sums by vote.
school authority of the State
tion, consisting of the
Governor,
of public instruction.
The
stitutes
;
509
is
vested in a Board of Educa-
Councilors and Superintendent
latter is required to hold Teacher's In-
annually, in each county, prepare and distribute school
blanks and registers, and present an annual report to the General
Court, upon the condition and progress of the schools.
The
following tables will exhibit the standing of schools in the
various
cities
and towns
in the State.
TABLE
Of Schools in New- Hampshire.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
<2
TOWNS.
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510
STRAFFORD COUNTY.
1-
TOWNS.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
MERRIMACK COUNTY CONTINUED.
TOWNS.
511
�512
STATISTICAL TABLES.
CHESHIRE COUNTY CONTINUED.
TOWNS.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
COOS COUNTY.
513
�DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
614
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Dartmouth College, the fourth of the New-England Colleges
—preceded
in chro-
by Harvard, Yale and
Brown, and but little behind the last named sprang from a noteworthy
germ of christian philanthropy. It was an off-shoot of Moor's charityschool, an institution for the education of Indian youth, established in
Lebanon, Conn., in the year 1754. The school was subsequently removed to Hanover, N. H., a charter for a college, to be connected with it
This
and yet a distinct institution, having been previously obtained.
charter was issued Dec. 13, 1769, by the Hon. John Wentworth, the last
of the royal governors of the Province of New-Hampshire. The founnological order
in that respect only
—
der of the charity-school was named in it as the first President of the
college and, in view of the interest taken in the school by Lord Dartmouth, an excellent English nobleman, and of his benefactions to it, his
name was appropriately given to the college.
One of the most signal events in the history of the Institution is the
controversy, out of which arose the famous Dartmouth College case.
The legislature of New-Hampshire, influenced by considerations which
need not here be detailed, claimed the right to "amend" the royal charThey passed an act to that effect, in 1816, changing the name of the
ter.
institution to " Dartmouth University," and embracing other important
modifications. To this act the trustees were opposed and, with the design of testing its constitutionality, they brought an action before the
;
;
Supreme Court of the
By
State.
this tribunal the legislature
was
sus-
and an appeal was taken by the trustees to the Supreme Court of
the United States, John Marshall being then chief justice. The cause of
the college was there argued by Daniel Webster, and other able counsel,
and fully sustained by the court.
With such occasional ebbs and eddies as pertain to all like institutions, but with remarkable steadiness on the whole, the college has
gone onward from its small beginnings to its present condition of enThe whole number of its alumni, as given
largement and prosperity.
in the last " Triennial," is three thousand, nine hundred and seven.
These have come from all parts of the land and, as graduates, have
been scattered as widely. While a considerable number have entered
from the cities and large towns, the great majority have come from rural places. The average age of admission has been somewhat above
and to the maturity thus secured has been
that of many other colleges
tained
;
;
;
From these
added, in many cases, the stimulus of self-dependence.
and other causes, Dartmouth students, as a class, have been characterized by a spirit of earnestness, energy, and general manliness, of the
Most of them have gone, not into
'happiest omen as to their life-work.
the more lucrative lines of business, but into what may be called the
working professions. To the ministry, the college has given more than
nine hundred of her sons. Dr. Chapman says, in his " Sketches of the
Alumni :" "There have been thirty-one judges of the United States and
State
Supreme Courts
;
fifteen senators in
Congress
;
and sixty-one rep-
�DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
resentatives
;
515
two United States cabinet ministers; four ambassadors
fourteen governors of
one post-master-general
twenty-five presidents of colleges one
and one of a Territory
hundred and four professors of academical, medical, or theological colleges.
From the last Triennial Catalogue, this list might be considerably enlarged. Perhaps the two professions that have drawn most largely upon the institution have been those of teaching and the law.
We
recall a single class, that of 1828, one-fourth of whose members have
to foreign courts
;
;
States,
1
;
;
'
been either college presidents or professors.
Dr.
Chapman
states, that
were residing in Boston, Mass., no less than seven
sons of the college, " who were justly regarded as ranking among the
brightest luminaries of the law. They were Samuel Sumner Wilde,
at one time there
1789; Daniel Webster, 1801; Richard Fletcher, 1806; Joseph Bell, 1807;
Joel Parker, 1811
Rufus Choate, 1819; and Charles Bishop Goodrich,
;
1822.
Dartmouth has aimed, in all her history, at that true conservatism
which blends felicitously the old and the new. She believes in the anFor the last seven years,
has been expended on the scientific appointments of the institution than on the classical and other improvements are contemplated in the same direction. Though she adheres to the old college, as has
been said, yet around that she has already grouped though with no
ambitious fancy for the name of a university a number of collateral or
post-graduate institutions offering diversified opportunities of general
and special culture. The various departments, as they now exist, are
cient classics, but she favors science also,
much more
;
—
as follows
1.
The
—
:
old Academic Department, with
its
1
four years curriculum, in-
cluding the privilege of a partial course, and a
number of
particular
options.
2.
The Chandler
Scientific
Department, with a regular course, chro-
nologically parallel to that of the Academic, and having with the option
of a partial course through
all the years, several elective lines of study
Latin and Greek are omitted, French and German included, and scientific branches are made most prominent.
3.
The' Agricultural Department, so called, or the New-Hampshire
College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.
This is based on the
Congressional land-grant. It has a regular three years course, with an
in the last year.
1
option, after the first year,
between an agricultural and mechanical
line
See in the next ai'ticle, a more particular account of it.
4.
The Engineering Department, or the Thayer School of Civil Engineering.
This is substantially, though not foraially, a post-graduate
or professional department, with a two years course.
The requisites
for admission are in some important branches, even more than a college
curriculum commonly embraces and it is designed to carry the study
of civil engineering to the highest point.
5.
The Medical Department, or the old New-Hampshire Medical College. This was established in 1797, has had a long and prosperous career, and ranks now with the best medical institutions in the country.
of study.
1
;
�LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
516
There
is
connected with
it,
in addition to the lectures, a
good course of
private medical instruction.
6.
Moor's Charity- School. This has now no distinct organic existence; but there is a small fund which is appropriated, under the direction of the President of Dartmouth College, to the education of Indian
youths, in any department for which they are prepared.
During the late war, the college, in common with most others in our
country, was somewhat depressed but it has since been resuming, and
The last catalogue embraces a faceven surpassing, its former status.
ulty of instruction, thirty-six in number, and, in all the different courses
;
of study, four hundred and twenty-one students. As an indication of the
national relations of the college, it may be remarked that these students
come from twenty-five different States and Territories, at home and
abroad; and that, of the ungraduates, more than one-fifth are from
AVhile the insitution is still in need of adplaces out of New England.
ditional funds for various purposes, it lias been prospered financially.
"Within the past ten years, not less than five hundred thousand dollars
Three new buildings
have been secured for the different departments.
have been erected, making the whole number ten, and two of the old
ones have been enlarged and renovated and funds have been obtained,
;
in part, for a
new
Library Building.
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
There may be some schools which we have failed to notice, but have
endeavored to give all a notice according to information received.
We gladly would have given a more extended account of these important institutions of our State if we could have obtained the facts relative
We requested the immediate managers of their respective
to them.
schools to be kind enough to forward us the facts, also stating why we
In many instances our request has been attended with
desired them.
success, and the gentlemen receive our sincere thanks for their courtesy,
and we trust that the benefit derived therefrom, will be mutual both to
In other cases, our solicitations have not
their school and the State.
been responded to, and if people in some towns see that their Academies
have not received that notice which they merit, they can attribute it to
the faculty
who
refused or neglected to give us the necessary informa-
tion.
Adams Female Academy is located at East Derry, and was incorporated in 1823, being the oldest female academy in New-Hampshire. Besides convenient school buildings, it has a fund of % 3,200, donated by
Jacob Adams of Derry. There is a boarding house connected with the
institution to accommodate young ladies from abroad.
It has always maintained a popular reputation as an institution worthy the patronage of young ladies who wish to acquire a first class education. It is situated in one of the most beautiful New-England villages, peculiarly free from injurious influences, and embracing scenery
�517
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
which, for simple beauty,
is
not often surpassed.
The place
is
easily
on the line of the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad.
This institution is under the immediate charge of Miss Emma L. Taylor, who has attained a high character among the most distinguished
schools in the country, for thorough, systematic, and refined education.
There are three terms, of thirteen weeks each, every year, with an
accessible, being
average attendance of fifty females.
Antrim High School—James E. Vose, Principal.
Atkinson Academy is pleasantly located in the town of Atkinson,
about three miles from the city of Haverhill, Mass., and two from the
Boston and Maine Railroad.
This institution is one of the oldest in the State, being founded in
The building is located on elevated
1790.
It has a fund of $ 6,000.
It has a library, philosophical and
ground, and contains six rooms.
chemical apparatus, cabinet &c. all in a fine condition. It has been successful and maintained a high reputation as being a first class literary
H. B. WesIts pi esent number of scholars is about sixty.
institution.
ton, A. M., Principal. Rev. Jesse Page, President of the Trustees.
-
Austin Academy
is
situated at Strafford Centre.
G. C. McClellan, Principal.
Normal Institute. This institution
It
was incorporat-
ed in 1834.
Beede
Sandwich Centre, and was established
in 1839,
is
pleasantly located at
by Daniel G. Beede,
to
supply the pressing want, at that date, of more well qualified teachers.
This school has never been endowed, and now is under the management of Mr. Beede, as principal. The school buildings were built entirely by himself, and the institution has been sustained through his unaided effort. The expense of the recitation-hall and boarding house
was about eight thousand
The number of
have
filled
dollars.
who have
received instruction here, is nearly
teachers, while others
hono able positions of trust, with credit to themselves, and
four thousand
pupils
—many of them
making popular
But few men in New-Hampshire have, by their
individual efforts in the past thirty years, imparted more useful
knowledge, to the young men and women of this State than Mr. Beed«.
to their instructor.
own
He now
fills
the responsible office of Superintendent of Public Instruc-
New-Hampshire.
Bristol High School, Bristol. Miss Alice French, Principal.
Charlestown High School. Mrs. Alice Pitts, Principal.
Chester Academy Chester. Miss E. S. Gale, Principal.
Christian Institute This school, at present located at Wolfeborough, was incorporated and established at Andover, where, in February, 1857, it was opened for the instruction of students. In 1866, the
Institute was transfered to its present location, having been discontinued one year at the time of its removal.
tion in
—
The
—
school year consists of thirty-eight weeks, divided into three
During its fourteen school years, the institute has had an average
annual attendance of 200 students. It has four established courses of
Business course of three years; 'Academic, four; College
study, viz.
terms.
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LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
t
Preparatory, three and Young Ladies Graduating of four years. Students completng either course, and passing satisfactory examination,
receive diplomas.
;
This
is
New-England maintained and conducted by
the only school in
the Christian Connection.
It rejects all
sectarianism and bigotry, and
well disposed youth. The teachers and
officers constantly aim to promote thorough and accurate scholarship,
refinement of manners, a high moral sense and a pure religious life.
The institute possesses a fair Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus,
cordially opens
its
doors to
all
and has an endowment fund of $
made
10,000.
The officers have recently
provision to reconstruct the school, another year, upon an en-
larged and broader basis, and permanently establish
it.
Principals. John W. Simonds, 1857; Kev. S. W. Whitney, 1859;
Rev. John W. Haley. A. B., 1860; Rev. Thomas Bartlett, 1861; Edwin
Moulton, A. M., 1866; John II. Lary, A, M. 1868; George A. Chase, A.
B., I860; John W. Simonds, A. M., 1870-74.
Officers. Rev. II. M. Eaton, Westerly, R. I.. President; Rev. S. A.
Hutchinson, Kittery, Me., Secretary; N. A. Moulton, Esq., Newburyport, Treasurer.
Trustees Rev. J. A. Perry, Providence, R. I., W.
II. Cate, Esq., Manchester, Rev. L>. A. Wiggin, Tuftonboro, Rev. C. P.
Smith, West Randolph, Vt..
Mr. I. K. Gage, Esq., Fisherville; Rev.
J. W. Tilton, Hanover; Rev. O. J. Wait, Franklin; Mr. P. C. Shaw,
Hill John W. Simonds, Franklin.
Clinton Grove Seminary is located in Weare, about three miles
from North Weare Railway Station.
This school is founded on strict moral principles, and the pupil knows
in the commencement what is before him as to his conduct out of school.
In the prospectus it expressly says, no fire-arms nor tobacco is allowed to
be used on any consideration that they must come prepared with thick
shoes and rubbers, for daily exercise in the open air, which must be
attended to, as well as books in the school-room.
There is a large and commodious Boarding House, connected with
the school, which is under the immediate care of the Principal. Charles
A. Jones, Principal.
Concord High School, Concord. J. D. Bartley, Principal.
—
;
;
;
;
Conway Academy, Conway. W. W. Bates, Principal.
Contoocook Academy, at Contoocookville, Hopkinton.
Rev.
Charles Hardon, Principal.
Conant High School. This school is situated at Jaffrey, on the
Monadnock Railroad. It has a fund of 8 7,000, through the bequest of
the late Hon. John Conant, a resident of the town.
The town has' built a school house at an expense of $12,000. The
school
is
well managed, and
is
at present
under the instruction of Elial
S. Ball, Principal.
Dartmouth Home School, for Young Ladies,
ver,
and has been
is
situated in
Hano-
in successful operation for eight years, or since 1865.
This school has all the advantages for furnishing young ladies with an
education, in classical as well as in all branches of English literature.
�LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
519
'
The
school year includes thirty-nine weeks, and is divided into three
terms of equal length. Miss L. J. Sherman is Principal, with three as-
sistant teachers.
Dearborn Academy, is located in Seabrook, and was founded in 1854,
through an endowment of $ 15,000, by the late Dr. Edward Dearborn, an
eminent physician, and distinguished citizen of Seabrook. It is pleasantly situated on elevated ground, and commands a tine view of the
Ocean. J. O. Emerson, Principal.
Deeking Academy, is located at Deerin'g Centre.
Dover High School, Dover. H. P. Warrenj Principal.
Dunuarton High School, Dunbarton. John B. Mills, Principal.
Exeter High School, Exeter. Eben S. Stearns, Principal.
Farmington High School, Farmington. E. J. Goodwin, Principal.
Fkancestown Academy
is
located in the pleasant village of Fran-
cestown.
The
High School in town was established in a public school-house
and was attended by Levi Woodbury, Moses Wilson, Mary
Woodbury and others, who became prominent men and women, in their
day. The high schools met with varied success, until June24, 1819, when
first
in 1800,
the present
academy was incorporated.
Among
the eighty-four schol-
who attended the first term after its incorporation, was Franklin
Pierce, who completed here his education, prior to entering college at
ars,
Bowdoin.
Mr. S. Ingersoll Bard was the first Principal, but the next year, (1821)
Mr. Isaac O. Barnes was employed. Mr. Barnes married the daughter
of Hon. Peter Woodbury, practiced law, and in time, moved to Boston,
where he received appointments as Naval Officer, U. S. Marshal, and
Pension Agent, which latter office he held at the time of his death,
some ten years ago. He was the most eccentric man in Boston, and his
reputation was wide-spread by the many good stories told about him, of
which he was either the author, or hero of the exploit.
Francestown Academy is a popular Institution, and receives its full
share of public patronage. J. E. Vose, A. M., Principal.
Franklin Academy, Franklin. Charles A. Jewell, Principal.
Fkeedom High School, Freedom. John Villiken, Principal.
Fran klin Academy, Dover, incorporated
in 1805.
John
Scales,
Principal.
Gilmanton Academy is pleasantly situated in Gilmanton, and is one
of the oldest literary institutions in the State, being incorporated in
1794.
It has always maintained a popular reputation, and has, at the
present time, its share of the public patronage. Its buildings are large
and convenient.
li.
There
is
a library of 500 volumes connected with
it.
E. Avery, Principal.
Hampton Academy, Hampton,
incorporated in 1810. Miss Lucy E.
Henniker Academy, Miss S. C. Eastman.
Keene Academy, Keene. Mrs. T. H. Leverett, Principal.
Keene High School, Keene. S. II. Brackett, Principal.
Kingston Academy, Kingston Plains. John W. Sanborn, Principal.
Dow,
Principal.
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.LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
Kimball Union Academy
of the
is
pleasantly
situated
on commanding
in the beautiful village of Meriden, within the present limits
ground
town of
Plainfield.
It
was incorporated
in 1813,
and organized
in 1815.
receives scholars whose parents are of other
incorporated in its charter that the trustees and
instructors of the Union Academy, shall be professors of the Christian
religion, and each shall be a regular member of some Congregational or
It is sectarian,
religious belief.
but
still
It is
Presbyterian Church.
This school has always held a high position among its contemporaries.
It has given instruction to over 7,000 pupils, and has aided over three
hundred young men for the ministry, at an expense of over $25,000.
At the commencement of the Institution, the Hon. Daniel Kimball
donated $ 6,000 as a permanent fund, which was afterwards increased
to $ 30,000, and the whole fund is now over $ 50,000. Efforts are now being
made to secure an additional endowment of $ 100,000. which will establish it on a solid basis.
In 1824, the building, together with a valuable library, was burned.
The second building, now the wing of the new edifice, was completed
in 1825.
The main building was finished in the autumn of 1839. The
natural decay of the buildings, and the imperative demands of the times,
require larger accommodations, which no doubt will be furnished, within a few years. In these days of progress, in every department of education, this Institution must not only hold its own, but it should keep
pace with the general advance in the educational world.
Rev. Charles A. Downs, Lebanon, President of Trustees. Rev. L. A.
Austin, Principal.
Lancaster Academy. Lancaster.
Landaff High School, Landaff. H. H. Clark. Principal.
Littleton Graded School, Littleton. F. D. Hutching, Principal.
Manchester High School, Manchester. W. W. Colburn, Principal.
Marlborough High School, Marlborough. Charles E. Houghton,
Principal.
Marlow Academy
nearly forty years.
ly as to teachers,
McCollom
located in Marlow, and has been organized
has met with varied success, depending large-
is
It
&c.
Institute
>
is
located in
Mount Vernon, and was
a popular Institution, and well conducted.
a library of 600 volumes connected with the school. George
rated in 1850. It
is
incorpo-
There is
W. Todd,
Principal.
Milford High School, See Milford. George French, Principal.
Nashua High School, Nashua. T. W. H. Hussey, Principal.
Nashua Literahy Institution is located in the city of Nashua, and
was commenced in April, 1835, under the name of the " Nashua High
G. S. Brown, and David Crosby, Instructors.
In 1840, it was incorporated under its present name, and has been under the immediate management of Mr. Crosby ever since.
The building is two stories, the upper being used as school room, with
School."
�LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
90 seatings, while in the
lower story
521
a recitation room, and apparatus
is
room.
This Institution
is
liberally patronized,
ty to seventy scholars.
At
and each term has from
thir-
the September term, 1873, there were forty-
nine scholars.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE CONFERENCE SEMINARY AND
FEMALE COLLEGE.
This Institution is located at Tilton. N. H., on the Boston, Concord &
Montreal Railroad, eighteen miles north of Concord, near the outlet of
Winnipiseogee Lake. The site is elevated, and commands a view of
natural scenery that, in extent, variety and beauty, is seldom equalled; and in healthfulness it cannot be surpassed.
On the third day of July, 1845, the first meeting of the Trustees of the
" New-Hampshire Conference Seminary" was held at the Brick Church,
in the town of Northfield. The preliminary meeting, which ordered
this, had been held at Winchester, June second.
On the 9th of November, 1852, initiatory steps were taken to enlarge the charter of the Seminary so as to comprehend, also, a Female College. This arrangement
was consummated December 29, 1852.
On the 7th day of November, 1862, the stately edifice of the Institution
was consumed by fire. Immediately, however, the trustees planned the
erection, of an edifice and a new site was procured on the Sanbornton side
of the river now Tilton. Three commodious buildings were erected on
the new campus, and by an act of the Legislature, approved June 24,
1863, the change and removal were legalized.
By the efforts of friends,
—
the resources and conveniences have gradually enlarged to date. Gradual prosperity has attended the Institution from its opening day until
now.
and grounds are worth
thousand dollars. It has an
last year its students numbered 256. In the current years of its existence, it has had 8,600 students.
The library has 1,183 volumes; the cabinet is
It has graduated 225.
quite large, especially that of Mineralogy. There are four flourishing
Literary Societies. It combines Seminary and College.
It has three
regular courses a Classical and a Belles Lettres for ladies, and a College Preparatory for gentlemen. It has also six special courses, viz.
Music, Book-keeping, Penmanship, Painting and Drawing, Normal Department, Theological Department. Its students from abroad generally
Its buildings
endowment
forty
of about twelve thousand.
;
The
�LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
522
board in the Halls of the Institution. The present Board of Instruction
are Rev. John B. Robinson, A. M., President; Sylvester Dixon, A.M.,
R. E. Avery, A. M., Charles M. Glines, Julia E. Bullard, Preceptress;
Mary E. Harriman, A. M. Lizzie A. Herrick, M. L. A.
New-Hampshire Commercial College. This Institution is located
in the city of Manchester, and is a branch of a chain of colleges established in all the large cities in the United States, under the name of
;
,
Bryant and Stratton Business College.
It is designed to educate and prepare young men and women for all
clerical branches of business, such as writing, book-keeping, telegraphing &c. The number of scholars who have attended this college, the
last year, is over three hundred, coming from all sections of the State.
The length of term, thirteen weeks tuition for gentlemen, $25 a term;
—
ladies, $20.
college is now under the immediate charge of Prof. G. A. Gaswith competent assistants.
New-Hampton Institution is located in the town of New-Hampton,
and through the many changes it has undergone from its foundation, it
has sustained the reputation of being one of the best Institutions in the
The
kell,
State.
The New-Hampton Academy was first opened in September, 1821. Its
John K. Simpson, a native of New-Hampton, but
principal patron, Avas
merchant
at that time a
in Boston.
into the control of the State Br.ptist Convenand became known as the " New-Hampton Academical and Theological Institution," and was the first Baptist Seminary ever established
in New-England. It remained under the care of the Baptists until the
fall of 1852, when on account of financial difficulties, they deserted the
ground.
January, 1853, it was established under a new charter, and styled
"The New-Hampton Literary and Biblical Institution," and re-opened
Col. R. G.
under the direction of the Freewill Baptist Denomination.
Lewis, of New-Hampton, was the principal leader in this movement, and
In 1825, the school
fell
tion,
donated $ 15,600.
The average annual attendance, for the past fifty years, has been over
three hundred. There are six school buildings, valued at $30,000;
three literary societies, each having a library and reading room, besides
the general school library, amounting, in the aggregate, to 3,000 volumes.
There is a classical department, for both sexes, also an English department. This Institution claims that its department of natural sci
ence is superior to all institutions in the State, except the Scientific
School at Hanover. Their Commercial course is pronounced the best
in the State. The invested fund of the school is $ 15,000.
In 1870, the Theological Department, long connected with the school,
was removed to Lewiston, Muine Rev. A. B. Meservey, A. M. Ph. D.,
Principal. There are eight assistant teachers.
New-Ipswich Appleton Academy
Ipswich.
It
was incorporated
iu 1789,
is
town of Newyears maintained
located in the
and
for
many
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the position as being one of the best Academies in the State. It still
has many friends, and is well sustained. There is a library of 500 volumes connected with the academy. John Herbert, Principal.
New-London Literary and Scientific Institution—The location of
this Institution
is
delightful, healthful,
and
retired,
amidst the
hills
and
hikes of New-Hampshire. It was founded at New-London in 1853. In
1873, a new academy building and boarding house were completed, with
all the modern improvements for school purposes, at an expense of
nearly $ 100,000, and,
in
it
now
has one of the tinest sets of school buildings
New-England.
It has a Board of twenty-four Trustees, and a
nent teachers.
Provision
is
made
faculty of eight
perma-
in the Institution for three distinct
—
the Scientific, College Preparatory, and Ladies'
most liberal endowment was from Mrs. James B. Colgate of New-York, a native of New-London. There are two scholarships viz. Smith's scholarship of $> 1,150, and Simond's scholarship of
$ 1,000. The income of these is annually applied to aid young men who
need and deserve assistance. The average attendance of students, for
courses of study, viz.
Collegiate.
Its
—
the past twenty years,
The Presidents
1853; Rev. G. B.
is
132;
number
of alumni, 281.
of the school have been, Rev. G.
Gow,
A. M., 1861; Rev. A.
W.
W. Gardner, D. D.,
Sawyer, D. D., 1864;
H. M. Willard, A. M., 1870, and L. E. Warren, A. M., 1872.
Present Officers Rev. E. E. Cummings. 1). D., President; Rev.
II. G. Safford, A. M. .Secretary; N. T. Greenwood, Esq., Treasurer.
Newport High SchooI, Newport. George R. Brown, Principal.
Northwood Academy is situated at Northwood Centre, near the
shore of Harvey Lake. But few towns in the State offer better inducements, for literary institutions, than this town.
The scenery in and
around Northwood is unsurpassed for beauty, in southern New-Hampshire, ami everything that surrounds the youth tends to a healthy and
moral influence, combined with a thorough and practical system of in-
—
struction.
It was incorporated in 1866, and since that time has been under the
immediate management of Rev. E. C. Cogswell as Principal. The
school has a library of 500 volumes.
Northwood Seminary is located in Northwood, on Clark's Hill,
about two miles south-east from Northwood Centre, and commands the most extensive and finest scenery in that section of the
State.
From this point, at a glance, can be seen, nearly the whole
basin of Rockingham County, the ocean and its numerous islands near
the coast.
It was incorporated in 1867, and gives the scholar a privilege of acquiring a thorough academical education. It has a library of 750 volumes. William H. Cotton Principal.
Orford Academy is located in Orford village, on the Connecticut,
and is well sustained. It was incorporated in 1853, and, has a library of
800 volumes. N. E. Stark, Principal.
Pennacook Academy—This popular
Institution
is
situated
in the
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healthy and flourishing village of Fisherville, on the Northern Railroad,
six miles north of the city of Concord.
The
buildings are of brick, and contain as elegant a suite of school-
rooms and boarding apartments as may be found in any New-England academy, with ample grounds, beautifully ornamented and in the
quiet part of the village, remote from the business streets. This academy lias been established at a large expense, and is supplied with the
most approved fixtures common to a first class literary institution. E.
C. Allen, Principal.
N. Butler, Henry H.
mittee.
Brown and Rev. W. R.
Jewett, Executive
Peterborough High School, Peterborough.
Com-
Tliomas P. Maryatt,
Principal.
Pinkerton Academy
is
located in Derry.
Incorporated in 1814.
George T. Tuttle, Principal.
Phillips Exeter Academt is located in the ancient and beautiful
town of Exeter, and is one of the oldest and most popular, endowed,
classical schools in New-England.
The founder of this Institution, Dr. John
Phillips,
who was
a native of
Andover, Massachusetts, but for many years a resident of Exeter, is believed, by many, to have been the most liberal benefactor, in proportion
to his earthly means, among our countrymen of the last century.
In
1778, he founded Phillips Academy, at Andover, Mass., giving $ 31.000.
about one third of this sum being bestowed at its commencement, and
the other two thirds- inl790.
He also endowed a professorship of
theology in Dartmouth College, serving as one of its trustees for twenty
years, and made liberal gifts to Princeton College, New-Jersey.
The foundation and endowments of Phillips Exeter Academy, Dr.
Phillips regarded as his own individual effort in which he required no
coadjutor, and sought no pecuniary aid. From the Legislature, he obtained a charter, dated April
3,
1781.
It is the oldest institution
of learn-
by State law, in New-Hampshire, Dartmouth College
being chartered by royal grant, in 1769.
The constitution and laws governing this school were drafted by his
own hand, and the foresight in its draft manifests a profound and
practical wisdom which fully equals his generosity. His ideas were libel al and catholic, and the sentiments embodied in this constitution, are
worthy to be handed down to this generation, and to generations for ages to
come. "Above all," he says, "it is expected that the attention of instructors to the disposition of the minds and morals of the youth under
their charge will exceed every other care well considering that though
goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous, and that both united form the noblest character, and lay the. surest foundation of usefulness to mankind. "
And
" it is again declared, that the first and principal design of this Institution is the promoting of virtue and true piety, useful knowledge being
ing, established
;
—
subservient thereto." The school was opened for instruction, May 1st
1783, and from that date up to the present time its popularity as a first
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been maintained against the tide of
changes which has swept over our country in every decade, not even
excepting literary institutions. The same rules are now enforced, as to
what is required of students, as were in the student days of Lewis Cass,
Daniel Webster, and many others over three quarters of a century ago.
Wealth and aristocracy have never found a foot-hold in this Institution,
whereby poverty should be trampled, neither are the faculty allowed to
cater to it, on any consideration, and without any regard to either, scholarship and deportment take the prize. The motto before the student is
" Whatever you can rationally desire others should do to you,
this
class institution for learning, has
—
them in the kindest manner."
portion of the academy funds, from the first, has been set apart for
the special aid of a certain number oi youths of merit who lack the means
of support, that number now being about twenty. They receive nearly
Some of the
enough to pay for their b. ard while attending school.
brightest literary stars in the country have received this beneficiary
that do for
A
and among the many who could be mentioned are the Honorable
George Bancroft and Jared Sparks. It can be said that honest poverty,
yearning for knowledge, can truly find a friend in this Institution.
Mr. Phillip's endowments were made at several dates, and together
with his last bequest, at the time of his death, April 21, 1795, amounted
to at least $> 65,000. The present fund of the academy is about $ 125,000.
Abbott Hall was erected about twenty years ago, at an expense of $20,
000, and is used for a study, and as a students' joint stock boarding house.
In the early part of 1873, the Swamscot Hotel was purchased, and has
been arranged for the same purpose. December 18, 1870, the old acadeaid,
my
building
tique in
its
was burnt
to the ground.
It
was a wooden
structure, an-
architecture, but having a venerable appearance.
brick building has been erected upon its ashes, which
modious and convenient. It was dedicated June 19, 1872.
is
A new
more com-
Special Endowments. There are two endowments worthy of mention,
coming as they did from men who had been befriended by this academy
in their youthful days, to complete their education. The first is called
the " Bancroft Scholarship." The income of this scholarship, founded by Hon. George Bancroft, present minister to Berlin, amounts to
$ 140, and is given to a meritorious scholar, selected by the Trustees.
Sibley Book Fund. This fund is about $ 15,000, the income of which
—
appropriated for the purchase of text books for indigent students.
The whole mimber of students who have entered this Institution up
to the present rime is over 4,000 the present number is about 200.
Instructors. Albert C. Perkins, A. M., Principal; George A. Went-
is
;
—
worth, A. M., Professor of Mathematics; Bradbury L. Cilley, A. M.,
Professor of Ancient Languages; R. F. Penned, A. B., Instructor in Latin; Professsor Gideon L. Soule, LL. D., was principal of this Institution from 1838 to 1873, and instructor from 1822, to 1838.
He
retired in
a service of fifty-one years.
Portsmouth High School. This school was formerly in two departments, the boys occupying one department and the girls the other.
June,
1873, after
—
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now in one department.
Robinson' Female Seminary The Robinson Female Seminary, in
Exeter, was founded by the wise liberality of William Robinson, Esq.,
a native and early resident of that town, who passed his latter years in
the State of Georgia. By his last will, after providing amply for his
widow and near relatives, and endowing a school in the town where
he resided, he bequeathed the residue of his large estate to the town of
his nativity, to establish a female seminary, in which he directed that
" the course of instruction should be such as would tend to make female scholars equal to all the practical duties of life
such a course
of education as will enable them to compete, and successfully, too, with
their brothers throughout the world, when they take their part in the
actual duties of life." He further provided, that in admitting applicants
to the seminary, " all other things being equal, the preference should
always be given to the poor and the orphan."
The town of Exeter accepted the bequest, and adopted a code of regulations for the management of the contemplated institution, which was
sanctioned by a legislative enactment. The sum of more than a quarter of a million of dollars, principal and income, was realized from the
bequest, and a female seminary was at once organized on a scale commensurate with the design of the founder and the magnitude of his gift.
In 1867, the institution was opened for the reception of pupils, and in
1869 it was fully organized and established in the new and elegant buildThis has been changed, and both sexes are
—
;
ing erected for
—
it.
The seminary receives, free of charge, female pupils belonging to the
town of Exeter, who must be at least nine years of age and qualified for
Grammar
all other pupils a moderate
omitted in all suitable cases,
upon proper application.
The entire course of study is comprised in
three departments the Preparatory, Academic, and Collegiate which
are designed to embrace a thorough course of instruction, up to the most
admission to the
sum
for tuition is required,
schools;
though
from
this
is
—
—
advanced studies.
The number of students has averaged from 225 to 275, of whom much
number belong in Exeter. The immediate government of
the Robinson Female Seminary is vested in Eben S. Stearns, M. A.,
the greater
Principal, with ten assistants
who
are
all ladies.
—
The Board of Trustees are as follows Charles H. Bell, President Abnei Merrill, Joshua Gitchell, Noah Hooper, William P. Moulton, John
;
E. Gardner, Samuel' W. Leavitt.
Rochester High School, Rochester.
Rollinsford High School, Rollinsfoi'd.
Milton C. Hyde, Princi-
pal.
Simoxds Free High School, See Warner.
So.mersworth High School, Somersworth.
W.
H. Farrer, Princi-
pal.
Stevens High School, Claremont. This popular Institution was
founded through the liberal endowments of Paran Stevens, Esq., of NewYork, a former resident of this town. These endowments amounted to
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527
68,000, S 15,000 of which was appropriated to assist the town in
erecting suitable buildings, and$ 50,000 as a permanent fund to support
the school. By the will of the late Mrs. E. B. Alden, $3,000 was also en-
$
dowed for the benefit of the school.
The school, though established and endowed,
nificence, is entirely public in
its
character.
largely,
Any
by private mu-
child living in the
town, who is twelve years of age and can pass the required examination,
can be admitted to all its privileges. The committee having the school
in charge is elected annually in open town meeting as other town officers are, any one member or all the members being subject to change
with the will of the voters.
The building, located upon a principal street, on an ample lot enclosed
by an iron fence, is of brick, two stories high, placed over a fine cemented basement which contains the furnace, and surmounted by a slated
mansard roof, in which is an ample hall the whole size of the building, used
for the assembly of the school for devotion, musical exercises, lecturing,
examinations &c. The central stories are divided into four large schoolrooms capable of accommodating two hundred scholars, while the average attendance, since the first year, has not exceeded half that number. The expense of this fine building was over S 27,000. It was finished and opened for the first school, in September, 1868. Arthur J.
Swain, is the present Principal.
Mr. Stevens died in May, 1872. He has placed a monument in Claremont, of which the name written on its tablet will ever be cherished by
the generations to come
a monument more honorable to his memory
and more lasting than one of marble, towering high to meet the starry
heavens, far above the shaft of Bunker Hill.
St. Paul's School is in the city of Concord, about two miles west of
the State House, and was first opened on Thursday, April 3, 1856, for the
admission of pupils. The act of incorporation by the Legislature is dated June 29, 1855. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held
September 5, 1855. The design with which it was founded is sufficiently expressed in these words, from the deed of gift: "The founder is de;
endowing a school of the highest class, for boys, in which they
education which shall fit them either for College or busi-
sirous of
may obtain an
ness; including thorough intellectual training in the various branche3
of learning; gymnastic and manly exercises adapted to preserve health
and strengthen the physical condition such aesthetic culture and accomplishments as shall tend to refine the manners and elevate the taste, together with careful moral and religious instruction."
The full course of instruction is designed to cover seven years, and to
prepare for admission to the Freshman or Sophomore class in our best
;
Colleges.
The religious instruction is in accordance with the Liturgy and other
Formularies of the Protestant Episcopal church, There are about 160
students and twelve instructors.
The Rev. Henry A. Coit, D. D., is the Rector. The Right Rev. Bishop
iules
is
the President of the Corporation.
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TILDEN SEMINARY.
West Lebanon.
Tilden Female Seminary was erected in
1854, as recorded on the
over the front door.
Among the early contributors to this noble enterprise were William
Tilden, Esq., and Richard B. Kimball, Esq., of New- York; Prof.
Charles B. Haddock, Mr. Allen II. Weld, and Mr. Joseph Wood. Mr.
Tilden was the largest contributor, and hence the seminary took his
marble block
in the wall
name.
During the first ten years, three principals Prof. A. H. Weld, James
Means, and V. H. Dean in this order, had charge of the school. Vary-
—
—
ing fortune attended their efforts.
In the spring of 1865, Mr. Hiram Orcutt, the present Principal, leased
the property and re-opened the sc hool, having in charge, also, for the three
following years, Glenwood Ladies Seminary, at Brattleboro, Vt. In the
fall of 1868, Mr. William Tilden, the original founder, decided to enlarge
the building, by erecting two spacious wings, which were completed the
following spring, at an expense of over $ 20,000.
In June of 1869, a new charter was secured from the legislature, and
a new Board of Trustees appointed.
The
hall,
building, as completed, contains a spacious
rooms
gymnasium, dining-
for the family of the principal, studio, a reading, historical,
and library room, and some fifty pleasant rooms for boarders.
The out-fit has cost some $ 50,000. The school has been in successful
operation during these years, and at present (1873) has pupils from seventeen different States of our Union.
—
Expenses For board and tuition in the English course, for the Academic year, $ 225 for board and regular instruction in all departments
of the school, for three successive sessions, $ 300.
Troy High School, Troy.— Mrs. Louisa B. Wright, Principal.
Tubbs Union Academy is pleasantly located in the town of Washington. It is a popular Institution in the vicinity of its location, and is
well sustained, under the supervison of its present teachers Misses
Beede and Sanborn. It has a fund which relieves part of the expenses
;
—
of managing the school.
Walpole High School,
Walpole.
Curtis R. Crowe!!, Principal.
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PUBLIC STATE INSTITUTIONS.
PUBLIC STATE INSTITUTIONS.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE.
This popular Institution is located in the city of Concord, about
one half mile south-west from the State House. It is situated on
Pleasant Street, on elevated ground, overlooking the southern portion of the City
and an extensive range of country towards the
south and south-east.
This
From
Asylum was
created by an act of the Legislature, in 1838.
was expended in the organization,
and erecting necessary buildings, which consisted of a center structure, forty-six by fifty-one feet, four stories high, two wings
extending in opposite directions, each being thirty-six by ninety
this date, to 1842, the time
location,
feet,
and three
stories high.
The
center was devoted to business
purposes, while the wings afforded accommodations
patients of each sex.
It
was opened
for forty-five
for the reception of patients,
October 28, 1842.
In 1845, it was found necessary to erect a separate building, to
accommodate the more disturbed class of the insane, remote from
the quiet portion in the main buildings.
In 1849-50, another wing was added, which gives accommodations for fifty more patients.
In 1854-5, a fourth extension was
made, on the same side, thirty-four by sixty feet, and three stories
high.
This last building was also used for the accommodation of
the disturbed class, to the number of twenty-one. In 1856, another
wing was erected, on the opposite side, thirty-six by one hundred
and forty-six feet, and three stories high, adding room for about
sixty women.
In 1856-7, another extension was made, on the same
side, giving additional room for thirty patients.
In 1868-69 was
added a building in the rear of the original center for a bakery,
kitchen, ordinary, dining rooms and chapel in the second story.
As now constructed, the Asylum will give accommodations for
two hundred and sixty patients, and the buildings, together with
the land for the location, has cost the State one hundred and ninetyfour thousand dollars ($ 194,000).
State to provide buildings
at
It has
been the policy of the
the public expense, and require a
charge for board sufficient to cover the necessary running expenses
of the institution, and the Trustees have always sought to fix the
rate as low as consistent with the maintenance of a
first
class
hospital.
The Asylum
is
under the management of twelve Trustees, ap-
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE.
530
pointed and commissioned by the Governor and Council, for a term
of four years, three retiring from the board, and three appointed
These Trustees receive no compensation for their
expenses alone being allowed.
every year.
ser-
vices, actual traveling
The Governor and
of the House are,
Council, President of the Senate, and Speaker
ex-officio, constituted
a visiting committee, with
power to examine into the condition and affairs of the Institution, and see that its benevolent designs are being fully carried out.
"With these wise precautions, it does seem that the New-Hampshire
Asylum for the Insane should be far above suspicion of any irregufull
larities,
which are now resting upon similar
States
and while
;
ments,
lum
it
economy
is
institutions, in
practiced in all of
its
other
arrange-
has always been the policy of the Managers of this Asy-
make
to
strict
it
respects a curative Institution.
in all
Thirty-four
hundred (3400) persons have received its care and treatment from
the beginning; and of this number over fourteen hundred (1400)
have been restored to their mental health.
By
Statute, the
appropriated to
sum
assist
of six thousand dollars ($ 6,000)
is
annually
the indigent insane in the payment of their
support at the Asylum, to be appropriated by the Governor
sum being
over one third of this
In addition
the
;
not
credited to their support by towns.
to this State aid, the indigent insane receive, annually,
sum of eight thousand
dollars ($ 8,000), derived from the inter-
by various benevolent persons
These two charities so greatly lighten the burden
est of legacies left
benefit of the
for their benefit.
as to bring the
Hospital within the reach of those of very small
means.
The permanent funds of
Adams
the Institution are derived as follows;
Conant fund, 16,000 Chandler fund, $25,
Kimball fund,
000; Fisk fund, 811,699; Kent fund, $ 150,000
$6,753; Rumford fund, $15,000 Sherman fund, $5,000; making
a total of $ 221,552. It is expected that this amount will be increased $ 20,000 by a legacy from Miss Arabella Rice, of Portsfund, $ 1,200
;
;
;
;
mouth.
The
number of patients in this Institution in June, 1873,
men and 137 women 23 men and 10 women have
died within the year number recovered in the same time, 61.
total
was 276
— 139
;
;
Although the Asylum,
for the past thirty years,
still
its
has been con-
and convenience,
architectural beauty has always been kept in view, and as
stantly undergoing exterior changes, both in size
�OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTION.
now arranged,
531
the buildings present a fine and imposing appear-
ance, excelled by few like institutions in this country.
There
is
connected with this Institution, one of the best farms in
the State.
The farm, together with
the
Asylum grounds,
an area of one hundred and twenty-five acres.
ture,
There
is
contains
also a pas-
about one mile south-west from the home farm, which con-
tains
fifty-four
acres.
In
1871,
Legislature appropriated
the
$ 7,000 to remove the old, and erect a
new farm barn.
The
buildings, as repaired and improved, cost $ 10,940, and consisted of
a farm barn, horse barn, carriage house, barn sheds, carpenter and
machine shop, &c. The barn is 110 feet
A driveway goes through the
long, 45 feet wide
feet post.
pass through without difficulty.
In
aud 22
teams can
appointments it is a
center, so that
all its
There are twenty-six cows, eight horses, twenty-eight
fatting hogs and some thirty others of different ages.
Some of the
model barn.
most important products, one year with another, are 80 tons of hay,
400 bushels of corn (in the ear), 300 bushels of oats, 300 bushels of
potatoes, 9,500 gallons of milk, 30 pigs sold, 15 calves sold, 9,000
pounds of pork, 400 heads of cabbage, 92 bushels of tomatoes, 80
bushels of onions, 500 bushels of apples, &c. Everything around
the farm and farm buildings indicates that it is under the manage-
ment of husbandmen who understand their business, and the examshown here is worthy to be imitated by hundreds of farmers in
this State who idle away one half of their time, complaining of
ple
the hard lot of a farmer's
life.
OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTION.
Board of
Visitors.
(Ex-officio.)
His Excellency Ezekiel A.
Dow, Hon. John J. Morrill, Hon. William
P. Newell, Hon. Dexter Richards, Hon. Joseph Powers, Hon
Charles H. Campbell, President of the Senate, Hon Asa Fowler
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Board of Trustees. Hon. Isaac Spaulding, Nashua, Presi
dent, Joseph B. Walker, Esq., Concord, Secretary, Hon. Charles A
Tufts, Dover, George B. Twitchell, M. D., Keene, Hon. John
Sanborn, Wakefield, Hon. E. A. Hibbard, Laconia, William G
Perry, M. D., Exeter, Hon. Denison R. Burnhara, Plymouth
Waterman Smith, Esq., Manchester, Hon. Dexter Richards, New
port, George W. Haven, Esq., Portsmouth, Henry Colony, Esq.,
Straw, Hon. Samuel P.
W
Keene.
Resident Officers.
J. P. Bancroft,
M.
D., Sup't,
Treasurer
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532
and Physician; J. P. Brown, M. D., Assistant Physician; J. C.
Cockbum, M. D., Second Assistant and Apothecary; Mr. W. T.
Mc Lam, Steward; ^NJiss H. W. Moore, Matron.
XEW-HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND THE
MECHANIC ARTS.
This college
is
a State Institution, established expressly for the
promotion of the industrial interests of New-Hampshire.
In July, 1862, Congress passed an act to establish colleges of agriculture
and the mechanic
and made a
any such institution
arts in the several States,
liberal grant of public land for the support of
which might be established.
In June, 1866, the legislature of this State accepted the provisions of the congressional act, and established the College of Agriculture, to be located at
cial
Hanover, and
to
be connected, by a spe-
arrangement, with Dartmouth College.
The
college
is
under the direction of nine
trustees, of
whom
five
by the governor with advice of the council, and four
by the trustees of Dartmouth College. The fund of the college derived from the sale of 150,000 acres of land, amounts to S 80,000
and is securely invested in six per cent. New-Ham;>shire bonds.
Under the law passed by Congress, no part of this fund could be
expended in the erection of any buildings. About this time the
late David Culver bequeathed to Dartmouth College fifteen thousand dollars for the promotion of agricultural science. This bequest the trustees of Dartmouth College offered to contribute, with
an additional sum of ten thousand dollars, of their own funds, bequeathed to them by Mrs. David Culver, together with a fine lot
are appointed
for the erection of a suitable building, provided the State of
Hampshire would increase the fund
generous
offer the legislature
to forty
thousand dollars.
of 1869, accepted, and
NewThis
the college
building called "Culver Hall" was erected.
It is pronounced by
competent judges one of the finest educational structures in NewEngland. It is a plain, imposing brick structure of four stories,
having a length of one hundred and a breadth of sixty feet, cover-
ed with a lofty Mansard roof. The basement is to be reserved for
an extensive collection of agricultural implements and models of
machinery. The other stories afford rooms for lecture, recitation,
library, museum, weighing room, and laboratory, furnished with
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE ORPHANS' HOME.
modern appliances
all the
533
for the practical study of chemistry, &c.
is a farm of nearly 400 acres, 162
and presented to the institution by
the late Hon. John Conant, of Jaffrey. This farm will afford the
student an opportunity of seeing the practical application of the
theoretical knowledge which he is acquiring in the college.
There are two terms in the year, covering the time from the 1st
In connection with the college
acres of which was purchased
of September, to the 19th of April, excepting a vacation of four
weeks
The tuition is $ 15 per
in mid-winter.
It has a course
term.
of study covering a period of three years, in which science and
application to agriculture and other
manual
industries are
its
made
especially prominent.
Twelve
free scholarships,
one for each senatorial
district, estab-
lished in connection with the congressional grant, are designed to
young men of limited means in educating themselves for the
During the past year a scholarship has
life.
been established by the Hon. John Conant for each town of Chesaid
practical avocations of
Young men
hire County.
make
desiring a State scholarship, should
application to the senators of their respective districts
;
those
desiring one of the town scholarships, should apply to the selectmen
of the town in which they reside.
There are other scholarships
available to worthy applicants from any part of the State.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE ORPHANS' HOME.
The New-Hampshire Orphans' Home and School of
a benevolent institution, chartered by the State, but
upon the voluntary contributions of the people
essary to meet the expenses of
and belongs equally
to all
its
Methodists,
Universalists, Christians, Freewill Baptist,
sented,
upon
its
Board of Trustees
is
for the funds nec-
establishment and maintenance
denominations who aid
Congregationalist,
tributions.
Industry
relies entirely
it
by
Baptist,
their con-
Unitarians,
and Friends are repre-
as visitors.
It receives as its beneficiaries all
promising children of want,
without regard to social status, complexion or nationality.
It
is
for
orphans and those that are worse than orphans, render-
ed so by the dissolute character and poverty of their parents.
The
is to extend the hand of sympathy to
upon the rough sea of life, who have been deprived of
good homes either by misfortune or neglect, and instead of leaving
object of the institute
those waifs
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534
them
to
graduate in crime, draw them to comfort and safety, and
send them on their way to true success, to a rational happiness and a
useful life.
While the children remain at the institution, they are
he well cared
to
for,
morally, intellectually and physically, a
school beiug in session, through the year, for their special benefit,
also on
Sunday Divine
Service,
and a Sunday
school.
When
plac-
ed in families, the parties that receive them are bound to exercise
—
over them a kind and' paternal care 1st by furnishing them with
proper food and clothing, in sickness and in health, 2d. by securing
them the advantages of a good common school education, and at
times using their influence, both by precept and example, to
train them to habits of industry, economy, self-reliance, temperance
and morality, that they may be fitted, in due time, to take their
The boys as well as the
places as honorable members of society.
girls are to receive, when eighteen years of age, their time, an extra
suit of clothing and such compensation in money as they may
to
all
reasonably deserve.
The
Location.
location of the
Home
is
England, rich in historical associations
one of the
— where
finest in
New-
was brought
to
maturity one of the greatest intellects America, or even the world,
has ever produced.
The "Webster Farm," upon which
this insti-
two and a half miles below 4he flourishing village of Franklin, and about sixteen miles above the city of Concord, on the right bank of the Merrimack, on the line of the Northern Railway, and presents a home view of as fine country scenery as
tution
is
located,
can be found
"
is
in the central portion of this State.
Webster Farm," Webster and
his
Relative to the
mother the poet has well
said.
"What
hallowed memories arise
Within our hearts and dim our eyes.
We think of him without a peer,
Who spent his happy boyhood here,
And with his brother brave and true,
Ate honest bread and earned it too.
We call to mind that mother dear,
Whose precious dust lies buried near
Her record is preserved on high,
In characters that cannot die."
New-Hampshire has the honor of establishing the first Orphans'
Home, outside of city limits, in New-England. The first voluntary
State Convention ever held in the United States, for this purpose, was
held in Eagle Hall in the city of Concord, February 21, A. D.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE ORPHANS' HOME.
1871, and resulted in the inauguration of the
535
New-Hampshire Or-
phans' Home. It was dedicated with appropriate and impressive
ceremonies, October 19, 1871, and on the third day of November
following, the
first
beneficiary was received.
Since that date, sev-
enty-one children of want have come under the sheltering care of
this institution, representing
land,
Scotland,
seven nationalities, viz. France, Ire-
Ten
Germany, Africa, America and England.
are orphan children of soldiers.
The financial condition
During the first year of
of the
its
Home
to
November
1st
A. D. 1873.
existence, the institution fed, clothed,
furnished medical attendance and instruction to fifty-six orphan
and homeless children paid for fitting up the Home, and furnishing the farm with tools and stock, and laid aside a fund of $ 5,000,
and had twenty-six hundred dollars in the treasury at the close of
;
the year.
During the second year of
1,
its
active existence, which ended
A. D., 1873,
It kept its permanent fund good, using nothing but
its
Nov.
interest,
raised a building fund of over ten thousand dollars, paid out over
$ 700. for personal property for the institution, increased the
num-
ber of children to 71, met all of the current expenses, which were
increased by sickness, and
exchequer.
belonging to
still
finds itself
—with an
unexhausted
And we take pleasure in adding that the Real Estate
the Home and free from debt has increased in value
thousand dollars.
There has been paid to the Treasurer at Concord, N. H., $ 31,061.37
To the Hon George W. Nesmith in Franklin, N. H.,
5,000.00
Donations in bedding, clothing, furniture &c.,
1,500.00
In the Treasury and on subscription
2,500.00
ten
$40,061.37
Assets of the Institution.
The Webster
Home, ManFarm House, out-buildings, and 180 acres
of land, with the new building, partly completed
$ 25,000.00
Furniture of the Home, stock, farming tools and produce.
5,500.00
Estate, including the ancestral
sion House,
.
Permanent fund invested
.
for the Institution
5,000.00
$ 35,500.00
The following are the
individuals and churches,
who have
gener-
ously donated 8 500 and over, for the establishment and mainten-
ance of this benevolent institution
Space will not permit us to
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON.
536
who have bestowed their
and who doubtless are quite as deserving of reward
give the names of hundreds of others,
lesser
gifts,
as those
who
are blessed with larger worldly means.
The Hon. George W. Nesmith, of Franklin
Mrs. Betsey Whitehouse, Pembroke
Levi Lyman, Esq., Walpole
$
1,000.00
1,100.00
1,000.00
Nathaniel White, Esq., and Family, of Concord
H. II. Ladd, Esq., and Mother, of Portsmouth
1,000.00
680.00
Hon. Frank Jones, of Portsmouth
600.00
Nashua
Hon. Dexter Richards, Newport
John C. Morrison, of Fisherville
Churches.
Franklin St. Congregational Church Sunday School ManJ. G. Graves,
M.
D.,
chester
500.00
500.00
500.00
1,1
South Congregational Church, Sunday School and Orphan
Helpers, Concord
Hanover St. Congregational Church and Sunday School,
Manchester
First Congregational Church, Portsmouth, nearly
First Congregational Church, Sunday School, Nashua, over
Olive St. Congregational Church Sunday School, Nashua.
10.00
1,000.00
700.00
700.00
600,00
nearly
Mrs. Frances M. Farley, Bradford, N.
Unitarian Society and Sabbath School, Keene
Congregational Church and Society of Amherst, over
Churches and citizens of Peterborough, over
Churches and citizens of Rochester, over
500.00
Churches and citizens of Littleton, nearly
Churches and citizens of the city of Dover
Churches and citizens of Lebanon
Churches and citizens of Franklin
Middle St. Baptist Church, Portsmouth
500.00
H
500.00
519.00
500.00
500.00
600.00
500.00
1,000.00
3,000.00
550.00
Officers of the Home.
Nesmith, Franklin, President; Hon, O. W. Fowler,
Hon. John Kimball, Concord, Treasurer; Rev.
D. A. Mack, Franklin, Superintendent; Mrs. A. R. Mack, Matron; Miss
Jennie Mack, Teacher.
Hon. George
W.
Bristol, "Vice President;
NEW-HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON.
This Institution
is
situated in Concord,
and located on State
Street about one third of a mile north of the State House.
The
dark, heavy, stone walls, together with the antique architecture of
this
building, do not present a very imposing appearance from
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON.
537
»
the Street, and, in imagination, remind one of an old French Basor an ancient Englishman's castle, built more as a defence to
guard against attacks from without, than for any beauty or taste,
which in these days are frequently combined with strength.
The central part and south wing of the prison were built in 1812,
at which time the Institution went into operation, having one prisIn 1833, the
oner, the number in 1813 being increased to twelve.
with the improvements of the
north wing was added, to correspond
tile,
In
age.
this building is
a hall with 120
cells for
the convicts.
It
and warmed by steam, but all men of humane
judgment who have visited this prison hall, acknowledge that the
cells are one third too small for human beings to sleep in, and enjoy good health, without great inconvenience to the overseers, and
by
lighted
is
gas,
The individual
continuous watchful care as to sanitary regulations.
convenience of convicts should never be consulted only as to their
physical health, but no law, formed either by legislative act or long
continued practice, has any moral right to
punishment on
inflict
any person, however great his crime, that will impair his health,
The
especially when a fair day's work is demanded at his hands.
whole number of convicts in the prison, April 30, 1873, was 88
white males 78 black males 6, and 4 females. 16 were under 20
20 between
years of age when committed 40 between 20 and 30
and 50, and only 7 over 50 years. Of
30 and 40 5 between 40
28 convicts claimed
this number, 23 were married and 65 single.
to be temperate men in their habits before their commitment, while
60 acknowledged themselves to have been intemperate, and were
under the influence of wine when they committed the deeds for
which they are now paying the penalty. 77 can read and write
7 can only read, and 4 can neither read nor write. 6 were committed
for murder, 3 for murder in the second degree, and one for man;
;
;
The
slaughter.
rest
were convicted of various crimes, but the
larger portion for stealing in different forms, but in such small
sums, as not to be in keeping with the moral sentiments of the day
in relation to stealing.
Rockingham County
8
;
Strafford, 11
borough, 29
The
;
;
furnishes of the present
Belknap, 2
Cheshire, 8
;
Carroll, 3
Sullivan, 1
;
;
Within
number
of convicts,
Merrimack, 14
is
;
Hills-
and Coos, 5.
inclosed on three
Grafton, 7
prison yard including about two acres,
;
this inclosure,
is
one of the
brick work shops in the State, and no doubt
is
the saving
sides by a heavy granite wall.
finest
;
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON.
538
grace for the dilapidated prison buildings at the present time. The
manufacturing of bedsteads is the only mechanical employment of
the convicts,
is
doubtful
turn
who
are let under contract to George T. Comius.
if there is
It
an equal number of men in the State, who
more work than the convicts in this bedstead shop. 10,000
lumber of various kinds are daily cut up for bedsteads.
oft"
feet of
The
discipline is very strict but not cruel.
A vigilant
eye
is
kept on the convicts every moment, and they are soon fully convinced that no chance will be offered them to
make
their escape.
Consequently they are more contented and cheerful than a lax
Their food is wholesome and ample.
cipline cau make them.
dis-
No
brown bread can be made than the bread furnished for these convicts. Their cots and cells are kept clean, well
The State went to
aired, and are as large as the State furnishes.
expense of sending Mr. Allen Folger to the International Prison
the
Congress, held in London in July 1872, as commissioner from NewHampshire, and in his report made to Governor Straw, he says the
cells in the English prisons, compared to New-Hampshire State's
better wheat and
Prison cells are very large, being seven feet wide by eight feet long,
and eight
This
feet high.
is
quite a contrast to cells less than four
It is to be hoped that
feet wide, seven long and seven feet high.
the expense of sending Mr. Folger to London, will not be wholly
lost to the best iuterest of the State.
A
six inch
main water pipe has been
laid the entire length of
yard, with two hydrants set at convenient distances, and having
two hundred
this
feet of hose to
guard against
fire.
management of the Warden, J. C.
Prison has become a paying institution, instead of a
Under
the present
pense to the State.
Pillsbury,
bill
of ex-
In the three years that Mr. Pillsbury has had
charge of the Prison,
it
has earned over and above all expenses, in-
cluding repairs &c, $20,035.11.
This amount has been passed to
the credit of the Prison account with the State, and eventually will
be used to make extensive repairs of the old buildings or erect new
ones.
There
is
a library of fifteen hundred volumes connected with the
Prison, for the use of the convicts.
Within a few
all
years, a law has been established which orders that
persons convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed, shall
less than one year prior to the
which shall take place within the walls of
be confined in the State Prison not
day of
their execution,
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON.
539
the prison, the sheriff of the county in which the deed was commit.
ted acting as executioner.
Since this law, one person has been executed, and another
under sentence
The
first
to
is
be hung the third Tuesday of February, 1874.
victim of his crime was Josiah L. Pike, thirty-one years
was
of age, a native of Portsmouth, but at the time of the deed,
making his home in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Mr. Thomas
Brown and wife were an aged couple, residing in Hampton Falls,
and living on a small farm with other sufficient means for their
maintenance. Josiah L. Pike was a young man, of loose habits,
and frequently assisted Mr. Brown on his farm, always receiving
fair
many
compensation for his services; besides he was
times the
object of charity from the motherly hands of Mrs. Brown.
when he
In the
was paid the
full amount for his labor and also received, as a gift from Mrs.
Brown, a pair of new woolen feetiugs. Through the following
winter he led a dissolute life, frequently being under the influence
of liquor. This conduct naturally brought him into straitened
circumstances, by spring, and very much in want of money.
Through some source he learned that Mr. Brown had sold a yoke
fall
of 1867, he assisted Mr. Brown, and
left
of oxen and had received his pay for them in money.
night of
May
7,
On
the
Brown
many times
1867, he went secretly to the house of Mr.
and inhumanly murdered him and his wife, who had so
befriended him in time of need. For this dark and bloody deed,
Pike was arrested, and in clue time, convicted of the murder. He
paid the penalty of his crime by being hung in the south-west corner of the prison hall,
November
9,
1869, Joseph P. Morse, of
Portsmouth, acting as his executioner.
Franklin B. Evans is a native of Strafford, and at the date of the
crime for which he stands convicted, and sentenced, was living in
Northwood, and sixty one years of age. Georgianna Lovering, a
and only fourteen years of
niece of Evans,
grandparents, in North wood near the Strafford
Evans
for
many
years
had
age, lived with her
line.
lived a wandering
life,
sometimes
traveling through the country as a physician, pretending to
wonderful cures while at other times he would be dressed
;
effect
in
a
sanctimonious garb and assume the profession and duties of an
itinerant preacher, but through all his various professions there
never was a more evil designing and hypocritical heart, than beat
He had long watched Georin the breast of Franklin B. Evans.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON.
540
gianna with evil intent, and deeply laid his plans whereby he could
God know
ruin her, and no one but himself and his
Near the
it.
abode of Georgianna was the edge of a deep forest, and the largest
tract of wood-land in Rockingham County, covering an area of
nearly 2000 acres. In these woods Evans had placed some snares
with the pretension of catching partridges, but doubtless, for no
other purpose than to lure his victim into his lecherous grasp.
After these plans had been consummated, he commenced his
sophistry with Georgianna by telling her simple stories about snar-
ing these beautiful birds, which naturally attracted her childish
and one morning she accompanied him to the traps, but
In this visit, Evans had finished his
second act in this great tragedy. He had shown the innocent
girl where these snares were concealed, so that she could go alone
into the forest and find them.
A few mornings after this advencuriosity,
no birds had been secured.
ture,
October 25, 1872, he requested her to accommodate him by
visiting the snares, that morning, alone, as
he was obliged
another way and be absent nearly the whole day.
to go
She hesitated
comply with
about going, but at length, reluctantly, consented to
his request, and he started* apparently, on his way
to
fulfil
his
day's engagement, but, doubtless, went directly and concealed him-
woods to watch the movements of his intended victim.
She put on her shawl and hat, kissed her grandmother good bye,
and started out of doors to go to the forest as she had promised her
uncle, which was the- last time that Georgianna Lovering was ever
seen alive by any human being, save Evans.
Her prolonged absence from the house caused her grandfather
to go to the forest and call for her
but no response came. He
returned to the house, and he and the mother of the child went
again to the woods for a more thorough search, and, in a short time,
self near the
;
found the
girl's
apron, and,
still
farther in the deep forest,
brush fence, they found her comb
;
but
the whereabouts of the child were
at once alarmed,
all
lost.
The neighborhood was
and a general search was made that day and night
and through the next day, but
all their efforts
Suspicion, at once, strongly pointed to
thing about. the loss of Georgianna, as
had not been, that day, where he
in
near a
other traces relative to
were of no
Evans
it
as
avail.
knowing some-
was ascertained that he
was going,- but
told the girl he
an opposite direction, and, further, could give no account of
He was arrested and tried
himself for several hours of that day.
�NEW-HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON.
541
before a justice court, and the evidence being so strong against him,
he was bound over to the higher court to be holden at Exeter.
Evans, seeing his critical situation, made a partial confession, but
He acknowledged
his statements, in detail, were base falsehoods.
he knew where she was, but said she had been carried away by a
man
living in Kingston or vicinity.
statements to be
knew
all
false,
about the whereabouts of the
resort to stratagem to induce
accordingly
made Evans
harmless
he would
With
The
if
this assurance,
Sheriff soon found these
but he was more fully convinced that Evans
tell
to
him
to
girl,
make a
and he determined
true confession.
to
He
understand that he would save him
the truth where the girl could be found.
on Thursday, about midnight, six days after
her disappearance, he told the Sheriff he would go with him and
show where the girl was. Through this dark forest, at midnight,
they silently pursued their way, over rocks and decayed logs,
through swamps and glades, and there, in the recess of this deep
wood, beneath the roots of an upturned tree, this worse than criminal pointed to a pile of dried leaves, and coolly said " there she is ".
The Sheriff gently moved away the leaves and by the dim light
of his lantern were revealed the mutilated remains of Georgianna Lovering, who came to her end by deeds too revolting in
character to be recorded and too inhuman to be committed by any
person born and brought up beneath the shades of the granite hills
of New-Hampshire.
For this foul and bloody deed, worse than murder, Evans has
been convicted and sentenced to be hung, within the walls of the
State's Prison, the third Tuesday in February, 1874.
If Evans
lives, there is no doubt but the sentence will be executed.
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STATISTICAL TABLE.
TABLE
Showing
the
deceased,
Number
and
of Convicts in the P/'ison, committed, discharged, pardoned,
escaped, in each year, since the establishment of the Institution,
1812.
_•
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543
The foregoing table reveals some curious facts for moralists to
who are continually advocating that the world is growing
more wicked instead of better.
At the commencement of the war in 1861, there were 119 convicts within the walls of the prison, and 42 commitments, the largIn 1865, at the close of
est number in one year up to that date.
the war, there were but 70 in prison and only nine commitments
for the year.
The next year (1866) the number of convicts had
increased to 111, and the commitments were 60, being 14 more
than ever were committed to prison in a single year. The largest
number ever in the prison at a single time was 135, in 1868 and
the same year 46 were committed. Since the latter date the number has been gradually diminishing, and in 1873 there were but
ponder,
;
88, with our cities constantly increasing in population.
One
of two things
is
evident
either our laws are executed with
;
and the county work-houses absorb the small criminals
or the mass of the people are growing better as the world grows
less rigor
;
wiser.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
Board of Instruction.
—Horatio 0.
Abbie H. Holton, Preceptress:
Ladd, A. M., Principal;
Wal-
Carrie E. Hall, William E.
ker, Assistants.
Board of Trustees.
ram
— George
Orcutt, A. M., Secretary,
Day, President, Dover
HiHon. Ezekiel A.
David G. Beede, Superintendent,
T.
West Lebanon
Straw, Governor, Manchester
Sandwich, with thirteen others.
;
;
;
M. AVhittier, Treasurer, Plymouth.
Terms begin February 25, and September 11, 1874.
Expenses. Board, $3 to $4 per week. Tuition, $8
C.
—
to
$10
per term.
.
Number of Graduates — Fall
1871, 9
;
Fall Term, 1872, 28
;
Term, 1871, 6
;
Spring Term,
Spring Term, 1873, 32; Fall Term,
1873, 26.
Establishment and Purposes of the School.
tion
was established by act of the Legislature,
to obtain a better training of teachers for the
in
—This
Institu-
June, A. D., 1870,
common
schools of
was located at Plymouth, and its first term of eight weeks
was held there during the spring of 1871, under the management
of Amos Hadley, A. M.
the State
;
�STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
514
Before the Fall term
H.
1871, Silas
Pearl, A. M.,
was elected
Principal, remaining in charge until his decease in August, 1873,
when the Trustees employed the present Principal.
Terms op Admission, and Course of Study.
— Candidates
—
must pass examination in the fundamental rules in arithmetic the
natural and political divisions of the earth, and the general geography of this State, in geography; and the first principles of grammar and analysis.
There are two courses of study the first including the common
—
English branches
;
Graduates of the
the second, the higher.
first
course are entitled to teach in this State, without further requisi-
and for the second course,
tions, for three years,
Location and Buildings.
— Plymouth
is
five years.
near the geographical
center of the State, at the confluence of Baker's River and the
Pemigewasset, on the line of the Boston, Concord and Montreal
Railroad, about
fifty
miles fro
>
Concord.
The
buildings are mod-
ern in style and convenience, the school buildings having cost nearly 6 20,000,
and the boarding house being situated just above
on one of the most beautiful
sites in
the village
— overlooking
it,
the
and with a fine view of the mountain region at
charming summer resort stands. See engrav-
valleys of both rivers
whose gateway
this
ing of building on page 306.
STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
— Hon.
David
Pres., Portsmouth
Hon. William P. Wheeler, Keene, Hon.
Daniel Clark, Sec, Manchester, D. C. Churchill, Esq., Lyme, Hon.
L. P. Cooper, Croydon, Edward Ingham, Sup't. and Treasurer.
The New-Hampshire State Reform School was chartered in 1855,
and one hundred acres of the Gen. John Stark farm, lying on the
east bank of the Merrimack River, in the city of Manchester, one
and one-half miles from the City Hall, was, the same year, purTrustees.
Gillis,
Daniel Marcv,
;
Esq., Nashua,
chased for
ten acres
its
more
cost of one
location, at a cost
land, from the
often thousand dollars
— to which
same farm, have been added,
at a
thousand dollars.
Buildings, suited to the design of the Institution, were immediately erected, at a cost of three thousand dollars, and, in 1858, it
was opened for the reception of " Juvenile and Female Offenders
against the laws," under the
title
which was subsequently changed
of
"The House
to its present
of Reformation
name.
",
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545
To this date, Oct. 14, 1873, 742 children, including both sexes,
have been committed to its care, all of whom have been more or
less benefitted by being subjected to its restraints and discipline,
and a large proportion have come to be of average character with
other citizens of the State.
The
Institution
than penal, and
is
is
regarded and managed as reformatory rather
supported by an annual appropriation of six
thousand dollars from the State, which, with the amount collected
for the maintenance of the inmates
two dollars per week togeth-
—
er with their earnings,
amply
—
meet the ordinary expenses.
It has a fund of ten thousand dollars
bequeathed to it
before it had a being even
by a former citizen of Manchester, the
late James Mc'K. Wilkins, Esq., and also, of three thousand dollars, donated by Moody Kent, Esq., late of Pittsfield, both of
which are kept intact in principal.
The whole number in the school, during the year 1872, has been
is
sufficient to
—
—
139
number
of these, 17 have been discharged
10 have been honorably discharged by
the Trustees, for good conduct 5 have had homes found them by
the
;
received, 47
at expiration of sentence
;
;
;
the Superintendent, and 1 has been sent to his alternate sentence.
Five have escaped, leaving 101
in the school.
Average time of
detention of the children discharged, 2 years and 6 months.
Of the whole number 47 are Americans; 77 Irish 9 French
German 1 English 4 Mixed (African); and were committed
;
I
;
;
;
by Supreme Judicial Court, 31 Manchester Police Court, 41
Dover Police Court, 7 Concord Police Court, 7 Nashua Police
;
;
;
Court, 6; Portsmouth Police Court, 6
1
Farmington
;
Police Court, 1
;
Somersworth Police Court,
Great Falls Police Court, 1
;
;
Justices of the Peace, 38.
For the term of minority, 45
14
;
4 years, 8
;
3 years, 21
;
payment of fine and costs.
For the offence of stealing, 61
ing, 27
10
;
;
night walking, 1
truancy, 11
At
;
;
forgery,
12 years, 14
;
;
1
;
6 years, 3
;
4
;
;
5 years,
and
year, 25,
firing buildings,
stubbornness, 24
;
1
till
house break-
idleness or vagrancy,
1.
the age of 7 years, 3
II years, 12
7 years. 4
;
2 years, 18
;
;
8 years, 5
;
13 years, 14
26; 16 years, 22; 17 years, 1.
There is a chair shop attached
9 years, 11
;
;
10 years, 12
14 years, 19
to the school in
dren have earned, the past year, $6,222.26.
;
;
15 years,
which the
chil-
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RELIGION.
RELIGION.
The
constitution of
New-Hampshire guarantees
ual the right to worship
God according
to
every individ-
to the dictates of his
own
conscience, provided he does not disturb the 'public peace, nor dis-
In July 1819, the memorawas passed by the legislature of
New-Hampshire, which provides that no person shall be compelled
to join, or support, or be classed with, or associated to any church or
religious society, without his express consent first had been obtained,
and that any person may withdraw from a society of which he is a
member, by leaving a written notice with the clerk of the same.
turb others in their religious worship.
ble act called the toleration law,
The following
notes comprise accounts of all the principal de-
nominations found within the limits of our State.
ORTHODOX.
—
GWgregationalists. * The organization of the first CongreNew-Hampshire was in 1638, 18 years subse-
gational Church in
to the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, at Plymouth.
It
an unsettled question whether the first church was that at
Exeter, of which the celebrated John Wheelwright was pastor, or
that at Hampton of which the Rev. Stephen Bachilor was pastor.
Both doubtless were formed in 1638 the latter in the fall of that
quent
is
—
year.
Settlements had previously been begun
mouth.
fit
Dover and
Ports-
In the former place, a meeting-house was erected as early
and William Leverich, " a worthy and able puritan minwas engaged as a preacher. To him succeeded one Burditt,
and then Hanserd Knollys, or Knowles. But a church was not
formed in Dover till 1639, and no pastor was regularly settled till
1642.
However it may be a question whether Wheelwright, of Exeter, or Bachilor of Hampton was first in the order of New-Hampshire pastors, it should be acknowledged that the oldest church
now in existence in the State, is that of Hampton, the first Exeter
church being dispersed on the removal of Wheelwright, about four
as 1633,
ister,"
years afterwards, to Wells, in Maine.
The only towns
in the prov-
ince in which ministers had been settled, previous to 1670, a half
century from the landing of Pilgrims, were Hampton, Exeter, and
Dover.
Of the seven
that had been pastors in those towns, only two
were then
in office, viz.,
Cotton, of
Hampton.
*
From
historical discourse
Samuel Dudley, of Exeter, and Seaborn
In 1671, a church was organized, and Rev.
by Rev. Nathaniel Boutou,
D. D.
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RELIGION".
Joshua Moody settled the same day, the first minister of Portsmouth, though he had preached there since 1658, and occasional
preaching had been enjoyed since 1G40.
The fifth church organized was at Dunstable, under the jurisdic-
now the
tion of Massachusetts,
coast, as
New
and Rye, had
made
first
church in Nashua, and a minis-
Subsequently other towns bordering on the sea
ter settled in 1685.
Newington, Stratham, Durham, Kingston
Thence, very gradually, settlements were
Castle,
ministers.
and ministers
Londonderry, (1719)
Pembroke, Hudson and
Keene. In the latter place, Rev. Jacob Bacon was settled in 1738,
a century after the settlements at Exeter and Hampton. He was
in the interior,
Concord,
(1730)
Chester,
settled in
Winchester,
the fifty-fifth, pastor in order, settled in the State.
But at the forma-
tion of the convention in 1747, there were only about thirty ministers living.
The
progress of settlements continued slow, extend-
ing into the interior,
averaging
till
after the revolutionary
only about four annually
in the
growth was more rapid.
The number of
whole State
;
war
but subsequently the
pastors living at different
periods in the history of the denomination
is
as follows:
In 1670,2; 1700,5; 1747,3); 1776,65; 1800,76; 1820, 90;
1847, 117.
In 1870, there were in the State 169 churches, and 169 church
capable of seating 67,951 persons, and valued at $ 1,150,
In 1860, there were 179 churches, capable of seating 70,45 1
edifices,
380.
persons,
and valued
at 6 637, 200.
This shows a
loss in ten
years of
ten churches, and an increase in valuation of church property of
over $ 500,000.
Baptists
first
—The
first
Baptist church in this State
— indeed,
the
north of Boston, was organized in Newton, Rockingham Coun-
ty, in 1755.
The members were separatists for " conscience's sake"
from the Congregational church and were the fruit of the " great
awakening" under Whitefield and others in 1740. Walter Powers
became pastor at its organization.
The first Baptist communicant known in the State was Rachel
Thurbur of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, who became Mrs. Scammon,
and moved to Stratham, 1720. It was the result of her labors that
Dr. Samuel Sheperd became connected with the denomination in
1770, under whose indefatigable labors the Brentwood church
and its branches were organized, in connection with which he lived
to introduce more than six hundred members.
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548
before any Baptist church existed in this
Hanserd Knoll ys came to Dover and afterwards became
an eminent Baptist. Mr. Knollys was a graduate at Cambridge
College, England, and ordained by the Bishop of Peterborough in
Becoming afterwards a Puritan minister, he came to this
1629.
He organized the first Congregacountry, and to Dover in 1638.
More than a century
State,
tional church in Dover, being the second in the State.
In 1641, he
returned to England and organized a Baptist church in London,
where he remained
The number
9
;
1800, 26
;
his death in 1691.
till
of Baptist churches in this State in 1755, 1
1853, 96
1860, 92
;
;
and
in 1870, 102.
;
1780,
Church
or-
ganizations, ninety church edifices, capable of seating 31,935 persons, with
church property valued
at $
492,200
;
in 1860, its proper-
ty was only valued at $ 246,500.
—
Christians. Number of churches in 1850, 25; in 1860, there
were thirty-three churches and church edifices, capable of seating
in 1870
8,934 persons, with church property valued at $ 43,150
;
there were nineteen churches and church edifices, capable of seat-
ing 4,600, with church property valued at $ 42,400.
Episcopalians.
— This
denomination was among the
earliest es-
A church
was erected at Portsmouth prior
to 1638, and Rev. Richard Gibson was the first minister, who remained until 1642.
In 1860, there were seventeen church edifices, capable of holding
820, with church property valued at $112,700 in 1870 there were
twenty-one churches and twenty-two church edifices, capable of seattablished in the State.
;
ing 7,475, with church property valued at $ 203,800.
Freew ill
t
Baptists.
—The
firs:
church of
this
denomination in
New-Hampshire, was founded at New Durham, in 1780, by Elder
Benjamin Randall. This denomination was recognized as a distinct sect by an act of the legislature, December 7, 1804.
In 1860, there were ninety-seven church edifices, capable of seating 27,324 persons and church property, valued at $ 162,600 in
187Q, there were eighty-two churches and church edifices capable
;
;
of seating 19,900 persons, with church property, valued at $ 167,300.
—
Friends or Quakers. The Friends made their appearance in
New-Hampshire at a very early date, and at first suffered severe
persecution.
A society
was formed at Seabrook as early as 1701.
was 15 in I860, there were twelve
of seating 4,200 persons, with church propcapable
Number of churches,
church
edifices,
in 1850,
;
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549
were thirteen church edi-
erty,
valued at $ 11,700;
fices,
capable of seating 4,585 persons, with church property valued
in 1870, there
at 815,500.
—
Methodists. In July 1791, Jesse Lee preached the first methsermon in New-Hampshire, at Portsmouth. On the 26th of August, of the same year, he preached in a private house in Greenland.
odist
Two weeks
after this time, he again preached in Portsmouth, stand-
ing upon the Court
House
He
steps.
also visited, the
same
year,
Eindge, Marlborough, Chesterfield, Dublin and some other towns.
In 1794, Joshua Hall was appointed to preach in New-Hampshire,
but the following year the appointment was withheld. On the first
of January, 1795, Mr. Lee again visited Portsmouth, and preached
to
an audience of four persons.
The
first
Methodist society in New-Hampshire was organized at
Chesterfield, in the latter part of 1795.
this
At
the Conference of 1796
members and became 'a regular
first stationed preacher, and reports
reported sixty-eight
Philip
Wager was
the
circuit.
his cir-
more than fifty miles square.
The New-Hampshire Conference was organized and held its
first session at Barre, Vermont, June 23, 1830.
The Vermont
Conference was separated from the New-Hampshire Conference in
1845.
The New-Hampshire Conference is divided into three districts, viz
Dover, Concord and Claremont districts. O. H. Jasper
Presiding Elder of Dover district; residence at Dover; S. G. Kellogg, Presiding Elder Concord district; residence at Tilton; M. T.
Cilly, Presiding Elder, Claremont district.
The New-Hampshire Conference Seminary, Tilton. (See Literary
cuit
:
Institutions.)
The number of members reported in the State, in 1798, was '122.
The Methodist were recognized by law as a distinct religious sect
June 15, 1807.
In 1850, there were 103 church
edifices,
capable of seating 32,600
persons, with church property valued at $175,500.
In 1860 there
were 117 church edifices, capable of seating 36,050 persons, with
church property valued at $232,200, and in 1870 there were 118
churches, and church edifices capable of seating 36,351 persons
with church property valued at $475,000.
Presbyterian.
— In 1850, the Presbyterian Regular church had
thirteen church edifices eapable
of seating 6,500
church property valued at $ 71,000
;
in 1860, there
persons,
with
were sixteen
"
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RELIGION.
church
edifices,
capable of seating
6,980 persons, with
church
property, valued at $ 83,462; in 1870, there were seven churches,
capable of seating 3,470 persons, with church property, valued at
$ 65,000.
Roman
Catholic.
This
religious
denomination has
made
rapid progress in this State in the past twenty years, both in
lowers,
number of churches and
two church
edifices,
;
1860, there were
in
capable of seating 7,600 persons, with
valued at $ 97,450
;
fol-
were
capable of seating 1,450 persons, with church
property valued at $ 20,000
edifices,
In 1850, there
wealth.
in 1870, there
twelve church
church property
were sixteen church
edifices,
capable of seating 9,950 persons, with church property valued at
8 267,500.
Shakers.
—New-Hampshire contains two
societies of those inter-
esting people, called Shakers or United Believers; one
Enfield, on the shores of
Masooma Lake,
is
located in
the other in Canterbury,
on a considerable elevation affording an extensive view of the sur-
rounding country.
These two
societies contain
about two hundred
members each.
The founders of the Shaker sect in America, were Ann Lee,
William Lee, and James Whittaker, who, with six others, emigrated
from England and landed in New- York, August 6, 1774. In 1782,
the leaders sent out two missionaries, viz. Ebenezer Cooley and
Israel Chauncy, who visited Hartland, Vermont, where resided one
Zadock Wright, a member of their church. He with Cooley and
Chauncy then journeyed to Enfield, and called upon one James
Jewett, arriving September 1, 1782.
The first Shaker meeting
ever held in New-Hampshire was holdon at the house of Asa
Pattee, about the above date.
at
Canterbury the same Fall.
This Shaker doctrine was preached
Although this society with others iu
the vicinity embraced their faith in the year 1782-'3, they did not
form a compact body or church until the year 1792, about ten
years after they
first
embraced the
faith.
In the beginning of the
year 1792, the members of the society adopted the order of a joint
union, and an equal interest
in all
they possessed, being governed
by no other spirit or influence than that which governed the primitive Christians at the
day of Pentecost.
Their church government
in
may
be called Episcopal, being vested
Bishops and Elders, after the form of the primitive church.
The
central or leading authority in this country devolves
upon a
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551
succession of ministry or order of bishops residing alternately at
New-Lebanon and Watervliet, in the State of New-York. The
New-Hampshire are under the Episcopal jurisdiction
societies in
of a succession of ministry alternately resdiug at Canterbury and
Enfield.
We quote
a few extracts of their religious
faith.
First that the
composed of two great and fundamental essences, viz.
power and wisdom, or male and female principles. For proof of
Deity
is
they quote Rom. I. 20.
" That Christ has made not only his
this,
ing.
That these are both
ual manifestations
;
the
to
first
through
Ann
Through
Lee.
but his second appearspirit-
and through the mission of
seen in the same manifesta-
as seen in
Jesus of Nazareth, and the second as
tions
first,
be considered as emphatically
these two manifestations, they
recognize a spiritual parentage, or the father and mother of the
new
creation.
"
That the object of these two appearings of Christ, first in the
male, and secondly in the female was to make an end of sin, and
bring in everlasting righteousness to make an end of the world,
or order of the flesh perfected in the first Adam and Eve, that all
who would, might come into the order or dispensation of the new
—
;
creation,
through regeneration, or the spiritual parentage of the
Adam
and Eve. Through this agency tbey believe a new
heaven and a new earth are being instituted, as seen in their order.
Hence celibacy is rigidly and tenaciously observed, in every
second
instance.
"That the resurrection concerns the soul or spiritual body only,
and can have nothing to do with the natural.
In short the above leading points of doctrine would seem to indicate a foundation, with no borrowed material, since Christ, or the
declension of the primitive church.
As
in respect to their peculiar style of dress,
they were not
dis-
tinguished from other people in the early days of their organization,
nor would they be to-day only as they have retained the old style
of dress in puritan days, w hich everybody else has changed.
r
They have been noted
punctuality in
all their
for
many
years for their honesty, and
business transactions, and by
means of their
industry and frugal habits, they have accumulated a respectable
property, besides bestowing
While we are not a
much
for charitable purposes.
full believer in the
Shaker
faith,
nor in their
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RELIGION.
peculiar style of living, in every respect,
every day
life
still
which would be well worthy
in every phase of business
Second Advents.
to
there
much
is
in their
be imitated by people
life.
—This
peculiar sect of people believe that
the Bible fully states the time by mathematical demonstrations, the
consummation and destruction of all things on earth, and produce plenty of figures and facts which they obtain from the Bible
to prove their statements, and which no person can deny, but still
final
very few believe.
Up
to the present
time their calculations as to
destructions of the earth have not proved correct, but
faith
is
quite as strong, their zeal has not cooled,
believe that the day of their deliverance
In 1850, their were four church
is
edifices,
edifices,
edifices,
still
capable of seating 1100
in 1860, there
capable of seating 2,265 persons, with
church property valued at $ 7,600, and
church
their
near at hand.
persons with church property valued at $3,000;
were ten church
still
and they
in 1870, there
were twenty
capable of seating 4,400 persons, with church prop-
erty valued at $ 25,000.
—
Unitarian. This
and are
Christianity,
religious sect are
liberal
in their belief of
steadily increasing.
In 1850, there were thirteen church edifices, capable of seating
8,380 persons, with church property, valued at $72,800; in 1860,
there were fifteen church edifices, capable of seating 7,260 per-
church property valued at 1 125,800 and in 1870, there
were twenty-two church edifices, eapable of seating 7,830 persons,
with church property valued at $ 207,000.
sons, with
;
—
Universalists. The first society of this denomination was
formed at Portsmouth as early as 1781, and they were recognized
by law
as a distinct religious sect
June
13, 1805.
In 1850, there were thirty-eight church
edifices,
capable of seat-
ing 14,280 persons, with church property valued at $83,100;
in
1860, there were forty-two church edifices capable of seating 14,938
persons, with church property, valued at $112,550;
and
in
1870,
there were twenty-three church edifices, capable of seating 8,800
persons, with church property valued at $ 154,200.
Union Church.
—There were sixteen Union churches
in
1870
in
various sections of the State, and are formed in communities where
there are not enough persons to form a church of their
own
relig-
ious faith but join with others for the purpose of sustaining the
gospel.
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RELIGION.
There is also one local Mission school and one
(Swedenborgian) church located in the State.
New
Jerusalem,
TABULAR STATEMENT,
Showing
total
number of Religious Denominations in New -Hampshire.
COUNTIES.
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554
GENERAL VIEW OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
CHAPTER
A
brief review of the State,
river scenery, geology
and rivers
;
ita
climate,
its
VII.
grand mountain, ocean, lake and
and mineralogy, a description
a brief account of the aboriginals of
Hampshire compared with the Western States
;
A
of
its
mountains, lakes
NewNew-Hampshire
Poem on New-Hampshire,
;
etc.
REVIEW OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
The last period in the history of New-Hampshire, it might be said,
commenced at or near 1840, or thirty-three years ago.
December 23, 1838, the first regular train of cars that ever ran
into New-Hampshire, for public business, came from Boston through
Lowell to Nashua, and, from that date commenced anew history in
the business and prosperity of the State
oldest States in the
in
every section, have been nearly as
The
States.
which
By
v.
six
Although it is one of the
and population
great as in any of her sister
Union, the changes
miles of railroad to
as operated
till
in business
Nashua was the only
line
after 1840.
the foregoing statement, in connection with other important
facts, it
might be well enough
to take a retrospective view, in brief,
of the standing of the State relative to
its
industries,
and every-
thing pertaining to a civilized and prosperous people in 1810, and
1850, compared with the present time.
In 1840, New-Hampshire contained a population of 284,574
in
Portsmouth, in 1840, was the largest town in the
;
1870, 318,320.
State,
Dover was the next
in size, 6,558;
then followed
Nashua
Somersworth, 3,383 and the town of
Manchester, 3,335 inhabitants, and employing in her trade and
manufactories 1,052 persons.
Manchester is now a large city of
with 6,054; Concord, 4,897;
;
30,000 people, and employs in her various industries over 12,000
�REVIEW OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
555
persons, with five lines of railway diverging from her depot to all
sections of the State
and country.
In 1840, there were but six miles of finished railroad in the State.
There are now over 890 miles of railway track stretching through
two thirds of the towns
in the State,
Mount Washington amid
and up the towering summit of
There is now one mile of
the clouds.
railroad track to every 400 persons in the State, while in
Europe
These railroads have been
built at an expense of not less than $ 32,000,000.
Thirty years ago
the electric fluid flashed its deadly shaft through the air, unguid-
there
is
only one mile to every 7,500.
ed by man, like the dreaded missiles hurled from the cannon's
over the
field
To day
of battle.
it
mouth
harmlessly flashes over 2,000
miles of wire, conveying messages of peace instead of destruction and
death.
In 1840, our cotton manufactories annually produced goods
to the value of $ 4,142,000
now they produce over $
;
30,000,000.
In 1840, the value of woolen goods produced was $ 795,000 to day
in 1840, less than 500,000 pairs of sale boots
it is over $9,000,000
;
;
and shoes were made
;
to-day, over 8,000,000 pairs are manufactur-
In 1840, there were
ed.
less
than 12,000 persons employed in
all
the manufactories in the State, and annually producing goods to the
value of about $ 13,000,000; to-day over 46,000 persons are employed,
and producing goods
to the value of over $ 95,000,000.
In 1840,
the 78,000 persons engaged in farming respectively received for agricultural productions $ 320
;
in 1870, the 46,573 inhabitants en-
gaged in the same business receive $ 483 each for the same labor.
Twenty- four years ago, there was deposited in the ten savings
banks in the State, $1,564,000, owned by 12,082 depositors, now
(1873) there are deposited in the sixty-one savings banks, $29,671,
In 1850, there were twenty
000, and owned by 94,967 depositors.
newspapers, with an annual issue of 1,024,424 copies;
in 1873,
there were 62 papers, with an issue of 7,237,588 copies.
In 1850,
there were no regular daily papers in the State
;
in 1870, there
were
seven, with a daily circulation of 6,100, or an annual issue of
1,
In 1850, the value of church property in the
In 1850, there were
State was $ 1,561,610— in 1870, $ 3,303,780.
$ 221,146, annually appropriated for public schools in 1870, $ 574
900,000 copies.
;
In 1850, the true valuation of personal property and real
in 1870 it was valued at nearly
estate was $ 103,652,835
898.
;
$ 250,000,000.
Like the railway speed of travel,
all
branches of industry for the
�CLIMATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
556
past thirty years in New-Hampshire, have increased at the same
But with our natural facilities for every department of induswhich are not equaled by any State in the Union, with our fine
water power, excellent market for agricultural products, the best
rate.
try,
commercial harbor
mountain scenery
ally
make
in the country,
and the grandest
its
cities,
money thus
and
have been
tales of west-
with paper corner
together with inducements held out to invest
railroad bonds
to
The fairy
present value.
ern farming, and adventures in western
lots,
ought
their visits the wealth of the State
8 100,000,000 in excess of
river, lake
with over 30,000 tourists who annu-
in the world,
money
in western
at the inflated usurious rates of ten per cent, for
invested,
when
the road could not pay
ning expenses, have been the greatest injuries as
more than run-
to the prosperity of
There is no doubt but the lessons so dearly
New-Hampshire.
bought by many persons in this State, will be of lasting benefit to
the generation to come, both to their happiness and wealth.
CLIMATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Like
shire
is
all
other
New-England
States, the climate of
New-Hamp-
exceedingly various as to heat and cold, and attended with
sudden changes.
.
The extreme varation
of temperature
is
from twenty
to thirty de-
grees below zero, to ninety-eight or one hundred above, but these
extremes do not often occur.
The
extensive ice-bergs in the north-
ern sea, together with the various currents of air cause cool breezes
and in the summer the
and upon the heavy
Thunforests create a moisture which produces frequent showers.
der showers are frequent through the hottest portion of the season,
but never as violent as in the Western or Southern States, and
seldom attended with high winds. Whirlwinds and tornadoes are
to pass over the hills
and through the
valleys,
hot rays of the sun, on these cool currents of
very rare, yet not unknown.
pee,
A
New London and Warner,
ever known
air,
whirlwind that passed over BunaSept. 9, 1821,
in this section of the country.
was the most severe
The
lofty elevations in
various sections of the State break the clouds so that
it is
Dearly
impossible for long sweeps of wind, as on the prairies in the West.
Summej- showers are also broken by the high hills and mountains,
and move through the valleys between the mountains. Very often
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557
there will be a heavy shower on one side of a mountain, while a
few miles distant, on the other
thunder,
is
side,
within hearing of the rumbling
Owing
bright sunshine.
breaking up
to the continual
of the clouds through the summer, showers are frequent, and the
ground
is
seldom parched by continuous droughts, or saturated
Storms on the eastern and southern
with protracted rain storms.
slope of
New-Hampshire usually come from the
in the Connecticut valley,
north-east, while
which runs nearly north and south, the
storms are oftener from the south-east.
continues four days, and they are oftener
storm that
It is a long
Owing
less.
to the
many
and mountains, the streams rise rapidly, but their usually high
banks generally keep the water within the channel of the streams,
and there are no such devastating floods as occur in the West or
hills
South, neither are the storms, on an average, more than two thirds
as long.
The amount of rain falling, one year with another, generally
more than five or six inches. Within the past fifteen
varies not
was 27$ inches, in 1859;
was 46& inches, in 1863. The extreme hot clays
are usually followed by cool nights, and, within a few days, by re-
years, the smallest quantity of rain falling
and the
largest
freshing showers.
The warm rays of the
sun, followed by fine
irrigating showers, cause the various productions
common
to this
climate to ripen in from sixty to one hundred and twenty days from
the time that the seed
is
put into the ground.
The season
for
planting varies in different sections of the State from ten to twenty
Merrimack
County and the northwinds usually blow from the
days, the earliest being in the southern valleys of the
and Connecticut
rivers, the latest in Carroll
ern portion of the State.
west and north-west.
storms
;
The
fair
eastern and north-eastern winds denote
tended storms
blast all
The
Southern winds indicate short,
;
more
warm
cool
rain
and ex-
but our lofty mountains, frequently, in a dry time,
human
calculations as to rain.
of snow
is not as even from year to year as rain, varying
from one third to one half. In 1858, the amount of snow falling
through the year was four feet and nine inches in 1859, there fell
eight feet and one inch; in 1871, the snow fall was only four feet
fall
;
and nine inches
inches.
;
while, in 1872, there were seven feet
Then again
:
snow
surface of the ground as rain
and eight
not so evenly distributed over the
is
;
falling
much
deeper on the height
of land which separates the basins of the large rivers, and in that
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558
White Mountains.
section of the State north of the
It does not
necessarily follow that the falling of large quantities of
snow pro-
duces the best and largest amount of sleighing through the winter.
From the first to the middle of January, there is generally a mode-
by the name of the " January
Thaw." This mild weather frequently produces rain which carries
away all the snow, breaks up the ice in the large streams, and
sometimes produces devastating floods by the ice damming the
streams and flowing the water back over the country. If the snow
ration in the weather, which goes
escapes this rain-thaw, there
but, if otherwise, there
sun runs so high
it is
is
is
generally a fine winter for sleighing;
but
snow
little
soon melted away.
in succession, of the best quality,
March and then
till
the
Sleighing for two months
frequently on less than eight
is
inches of snow, but good lumber sledding requires larger quantities
to
make
it
a successful business.
Sleighing in northern
four months
;
New-Hampshire frequently continues over
in the central part of the State,
about three months
while ten miles south of the city of Manchester there
is
seldom over
and oftener less. Livery stable keepers in Manchester,
frequently, for four weeks in succession, if their team is going five
sixty days,
or ten miles south of the city, harness their horse into a wagon,
while
is
if
they are going north, east or west any distance, a sleigh
provided.
Many
people in the Southern States have the im-
pression that the deep snows of
prosperity.
Deep snows
New-Hampshire
generally large crops follow deep winter snows.
State consider
it
are a barrier to
the farmer's
are called
its
and
fertilizer,
The people of this
a calamity to have a winter without sleighing.
Aside from cars, the sled and sleigh with sufficient snow are the
On a
best and pleasantest mode of conveyance ever invented.
clear, cool winter day, with good sleighing, together with a fine
horse and sleigh, with sufficient robes to keep warm, gliding over
the glistening snow at a ten mile gait,
ride through six inches of Southern
is
mud
far preferable to a carriage
in
mid
winter, at the rate
of one mile an hour, as the writer fully knows by experience.
The deepest snows fall with a north-east wind, while snow commencing with a southern wind usually changes to rain. Frequently
it
will rain
snow
;
four hours,
time,
in the valleys, while
also, in the
snow
and
will
on the higher elevations
southern section of the State,
in the vicinity of the
fall
to
it
it
will
will rain twenty-
White Mountains
the depth of fifteen inches.
at the
One
same
foot of
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snow, when melted, on an average, produces one inch of water.
In 1872, rain fell on 88 days, and suow 32 days. In this state-
ment
it
must be considered that many days were
fair with the ex-
ception of a pleasant shower, while on the other hand, there have
been cloudy days but no rain. Over two thirds of the days in the
year the sun can be seen some part of the day. There are, frequently,
heavy fogs on the streams in August and September,
morning, which are followed by a
fair day, the fog
in the
being dispersed
by the sun by nine or ten o'clock in the forenoon.
Our most pleasant months are June, September and October.
Often the first two, and not unfrequently the first three weeks in
September, are, however, very warm. From the 20th of September to the 20th of October, the weather
is
delightful.
The temper-
and the sky singularly bright and
beautiful.
This is the period denominated the Indian summer.
Some persons think June to be a more pleasant month than either
September or October. In June, there are usually a few days of
ature
is
mild, the air
intense heat.
In
is
sweet,
other respects, except the brilliancy and beau-
all
month must be confessed to have the superiThe progress of vegetation is wonderful and
it seems as if the creative hand was, in a literal sense, renewing
its original plastic efforts, to adorn the world with richness and
splendor.
All things are alive and gay. " The little hills rejoice
on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks. The valleys
ty of the heavens, this
ority over all others.
;
are also covered with corn, and shout for joy."
same time
chilled by
The
prevails in a peculiar degree..
easterly winds,
winter months,
when
Health at the
The spring
is
and rendered uncomfortable by
the earth
is
clad with
its
often
rains.
mautle of snow
the season for relaxation and pleasure.
Then come the evening parties for the old, the dance for the young, and the merry
sleigh rides for all, which no one knows how to appreciate unless
he has lived mid the saow-capt hills of New-England.
We are indebted to the Hon. William L. Foster of Concord for
is
the following meteorological observations for the year 1872, and
statements relative thereto.
THE WEATHER OF THE YEAR 1872
has been, upon the whole, considerably warmer than the average
temperature, of the last 17 years.
The mercury
rose above 90° sixteen times, four times in June,
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560
The warmwhen the mean temThe highest temperature was June 21, 98°.
seven in July, four in August, and once in September.
est
days in the year were June 30 and July
perature was 84?°.
The mercury
fell
below zero on 23 days, once
times in February, four times in
ber.
The
coldest
—
1,
day
in the
in
January, seven
March and eleven times in Decemyear was March 5, when the mean
—
The lowest temperature was Dec. 25, 20°.
Rain has fallen on §8 days, snow on 33 days.
The whole amount of rain is 37.17 inches, being 2.95 inches
more than the average rain-fall of 1871, and 3.58 inches more than
temperature was
9°.
the annual rain-fall in the last 17 years.
The following
inches
;
combined, in
as the
amount of snow in feet and
and hundredths and rain and melted snow
inches and hundredths (estimating one inch of water
table indicates the
rain in inches
;
product of one foot of snow), during the
last
16 years.
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inches
fell in
March and 10
ing after February
is
561
The average quantity
in April.
fall-
18 inches.
Sleighing began Nov. 29, and has been uninterrupted.
The whole quantity of
rain this winter (since Dec. 1)
is
2.95
an inch more than the average quantity
during the winter months.
The coldest day this winter was Dec. 25, when the mercury was,
inches, being about half
min. 20° max. 8°
mean 6°.
The coldest morning and lowest temperature was Jan. 30, 26°.
The warmest day of the winter was Jan. 4, when the mercury
recorded, min. 31° max. 44° mean 37J Q
The highest temperature recorded during the winter was Feb.
.
17, 50°.
Range of temperature during the
winter, 76°.
SCENERY IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
There
is
no doubt but the scenery of New- Hampshire
is
more
varied and beautiful than can be found in any other State in the
Union.
The ocean scenery along her narrow
miles,
is
coast of less than eighteen
pronounced the grandest on the western Atlantic shore.
The Hon. Edmund Burke, of Newport, when
in Congress,
than thirty years ago, while in debate, in defending
more
New-Hamp-
an attack from a southern member of Congress,
speaking of her natural scenery, blended with civilization, well and
shire against
eloquently said
hills.
She
is
:
"New-Hampshire
is
among the
Her mountains point
indeed throned
the Switzerland of America.
high up among the clouds, where eagles take their
unrestrained the freedom of the skies.
She
is
flight
and enjoy
a land
Of mountain and of flood,
Of green heath and shaggy wood.
Her
cloud-capt hills, even in mid-summer, glisten with the frosts
and snows of winter. The terrific avalanche springs from her summits and thunders down their sides.
But she is a land of crystal
streams, of glassy lakes, embosomed among her hills, and of beautiful valleys and meadows, dotted with neat and pretty villages,
teeming with fertility, the hum of industry and all the evidences of
wealth and prosperity. She has more of those noble temples of
�SCENERY IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
562
liberty,
more of
common schools, more village spires pointing to Heaven, and
the monuments which mark a high and advanced state of
civilization
than any other State of this Union, with, perhaps, one
If she
or two exceptions.
for her
advancement
is
indebted to any cause under
in prosperity, wealth
her lofty mountains, and her beautiful and
Our description of the mountains
Whose snowy
Among
in
and
Heaven
civilization, it is to
fertile valleys."
New-Hampshire,
tops
the clouds are towering high,
And seem to meet
Amid the starry
the heavens
sky
Her hundred
glassy lakes, and
Like brilliant diamonds
Set in emerald green,
Add beauty
To her mountain scene
And her sparkling, winding rivers,
That feed her glassy lakes,
Or meet the briny ocean's tide,
Are like the golden chains
Which hold the diamond to the maiden's
They stretching back their silver arms,
Clasp them to the mountain crests
Are
breast;
the sequel to the beautiful scenery to be found in almost ev-
ery section of the State, and with the exception of a few remarks
made by Dr. Moses
F. Morrison on
New-Hampshire
bearing upon industry and civilization, will be
its
tion given of
its
all
scenery,
grand ocean, mountain, lake and river scenery.
In many respects the White and Green mouutain ranges
perhaps from
and
the descrip-
all others in the
known
differ
They are purely of
thrown up through the tran-
world.
primitive origin, while most others are
secondary or tertiary strata.
We have not even the organic
remains of the transition period, and hence the search for coal,
which is now known to be in every instance vegetable matter, acted
sition,
upon by the united agency of heat and pressure, is equally futile
and hopeless. But primitive rocks contain the most valuable ores,
and in our instance their surface is covered almost to the summits
of our highest mountains with a productive soil and with a beauti-
The world produces not a spot where the
more pure, the water more clear and limpid, and the scenery
more wild and beautiful, where the human foot can move with
more boldness and less danger. The wolf and lammermuir of the
fully varied vegetation.
air
is
�SCENERY IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
563
Alps, the tiger and condor of the Andes, the cougUr and rattlesnake of the Alleganiea are not here. The associations of childhood and youth become a part of our being, and it is only when
they are disruptured by transition, that we realize their existence.
Place a mountaineer upon the
ry of his youth
prairies,
and he longs
for the scene-
he returns to behold with rapture the beauties
;
of landscape which before he had passed with careless indifference.
We have passed the magnificient gorge of the White Hills, and
viewed with enthusiasm the wild sublimity around us. We have
entered the defile of Francouia, and beheld with astonishment and
Man of the Mountain and his wild domain.
have scaled the summit of Mount Washington, and at one time
beheld the thunder cloud, hundreds of feet below us, the lightning
admiration the Old
We
and a brilliant sun irradiating the sky.
summit the valley of the Connecticut
spread out like a map before us; the rays of ight, reflected by a
dark cloud that hung upon the Green Mountains, brought into displaying over
surface,
its
Again we viewed from
tinct
its
view the streams, the cottages, the
fields,
the villages, the
and valleys, the waving forests and vast amphitheatre of
mountains supporting the blue vault around and above us
we
felt that the beautiful and sublime were here mingled upon a scale
never to be surpassed, and hallowed by a thousand associated ideas
of fond remembrances never to be forgotten.
We have stood on the shores of the ocean and contemplated the
vast and almost illimitable world of waters before us, and viewed
in imagination the innumerable ships and vast navies that float upon
her bosom. We have sailed upon the waters of Ontario, when the
departing sunbeams cast their gorgeous shades of green and gold
hills
;
over
its
surface
— transcendently
beautiful
splendid drapery of the imagination.
—
far
beyond the most
Finally, descending into the
awful chasm of Niagara, we have approached in a
tremendous cataract of the Western
rolling surges of
its
abyss,
seas,
we were warned
until
frail
boat the
repelled
by the
that nearer approxima-
might be death. No person can describe the sublimity of this
its grandeur is overwhelming, and the vast display of magnificence and power presented at a single glance to our view shows
tion
scene
—
how puny
of God.
are the efforts of man compared with the omnipotence
But with the ocean, with the lake and with the cataract
were associated
in
our minds the ideas of loneliness, of solitude
most of desolation.
We
longed for the early visions of
—
life,
al-
for
�GEOLOGY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
564
that play of fight and shade upon the mountain scenery of our na-
We
had learned that the impress of external objects
upon the heart and shaped the
visions of ideality in the brain; and that the cultivation of the intellectual faculties of the mind and the physical energies of the
body alone were wanting to make us the happiest of the free.
And now permit us to ask, where shall we find a soil more productive, with a climate equally salubrious? where shall we breathe
an atmosphere more invigorating, or drink of fountains more pure ?
where shall we behold scenery more sublime, beautiful and good,
tive hind.
had stamped
their seal of loveliness
surrounded with
less evils or
moral and physical
evils
exposed to fewer dangers
we do
—
suffer,
?
Of
the
few are consequent upon
—
some are contingent but many are created by our vices
and perpetuated by our ignorance.
We constantly violate the
and shall we complain that the degeneracy
laws of organic life
of the species and the ill health and early dissolution of the individual should be the consequence? or shall we value less the numberless blessings which surround us because the harmony of the
locality
;
intellectual with the physical world
is
comparatively unknown?
GEOLOGY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
No
portion of the
American
continent, except the Laurentian
Hills of Canada, exhibits a more ancient surface of dry land than
New-Hampshire.
nitic,
The
face of the entire State
is
essentially gra-
the only exceptions being the patches of limestone and clay
slate lying along the
The
upper part of the Connecticut river valley.
New-Hampshire
of the Rocky Mountains.
surface of
State east
more uneven than any other
is
A large portion of
its
northern
and upwards above the
ocean level. The primitive rock underlying the whole region has
a remarkable induration, having taken its form, coherence and
hardness at a period antedating the introduction of life upon the
globe, or, at least, at so early a period that subsequent exposure and
internal changes have obliterated nearly every trace of organized
counties has an elevation of a thousand feet
existence.
This extreme hardness of the rocks has so far resisted
the abrading action of the waters in the river-beds that the streams
of New-Hampshire abound with
a vast amount of water power.
falls
and
rapids,
and hence
afford
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565
In a large portion of the territory of the United States, nearly
every square mile abounds with marine and vegetable
fossils.
Hampshire shows
life
less
of these remains of organized
With
other State of the Union.
the exception of a few obscure
traces of the Silurian age at Littleton
have ever been found within the
The
New-
than any
and Shelburne, no
fossils
limits of this State.
is strongly marked by the effects of the
That great flood of waters swept over the entire region, except the summit of Mt. Washington.
The comparative
nakedness or denudation of the ledges on the nortnern side of our
hills, is an evidence of the force and depth of the vast current
which for ages drifted, in a nearly southward direction, over the
State.
A still more impressive testimony is the immense quantity
of bowlders strewn over every township by these uorthern currents,
and which vary in size from a small pebble to those of a thousand
surface of the State
Drift epoch.
Rounded masses of
tons' weight.
ter,
like
granite, often ten feet in diame-
upon the tops of the highest hills. In some towns,
Hillsborough, Washington, Stoddard and Sunapee, they are
were
left
so thickly strown as to cover, on
of the surface.
Many
many
farms, a considerable portion
of the ledges upon the highlands are
by furrows and scratches made by the
marked
drifting bowlders of that
Often the rocks found from fifty to one hundred feet beperiod.
low the surface are well-rounded bowlders.
For a long geological period the surface of this State must have
had a widely different configuration from that of to-day.
The
Northern railroad, in its route from Concord to Lebanon, crosses
the height of land between the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers
in the
worn
At
town of Orange.
than eight hundred
feet
in the solid granite,
One
the point of greatest altitude,
above the bed of these
more
rivers, are pot holes
having a depth of from oue
to
nearly
them is eleven feet deep with a diameter of
The stream which
four feet at the top and two feet at the bottom.
formed them must have been large and swift, and have flowed for a
four yards.
long time.
of
Similar holes in the solid gneiss are found at the Sun-
apee summit, in Newbury, near the track of the Sugar River
rail-
road.
ITS
EFFECTS ON CIVILIZATION.
The geological character
tility
of a country largely determines
shire are granitic
— those
its
fer-
The rocks of New-Hampof Vermont are calcareous. The decompo-
and the occupations of
its
people.
�GEOLOGY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
56G
sition of the
one gives a light, sandy surface
heavy, productive
soil.
Hence the
— of the
fertility
other, a rich,
of Vermont, and the
according to the census of 1870, she largely leads NewHampshire in every department of agricultural production.
The valley of the Connecticut is often mentioned as the garden of
Its fertility greatly surpasses that of the Merrimack.
this State.
The alluvial deposit of limestone, worn from the scattered ledges
fact that,
along the eastern border of the Connecticut valley has contributed
largely to the productive capacity of the towns along the borders
of that river, and given to Colebrook, Lancaster, Haverhill, Lebanon and Walpole, an agricultural importance above Boscawen,
Manchester, Nashua, and the other towns bordering on the Merrimack.
But the granite ledges of the Merrimack valley amply compensate for the thin soil of that region.
In a purely limestone coun-
have worn their channels to a great depth, and
whatever falls there may have been are graded down to a plane of
descent so extended and uniform as to make any available waterpower an impossibility.
The banks are also yielding and unreliable for dams.
On the other hand, granite and gneiss have not only
try the streams
New-Hampshire crop out
hardness, but in
in
irregular
ledges,
with their lines of stratification at right angles to the courses of
our rapidly-sloping rivers. These out-cropping ridges of the strata
running across the streams, produce pitches and sudden descents,
which, according to the steepness and volume of water, take the
falls or cataracts.
The water powers of the Merrimack, Winnipisaukee, Contoocook, Suncook, and Cocheco are referable to this origin.
With the adjoining banks and river-bottoms
form of rapids,
dams can be
of granite,
currents and the
built proof against the corrosion of under-
momentum
of freshets.
SURFACE ASPECT OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
The southern half
nipisaukee
of this State— that portion below
Lake Win-
— has a degree of unevenness above the undulating
and
which Thoreau has given the name of
summits have a marked altitude and celebrity
below the mountainous,
" hilliness."
Two
to
—
Monadnock and Kearsarge. Both attract a large number of summer visitors, and afford a magnificent view of the central portion
of
New
England.
The northern part of New-Hampshire has a mountain scenery
�MINERALS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
which
567
for half a century has received the constantly increasing at-
and tourists. The passage of the Saco through
White Mountains forms a gorge equal in depth and abrupt-
tention of scientists
the
ness to the canons of California
Mountain, and Dixville Notches
per's Ferry, the only
;
are,
while the Franconia, White
with the exception of Har-
mountain passes of surpassing grandeur
east
of the Rocky Mountains.
The
beautiful scenery, healthy air, and pure waters of the north-
ern section of this State, will always attract thousands of visitors,
during the summer season,
MINERALS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Though New-Hampshire
is
destitute of fossils,
and nearly want-
ing in that class of calcareous minerals whose varied form of crys-
and coloring give them an important place in mineraland of silicious minerals this
State has a large and varied family, specimens of which are to be
found in public and private collections throughout the country.
First, we will designate those which are valuable for their utility
talization
ogical collections, yet of the ores
rather than their rarity.
Granite, the prevailing
rock, furnishes excellent quarries in
The increased facilities for transportathem very valuable. The oldest and best
every section of the State.
tion
have made some of
known
Concord, two miles north of the State
Those of Marlboro, Fitzwilliam and Troy, on the Cheshire
The quarries at
railroad, are equally valuable and accessible.
Mason, Milford, Hooksett and Rumney, are located near railroads,
and are extensively worked. Those of Sunapee, Lisbon and New
quarries are at
House.
London
are of superior quality, but are not so convenient for trans-
portation as to be largely quarried.
ries
Altogether, the granite quar-
of the State are an important element of industry, employing
some twelve hundred men.
Steatite, or soapstone, is a valuable material for certain purThere are three quarries in the State at Francestown, Orposes.
The Francestown ledge was discovered in
ford and Canterbury.
1794, and has been worked ever since. It is the most valuable
soapstone quarry in the United States, and its products are very extensively used for stoves, sinks, wash and bath tubs, moulding taIt employs one hundred hands.
bles, and a variety of other uses.
—
�MINERALS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
568
Mica, one of the component parts of
granite,
is
rarely found in
transparent sheets of sufficient size to be of commercial value.
Quarries have been worked at Grafton, Alstead and Acworth.
last are exhausted, but the Grafton quarry is still valua-
The two
ble, yielding
The best
makes it valu-
twenty-five tons of sheet mica annually.
quality brings ten dollars per pound.
Its elasticity
able for lights where glass cannot be used.
Felspar, another of the component parts of
granite,
is
found in
large masses, at times semi-crystalized, at Grafton, Acworth, Alstead and Manchester.
At Grafton and Acworth
fine
specimens
of albite are found, and at Manchester the flesh-colored variety.
It
is
used in the manufacture of porcelain and artificial teeth.
Clay Slate
quarries have been opened in Littleton, Lebanon,
Dalton, Unity, Piermont and Claremont, but none of them have
The one at Lebanon is extensive,
proved remunerative.
but too soft and brittle to furnish a good material for roofing or
yet
paving.
Limestone deposits are found in Haverhill, Lisbou, Columbia,
Lyme, Orford and Cornish. At East Haverhill and East Lisbon
lime
is
manufactured, annually, in sufficient quantities to supply
the vicinity.
Graphite
occurs in abundance in Nelson, Goshen,
and Antrim.
In the
first
named
locality
it is
Campton
ground and sent
to
the Boston market.
Of
the ornamental minerals found in New-Hampshire, the
fol-
lowing occur more frequently.
Quartz crystals are found in North Benton and East Campton.
From both of these localities many beautiful specimens have been
obtained for cabinets, but, though not exhausted they are
much more
cured with
Beryl
is
found in Grafton, Orange, Acworth and
but good specimens cannot
blasting.
The
now
se-
labor than formerly.
New London,
now be obtained without
considerable
have been obtained
Grafton and
best specimens
in
Acworth.
Garnets occur in Lisbon, "Warren, Springfield and Hanover.
At Lisbon they are found in great quantities in the pastures around
Mink pond. At Warren some of the specimens are very rtire, and
are of the cinnamon variety. At Springfield they are abundant,
with perfect faces, but of common quality. There are exhausted
localities at
North Haverhill and Amherst.
�METALS AND ORES.
Epidote, massive and
and Warren.
Tourmaline
found
is
569
Ore
in crystals, occurs at
in
Hill, Lisbon
Piermont, Springfield and Orford.
It
imbedded in milk quartz, and great care is needed to save tbe
crystals from fracture.
Staurotides, single and double crystals, occur in very great
abundance at Mink pond, Lisbon.
Tremolite, of a wbite and finely radiated variety, is abundant
is
at
Warren.
THE METALS AND
Gold,
minute
in
particles,
was
first
1854, at Plainfield, and soon after at
1864
it
was found
in
Lyman, and
was much excitement
ORES.
discovered in this State in
Lebanon and Hanover.
In
There
the next year in Lisbon.
in both of these towns, for several years fol-
lowing, attended with considerable expense in excavations and the
erection of a large crushing mill.
The gold
Lyman,
At
four miles from Lisbon village.
is
of fine quality, and
The
some $12,000 worth have been extracted.
best mines are in
intervals, the
working
of these mines has ceased, but, at this time (Oct. 1873,) two of them
are being developed with a yield of moderate profit.
Silver
if
is
found in the lead ores of Madison and Shelburne, and
it would warrant the extraction of the
the galena was abundant,
silver.
Galena
so largely
occurs in Madison in considerable quantities but it is
mixed with the ores of zinc and copper that the working
;
of these mines has been abandoned.
Zinc ores are found
The former
in great
abundance
at
Madison and Warren.
affords fine specimens of yellow blende, or thesulphuret
of zinc; and the latter of black blende, or the oxide of zinc.
them is worked at the present time.
Copper. The sulphuret of copper is found
Nei-
ther of
this State.
and Unity
Lyman, Bath,
Iron
ore
many towns of
Warren, Croydon,
in
afford fine specimens of this kind of ore.
these localities have been
unfavorable
Littleton, Dalton,
more or
less
worked, but, as
Most of
yet,
with
results.
is
found at ore Hill, Lisbon, Piermont, Bartlett, Tam-
worth, and Littleton in considerable quantities.
At Lisbon
the
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570
vein
is
began
the granular, magnetic oxide of iron.
men were employed, and 500
tons
quality, were annually produced.
ed,
It
For many
of pig and bar
be worked as early as 1805.
to
Of late
is
very
rich,
and
years, twenty-five
of the best
iron,
years the work has ceas-
from the increased depth of the vein, and the greater cost of
fuel.
In the north part of Bartlett, and east of Rocky Branch River,
occurs the most extensive deposit of workable iron ever found in
New-Hampshire.
Fifty tons of this ore has been sent to one of the best iron and
steel
manufactories in England, and they pronounced
quality, especially for the
manufacturing of
it
of the best
steel.
The Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad, which extends through
Bartlett, will pass within three miles of these
and a branch can be
easily built
mountains of iron,
up Rocky Branch, near
to these
valuable mines.
Tin
is
found
tin mine, but, as
Manganese
Hinsdale.
Jackson, but the vein
in
quantity small.
very narrow and the
to
develop this
found in Littleton, Gilmanton, Winchester and
is
It occurs in the
Molybdenum
is
Over S 4,000 have been expended
yet, no favorable report.
is
form of the black oxide.
found in comparative abundance in Westmore-
land and Newport.
MOUNTAINS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
The Mountains
in
New-Hampshire are noted
for their lofty ele-
vation and the wild and romantic scenery obtained from their summits.
In this State are found some of the highest elevations in
New-England, and with one exception, the highest in the United
States this side of the
The
Rocky Mountains.
crystal waters, spouting from its
thousand springs, together with the clear, cool, bracing mountain
air, has attracted the attention of invalids and lovers of mountain
fine
scenery, for
scenery, the pure
many
years from
all sections
of the country, and with
the constantly increasing railroad facilities in
the
number of
visitors
all
parts of the Union,
has been largely augmented, and
it
is
esti-
mated that over 30,000 persons annually visit the mountains of
New-Hampshire.
But few people, even of those living in this
�MOUNTAINS IN NEW- HAMPSHIRE.
aware of the number, of mountains and
lofty elevations
State, are
571
that have beeu surveyed and their altitude obtained.
There are
in the State seven
mountain peaks over one mile
twenty-two peaks between four and
fourths of a mile high
thousand
five
thousand
feet,
hi<di
;
or over three-
twenty -six peaks between three and four
;
or over one-half mile high
and twenty-five peaks
There are many
other mountains between one and four thousand feet high, but no
feet,
between two and three thousand
;
feet in height.
record of their altitude has ever been obtained.
tilled farms,
Like well
and large manufacturing establishments,
now
considered a resource instead of a barren
these mountains are
waste.
At
the bases and on the summits of
been erected
fine hotels
many mountains, have
which, in magnitude, will vie with the large
hotels in Boston and New- York.
In the summer mouths, these
large houses are filled with the wealth and fashion coming from all
sections of the
We
will
United States.
mention a few of the principal mountains, and rank
them according
to their altitude,
White Mountains.
commencing with the
This range of mountains
located in the
is
southern section of Coos county and the northern portion of Grafton and Carroll counties.
They extend northerly about twenty
and with the Franconia range have an area of over 200,000
acres.
Water from their sides flows into four of the largest rivers
in New-England viz. the Androscoggin on the north, Saco on the
east and south-east, Merrimack south and south-west, and the Conmiles,
Some
necticut on the west.
of the peaks are the highest in
New-
England, and, with one exception, the highest east of the Rocky
mountains.
The Indian name of
was Agiocochook.
these mountains, according to Dr. Belknap,
Among
the savages
who frequented
moun-
this
tain region a tradition prevailed that a deluge once overspread
the land and destroyed every
and
his wife,
who fled
human being
to these lofty elevations
the race from extermination.
except a single
Powow
and thereby preserved
Perhaps the vouchers
in detail as to
the veracity of the statement of the poor Indian, are not as good nor
as reliable as those relative to the remarkable preservation of
and
his family
Noah
on a certain Mount in Asia, but their version,
gether with Bible history and the science of geology,
stantiate the statement that at one time, far
back
all
to-
go to sub-
in the past, the
whole earth was covered with waters, with the exception of the
�MOUNTAINS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
572
highest elevations.
had a venerable
Through
these traditions, the savages always
and never attempted
deeming the undertaking dangerous, and suc-
respect for these mountains,
to ascend the summit,
cess impossible.
President Alden states that the White Mountains were called by
one of the eastern tribes Waumbekketmethna
Waumbekket
;
signi-
methna mountains. Their great elevation has always rendered them exceedingly interesting, both to the aboriginal
inhabitants and to our ancestors. They were visited by Neil, Joclyn, and Field as early as 1632
they gave romantic accounts of
their adventure, and the extent and sublimity of the mountains.
They gave them the name of Crystol Hills.
There are six summits belonging to tb.3 White Mountain range
that are over one mile high and are respectively named Mount
Washington, having an altitude of 6,293 feet Mount Adams, 5,794
fies
white and
;
;
feet;
Mount
Jefferson,
5,714;
Mount
Clay, 5,553 feet;
Mount
Monroe, 5,384 feet and Mount Madison, 5,365 feet. Mount Washington is known by its superior elevation, and although sixty-five miles
distant from the ocean, in a clear day its snow white summit can be
distinctly seen fifty miles at sea
And like the father of our nation's, land,
He stands as beacon of his mountain chain,
To guide the bark upon the stormy main
To friendly port surrounded by the strand.
Mount Adams
is
known by
its
the second north of Washington.
two; Madison
is
sharp terminating peak and being
Jefferson
is
situated between the
the eastern peak of the range;
Monroe
is
the
first
south of Washington, and Clay north of Washington.
White Mountains never consider their
Mount Washington and view
the grandest mountain scenery on the American Continent.
A
traveller has well described the view obtained from Mount WashTravellers visiting the
tour completed, unless they ascend
ington.
" From the summit, if the day be clear, is afforded a view unequalled on the eastern side of the American Continent. Around
you, in every direction, are confused masses of mountains, bearing
the appearance of a sea of moulten lava suddenly cooled whilst its
ponderous waves were yet in commotion.
On the south-eastern
horizon gleams a rim of silver light it is the Atlantic Ocean sixty;
five miles distant, laving the shores of
Maine.
Lakes of
all sizes,
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573
from Lake Winnipiseogee to mere mountain ponds, and mountains
beneath you, gleam misty and wide.
At the west the Green
Mountains in Vermont are distinctly seen at the south and southwest are Mount Monadnock and Kearsarge in full view, while the
intervening space is filled up with every variety of landscape."
The ascent of Mount Washington is by two routes one is from
;
—
Gorham, on the north
side of the
mountains
to the
Glen House,
eight miles distant, and thence by carriage road, eight miles, to the
The road is a chartered corporation, and was commenced
and finished and opened for travel in the season of 1861.
The whole work is a complete triumph of engineering skill, and is
summit.
in 1855,
The other
the best finished road in the whole mountain region.
route
is
at the western base of the mountain,
by
This
rail.
rail-
road was commenced in 1866, under the superintendence of Sylvester
Marsh, the inventor of
three years.
description
It
is
used to
and completed
in
about
any
of the mechanism of this road, and other machinery
connected therewith, and
is
this novel plan,
needless in this place, to attempt to give
make
it
it is
enough to say that every precaution
and descend. The road is nearly
safe to ascend
three miles long and ascends 3,628 feet in going that distance, start-
ing from a point 2,669 feet above tide water.
including equipment,
road up
to the
mountains.
is
summit,
On
the
is
The whole expense,
not far from $ 200,000.
A
ride
worth the whole expense of a
on
this
trip to the
summit of Mount Washington has been
erect-
ed a large and convenient hotel, which answers also for a depot.
This house has all the comforts of hotels in the city, and can ac-
There is a telcommodate about one hundred guests, over night.
egraph office, with wires coming from different quarters of the
country, and the house, in the summer, has become quite an " exchange," parties arriving over the various routes, can despatch
by telegraph (over 6000 feet above the ocean) to their places of busOne object of guests staying over
iness hundreds of miles away.
night is to obtain an evening and morning view of the setting and
the rising sun, the beauty and grandeur of which is far beyond any
human
attempt to describe.
These mountains are now reached by railroad from all sections
of the country, and at all points near their base. On the north
side, at
Gorham, via Grand Trunk Railroad, coming from the north-
western States, Canada, and city of Montreal, or the other way,
from Portland and other points
in
Maine.
On
the south and south-
�MOUNTAINS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
574
west side, through the Notch at
Upper
Bartlett,
by the Portland
from Portland, or coming from
ii
over the Eastern railroad to North Conway, thence over
the Portland and Ogdensburg railroad to Upper Bartlett, or from
Boston over the Boston and Maine railroad to Great Falls Junc-
and Ogdensburg
tion,
railroad, either
On
thence over Eastern railroad to North Conway, &c.
west side, at the
Twin Mountain House,
in Carroll,
the
by the Boston,
Concord and Montreal railroad, from every section of the country
their connections with all the lines of railroad being nearly perfect.
Many
of the towns in the vicinity of the mountains are becoming
quite a resort for these mountain tourists, especially, where the
mountains are
in full view,
that distance lends
ham,
and
it
enchantment
can be truly said, at
to
At
the view.
many
points,
Lancaster, Gor-
Jefferson, Dalton, Whitefield, Littleton, Bethlehem, Lisbon,
Conway,' Bartlett, Jackson, Franconia, there are large
and summer boarding houses built expressly for the accommodation of these tourists.
The Notch is the name applied to a very narrow defile, between
two huge cliffs rent asunder by some powerful convulsion of nature,
seemingly to admit the waters of the Saco, which passes between
Carroll,
hotels
these walls for a distance of two miles.
At
the northern extremity
of the Notch, the distance between the perpendicular rocks on
either side of the
chasm
is
only twenty-two
feet.
Through
this
narrow chasm passes the foaming Saco, and the road leading from
In this notch was situated the
Bartlett to the Crawford House.
celebrated Willey house, directly under the Willey Mountain.
This house was built as early as 1821, for a public house, and was
kept by a Mr. Hill for several years. In the autumn of 1825, a
Mr. Willey, with his family, took possession, and lived comfortably
through the winter. In June there was a slide from the mountain,
and although they were somewhat frightened, it did them no mateFrom this incident, Mr. Willey anticipated worse
rial injury.
results
from similar
slides,
and had taken the precaution
to prepare
a place of refuge in case there was another slide from the mountain.
August 28, 1826, there was a violent storm around the Notch, and
a vast amount of rock and earth was precipitated into the valley
below, Leaving the Willey house again unharmed; but the Willey
family was swept away, leaving not one to
is
tell
the awful
tale.
It,
supposed they heard the danger approaching, and attempted to
flee (as
they thought) to their
new
shelter of safety, but were over-
�MOUNTAINS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
575
taken and destroyed, or they might have arrived at their cabin and
then been swept away, as not a vestige was
left to
mark
the spot.
would require a volume to give a detailed account of all the
places of interest around these mountains, and, with the present
railroad facilities among them, our readers will be far better satisfied with a personal visit, than to read these apparently fairy tales
It
relative to them.
Franconia Mountains.
— The
Franconia range comes next in
This range lies about
order of lofty elevations in New-Hampshire.
twenty miles south-west from the base of Mount Washington, and
them by cars
the nearest point to reach
at Littleton; the
is
moun-
from the depot, where stages are
waiting on the arrival of each train through the season
tains being twelve miles south-east
always
in
of travel.
ette,
5,290
attractions
The highest elevations in
and Mount Lincoln,
feet,
this
around these mountains which
every season.
The
House
Profile
is
range are Mount Lafay-
5,101
feet.
call
There are many
many
visitors hither
one of the largest hotels
in the
and in the height of the season is filled to its utmost capacity.
To show its magnitude, it is only necessary to say that the main
parlor is 50 by 100 feet, and the house can accommodate over five
hundred guests at one time. There are other fine hotels, but this
State,
is
the largest.
Among
the places worthy of a visit
Mountain, one of the greatest natural
wonderful profile of the
human
face,
Man
of the
curiosities in the State.
This
is, first,
The Old
wearing from age to age the
same undisturbed expression of dignity and wisdom, and surveying
in calm majesty the wild and varied region around, is seen on a
bold and nearly perpendicular part of the rock which terminates
one of the projecting
thousand
The
feet.
cliffs
of
profile
is
Mount Jackson,
at the height of one
produced by a peculiar combination
of the surfaces and angles of five huge granite blocks.
" Great as thou
art,
And
and paralleled by none,
Admired by all, still art thou drear and lone
The moon looks down upon thine exiled height
The stars, so mildly, spiritually bright,
On wings of morning gladly flit away,
To mix with their more genial, mighty ray."
!
The Flume
side
;
it
is
is
a deep chasm, having precipices of granite on each
about three fourths of a mile from the main road, on
the right-hand as you go towards Franconia Notch.
A
mountain
�MOUNTAINS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
576
its
loose masses of rocks.
It is not practicable to
the
Flume during
One
in the
good foot-path.
Flume
block of granite, which hangs a few
is
an immense
feet
supported merely by small surfaces of contact against
To
bed of
summer; but
and the bottom of the river
of the most remarkable objects in the
rounded
walk
the spring freshets and in early
late in the season but little water flows,
affords a
and
midst, falling over precipitous crags
torrent rushes through
the traveler passing in
the bed of the stream
neath this huge block, the appearance
is
that
it
overhead,
its
sides.
and under-
must instantly
fall
upon him.
Moosilauke or Moosehillock, in Benton,
is
the next highest moun-
and has an altitude of 4,991 feet. The nearest point
by cars is Warren. The distance from the depot to the base of the
mountain is four miles and thence by carriage road four miles to
the summit. It is becoming a popular resort for mountain tourists,
and Prof. A. Guyot says in respect to the scenery from the crest of
this mountain, " The panorama which is before your eyes at the
summit of Moosilauke is neai'ly the most extensive I have found
in New-England, not excepting even that from M'ts. Washington
tain in range,
;
and Lafayette, over which it possesses many advantages. This is
due to the insulated position of that mountain outside of the group
of the White Mountains proper, combined with its great elevation
which surpasses by 1000 feet to 1500 feet the surrounding heights,
while it is less than 500 feet below the summit of Lafayette. The
eye thus embraces at a single glance in the north and northeast, all
the chains of the White Mountain group from Lafayette and M't
Washington to the highest peaks of the central, southern and eastTowards the south and east
ern chains in Sandwich and Conway.
the whole State of New-Hampshire, with its innumerable scattered
hills and lakes, among which Winnipiseogee is conspicuous, and a
part of Maine, complete the grand, instructive, raised map which
is opened before the beholder."
See Benton and Warren.
Carrigan is located in the Upper Pemigewasset valley, a little
south-east from the Franconia range, and is 4,678 feet in height.
Mount Iinji and Mount Moriah are located in Bean's Purchase
and are situated about four miles south south-east from Gorham
village.
Their altitudes are respectively 4,702, and 4,653 feet.
Carter Mountain, also in Bean's Purchase, but further south,
4,830 feet high.
The views from
their
summits are grand, but
is
their
�MOUNTAINS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
577
add much to the fine scenery around
Gorham.
Monadnock commonly called the Grand Monadnock, situated in
the towus of Jaffrey and Dublin in Cheshire county, is the highest
elevation in the southern and central section of the State and has
an altitude 'of 3,718 feet. The principal ascent is made from the
lofty elevations in themselves
Jaffrey side.
The scenery obtained from
country for
many
its
summit
with numerous villages and ponds.
Mount
from
its
Carr, in
crest
is
Pegnaivket or
is
exceedingly
The
fine.
miles around appears like a vast plain studded
See Jaffrey.
Wentworth, has a height of 3,652
feet.
The view
extensive.
Ki irsarge
partly in Chatham,
Mountain8,lies partly in Bartlett and
3,358 feet high.
It is about three miles
from North Conway, one of the greatest points for summer tourists
The view from the summit of this mountain
in New-Hampshire.
is very fine and extensive.
Table Mountain, is in Conway and has an altitude of 3,305 feet.
Prospect Mountain, is situated in Holderne-s and Campton,
is
about four miles from Plymouth depot.
It
is
about 2,963
feet in
and a view from its summit, is of the most diversified character.
A good carriage road has been built to its very top, and is
much travelled by visitors stopping in Plymouth.
height,
Kearsarr/e Mountain,
er,
is
situated in the towns of Salisbury, "Warn-
Sutton and Wilmot in Merrimack county, and has an elevation
of 2,742 feet above
Northern railroad
tide water.
at
It
is
approached by the cars on the
the Potter Place depot in Andover, being
only four miles to the Winslow House on the side of the mountain,
and within one fourth of a mile from its summit. This fine hotel
within the limits of Wilmot.
It is reached on its southern Bide,
by the Concord and Claremont Railroad, at Warner. A carriage
road has been built on this side of the mountain nearly to the
summit. The views from this mountain are the finest in the State.
(See Warner and Andover.)
Ossipee Mountain has no connecting chain with other
Ossipee.
mountains, but is a separate mound, about six miles in diameter
and is located within the limits of the towns Sandwich, Tamworth,
It is over 2,300
Ossipee, Tuftonborough and Moultonborough.
feet high, and presents a grand and imposing appearance, from all
is
the towns surrounding
it.
�EN XEW-IIAMPSHIRE.
MOUNTAINS
578
There are many other mountains in the State worthy of mention, and through the courtesy of William Little Esq., of Manches-
we are enabled to give the altitude of a large number of the
the names of the towns or
in New-Hampshire an
This will be valuable and ingrants in which they are located.
ter,
mountains
1
teresting for future reference.
ALTITUDES.
Heights of Mountains,
New- Hampshire, above
in
Tide Water
JUeas-
MeasWliere situated,
Mt
Mt.
Mt.
Mt.
Mt.
Mt.
Mt.
Mt.
ur,
<1
Where
by
Washington, White Mountains, Guyot,
Adams,
5,71
Clay,
5 os
(
Stark,
l
Franconia,
Lafa] ette,
Lincoln,
While Hits.
Bean's Purcliase,
Pemigewassi it.
Bean's Purcluise,
Pemigi wassett,
Mi. Pleasant,
Mt.
Imp
Mt. larrigain
(
Mt. Moriah,
Mt. Hancock,
Cone Mt.
i
.
Mt.
Mi.
(
11
Whi
il
"
"
"
"
"
WhiteMts.
Jit. Kinsman,
Bald Knob,
Zandaff,
Pemigewassett,
Face Mt.
"
"
Mt. .larks, n,
White Mts.
Pemigewassett,
Tripyramid,
Mt. Passaconaway,
Sa odwich Dome,
Chatham,
Mt. Koj.se,
Franconia,
Mt. Cannon,
! iriissi tf,
I',
Brick House Mt.,
'•
"
"
III 1.
Mt. Monadnock
Mt. Carmel,
Mt. Black,
Chen \
Mount
Jaffrey,
Pittsburg,
Carrol,
Wentworth,
Ellsworth,
.Mini 11
i
(.mm
stairs,
Ml. IH -liliiall
Mt. Resolution,
[ghtt of
"
the
3,557
40
1
Pond,
.Mt.,
Pawtm kaway
Hanover,
Mt., Deerfield,
"
1,388
1,415
1,072
1,000
"
S92
Sunapee Mountain, Newbury, starting from
"
3,4oli
1,600
the shores ol Snnapee Lake is about
3,400
There are more than one hundred other
Guyot 3,400 mountains in New-Hampshire from 1,000 to
393 1,
leet high, but as their altitude lias never
it
been ascertained they are not inserted in this list.
:;
.,
.;
3.3o7
Lakes and Ponds of Neiv- Hampshire above Tide Water.
Feel
Lake of the Clouds,
Moose
1,887
1,151
'•
Benton,
some of
•
"
II llitr Mis.
I', migevtasselt
Bear Mt.,
Ti eraont Park,
Pi |u.i\'. ket,
Bartlett & Clmtham,
!!•
:;
Quimby.
Temple,
Dr. Jackson,
Pitsfield,
oaks. Goffstown,
Guyot, 3,701 Qncan
Quimby,
"
3,670 Blue Mt.,
Milton,
Dr. Jackson,
"
"
Saddleback Mt., Northwood,
11.
Pemigewassett,
Woodstock,
Owl's Head,
Guyot, 2,958
Ur. Paris 3,71
Barrett Mt.,
3,711 Catamount Mt.,
Wells,
Benton,
Mt.,
Carr,
Mt. Kineo,
Ihororna,
Pemigewassett,
Camtpon, Huntington 2,879
Warner, Ca.pt l'artridge,2..1i2.
Huntington, 2,608
702 G irdner Mt
Lyman,
4 157S Crown Mon'nt, Cor.Me.tf. H.d-Ca., Wells, 2,569
6
Dr. Jackson, 2,470
Gilford,
Mt. Belknap,
4,42i> Mi. Deception,
Guyot,
2,449
White Mts.
Temple,
Quimby, 2,385
4 400 Pack Monadnock,
Huntington, 2,378
4,397 Mt. Mist,
Warren,
4.370 Ossipee Mts.,
Ossipee,
Dr. Jackson, 2,361
"
2,340
4,350 Mt. Cube,
Orjord,
Guyot, 2,320
4,330 Webster Slide Mt., Warren,
Huntington, 2,254
4 320 Smart's Mt.,
Dorchester,
4.2
Quimby, 2,223
Francestown,
Srotched Mt.,
Gw/ot,
2,209
Warren,
4,100 Mt. Sentinel,
4.100 Stoddard Mt.,
Quimby, 2,200
Stoddard,
4,100 Pieruiont Mt.,
Huntington, 2,167
Piermont,
"
4,086 Squam Mt„
2,162
Hbldemess,
4,030 Gunstock Mt.,
Gilford,
Dr. Jackson, 2,062
"
3.969 Bald Top Mt.,
2,050
Wentworth,
"
3,910 Red Hill,
2,025
MouUonborough,
Huntington, 2,000
Bartlett,
Iron Mt,,
"
2,000
3 550 Ragged Mt.,
Andover,
I
.
"
in ton,
Jackson,
Boldemess, Huntington, 2,9(53
"
2,960
Rumney.
i
Woodst'Ck,
White Mts.
Pemigewassett,
Cat Mt.,
Mt. Willey,
White Mts.
3,305
3 200
3,170
3,152
3,134
3,120
4,704] Mt. Kearsai ge,
i-.;eola,
Bltfe,
\\ ild
1
Dr. Jackson, 3,350
Huntington, 3,336
Conway,
Table Mt.,
Mote "Sit.,
Pemigewassett,
Guyot,
Echo Mt.,
Woodstock,
365 Mt. Waternomes,
5
Madison,
I
5,290 Mt. Crawford,
5.101 Double Head Mt.
Benti a. Huntington, 1,941 Mt. Prospect,
Moo ilauke,
Guyot, l. n 2(l|Stinson Mt.,
Twin Mountain, Pemir/e.wasset,
1,904 Green's' Cliff,
Write Mts.
Mt. franklin,
4,830 Campton Mt.,
Bean's Purchase,
Mt. Carter,
Ml
ured by
5,553
Monroe,
Orange,
:;
lardigan,
5,794 Percy Peak,
.if It'erson,
situated,
White Mts.,
5,009
Mi Lafayette,
Deer Lake,
Moosilauke,
Pond, lonrceof the MagaUoway,
lake,
Franconia Notch
Connecticut Lake,
4,1
,
4,090
2,917
1,926
l.olU
�LAKES IN NEW-HAMPSHIKE.
579
Heights of some of the Notches or Passes, of New- Hampshire, above Tide Water.
Feet.
Water shod between Swift
river
and the
Pemigewassett,
Pinkham Notch,
Franconia Notch,
White Mts. Notch,
Stoddard Summit,
Feet
Milan Summit, O. T. R. R.,
2,618 HarriSTille Summit, M. & K. R. R.,
2,018 Oliveriau Notch,
2,014 Whiteneld Summit, B. C. & M. R. R.,
1,903 Orange Summit, N . R. R.,
1,555
NEW-HAMPSHIRE
],luO
1,084
1,078
1,072
990
HILLS.
We've stood beside Niagara's flood,
And mused on Nature's skill,
But nothing there His genius shows
Like a New-Hampshire hill.
We've
sailed
God calms
upon broad ocean's wave
it if
He
wills
But nothing there shows quiet peace
Like old New-Hampshire hills.
We've been within
the nation's dome,
Stood gazing with a thrill
But nothing there inspires such awe
As a New-Hampshire hill.
Within the banker's
safe
Steel chests his lucre
we've stood
fills
But nothing there shows half the wealth
Of old New-Hampshire hills.
We've seen
prairies
and
their flowers,
Beside their sparkling rills,
But nothing there looks half so fair
As
old
When
New-Hampshire
hills.
hand upon us 's laid,
blood he chills,
Then gently lower us to our graves,
'Mid old New-Hampshire hills.
And
death's cold
life's
warm
LAKES IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
In a country where the surface is broken by hills and lofty
be deep gorges and valleys, which afford
basins where the streams from the hill, and mountain sides are
mountains, there will
�LAKES IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
580
drained, thus producing
many
lakes and ponds,
and frequently
pre-
senting a natural painting of mountain, lake and river scenery,
here and there touched with the brush held by the skilled hand of
and
civilization
blended in one grand and magnificent view of
all
nature and art combined.
In
New-Hampshire is not an exception. Her many
among her mountains and hills have justly entitled
name of the Switzerland of America, and much of the
this respect,
lakes and ponds
her to the
scenery around her lakes
is
not excelled in beauty, even by the
lake scenery in Switzerland.
Connecticut Lake,
county, and
is
necticut river.
It
a half in width.
scenery on
lake
its
the northern section of the State in Coos
lies in
the source of one of the principal branches of Conis
five
and a half miles
banks
is
A
very beautiful.
a smaller body of water, and
is
in length,
The lake contains an abundance of
still
and two and
fish and the
few miles above this
farther north another
These three bodies of water are distinguished as First, Second and Third Lakes, the latter being about five miles from Canada line.
lake.
Many
travellers annually visit these northern lakes for fishing
and pleasure recreation
And, when the
firey horse,
Upon the
Shall move
gaudy train
Along
iron track,
his
their grassy banks,
Freighted with precious life
Then, will nature yield a half to art.
And blended beauty quicken the eye of man.
Mascoma) Lake. (See Enfield.)
(See Auburn.)
Newfound Lake is pleasantly located in the towns of BridgeIt is about seven miles long and three
water, Bristol and Hebron.
wide, and empties into Pemigcwassett river, at Bristol, by Newfound
Mascomy
{or
Massabedck Lake.
river.
Ossipee Lake.
Stafford's Lake.
(See Ossipee.)
(See Chesterfield.)
the counties of Grafton, Belknap and
and on the towns of Holderness, Sandwich, Moultonborough and Center Harbor. It is about six miles long, and, in its
Squam Lake borders on
Carroll
;
widest part, three miles in width.
It
is
a splendid sheet of water,
�LAKES IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
581
studded with a succession of romantic islands.
Its outlet is Squani
River which discharges into the Pemigewasset River, in Ashland.
Sunapee Lake is situated nearly on the height of land between
the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers, and
feet
above tide water.
elevated about 1,000
is
on the eastern part of Sullivan,
It borders
and western part of Merrimack Couuties, and is in the towns of
London, Newbury and Sunapee.
It is about ten miles in
length and from one half to one and one half miles in width and is
noted for the fine, picturesque scenery which surrounds it. Sugar
River is its outlet, which flows westerly into the Connecticut, at
New
Claremont.
Umbagog Lake, but
Lake Winnipiseogee,
little inferior in size to
and extends along the eastern part
of Erroll and Cambridge, in New-Hampshire.
It is irregularly
shaped, is about eighteen miles long and, in some parts, ten wide.
The scenery around this lake is wild and romantic, and it is a great
resort for hunting and fishing, for lovers of those sports.
Its outlet
is on the west side, in Erroll, its waters flowing west, about two
miles, where it joins the Magalloway, after which it is called the
Androscoggin River.
is
situated mostly in Maine,
Winnipiseogee Lake.
However romantic and
travellers, appears, in
depth,
its
its
This
beautiful
its
Lake possesses singular charms.
Lake George, the charmer of all
elevation, the
purity of
mountain scenery,
historic fame,
it
its
mineralogy
fish, its
still,
;
the present
mode of
spelling
Winnepesocke.
and Carroll.
Its
form
it is
This
is
Lake
;
;
its
width from one
length
is
this lake,
in the counties of
is
At
on the north
end there are three others.
west to south east
ries in
but
its
but
Winnipiseogee, pronounced Wini-
very irregular.
vided into three large bays
east
in all
its
bosom,
its
has a rival at the east, in the Winnipiseogee of
New-Hampshire.
There are various ways of spelling the name of
jrisoky or
waters,
its
rapid outlet, the 365 islands which bespangle
Its
the west end
is
Belknap
it
general course
is
from north-
about twenty-five miles and
to ten miles.
is di-
a fourth, and at the
This lake
is
it
va-
environed by the
pleasant towns of Moultonborough, Tuftonborough, Wolfeborough,
Center Harbor, Meredith, Gilford and Alton, and overlooked by
other delightful towns.
The waters
said
to
be
are remarkably pure, and
unfathomable.
Its
its
sources
depth, in some places,
are
principally
is
from
�RIVERS IN NEW- HAMPSHIRE.
582
springs within
name.
its
bosom.
Its height,
Its outlet
is
the rapid river of
above the level of the
stored with a great variety of excellent
sea,
is
472
it
its
waters,
presents an icy expansion of great
own
It is
In the summer
fish.
son steamboats, sloops, and smaller vessels ply on
in the winter season
its
feet.
sea-
and
useful-
ness and beauty.
It
is
said to contain 365 islands, several of
which compose farms
of from 200 to 500 acres.
Of
the scenery of this lake
Edward Everett has
left
this testi-
" I
mony, in a speech made in New- Hampshire some years ago
have been something of a traveler in our own country, though less
than I could wish, and in Europe have seen all that is attractive,
from the Highlands of Scotland to the Golden Horn of Constantinople from the summit of the Hartz Mountains to the fountains
of Vauclure but my eye has yet to rest on a lovelier scene than
that which smiles around yo as you sail from Wier's Landing to
Center Harbor." What is true of this trip is true of that from
Wolfeborough to Wier's, and in fact of all the trips to be taken
upon the lake. The most'experien.vd call them equally fine.
:
—
;
i
In the warm season the two splendid steamers, Lady of the
Lake, and Mt. Washington, both new, ply upon the lake; two
points at which it may be approached from the south, and two
points of departure for the mountains.
The former runs between
the Wier's, Centre Harbor, and Wolfeborough, and the latter be-
tween Alton Bay, Wolfeborough, and Centre Harbor. The Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad connects with the former at
Wier's, and the Boston and
Maine with the
latter, at
Alton Bay.
At Wolfeborough there is a rail connection with the Eastern Railroad by the Wolf borough branch, at Wolfeborough Junction, in
Wakefield.
There are many other small lakes aud ponds
in various sections
of the State, all having their peculiar charms, of which mention
has been
made
in describing the
towns in which they are located-
RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Owing
to the mountainous and elevated position of the
and the proximity to the ocean, the streams are necessarily
State,
short,
with rapid currents, and produce some of the best water power in
the country.
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
583
The scenery along many of its river banks is not excelled, for
beauty and grandeur, by any river scenery on the globe. The
waters of its thousand rivulets find their way to the ocean through
different channels,
the Connecticut River drains the
Androscoggin River the north-eastern
portion, north of the White Mountains
Saco River the southern
portion of the White Mountains, and the eastern part of the State,
five
viz.,
western section of the State
;
;
as far west and south as the highlands which separate its waters
from those of the Merrimack and Piscataqua the Piscataqua the
south-eastern section of the State and the Merrimack River which
;
;
drains the south-western section of the White Mountains and the
whole central portion of New-Hampshire from east to west, to Massachusetts line. A few towns on the coast may have their drainage
directly into the ocean.
Our knowledge
of
its
are not as perfect as
hydraulical resources for moving machinery
we would
like.
appointed by the Governor, in 1872, to
as to
its
Three commissioners were
make
a survey of the State
hydraulic powers, but neglected to attend to their duties
was not sufficient to make a
and most important resource
for the reason that the appropriation
satisfactory report of this valuable
Ten thousand
of the State.
dollars could not be better appro-
priated than for a thorough survey of the water power of
New-
Hampshire.
The
total
amount of water power, now improved,
is about 69,000
forming reservoirs to retain the water, and
By
horse power.
throwing dams across
rivers,
and excavating canals,
it is
said this
capacity could be nearly doubled.
Ammonoosuc Upper.
the south, has
its
—Upper
Ammonoosuc
River, coming from
source in the northern part of Randolph, and
passes north, through Berlin
and western part of Milan, thence
a westerly direction through Stark and Northumberland, where
empties into the Connecticut.
in
it
Its principal tributaries are Phillips
River, coming from the north through Odell, western part of Millsfield
and Dummer, and joining the Ammonoosuc in Stark; and Nash's
Stream, coming from the eastern portion of Columbia and Strafford,
and passing
berland.
into the
Its
Ammonoosuc
whole length
is
of 150,000 acres or 234 square miles
is
the northern part of Northum-
in
about
;
fifty miles.
and
its
It waters a basin
improved water power
about 900 horse power.
Ammonoosuc Lower.
— Lower Ammonoosuc River
has
its
source
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
584
on the western side of the White Mountains
;
thence passing west
through the southern portion of Carroll and northern part of Bethlehem to Littleton thence, in a southerly direction, through the
;
easterly part of Littleton, the westerly part of Lisbon, diagonally
through Bath, and joining the Connecticut near the westerly corner
of Haverhill. A considerable stream coming from Lincoln and
Franconia passes in a north-westerly direction and joins the Ammonoosuc iu Lisbon. Two miles from its mouth, it receives the
Wild Ammonoosuc, coming from the northerly part of Benton
through LandafF. The Lower Ammonoosuc is noted for its romantic falls in the vicinity of the White Mountains.
It is said to be
the wildest and most rapid stream in New-Hampshire, having a
fall of over 5,000 feet in its meandering course of about fifty miles.
It drains a surface of over 220,000 acres or 344 square miles of territory.
Its improved horse water power is about 2,700, with three
times that capacity unimproved.
Androscoggin River is formed principally from the waters of
Uinbagog Lake and Magalloway River which unite about two
miles below the lake.
The Magalloway, which is its principal tributary, has its source and principal course in Maine, and
crosses the State line at Wentworth's Location, thence southerly
through the Location and forms the Androscoggin in Erroll.
The Magalloway receives the water of Dimond River, coming
from the eastern part of Stewartstown, easterly, through Dixville
and Dartmouth College Grant, and joining it across the line
in
Maine.
From
Errol the Androscoggin flows in a southerly direction
through the north-westerly corner of Cambridge, south-easterly
corner of'Dummer, easterly part of Milan and Berlin to the centre
of
Gorham, whence
it
flows in an easterly direction through Shel-
burne into Maine; thence,
southerly, about one
tide
In
in a meandering course, easterly and
hundred and twenty miles, where it meets the
water at Brunswick.
its
Stream,
passage
in
in Erroll,
Peabody River,
passes near the
this State,
is
in
New-Hampshire it receives the waters of Clear
coming from Dixville and Millsfield
and
Gorham, coming through the White Mountain
;
head waters of Ellis River.
about sixty miles, and
500,000 acres or 787 square miles.
it
Its
whole course,
in
drains a territory of about
The Androscoggin
stream, and at Berlin Falls, in New-Hampshire,
is
1,035
is
a rapid
feet
above
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
and the north-west head of Magalloway River
Improved power, 700
tide water
feet.
585
;
Ashuelot River
is
one of the most important streams, of
is
2,917
its size,
Its principal
improved water power.
source is from ponds in Washington, and flowing thence, in a southwesterly direction, through Marlow, Gilsum, Surry, Keene, Swan-
in the State, in point of
zey, Winchester,
Massachusetts
it
empties into the Connecticut, at Hinsdale, near
Its principal
line.
branches are a stream coming
from Stoddard, through the north-west corner of Nelson, southeast corner of Sullivan and north-west corner of Roxbury, to Keene
and one from Dublin, through Marlborough, to South-Keene,
Also a stream
where it joins the stream coming from Stoddard.
comes from Troy, through the south-west corner of MarlboNearly all of these
rough, and joins the Ashuelot in Swauzey.
;
sources are from ponds which have "been
dammed, thus producing
aud affording constant water power to the manufactories on the streams below.
The length of the river is about forty miles, and it drains a basin of 240,000 acres, or 375 square
miles.
Its improved horse water power is about 3,600, with much
large reservoirs
still
unimproved.
of nearly 1,000
From
its
source to the Connecticut
has a
it
fall
feet.
Baker's River is an important stream in Grafton County, and is
formed by two branches uniting in Wentworth. The north branch
has its source near Moosehillock, in Benton, whence it runs, in a
southerly course, through Warren, to Wentworth, receiving in
its
passage a considerable stream issuing from Baker's Upper Pond, in
the east part of Orford. The south branch rises in Orange, thence
flowing north through the easterly part of Dorchester, and uniting
with the north branch at the easterly part of Wentworth thence it
pursues a south-east and easterly course, through the southerly
part of Rumney and northerly part of Plymouth, where it forms a
;
with the Pemigewasset, just above Plymouth Village.
Gen. John Stark was captured by the Indians on this river, in the
Captaiu Baker at one time,
township of Rumney, April 28, 1752
also, attacked a party of Indians and defeated them at its mouth.
juuction
(See Plymouth.)
It drains a part or the whole of twelve towns, comprising an area
of about 150,000 acres, and has an improved horse water power of
about 1,250.
Back
River, or Bellamy
Bank, has
its rise
in
Chesley Pond, in
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE^
586
Barrington, and from a stream coming from Vnv and marshy land
These two streams unite hi Madbury, and, after
winding through the town the stream thus formed falls into the Pisin the vicinity.
cataqua, on the west side of Dover Neck.
water power in Dover, where there
is
It has
some valuable
a large woolen manufactory,
situated about one half mile from the City Hall.
principal source in Beaver Pond, in Lonpond it passes south, through Pelham, and
the Merrimack, in Dracut, Massachusetts.
Its waters
Beaver River has
donderry.
falls into
From
its
this
flow from the whole or part of six towns.
Bear Camp River has its source from several streams flowing
from the south side of the Sandwich and Albany Mountains. It
passes through Tamworth in an easterly direction and receives a
considerable stream, coming from Albany, in Ossipee, and falls into
Ossipee Lake, on
its
western border.
Black Water River.
Cold River has
corner of Lempster
Langdon and
(See Contoocook River.)
(See Androscoggin River.)
Clear River.
its
source in
thence
;
Unity, Acworth and south-west
passes through the southerly part of
it
the north-westerly corner of Alstead
and mingles with
the waters of the Connecticut, in the northerly part of Walpole.
It
drains a basin of nearly 60,000 acres, and has an improved horse
water power of 650.
and most important River in Newof soil, and fine and beautiful scenery, the Connecticut valley is not surpassed by any valley
in this country.
From its mouth nearly to its source its banks, on
either side, are dotted with large and substantial farm houses and
beautiful cities and villages.
Connecticut River
England.
For
is
the largest
richness
Its principal source
is
and
fertility
among
the highlands in the northern part
name, in the Indian language, is said to signify
Long River, or as some render it, the River of Pines, and pronounced Quonektacwt. Its general course is north and south, and its
western bank forms the boundary line between New-Hampshire and
of the State.
Vermont
;
Its
thence
it
crosses the western part of Massachusetts, passes
through the State of Connecticut, nearly in the center, and, after a
fall of 1,600 feet from its head, it empties into Long Island Sound in
latitude 41° 16', having traversed, by a meandering course, a distance of nearly 450 miles.
Before the days of railroads, by means of canals and other im-
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
proveinents, the River was
Falls, in the
its
mouth.
made navigable
587
for boats to Fifteen
Mile
town of Monroe, N. H., being nearly 350 miles from
The locks and canals are all going to decay, as rail-
roads have supplanted their usefulness.
The most considerable
rapids in the river, in New-Hampshire, are Bellows' Falls, at Walpole,
Queechy, at
Plainfield, White River,
below Hanover, and Fif-
teen Mile Falls.
Its principal tributaries, in this State, are Hall's
stream at Stew-
Upper Ammonoosuc at Northumberland, Israel's, at Lancaster, John's, at Dalton, Lower Ammonoosuc, at Bath, Mascomy,
at Lebanon, Sugar and Little Sugar, at (Jlaremont, Cold, at Walpole, and Ashuelut, at Hinsdale.
The basin of the Connecticut, in New-Hampshire, is narrow,
artstown,
extending back from one
to four towns,
whole of about ninety towns,
and
it
drains part or the
having an area of
nearly 2,300,000 acres or 3,600 square miles. The water power of
the tributaries of the Connecticut is valuable, and the improved
For the agricultural facilities of the
horse water power is 19,800.
in
the
State,
Connecticut valley please see page 403.
The
total area of the basin
of the Connecticut
is
estimated at
12,000 square miles.
Cuntoocook River, a stream of considerable length and importance, waters most of the towns in the west part of Hillsborough
It has its rise from severel ponds in Rindge and Jaffrey
extreme southern source being near Massachusetts line. It re
ceives, in its course north, numerous streams flowing from Sharon,
County.
its
Dublin, Peterborough, Greenfield, Hancock, Deering, Bennington,
Antrim, Washington, Stoddard, Windsor, and Hillsborough. In
Hillsborough it takes a northeasterly and easterly direction, and
passes through Henniker to Hopkinton, where it receives " War-
From Hopkinton it pursues a
meandering course through Concord, and unites with the Merrimack
between Concord and Boscawen, nearly sixty miles north of the
The whole
line between New-Hampshire and Massachusetts.
length of the Contoocook, in its meandering course, is about eighty
ner" and "Blackwater" rivers.
miles.
rise
Its
itself at
tlte
its
is
in Nelson, Harrisville
Peterborough.
river" has
Nuhanusit river, having its
and Dublin, and discharging
water power is valuable. " Branch
most important tributary
from ponds
Its
source from ponds in Stoddard, and passes through
northern section of Antrim into Hillsborough, and empties into
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
588
the Contoocook near the line between the latter town and Antrim.
Warner river, a considerable stream, becomes a tributary of the
Contoocook in Hopkintou, and flows from New London, Sutton,
Newbury, Bradford, Warner and Hopkintou. Two miles farther
east it receives the waters of the Blackwater, having its source in
the towns of Springfield, Wilmot, Daubury and New London, and
in its course receives numerous streams flowing from Andover,
Salisbury, Webster and Boscawen.
The waters which form the Cmtoocook flow from a part or whole
of thirty-two different towns, parts of five different counties, and
drain a surface of territory comprising an area of nearly 470,000
acres, or
734 square miles.
With
tributaries
its
its
waters turn
about 270 water-wheels, having a horse power of 5^976.
one half of
its
available water power
highest source, at Harrisville, to
eight
hundred
its
unimproved.
is still
mouth
it
Nearly
From
its
has a desceut of over
feet.
dustin's island.
mouth of the Contoocook is Dustin's Island, celebrated
where Mrs. Hannah Dustin, in March, 1697, destroyed
ten Indians.
A fine and expensive granite monument is being
erected here to the memory of Mrs. Dustiu aud her valorous deed.
Near
the
as the spot
Cocheco Elver takes
Durham which
in
rise
its
several small streams in
unite in Farmington, whence
it
flows in
New
an easterly
and southerly direction through Rochester, there receiving as a
Long pond in Barrington
and Bow lake in Strafford thence passing through Dover it joins
the Salmon Falls river, the principal branch of the Piscataqua.
Its waters come from parts of nine towns, and together with its
tributaries, it furnishes some excellent water power, amounting to
tributary the Isinglass river flowing from
;
about 1,500 improved horse power.
—
Dead River. See Dimond River.
Dimond River has its principal source
easterly part of Stewartstown
;
Dixville and Dartmoutli College Grant
several tributaries,
it
joins
Dead
in
Dimond pond,
in the
thence flowing easterly through
river
;
receiving, in
and
crosses
its
Maine
passage,
line into
the Magalloway.
Ellis River has its rise on the eastern and southern side of the
White Mountains, and, passing southerly through Jackson, it falls
into the Saco, in Bartlett.
In Jackson
it
receives several considr
�DUSTIN.
is to be erected on the island
of the Contooeook river, near and in sight of the Northern
Railroad, and on the precise spot where the wigwams stood when Mrs.
Dustin dealt the death-blows on her cruel captors. The base of the
monument is eight by nine feet square, and, including the statue (which
is seven feet), is twenty-four feet high.
This
at the
monument
month
is
of solid granite, and
��RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
589
erable tributaries the largest of which is Wildcat river, coming
from the mountain passes and near the head waters of Peabody
river, running into the Androscoggin.
;
Sail's Stream or River rises in the highlands which separate this
State from the British dominions, and forms the north-west bound-
ary between New-Hampshire and Canada from
its
source to
its
junction with the Connecticut, at Stewartstown.
Indian Stream
in
is
of the Connecticut
limits of the State,
Coos county and
rises
it
;
an
1
is
the most northerly source
highlands near the north-west
in the
flows in a south-westerly direction
till
it
joins that river in Clarksville.
Isinglass River.
—See Cocheco River.
formed by the waters which descend in cataracts
from the summits of Mounts Adams and Jefferson. It flows in a
north-westerly direction through Jefferson, and passes into the Connecticut at Lancaster village.
This beautiful mountain stream
receives its name fro'n Israel Glines, who, with his brother, frequented this region for hunting, long before any settlement in this
It furnishes some valuable water power in
part of the country.
IsraePs River
Jefferson
is
and Lancaster, which
is
generally improved.
pond in the
town of Jefferson. Its southerly branch rises in Carroll and unites
with the main branch in Whitefield whence it flows through Dalton and into the Connecticut river. Its proximity to steep and
high mountains makes it a fearful river in time of freshets, but
mild enough in dry weather.
Lamprey River is formed by two sources, called the North and
South branches, which form a junction in Epping. The source
of the North branch is on the north side of Saddleback mountain, in Northwood
thence passing westerly around the base
John's River has
its
principal source in Pondicherry
;
;
of the mountain into Deerfield
;
thence in a southerly direction
through Nottingham into the north-east corner of Epping, where
it meets the waters of the South branch coming from the northeasterly part of Candia
and southerly portion of Deerfield, through
Raymond, into the westerly part of Epping, where it receives the
waters of Pautuckaway river, flowing from Pautuckaway pond in
Nottingham
its
;
thence
it
pursues an easterly and northerly course to
confluence with the North River branch.
takes a northerly course through Lee
Durham, where
it
;
From
the junction
it
thence south-easterly through
meets the tide water, at Lamprey River village,
�RIVERS IN NEW-IIAMrSHIRE.
590
after a
miles,
meandering course, from its extreme source, of over thirty
and a descent of over 1,000 feet. Its water power is valua-
now improved.
among the mountains
being over 1,500 horse power,
ble,
Mad
River takes
its
rise
in Waterville,
thence flowing southerly through the north-westerly part of Sandwich, the south-easterly part of Thornton, into Campton, where
it
joins the Pemigewasset River.
Mascomy
(or
Mascoma) River has
flowing southerly through Canaan,
in Enfield
;
from thence
it
its
rise in
it falls
Dorchester, thence
into the
Mascomy Lake
runs a westerly course through Leba-
and discharges into the Connecticut, opposite Hartford,
Vermont. The water power is valuable before it reaches the lake,
which has been dammed, and affords a fine reservoir for manufactories along the river from the outlet of the lake.
Its course is about twenty-five miles, and it waters a territory of
over 100,000 acres. From its source to its mouth, it has a fall of
over 600 feet, and an improved horse water power of 2,743.
non,
Magalloway River. See Androscoggin River.
Merrimack River. This is one of the most important
New
England, and
it is
said that
it,
together with
its
rivers in
tributaries,
It is
turns more machinery than any river in the world.
formed by the junction of the Pemigewasset and Winnipiseogee
rivers, at Franklin.
The Pemigewasset has its source in the White
and Franconia Mountains, and
towns
of Lincoln,
Holderness, Ashland,
Sanbornton,
to
passes through, cr
borders the
Woodstock, Thornton, Campton, Plymouth,
New Hampton,
Franklin.
Its
Bridgewater, Bristol, Hill,
most important tributaries are Ba-
Mad, Newfound, Squam, and Smith's Rivers.
It drains the
whole or part of thirty-three towns, covering an area of over 632,
ker's,
000
acres, or nearly
gee River
is
one thousand square miles.
the outlet to Winnipiseogee Lake.
The WinnipiseoIt flows
(and
is
the dividing line) between Laconia and Gilford, and passes into
Lake Winnisquam; from thence between
Tilton and Belmont,
and
through the north-east corner of Northfield, and Southern part of
Tilton, to Franklin.
It waters part or the
whole of sixteen towns,
and, together with the lake, drains a territory of nearly 360,000
acres, or
562 square miles.
the Pemigewasset
it
From
the lake to
its
confluence with
has a rapid descent of about 232
feet,
some of the best and most permanent water power
Hampshire.
nishes
and
in
fur-
New-
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
From Franklin
the
5<Jl
Merrimack runs through
or
touches the
towns of Northfield, Boscawen, Canterbury, Concord, Bow, Pembroke, Hooksett, Gofistown, Manchester, Bedford, Londonderry,
Merrimack, Litchfield,
Hudson and Nashua,
to
Massachusetts
seventy-eight miles; thence, in a north-easterly course, thirtyfive miles, to the Atlantic, at Newburyport.
line,
principal tributaries, in
Its
which discharges
its
New-Hampshire, are Contoocook,
waters on the north line of Concord
between Concord and Pembroke
;
Soucook,
Turkey River, in Bow Suncook,
Piscataquog, in Manchester the Souhegan in Merat Pembroke
rimack and the Nashua, at Nashua.
The large- basin of this river extends from the gorges of the
white and Franconia Mountains, on the north, through the centre
of the State, to its southerly boundary, and reaches nearly to the
eastern and western limits of the State.
It drains, in New-Hamp;
;
;
;
;
about 2,293,000 acres, or 3,582 square miles, the waters com-
shire,
As it has been said,
abundantly with fertile
ing from a part or the whole of 130 towns.
while nature has not endowed this basin
and precious minerals, she has lifted its surface into succesand in places, into lofty peaks, which condense
the vapor of the atmosphere into clouds, and cause them to yield
frequent and copious showers.
These numerous hills with their
interlying valleys, and broad lakes, elevated above the ocean, are
the gatherers and dispensers, continuously, of unmeasured powers
which the skill of man may put in place of animal strength and
muscle, and make subservient to the comfort and wealth of the
community.
soils
sions of hills,
The
utilized -water
amounts
basin
is
power of the Merrimack and its tributaries
and although the area of this
to over 37,500 horse power,
only a
little
over one third of the State,
it
contains over
Not any
more than one half of the available water power is now used.
There are fine privileges on the Merrimack, at Hooksett, Garven's
Falls, between Bow and Pembroke, and Sewell's Falls, in Concord
Babboosuc Falls, on the Souhegan, in the town of Merrimack in
Hillsborough and Henniker, on the Contoocook
at Franklin,
Northfield, Tilton, and Gilford, on the Winnipiseogee, besides
many other powers, on its various tributaries, too numerous to
mention. There are, on the banks of this beautiful river, the cities
of Concord, Manchester, and Nashua, in New-Hampshire, and
170,000 inhabitants, or over one half
its
population.
;
;
;
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
592
Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, and Newburyport in Massachusetts,
containing, in the aggregate, a population of 141,849.
Mohawk River
has
its
source in the mountains in Dixville, pass-
through Colebrook and
es west,
land bordering this river
is
falls into
noted for
The
the Counecticut.
its fertility.
Moose River has its rise on the north side of the White Mounnear the town of Randolph, through which it passes, and
tains,
joins the Androscoggin, in Shelburn.
Nashua River has
its
source in Massachusetts, whence
ders in a south-easterly direction, thence
it
mean-
it
takes a northern course
and passes into New-Hampshire, at Hollis, and, thence, through
Nashua, into the Merrimack. Its water power is valuable, at
Nashua, and is generally improved.
Nash's River
thence flowing south, through the
rises in Odell,
western section of Stratford,
it
passes into Northumberland,
Upper Ammonoosuc.
New Found River is the outlet of New Found Lake, and
falls into
and
the
a passage of two miles,
into the
falls
after
Pemigewasset, in Bristol.
Some of
the best water power in the State, is on this river.
Nubanusit River, or Goose Brook, has its source in a pond located in the west part of Hancock and eastern section of Nelson
from thence it flows in a southerly and easterly direction, through
;
several ponds, which have been
At
sive dams.
risville (over
made
large reservoirs, by expen-
the outlet of the last pond, in the village of Har-
twelve hundred feet above tide water), have been
erected four large woolen mills, capable of doing a business of
over $750,000 annually.
From
Harrisville, the river pursues a
south-easterly course, to Peterborough Village, where
the Contoocook,
Nearly
all
feet, in
it
falls into
nine miles.
the manufactories in Peterborough, are on this stream,
which never
in this
making a descent of over 500
a drought.
fails in
Probably no stream, of
its
country (which can be utilized for machinery), has as
valuable and permanent water power, as this river, from
its
size,
much
conflu-
ence, to Harrisville.
Oliver ian River
is
formed of two branches both having their
source in the town of Benton
;
the east branch from the west side of
Moosehillock Mountain, and the north branch from Owl's
Mountain.
Head
These branches unite near the east line of Haverhill,
and thence the main stream passes through the south part of the
town and falls into the Connecticut.
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Oyster River has
its
after running nearly
593
source in Wheelwright's Pond, in Lee;
whole course through Durham,
its
it
and
meets the
tide water at Durham village, and joins the Piscataqua, near Piscataqua Bridge. At high tides, vessels of considerable burthen can
come up to Durham village. There'are some very good mill-sites
on this river.
Ossipee River has
its rise in
Ossipee Lake, and flows east between
Effingham and Freedom, passes
with Saco River.
Peabody River.
A large
in
Maine and forms a junction
(See Androscoggin River.)
Peqwaivket River, an Indian
two ponds
into
name
of a small river flowing from
Eaton, north into Conway, where
it
joins the Saco.
tract of territory in the vicinity of this river,
Peqwawket many years
Pemigewassct River.
(See
Phillip's River.
w^a called
ago.
(See Merrimack River.)
Upper A^tnmonoosuc.)
Piscataqua River the only large river whose entire course (after
it
receives
its
name)
New-Hampshire, is formed by the juncand deep bed, hollowed out
and partly by the flow of the tide.
in
is
tion of several smaller rivers in a wide
partly by these rivers
The names of these streams, beginning at the north-east, are
Salmon Falls, Cocheco, Bellamy Bank, Oyster, Lamprey, Squamscot, and Winnicut Rivers.
The five last unite their waters in a
The waters of this
large bay between Durham and Greenland.
bay, meet those of Salmon Falls and Cocheco at Hilton's Point, a
few miles below Dover, and after
line
this junction,
proceed in a direct
about ten miles to the Ocean, three miles below Portsmouth.
Few
rivers in their passage of ten miles,
cent appearance.
strong current, so
The
much
river
so,
is
make a more
magnifi-
broad, very deep and moves with a
that in this frigid zone,
it
seldom freezes
banks on either side are moderately high and spread
over with fertile farms and dotted with beautiful farm houses and
other buildings. At Portsmouth, it affords one of the best harbors
over.
Its
on the Continent.
With
its
tributaries,
it
drains a territory, in this
State, of nearly 500,000 acres, comprising a part or
whole of forty-
one towns, in four different counties. Its whole water drainage, including the portion drained in the State of Maine, is over 000,000
acres.
Its
improved water power
is
very valuable, amounting to
9,600 horse power.
Piscataquog River has
its
principal source in the southern part of
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
594
Henniker and north-westerly part of Deering, whence it passes eastand southerly, through Weare, into Gotfstown, where it receives
a considerable tributary coming from Lyndeborough and Frances-
erly
New Boston thence it pursues a south-easterly
and joins the Merrimack in the south-westerly part of Man-
town, through
course,
;
chester, at a point formerly called Piscataquog village.
and
id stream,
Powow River
It is a rap-
some valuable water power.
affords
takes
its
principal source
Great and County
in
ponds, in Kingston, and passes over the south-west part of East
Kingston into South Hampton, thence into Amesbury, Massachusetts, and falls into the Merrimack betweeeu Salisbury and AmesIt furnishes
bury.
Red
some valuable water power at Amesbury Mills.
its source in a pond in the town of Sandwich,
Hill River has
thence running southerly
it
falls into
the Winnipiseogee lake, in
Moultonborough.
Saco River ranks as one of the hfrgest in New-England, but its
rapid descent from the Mountains to the Ocean, renders it not navigable to any extent.
Mountains
It
springs from three sources in the
White
the branch issuing from the south-west side of the
;
mountains, near the old Crawford House, and passing through the
notch,
is
House,
Next
considered the main stream.
to
The Saco
at the
Crawford
nearly 1,903 feet above tide water at Biddeford, Maine.
is
this
is
branch called
the middle or
Ellis'
branch (or Saco)
in Bartlett
to the western part of
aud passes
discharges
Rocky Branch, and beyond
;
thence
it
Conway, thence
the
pursues a southerly course
easterly through
into Maine, thence south-easterly
its
is
These two branches join the main
River.
the towu,
through Maine, and
waters into Saco Bay, after a course of 1GU miles.
It
coming from Waterville, through
Alliany to Conway, and Ossipee River, flowing from Ossipee Lake
nto Maine, near Hiram. As it passes out of the State, it is from
receives the waters of Swift River,
ten to twelve rods wide, with
rush of waters
a rapid
down the mountain
cm rent. Owing
time of heavy rain
known
to rise thirty feet in
Storms this river, in Conway, has been
twenty-four hours.
il
i\\-
It drains
to the rapid
steeps, in
a basin of nearly oS0,000 acres, which
from the whole or part of fifteen towns and locations.
Smith's River rises from several ponds
in
Grafton and Orange;
thence pursuing an easterly course through Danbury, the southern
part of Alexandria and passes into the Pemigewasset, between Bristol
and Hill.
�RIVERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
505
Salmon Falls or Newichawannock River, the principal branch
its rise in ponds in Wakefield, and forms
the eastern boundary of New-Hampshire, from the north-east corner
of the Piscataqua, takes
of Milton to
its
confluence with the Piscataqua, at Hilton's Point.
on the towns of Milton, Farmington, Rochester, Somersworth, Rollinsfbrd and Dover.
Its waters flow from the whole or
It borders
part of twelve towns, in New-Hampshire, and
Some
over 130,000 acres.
ments
it drains a surface of
of the largest manufacturing establish-
in the State are located
on
this river,
which has an improved
horse water power of over 4,200.
Soucook River has
its
erly part of Gilmanton,
source in three ponds, lying in the south-
whence
it
flows,
in
a southerly course,
through Loudon, receiving several branches, and forms the boundary line between Concord and Pembroke, falling into the Merrimack River below Garvin's Falls.
Souhegan River has its principal source from a pond in Ashburnham, Massachusetts thence it passes through Ashby into New
;
Ipswich, through the north-west corner of Greenville, in a northerly course, thence in an easterly course, through Wilton, Milford,
Amherst, and Merrimack, falling into the Merrimack River.
Babboosuc Brook, flowing from a pond of the same name in Amherst, becomes a tributary, in Merrimack.
It drains a part or the
whole of eleven towns, comprising an area of about 150,000 acres,
having an improved water power of 2,300. (See Merrimack.)
Spiggot River takes its rise in Hampstead, and the south-east part
of Derry, whence it flows southerly, through Salem and Methuen,
Massachusetts, and joins the Merrimack in the city of Lawrence.
Squamscot River.
Suncook River
(See Exeter.)
a pond between Gilford and Gilmanton,
near the summit of one of the Suncook Mountains, elevated 900
feet above its base.
The water from this pond, passes through two
rises in
others at the foot of the mountains, thence
it
flows a southerly
course, through the north easterly part of Gilmanton, to Barnstead
Center
;
thence westerly, through Pittsfield, edge of Chichester,
Epsom, and between the towns of Allenstown and Pembroke, and
falls into the Merrimack, near Suncook village.
It is about thirty
miles in length, and its waters flow from thirteen towns, and drain
a surface of over 130,000 acres. Its improved water power is about
Little Suncook has its source in Northwood and Deerfield,
2,975.
from seven ponds and flows west, through Epsom, into the Suncook.
�QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS AND FISHES.
596
Sugar River. Sunapee Lake is the principal source of Sugar
Flowing from the Lake, in a westerly direction, through
Sunapee into Newport, it receives the waters of the South Branch,
thence flowing in a
coming from Lempster, Goshen, and Unity
northerly direction, by the course of the river, about three miles,
it unites with the North Branch, having its source in the towns of
Springfield, Grantham and Croydon thence turning and running
River.
;
;
westerly thirteen miles, through
into the Connecticut.
From
Newport and Claremont,
it
empties
the lake to the Connecticut, by the
meandering course of the river, is about twenty-five miles, with a
The Sugar, with its tributaries, turns over 120
fall of over 500 feet.
water wheels, and has an improved horse water power, of nearly
any more than half of its power improved. With
its water power is considered as permavaluable, in proportion to its size, as that of any river
3,000, with not
the reservoir of the lake,
nent and as
in the State.
It drains a surface of over
180,000 acres, and
its
waters flow from
part or the whole of twelve towns.
Sugar,
(See town of Charlestown.)
Little.
Stvift River.
(See Saco Paver.)
Warner River.
(See Contoocook River.)
Winnipiseogee River.
(See Merrimack.)
QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS AND FISHES.
"When our forefathers first commenced to settle this State, the
abounded with numerous wild animals, both large and small,
of which the black and brown bear, catamount, wild-cat and large
grey wolf were the most ferocious. With the exception, occasionforests
ally, of
a straggling wild cat none of these animals are
in the southern portion of the State
heavy
;
but the bears
still
now found
hold pos-
mountain ranges, reaching from the Ossipce Mountains north to Canada line, and appear
Bordering these heavy forests,
quite as plenty as forty years ago.
the farmers find it not very lucrative business to raise sheep, by
session of the
tracts of forests of the
reason of bears devouring parts of their flocks and scattering the
remainder.
A few
wolves
still
wander through the extreme north-
ern section of the State.
In the early settlement, the moose and red deer were quite plenty
�QUADRUPEDS, BIRDS AND FISHES.
The moose are now found,
in all sections of the State.
Umbagog Lake, and
numbers, north of
The beaver and
gions.
otter
so,
around ponds isolated from settlements.
still
quite as pleuty as
The
roost.
— the former
re-
are
only a few being found
The mink,
ferret and red
convenient for the farmer's hen-
raccoon, muskrat, wood-chuck, grey, red, flying, and
striped squirrel, polecat
and rabbit
The porcupine
the State.
is
in small
deer in the mountain
were once numerous
extinct; while the latter are nearly
fox are
597
still
abound
in all sections of
found in the northern portion of the
State in indeciduous tracts of forests.
The raccoon and squirrels
generally have their haunts near human habitations, to feast upon
is
the farmers' cornfields and apple orchards
while the woodchuck
and plucks the young clover
and tender vegetables of the farm and garden.
The eagle, hawk, red and cat owl are the principal birds of prey,
and- the husbandman's chicks and lambs frequently serve them for
a dinner, or a midnight meal. The crow, blue jay and chickadee
are omniverous birds, and many of them stay here through the
winter.
Many species of ducks swarm our lakes, ponds and rivers
through the summer. The loon usually stays near the ocean, but
burrows in the
in the
summer
fields
and
;
pastures,
way to ponds inland eighty
The night-hawk and whippoorwill can be
almost any summer evening. The song of
frequently find their
miles from the sea coast.
heard, in the country,
the whippoorwill
is
hardly ever heard
in the
Partridges and pigeons are
the State.
but the quail are not as common.
and many are
killed every season.
still
northern counties of
plenty in the forests,
Woodcock and
snipe abound,
Various kinds of woodpeckers
still numerous.
Like some of the denizens in our large cities, who visit our mountains, lakes and streams every season, for recreation and health,
the robin, bobolink, sparrow, brown thrush and wood thrush, black-
are
and many other species make their annual
and orchards, and make our wood and mountaiu
bird, pewit, blue bird
visits to
dells
our
fields
resound with their sweet, melodious songs,
to
gladden the
heart of every lover of nature.
Our
lakes,
ponds and streams are
still
well stored with
many
pond perch, horn-pouts, dace and barvel
The mountain ponds and
(or suckers) are the most numerous.
abound with trout, and millions are annually caught
streams still
Much attention has
to serve the tables of the mountain hotels.
kinds of
fish.
Pickerel,
�INDIANS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
598
to stock
our ponds and rivers
Dams, thrown
across our large rivers
been given, for the past few years,
with black bass and salmon.
leading to the ocean, have obstructed the passage of ocean fish up
who annually go to deposit their spawn. Fish ways
the streams,
so as to enable the salmon, shad, etc., to again
have been arranged
make
their
annual
visits to the
source of our rivers, and
hoped that ere long our streams
salmon and shad.
will once
to
it is
be
more swarm with the
INDIANS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
At the time the first settlements were commenced at Portsmouth, in 1623, the estimated number of Indians, then living
within the present limits of New-Hampshire, was 5,000.
small
A
tribe
was planted in the vicinity of Exeter
named Rowls, near Dover
;
another, under a chief,
and a third, the Piscataquas, on -the
banks of the river of that name. The Ossipees lived on the north;
east side of Winnipiseogee,
and around Ossipee Lake, and the Pe-
quawkets, on the upper branches of the Saco River.
The
large
Penacooks occupied the lands on the Merrimack, making Concord and Amoskeag their chief places of resort.
There
tribe of the
wnc
several small tribes, or large communities, which belonged to
the Penacooks, but
river,
At
<
this time, all
ks, or
these
up and down the
lived in various localities,
from Pawtucket Falls, at Lowell, to Winnipiseogee Lake.
the above tribes were subservient to the Pena-
their chief
limits, for
The
sachem, Passaconaway.
protection
against the
Mohawks
tribes
within
of New-York,
formed themselves into a confederacy, distinguished by the name' of
Pawtuckets, of which Passaconaway was the chief head.
In the Connecticut River valley, there were some small tribes,
whose names were unknown, with the exception of the Coos Indians, whose hunting grounds extended over a large portion of Grafion and Coos counties.
These
tribes,
for over fifty years,
tained peaceful relations with the early settlers
quietly passed
roamed
in
away; and
all
;
the evidence that ever the red
the valley of the Connecticut,
is
main-
but they have
all
men
shown by the farmer's
plow turning out portions of their bones, or arrow heads, stone
pestles, and hatchets.
King
Philip's
war commenced
serious trouble the settlers ever
in June, 1675, and was the first
had with the Indians.
With the
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599
exception of the short Pequot "War in Connecticut, the colonists
had lived with them half a century in profound peace.
In the
minds of the Indians, suspicions and jealousies began to operate
they saw the English settlements extending on every side
their
own hunting grounds were narrowed and they began to be apprehensive they might be eventually dispossessed. Philip, sachem of
;
;
the Wampanoags, who resided at Mount Hope, in Khode Island,
an ambitious, shrewd, and bold man, was the most active instigator of the impending war.
Though Belknap supposes he was hur
ried into
his
is
own
rather by the rash ardor of his young warriors than by
it
preponderance of historical evidence
inclinations, yet the
certainly on the side of the former opinion.
fluence, not only in his
New
own
tribe,
England, he resolved to
deemed
He
intruders.
but
free his
among
Possessing great inall
the Indians in
whom
country from those
he
and had
sent his runners in all directions,
the address to engage in the enterprise most of the tribes in the
region.
who
The Penacooks, on
resisted his. solicitations
the Merrimack, were the only tribe
—
their sachem,
Wonolanset, not hav-
ing forgotten the charge of his father, Passaconaway,
now
dead, to
cultivate the friendship of the white men.
The Ossipees, in Strafford County, and the Pequawkets, on the
Saco River, both included in the name of Northern Indians, ardently engaged in the hostile confederacy. Of the Eastern Indians, as those of
Maine were
called, almost the
whole body came
into the plan with readiness, and, as truth compels us to add, not
without serious provocation,
as,
not long before, the wife of Squan-
Pequawket sachem, was passing on Saco River, with
her infant child in her frail bark canoe, some rude sailors, who
had heard that Indian children could swim as naturally as the
young of brutes, met her and wantonly overset her canoe.
The
child sunk
the mother instantly dived and recovered it but the
do, a noted
;
;
child dying soon after, not only Squando, but the Indians in general,
ascribed
its
death to this brutal treatment.
Their discontents
were inflamed by other provocations received from the eastern
some of whom
set-
must be acknowledged, were unprincipled
men. Philip engaged as his allies most of the tribes in MassachuAn artful plan to enlist the Mohawks in
setts and Rhode Island.
the war proved not only abortive but pernicious to himself.
He
had murdered, it has been said, some of this tribe and left their
bodies unburied in the woods, imagining their brethren would astlers,
it
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600
cribe the deed to the English,
eracy against them
and be provoked
to join the confed-
but one of the number, who had been
;
left for
dead, unexpectedly recovered, and disclosed to his countrymen the
perfidy of Philip
—a circumstance which
made them
his implaca-
ble enemies.
For some time had the
colonists been apprehensive of hostile de-
signs on the part of the Indians.
by
Their suspicions were confirmed
Sansaman, a Christian Indian,
the following occurence.
whom
Philip suspected of giving intelligence of his plots to the English,
was murdered at
his instigation,
and
his
This act was considered as equivalent
But the
body thrown
to
of this Suite did not suffer as
first settlers
into a pond.
a declaration of war.
much
as in wars
brought on by the French and Canada Indians, years afterwards.
the Merrimack were the Nashuas occupying the
Nashua and the intervals upon the Merrimack, oppomouth of the river, and for some distance along its banks.
The Tribes on
lands on the
site the
The Souhegans,
lived on the Souhegan, occupying the rich inter-
and below the mouth of the SouheThese Indians were often called Natacooks or Nacooks, meaning a clearing, as much of their lands was clea ed. The Namoskeags lived near the falls of the Merrimack, now called Amoskeag,
at the city of Manchester.
vals on the Merrimack, above
gan.
The Penacooks occupied the rich intervals on the Merrimack,
Penacook,* now including Bow, Boscawen, and Concord.
The Winnipesaukies occupied the land in the vicinity of the
Lake of that name.
The Weares, at the outlet of the Lake, was a noted fishing place
at
for the Indians, thence the
The
cooks,
name.
four tribes above mentioned, were subservient to the Penna-
who by
living
upon
fertile soil,
and long under control of a
became the
wise chief (Passaconnaway,) were more intelligent, and
head of a powerful confederacy.
The Falls, from the mouth of the Souhegan, to the mouth of the
Contoocook, proved great fishing grounds for the Indians, at the
right season of the year.
The Namoskeag
doubtless more
Falls, were far the best for securing fish,
fish
were caught here, than at
north of the Pawtucket
* Tin-
word wae formerly
fall,
spelt
all
and
the other falls
at Lowell.
Pennacook, but,
at
tli»>
present time,
it
is
usually spolt
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1
PENACOOK INDIANS.
The Penacook
Indians, as a tribe, always kept good faith with
Passaconaway was the first Sagamore of whom
had any account. The Wheelwright purchase of
land, between the Piscataqua and Merrimack rivers, it is said,
was conveyed, and the deed signed by him.
If that be the fact,
he was a chief Sagamore of all the tribes in this section of New
England as early as 1629. By Hubbard's narrative, he made his
farewell speech to his children and people in 1660, and advised
them to keep good faith with the English.*
Wonolanset succeeded his father, and observed his dying advice
The Penacooks were a warlike tribe, and set in their notions,
and strenuously opposed to the introduction of Christianity among
them, and obstinately refused to pray to God after the manner of
the White Christians.
Before 1670, a party of the Penacooks
went down the river and built a fort at Pawtucket Falls, MassaThey also erected a fort on the east side of the Meirichusetts.
the early settlers.
the English
mack, on Sugar Ball heights,
The
in
Concord.
following interesting lines are part of a beautiful poem,
written and delivered by Mrs.
Abba Woolsou,
at the dedication of
the Board of Trade Rooms, in Concord, Oct. 20, 1873, which related to the
Penacook
tribe
;
Passaconaway, their chief;
the
Mo-
hawks, their deadly foe; Mrs. Dustm's heroic deed, on Dustin's
Island, at the mouth of the Contoocook River,
and the Bradley Monument.
What
in
March, 1697,
haunts beloved stretch beyond!
The sedgy shores of Horseshoe Pond,
And Wattanummun's sluggish brook,
Where once the savage Penacook
Took deadly aim at beast and bird,
And all the silent valley heard
His whizzing arrow, where to-day
Whistles the engine on its way.
How proudly
in this woodland shade
Dwelt the wise chief his tribe obeyed,
How
r
gaily by the river's side
A sachem wed their royal bride,
No
later
muse
shall dare rehearse,
It lives in Whittier's classic verse.
* It
is
stated, in history, that
at the time of his death.
Passaconaway was about one hundred and twenty years of age
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«
Not always thus with rousing cheer
Of feast and bridal passed their year!
Foes sought the vale of Penacook,
there within the sheltered nook
Sugar-Ball, thick arrows sped,
And hostile Mohawks scalped their dead.
And
Of
No
terms of half-forgotten lore
Were these sweet Indian names of yore
To men who built our meadow-town,
With dusky faces looking down
From wooded heights, to matron's pale
Who
spied the savage in the vale,
And trembled
On
lest the
moon
homesteads blazing
In vain their
should rise
to the skies.
fears, that shaft will tell
Whose granite shows us where they fell
And yonder isle that bears the name
Of her who to its margin came
A pale-faced
captive, nerving there
Her valiant soul to do and dare
The utmost, if its fearful cost
Might give once more her loved and
lost.
There by the stream whose waters flow
As when she heard them long ago,
Listening in terror for a sound
From startled warriors, while the ground
Echoed each foot-fall, and her breath
Seemed warning them of coming death,
There may her sculptured statue rise,
Bearing its witness to the skies,
That courage knows no narrow ban
But brave endeavors to be free
Strong arms ami stronger will should be
Honored in woman as in man.
[The following beautiful poem was written
for,
and read on the occa-
commemoration of the Bi-Centennial Settlement of the
of New-Hampshire, by the New-Hampshire Historical Society, at
sion of the
State
the State Capitol, Concord,
May
22, 1873.]
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
EDNA DEAN PROCTOR.
"A goodly realm!" said Captain Smith,
Scanning the coast by the Isles of Shoals,
While the wind blew fair, as in Indian myth
Blows the breeze from the Land of Souls
Blew from the marshes of Hampton spread
Level and green that summer day,
And over the brow of Great Boar's Head,
From the pines that stretched to the west away;
And sunset died on the rippling sea,
Ere to the south, with the wind, sailed he.
But he told the story in London streets,
And again to court and Prince and king.
"A
truce,"
The north
men
is
cried " to Virginia heats
;
the land of hope and spring!"
And
in sixteen hundred and twenty-three,
For Dover meadows and Portsmouth river,
Bold and earnest they crossed the sea,
And the realm was theirs and ours forever!
Up from
the floods of Piscataqua,
Slowly, slowly they
made
their
way
Back to the Merrimack's eager tide,
Poured through its meadows rich and wide;
And
the river that runs like a joyous brook
Monadnock's darling, the Contoocook;
And westward turned for the warmer gales
And
And
the wealth of Connecticut's intervales;
Winnipesaukee's tranquil sea,
in hills and bright with isles
Where the alder grows and the dark pine tree,
And the tired wind sleeps and the sunlight smiles
Up and on to the mountains piled,
Peak o'er peak, in the northern air,
Home of streams and of winds that wild
Torrent and tempest vale-ward bear,
Where the Great Stone Face looms changeless, calm
As the Sphinx that couches on Egypt's sands,
And the fir and the sassafras yield their balm
to
Bosomed
Sweet as the odors of Morning lands.
Where
While
And
the eagle floats in the
his
comrade clouds
the waters
fill
summer
noon,
drift, silent, by,
with a mystic tune
The
fane the difts have built to the sky!
And, beyond, to the woods where the huge moose browsed,
And
the
dun deer drank
at the rill
unroused
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By hound
or horn, anrl the partridge brood
Was alone in the leafy solitude
And the lake where the beaver housed her young,
And the loon's shrill cry from the border rung,
The Lake whence
the Beauteous River flows,
by Canadian snows.
What were the Labors of Hercules
To the toils of Heroes such as these?
Guarding their homes from Savage foes
Cruel as fiends in craft and scorn
Felling the forest with mighty blows;
Planting the meadow plots with corn
Hunting the hungry wolf to his lair
Trapping the panther and prowling bear;
Bridging the river; building the mill
Where the stream had leapt at its frolic will
Rearing, in faith, by sorrow tried,
The church and the school-house, side by side
Fighting the French on the long frontier,
From Louisburg, set in the sea's domains,
To proud Quebec and the woods that hear
Its fountains fed
Ohio glide
to the sunset plains;
And when
rest
Risking their
and comfort they yearned to
all to
see,
be nobly free
Honor and love for the valiant dead!
With reverent breath let their names be
read,
Hiltons, Pepperels, Sullivans, Weares,
Broad is the scroll the list that bears
Of men
As ever
and brave, and true
knew,
And women of pure and glowing lives,
Meet to be hei-oes' mothers and wives!
For not alone for the golden maize,
And the fishers' spoils from the teeming bays,
And the treasures of forest, and hill, and mine
They gave their barks to the stormy brine,
as ardent,
land, in
its peril,
Liberty, Learning, righteous
Shone
Of
the
in the vision they
Age
Law
dimly saw
come and
the Land to be
Heaven, fervently
They labored and longed through the dawning gray
For tin' blessed break of that larger day!
to
And. looking
When
Came
to
the wail of
Harvard
in sore distress
to their ears
through the wilderness,
Harvard, the hope of the Colonies twain
Planted with prayers by the lonely mainIt
was
loyal, struggling,
Portsmouth town
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That sent this gracious message down
" Wishing our gratitude to prove,
And the country and General Court to move
For the infant College beset with fears,
(Its loss an omen of ill would be!)
We promise to pay it, for seven years,
Sixty pounds sterling, an annual sum,
Trusting that fuller aid will come,
And the Court and the country heard their plea,
And the sapling grew to the wide-bowed tree.
And when a century had fled,
And the war for freedom thrilled with dread
Yet welcome summons every home,
By the lire-lit hearth, 'neath the starry dome,
1 '
They vowed
that never their love should wane
For the holy cause they burned to gain,
Till right should rule, and the strife be done!
List to the generous deed of one
In the Revolution's darkest days
The Legislature at Exeter met;
Money and men they fain would raise,
And despair on every face was set
As news of the army's need was read
Then, in the hush, John Langdon said
" Three thousand dollars have I in gold;
For as much I will pledge the plate I hold;
Eighty casks of Tobago rum
All is the country's. The time will come,
If we conquer, when amply the debt she'll pay
If we fail, our property's worthless." A ray
Of hope cheered the gloom, while the Governor said
" For a regiment now, with Stark at its head!"
And the boon we gained through the noble lender
Was the Bennington Day and Burgoyne's Surrender!"
:
;
and weary quest,
Hid in their hallowed graves they rest;
Nor the voice of love, nor the cannon's roar
Wins them to field or fireside more
Did the glory go from the hills with them?
Conflict over
Nay
And
!
for the sons are true to the sires
gems they have set in our diadem
Burn with as rare and brilliant tires
And the woodland streams and the mountain
Sing of the father's fame with theirs!
One, in the shadow of lone Kearsarge
the
Nurtured
Of
for
power, like the fabled charge
the Gods, by Pelion's
woody marge
;
airs
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
So lofty his eloquence, stately his mien,
That could lie have walked the Olympian plain
The worshiping, wondering crowds had seen
Jove descend o'er the feast to reign!
And One, with a brow as Balder's fair,
And his life the grandeur of love and peace;
Easing the burdens the race must bear,
Toiling for good he might not share,
Till his white soul found its glad release!
And one— a
tall
Corinthian column,
Of the Temple of Justice prop and pride
The judge unstained, the patriot tried,
Gone to the bar supernal, solemn,
Nor left his peer by Themis side
Ah! when the Old World counts her Kings,
1
And from
splendor of castle and palace brings
The
dainty Lords her Monarchies mould,
We'll turn to the hills and say, " Behold
Webster, and Greeley, and Chase, for three
Princes of our Democracy!"
Land of
the cliff, the stream, the pine,
Blessing and honor and peace be thine!
Still may thy giant mountains rise,
Lifting their snows to the blue of June,
And the south wind breathe its tenderest sighs
Over thy fields in the harvest moon
And the river of rivers, Merrimack,
Whose current never shall faint nor lack
!
While the lakes and the crystal springs remain,
Welcome the myriad brooks and rills
Winding through meadows, leaping from hills
To brim
That
its
thrill
banks
and fly
waiting wheels
dash and roar
for the
to its
Till the rocks are passed,
Over
its
tide
and the sea-fog
steals
by Newbury's shore!
For the river of rivers is Merrimack,
Whether it foams with the mountain rain.
Or toils in the mill race, deep and black,
Or, conqueror, rolls to the ocean plain!
And
still
may
the
hill,
the vale, the glen,
Give thee the might of heroic men,
And the grace of women pure and fair
As the Mayflower's bloom when the woods are bare;
And Truth and Freedom aye find in thee
Their surest warrant of victory!
Land of fame and of high endeavor,
Strength and glory be thine forever
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VIII.
New-Hampshire Congressional, Councilor, and Senatorial
and Legislative Officers Governor vote of the State in
1872 and 1873; Governors of New-Hampshire since 1680; Justices of the
higher Courts of New-Hampshire, since 1776; Wheelwright Deeds; Cities
and Towns in the United States of 6,000 inhabitants and upwards.
Constitution
Districts
-
607
;
of
;
State
;
CONSTITUTION OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Tlie Constitution of Neiv-Hampshire, as altered and amended by a convention of delegates held at Concord, in said State, by adjournment, on the
second Wednesday of February, 1792.
PART
FIRST.
BILL OF RIGHTS.
Article 1. All men are born equally free and independent; theregovernment of right originates from the people, is founded in
fore, all
consent, and instituted for the general good.
Art. 2. All men have certain natural, essential and inherent rights;
among which are the enjoying and defending lift* and liberty acquiring,
possessing and protecting property and, in a word, of seeking and obtaining happiness.
Art. 3. When men enter into a state of society they surrender some
of their natural rights to that society, in order to insure the protection
of others; and without such an equivalent the surrender is void.
Art, 4. Among the natural rights, some are in their very nature unalienable, because no equivalent can be given or received for them. Of
this kind are the rights of conscience.
Art. 5. Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience and reason and
no subject shall be hurt, molested or restrained in his person, liberty or
estate, for worshipping God in the manner and season most agreeable to
the dictates of his own conscience, or for his religious profession, sentiments or pei-suasion provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or
disturb others in their religious worship.
Art. 6. As morality and piety, rightly grounded on evangelical prin-'
ciples, will give the best and greatest security to government, and will
lay in the hearts of men the strongest obligations to due subjection; and
as the knowledge of these is most likely to he propagated through a
society by the institution of the public worship of the Deity, and of
—
—
;
;
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public instruction in morality and religion therefore, to promote those
important purposes, the people of this State have a right to empower,
and do hereby fully empower, the Legislature to authorize^ from time
to time, the several towns, parishes, bodies corporate, or religious societies within this Slate, to make adequate provision, at their own expense, for the support ami maintenance of public, protestant teachers of
piety, religion and morality:
Provided, notwithstanding, That the several towns, parishes, bodies
corporate, or religious societies, shall at, all times have the exclusive
right of electing their own public teachers, and of contracting with them
for their support and maintenance. And no person, of any one particular religious sect or denomination, shall ever be compelled to pay
towards the support of the teacher or teachers of another persuasion,
sect, or denomination.
And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves quietly,
and as good subjects of the State, shall be equally under the protection
of the law and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to
another shall ever be established by law.
And nothing herein shall be understood to affect any former contracts
made for the support of the ministry but all such contracts shall remain and be in the same state as if this constitution had not been made.
Akt. 7. The people of tins State have the sole and exclusive right of
governing themselves as a free, sovereign and independent State, and
do, and forever hereafter shall exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction and right pertaining thereto, which is not or may not hereafter
be by them expressly delegated to the United States of America, in
;
;
;
Congress assembled.
Akt. 8. All power residing originally
in, and being derived from the
people, all the magistrates and officers of government are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to them.
Art. 9. Jfo office or place whatsoever in government shall be hereditary
the abilities and integrity requisite in all not being transmissible
to posterity or relations.
Akt. 10. Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the whole community, and not for the private
interest or emolument of any one man, family or class of men
therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty
manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual,
the people may. and of right ought to, reform the old or establish a. new
government. The doctrine <>f non-resistance against arbitrary power
and oppression is absurb, slavish, and destructive of the good and
happiness of mankind.
Akt. 11. All elections ought to be free, and every inhabitant of the
State, having the proper qualifications, has equal right to elect and be
elected into office.
Akt. 12. Every member of the community has a right to be protected
by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property. He is therefore
bound to contribute hi- -hare in the expense of such protection, and to
yield his personal service when necessary, or an equivalent.
Bui no
part of a man's property shall be taken from him or applied to public
OSes, without his own consent, or thai of the representative body of the
people.
Nor are the inhabitants of this State controllable by any other
laws than those to which they, or their representative body, have given
—
;
their euii sent,
ART. 1.'!. No person who is conscientiously scrupulous about the lawfulness of hearing arms, shall he compelled thereto, provided he will
pa\ an equivalent.
Art. 14. Every subject of this State is entitled to a certain remedy,
by having recourse to the laws for all injuries he may receive in his
person, property or character, to obtain right and justice freely, without
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609
being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial;
promptly, and without any delay; conformably to the laws.
AitT. 15. No subject shall be held to answer for any crime or offense
until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally described
to him; or be compelled to accuse or furnish evidence against himself.
And every subject shall have a right to product; all proofs that may 1x3
favorable to himself; to meet the witnesses against him face to race,
and to be fully heard in his defense by himself and counsel. And no
subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his
property, immunities or privileges, put out of the protection of the law,
exiled or deprived of his life, liberty or estate, but by the judgment of
law of the land.
subject shall be liable to be tried, after an acqnital, for
the same crime or offense. Nor shall the Legislature make any law
that shall subject any person to a capital punishment (excepting for the
government of the army and navy, and militia in actual service) without trial by jury.
Art. 17. In criminal prosecutions, the trial of the facts in the vicinity
where they happen is so essential to the security of the life, liberty and
estate of the citizen, that no crime or offense ought to be tried in any
other county than that in which it is committed; except, in cases of
general insurrection in any particular county, when it shall appear to
the judge of the superior court that an impartial trial can not be had in
the county where the offense may* be committed, and upon their report,
the Legislature shall think proper to direct the trial in the nearest county in which an impartial trial can be obtained.
Art. 18. All penalties ought to be proportioned to the nature of the
offense.
No wise Legislature will affix the same punishment to the
crimes of theft, forgery, and the like, which they do to those of murder
Where the same undistinguishing severity is exerted
and treason.
against all offenses, the people are led to forget the real distinction
in the crimes themselves, and to commit the most flagrant witb as
little compunction as they do the lightest offenses.
For the same
reason a multitude of sanguinary laws is both impolitic and unjust;
the true design of all punishments being to reform, not to exterminate
his peers, or the
Art.
16.
No
mankind.
Art. 19. Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable
searches and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his
possessions. Therefore, all warrants to search suspected places, or arrest
a person for examination or trial, in prosecutions for criminal matters,
are contrary to this right if the cause or foundation of them be not preand if the order, in a warviously supported by oath or affirmation
rant to a civil officer, to make search in suspected places, or to arrest
one or more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation of the persons or object of search,
and no warrant ought to be issued but in cases and
arrest or seizure
with the formalities prescribed by law.
Art. 20. In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits
between two or more persons, except in cases in which it has been
heretofore otherwise used and practiced, the parties have a right to trial
by jury; and this method of procedure shall be held sacred unless, in
cases arising on the high seas, and such as relate to mariners' wages,
the Legislature shall think it necessary hereafter to alter it.
Art721. In order to reap the fullest advantage of the inestimable
privilege of the trial by jury, great care ought to be taken that none but
?ualitied persons should be appointed to serve; and such ought to [be]
ally compensated for their travel, time, and attendance.
Art. 12. The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom
in a State; it ought, therefore, to be inviolably preserved.
Art. 23. Retrospective laws are highly injurious, oppressive and un;
;
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No
just.
such laws, therefore, should be made, either for the decision
of civil causes, or the punishment of offenses.
Art. 24. A well regulated milithh is the proper, natural and sure defense of a State.
Art. 25. Standing armies are dangerous to liberty, and ought not to
be raised or kept up, without the consent of the Legislature.
Aht. 26. In all cases, and at all times, the military ought to be undei
strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.
Art. 27. No soldier, in time of peace, shall be quartered in any house
without the consent of the owner; and in time of war such quarters
ought not to be made but by the civil magistrate, in a manner ordained
by the Legislature.
Art. 28r No subsidy, charge, tax, impost or duty shall be established,
fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the consent
of the people, or their representatives in the Legislature, or authority
derived from that body.
Art. 29. The power of suspending the laws, or the execution of them,
ought never to be exercised but by the Legislature, or by authority derived therefrom, to be exercised in such particular cases only as the
Legislature shall expressly provide for.
Art. 30. The freedom of deliberation, speech and debate, in either
house of the Legislature, is so essential to the rights of the people, that
it can not be the foundation of any action, complaint or prosecution, in
any other court or place whatsoever.
Art. 31. The Legislature shall assemble for the redress of public
grievances, and for making such laws as the public good may require.
Art. 32. The people have a right, in an orderly and peaceable manner, to assemble and consult upon the common good, give instructions to
their representatives, and to request of the legislative body, by way of
petition or remonstrance, redress of the wrongs done them, and the
grievances they Buffer.
Akt. 33. No magistrate or court of law shall demand excessive bail or
sureties, impose excessive fines, or inflict cruel or unusual punishment.
Aut. 34. No person can in any case be subjected to law-martial or
to any pains or penalties by virtue of that law, except those employed in
the army or navy, and except the militia in actual service, but by authority of the Legislature.
Akt. 35. It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty property, and character, that there be an imparIt is the
tial interpretation of the laws and administration of justice.
right of every citizen to be tried by judges as impartial as the lot of
humanity will admit. It is, therefore, not only the best policy, but for
the security of the rights of the people, that the judges of the supreme
judicial court should hold their offices so long as they behave well;
subject, however, to such limitations pn account of age as may be provided by the constitution of the State; and that they should have honorable salaries, ascertained and established by standing laws.
Aut. 3fi. Economy being a most essential virtue in all States, especially in a young one, no pension should be granted but in considei
of actual Services; and such pension ought to be granted with great
caution by the Legislature, and never for more than one year at a time.
Ai;r. :*7. In the government of this state, the three essential powers
thereof, to wit, the legislal ive, executive and judicial, ought to be kept,
as separate from, and independenl of each other, as the nature of a free
government will admit, or as is consistent with that chain of connection that binds the whole fabric of the constitution in one indissoluble
bond of union and amity.
Akt. 38. A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the
constitution, and a constanl adherence, to justice, moderation, temperance, industry, frugality, and all the social virtues, are indispensably
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necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and good government.
ought, therefore, to have a particular regard to all those
principles in the choice of their officers and representatives: and they
nave a right to require of their law-givers and magistrates an exact ana
constant observance of them in the formation and execution of the laws
necessary for the good administration of government.
The people
PART SECOND.
FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
The people
inhabiting the territory formerly called the Provineo
of New-Hampshire, do hereby solemnly and mutually agree with each
other to form themselves into a free, sovereign and independent body
politic, or State, by the name of The State of New-Hampshire.
1.
2.
GENERA! COURT.
The supreme legislative power within the State shall be vested in
Senate and House of Representatives, each of which shall have a
the
negative on the other.
3.
The Senate and House shall assemble every year, on the first Wednesday of June, and at such other times as they may judge necessary, and
shall dissolve and be dissolved seven days next preceding the said
first Wednesday of June, and shall be styled The General Court of
Nt ic-Hampshire.
4.
The General Court shall forever have full power and authority to
erect and constitute judicatories and courts of record, or other courts, to
be holden in the name of the State, for the hearing, trying and determining all manner of crimes, offenses, pleas, processes, plaints, actions,
causes, matters and things whatsoever, arising or happening within this
State, or between or concerning persons inhabiting, or residing, or
brought within the same, whether the same be criminal or civil, or
"whether the crimes be capital or not capital, and whether the said pleas
be real, personal, or mixed, and for the awarding and issuing execution
thereon. To which courts and judicatories are hereby given and granted
full power and authority, from time to time, to administer oaths or affirmations for the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy,
or depending before them.
5.
And farther, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said General Court, from time to time, to make, ordain and
establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes,
ordinances, directions, and instructions, either with penalties or without,
so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this Constitution, as they
may judge for the benefit and welfare of this State, and for the governing
and ordering thereof, and of the»subjects of the same, for the necessary
support and defense of the government thereof, and to name and settle
annually, or provide by fixed laws, for the naming and settling of all
civil officers within this State; such officers excepted, the election and
appointment of whom are hereafter in this form of government otherwise provided for; and to set forth the several duties, powers and limits of the several civil and military officers of this State, and the forms
of such oaths or affirmations as shall be respectively administered unto
them for the execution of their several offices and places, so as the same
and also_ to impose
be not repugnant or contrary to this Constitution
and to impose and
fines, mulcts, imprisonments, and other punishments
levy proportional and reasonable assessments, rates and taxes upon all
the inhabitants of, and residents within the said State; and upon all estates within the same; to be issued and disposed of by warrant under
the hand of the Governor of this State for the time being, with the advice and consent of the Council, for the public service, in the necessa;
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ry defense and support of the Government of this State, and the protection and preservation of the subjects thereof, according to such acts as are
or shall be in force within the same.
6.
And while the public charges of government, or any part thereof
shall be assessed on polls and estates in the manner that has heretofore
een practiced; in order that such assessments may be made with equality, there shall be a valuation of the estates within the State, taken anew
once in every five years at least, and as much oftener as the General
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Court
shall order.
No member
of the General Court shall take fees, be of counsel, or
act as advocate in any cause before either branch of the Legislature; and
upon due proof thereof such member shall forfeit his seat in the Legis7.
lature.
8.
The doors of the galleries of each House of the Legislature shall be
kept open to all persons who behave decently, except when the welfare
of the State, in the opinion of either branch, shall require secrecy.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
There
shall be in the Legislature of this State a repi*esentation of the
people, annually elected, and founded upon principles of equality; and
in order that such representation may be as equal as circumstances will
admit, every town, parish, or place entitled to town privileges, having
9.
one hundred and fifty ratable male polls, of twenty-one years of age and
upward, may elect one representative; if four hundred and fifty ratable
polls, may elect two representatives
and so proceeding in that proportion, making three hundred such ratable polls the mean increasing num;
ber for every additional representative.
10.
Such towns, parishes, or places as have less than one hundred and
ratable polls shall be classed by the General Court for the purpose of
choosing a representative, and seasonably notified thereof. And in every
class formed for the above mentioned purpose, the first annual meeting
shall be held in the town, parish or place wherein most of the ratable polls
eside and afterward in that which has the next highest number, and so
on annually by rotation, through the several towns, parishes or places
forming the district.
11.
Whenever any town, parish or place entitled to town privileges
as aforesaid, shall not have one hundred and fifty ratable polls, and be
so situated as to rentier classing thereof with any other town, parish or
place very inconvenient, the General Court may, upon application of a
majority of the voters in such town, parish or place issue a writ for
their electing and sending a representative to the General Court.
12.
The members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen annually, in the month of March, and shall be the second branch of the
Legislature.
13.
All persons qualified to vote in the election of senators shall be
entitled to vote within the district where they dwell, in the choice of
representatives.
II.
Every member of the House of Representatives shall be chosen
fifty
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and fortwoyears atleastnext preceding his election, shall
havebeen an inhabitant of this State, [shall have an estate within the
district which he may lie chosen to represent, of the value of one hundred
pounds, one half of which to be a free hold, whereof he is seized in his
own
right]* shall be at the time of his election an inhabitant of the
town, parish or place he may be chosen to represent; shall be of the Prareligion, and shall cease to represent such town or parish or placo
immediately on his ceasing to be qualified as aforesaid.
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The members of both Houses of the Legislature shall be compensated for their services out of the treasury of the State, by a law made
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such members attending seasonably, and not departing
All intermediate vacancies in the House of Representatives may
from time to time, in the same manner as annual election- a
tilled,
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made.
17.
State,
The House of Representatives shall be the grand inquest of the
and all impeachments made by them shall be heard and tried by
the Senate.
18.
All money bills shall originate in the House of Representatives,
but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments, as on oth< r
bills,
19.
The House
selves, but
of Representatives shall have power
no longer than two days at a time.
to adjourn
them-
20.
A majority of the members of the House of Representatives shall
be a quorum for doing business; but when less than two thirds of Hi
representatives elected shall be present, the assent of two thirds OfthoE
members shall be necessary to render their acts and proceedings valid.
21.
No member of the House of Representatives or Senate shall be
arrested or held to bail on mesne process, during his going to, returning from, or attendance upon, the Court.
22.
The House of Representatives shall choose their own Speaker,
appoint their own officers, and settle the rules of the proceedings in their
own House; and shall be judge of the returns, elections and qualifications of its members, as pointed out in tins constitution. They shall
have authority to punish by imprisonment every person who shall be
guilty of disrespect to the House in its presence by any disorderly and
contemptuous behavior, or by threatening or ill treating any of its members; or by obstructing its deliberations; every person guilty of a breach
of its privileges in making arrests for debt, or by assaulting any membi r
during his attendance at any session in assaulting or disturbing any
one of its officers in the execution of any order or procedure of the
House; in assaulting any witness or other person ordered to attend, by
and during his attendance of the House, or in securing any person arrested by order of the House, knowing them to be such.
23.
The Senate, Governor aud Council, shall have the same powers in
like cases; provided that no imprisonment by either, for any offense exceed ten days.
24.
The journals of the proceedings, and all public acts of both houses
of the Legislature, shall be printed and published immediately after every adjournment or prorogation; and upon motion made by any one
member, the yeas and nays upon any question shall be entered on the
journal; and any member of the Senate or House of Representatives
shall have aright, on motion made at the same time for that purpose,
to have his protest or dissent, with the reasons, against any vote, resolve
or bill passed, entered on the journal.
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25.
The Senate shall consist of twelve members, who shall hold tin ir
office for one year from the first Wednesday of June, next ensuing their
election.
26.
And that the State may be equally represented in the Senate, the
Legislature shall from time to time, divide the State into twelve districts, as nearly equal as may be, without dividing towns and unincorporated places; and in making this division they shall govern themselves by the proportion of direct taxes paid by the said districts, and
timely make known to the inhabitants of the State the limits of each
district.
27.
The free holders
as in this constitution is
a senator, at some
and other inhabitants of each district, qualified
provided, shall annually give in their votes for
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28.
The Senate shall be the first branch of the Legislature, and the
Senators shall be chosen in the following manner: namely, every
male inhabitant of each town and parish with town privileges, and
places unincorporated, in this State, of twenty-one years of age and
upward, excepting paupers and persons excused from paying taxes at
their own request, shall have a right, at the annual or other meetings
of the inhabitants of said towns and parishes, to be duly warned and
holden annually forever in the month of March, to vote in the town or
parish wherein he dwells, for the senator in the district whereof he is a
member.
29.
Provided nevertheless, That no person shall be capable of being
elected a senator who is not of the Protestant religion [anil seized of a
freehold estate in his own right of the value of two hundred pounds, lying within the State]* who is not of the age of thirty years, and who shall
not have been an inhabitant of this State for seven years, immediately
preceding his election, and at the time thereof he shall be an inhabitant
of the district for which he shall be chosen.
30.
And every person qualified as the constitution provides, shall be
considered an inhabitant, for the purpose of electing and being elected
into any office or place within this State, in the town, parish and plantation where he dwelleth and hath his home.
31. And the inhabitants of plantations and places unincorporated, qualified as tins constitution provides, who are or shall be required to assess
taxes upon themselves toward the support of government, or shall be
ta xed therefor shall have the same privilage of voting for senators in the
plantations and places wherein they reside, as the inhabitants of the respective towns and parishes aforesaid have. And the meetings of such
plantations and places for that purpose shall be holden annually in the
month of March, at such places respectively therein as the assessors
thereof shall direct which assessors shall have like authority for notifying the electors, collecting and returning the votes as the selectmen
and town-clerks have in their several towns by this constitution.
''•2.
The meetings for the choice of Governor, Council, and Senators,
shall be warned by warrant from the selectmen, and governed by a
moderator, who shall in the presence of the selectmen (whose duty it
shall be to attend), in open meeting, receive the votes of all the inhabitants of such towns and parishes present, and qualified to vote for senators
ami shall in said meetings, in presence of the said selectmen and
of the town-clerk in said meetings, sort and count the said votes, and
make a public declaratian thereof, with the name of every person voted
for, and the number of votes for each person; and the town-clerk shall
make a fair record of the same at large, in the town book, ami shall
make out a, fair attested copy thereof, to be by him sealed up and directed io the Secretary of the State, with a, superscription expressing the
purporl thereof; and the said town-clerk shall cause such attested copy
1" be delivered to the sheriff of the county in which said town or parish
shall lie, thirty days at least before the first Wednesday of June, or to
the Secretary of the Slate at least twenty days before the Said first
Wednesday of June; and the sheriff of each county, or bis deputy, shall
deliver all such certificates by him received into the Secretary's office,
at least twenty days before the first Wednesday of June.
And that there may be a, due meeting of senators on the first
Wednesday of June annually, the Governor, and a majority of the
Council for the time being, shall, as soon as may be, examine tile returned copies of Mich records, and fourteen days before the first
Wednesday of June, he shall issue his summons to such persons as appear to be chosen senators by a majority of votes, to attend and take
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their seats on that day; Provided, nevertheless, that for the first year the
said returned copies shall be examined by the President and the majority of tile Council then in office; and the said President shall in like
manner notify the persons elected to attend and take their seats accordingly.
34. And in case there shall not appear to be a senator elected by a
majority of votes for any district, the deficiency shall be supplied in the
following manner: namely, the members of the House of Representatives, and such senators as shall be declared elected, shall take the
names of the two persons having the highest number of votes in the
district, ami out of them shall elect, by joint ballot, the senator wanted
for such district; and in this manner all such vacancies shall he filled
in every district of the State; and in like manner all vacancies in the
Senate, arising by death, removal out of the Slate, or otherwise, shall
be supplied as soon as may be, after such vacancies happen.
35.
The Senate shall be final judges of the elections, returns, and
qualifications of their own members, as pointed out in this constitution.
36. The Senate shall have power to adjourn themselves, provided
such adjournment do not exceed two days at a time.
Provided, nevertheless, That whenever they shall sit on the trial of
any impeachment, they may adjourn to such time ami place as they
may think proper, although the Legislature be not assembled on such
day. or at such place.
37. The Senate shall appoint their president and other officers, and
determine their own rules of proceedings. And not less than --veil
members of the Senate shall make a quorum for doing business;
and when less than eight senators shall be present, the assent of
five, at least, shall be necessary to render their acts and proceedings
valid.
38. The Senate shall be a court, with full power and authority to
hear, try and determine all impeachments made by the House of Representatives against amy officer or officers of the State, for bribery, corruption, mal-practice, or mal-administration in office; with full power
to issue summons or compulsory process for convening witnesses before
them; but previous to the trial of any such impeachment, the members
of the Senate shall respectively be sworn truly and impartially to try
And
and determine the charge in question, according to evidence.
every officer impeached tor bribery, corruption, mal-practice, or malattested copy of the
administration in office, shall be served with an
impeachment, and order of Senate thereon, with such citation as the
Senate may direct, setting forth the time and place of their sitting to
try the impeachment; which service shall be made by the sheriff, or
such other sworn officer as the Senate may appoint, at least fourteen
days previous to the time of trial; and such citation being duly served
and returned, the Senate may proceed in the hearing of the impeachment, giving the person impeached, if he shall appear, full liberty of
producing witnesses and proofs, and of making his defense by himself
and counsel; and may, also, upon his refusing, or neglecting to appear,
hear the proofs in support of the impeachment, and render judgment
and such judgment
thereon, his non-appearance notwithstanding;
shall have the same force and effect as if the person impeached had appeared and pleaded in the trial.
39. Their judgment, however, shall not extend farther than removal
from office, disqualification to hold or enjoy any place of honor, trust,
or profit, under this State: but the party so convicted shall nevertheless
be liable to indictment,
the laws of the land.
trial,
judgment and punishment, according
to
40. Whenever the Governor shall be impeached, the chief justice of
the supreme judicial court shall, during the trial, preside in the Senate,
but have no vote therein.
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GOVERNOR.
There shall be a supreme executive magistrate, who shall be
and whose title shall
stjied Governor of the State of New-Hampshire
41.
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be His Excellency.
42. The Governor shall be chosen annually in the month of March
and the votes for Governor shall be received, sorted, counted, certified,
and returned, in the same manner as the votes for Senators and the
Secretary shall lay the same before the Senate and House of Representatives, on the first Wednesday of June, to be by them examined; and
in ease of an election by a majority of votes through the State, the
choice shall be by them declared and published. And the qualifications of electors of the Governor shall be the same as those for senators
and if no person shall have a majority of votes, the Senate and House
of Representatives shall, by a joint ballot, elect one of the two persons
having the highest number of votes, who shall be declared Governor.
aikI no person shall be eligible to this office unless, at the time of his
election he shall have been an inhabitant of this State for seven years
next preceding, and unless he shall be of the age of thirty years [arid
unless he-shall at the same time have an estate of the value of five hundred pounds, one half of which shall consist of a freehold of his own
right within this State],* and unless he shall be of the Protestant re;
ligion.
43. In cases of disagreement between the two houses with regard to
the time or place of adjournment or prorogation, the Governor, with
advice of Council, shall have a right to adjourn or prorogue the General
Court, not exceeding ninety days at any one time, as he may determine
the public good may require and he shall dissolve the same seven days
before the said first Wednesday of June. And in case of any infectious
distemper prevailing in the place where the said Court at any time is to
convene, or any other cause whereby dangers may arise to the health or
lives of the members from their attendance, the Governor may direct
tin- session to be holden at some other, the most convenient place within
the State.
11. Every bill which shall have passed both Houses of the General
Court, shall, before it became a law, be presented to the Governor; if
he approve, lie shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections, to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall
enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider
it.
If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree
to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with such objections, to the
other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a law. But in all
such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays; and the names of the persons voting for or against the hill shall
be entered on the journal of each Bouse respectively. If any bill shall
not lie returned by the rovernor within five days (Sunday excepted) after
it
-hall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law in like manner as if lie had Signed if unless the Legislature, by their adjournment,
pre\ enl its return, in which case it shall not he a law.
45. Every resolve shall he presented to the Governor, and, before the
same shall take effect, shall lie approved by him or, being disapproved
by him, shall be re-passed by the Senate and House of Representatives,
according to the rules aud limitations prescribed in the case of a bill.
-hi.
All judicial officers, the attorney-general, solicitors, all sheriffs,
coroners, registers of probate, and all officers of the navy, and general
and field officer's of the militia, shall be nominated and appointed by the
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and every such nomination shall be made at
appointment; and no appointment shall
least three days prior to such
take place unless a majority of the Council agree thereto.
47. The Governor and Council shall have a negative on each other,
both in the nominations and appointments. Every nomination and appointment shall be signed by the Governor and Council, and every
negative shall be also signed by the Governor or Council, who made the
same..
48. The captains and subalterns in the respective regiments shall be
nominated and recommended by the field officers to the Governor, who
is to issue their commissions immediately on receipt of such recommendation.
49. Whenever the chair of the Governor shall become vacant by reason of his death, absence from the State, or otherwise, the President of
the Senate shall, during such vacancy, have and exercise all the powers
and authorities which, by this constitution, the Governor is vested with
when
personally present but when the President of the Senate shall
exercise the office of Governor, he shall not hold his office in the Senate.
50. The Governor, with advice of Council, shall have full power. and
authority, in recess of the General Court, to prorogue the same from
time to time, not exceeding ninety days in any one l'ecess of said court;
and, during the sessions of said Court, to adjourn or prorogue it to any
time the two Houses may desire, and to call it together sooner than the
time to which it may be adjourned or prorogued, if the welfare of the
State should require the same.
51. The Governor of this State, for the time being, shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and all the military forces of
the State by sea and land; and shall have full power by himself or by
any chief commander, or other officer or officers, from time to time to
train, instruct, exercise and govern the militia and navy and for the
special defense and safety of this State, to assemble in martial array,
and put in warlike posture the inhabitants thereof, and to lead and conduct them, and with them to encounter, repulse, repel, resist and pursue
by force of arms, as well by sea as by land, within and without the
limits of this State.; and also to kill, slay, destroy, if necessary, and
conquer by all fitting ways, enterprise and means, all and every such
person and persons as shall at any time hereafter, in a hostile manner,
attempt or enterprise the destruction, invasion, detriment, or annoyance
of this State and to use and exercise over the army and navy, and
over the militia in actual service, the law-martial in time of war, invasion, and also in rebellion declared by the Legislature to exist, as occasion shall necessarily require; and surprise, by all ways and means
whatsoever, all and every such person and persons, with their ships,
arms, ammunition, and other goods, as shall in a hostile manner invade
or attempt the invading, conquering or annoying this State; and in fine,
the Governor hereby is intrusted with all other powers incident to the
office of captain-general and commander-in-chief and admiral, to be exercised agreeably to the rules and regulations of the constitution and the
laws of the land Provided, That the Governor shall not at any time
hereafter, by virtue of any power by this constitution granted, or hereafter to be granted to him by the Legislature, transport any of the inhabitants of this State, or oblige them to march out of the limits of the
same, without their free and voluntary consent, or the consent of the
General Court, nor grant commissions for exercising the law-martial in
any case, without the advice and consent of the Council.
52. The power of pardoning offenses, except such as persons may be
convicted of before the Senate, by impeachment of the House, shall be
in the Governor, by and with the advice of Council but no charter of
pardon, granted by the Governoi-, with advice of Council, before conviction, shall avail the party pleading the same, notwithstanding any
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genera] or particular expressions contained therein, descriptive of the
offense or offenses intended to be pardoned.
53. No officer, duly commissioned to command in the militia, shall
be removed from his office but by the address of both Houses to the
Gevernor, or by fair trial in court-martial, pursuant to the laws of the
State for the time being.
54.
The commanding officers of the regiments shall appoint their adjutants and quartermasters; the brigadiers, their brigade major*; the
major-generals, their aids; the captains and subalterns their non-com-
missioned
officers.
The
division of the militia into brigades, regiments, and compamade, in pursuance of the militia laws- now in force, shall be
considered as the proper division of the militia of this State, until the
same, shall be altered by some future law.
56. No moneys shall be issued out of the treasury of this State, and disposed of (except such sums as may be appropriated for the redemption
of bills of credit or Treasurer's notes, or for the payment of interest arising thereon), but by warrant under the hand of the Governor for the
time being, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, for the
necessary support and defense of this State, and for the necessary protection and preservation of the inhabitants thereof, agreeably to the acts
and resolves of the General Court.
All public boards, the commissary-general, all superintending offi57.
cers of public magazines and stores belonging to this State, and all commanding officers of forts and garrisons within the same, shall, once in
every three months, officially, and without requisition, and at other times
when required by the Governor, deliver to him an account of all goods,
stores, provisions, ammunition, cannon with their appendages, and all
small arms with their accouterments, and all other public property under their care respectively; distinguishing the quantity and kind of each
as particularly as may he; together with the condition of such forts and
garrisons; and the commanding officer shall exhibit to the Governor,
whenrequired by him, true and exact plans of such forts, and of the laud
and mm. or harbor or harbors adjacent.
58.
The Governor and Council shall lie compensated for their services,
from time to time, by such grants as the General Court shall think rea55.
nies,
son aide.
59.
Permanent and honorable
salaries shall be established
by law for
the justices of the superior court.
COUNCIL.
There shall be annually elected by ballot live councilors, for advising the Governor in the executive part of government. The freeholders and other inhabitants in each county, qualified to vote for senators,
shall, Mime time in the month of March, give in their votes foronecouncilor; which vote shall lie received, sorted, counted, certified and re60.
the Secretary's office, in '.he same, manner as the votes for senby the Secretary laid before the Senate and House of Representatives on tic first Wednesday of June.
01.
And the person having a majority of votes in any county shall be
considered as duly elected a councilor; but if no person shall have a
majority of votes in any county, the Senate and House of Representatives -hall take the n allies of the two persons who have the highest number of votes in each county, and not elected, and out of those two shall
elect byjoinl ballot the councilor wanted for each county; and the qualifications for councilor -hall lie the same as for senator.
62,
[f any person thus chosen a councilor shall he elected Governor,
ember df either branch of the Legislature, and shall accept the trust
fir
or if any person elected a councilor shall refuse to accept the office or in
the case of tin; death, resignation, or removal of any councilor out of the
turned
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ators, to
l.i'
m
:
;
�CONSTITUTION OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
619
State] the Governor may issue a precept for the election of a now councilor in that county where such vacancy shall happen; and the choice
shall he in the same manner as before directed; and the Governor shall
have full tower ami authority to convene the Council, from time to time
at his discretion and with them, or the majority of them, may and Bhall,
i
;
from time
to time, hold a council for ordering and directing the affairs of
State according to the laws of the land.
63.
The members of the Council may be impeached by the Bouse,
and tried by the Senate for bribery, corruption, mal-practice or mal-administration.
64.
The resolutions and advice of the Council shall be recorded by
the Secretary in a register, and signed by all the members present, agreeing thereto; and this record may be called for at anytime by either
house of the Legislature, and any member of the Council may enter his
opinion contrary to the resolution of the majority, with the reasons for
such opinion.
65.
The Legislature may. if the public good shall hereafter require it,
divide the State into five districts, as nearly equal as may be, governing themselves by the number of ratable polls and proportion of public
taxes; each district to elect a councilor; and in case of such division,
the manner of the choice shall be conformable to the present modi- of
elecrfcm in counties.
66.
And whereas the elections appointed to be made by this constitution on the first Wednesday of June annually by the two houses of the
Legislature, may not be completed on that day, the said elections may
be adjourned from day to day until the same be completed. And the order of the elections shall be as follows: The vacancies in the Senate, if
any. shall be first filled: the Governor shall then be elected, provided
there should be no choice of him by the people, and afterward the two
houses shall proceed to fill the vacancy, if any. in the Council.
tliis
SECRETARY, TREASURER, COMMISSARY-GENERAL, ETC.
secretary, treasurer and commissary-general shall be chosen
by joint ballot of the senators and representatives assembled in one
room.
68.
The records of the State shall be kept in the office of the Secretary and he shall attend the Governor and Council, the Senate and Representatives, in person or by deputy, as they may require.
69.
The Secretary of the State shall at all times have a deputy, to be
by him appointed; for whose conduct in office he shall be responsible;
and in case of the death, removal or inability of the Secretary, his deputy
67.
The
;
shall exercise all the duties of the office of Secretai-y of the State until
another shall be appointed.
70.
The
Secretary, before he enters
upon the business of
shall give bond, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable
of the State, for the punctual performance of his trust.
sum
his office,
for the use
COUNTY TREASURERS &C.
The county
treasurers and registers of deeds shall be elected by
the inhabitants of the several towns in the several counties in the State,
according to the method now practiced, and the laws of the State Provided nevertheless the Legislature shall have authority to alter the manner of certifying the votes and the mode of electing those officers, but
not so as to deprive the people of the right they now have of electing
71.
:
them.
72. And the Legislature, on the application of the major part of the
inhabitants of any county, shall have authority to divide the same into
two districts for registering deeds, if to them it shall appear necessary;
each district to elect a register of deeds and before they enter upon
the business of their offices, shall be respectively sworn faithfully to
discharge the duties thereof, and shall severally give bond, with suffi;
�CONSTITUTION OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
620
cient sureties, in a reasonable sum, for the use of the county, for the
punctual performance of their respective trusts.
JUDICIARY POWER.
commissioned officers shall have by law in
their offices shall be expressed in their respective commissions. All
judicial officers, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, shall hold
their offices during good behavior, excepting those concerning
there is a different provision made in this constitution Provided, nevertheless, the President,* with consent of the Council, may remove them
upon the address of both houses of the Legislature.
74. Each branch of the Legislature, as well as the Governor and Council, shall have authority to require the opinions of the justices of the superior court upon important questions of law, and upon solemn occasions.
75. In order that the people may not suffer from the long continuance
in place of any justice of the peace, who shall fail in discharging the
important duties of his office with ability and fidelity, all commissions
of justices of the peace shall become void at the expiration of five years
from their respective dates; and, upon the expiration of any commis73.
The tenure
that all
whom
:
sion, the same may, if necessary, be renewed, or another person appointed, as shall most conduce to the well-being of the State.
76. All causes of marriage, divorce and alimony, and all appeal»from
the respective judges of probate, shall be heard and tried by the superior court, until the Legislature shall by law make other provision.
77. The General Court are empowered to give to justices of the peace
jurisdiction in civil causes, when the damages demanded shall not exceed four pounds, and title of real estate is not concerned but with
right of appeal to either party to some other court, so that a trial by
jury, in the last resort, may be had.
78. No person shall hold the office of judge of any court, or judge of
probate, or sheriff of any county, after he has attained the age of seven:
ty years.
79.
No judge of any court, or justice of the peace, shall act as attorney,
or be of'counsel to any party, or originate any civil suit, in mailers
which shall come or be brought before him as judge or justice of the
peace.
80. All matters relating to the probate of wills and granting letters of
administration shall be exercised by the judges of probate, in such
manner as the Legislature have directed, or may hereafter direct; and
the judges of probate shall hold their courts at such place or places, on
such axed days as the conveniency of the people may require, and the
Legislature, from time to time appoint.
81. No judge or register of probate shall be of counsel, act as advocate, or receive any fees as advocate or counsel, in any probate busi
ne-- which is pending or may be brought into any court of probate in
the county of which he is judge or register.
CLERKS OP COURTS.
The judges
of the courts (those of probate excepted) shall appoint
their respective clerks, to hold their office during pleasure; and no
such clerk shall act as an attorney, or be of counsel in any cause in the
court of which he is clerk, nor shall he draw any writ originating a
82.
civil action.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE.
learning, generally diffused through a communibeing essential to the preservation of a free government; and spreading
tiie opportunities and advantages of education through the various parts
83.
Knowledge and
ty,
* Governor, in former priutod editions, but President in the original.
�CONSTITUTION OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
621
of the country being highly conducive to promote this end, it shall bo
the duty of the legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this
government, to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all
seminaries and public schools; to encourage private and public institutions, rewai-ds anil immunities for the promotion of agriculture, arts,
commerce, trades, manufactures and natural history of the
country; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and
general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and economy,
honesty and punctuality, sincerity, and all social affections and generous sentiments among the people.
sciences,
OATH AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
EXCLUSION FROM OFFICES; COMMISSIONS;
WRITS; CONFIRMATION OF LAWS; HABEAS CORPUS; THE ENACTING
STYLE; CONTINUANCE OF OFFICERS; PROVISION FOR A FUTURE REVIS
ION OF THE CONSTITUTION, &C.
;
84.
Any person chosen governor, councilor, senator or representative, military or civil officer (town officers excepted), accepting the
trust, shall, before he proceeds to execute the duties of his office make
and subscribe the following declaration; namely.
I, A, B., do solemnly swear that I will bear faith and true allegiance
to the State of New-Hampshire, and will support the constitutionthere
So help me God.
A. B., do solemnly and sincerely swear and affirm that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent
according to the best of my abilities; agreeably to
on me as
the rules and regulations of this constitution and the laws of the State
of New-Hampshire. So help me God.
Any person having taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance, and
the same being filed in the Secretary's office he shall not be obliged to
take said oath again.
Provided, always, When any person, chosen or appointed as aforesaid
shall be of the denomination called Quakers, or shall be scrupulous of
swearing, and shall decline taking the said oaths such person shall take
and subscribe them, omitting the word " swear, " and likewise the
words, " So help me God.'''' subjoining instead thereof, " This I do under
the pains and penalties of perjury."
85.
And the oaths of affirmation shall be taken and subscribed by the
Governor, before the President of the Senate, in presence of both houses of
the Legislature, and by the senators and representaves first elected under
this constitution, as altered and amended, before the President of the
State and a majority of the Council then in office, and for ever afterward
and by all other
before the Governor and Council for the time being
officers, before such persons and in such manner as the Legislature
shall from time to time appoint.
86. All commissions shall be in the name of The State of NewHampshire, signed by the Governor, and attested by the Secretary, or
his deputy, and shall have the great seal of the State affixed thereto.
87. All writs issuing out of the clerk's office in any of the courts of
law, shall be in the name of The State of New-Hampshire shall be
under the seal of the court whence they issue, and bear teste of the
chief, first or senior justice of the court; but when such justice shall be
interested, then the writ shall bear teste of some other justice of the
court, to which the same shall be returnable and be signed by the clerk
of such court.
88. All indictments, presentments and informations shaD conclude,
Against the peace and dignity of the State.
89. The estate of such persons as may destroy their own lives shall
not for that offense be forfeited, but descend or ascend in the same manner as if such person had died in a natural way. Nor shall any article
which shall accidentally occasion the death of any person be henceforth
of.
I,
;
;
;
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CONSTITUTION OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
deemed a deodand, or
in
any wise
forfeited
on account of such mis-
fortune.
90. All the laws
which have heretofore been adopted, used and approved in the province, colony or State of STew-Hampshire, and usually
practiced on in the courts of law, shall remain and be in full force until
altered and repealed by the Legislature; such parts thereof only excepted as are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained in this
constitution: provided that nothing herein contained, when compared
with the twenty-third article in the bill of rights, shall be construed to
affect the laws already made respecting the persons or estates of
absentees.
91. The privilege and benefit of the habeas corpus shall be enjoyed in
this State, in the most free, easy, cheap, expeditious and ample manner,
and shall not be suspended by the Legislature except upon the most
urgent and pressing occasions, and for a time not exceeding three months.
92. The enacting style in making and passing acts, statutes and laws,
shall be, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in
General Court convened.
93. No governor or judge of the supreme judicial court shall hold any
office or place under the authorities of this State, except such as hy this
constitution they are admitted to hold, saving that the judges of the said
court may hold the offices of justices of the peace throughout the State;
nor shall they hold any place or office, or receive any pension or salary
from any other State government or power whatever.
94. No person shall be capable of exercising at the same time more
than one of the following offices in this State namely, judge of probate,
sheriff, register of deeds; and never more than two offices of profit,
which may be held by appointment of the Governor, or Governor and
Council, or Senate and House of Representatives, or superior or inferior
courts; military offices and offices of justices of the peace excepted.
95. No person holding the office of judge of any court, except special
judges, Secretary, Treasurer of the State, Attorney-General, Commisary-General, military officers receiving pay from the continent or
this State, excepting officers of the militia, occasionally called forth on
an emergency, register of deeds, sheriff, or officers of the customs, including naval officers, collectors, of excise and State and continental
taxes, hereafter appointed, and not having settled their accounts with
the respective officers with whom it is their duty to settle such accounts,
members of Congress, or any person holding any office under the United
States, shall at the same time hold the office of Governor, or have a
seat in the Senate or House of Representatives, or Council; but his
being chosen and appointed to and accepting the same, shall operate as
a resignation of their seat in the Chair, Senate, or House of Representatives, or Council, and the place so vacated shall be filled.
No member of fche Council shall have a seat in the Senate or House of
:
Representatives.
96. No person shall ever be admitted to hold a seat in the Legislature,
or any office of trust or importance under this government, who in the
due course of law, has been convicted of bribery or corruption in
obtaining an election or appointment.
97. In all cases when; sums of money are mentioned in this constitution, the value thereof shall be computed in silver at six shillings and
eighl pence per ounce.
98. To the end that there maybe no failure of justice or danger to the
State, by the altera! inns and amendments made in the Constitution, the
General Court is hereby fully authorized and directed to fix the time,
when the alteration and amendments shall take effect, and make the
nece-.-ary arrangements accordingly.*
>
* See Act of
December
14, 1792.
�CONSTITUTION OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
G23
99. It shall be the duty of the selectmen and assessors of the several
towns and places in this State, in warning the first annual meetings for
the choice of senators, after the expiration of seven years from the
adoption of this constitution as amended, to insert expressly in the warrant this purpose among the others for the meeting; to wit. to take the
sense of the qualified voters on the subject of a revision of the constitution; and the meeting being warned accordingly, and not otherwise, the
moderator shall take the sense of the qualified voters present as to the
necessity of a revision and a return of the number of votes for and against
such necessity shall be made by the clerk, sealed up and directed to the
General Court at their then next session; and if it shall appear to the
General Court by such return, that the sense of the people of the State
has been taken, and that in the opinion of the majority of the qualified
voters in the State, present and voting at said meetings, there is a
;
necessity for a revision of the constitution, it shall be the duty of the
General Court to call a convention for that purpose; otherwise the
General Court shall direct the sense of the people to be taken, and lien
proceed in the manner before mentioned; the delegates to he chosen in
the same manner and proportioned as the representatives to the General
Com*t; provided that no alterations shall he made in this constitution
before the same shall be laid before the towns and unincorporated places,
and approved by two thirds of the qualified voters present and voting
on the subject.
100. And the same method of taking the sense of the people as to a
revision of the constitution, and calling a convention for that purpose,
shall be observed afterward, at the expiration of every seven years.
101.
This form of government shall be enrolled on parchment, and
deposited in the Secretary's office, and be a part of the laws of the land
and printed copies thereof shall be prefixed to the books containing the
laws of this State, in all future editions thereof.
I
IN CONVENTION,
HELD AT CONCORD THE FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
ANNO DOMINI 1792.
The returns from the several towns and unincorporated places being
examined, and it appearing that the foregoing Bill of Rights and Form
of Government, as amended by the convention, were approved by more
than two thirds of the qualified voters present in town meetings, and
voting upon the question, the same are agreed on and established by the
delegates of the people in convention and declared to be the civil Constitution of the State of
New-Hampshire.
SAMUEL LIVERMORE,
President of the Convention.
Attest
John Calfe,
Secretary.
AMENDMENTS.
PROCLAMATION.
Executive Department,
Concord Sept. 16th, 1852.
Be it known, that I, Noah Martin, Governor of the State of NewHampshire, in obedience to the request of the Constitutional Convention, do hereby proclaim to the people of this State, that the const itution of the same is amended by striking from it in part 2d, section
14th, the words, "shall have an estate within the district where he may be
chosen to represent of the value of one hundred pounds, one half of which to
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CONGRESSIONAL AND COUNCILOR DISTRICTS IN 1873.
a freehold whereof he is seized in his own right ;" and from section 29th
the words, " and seized of a freehold estate in his own right of the value
of a hundred pounds, In ing a- i thin this State;" and section 43d the words,
a?id unless he shall at the same time have an estate of the value offive hundred pounds, one half of which shall consist of a freehold in his own right
within this State.''''
The foregoing property qualifications are stricken out, and the constitution is thus amended by the suffrages of more than two thirds of the
legal voters present in town meeting and voting upon the questions.
[l. S.] Given under my hand, and the seal of the State affixed, at the
Council ( 'haniher. September the sixteenth, A. D., 1852, and of
the independence of the United States of America the seventyseventh.
be
NOAH MARTIN.
By
the Governor
John
L.
Hadley,
Secretary of State.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Secretary of State's Office,
Concord, January 21th, 1853.
A true copy of the original
Attest
:
John
L.
Hadley,
)
J
Secretary of State.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IN
1873.
New-Hampshire is entitled to three membei-s in the National House
of Representatives, and the State is divided into three districts, as follow:
District
Number One—Rockingham,
Strafford, Belknap,
and Car-
roll counties.
District
District
Number Two—Merrimack and Hillsborough counties.
Number Three— Cheshire, Sullivan, Grafton, and Coos
counties.
COUNCILOR DISTRICTS IN
1873.
divided into five Councilor districts, each of which may
The
choose one Councilor annually.
Council District Number One contains the county of Rockingham,
except the city of Portsmouth and the towns of Gosport. Greenland,
State
is
Hampton, Newcastle, Newington, Newmarket, North Hampton, Rye,
South Newmarket, and Stratliam, and the county of Merrimack, except
the towns of Bradford, Newbury, New-London, Sutton, Warner and
Wilmot.
Council District Number Two contains the county of Strafford, the
county of Belknap, except the towns of New Hampton, Sanbornton, and
Tilton, and the city of Portsmouth, and the towns of Gosport, Greenland Hampton, Newcastle, Newington, Newmarket, North Hampton,
Rye, South Newmarket, and Stratham, in the county of Rockingham.
Council District Number Three contains the county of Ilillsbo
�SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
G25
rough, except the towns of Antrim, Bennington, Deering, Francestown,
Greenfield, Hancock, Hillsborough, New Boston, and Windsor.
Council District Number Four contains the counties of Cheshire and
Sullivan, the towns of Bradford, Newbury, New Loudon, Sutton, Warner and Wilmot in the county of Merrimack, the towns of Antriu,
Bennington, Deering, Greenfield, Francestown, Hancock, Hillsborough,
New Boston, and Windsor, in the county of Hillsborough, and the town
of Lebanon, in the county of Grafton.
Council District Number Five contains the counties of Coos and Carroll, the county of Grafton, except the town of Lebanon, and the towns
of New Hampton, Sanbornton, and Tilton, in the county of Belknap.
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
The
divided into twelve Senatorial Districts, each of which
may elect one Senator to the legislature annually.
Senatorial District Number One contains Durham, Gosport, Green
land, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Newcastle, New ington, \ewmaiket,
North Hampton, Portsmouth, Rye, South Newmarket, and Stratham.
Senatorial District Number Two contains Atkinson, Auburn Brentwood, Candia, Chester, Danville, Deerfield, Derry, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Hampstead, Kensington, Kingston, Londonderry, Newton, Northwood, Nottingham, Pelham, Plaistow, Raymond,
Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, and Windham.
Senatorial District Number Three contains the city of Manchester.
Senatorial District Number Four contains Allenstown, Bow, Chichester, Concord, Dumbarton, Epsom, Hooksett, Loudon, Pembroke and
State
is
Pittsfield.
Senatorial District
ington, Lee,
Number Five
contains Barrington, Dover, Farni-
Madbury, Rochester, Rollinsford, and Somersworth.
Senatorial District Number Six contains Alton, Barnstead, Belmont.
Brookfield, Canterbury, Center Harbor, Effingham, Gilford, Gilmanton,
Holderness, Laconia, Madison, Meredith, Middleton, Milton, Moulton-
borough, New Durham, New Hampton, Northfield, Ossipee, SanbomSandwich, Strafford, Tamworth, Tilton, Tuftonborough, Wakefield,
and Wolfeborough.
ton,
Senatorial District Number Seven contains Brookline, Fitzwilliam,
Greenville, Hollis, Hudson, Jaffrey, Mason, Nashua, New Ipswich,
Rindge, Sharon, Temple, and Wilton.
Senatorial District Number Eight contains Amherst, Bedford. Bennington, Bradford, Deering, Francestown, Goffstown, Greenfield. HenHopkinton, Litchfield, Lyndeboi*ough, Merrimack, Milford,
niker,
Mount Vernon, New Boston, Peterborough, Warner and Weare.
Senatorial District Number Nine, contains Antrim, Chesterfield, Dublin, Gilsum, Hancock, Harrisville, Hillsborough, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough, Nelson, Richmond, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Surry, Swanzey, Troy, Westmoreland, Winchester and Windsor.
Senatorial District Number Ten contains Acworth. Alstead, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Goshen, Grantham, Langdon. Leb-
�STATE OFFICERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE, 1873
626
—
4.
anon, Lempster, Harlow, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, Sunapee,
Unity, Walpole, and Washington.
Senatorial District Number Eleven contains Alexandria, Andover,
Ashland, Boscawen, Bridgewater, Bristol, Carnpton, Canaan, Danbury,
Lyme, New London, Newbury, Orange, Orford, Piermont, Plymouth, Salisbury, Sutton,
Webster, and Wilmot.
Enfield, Franklin, Grafton, Hanover, Hebron, Hill,
Number Twelve
contains all the towns and places
and the towns of Albany, Bartlett, Bath, Benton,
Bethlehem, Chatham, Conway, Dorchester, Eaton, Ellsworth, Franconia, Freedom, Groton, Hart's Location, Haverhill, Jackson, Landaff,
Lincoln, Lisbon, Littleton, Lyman, Monroe, Rumney, Thornton, Warren, Waterville, Wentworth, and Woodstock.
The Election for the choice of Governor, Councilors, Senators, Representatives to the General Court, and members of Congress, is holden
on the second Tuesday in March, in all the respective towns and voting
Senatorial District
in the county of Coos,
places in the State.
STATE OFFICERS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
1873—4.
Ezekiel A. Straw, Manchester, Governor; Benjamin F. Prescott,
Epping, Secretary of State ; Ai B. Thompson, Concord, Dep. Secretary
of State; Solon A. Carter, Keene, Treasurer; Edward A. Jenks,
Concord, State Printer; John M. Haines, Concord, Adjutant General;
John C. Pilesbury, Concord, Warden of State Prison; John W. Symonds, Franklin, Superintendent of Public Instruction; Nathaniel
Bouton, Concord, State Historian; William H. Kimball, Concord,
State Librarian.
COUNCIL,
District
Number
1,
2,
"
"
"
"
3,
•
1873—4.
Samuel P. Dow, Epping.
John J. Morrill, Gilford.
William P. Newell. Manchester.
Bolivar Lovell, Alstead.
Nathan R. Perkins, Jefferson.
4,
5,
Janitor of State House, Lewis L.
Mower, Concord.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, IN
District
Number
2,
"
3,
Austin F. Pike, Franklin.
Hosea
Parker, Claremont.
W
.
STATE SENATE FOR
President,
Clerk,
1873.
William B. Small, Newmarket.
1,
1873.
David A. Warde, Concord.
Luther
S. Morrill,
Concord.
Assistant Clerk, Tyler Westgate, Haverhill.
Boor-Keeper, Zelotus Stevens, Concord.
District
Number
1,
2,
3,
Warren Brown, Hampton
Falls.
Charles Sanborn, Sandown.
George Foster, Bedford.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
District
"
Number
"
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
"
"
9,
10,
11,
"
"
12,
627
David A. Warde, Concord.
Edwin Wallace. Rochester.
Otis G. Hatch, Tamworth.
Charles H. Burns, Wilton.
William H. Gove, Weare.
Henry Abbott, Winchester.
Henry A. Hitchcock, Walpole.
Warren F. Daniell, Franklin.
Eleazer B. Parker, Franconia.
ORGANIZATION OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
1873.
James W. Emery, Portsmouth.
Samuel C. Clark, Gilford.
Speaker,
Clerk,
Assistant Clerk, Charles C. Danforth, Concord.
Chaplain, Rev. Charles L. Hubbard, Merrimack.
Engrossing Clerk, Charles A. Hoitt, Dover.
Sergeant at Arms, Charles H. Roberts, Concord.
} Charles H. Long, Claremont.
Door-Keepers, > Frank G. Moody. Concord.
} Augustus B. Farmer, Bow.
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR, MARCH,
1873,
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
i
AND MARCH,
1872.
�628
STATISTICAL TABLES.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY CONTINUED.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
629
CARROLL COUNTY CONTINUED
1873.
18T2.
TOWNS.
169
Wolfeborough
.
Total..
187
191
130
253
213
1,772
Wakefield
2M
213
193
67
123
266
Sandwich
Tain worth
Tuftonliorough.
2,098
MO
1
82
14
144
295
233
58
40
238
21 16
143
153
1«6
2T7
1,825
2,043
239
171
140
189
124
14S
3
MERRIMACK COUNTY.
Aliens town
42
70
132
42
102
165
95
121
129
84
1,517
Andover
Boscawen
1,150
1,652
1,228
119
200
66
99
401
356
342
188
123
15
89
169
Bow
Bradford
Canterbury
12'
Chichester
Concord
(ag. vote).
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
67
203
140
119
166
111
1
1
2
1
3
94
346
4
5
6
341
323
170
106
99
344
172
7
Dunbarton
Epsom
Franklin
Henniker..
Hill
9(
Hooksett
Hopkinton
142
202
116
Loudon
Newbury
25
New London
124
86
Northfield
89
236
198
257
123
88
121
304
158
68
112
239
198
100
75
129
167
231
113
131
225
Pembroke
147
Pittsfield
205
107
120
153
99
105
4,6221
4.758
Sutton
Warner
Webster
Wilmot
Total.
188
117
113
Amherst
Antrim
191
Bedford
Bennington
Brookline
Deering
Fraucesto wn
Goffstown
Greenfield
Greenville
,
,
,
Hancock
Hillsborough
Hollis
Hudson
,
Litchfield
Lyndeborough
Manchester (ag. vote)
Ward
Ward
1
2
5,132|
5,2701
95
361
179
109
158
241
133
35
147
79
185
204
115
159
57
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
13'
92
157
328
169
91
122
243
203
128
83
148
203
249
115
147
249
64
165
121
154
Salisbury
87
255
197
272
2'
126
28
�630
STATISTICAL TABLES.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CONTINUED.
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
SULLIVAN COUNTY CONTINUED.
G31
�632
GOVERNORS OF NEW-HAMrSHIRE, SINCE 1680.
COOS COUNTY
�JUSTICES OF THE HIGHER COURTS, SINCE 1776.
633
chief magistrates, the Governors being residents of the province. Bewhen the Governor was resident in Massachusetts, the Lt.
fore that,
Governors claimed to be chief magistrates, and often acted as such
the Governor was out of the province.
when
In May, 1775, the Royal Governor withdrew, and the province was
governed by a convention, of which Matthew Thornton was President;
and in January, 1776, a temporary Constitution was adopted under which
Meshech Weare was unanimously elected President of tho Council, and
Chairman of the Committee of
2.
Safety,
till
June, 1784.
Presidents under the Constitution of 1784.
Meshech Weare, Hamp. Falls,. 1784 John Langdon,
John Langdon, Portsmouth, ... 1785 John Sullivan,
John Sullivan, Durham,
1786 Josiah Bartlett, Kingston,
3.
Governors under
the Constitution
1788
1789
1790
of 1792.
Josiah Bartlett,
1792| John Bell, Chester,
John Taylor, Gilman, Exeter, 1794 Benjamin Pierce
John Langdon,
1805'Matthew Harvey* Hopkinton,
1809 Samuel Dinsmoor, Keene,
Jeremiah Smith, Exeter,
1810 William Badger, Gilmanton,
John Langdon,
1812 Isaac Hill, Concord
William Plainer, Epping
1813 John Page, Haverhill,
John Taylor, Gilman
1816 Henry Hubbard Charlestown,
William 'Plumer
.
1828
1829
1830
1831
1834
1836
1839
1842
John H. Steele, Peterboro',
1844
Anthony Colby, N. London,. .1346
Jared W. Williams, Lancaster, 1847
Samuel Dinsmoor, Keene,
1849
. .
.
.
Samuel
Bell, Chester,
1819
Levi Woodbury, Portsmouth,. .1823
David L. Morril, Goifstown,
Benjamin Pierce, Hillsboro',..
. .
4.
1824
.1827
.
.
.
.
Governors under Amendment of Constitution of 1852.
Noah Martin, Dover,
1852! Frederick Smyth, Manchester,
Nathaniel B. Baker, Concord, 1854| Walter Harriman, Warner,
1855,Onslow Stearns, Concord,
Ralph Metcalf, Newport,
18571 James A. Weston, Manchester,
William Haile, Hinsdale,
Ichabod Goodwin, Portsmouth, 1859|Ezekiel A. Straw, Manchester,
Nathaniel S. Berry, Hebron,. .1861jEzekiel A. Straw, Manchester,
Joseph A. Gilmore, Concord, 1863|
.
.
.
.
1865
1867
1869
1871
1872
1873
.
JUSTICES OF THE HIGHER COURTS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
SINCE 1776.
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE
Meshech Weare, C.
J.,
Hampton
— 1776 TO 1813.
Falls, Jan. 27, 1776, to
June
19, 1782.
Leverett Hubbard, Portsmouth, Jan, 27, 1776, to 1785.
Matthew Thornton, Londonderry, Jan. 27, 1776, to 1782.
John Wentworth, Salmon Falls, Jan. 27, 1776, to May 17, 1781.
Samuel Livermore, C. J., Holderness, June 21, 1782, to 1790.
Woodbury Langdon, Portsmouth, June 22, 1782, to 1783; Feb., 1786, to
Jan. 1791.
Josiah Bartlett, Kingston, Nov. 14, 1782, to 1790; C. J., Jan. 15, 1790,
to June, 1790.
William Whipple, Portsmouth, June 20, 1783, to 1785.
John Dudley, Raymond, Dec. 1784, to Feb. 1, 1797.
John Pickering, C. J., Portsmouth, July 7, 1790, to Feb. 1795.
�JUSTICES OF THE HIGHER COURTS SINCE 1776.
634
Simeon
March
Olcott, Charlestown, Jan. 25, 1790, to 1795; C. J.,
28,
1795, to 1802.
Timothy Farrar, New-Ipswich, March 18, 1791,
Ebenezer Thompson, Durham, April 3, 1795, to
Daniel Newcomb, Keene, April 6, 1796, to 1798.
Edward St. Loe Livermore. Portsmouth, Feb 6,
Paine Wingate, Stratham, April
4, 1798,
to
January
1803.
1796.
1797, to 1799.
to 1809.
Jeremiah Smith, C. J., Exeter, May 17, 1802, to May, 1809.
Arthur Livermore, Holderness. Dec. 21, 1799, to Sept. 19, 1809; C.
Sept.
19, 1809,
J.,
to June, 1813.
William King, Atkinson, Dover, April 26, 1803, to 1805.
Richard Evans, Portsmouth. June 5, 1809, to 1813.
Jonathan Steele, Durham. Feb. 19, 1810 to 1812.
Clifton Claggett. Litchfield, August 10, 1812 to 1813.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT 1813 TO 1816.
Jeremiah Smith. C. J., Exeter, July 12, 1813, to June 1816.
Caleb Ellis, Claremont, July 12, 1813, to June, 1816.
Arthur Livermore, Holderness, July 12, 1813, to June, 1816.
—
SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE— 1816 TO
"William Merchant Richardson, C. J., Chester, July
1855.
5,
1816 to
March
23, 1838.
Samuel Bell, Chester, July 5, 1816, to June, 1819.
Levi Woodbury, Francestown, Dec. 9, 1816, to 1823.
Samuel Green, Concord, June 26, 1819, to 1840.
John Harris, Hopkinton, Oct. 6. 1823. to Jan. 5, 1833,
Joel Parker, Keene, Jan. 8, 1833, to June 25, 1838; C.
J.,
June 24, 1848.
Nathaniel Gookin Upham, Concord, Jan.
1,
June
25,
1838, to
Dec.
8,
1833 to Dec.
aged 68.
Leonard Wilcox, Orford, June
1842;
Died
11, 1869.
25, 1838, to Sept. 29, 1840 June 26,
June 18, 1850.
John James Gilchrist. Charlestown, March 17, 1840, to June 26, 1848
C. J., June 26, 1848, to March 16, 1855.
Andrew Salter Woods, Bath, Oct. 2, 1840, to March 30, 1855; C. J.,
;
1848, to
March
30, 1855, to August, 17, 1855.
Ira Allen Eastman, Gilmanton, Aug. 31. 1849, to Aug.
Samuel Dana Bell, Manchester, Aug. 31, 1849, to Aug.
Ira Perley, Concord, June 28, 1850, to October 1, 1852.
17, 1855.
17, 1855.
— 1855 TO 1870.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
Ira Perley, Concord, born Nov. 2. 1799; ap. C. J., July 20, 1855, to
Oct. 1, 1859; reappointed Aug. 1, 1864, to Oct. 1, 1869.
Ira Allen Eastman, Concord, July 20, 1855, to Dec. 1, 1859.
Asa Fowler. Concord, July
20, 1855, to February 23, 1861.
George Y. Sawyer, Nashua, July 20, 1855. November 1, 1859.
Samuel Dana Bell, Manchester, July 20, 1855, to Sept. 23, 1859; C. J.,
Sept. 23, 1859, to August 1, 1864; died Aug. 1, 1868.
J. Everett Sargent, Wentworth, born Oct. 23, 1816; ap. July 5, 1859.
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635
Henry A. Bellows, Concord, born Oct. 25, 1803; ap. Sept. 23, 1859;
appointed C. J., Oct. 1, 1869. Died March 11, 1873.
Charles Doe, Dover, born April 11, 1830; appointed Sept. 23, 1859.
George W. Nesmith, Franklin, born Oct. 23, 1800; Dec. 31, 1859, to
Oct. 31, 1870.
William H. Bartlett, Concord, Feb. 23, 1861 died Sept. 24, 1867.
Jeremiah Smith, Dover, born July 14, 1837; appointed Oct. 16, 1867.
Resigned Jan. 1874.
William L. Foster, Concord, born June 1, 1823, ap. Oct. 1, 1869.
William S. Ladd, Lancaster, born Sept. 5, 1830; ap. Oct. 31, 1870.
Ellery A. Hibbard, Laconia, born July 31, 1826; ap. March 17, 1873.
Isaac W. Smith, Manchester; ap. in Feb. 1874.
;
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
1874.
Jonathan Everett Sargent, Concord.
Associate Justices, Charles Doe, Dover William Lawrence Foster, Concord; William Spencer Ladd, Lancaster; Ellery Albee
Chief Justice,
;
Hibbard, Laconia
Isaac
;
Attorney General,
State Reporter.
W.
Smith, Manchester.
Lewis Whitehouse Clark, Manchester.
John Major Shirley, Andover.
ATTORNEY GENERALS FROM
1776
1778
1781
1782
1786
1786
1787
1793
1801
1802
1805
Wyseman
1776.
1806 Samuel Bell, Chester.
1807 William K. Atkinson.
Samuel Livermore.
Wyseman Claggett.
1812 Daniel French, Chester.
1815 George Sullivan.
John Sullivan.
1835 Charles F. Gove, Goffstown.
John Pickering.
1843 Lyman B. Walker, Gilford.
Benjamin West.
John Prentice, Londonderry. 1848 John S. Wells, Exeter.
1848 John Sullivan, Exeter.
Joshua Atherton.
William Gordon.
1863
C. Clark, Manchester.
Mason, Portsmouth. 1872 Lewis W. Clark, Manchester.
Jeremiah
George Sullivan, Exeter.
Claggett.
Wm.
THE WHEELWRIGHT DEED.
deed was considered a
Hampshire and Massachusetts.
This deed pui'ported to have been given to the Rev. John Wheelwright, by four Indian Sagamores in May, 1629, conveying certain territory located in the south-eastern portion of the State, and embracing within its borders the towns of New Market, Exeter, Londonderry, Derry and
For over one hundred years, or up
valid instrument by people both in
to 1800, this
New
other towns. It is the foundation for the early history of the settlements of more than one third of the State prior to 1750.
Since 1800, certain parties in Massachusetts have convinced themselves, that the deed was a forgery, and it is so established by the Massachusetts Historical Society. If their statements are true, that part of
the early history of New Hampshire covered by this deed is a blank,
�THE WHEELWRIGHT DEED.
636
and Exeter, the third
settled
town
in the State, has never
had her true
early history written.
Our
was a
limited information does not warrant us to assert that this deed
valid document, but it stands recorded in the Rockingham
County Records as being a legal instrument. Some persons in this State
have embraced the same views advanced by Dr. Savage, former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
In the following article we have advanced a few reasons
may
deed
why
this
nof be valid, notwithstanding other statements to the con-
trary.
Was the deed of four Indian Sagamores to Rev. John Wheelwright,
and others, 17th May 1629, a forgery ?
Hon. James Savage, former President of the Massachusetts Historical
Society says " Before June 13, 1820, I had no more suspicion of the
truth of the deed to Wheelwright and four others of 17 May 1629, than
;
of the charter of 4th March 1628-29, for the coloney of Massachusetts
Bay or any other disputed document."
After 1820, it appears that Mr. Savage became fully convinced that
was a base forgery, and in the appendix
of Winthrop's History of New England, Vol. 1, sets forth his reasons for
thus believing.
In his first argument he says, " No Indian deed, in my knowledge,
the Wheelwright deed of 1629,
have examined many, was ever drawn so long, formal and pre" This deed was, it will be said, drawn by one of the grantees.
But who could have done it in so clerk-like length and beauty, more
than a year before any lawyer, except Thomas Morton of Merry Mount
and
I
cise. "
came to this country " ?
The Rev. John Wheelwright, was
a
man of rare talants
in
any age, had
speculative and liberal ideas believing that church and State should have
noconnection
— which belief cost him his rights as a citizen, within the ju-
Gorges and Mason, had then made a purPlymouth council, of certain territory lying between the
Kennebeck, and Merrimack rivers, August 22, 1622, and the next year,
sent out people to form a colony on the Piscataqua river. Like the
risdiction of Massachusetts.
chase, of the
Plymouth, no doubt but the early settlers in New-Hampwould be more secure to have a permit, in some form,
from the original lords of the soil, and there is little doubt but that the
agents of Mason at the Dover settlement consented and were willing to
have a formal consent from the Indians, of territory already acquired
through grants from the Plymouth Council.
At the date of Wheelwright's deed, there were three small tribes of
Indians living on the banks of the Piscataqua or its branches. Passaconaway was a sagamore of the Pennacook tribe, and lived on the banks
of the Merrimack, near where the city of Concord now stands. The
valley of the Merrimack, at that time, was under the control of the
Penacooks as hunting grounds, &c. As (is termed in these days) a war
first settlers
at
shire thought they
measure for their better protection against the incursions of the Mohawks, a powerful tribe of Indians living on the banks of the Hudson
�THE WHEELWRIGHT DEED.
637
and Mohawk rivers these tribes, with others, formed themselves into
a confederacy under the name of Pawtucket or Pentucket, and Passaconaway was the chief Sagamore. The Weelwright deed contained land
belonging to all these tribes. The Pentucket tribe, of which Runnaawit
;
was chief at the signing of the deed, resided in the vicinity of Lowell,
but was doubtless more under the control of Passaconaway than the
other tribes and no doubt it soon, or was at that time, nearly blended
with the Pennacook tribe, as they had built a fort at Pawtucket Falls,
This clears the objection of Mr. Savage about the Pawtucket
never being heard of after his signing the Wheelwright deed, and
the reason why Passaconaway consented to the sale of Pautucket in the
deed of Haverhill, Mass., in 1642.
Nine years after, when Mr. Wheelwright and followers settled at
Squamscot Falls agreeably to the provisions of the deed, he skilfully
drew up a compact forming the settlers into a body politic and bylaws governing them, and who can doubt his ability to draft that deed,
when they see the judgment he exercised in penning the laws governLowell.
chief's
first settlers of Exeter,
In speaking of the provisions of the deed, Mr. Savage asks " Why
should the Indians require that their grantees shall, within ten years, begin
a plantation at Squamscot Falls, and to avoid contentions amongst them,
should be subjected to the colony of Massachusetts!" As has been said,
the Indians were jealous that their rights of land might be infringed upon, and probably the grantees were asked why they wanted this large
If other
tract, and were obliged to tell what they intended to do with it.
persons should come and settle within the jurisdiction of this grant, this
deed showed they must be amenable to the colony of Massachusetts, and
any one can plainly see that it was not the grantors who required these
provisions; but the grantees. Again Mr. Savage says " The grantees,
five in number, wei'e not heard of for five years." This may be true, but
Many men
it does not invalidate the deed on that account in the least.
in New-Hampshire, to-day, hold deeds of lands in the West who were
never there, and probably never will be
Mr. Savage places great
stress about the witnesses, nine in number, who saw the deed signed,
sealed and delivered. Signed, sealed and delivered does not follow that
the grantors must deliver the deed to the grantees, but to any one who
is considered an agent or attorney for the grantee. Another query is, how
could so many be gathered at Squamscot Falls so far from any settlement in those early days ? If there was one sachem, three witnesses,
and one man to act for the grantees, the deed would be valid, because
there were nine witnesses, and they could have been at Dover, and the
other six saw it signed and delivered by the three other chiefs, but
thoughtlessly kept the same date, which, as Mr. Savage says, was the Sabbath. This may be true, for in these days we have known men who
piously observe the Sabbath day, but forget the day till they are reminded of it by seeing people passing on the way to church. Another
reason why the deed was a forgery is, that Wheelwright was not in this
country till 1636, or seven years after the date of the deed. He might
ing the
—
—
�THE WHEELWRIGHT DEED.
638
have been in Asia through the whole time, but if he had taken possession
at the time stated in the deed it would not have been vititated.
But
" Mrs. Pierson, daughter of
here is what he says on that matter.
" Wheelwright told Cotton Mather, that her father's coming over with
"his family was in the same ship with Mr. Samuel Whiting, the min" ister of Lynn, and others, and he adds of them " who we are all sure
11
This statement may all be true, but it does not necessarily follow that he did not come at another time before his family.
Because there is no record of his being here before 1636, (as Mr. Savage
says there is none) it does not prove that he did not come, but rather the
circumstances in connection with this deed, prove that records in those
days were not kept correct which can be substantiated in hundreds of
In this connection it is only necessary to say that Mr.
other instances.
Savage's principal evidence, Cotton Mather, believed the Wheelwright
deed to be correct, if he did bring his family in 1636,
The next bold statement Mr. Savage makes is this " Of the nine Eng" lish witnesses in whose presence this deed is attested to be signed, seal" ed and delivered the 17th of May, 1629, I believe we may entertain
*'
very strong doubts whether more than one was then in this country."
This is a presumptuous statement, nearly all founded on negative evidence and probabilities, which can always be produced when required,
or predicated on neighborhood gossip, and brought in as proof after all
the men have been dead more than one hundred years.
The only
true facts of any reliance are, that they were here in 1639, and the deed
makes them here in 1629 Here are a few of the grounds upon which he
bases this statement. First, John Oldham came in theAnn, in 1623, to
Plymouth. John Oldham and Richard Vines of which livery of seizin
was given in 1630, in which grant their undertaking to transport fifty
persons thither must imply their presence in England." In those days,
as now, firms have their agents and the man may be in China, still
his business is transacted through his house as if he was in London
and letters may speak as if they had seen the man in London when in
fact, he was in this country at the time.
The above is the way all the
witnesses of this deed are explained away. In 1870, there were living
in other States in this Union, 125,000 persons who were natives of NewHampshire, and what reliance can be placed by letters of the date of
one hundreth part of these people when they left this State, one hundred and fifty years hence and this is the kind of evidence that Mr.
Savage produces to prove that these eight witnesses were in England
when it is said they were here to sign this deed. It is a brittle thread
of evidence to throw away one third of all the early history of NewHampshire that stood undisputed for nearly one hundred years, and
men must have more courage than we allow to ourselves even to
attempt it.
Another strong evidence why this deed is a forgery is, that the Indian
sachem Wehanownowit who signed the deed in 1629, give Wheelwright
and Story another deed of part of the same territory, April 3, 1638. Mr.
Savage asks "why did he give this new deed of this land previously
came
in 1636."
—
�THE WHEELWRIGHT DEED.
There
639
nothing strange in this, especially in those early
to grow uneasy about white intrusions on
their territory and doubtless Wheelwright and his people thought they
would be more secure to take a new grant from this Chief, as he pretended to hold control of all that Wild land. These deeds, under the law,
were never considered worth the paper they were written on, except as
evidences of priority of occupation of territory, which was important in
deciding who first occupied certain territory claimed by the Masonian
granted?
is
The Indians had begun
days.
;
heirs.
Gorges and Mason had a grant of this same
territory, as can be seen, in
they applied for a new grant of the same
territory they had purchased in 1622, as they also did of territory now
comprising the land from Naumkeag River at Salem, Mass., and the
whole of Cape Ann. With much more propriety could the question be
asked, Why did Gorges and Mason require new grants of land purchased seven years before? In the first volume of the New-Hampshire Provincial Records, in speaking of these grants, it says, " the inference is
that all the other grants had failed through some defect; especially was
this the case of the grant of August 10, 1622." Was not the Wheelwright
deed, made six months previous, the cause of their investigations as to
the validity of their deed of Aug. 10, 1622?
The Wheelwright deed first came before the courts and the public in
the case of Allen vs. Waldron, in 1707, and 1708. The heirs of John
Wheelwright, at that time, were living in York County, Maine, and this
deed was doubtless in their possession. How long it was in their hands
before it was placed on file in the York County records is not known, but
a certified copy of this deed was used as evidence in this case but still it
was not recorded till 1713, in this county, and in the Rockingham Records in 1714. Mr. Savage requires to know, why the original deed was
not produced instead of a certified copy? In all of our early settlements,
legal papers were placed on tile; as no books were provided at that early
date to record them in, and copies of these files were suffered to go out
of the office, but not the originals. Doubtless this must be the case of
this deed, for it was not recorded in the books till five years after the
copy was used in the courts. By inquiry any person will find this to bo
true of the early provincial records of New-Hampshire.
In reference to the signatures of the grantors of this deed, Mr. Savage
" But the signing is a remarkable point.
All the six marks are
says.
" different yet not one is an Indian mark. These who are conversant
" with the habits of the aboriginees in this particular know their pride
" is exhibited by animal or other devices on the same principal of human
" nature that led civilized men to the "bost of heraldry" to put family,
" or fancy arms and mottoes on their seals."
In this respect Mr. Savage again makes a presumptuous statement, not
warranted by the true facts in the case. The original deed and the legal copies did or do have the animal or other devices affixed to the respective signatures of the grantors, notwithstanding other statements to
1622,
but
November
17, 1629,
;
the contrary.
�THE WHEELWRIGHT DEED.
640
But the most important evidence introduced by Mr. Savage and other
opponents of the Wheelwright deed, is a letter purporting to have been
written by Walter Neal and Thomas Wiggin to John Mason. This letter is dated at Northam, August 13, 1633, and is relative to surveying
lands in Exeter, Hampton and Portsmouth.
There is another letter
speaking of the same land, nearly word for word, but dated August 13,
1632.
The letter in 1633. is put on file first, but for what reason no one
knows or why two letters are written alike, or why the date should be
one year different.
It appears that these letters may be forged, but no reason can be assigned why such letters were written or what ends can be answered by
them. The dates of these letters indicate that they were written seven
known as Northam six years before Winnecuniwas known as Hampton, and twenty years before Strawberry Bank
was known as Portsmouth, yet these letters speak about the towns of
Hampton, Northam and Portsmouth. It also speaks about Wheelwright
and Exeter. There is evidently something wrong about these letters, but
we are unable to see what connection they have with the validity of the
Wheelwright deed any more than with Dover or Portsmouth. Mr. Savyears before Dover was
;
et
age and other parties aver that
if
these letters are forgeries, the deed
They carry the idea that they were written for
the purpose of sustaining the Wheelwright deed. If these letters had
must
also be a forgery.
ever been introduced in any legal form to prove the authenticity of this
deed by parties in its interest, there would be some grounds for these
statements. But who can honestly believe that persons wishing to sustain the validity of this deed would concoct such blundering letters as
these, for the principal evidence to prove it to be a genuine instrument.
The parties who wrote those letters doubtless knew the history of those
towns quite as well as Mr. Savage, and purposely placed Portsmouth twenty, Northam seven, and Hampton six years before they were ever thought
of, to make it appear ridiculous in the eyes of the public.
Now we ask
in all candor in view of the foregoing facts on this point, if it does not
look more rational that the enemies of the Wheelwright claims drafted
these letters? If there was a purpose in writing these letters to connect
them with the deed, there is no doubt but they were written for the purpose of defeating, rather than sustaining it.
The other arguments advanced by Mr. Savage to destroy the authenticity
of the deed are in form atheistical and deistical, viz. reasoning and interrogatories, and are put on the same grounds that Infidels use to discredit the authenticity of the Bible
such as did Cain marry his sister or how
could he build the city of Enoch in the land of Nod, with no one but himself, wife and son to inhabit it.
Such questions and reasoning without
any common Bense, consideration would entirely destroy, in the minds
—
of the people, the truth of the Bible.
;
They are questions that cannot be
because they are not given. So with any ancient history, it is condensed at every new edition to make room for some of
more modern date. So with the Wheelwright deed. When the question is asked " how could so many witnesses, grantors and grantees be
answered
in detail
�TIIE
WHEELWRIGHT DEED.
641
gathered at Squamscot Falls, so for in the wilderness without roads, &c,
it is better fitting to come from a child or a Bible infidel then from an
acknowledged intelligent man. All we have is this
which has been on record for nearly one hundred and
;
there
fifty
is
years,
a deed
show-
ing that certain grantors give to certain grantees a large tract of land in
Buckingham County.* History has handed down in brief that nearly
mentioned
deed lived at its date, but the full dedays of earthly enjoyment, and
their many hours of deep affliction, no biographer has ever penned.
In summing up all the reasons and arguments of Mr. Savage and others
why the deed is a forgery, in connection with other facts which are sugall the parties
tails
of
in that
all their social relations, their
gested as to
its validity,
we
are led to the following reasoning.
Mr. Savage carries the idea, in the commencement, that the parties
who drafted that deed were men of more than ordinary ability, owing to
its beauty, clerklike length, and its provisional details.
But after this,
his whole arguments go to prove, that the parties connected with this
forged deed (as he calls it) are the most imbecile set of men who ever
made any pretensions to transact business, or to common intelligence.
This deed (as he proves it) was a continuous set of blunders from its
beginning to the end, as to dates and historical facts. He proves satisfactorily to himself that at the purported date of the deed, there was no
man in the country with the talent to draft it, no grantors that could be
present, and that the other twelve persons were not in this country at
the date of
The
its
execution.
time this deed was ever brought into court was in the case
of Allen vs. Waldron, in 1707, and over one hundred years before any attempt was made to prove that it was a forgery. Now if it was a forged deed
it was executed near that date, and for that trial, for at prior trials relative to similar claims it was not produced. If it was a forgery who were
the parties to this rascality?
John Pickering and Charles Story were
the Counsel. Allow that both were base enough to lend their hands to such
iniquity, would they show such ignorance at that date as to the history of
the parties connected with this deed? Would they naturally have had
nothing right and everything wrong? The true facts are, that Mr. Pickering and Mr. Story were well versed in the history of the early settlers
in that section at the date of this trial, and they both had seen many per»sons who lived in the days of Wheelwright and other parties mentioned
in the deed. We ask in all candor and reason, if any unprejudiced person cun fully believe, that these men, knowing the wary counsel they had
first
In 1737-38 when the boundary line was pending between Massachusetts and New-Hainp(which was finally established in 1741,) the authorities of Massachusetts introduced the
Wheelwright deed as evidence to prove that the division line between the two States should
be so established as to include all the territory embraced in this deed, as it mentioned in its provisions that persons living within the limits stated, should be under the jurisdiction of Massa*
Bhire,
chuestts.
These papers are now preserved in the Capitol at Concord, and are pronounced as forgeries by
who once produced them to secure nearly one half million acres of land now owned by
the State,
the State of New-Hampshire.
�THE WHEELWRIGHT DEED.
642
who watched every movement
would have shown such imbecility as to have draft-
to contend with, also the learned court
as the cause progressed
ed a deed and to have all the parties connected with it to be in such a
position as to be impossible to be present when it was executed. They
showed they had some faint history about some of the persons connected
with this deed, for there is no doubt but all of them were once alive, and
lived in New-Hampshire at some date. They must also have known
about Wheelwright at the time of this court, for he was not an obscure
the early history of New-Hampshire or New-England— the oppocounsel knew him well for his name figured in this case. Under
these circumstances does it look reasonable, that Mr. Pickering would
write it himself or allow such a deed to be brought into court as evidence, when the opposite counsel were liable to know it was a forgery?
Men who concoct forgery or counterfeit weigh the matter in all its
bearings, before they commence, and intend it will imitate and appear
genuine. It is seldom they ever make more than one mistake, and that
Mr. Savage attempts to prove that
is generally in the mechanical part.
man in
site
is a total mistake in every respect, and not right
appears like some trials in court where all the evidence
on one side, is so positive on every point that their case becomes weak.
If he had brought sufficient evidence to prove one or two important
points relative to the authenticity of the deed, it might have looked rational, but instead, he proves that there were no grantors, no grantees,
and but one witness out of the nine in this country and that one would not
have signed it that no person had the talent to have written such a deed,
and to cap the climax the 17th day of May was the Sabbath day. There
never was on record, or ever heard of, such a total mistake, and not one
thing right, where deception was intended to be used, as the forgery of
the Wheelwright deed—and the great mystery is that people living over
one hundred years after the transaction, can find out the true dates better than those living at or near the time it is said the forgery was com-
this
Wheelwright deed
in any.
To
us
it
;
mitted.
This deed has been sustained by the cohrts of the State, by Dr. Belknap, by Governor William Plumer, first President of the New-Hampshire Historical Society, Nathaniel Adams, and many others who could
In 1720, the people who settled in Londonderry purbe mentioned.
chased their right of Colonel John Wheelwright who had claim to thi3,
land through this Wheelwright deed, and it now stands recorded as a
legal document. We candidly ask are a majority of the people of Newto lend their hands to have this deed expunged from
the legal records of Rockingham County as a forgery? For over one
hundred years this deed has been considered a genuine document, and
has been an important connecting link in the early history of southern
New-Hampshire. From this deed starts the first history of Exeter, Lon-
Hampshire prepared
donderry, Chester Epping and many other towns in that section of the
State, and it has been sustained by our courts and all our historians up to
1800.
�THE WHEELWRIGHT DEED.
643
—
It may be a forgery as stated by Mr. Savage but before it is fully
dropped from New-Hampshire's early history, there should be stronger
evidence and more conclusive arguments adduced than have yet appeared, in our opinion, for any son of New Hampshire to lend his aid to its
obliteration.*
Since writing the foregoing, relative to the Wheelwright Deed, the
Rev. Dr. Bouton, State Historian, has carefully prepared a paper on this
important subject, and after weighing all the points touching this deed,
he has become fully convinced that it must be a forgery.
We make no issue with Dr. Bouton, for his historical research is far
beyond what we can ever hope to attain. But our only regret is, that
this conclusion has been deferred to so late a period, and that it has not
been placed in the Provincial Records where it rightfully belongs.
* It is to be hoped that before another history of New-Hampshire is written, prominent men
connected with the New-Hampshire Historical Society will fully investigate this question and
decide whether the people of this State can live under this deed, or to have it expunged from the
early records of
New-Hampshire.
�644
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABULAR STATEMENT
Showing
the population of all the towns
and
cities
6,000 and upwards.
ALABAMA.
in the United States, of
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
MASSACHUSETTS CONTINUED.
POP.
Gloucester
Haverhill
Essex
Essex
Essex
Essex
Essex
Essex
Essex
Essex
Lawrence
Lynn
Marblehead
Newbury port
Pea body
Salem
Chicopee
Holyoke
,
12,595
7.343
24.11'
Hampden
..
Hampden.
..
Springfield
Hampden...
Westfield
Hampden
Northampton
Cambridge
Charlestuwn
Lowell
Natick
Newton
Somerville
Waltham
Woburn
BroQkliue
Dedham
Quincy
"West
..
Hampshire.
Middlesex ..
Middlesex ..
Middlesex ..
Middlesex ..
Middlesex ..
Middlesex ..
Middlesex ..
Middlesex ..
Middlesex ..
Middlesex ..
Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk
Maiden
Marlborough
Roxbury
Weymouth
Plymouth
No. Bridgewater... Plymouth
Plymouth
Plymouth
Abiugton
..
..
..
Boston.
Suffolk
Fiteubiirg
Milford
Worcester..
Worcester..
Worcester..
Worcester
15,389
13,092
28,921
28.233
7,7d3
9,60
10,733
26,703
6.519
10,160
39,634
28,323
40,928
7,367
8,474
6.404
12,825
14,68,
9,065
8,560
6,650
7,34:
7,44:
8,683
9,010
9,308
8,007
6,238
250,526
11,200
9,890
41,105
MICHIGAN.
Branch
Calhoun
Calhoun
Genesee
Coidwater
Battle Creek...
Marshall
Flint
Lansing
Jackson
Ingham
,
Kalamazoo ....
Grand Rapids.
Adrian
Ishptmiug
Jackson
Kalamazoo..
Kent
Lenawee
Marquette...
Monroe
Muskegon
Monroe
Muskegon
Pontiac
East Saginaw..
Oakland
Saginaw
Saginaw
Saginaw
Port
Huron
Ann Arbor
Tpsilanti
Detroit
...
St. Clair
Washtenaw.
Washtenaw
Wayne
M 1 N N ESOTA.
St.
Joseph.
Buchanan
Jefferson City
Cole
Kansas City....
Lexington
Hannibal
Jackson
....
Lafayette..
Marion
5,906
7,026
5,909
7,528
6,064
11,447
10,44
18,15
8,438
6,103
6,089
6,403
5.942
11 350
8,464
6,805
8,746
7,032
79,57
645
�646
STATISTICAL TABLES.
NEW-YORK CONTINUED.
COO.NTIES.
Warwick
Orange,
Barre
i
Oswego
Tolney
h leans
Flashing
Hampstead
Newton
North Hampstead
Oyster Bay
Queens
Queens
Queens
Queens
Greenbush
Lansingburgb
Trov
Renssalaer
Renssalaer
Renssalaer
New-Brighton
Middletown
.
...
20.91(1
6J665
Ross
Scioto
Stark
Chiilicothe...
Portsmouth
Canton
,
OREGON.
Richmond
Richmond
.
..
6,804
. .
—
..
Riciimond
...
.
6,2
<-
..
Allegheny
46,4415
9,504
7,495
7,589
5,949
6,412
6,810
8,537
7,516
..
Pittsburgh
Beks
Cambria
Carbon
...
Loi khaven
Meailvil'e
Citnaville
Carlisle
Clinton
Crawford. ...
Crawford.. ..
Cumberland.
Dauphin
Harrisburgh
Chester
7.771
Delaware....
Eric
Erie
luffolk
6,13.
Lancaster
South
Suffolk
6,71.
New Castle.
Owego
Tioga
9,442
Lebanon
Ithaca
Ithaca
Kingston
Tompkins
Tompkins
10.159
10,704
...
...
Wawarsing
Ulster
Ulster
Ulster
Clster
Qneensl ury
Warren
Cortlan.lt
Westchester.
Westchester.
Westchester.
Westchester
Westchester
Westchester.
Westchester.
Westchester
Westchester.
Westchester
East Chester
Greenburgb
Peekskill
Morrisania
0s6iuing
West) bester
West Farms
Yonkers
.
..
Berne
Raleigh
.,
New Hanover.
Craven
Wake
Williamsp.il
,
7 41)1
..
.
6,561
Philadelphia.
Butler
Mahanoy
Springfield
Cleveland.
..
Newburgh.
..
.
.
|
aign...
Clark
tayahoga...
i
Cuyahoga..
Delaware
.
Delaware
Sandusky
...
Erie
Columbus
...
Franklin ....
2
'iiia
Cincinnati...
Bpringneld
..
Bteubenville.
Newark
Toledo
Greene
Hamilton
Hamilton
Pottsville ....
Cornplanter
13,440
5,840
10,149
.
York
Warwick
Newport
North
Piqua
Dayton
.
-Miami
Zanesville. ..
Circleville...
Mansfield....
Pr..\ i.l.n.
iYo\ idence
.•.
Providence
Providence
Providence
11,081
6,103
6.227
6,861
St. Helena.
Charleston
St. .billies
...
ry
Hontgo
Mnskingnm..
Pickaway....
Richland ....
Beaufort
<
.
.
.
lha rleston
,
Colombia.
Fourth ....
TENNESSEE.
Nashville
li.it tanooga.
Knoxville ...
i
Memphis
...
.[Davidson
Hamilton
.
Knox
.
|
....
Shelby...
TEXAS.
San Antonio.
Galveston ...
'Galveston
Sherman
10 ray son.
Houston
....
....
.
,
6,96'
80,478
10,011
6,922
8,029
,
Charleston
Charleston
Richland ..
Richland ...
.
Johns
81,274
8,631
216,23
6,548
8,107
6,698
81,684
10,837
.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
15 632
92,-829
I
.
Licking
Lucas
Mahoning
Venango
fork
RHODE ISLAND.
Kent
New port ..
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
13.011
Jeffei son
Youngstuwn
Philadelphia..
Schuylkill
Schuylkill
Schuylkill
Schuylkill....
,
....
Tamaqua
18.83!
.
Northampton.
,
Providence
Butler
Cham
Montgomery
Monioiir
Easton
19,609
7,798
7,150
6,015
9,372
....
Mercer
Danville
10,79i
..
....
Lycoming
t
Hickory
Nor ris town..
11,694
OHIO.
Hamilton
Urhana
Luzerne
Luzerne
Luzerne
Luzerne
.
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
...
.
Lawrence
Lebanon
Lehigh
Pitts ton
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington
New
Franklin
Lancaster
Lancaster
...
.....
Allentown..
Carbondale
8,464
21,943
10,114
10,455
8,151
8,387
.
Rye
Chambersburg.
Columbia
10,10;
...'....
Blair
Mauch Chunk
6,502
.
Allegheny...
Allegheny...
Allegheny...
Reading
Altoona
Johnstown
11,020
6,236
6 014
10,076
\]le;Jieny
Biniingham
E. Birmingham.
Suffolk
Suffolk
Sau^erties
7,965
6,654
10,59.")
Brookhaven
Huntington
Southampton
Komiout
loom;
Washington.
Wayne
Wooster.
20,274
6,540
Rockland....
Orangetown
Rockland. ...
Baratoga Springs.. Saratoga .....
Saratoga Springs.. Saratoga ....
Schenectady
Schenectady.
Bath
Steuben
Corning
Steuben
Canton
St. Lawrence.
Ogdensburg
St. Lawrence.
Potsdam
St. Lawrence.
lid
8,920
10,592
8,060
,
,
Summit
Akron
14,060 Marietta
,
Richmond
Nqrthfield
Havei -tiaw
COUNTIES.
TOWN'S.
5,736
6.756
Oswego
Oswego
Queens
Castletoii
OHIO CONTINUED.
POP.
I
Bexar
Harris
....
,
....
�STATISTICAL TABLES.
VERMONT.
TOWNS.
G47
��NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
649
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
The following
a list of persons from fifty-eight cities and towns in
subscribed for the Gazetteer prior to its publication.
Many of these towns have been only partially canvassed, but the sale
has been far beyond our most sanguine expectation. Other names will
follow as soon as received.
the State,
is
who have
ALSTEAD.
Barns, L. A.
Chapin, Rev. Geo. F.
Huntley, E. A.
Kidder, E. P.
Mayo, Geo. A.
Prouty, S. W.
Scott, S.
BATH.
Bedel, Gen. John
Child, Dr. Wni.
Hutchinson, C. C.
Leonard, Geo. C.
Noyes, J. C.
Prescott, A. P.
,
Physician.
Tin & Stove Dealer.
Hadley, E. H.
Bean, Edwin 0.
Blaisdell, Rev. Geo. B.
Clark, Chas. C.
Folsom, Joseph
Gale, N. B.
Hall, Joseph A.
Hall, Josiah
Hill, Solon F.
Kilborn, Fred S.
•
Knowles, Joseph M.
Lamprey, Samuel
Moody, Chas. E.
Morrill, Josiah B.
Morrill, Levi W.
Norris, Chas. H.
Philbrick, Monroe
Ranlet, James E. p.
Sanborn, Frank W.
Sanborn, Geo. H.
Sanborn, Lowell
Young, Herbert T.
Young, Ira
BRADFORD.
Abbott, Mrs. Sarah M.
Bailey, J. C. Undertaker.
Farmer.
Baldwin, Geo. E. R. R. Contractor.
Bates, Samuel Manufacturer.
Bates, R. Horse Dealer.
Blood, H. L. Mechanic.
Buswell, J. F. Merchant Tailor.
Butman, D. D. Farmer.
Brown, C. W. Carpenter.
Carr, Daniel Merchant.
Cheney, Fred Farmer.
Cheney, Chas. M. Farmer.
Clark, N. if. Physician.
Colby, Silas Merchant.
Colby, Harvey
Cressey, Geo. W.
John M.
French, J. E.
BELMONT.
Eugene
Eaton, John H. Farmer.
Eaton, Geo. W. Farmer.
Eaton Joshua Farmer.
Farmer.
Fifield, Wm. B.
Fitts,
Whitcomb, Horace
Bailey,
Cressey, Addison S. Farmer.
Cressy, Charles Farmer.
Durell, Mrs. David
Davis, Chas. F. Farmer.
Dunfield, Geo. T. Farmer.
Eaton, Ira K. Farmer.
Eaton, Marshall Painter.
Eaton, E. H. Farmer.
Farmer.
Blacksmith.
Hall, Isaac E. Farmer.
Hall, Mary
Produce Dealer.
Hall, Oi.
Hartshorn, David H. Farmer.
Hastings, A. J. Book Agent.
Holmes, Susanna
Hurd J. Carl Medicine Manufacturer.
Jameson, Leonard Farmer.
Jameson, Ozias Butcher.
Jones, J. C. Overseer.
Jones, Timothy P. Lumber Dealer.
Jones. T. A. J. Manufacturer.
Marshall, Geo. H. Painter.
Marshall, J. P. Manufng Agent, and Glass
Ware Dealer.
Morgan, Geo. S. Produce.
Morse, Jobn W. Merchant.
Muzzey, Daniel F. Mechanic.
Newton, Sereno
Nichols, George
Shoemaker.
Farmer.
Carpenter.
Peaslee, D. G. Lumber Dealer.
Pierce, Caroline
Russell, John E. Jeweler.
Sawyer, Geo. M. Farmer.
Sawyer, Geo. 0. Merchant.
Smith, J. A. Carriage Mancfacturer.
Osborn, A.
J.
Steele, G. H. Farmer.
Tappan, Mason W. Attorney at Law.
Whitcomb, Parker S. Mechanic.
Woods, John A. Mechanic.
CANAAN.
Barney, A. 0. Merchant.
Carter, Barron Farmer.
Clement, 0. F. Carpenter.
Day, Charles Lumber Dealer.
Fogg, Harrison Farmer.
Fogg, Wallace G. Farmer.
George, A. H. Paper Manufacturer.
Hoit, W. E. Merchant.
Nichols, B. P. Merchant.
Plummer, E. W. Railroad Laborer.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
650
Smith, Elijah Lumber Dealer.
Smith, L. W. Lively and Boarding Stable.
Stocker, P. H. Carriage Maker.
Lumber
Story, Otis J.
Dealer.
Physician.
Tucker. E. M.
Weeks,
J.
Lawyer
D.
'
\\ illia, Nathan
Caipenter.
Woodbury, E. J. Merchant.
Worcester, Hazen F.
r
CANTERBURY.
Ames,
L.
Ayers, B. F.
Battes, A. A.
Battes, L. F.
Battes, Orrin
Boyuton, Rufus
Chandler, J. K.
Cogswell, W. M.
Colby, James
Colby, Lewis
Colby, Leonard
James
Oilman, Mary H.
Glines, Charles
John
Hanaford, A. L.
Heath, Joseph
Higgins, Rev. J. B.
M.
J. 0.
Board of Agriculture.
City Collector.
Sec. of
Wm. H.
W. E. Clerk.
Clough, George
Cogswell, P. B. Editor.
Colby, James B. Conductor C. R. R.
Coming, Charles H. Law Student.
Conger, Everett Clergyman.
Cook, C. L. Insurance Agent.
Cooper, J. A.
Crosby, A. H. Physician.
Curley, Timothy Butcher.
.
Ludlow, Wbitten
Daniel, T. D.
Monmouth, Mrs. Lizzie
Moore, Mathias
Moody, Delbert
Morrill, J. 6.
Osgood, Edward
Parker. J. G.
Pickard, S. C.
Smith. B. II.
Taylor, J. K.
Tilt. .11, Mrs. Ellen E.
Webster, Lucy M.
L.
CHARLESTOWN.
Albee, L. W. Dentist, South Charlestown.
Bai .1. Geo. S.
]i..wker, Geo. H.
Brigge & Co.
Chase Francis
Hubbard, Geo.
Olcott, Geo.
Banderson, S. H.
Wood,
Editor.
Henry A.
Closson,
Kaine, J. S.
Kimball, J. E.
Lougee, Edmund
Wnidden, Thomas
York, 0. W.
Editor.
Ayer, A. R. Dealer in Carpets and Crockery.
Bartley, Joseph D. Prin. of High School.
Batchelder, N. S.
Bean, P. C. Clerk.
Beede, Daniel G. Supt. Public Instruction.
Bixby, P. P. Clerk to State Treasurer.
Blake, S. L. Clergyman.
Booth, W. D. Telegraph.
Brown, John F. Dealer in Books & Stationery
Campbell, H. Register of Deeds.
Carr, N. G. Statesman Block. Jeweller.
Chase, Wm. M. Attorney at Law.
Chesly, James Mason.
Clark, Warren Attorney at Law.
Cleeves, George P. Manufacturer.
Foster, Moody
Foster, N. K.
Mc
J.
CONCORD.
Adams,
Allison,
Dyball, Doc E. P.
Elkius, James S.
Foster, Lyman B.
Hill, Samuel
Ingalls, Daniel
Thomas
Weber, Joseph
Daw,
Glines
Lasier,
Nevers. Henry A.
Parker, H. W. Attorney and M. C.
Robinson, J. W. Insurance Agent.
Rowell, Granville
Roys, Henry
Smith, S. P.
Smith, Wm. M. Dentist.
Physician.
Tolles, N.
Tutherly, W. E.
Wait, G. W. Jeweller.
Waite, Otis F. R. Author.
Way, 0. B. Physician.
Willard,
Currier, \V. M. H.
Davis, S. S.
Daw, Levi
P. W.
Doldt, Rev.
Dutton, N. T.
Graves, L. G. Physician.
Hapgood, E. L. Postmaster.
Jarvis, Samuel G. Physician.
Kempton, L. M. Manufacturer.
Ladd, William
C.
CLAREMONT.
W. H. II. Judge of Probate.
Back. J
Dentist.
Baiby, Win. Grocer.
Baker, Edward D. Attorney at Law.
Allen,
Blgley, W. Henry
Briggs, F. A. Manuf r.
Colby, Ira Jr. Attorney at Law.
Dart. Thomas
Cm rier,
D. Clerk.
Curtis, Silas Clergyman.
Danforth, C. C. Insurance Agent.
Merchant.
Dodge, Frank L. Sheriff.
Davis, C. C.
Dow, Edward
Drake, Alfred
Architect.
Engineer.
Drew, George W.
Sewing Machine Agent.
Farnliam, C. E.
Farrington, Hiram Farmer.
Faunce, D. W. Clergyman.
Foster, William L. Justice of S. J. C.
Fowler, A^a Attorney at Law, 2 copies.
Gale, A. J. Dealer in Boots and Shoes.
Gallanger, J. H. Physician.
Oilman, Wm. Dealer in Boots and Shoes.
Gilmore, Win. H. Editor.
Haines, Geo. P. Book-keeper.
Haines, J. M. Adj. General.
Hall, R.
Proprietor Birch Dale House.
Hall, Samuel B.
Farmer.
Harriman, Walter Navy Agent.
Harris, A. G. Merchant.
Haseltlne, Fred
R. R.
Thomas P. Leather Dealer. 4
P. 0. Clerk.
S. W.
Humphrey, Stillman Hardware Dealer.
Jenks, E. A. Mannger N. II. Statesman.
Hill,
Book,
Johnson, G. B.
Wholesale Shoe Dealer.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Mechanic.
Dry Goods Dealer.
Butcher.
Dry Goods Dealer.
Kelley, Geo. F.
Kilburn, G. T.
Kilburn, J. C.
Kilburu, J. C.
Kimball, Wm.
Kimball, Wm.
Chase,
Chase,
Chase,
Colby,
State Librarian.
II.
For State Library.
Merchant.
Lancaster, A. C. Clerk in Bank.
Lane, S. G. Attorney at Law.
Lang, J. E. Insurance Agent.
Lawrence, G. E. Manufacturer.
Lovering, J. F.
Clergyman.
Mace, F. P. Clerk.
Marshall, Auson S. Attorney at Law.
McFarland, Asa Former Editor N. H. States-
Knowlton,
II.
E. L.
man.
Moore, C. W. Insurance Agent.
Moore, J. C. Editor.
Mower,
Odlin,
State
L. L.
Nutter, E.
House
Jaintor.
S.
W.
Page, Samuel B. Attorney at Law. 2 Cop.
Parkhurst, Pbin Musician.
Pearson, C. C. Editor.
Pearson, J. II.
Perkins, H. E. Attorney at Law.
Pettengill, C. B. jr. Mechanic.
Pierce, A. C.
Bank.
Mudgett, F. J. Blacksmith.
Osgood, J. C. Clergyman.
Putnam, Rufus
Pillsbury, Oliver
Pillsbury, T. A.
Pond, John
Insurance Commissioner.
Deputy Warden State Prison.
'Mechanic.
Secretary of State.
S.
Prescott. B. F.
Band, H. B. Mason.
Band, H. J. Mechanic.
Rand, J. B. Real Estate Agent.
Richardson,
K.
II.
Webber,
Granite, 4 copies.
Rolle, II. P.
Attorney at Law.
Sanborn, Peter
Sanders, F. L
Mechanic.
Sargent, C. W. Treasurer.
Sargent, Everett J. C. J. S. J. Court, 2 copies.
Scribner, F. B. Cleric.
Seconib, D. F. Melodeon Manufacturer.
Shaw, N. G. Mechanic.
Stevens, James Real Estate Agent.
Stevens, W. E. Editor.
Stevens, Zelotes Marble Worker.
Storrs, Wm. W.
Wm.
Cashier First National Bank.
Thompson, A. B. Deputy Secretary State.
Wales, Geo. W. Horse man.
Walker, J. B. Farmer.
F*.
Warde, D. A. Hardware Dealer.
Webber, B. G. CI rk First National Bank.
Webster, I). S. Job teamster and dealer
wood and lumber.
Tailor.
Woodbury, F. D. Printer.
Wright, W. H. Dealer in Gloves.
CONTOOCOOK.
Bacon, John H. Mason.
Barnes, Geo. A. Farmer.
Barnard, Joseph Lumber Dealer and Farmer.
Batchelder, Sarah
Blaisdell, G. C.
Blake, Charles
Farmer.
J. L.
Physician.
Farmer.
Farmer.
II.
CROYDON.
Austin, Hiram
Barton, Fred
Bartou, W. N. Physician.
Cooper, Lemuel P. Farmer.
Cutting. Alford Farmer.
Davis, James W.
Dodge, Frank
Durkee, Ruel
Farmer.
Fletcher, Geo. K.
Hall, Daniel R.
Hall, Worthen
Hurd, John
Reed, Alonzo Farmer.
Rowell, Emily F.
Rowell, Eugene A.
Ryder, Daniel Farmer.
Warren, Mary E.
DOVER.
in
Wheeler, Giles Architect.
Wiggin, A. H. Periodical Dealer.
Alfred
Farmer.
Richardson, Thomas B. School Teacher.
Sleeper, N. D. Clergyman.
Straw, G.J. R. R. Man.
Taggart, J. L. Farmer.
Tuttle, Jacob S. Farmer.
Upton, Edson Wheelwright.
Mechanic.
Roby, Luther
Woodman,
H. D. Farmer.
Nathaniel C. R. R. Shop.
Orrin Railroad Man.
Geo. W. J. Sash and blinds.
Corliss, Elbridge. Carpenter.
Currier, Amos II. Farmer.
Curtice, G. A. Merchant.
Cutler, Hiram. Farmer.
Danforth, Chas. H. Farmer.
Downs, John H. Carpenter.
Dwinuells, Mrs. Carrie M
Dwinnells, Warren P. Farmer.
Fellows, H. A. Merchant.
Flanders, R. P
Merchant.
Heath, J. A. Jeweler.
Howard, Lewis Clergyman.
Jackman, G. W. Farmer.
Jones, Thomas B. Farmer.
Kelley, Fred'k H. Merchant.
Kempton, Warren Kit Manufacturer.
Kimball, Hannah
Libby Geo. A. Carpenter.
McAlpine, Mrs. Hannah Farmer.
Montgomery, Charles Carpenter.
Montgomery, George Farmer.
Morrill, Ebenezer F'armer.
Morrill, Jacob M. Carpenter.
Morrill, Jonathan M. Dyer.
Pierce, Frank H. Attorney at Law.
Pillsburv, Geo. A. Piesident First National
Thayer,
651
Bedell, Joseph House painter,
paints, oils, &c.
Brigham, E. T. Photographer.
and dealer
in
Brown, Thomas. Clergymau.
Burrough, C. L. Book Binder.
Canney, Enoch Blacksmith.
Caswell, G. W. Job Team
Chamberlain, Edw. B. Pressman at Star Office.
Chamberlain, G. W. Attorney at Law.
Cnapin, D. W. Dining Rooms, fruits and confectionery.
Clarke, G.
W.
Star Office.
Dame, Samuel II. Clerk.
Durkan, John D. Wine Dealer.
Brown, Rodney
Burnham, E. T. Lumber Dealer.
Burnham, J. F. Lumber Dealer.
Burnham, J. M. Lumber Dealer.
Davis D. W. Shoe Finisher.
Drew, Isaac M. Grocer.
Eglin, Adam Carriage Trimmer.
Station Agent.
Emmer.-on, Smith
Burt, Hermon
Chase, Cyrus F.
F'arrar, 0.
R. R. Man.
W. Hoop
Farron, Joseph
Skirts,
Laborer.
Fancy Goods. Ac.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
652
Folsum, G. L. Paints, Oil, Glass.
Foote & Snell, Hardware Dealers.
Ford, Daniel Georgia Ale and BeerManuf r.
Foss, Everett 0. Insurance Agent.
Foster George J. Democrat Office.
Gray,
H.
Jeweler.
Green Thomas I. Upholsterer and Furniture
J.
Dealer.
G rover, F W. Fancy Goods.
Guppy. Geo. Fox Dry Goods.
Guppy. .James Blacksmith.
Haley, Harrison Cash. Cocheco National Bank.
Horse Shoers.
Hall, W. T. & Son
Ham, John R Physician.
Hauscom,
S. 0.
Hayes. Samuel C. Shoe Mauuf'r.
Physician.
Hill, Levi G.
Ilobbs, F. Attorney at Law.
Hodgdon, Lyman Market.
Home,
Jas. A. Jeweler.
Horsch, Carl, F. C. Physician.
Horton, Chas. Book Binder.
Jackson, .James II. Clerk.
Libby,J. T. S. Publisher.
Malvern, Lewis Clergyman.
Mayor.
McDonald, James Grocer.
Mclsaac, John Carriage Manufacturer.
Moulton ACate Stoves, Tin Ware, and Plumbing,
Franklin Square.
Murphy, Charles W. Dentist.
Murray, Frank Saloon.
Nealey, B. Frank Dry Goods,
Page, Jerome B. Book and Job Printer.
Pray, T. J.
Quimby,
W.
Physician.
Cigar Manufacturer.
E. H.
George R. Foster's Dem. Office.
Rndlette, J. H. Carriage and Sleigh ManTr.
Sanders, Arthur K. Clerk.
Sawyer, F. A. & J. M'l'rs of Fancy Woolens.
Sawyer. Thos. B. Attorney at Law.
Smith. C. E. Kimball House.
Smith, John A. New Eng and House.
Spaulding, George B. Clergyman.
Radcliff,
Stackpole, P. A. Physician.
Stewart, I. D. Agent F. Bap. Printing Estab.
Tarr, W. H.
Blacksmith.
IV h, George W. Trader.
Tasker, Charles W. Dentist.
Thurston, James Clergyman.
Webster, H. F. Clerk at C. H. Ricker's.
Wendell, Daniel II. Gen'l Insurance Agent.,
corner Main and School streets.
Wendell, G. W. Auctioneer and Commission
Merchant,
Wiggin, IJ. C. American House.
Wyatt, Oliver Merchant.
ENFIELD.
Bradford, John Elder Church Family.
Bryant, J. F. Merchant.
Burnhani, Silas Farmer.
Clark, D. W.
Hotel Keeper.
Colby, Thomas J. Farmer.
Cox, A. A. Lumber Dealer.
Cummings, D. M. Machinist
Commings, Henry Elder North Family.
Davis. D. L. Hosiery, etc. Manufacturer.
Day. Ezra Farmer.
Dodge, J. W. Hosiery, etc. Manufacturer.
Emerson, A. S. Farmer.
Foster, B. F.
Farmer.
Gates, Esther
Guild, J. E
Parmer.
Huntley, W. G. Blacksmith.
Huse,
E. B.
Hue,
BE.
Johnson,
Johnson,
M hi.
ili
E.
II.
Merchant.
Wood Turner.
H.
J. W.
Wool Broker.
a i,, V. A. L.
Physician.
Nelson, J. M.
Butcher.
Farmer.
Carpenter.
Pillsbury, T. E.
Plummer, A. P.
Purmort, C. W.
Job Printer.
Seabriug, Mary Ann
Shattuce, 0. V. Wheelwright.
Smith. W. F. Farmer.
Stanley, H. B. Jeweler.
Stevens, Ann E.
Stevens, John II. Farmer.
Stevens, J. N. Butcher.
Talbot, Leander U. S. Mail Carrier.
Wells, E. Stone Cutter.
White, Henry Farmer.
Williams. S. Laborer.
Wilson, Wm. Elder 2d Family.
Worthen,
C. S.
Yeaton, Geo. H.
Farmer.
Optician.
EPSOM.
Ayer, D. C. Butcher.
Baker, Rev. J. Clergyman.
Bickford, A. P. Farmer.
Bickloid, M. D. Lumber.
Brown, Oliver Farmer.
Brown, Samuel Farmer.
Brown, Samuel, 2d Farmer.
i, Geo. H.
Shoemaker.
Eastman, Lowell Carpenter.
Evans, Andrew J. Farmer.
Fowler, William Farmer.
Knowles, D. M. Farmer.
Knox, Henry Station Agent, S. V. R. R.
Leigh ton, Z. Farmer.
Martin, Samuel Farmer.
Norris, Mrs. M. J.
Page, S. T. Farmer.
Robinson, J. F. Merchant.
Silver, A. J.
Merchant.
Cnapma
Stewart, Mrs. Mary A.
Taylor, S. A. Physician.
Tenuant.
J. B.
Trippe, Warren Farmer.
Wells. H. 0. Farmer.
Worth, G. R. Shoemaker.
EXETER.
Bachelder, N. T.
Mason.
Bar tie tt, Ezra
Physician.
Blake, A. P. Landlord.
Brown, John B. Jr. Carpenter.
Burleigh, Charles Florist.
Caswell, John K.
Chadwick, John
Teacher.
Conner, Alfred Iron Founder.
Conner, C. G. Clerk of Court.
Conner, William Farmer.
Crockett. F. S. Trader.
Crummett, S. K. Laborer.
Cilley, B. L.
Cutts, George S.
Trailer.
Dow, B. Boot and Shoe Dealer.
Dow, George Farmer.
Earl, George B. Trader.
Elkins, J. P. Trader.
Finn, John Laborer.
Flood, John
Laborer.
Fogg, F. M.
French, Sperry
Teacher.
Joshua Hardware.
Oilman, John Farmer.
Oilman, N. O. Farmer.
Hayes, D. Frank Florist and Farmer.
Hayes, John F. Carpenter.
Hooper, N. Clergyman.
James, Elisha Jr. Millwright.
Keat, Henry Manufacturer.
Kennard, T. L. Inventor and Pattern maker.
Getcholl,
Lamson, Asa
B.
Potter.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Lane, Charles A. Mill Furnishing.
Ward Carriage Trimmer.
Lord, C. II. Paiuter.
Lovering, J. M. Custom House, Boston.
Mace, Daniel S. Farmer.
Mallon, .1. M. Paiuter.
Marseilles, Charles Pub. of News Letter.
Merrill, A. & Sons Dealers in Wood.
Moses, John F. Dealer in Wool and Shoe
Leavitt, J.
Linings.
Odlin. Charles C. Physician.
Odlin, J. W. Sheriff.
O'Niel, Peter Laborer.
Perkins, S. J. Farmer.
Perry, W. G. Physician.
Puriugton, J. T. Painter.
Ranlet, Daniel W. Merchant.
Shute, Nathaniel
Smith, David Machinist.
Smith, Geo. W. Carpenter.
Smith, John L. Carpenter.
Smith, J. R. Provision Dealer.
Stearnes, Eben L. Teacher.
Stickney, W. W. Lawyer.
Street, George E. Clergyman.
Towle, Levi G. Landlord.
Young, Charles W. Carpenter.
Wadleigh, John W. Farmer.
Watson, Irving Jailor.
Webster, Abby R. P.
Weston, George W. Register of Deeds.
Wetherell, George W. Carpenter.
Wiggin, George W. Insurance Agent.
FISHERVILLE.
Amsden, Abby F.
Amsden, Chas. H.
Furniture Manufacturer.
Bonney, H. Hotel.
Brown, David A. Bookeeper.
Brown, II. II. & Sons. Cotton Manufacturers.
Brown, J. S. Cotton Manufacturer.
Butler, N. Attorney at Law.
Cary M. W. Milkman.
Colburn, John A. Harness Maker.
Gage, Isaac Saw Manufacturer.
Gage, John C. Manufacturer of Lumber.
Hall, L. K. Merchant.
Hardy, Martha B.
Hastings, J. F. Harness Maker.
Holmes, J. S. Land Surveyor.
Thomas Furniture.
Jewett, W. M. R. Clergyman.
Kimball. D. F.
Igo,
Lamprey, M. S. Photographer.
Linnaham, John C. Grocer.
Moore,
Noyes,
J. II.
Machinist.
S. G.
Merchant.
Trainer, P. II. Carpenter.
Wilmar, Fred
Miller.
FRANCESTOWN.
Barrett, Cyrus Wheelwright.
Belcher, Lyman
Bixhy, J. T. Desk Manufacturer.
Bradford, P. B. Pres. First National Bank.
Byxbv, D. P. Box Manufacturer.
Campbell, II. F. Clergyman.
Coehrau, R. J. Farmer.
Colburn, E. W. Builder and Draftsman.
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Colburn, J. L. Clerk.
Dinsmore, S. M. Physician.
Downs, Amasa Merchant
Downs, George E. Trader.
Downs, S. T. Merchant.
Epps. Geo. T.
Blacksmith.
Hotel Keeper.
II.
Hardy. Luther Farmer.
Manahan, Horace Miller.
Patch, Hiram Fanner.
Farnbam, W.
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Pettee, George F.
Farmer.
Roper, E.
P.
Machinist.
Scalding. II. W. Blacksmith.
Vose, J. E. Prin. Francestown Academy.
FRANKLIN.
Adams, Belle
Aikeu, Charles L.
Aiken, F. II. Brad awls.
Aiken, Walter Manufacturer.
Avery, J. F.
Barnard, Daniel Lawyer.
Batchelder, C. P.
Blodgett, Isaac N. Lawyer.
Beau, S. 1».
Benson, Samuel
Burleigh, R. G. Merchant.
Burleigh, Wallace Merchant.
(.'alley,
CO.
Carleton, J. G. Blacksmith.
Chase & Co. Merchants.
Clark, Charles H.
Daniel, F. II. Insurance Agent.
Daniel, Warren F. Paper Manuf'r.
Ilav.nport, L. D.
Davis, 0. B.
Webster House.
Davis, R. M. Merchant.
Dearborn, Annie L.
Dimond, Moses G.
Drake, G. W.
Firth, James H.
A. C.
Fortier, Wm. J.
Fit/.,
French, Oliver
Gerrish, Milton
Gilchrist, D. Merchant.
Gile, A. A.
Goodwin, M. B. Editor.
Gorman, Cyrus
Gunthier, Joseph
Hall,
W.
S.
Hancock, F. N.
Hancock, Parker
Heath, C. M.
Jtulkins,
Kelley,
C.
Ed
John
L.
Keudrick, Stephen
Kennedy, D.
L.
Kimball, Charles
Kimball, Isaac B.
Lewis. William
Littlehale, Mrs. A. P.
Lord, G. W.
Lowell, Alonzo
Mack, Rev. D. A.
Marsh, James
Marr, P. J.
Mc Connel, Thomas
Messer, Alonzo
Neal, George
Nesniith, Geo. W. Attorney at Law.
Nichols, C. B.
Nichols, George
Page, Susie A.
Pike, Austin F. Attorney at
Prescott, Howard S.
Richardson, Levi
Sanborn. E. B. S.
Sawyer, <".. W.
Sawyer, Wesley
Attorney at Law.
Simoinls, J. VV. Teacher.
Sleeper, L. B.
Smith, D. F.
Stearns, Silas C.
Stone. Edwin C.
Sturtevant, E. II.
Sulloway, A. W. Woolen
Sweet, Joseph
Law.
Hose Manufactory.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
654
Taylor, John
Cnrrier, Samuel
Wadsworth, G. G.
Dearborn, Win. R.
Walker, Walter
GILSUM.
Austin, Wesley
Beckwith, Henry
Bill, Willard
Bingham,
S.
W.
C.
Britton, B. H.
Clark, Thomas T.
& Sons
Curthbert, Robert
Collins, S.
Dart, A. M.
Gates, S. C.
Hammon, A. S.
Merrill, Abram Carpenter.
Merrill, Jonathan Laborer.
Nichols, Oliver Farmer.
Phelps, John W. Stage Driver.
Strachan, James G.
Haywood, Allen
Haywood, Geo. N.
Haywood, Theron
Hubbard, Albert
Tsham, J. J.
Isham, W. L.
Laiselle,
HANOVER.
Allen. Ira B. Livery and Stage.
Balch, A. N. Railroad Contractor.
Mark
Lang, John
II.
Benton. Charles
Lapham, Edward
W.
C.
Assistant Prof, of Classics.
Carpenter.
Carpenter, E. D. Tailor.
Brown, Asa
F.
Minor, Francis C.
Morrison, Elisha
Nash, Eugene P.
Newman, Geo.
Nichols, K.
Pierce, Hattie
Carter, E. W.
Restaurant Keeper.
Clark, Win. A. jr. Jeweler.
W
Nancy
Rawson, C. W.
Porter,
Cobb,
Filian,
Brown, Nathan T.
W.
Gove, J. P.
Gunninson, John V.
Hooper, John B.
HARRISVILLE.
Firm of William & Atwood,
Wooden Ware Manufactory.
Atwood,
John
E.
Farmer.
Maxhen, Stephen D.
in, John
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Messer, Alvin J. Farmer.
Meager, John Farmer.
Nelson, Hial
Pay, Rev. Mr.
Pike, Eliae W.,
Pike, Sullivan G.
Rogers, Increase S.
Rogers, James W.
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Tandy, Samuel
Tandy, William
Trow, .buries M.
Trow, Perkins
GRANTHAM.
Austin, E. F. Laborer in Saw Mill.
E.
Farmer.
Bii8well, Oliver B.
Farmer.
Clark, John Lumber Dealer.
Brown, Henry
Colburn,
Emma J.
Silas
Bemis, Charles A.
Farwell, Henry J.
Lowell, Geo. 0.
McLaughlin, David
Mc Laugh
Laborer
Miller, E. T. Farmer.
Parker, H. E. Instructor.
Rand, E. W. Furniture Dealer.
Smith, Asa, D. Pres. of Dartmouth College.
Smith, E. K. Farmer.
Sherman, Frank A. Prof, of Mathematics.
Tenney, R. A. Farmer.
Whitcomb, P. H. Prop'tor Dartmouth Presa.
Woodward, Laura E. Teacher.
Cutts, Charles
Henry
George
Hale B. W. Book seller.
Maxham, A. E. Tinman.
Boothe, Oliver
Boothe, Sylvester
Maxfii'ld,
Merchant.
Fletcher, Robert. Prof, of Civil Engineering.
Frost, C. P.
Prof, of Theory and Practice.
GOSHEN.
Lear,
W.
Carpenter.
Prof, of Chemistry.
Dudley, G. T. Expressman.
Emerson, Charles L. Assist. Prof, of Natural
Philosophy.
Field, C. A.
Insurance and Postmaster.
T.
Webster, Wilber
Wilder, William
Wood, Horace
Wright, Daniel
0.
S.
Cummings, Ely
Diinond, E. W.
Rawson, G. B.
Stevens, George A.
Turner, Frank E.
Webster, Frank D.
Webster. K. D.
Emery,
Farmer.
Blanfield, R. T.
Mansfield. C. L.
Mark,
Clothes Pin Manufacturer.
Farmer.
Dunbar, L. D. Merchant.
Eastman, W. H. Clergyman.
Emmerson, Samuel, Farmer.
Gault, John S. Farmer.
Goss, Benjamin S. Farmer.
Hall, A. Farmer.
Hall, A. D. Hotel Keeper.
Hastings, David S.
Farmer.
Hastings, Joseph Farmer.
Hastings, Orren S
Hastings, P. H.
Hemphill, J. Farmer.
Leavitt, Wm. B. Farmer.
Teacher.
Mechanic.
Wooden Ware Manufr.
Woolen Manufacturer.
Harris, Milan
Hazen, Francis M.
Holbrook, Amos Clergyman.
Morse, Bela Farmer.
Newhall, C. Clergyman.
Phillips, Washington
Laborer.
Prindy, Wm. H. Wool Sorter.
Mechanic.
Ruffle, James E.
Smith, Aaron Farmer.
Stratton, Francis Livery Stable.
Symons, S. T. Wooden Ware ManufactniOT.
Tarbox, George M. Farmer.
Traxler, Geo. L. Mechanic.
Tufts, Geo. F. Blacksmith.
HENNIKER.
Allen,
W. n.
Atwood,
L. F.
Mechanic.
Book-keeper.
Carpenter.
Bacon, C. R.
Baker, Miss Mary E.
Barnes, Wm. B. Cattle Broker.
Brown, Thomas
Farmer.
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NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Brown, S. A. Tanner.
Burtt, Milan Mechanic.
Bui tt & Sleeper, Harness Makers.
Codnian, George B. Painter.
Blacksmith.
Campbell, Harris
Campbell, Harris
W.
Carter, LI. C. Paper Manufacturer.
Carter, Harrison Farmer.
Maker.
Cate, D. S. N. P. P^'per
Cbaudler, Charles U. Mechanic.
Wm. Blacksmith.
Chandler,
Chase, John Farmer.
Clark, Mrs. M. J.
Cogswell, L. W. Farmer.
J. C. Cashier of National Bank.
Carr, Nathan
Alonzo
Carter,
Collins, D. S. Clothes Pin Manufacturer.
Campbell,
Conn, Freeman Blacksmith.
Cook, George W. Physician.
Crooker, A. J. Currier.
Crooker, Q. Currier.
Cogswell, Warren S. Blacksmith.
Cogswell, Washington Farmer.
Cogswell, Wm. E. Tinman.
Colby, Eri Farmer.
Colby, Frank E. Farmer.
Colby, James M. Farmer.
Colby, Thomas E. Farmer.
Conner, Alex. W. Farmer.
Connor, John
K
.
Cutting,
Daniel
French, J. Q. A.
Goodell.
John
Wm.
Manufacturer.
Dow, George W. S. Kit '"
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Eastman Miss Susan C. i vc 1 ier
Co.
Emerson, H. A. Agent of C. V. Paper
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15.
F'oley,
Farmer.
Courser, Charles H. Millwright.
Davis, Wm. D.
Dodge, R. T. Farmer.
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Farmer, George H. Farmer.
Favour, Andrew D. Farmer.
Farrar, George H. Merchant.
Flanders, A. R. Carpenter.
Flanders, Wm. 0. Farmer.
Physician.
Physician.
Farmer.
Gould,
Grimes, Sarah C.
Lane & Co. Grain Dealers.
Hale,
Hastings, S. D. Carriage Maker.
Wood Turner.
Hill, Cumiugs
Mechanic.
Hill, Gilbert P.
Hi.ls, John M.W. Wood Turner.
Hmes, L. D. Proprietor of St. Charles Hotel.
B.
Currier.
Uuyt.Moses M.
wooden
Gage, John Dry Measures and
Gage, Perley, R. Mechanic.
Paper Maker.
J.
Gilchrist, J.
Glover, Miss Mary D.
Goss, Miss H. C.
Gove, Frederick C. Farmer.
Gove, Miss Rebecca Paper Maker.
Guttersun, John
Gutterson, Wm. W.
Hackett, G. H. Physician.
Howe, Miss Belle Teacher.
Jameson, John W. Farmer.
ware.
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Ladd, J. B. P. Shoemaker.
Maker.
Livingston, Charles E. Paper
Mc Alphine, C. H. Meat Dealer. V. Paper Co.
Foreman C.
Mc Gown. John A.
Morrill, Harrison Farmer.
Morgan, A. E. Shoe Peg Maker.
Morrison, Mrs. Jane J.
Newton, John A. Farmer.
Newton, Nahum Farmer.
Patten, Squire M. Farmer.
Patterson, Alonzo & Son Farmer.
Peabody, L. W. Physician.
Poor, George M. Farmer.
Preston, George C. Merchant.
Putney, Daniel Mechanic.
Ray, John C. Farmer.
Kenton, J. B. Shoe Manufacturer.
Farmer.
Rice, II. A.
Rice, Robert D. Farmer.
Ripley, H. N. Shoemaker.
Robbins, D. K. Carpenter.
Repairer.
Sargent, Walter Clock
Smith, Mrs. L. B.
Smith, Watson W. Clergyman.
Waldron, II. Frances
Watkins, Eli P. Paper Maker.
Webster, Jesse Merchant Tailor.
Whitcomb, Mrs. Annie
Whitman, Mrs. C. M.
«..«_*
Manufacturer.
Whitney, Frederick. Coffin
Wilson, 0. E.
Mary
Dudley, Samuel S. Clergyman.
Button & Morse, Merchants.
Eaton, Jubal II. Blacksmith.
Faton, L. S. Merchant Tailor.
Mechanic.
Farrah, Walter J. Sawyer and
Farmer.
HILLSBOROUGH.
Abbott, 0. Butcher.
Bowers, S. 0. Dentist.
Bragdon, John Clergyman.
Tannery.
Brown, Gil as E. Foreman of
Humphrey
Jacknian,
Watchman.
Jackman, Ira W.
Jackson, Noah
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Lumber
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Burpee,
P.
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M.
S.
V. S. Mail
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Howe,
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S.
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Seth
A. E.
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Wiggin, J. W. Stable Keeper.
Millinery and Fancy
Wood, Mrs. M. A.
Goods.
Young, Jere
NEWPORT.
Abbott, Oilman P. Jobber.
Allen, 15. H. Carpenter.
Averill, H. A. Hotel Keeper.
Badger, II. W. Carpenter.
Bailey, L. D.
Tailor.
Barney, Ahira
Track Layer.
Bartlett, Nettie L. Teacher.
Barton, Wm. II. Jack Spinner.
Blake, Jonathan Stone Cutter.
Bowers. S. L. Lawyer.
Brett, M. L. Mechanic.
Brown, Geo. R. Lawyer.
Brown, J. H. Hotel Keeper.
I
Burke, Edmund Lawyer.
Burke, M. W. Merchant.
Call, Hial Farmer.
Carr, David H. Farmer.
Chuudler, Ira F. Lumber Dealer.
Chase, Ashley A. Carder.
Chase, A. B. Clerk.
Chase, E. S. & Son
Claggett, Rufus P.
Shoe Dealers.
Sheriff.
Manufacturer.
Coffin, P. S.
Manufacturer.
Coffin, Silas C.
Comstock, Geo. H. Farmer.
Converse, E. C. Merchant.
Crain, Harvey B. Farmer.
Currier, D. M. Physician.
Cutts, Lorenzo L. Farmer.
Dame, A. M. Farmer.
Dame, Geo. E. Farmer.
Darling, Wm. W. Physician.
Dewey,
Wm.
H.
Farmer.
Handle Maker.
F.
Dow, W. A. Carpenter.
Dow, Wallace, L. Contractor and Builder.
Dodge, L.
Merchant.
Emerson, Jonathan jr. Blacksmith.
Emery, S. A. Farmer.
Evans, Randall Farmer.
Fairbanks, Geo. H. Merchant.
Edes, Geo. 0.
Fairbanks, John E.
Flet< her, Charles F.
Forsaith,
Stone Cutter.
Farmer.
Edward
Gardner, P. K. Farmer.
George, J. E. Farmer.
Gordon, James M. Farmer.
Gould, A. J. Farmer.
Gove, Arlan M. Farmer.
Gregg, R. M. Harness Maker.
Hall, R. H. Farmer.
Hayes, Henry H. Printer.
Heath, B. C. Carriage Maker.
Heath, G. A. Painter.
Hitchcock, A. V. Cloths A Custom Clothing.
Uobbs, John 0. Merchant Tailor.
Howard, A. D. Civil Engineer.
Howard, Charles C. Laborer.
Howe, A. P. Farmer.
Howlett, Moses S. Carpenter.
Hubbell, Wm. W. Furniture Dealer.
Huutoon, R. Merchant.
Hurd, Bela Farmer.
Hurd, S. H. Stone Cutter.
Ingram, H. M. Jack Spinner.
Jencks, H. A. Farmer.
Jennings, G. E. Farmer.
Kelley, J. C. Druggist & Bookseller.
Kempton, Elisha M. Register of Deeds.
Kenersou, J. M. Hosiery Manufacturer.
King, W. W. Lumber Dealer.
Lamb, A. Farmer.
Leavitt, II. C. Clergyman.
Lewis, F.
W.
Cashier 1st Nat. Bank.
Moody, S. U. Farmer.
Newton, D. A. Farmer.
Nuurse, Geo. W. Postmaster.
Page, Nathaniel 0. Rake Manufacturer.
Parker, Dexter Farmer.
»
Patch, Daniel F. Shoe Dealer.
Perry,
Wm. II.
Pollard, Granville Harness
Powers, E. Farmer.
and Trunk Dealec
Reed, Erastus Farmer.
Richards, Dexter Flannel Manufacturer.
Richardson, H. Farmer.
Rounsevel, Lyman Tanner.
Sanborn, Thomas Physician.
Sett. (i. R. W. Clergyman.
Scribner, John Manufacturer.
Severance, Daniel Stone Cutter.
Shackett, Frank Laborer.
�NAMES OE SUBSCRIBERS.
Sibley, Ezra T. Scythe Manufacturer.
Sibley, Paul Farmer.
Silsby, Charles A. Farmer.
Staniels, Hiram Farmer.
Straw, Orra C. Jack Spinner.
Swett, J. L. Physician.
Thompson, R. H.
Farmer.
Richardson, Edward Shoe Workman.
Sherman, C. W. Merchaut.
Smith, C. C. Shoe Workman.
Swain, J. J. Shoe Workman.
Tasker, Ezra Farmer.
Towle, BeDJamin F. Shoe Workman.
Towle, S. N. Shoe Workman.
Tilton, John P. Weaver.
Tilton, R. W, Farmer.
Lawyer.
Waldron, Geo. H. Tinsmith.
Walling, C. E. Stone Cutter.
Wellcome, A. P. Lumber and Farmer.
Wheeler, Edmund Mechanic.
Whipple, Orsamus Farmer.
Whitney, George F. Farmer.
Whitney, 0. Farmer.
Whittier, M. L. Carpenter.
Wilcox, J. E. Farmer.
Wilkins E. R. Clergyman.
Wilmarth, George E. Auctioneer and Farmer.
Wait, A.
S.
NORTHFIELD*
Blake, C. C.
Cate, Asa P. Judge of Probate.
Cate, Miss Mary E.
Chase, Francis R. Attorney at Law.
Coffran, Benjamin.
Corliss, Geo.
W.
Cross, Daniel J.
Cross, 0. L.
Dearborn, Miss Laura R,
Dow, Sumner A.
Downing, E«lgar O.
Forrest, James N.
Glines, Mrs. Annie L.
Glines, Edward R.
Glines, Westerly M.
Gould, C. R.
Haines, Benjamin
Haines, Samuel
Healy, Isaac H.
Eenniston, Alpheus
Kenniston, Fred
Kenniston, John
i
Knowle-, Westerly
Lambert, S. H.
Langee, Oilman
Payson, Miss Sarah T.
Plummer, A. F.
Plummer, W. H.
Rand, J. D.
Riley, George
M.
Roberts, John
Robertson, C. H.
Slader, Mrs. Elizabeth D.
Smith, W. H.
Stevens, Francis
Watson, John P.
Weeks, Geo. W.
Wyatt, Otis C.
Yeaton, John B.
N0RTHW00D.
Brown, E.
C.
Proprietor Harvey House.
Bryant, Ella M.
Dow, Eben C. Farmer.
Durgin, W. M. Shoe Freighter.
Clark, B. W. Shoe Workman.
Cogswell, E. C. Clergyman.
Edmond, W. H. Farmer.
Emerson, D. G. Shoe Workman.
Greenleaf, A. M. Shoe Workman.
Farmer.
Merchant.
Farmer.
Mead, John G. Merchant.
Miller, Henry Shoe Workman.
Perry, C. M. Blacksmith.
Pillsbury, A. J. Shoe Manufacturer.
James,
S. S.
Lancaster, J. P.
Lbcke, James C.
661
PEMBROKE AND SUNCOOK.
Abbott, Richard L.
Alexander, Enoch
Appleton, George P.
Austin, David
Cilley, Charles W.
George P.
Coffrin,
Corbin, J. M.
Dodge,
S.
Edgerly, Calvin E.
George Daniel
J.
Hildreth, Dr. C. F. P.
Jewell, D. L.
Jones, D. S.
Knox,
S.
W.
Larabee, G. H.
Morse, Charles P.
Moulton, C. 0.
Noyes, N. R.
Osgood, A. L.
Osgood. A. N.
Paine, R. H.
Rowe, A. J.
Sanborn, John W.
Sargent, Warren
Simpson, George N.
Sullivan, John H.
Truesdell, E. E.
Vose, G. S.
Walker, Isaac
White, Rev. L.
Whitemore, A.
Woods, F. N.
PETERBOROUGH.
Ames, Albert A. Butcher.
Ames, George W. Harness Maker.
Ames, J. M. Mechanic.
Ames, Timothy K. Oldest Sheriff in N. H.
Bashaw, Charles Harness Maker.
Batchelder, F. S. Boarding Master.
A. F. Clergyman.
Beckwith, Thomas L.
Overseer.
Blair, George W.
Cotton Spinner.
Blair, James P.
Briggs, Joshua Piano Stool Manufr.
Bruce, Charles C.
B ixter.
Chase, W. D. Physician.
Cheever, M. V. Billiard Hall.
Collins, J.
M.
Farmer.
Cragin, John Farmer.
Cross, Levi Cotton Manufr.
Culter, Daniel B. Physician.
Physician.
Cutler, John H.
Dadman, Wm. E. Boot Maker.
Dodge, Edward B. Lumber, and Contractor.
Dustin, George Clergyman.
Eaton, Nathan T. Meat and Provision Dealer.
Farmer, Charles W.
Farnum &
Printers.
Scott,
Machinist.
Felt, G. P.
Carpenter.
Felt, Jonathan
Carpenter.
Field, Henry
Fisher, J. Merchant.
Fletcher, E. A. Painter.
Fletcher, George A. Butcher.
Forbush, Nathan C.
Frost, Albert Undertaker.
Fuller, A. Stoves and tin ware.
Gorman, John
Lumber and Wool
Gould, D. W. Clerk.
Hamilton, George A.
Dealer.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
662
Hatch, R. B.
Hill, E. B.
Lawyer.
Cotton Manufacturer.
Holt, Lorenzo Farmer.
Holt, Lorenzo Carriage Painter and Trimmer.
Howe,
Truss Manufacturer.
E.
Hunt, Norton
Jaquith, Cliarles E. Manuf'r and Builder.
Kimball, A. H. Wool Carder, Cloth Dresser
and Dyer.
Langley, George H. Proprietor of Bakery.
Lee. Frank E.
Livingston, J. Cotton Manuf'r.
Livingston, Wm. G. Merchant.
Loveland, Sylvester D. Machinist.
Macumber, J. W. Stone Mason.
Mara, Charles
Marble, Robert C. Carriage Maker.
Mc Coy, Charles Largest Farmer and Stock
Grower in Peterborough.
Mc Langhlin, Patrick Watchman.
Mears, Franklin
Morse, L. Carpenter.
Nagley, C. H. Machinist.
Nickless, John H. Overseer.
Nooen's, Joseph
Son's. Woolen Manuf'rs.
Patterson, C. N. Overseer.
Preston, Charles A. Machinist.
Preston, Isaac F'. Machinist.
Proctor, A. J. Soap Manuf'r.
Rice, W. F. Machinist.
Robbe, Avarado.
Robinson, Charles E.
Proprietor of French's
Hotel.
Rourk, John
Livery Stable.
Lawyer.
Scott, Albert S.
Scott, Charles
High
Scripture, George II.
Sheriff.
Photographer.
Simous, S. Spinner.
Smith, Albert M. Spinner.
Smith, E. M. Lawyer.
Steele, John H.
Stationer.
Straw, Mi-8 E. Worsted Wreath and Bonnet
Manufactdrer.
Sweatt, Mrs. Maria B.
Tarbell, Solon Carriage Maker.
Templeton, H. H. Merchant Tailw.
Thoruing, C. A. Overseer.
Towne, E. A. Basket ManuPr.
Upton, Albert Trader.
Tose, Samuel I. Auctioneer.
Wheeler, C. A.
Slide Yoke Dairy Thermometer Manufacturer.
White, I. D
Farmer.
Wilder, Charles Manuf'r of Barometers and
Thermometers.
Wilder, George
Williams, Charles A. Loom Fixer.
Williams, John A. Second Overseer.
Wilson, L. P.
PITTSFIELD.
Adams, D. B. a
Aiken, Edward J. Tailor.
Bartlett, A. W.
Lawyer.
Bu/./.'ll, J. C.
Cashman, John C. Editor.
Cram, Chas. T. F'armer.
Cram, Frank E. Brick Maker.
Drake, N.
S.
Expressman.
Fosb, Jeremiah C. Carpenter.
Elliot. P. S.
F'oss & VVablron
Grain Dealers.
Foster, D. K. Teacher.
Ferrin, Charles E.
French, John C. Agent.
Muchmore, D. L.
Page, A. L. Machinist.
Saltmarsh, 0. C.
Sanborn, J. B. Painter,
Shaw, William
Farmer.
Smith, John
Tibbetts, Miles B.
Tibbetts, W. H. Mail Carrier.
True, Porter C. F'armer.
Tucker, John M.
Tuttle, Hiram A.
Mechanic.
Merchant.
Wadsworth, A. B.
Carpenter.
Webster, C. H.
PORTSMOUTH.
Alden, W. H.,D. D. Clergyman.
Alton, William Grocer and Provisions.
Akerman, Joseph
D.
Store.
Bailey, John H. Merchant.
Balch, E. H. Stable Keeper.
Barnard, ,1. G. Sash and Blinds.
Barris, Mrs. B.
Beachman, R. H. Stable Keeper.
Ar Showe, Johu Tea
W. Publisher.
Flour and Grain.
Joiner.
Buflord, M. City Clerk.
Butler, James D. Lawyer.
Burleigh, J. B. Picture Frames.
Buzzell, H. B. &, Son
Books and Stationery.
Call, Thomas E.
Caswell, J. W. Fish Dealer.
Brewster, Lewis
Brooks, J. & Co.'
Brown,
F. S.
Charlesworth, Eml. Confectionery and Oyster
Saloon, Cor. Bridge and Congress Streets.
Clark, George W. Stoves and House Furuisuing Goods.
Clark, H. M.
Coffin,
Edward
Coleman,
D.
Painter.
Merchant.
J. L. D.
Curtis, Beuj. W. Physician.
Curtis, Joseph R. 61, Pleasant Street.
Dearborn, F. E. Hats, Caps and Furs.
Donaldson, S. J. Physician.
Dixon, Charles H. Carpenter.
Dixon, John
Downs,
Wm. &
Eldredge, M.
Son
Grocers.
Brewer.
W. Carriage Maker.
Elwyn, John
Elliot, S.
Elwyn, R. A. Clergyman.
Emery, George T. Miller, North
Mills.
Fernald, A. A. Lumber Dealer.
Feruald, A. R. H.
Paymaster, Kearsarge
Miils.
Flint, Edward
Folsom, Chaning
Teacher.
James Hiller Book Seller.
S. H.
Lawyer.
F'rizzell, John
F'rye, Horace
Express Agent.
F'oster,
Frink, J
Gates, S. II.
Gerrish, J. N. Saloon Keeper.
Gilbert, Sylvester Proprietor Liver Lozenges.
Goodall.E. B. Dentist.
Goodall & Marston Lawyers.
Ooodwin, Hon. Ichabod Merchant.
John A. Clergyman.
Goss,
Gould, C. W.
Grogan, W. M.
Giippy, Geo.
W.
Saloon Keeper.
Publisher.
Hackett, W. H. Y.
Lawyer.
Hall, George W. Billiard Hall.
Hall, J. P., M. D.
Physician.
Ham, J. E. & Co. Merchant Tailors.
Hanson, Geo. E. Druggist.
Hardy, A. C. Clergyman.
Harriman, George L. Stone Cutter.
Barman, L. L. Clergyman.
Hartnett, Richard Joiner and carriages.
Hegamen, Jos. Foreman Browery.
Hodgdon, George D. Lawyer.
Hooper, Samuel G. Grocer.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Howard, A.
F.
Collector.
Hoyt, Martin Barber.
Huntress, Geo. M. Carriage Manufacturer.
IUsley, Wingate Insurance Agent.
Jenkins, D. E. Joiner.
Johnson, L. A. Dentist.
Jones, Frank Brewer & Malster.
Keeef, P. J. Cooper.
Kimball. R. P. Cashier First Nat. Bank.
Ladd. A. H. Merchant.
Laighton, L. M.
Lang, Dennis.
Locke, Woodbury Stable Keeper.
Lomhard, Henry Saloon Keeper.
Sea View House, Rye
Lougee, George G.
Beach.
Tailor and Agent L. E.
Mallsbender, John
Laritz veg. Wool Manf r & Preparation.
Manson, Herman. House Painter.
Marcy, Hon. Daniel Commercial man.
Marden, Gee A.
Marden, Levi W. Painter.
Marsh, George M.
Marston & Fernald. Publishers.
Martin, W. K. Mast Maker.
Marvin, X. E. 0. City Mayor.
Mc Donough, Richard Painter.
Melcher, G. F.
Jeweler.
Miller, Israel P. Editor.
Mills, John S.
Saloon Keeper.
Mills, S. U. Carriage Builder.
Mitchell, John Saloon Keeper.
Moat, W. J.
Morre, John Tinman.
Morrison, J. H.
Moses, John G. Ship Owner.
Moses, John W. Tailor and Draper.
Moses, Thos. P. Artist and Music Teacher.
Myers, Chas. E. Merchant Tailor.
Newton, W.
C.
Thompson, J. H. Wood and Coal Dealer.
Thompson, J. H. & Son Confectiouers.
Thompson, Samuel R. Machinist.
Thorndike, B. F. Job Printer.
Tibbetts, J. M. Millinery.
Tiffaney & Sou Contractors and Builders
of
Tiffaney Gas Works.
Treadwwll, Samuel P. Cabinet Maker.
Trefethen, Andrew J. Hair Dresser.
Tucker, S. A
Carnage and Wood Worker.
Vaughau, D. J. U. S. Pension Agent.
Walden, Richard Grocer.
Walkler, Wm. P. Merchant Tailor.
Ward,
Wm.
Ward well.
Distiller.
Groceries and Provisions.
T.
Wendell, Henry F. Auctioneer and Appr.
West, E. B.
Whitehouse, George T. Saloon Keeper.
Whitteer, S. C. M. D. Physician.
Horse Shoers.
Wiirgin, Thomas & Son
Wilson, Andrew Hackle Maker.
Winbarton, H. A. Foreman Distiller.
Woodman, S. B. Rockingham House.
Woods, Charles
RAYMOND.
Fernanda E. Shoemaker.
Frank G. Landlord.
Gordon Candy.
Mrs. Joseph Candy.
Blake, Wm. B. Merchant.
Brown, John D. Miller.
Fullington. Joseph Clergyman.
Fiske, Joseph W. Farmer.
Green, William B. Shoemaker.
Harriman, S. W. Farmer.
Higley, Hayden Merchant.
Bean,
Bean,
Bean,
Bean,
W.
Blacksmith.
D. Shoe Manufacturer.
F'remont Shoemaker.
Pecker, Geo. A. Landlord.
Ladd,
Ladd,
J.
Wm.
Littlefieli,
Grocer.
Grocer.
Norton, James
Norton, C. A. Homeopathic Physician.
Nutter, Wm. H. City Farm.
Owen, Eleazar Clergyman.
Oxford & Johnson Grocers.
Parsons, J. W., M. D. Physician.
Peirce, Albert 8. Rockingham House.
Peirce, D. H.
Peirce. E. G., Jr. Postmaster.
Pendexter, Oeo. W. Builder.
Perry, Cooledge
Plummer, Cyrus Baker.
Rand, A. H. HI. Market
663
St.
Randall, R. L. Fish Dealer.
Rice, B. F. Shipsmith.
Rix, A. W. Machinist.
Rix, George L.
Roberts, Richard Eldredge's Brewery.
Robinson, C. Merchant.
Roche, Edward B. Pedler.
Rollins, William H. Lawyer.
Rowe, Samuel Merchant.
Rugg, James A. Box Manufacturer.
Rugg, lvah M. Box Manufacturer.
Russell, Wm. F. Grocer.
Sanborn, James
George Market St. Hotel.
Agricultural Implements
J. L.
Seymore, Ira C. Blacksmith.
Sheehan, Thomas J. Grocer.
Simpson, Charles E. Merchant Tailor.
Slatter, John H. Groceries, Boots and Shoes.
Smith, Lewis E. Teacher.
Smith, Geo. W.
Sowesby, Jane W. Baker.
Scott,
Seavey,
ROLLINSFORD.
Beedle, Rufus
Painter.
Cheney, Charles Farm r.
Cook, John R. R. Service.
Dame, H. C. Farmer.
Decatur, Samuel H. Farmer.
Garvin, James H. Farmer.
Garvin, Wm. R. Farmer.
Guppy, Wm. H. Farmer.
Ham, Morris Farmer.
Ham, Samuel Farmer.
Pinkham, Mary E.
Aaron Farmer.
Roberts,
Roberts,
Roberts,
Roberts,
Farmer.
Farmer.
Farmer and Ex-Judge.
Rollins, Joshua U. Carpenter.
Rollins, Thomas Farmer.
Spencer Alphonzo H.
Stackpole. Lorenzo Farmer and Milk Dealer
Wentworth, Gustavus Farmer.
Wentworth, Seleucus Farmer.
Charles C.
J. D.
H. R.
SALMON FALLS.
Abbott, Ichabod Moulder.
Allen, Charles D. Overseer iu Cloth Room.
Bradford, W. P. Carpenter.
Converse, Joshua Agent of Manufg Co.
Cunningham, Hugh Moulder.
Duffy, Luke
Edmonds, Joseph Blacksmith.
Farnham, Edw. P. Carpenter.
Stevens, A. P., D. D. S. Dentist.
Stott, John W. Grocer.
Taylor, George Oyster Saloon.
Fernald, R. C. Grocer.
Ham, W. A. Butcher.
Herbert, William Clergyman.
Horr, W. H. Physician.
Lin-cott, J. B. Painter.
Thatcher, J. H.
Morton, Albert
Mechanic.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
66±
W. H. Cash. Salmon Falls Bank.
Pinkhaiu. Leonard II. Butcher.
Wheeler, Isaiah
Whitcouib, James 0.
Russell, Luke R. Machinist.
Speed, C. D. Machinist.
Stevens, Edw. A. Foreman Iron
Wilkinson, F. B. Barber.
Willey, J. P. Machinist.
Woodward, James
TILTON.
Brown, B. W. Lumber Dealer.
Cass, W. T.
Iona Savings Bank.
Cate, Asa P. (Nortbtield,) Judge of
Gilmore, John L. Book-keeper.
Morton,
Foundry.
SONAPEE.
Abbott, A. S. Harne Maker.
Angell, C. B. Farmer.
Angell, John Farmer.
Batchelder, H. Station Agent.
Chase, James A. Sawyer.
Colburn, Lyman Farmer.
Eastman, H. P. Hame Maker.
Emery. D. F. Lumber Dealer.
Emery, S. F. Farmer.
Emory, C. II. Hame Maker.
Hurd, J. B. Farmer.
Hurd, S. F. Farmer.
Osboru, G. A. Hame Maker.
Osborn. 0. 0. Hame Maker.
Page, Frank Clothes Pin Maker.
Piper, John
Hame Maker.
Sargeant, M. G. Farmer.
Smith, James B. Painter and Furniture
Whitker, G. Farmer.
Young, Abiather Peg Manuf'r.
Young, Wm. Farmer.
P.
Lord, A. C. Jeweler.
Noyes, J. B. Manufacturer.
Perkins, J. L.
Thorpe
Tilton Druggists.
Towns, T. M. Manufacturer.
Wardwell, P. G. Physician.
Blaisdell,
Moses
S.
Pratt, H. L. Cotton Manufacturer.
Pratt, Theo. 0. Clergyman.
Taylor, J. F. Trader.
<fe
WARNER.
Adams, Henry G. Mechanic.
Andrews, John M. Farmer.
Andrews, Joseph P. Farmer.
D'lr.
SUTTON.
Lumber Dealer.
Blauchard, Samuel
Brownsou, Austin S. Physician.
Cheney, A.
Cheney, Gilbert J.
Cressey, A. Dealer in Stoves and Tin Ware.
Eastmau, Rev. T. B. Clergyman.
Eaton, Geo. C. Farmer.
Flint, Calvin Clock and Watch Repairer.
Fowler, Charles A.
Fuller, Geo. C.
Physician.
Johnson, Benj. Trader.
Hoyt, Wm. C. Painter and Paper Hanger.
Marshall, W. H. Wheelwright.
Nelson, J. A.
Nye, Newell J. Harness Maker.
Page, Enoch Farmer.
Peaslee, James M.
Peaslee, Isaac Clergyman.
Pillsbury, Benj. P.
Prescott, James D. Farmer.
Simley, James R. Physician.
Wadleigh, Thomas Farmer.
Watkins. Jason II. Farmer.
Wells. Elliott Farmer.
Wheeler, Leonard Farmer.
TEMPLE.
Bacon,
Wm.
P.
Brown. Nathan A.
Burton, James E.
t'hilds, Nathan
Dillon,
Thomas
L.
Durgin. Thomas
Edwards, S. W.
Farrar, Barnard
Farrar, Danforth
Fisk, Jeremiah
Fisk, M. H.
GiddiiiL's,
John
Giddings, Isaac Jr.
Haywood, Charles P.
Hidden, L.
Howard, Artemus M.
Kendall, Charles 0.
Mansfield, Solon
Sheldon, Nathan H.
Watson, Charles
Bartlett Bros., Excelsior Manuf'rs.
Bartlett, Frank Farmer.
Bartlett, Nathaniel C. F'armer.
Bartlett, 0. H. P. Mechanic.
Belknap. Hamlet Clerk in Hotel.
Benton, C. A. Tailor.
Watson, Blaisdell H. Box Manufacturers,
Lumber Dealers.
and
Buswell, H.
Postmaster.
Brown, W. A. Carpenter.
Burbank. David S. Farmer.
Burrell, Warren A. Mechanic.
Carroll, A. C. Merchant
Clark, A. A. Mechanic.
Clement, L. J. Farmer.
Clough, Reuben Farmer.
Colby, Charles H. Farmer.
Colby, Fred Myron Student.
Colby, Samuel F'armer.
Cole, E. C. High School Teacher.
Collins, Lemuel W. F'armer.
Davis, A. P
Sheriff and Insurance Agent.
Davis, E. H. Machinist.
Davis, Henry H. Farmer.
Davis, Lawrence E. Farmer.
Davis & Sawyer, Farmers and Grocers.
Davis, W. M. W. Speculator
Dow, Mrs. S. H.
Dowlin, J. H. Farmer.
Dunbar, M. & W. C. Farmers.
Edmunds, S. A.
Ela, James G. Merchant.
Ewins, John H. F.rmer.
George, John Attorney at Law.
George, John 2d Teacher.
Graves, F. W. Physician.
Hardy, Bartlett
Farmer.
Ilarrimau, A. W. Farmer.
Harriman, II. H. Engineer.
Hemphill, George A. Carpenter.
Hutchinson, Obadiah Farmer.
Mc Dole, David F'armer.
Morgan, John II. F'armer.
Morrill, J. H.
Osgood, John
Jeweler.
Shoemaker.
Pierce, Daniel Mechanic.
Paige, James D. Mechanic.
Palmer, E. W. Shoemaker.
Pattee, S. 0. F'armer.
Quimby, G. F.
Rand, George Mechanic.
Reddington, C. W. Mechanic.
Rix, J. M.
Physician.
Robertson, J. E.
Rogers, John Jr. Mechanic.
Rogers, J. S. Harness Maker.
Sargent, A. W.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Sargent, Frank M. Farmer.
Savory, George Farmer.
Savory, Wm. D. Farmer.
Sawyer, Charles P. Farmer.
Scobey, Mrs. Rosella
Smith, Charley W. Mechanic.
Stevens, H. C. Farmer.
Turner, F B. Blacksmith.
Wadleigh, James A. Mechanic.
Watson, George Carpenter.
Watson, Humphrey S.
Wheeler, M. D. Blacksmith.
Whitcomb, Clark Mechanic.
Willis, Lemuel Clergyman.
WASHINGTON.
Atwood, Horace Cooper.
Bailey, Oilman Farmer.
Carr, M. U. Mechanic.
Colburn, H. H. Clergyman.
Cram. 0. T. Blacksmith.
Dole, M. H. Farmer.
Dresser, Woodbury Farmer.
Fowler, Frank A. Machinist.
John H. Mechanic.
Gordon. Freeman S. Mechanic.
Hadley, Mark M. Merchant.
Harthorn, L. Hosiery and Flannels.
Hurd, Fred Mechanic.
Lull, N. A. Merchant.
Frazer,
Mcllvien&Son
Wood, Sylvester
Butchers.
Physician.
WILTON.
Adams, Rev. D. D.
Clergyman 2d Congre-
gational Church.
Ames, Henry Station Agent, B. L.
& N. R. R.
Rodney, Cabinet Maker.
Batchelder, C. M. Farmer.
Blanchard, Gardner Breeder of Prime Fowls.
Blanchard, Sumner Boot Maker.
Bumpus, G.G. Supt. County Farm.
Burns, C. H. Lawyer.
Clark, Moses Treas. Wilton Savings Bank.
Cragin, Daniel Wooden Ware Manuf r.
Cram, T. B. R. R. Service.
Dascomb, Geo. L. Laborer.
Ball,
Dascomb, Joseph Farmer.
Emerson, H. L. Carpenter.
Emerson, Wm. Carpenter.
Epps, Henry D.
Express Messenger.
Fitch, A. P. Druggist.
Foster, Waldo, Farmer.
H.llahan, P. Catholic Priest.
Haselton, Charles Mason.
Holt, Henry A. Desk Manufacturer.
Jaques, Alfred E. Merchant.
Livermore, H. H.
Lynch, Edward
Stable Keeper Whiting
House.
May, Charles P. 0. Farmer.
Mc Oregor, John A.
Mc
Kay. John S.
Merchant.
Parkhurst, George Farmer.
Peavey. F. M. Dentist.
Preston, Samuel A.
Procter, D. E. Merchant.
Putnam, P. H. Furniture Manufacturer.
Neville, Geo. S.
Savage,
Wm. J.
Wm. E.
Putnam,
Ridout,
665
Cabinet Maker.
Undertaker.
Russel, Tlieron
Tarbell, Charles L.
Merchant.
Whiting, H. A. Milk, Grain and
Abbott, H.
Albee, Ellery
Atherton, Samnel
Bemis, Charles S.
Bryant, M. D.
Buffom, S. W.
Burnap, James T.
Chandler, Wm.
Colburn, Wm. P.
Colony, J. C.
Colt, A. C.
Currier,
John
Dickerson, Capt. Ansel
Felch, Wm. L. R.
Forbes, E. M.
Fosgate, W. Barrett
Guernsey, W. H.
Harmon,
E.
Holeman, J. 0.
Howard, A. M.
Lewis,
Wm.
H.
Lyman, Henry
Maxfield, A. L.
Morse, S. M.
Pierce, H.
Pratt, Charles
Pratt, H. M.
Pratt, H. W.
Sabin, D. T.
W.
Shampuey. Fred E.
Shrigley, Wm.
Stearn, D. C.
Stevens, N. E.
Stimpson, Edw. F.
Swain, D. S.
Swan, H. B.
Taft, H. A.
Town, Henry A.
Turner, A. B.
Wilson, R. R.
Woodbury, Andrew
Woodbury, A. B.
DORCHESTER.
Musician.
Blodgett, Eben J. Farmer.
Blodgett, Franklin Farmer.
Blodgett, John S. Farmer.
Blaisdell, Pettingill
Bowen, Warren W. Farmer.
Brooks, John W. Farmer.
Clough, Cliarles Farmer.
Follansbee, George Farmer.
Hopkins, Eldbridge Carpenter.
Leavitt, Albert Farmer.
Norris, Benj. R. Farmer.
Norris, John A.
Norris. Ira B. Farmer.
Merrill, John A. Farmer.
Reed, E. R. Farmer.
Wheeler, Amos P. Farmer.
Woodward, Henry H.
Civil Engineer.
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES FROM VARIOUS LOCALITIES.
Mc Daniels, Chas., Farmer, W.
Thomas, Merchant, Athol.
Hastings, Lyman B., Mechanic, Athol.
Duuckley, Henry H., Proprietor Hotel, Greenfield.
Fairbanks, Chester, Machinist, Lebanon.
Missou, John T Carpenter, Lebanon.
Bean, Henry A., Farmer, Lebanon.
Eastman, Edward, Mason, E. Lebanon.
,
Lumber.
WINCHESTER.
Springfield.
Pickering, C. H., Conductor B., L., & N. R. R.,
Boston.
Little, N. & Co., Blank Book Manufacturers,
Boston.
Parker, James, Ex. Messenger, Cambridgeport, Mass.
Shirland, W. E., New York City
�eee
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Streeter, G. W., Esq., 63 Wall St. N. Y. City.
Parmelee, J. W., New York City.
Parmelee, Ezra. Physician, St. Lawrence Co.,
N. Y.
Johnson, G. W., Attorney at Law. Gosport,
N. Y.
Clement, E. B., Paper Maker, Ashland, N. H.
Mason, C. P., Buda, N. Y.
Odel, J. W., M. D., Greenland.
Junkins, N. 0., Physician, Greenland.
Stone, Ed. B., Worcester.
Marshall, John, Engraver, Boston.
Atkinson, Benj., Merchant, Plymouth, N. H.
Avery, J. £.. Farmer, Plymouth.
Moulton, C. C, Artist, Plymouth.
Yeaton, J. S.. Farmer. Plymouth.
Jackman, G. W\, Hotel, Haverhill, N. H.
Gale, F. B., Haverhill, N. H.
George, J. W., Haverhill.
Hutchinson, Z. N.. Haverhill.
Metcalf, P.. Haverhill.
Merrill, Henry, Haverhill.
Smith, C. G.. Proprietor Hotel, Haverhill.
Swazey, N.M., Haverhill.
Weeks", C. W., Haverhill.
Putnam, G. P., Attorney at Law, Warren.
Hackmer, John, Sandwich.
Drake, Beth 0., Sandwich.
Given, L., Kev., Meredith Tillage.
Ladd, S. A., Meredith Village.
Leavitt, L. R., Teacher, Meredith.
Richardson, Edward, Hancock.
Barker, E. B., Merchant, Franconia.
Richardson, R.
E.,
Lumber
Dealer, Bethel.
Brown, Thomas W., Clergyman, Dover.
Horton, Charles
Book-keeper, Dover.
Spalding, G. B., Clergyman, Dover.
Wyatt, Oliver, Merchant, Dover.
Foster, George M., Printer, Dover.
Malvern, L., Clergyman, Dover
Thurston, James, Clergyman, Dover.
Stewart, J. T., Clergyman, Dover.
Chamberlain, G. W., Attorney at Law, Dover.
Libbey, J. T. 0., Publisher, Dover.
Couch, H. H., Farmer, Salisbury.
Paige, C. A., Farmer, Salisbury.
Gilman, G. W., Farmer, Salisbury.
Walker, J. H., Farmer, Wilmot Flat.
Til ton, N. H., Tanner, Wilmot Flat.
Pierce, Charles W., Tanner, Wilmot Flat.
Pierce, Rufus P., Mechanic, Dublin.
Wields, Willard A., Mechanic, Hancock.
Melville, J. H., Farmer, Nelson.
Atwood, C. C, Merchant, Nelson.
Gould, M., Clergyman, Nelson.
Atwood, 0. P. & Sons, Clothes Pin Manuf rs,
Nelson.
Morse, Jewett, Farmer, Nelson.
Taylor, F., Chair Dealer, Munsonville.
Burgett, George L., Chairs, Trunks, &c, MunII.,
Bonville.
Kimball, J. L., Canvasser, Nelson.
Hersey, Elizabeth Mrs., Bennington.
Bryant, Daniel, Litchfield.
S., Litchfield.
Hill, A. G., Litchfield.
Daniel, S.
�ADDITIONAL NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
ACWORTH.
CANDIA.
Barnard, L. P.
ANDOVER.
#
"White, C. J.
Farmer.
ANDOVER CENTRE.
Chase, H. J.
„
„
Chase, N. S. At Peg Manufactory.
Cochran, C. A. „
„
foster, Jacob, R. Peg Manufacturer.
Moody, M. G. Tinman.
Morgan, G. A. Manufacturer.
•
Morrill, C. A. Mechanic.
Palmer, Leonard,
Farmer.
Procter, John,
Woodbury, G. W. Mechanic.
Woodbury, Wm. D. Carpenter.
ANTRIM.
W.
Adams, James Cle.-g\ man.
Bachelder, James R. Carponter.
Brown, John A. Farmer.
Brown, Frank P.
Buswell, S. Augustine Shoemaker.
Gate, John W. Farmer and Lumber Dealer.
Dearborn, George J.
Dolber, Mrs. M. .*. Teacher.
Dudley, Woodbury J. Merchant.
Edgerly, Andrew J. Farmer.
Emerson, D. F.
Fisk, Albin W.
Dry Goods Dealer.
Shoemaker.
French, John P. Farmer.
Heath, Aaron Shoemaker.
Langford, Joseph C.
Lothrop, N. C. Clergyman.
Lovejoy, <;. E. Clergyman.
Marden, John E. Shoemaker.
Marden. George W. Farmer.
Partridge, William Shoemaker.
Patten, A. F'rank Farmer.
Patten, Rufus E. Farmer.
Insurance Agent.
Bass, Eben Farmer and Auctioneer.
Brackett, II. T. Farmer.
Brooks, Levi II. Stone Mason.
Bryer, John R. Blacksmith.
Carr, W. K. Farmer.
Carr, Wm. R. Farmer.
Christie, Morris Physician.
Cochran, Warren R. Clergyman.
Dodge, Brothers Furniture Manufacturers.
Duncan, John M. Builder.
Dustin. B. F. Farmer.
Farmer.
J. H.
Watson, Joseph Stone Mason.
Weeks, Geo. Forrest Clergyman.
Wentworth, Samuel G. Farmer.
Willey, George W. Shoemaker.
Trader.
Gilmore, W. II. Wheelwright.
Man'fr. of Cutlery
Goodell, D. H.
Currier, Albert L.
Baker, E.
Reynolds, Wm. 0. Shoemaker.
Kobinson, George F. Union Hotel.
Smith, Levi D. Shoemaker.
Farmer and Lumber Dealer.
Trnell. Asa T.
Trussell, Warren M. Stone Cutter.
Wason,
Fairfield, A.
CHESTER.
& Apple
Parers.
Hadley, John S. Farmer.
Ilerrick, N. B. Farmer.
Holmes, Ira Farmer.
Loveren, Josiah Lumber Dealer.
Parmenter, O. F. Farmer.
Bwett, Daniel Farmer.
Tuttle. Wm. N. Mason.
Whittemore, Reede P. Farmer.
AUBURN.
Sanborn, H.
C.
Farmer.
BENNINGTON.
W. Manufacturer.
W. S. Contractor.
Burns, G.
Carkin.
Hotel Keeper.
Cheney, Luther,
Dodge, J. C. Farmer.
Eaton, William. Carpenter.
Felch, Benj. D. Farmer.
Gilmore, Wm. H. Wheelwright.
Griswold, Geo. P. Butcher.
Mechanic.
Ilackett, Michael.
Holmes, James. Clergyman.
Holt, Henry D. Mechanic.
Farmer.
CONCORD.
Abbott, Downing Co. Carriage M'frs., 2 copies.
Abbott. J. H.
Abbott, F. D. Clerk.
Adams, C. G. Dealer in Ales.
Adams, G. H. Dealer in Ales wholesale.
Allen, D. C. Machinist.
—
Asvlum
for the Insane.
Bailey, E. C. Editor.
Dalian & Curtice, Man'frs Organs
Batchelder^J. T. Grocer.
Biddle, B. Depot Restaurant.
& Melodeons
Blanchard, J. S. Dry Goods.
Blauchard, G. S. Attorney at Law.
Blanchard, Geo. A. Blauchard Churn.
Boynton, C. M. Clerk.
Grocer.
Butterfield, Sam.
Call, Horace Dealer in Lumber.
Carroll, L. II. Dining Rooms.
Carter, S. Ion State Treasurer.
Carter, Andrew B. Grocer.
Carter, Oren T. Grocer.
Chase,
J.
II.
Clifford, J. E.
Stoves and Tinware.
Boots and Shoes.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
668
Clough,
Coffin,
Wm.
A.
CONTOOCOOK.
Book-keeper.
Frank Wholesale Flour Dealer.
John City Marshal,
Connell,
Corning, Charles II., Law Student, Concord.
Corning,
II.
Ilair Dresser.
Crockett, Geo. W. Confectioner.
Crocker, J. R. Prop. Phoenix Hotel.
Crowell, Robert T. Druggist.
Cumniings Geo. A. Marble Worker.
Duilge, Howard A. Wholesale Hardware Deal.
W
Dow,
.
C0NT0C00KVILLB.
Hardon, Rev. Charles.
Jeweller.
C. J.
DEERFIELD.
Downing. A. Carriage Manufr.
Drew, A. E. Clergyman.
Durgin,
Brown, 0. W. Carpenter.
Dustin, Mark G. Commercial Agent.
Gray, Geo. A. Merchant.
Osborn, A. J. Carpenter.
Seavey, Daniel Carpenter.
W.
B.
Silver
Chase, Alden B. Blacksmith.
Chase, Wm. F. Farmer.
Ware ManuPr,
Dutton, J S. Prop. Elm House.
Eastman, Chas. S. Druggist.
Eastman, E. C. Books and Stationery.
Cram,
Edgerly, J. W. & Co. Grocers.
Emery, Geo. H. '-Concord Harness."
Danforth, Dea.
Farley, <ieo. B. Marble Worker.
Ferrin, II. L. Grocer.
Hill,
John
Geo.
Merchant
II.
W.
Hoit, J. Frank
Tailor.
Clerk.
Grocer.
Humphrey, Moses Kit Manufacturer.
Hutchins, Abel Wholesale Flour Dealer.
Johnson, J. D. Harnesses and Trunks.
Jones, Seth K.
Jones, D. B. Millinery Goods.
Jones, A. G. Farmer.
Kilburn, Mrs. E. G.
Kimball, John Mayor.
Kimball, W. G. C. Photographer.
Knight, Jeweller.
Knee, E. J. Hair Dresser.
Ladd, W. D. Iron Dealer.
Lang, T. M., 2d. Clerk in Pension Office,
Lock, J. 8.
Mayers, R.
Merrill, J.
ball, D.
IS.
Billiard
-
Rooms.
Livery Stable.
Bros.
Clothing.
v
lb. we Machine Co. By R. Ramedell, General Agent, 161 Maine St., State office
the Elias Howe Sewing Machine.
Tilton, C. F. Picture Frames.
Todd, Geo, B. Bnpt of Northern R. R.
of
Underbill, F. B.
Dry Goods.
Merchant Tailor.
Upton, J. H.
Walker, Gost. Wholesale Hardware Dealer.
W lute, Nathaniel U. S. & Canada Express.
White John If. Prop. Eagle Hotel.
M bit, her, B. 0. Wholesale Flour and Grain.
Young, Geo. B. Iron Fence.
Dpham, W.
Civil Engineer."
•
Mechanics.
Mill.
F"armer.
Farmer.
Undertaker.
Prescott, S. jr. Farmer.
Prescott, George P. Farmer.
Robinson, Gilbert Farmer &
Dining Rooms.
Owen, Frank Dealer in Wines, &c.
Prescott, A. J. Organ Manufacturer.
Prescott, E. P. Wholesale Flour and Grain.
Robinson, A. U. Physician.
Saflbrd, H. G. Clergyman.
B oborn, Chas. P.
Attorney at Law.
Sargent, Frank A. Piano Maker.
Bhaw, W. D. Hats and Clothing.
Shaw, J. D. Artist.
Sinclair, H. M. Eating Rooms.
Shirley, John M. State Reporter.
Stevens, Frank M. Dealer in Wines, 4c.
Stewart, T. W. Merchant Tailor.
The
W.
Merchant.
Drew, Rufus Farmer.
Fifleld, H. L. Shoemaker.
Fogg, Franklin Farmer.
Freese, Wm. G. Farmer.
Furnald, D. S. Farmer.
Gerrish, B. & E. F. Shoemakers.
Giles, C. N. Farmer.
Haines, Samuel G. Farmer.
Hoag, Joseph Farmer.
Hoitt, Horace M. Shoemaker.
James, C. L. Farmer.
King, W. E. Music and School Teacher.
Ladd, Lewis A. Insurance Agent.
Ladd, David B.« Farmer.
Morrison, Isaac H. Farmer.
Moulton, Daniel I'. Farmer and Cooper.
Norris, L. B.
Moore. Chas. P.
Moore, James & Sons, Wholesale Hardware.
Moore, II. P. Silver Types.
Murphy, Eugene 0. Harness Maker.
National State Capitol Bank.
New
Geo.
S. C.
Osgood, J. S.
Prei-cott, J. F.
Wood, Coal and Ice.
Dry Goods.
S. Carriage Manufr.
Norton, W. K.
Noyes, George
W. &
Dow, John A. Portable Steam Saw
Fogg, Geo. G.
Ford & Kimball, Iron Foundry.
Groves, W. H. F. Gold and Silver Engraver.
Hadley, Amos Supt. Pub. Sch. in Concord.
Hill,
Music Teacher and Agent.
J. C,
Currier, T.
Lumber Dealer.
Robinson, J. J. Farmer.
Robinson, Simeon A. Farmer.
Rogers, A., Deerfield & Danville
Shooks.
Ring, I. & E. S. Shoemakers.
Sanborn, T. W. Mason.
Sanborn, B. J. Merchant.
Sanborn, R. J. Farmer.
Shore, William Blacksmith.
Smith, J. S
Farmer.
Stevens, Daniel M. Farmer.
Stone, Joseph Mechanic.
Stearns,
John
Thompson, Wm.
Tilton,
II.
J.
Towle, G. H.
Lumber
G.
Tucker, Chas. C.
Lumber and
Dealer.
Farmer and Lumber Dealer.
Farmer.
Farmer.
jr.
Physician.
M. V. B. Farmer and Lumber Dealer.
Walker, H. C. Clergyman.
Whittier, Addison S. Farmer.
Whittier, Daniel L. Farmer.
Tilton,
DEERING.
Chase, Dennis R.
Farmer.
Codman, Mendal, Farmer.
Cressey, Horace B. Farmer.
Dow, E. C. Blacksmith.
Kll is, John E. Carpenter.
Ellinwood, James S. Farmer.
Gilmore, Frank, B. Farmer.
Wm. II. Wheelwright.
Gove, Joseph N. Farmer.
Gove, J. G. Carriage Manufacturer.
Goodall. Lewis, Attorney at Law.
BUI, Gilbert P. Shoe Maker
Holton, Edwin C. Student.
Loveren, Warren, Farmer.
Morrill, J. G. Farmer.
Muzzey, Ervin D. Farmer.
Giltnore,
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Putney, Almon, Farmer.
Sears, Geo. H. Farmer.
Clergyman.
S. C.
Morrill, J. J. Farmer.
Sanborn, C. A.
Smith, J. P.
Thompson, W. Le.
Kimball,
Smith, Isaac, Farmer.
Varney, Albert L. Student.
Whitaker, Hiram H. Farmer.
DORCHESTER.
GILMANTON.
Burnham, Nathaniel,
Farmer.
Burpee, Marshall, Farmer.
Cheever. Sam'l, Farmer.
Fitts, John M. Merchant.
Reed, Hiram, Farmer.
Streeter, L. M.
Farmer.
Allen, L. B. Teacher in Penmanship.
Blake, Joseph. Clergyman.
Brown, Joseph. Merchant.
Buswell, Samuel, Farmer.
Farmer and Lumber
EAST ANDOVER.
Durgan, Clark. Mechanic.
Emery, E. (1. Fanner.
Hersey, F. G. Lumberman and Farmer.
Kilborn, Henry W. Farmer.
Moody, Rev. II. Clergyman.
Severance, T. Farmer.
Farmer.
Newell, Albert N. Farmer.
Noose, John B. Insurance Agent.
Page, AsaT. Farmer.
Page, Luther E.
Peasley, Henry W.
Peasley, Zaccheus. Farmer.
Potter, Thomas G. F'armer
Ross, George W. Undertaker and Painter.
Sanborn, Alvan E. Student.
Sanborn, G. W. Farmer.
Smith, A. A. Blacksmith.
Bean, John P. Farmer.
Bussell, Samuel, Farmer.
FRANCESTOWN.
Barrett, Cyrus A. Wheelwright.
Belcher, Lyman, Blacksmith.
Bradford, T. B.
Merchant.
Bank
Treasurer.
Bryant, Chas. P. Farmer.
Campbell, II. F. Clergyman.
Cochran, R. 0. Farmer.
Cochran, Win. Farmer.
Colburn, James L. Trader's Clerk.
Downes, S. D. Trader.
Dunklee, F. II. Miller.
Duncklee, Geo. A. Farmer.
Eaton, Sam. W. Farmer.
Emerson. K. W. Farmer.
Epps, Geo. D. Blacksmith.
Farnuin, W. H. Hotel Keeper.
Fisher, Moses B. Farmer.
Farmer.
Hill, Edmund N.
Holt, Stephen, Farmer.
Joslyn, Samuel 0. Farmer.
Langdell. Elzaphan, Farmer.
Lord, Wm. A. Farmer.
Manahan, Horace M. Miller.
Morse, John G. Farmer.
Patch, Hiram, Farmer.
Farmer.
Pettee, Geo. F.
Roper, E. F. Machinist.
Simpson, Henry Y. Physician.
Taylor, T. E. Teamster.
Wilson, Chas. E. Student.
Woodward, Abner B. Farmer.
Varney, Edwin. Merchant.
Wright, Nahum. Physician.
GREENFIELD.
Blanchard, Henry W. Farmer.
Brooks, John S. Butcher.
Dunklee, Henry II. Hotel Keeper.
Farrington, Isaac, Farmer.
Hopkins Bros. Lumber and Grain Dealers.
Peavev, Geo. S. Cattle Dealer.
Partridge. S. II. Phyiscian ami Clergyman.
Wallace, Chas. D. Shoemaker,
GROTON
HANCOCK.
«
FRANCONIA.
Davis,
Noah
Barber, Alfred, Gardener.
Carlton, J. Carpenter.
Dane, John B. Stage Agent.
Davis, Joseph, Farmer.
Hill. John P.
Little, J. L.
Farmer.
Farmer.
Matthews, Samuel, Farmer.
Nesmith, Jonathan, Farmer.
Patten David, Hotel Keeper.
HENNIKER.
Clement, Edwin B.
Eastman, Geo. A.
Wood, Geo. D.
V. B.
Farmer.
HOOKSET.
Docham, J. N.
W.
Paper Maker.
Farmer.
HILLSBOROUGH.
Farmer.
GILFORD VILLAGE.
Eaton,
Tanner and Currier.
Foster, A.J.
L.
Sanbon, Alvah 0.
Farmer.
Swett, George L.
Parker, E. B., Merchant, Franconia.
GILFORD.
Gilmanton Academy. Library.
Haynes, Wm. & Son. Rake Manufacturers.
Hill, Charles W. Farmer.
Hill, J. P., Farmer.
Hutchinson, F. Watches and Clocks.
Jenkins, Lewis. Farmer.
Jones, John W. Blacksmith.
Lougee, Stephen G. Former.
Marsh, J. & E. Propr's. Washington House.
Merrill, Chas. E.
EAST WILMOT.
Bixby, Thomas E.
Farmer.
French, Warren B.
Alley, J. Farmer.
Bussitt, H.M. Mechanic.
Durgan, F B. Mechanic.
Stevens, Sylvester.
Augusta E.
Colcord, Richard R. Shoe workman.
Collins, 0. F. & F. T.
Connell, John. Merchant.
Edgerly, Etta M. Teacher.
Foss, Alvah. Farmer,
Farmer.
i'rench, Merwin E.
Collin,
DOVER.
Prescott, Capt. Sam'l
Dealer.
669
Hunter H.
Gile, Benj. J.
Harness Maker.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
670
Gifford, 0. G.
Gordon, W. O.
Hanson, R. R.
Saw Mill.
Saw Mill.
Haselton, George W.
Jones, Walter.
Jordou, James.
Nutting, Elien H.
Peaslee, Daniel W. Carpenter.
Reumley, Albert.
LACONIA.
Blaisdell,
W.
M.
Farmer.
Bla sdell, John C. Farmer.
BlaisdelL Wm. P.
Greene, E C. Carpenter and Builder.
Johnson, Charles H. Blacksmith.
Lougee, Curtis J. Painter.
Richardson, Chas. F. Farmer.
Robinson, Prank I. Farmer.
Robinson, John II. Farmer.
Sanborn, Jacob Farmer.
Webster, Jacob G.
Whittier, Moses J. Carriage Maker.
Woodman,
Ella.
LACONIA TILLAGE.
Attorney at Law.
Croggan Andrew.
Dow, Fred. Spinner.
Copp, Gustavus A.
Elkins, C. II.
Baker.
Frye, Joseph F. Carpenter.
Fullerton, C. H. Druggist.
Gilman, David.
Gove, Mary J.
Jewett, Samuel.
Oram, Charles E. Machinist.
Paige, Asa F. Painter.
Pearson, II. C. Spinner.
Taylor, Fred. Spinner.
Weeks, G. W., of Weeks Bros.
II.
Dry Goods.
Machinist.
Merchant.
Aldricl), I. M.
Merchant.
Appleton. William Jr. Hosiery.
Bailey, Mrs. Sarah J.
Baker, T. D.
Berry & Merrill.
Bowler, Thomas.
Brown, C. F. Merchant.
Brown, Levi 13. Stable Keeper.
Bugbee, II. 0. Merchant.
Bnrnham, W. I. Moulder.
Buzzell,G. M. Hair Dresser.
Clark. J. II. Clergyman.
Clark, S. C. Attorney at Law.
M
Machinist.
Treas. Cole Mannf g Co.
Cole, 15. J.
Cole, Kimball
Moulder.
Cole, S. B. Capt. Steamer,
Co'ik, J.
Cox,
I>.
M.
W.
S.
M.
"Stocking Trimmer."
S.inboru, David.
Aldrich, Johsi
E.
Hoit,
Houston, W. G. Barber.
Huntress, N. C. At J. Pepper's Mill.
Jewell, B. F. Merchant.
Kennedy, Geo. L. Frame work Knitter.
"
Kennedy, Robert
Leavett. Christopher Overseer in Appleton's
Hosiery Mills.
Leavett, James Knitting.
Lougee. Frank W. Blacksmith.
Mitchel, R. W. Conductor.
Moore, J. C. Physician.
Morse, Lizzie.
Moulton. 0. M. Machinist.
Murphy, M. T. Overseer at Pepper's Mill.
Oakes, Simeon S. Machinist.
Odell, J.L. Druggist.
Olin, J. T. Iron Melter.
Ryan, Edward
Ryder, C. M.
Adams, Williams
Clough,
Gerald, Laura.
Gilman, Mrs. Abbie M.
Gordon, J. E.
Gray, John Farmer.
Hall, K. S. Clergyman.
Haynes, A. C. Conductor on R. R. Cars.
Haynes, M. A. Editor of Lake Village Times.
Hendley. John B. Merchant.
Hodgdon. Sam. Hosiery Manuf r.
Machinist.
Peaslee, B. F.
Pepper, John Hosiery Manufr.
Pepper, W. H. Machinist.
Robie, C. D. & Co. Merchants.
Rublee, II. F. Blacksmith.
LAKE VILLAGE.
Abel, William
Chief Engineer on Steamer
Folsom, Josiah
" Ladv of the Lake."
Foss, D. B.
George, Otis Carder at J. Pepper's Mill.
"Lady of the Lake."
Wheelwright and Machinist.
Machinist.
Carrier, J. E. Blacksmith.
dishing, R. B. Dentist.
Dames, Dorethy.
Daniels, J. F.
Latch Needle Mauufr.
Darke. D.G.
Davis, John.
Dearborn, John n. Printer.
Dearborn, R. EL Railroad Employee.
Dodge, M. E.
Sanborn. Machinist.
Shackford, N.
Sheeper, Chas. M. Farmer.
Shute, Fannie D.
Simnuns, H. Bleacher.
Simpson. James A. Mechanic.
Smith, A. V. Moulder.
Smith, Ruins.
Sprey, John Stocking Trimmer.
Steele, Joseph.
Story, D. B. Belknap House.
Sturtevant, George Teamster.
Swain, John II. Clerk in Drug store.
Swazy, H. W. Job Teaming and Wood dealer
Taylor, Miles Station Agent.
Taylor, 0. C. Carder.
Tilton, Bettie.
Tucker, Arthur Machinist.
Ward, E D. Photographer.
WardweUl C. P. S. Needle ManuPr.
Webster, John.
Wheeler, E. H. Railroad.
Whittier, J. P. Traveling Salesman.
Whitten, S. Needle Manufr.
Whitman, F. C. Railroad Shop.
Whitting, Annie S.
Wilcomb, Edgar
Wilder. Geo. A.
Woodworth, W.
II.
Merchant, Gen'l Assortment
Needle Manufr.
E.
LEBANON.
Donevan, J. G.
Durrell,.!. M. Machinist.
Barber, Lovell F. Farmer.
Barker, Daniel Farmer.
Bean, Henry A. Farmer.
Bennett, G. Merchant.
Benton, C. C.
M. R. Car Builder
Ellsworth.
Fergesou, David Conduct, on Passenger cars
Billings, II. S. Farmer.
Bixliy, A.
Foundry.
Blaisdell, Edson U. Farmer.
ElkiiiB,
�671
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
English, John AY. Farmer.
Farr, Evarts AY. Attorney at Law.
Farr, George. Proprietor Oak Hill House.
Farr, Nelson C. Merchant.
Farr, Noah. Farmer.
Mechanic.
Bliss, Philetus
Farmer.
Bliss, II. E.
Blodgett, G' orge Farmer.
Bowles, W. S. Dentist.
Breck, John T. Farmer.
Bridgeman, M. C. Auctioneer.
Buck, J. H. Farmer.
Calley, F.
M.
Chandler, J.
Fisher, H. J. Furniture Dealer.
Flanders, Nathaniel. Farmer.
Furber, George C. Editor of Republic.
Printer.
Mechanic.
Graham,
Editor.
Shop * Foundry.
Farmer.
Dunbar, II. B. Poultry Dealer.
Durant. E. J. Merchant.
Eastman, Edward Mason.
Fairbanks, Chester Machinist.
Freeman, C. F. Farmer.
Gallop, Mrs. Susan E.
Farmer.
Gile, A. R.
Deming, N.
Goodrich, H. P. Stair Builder.
Hall, A. A. Prop. Lafayette Hotel.
Harvey, H.
Heath, E. M. Farmer.
Hildrith, C. M. Hardware, Cutlery
Farmer.
Hatch, 0. C.
Holmes, Arial. Lumber Dealer.
Hntchins, F. D. Teacher.
Kilburn Brothers. Photographers.
Lovejoy, Chas. H. Doors. Sash and Blind
R. Re-'t., Hotels, etc
Marsh, Sylvester.
Mclntire, Alex. Lumber Dealer.
Farmer.
Mills, A. H.
Paddleford, P. H. Millwright and Machinist.
Parker, D. C.
Parker, Ira. Glove Manufacturer.
Parker, L. II. Hair Dresser.
Parker, Silas & Co. Tanners and Curriers.
Printer for Kilburn Bros.
Peavey, Jas. 8
Quimby, John C. Farmer.
Rand, Jane II.
Livery Stable and FarRichardson, Henry.
&
mer.
,
Sanborn, L. D. & Co. Furniture Dealers.
Sawyer, S. C. Dentist.
Stoves.
Hoytt, Mary B.
Kelsey, H. S. Soap Manafr.
Keniston, M. L. Farmer.
KeLney, L. P. Farmer.
Kecdrick, E. A. Cashier of Bank.
Kendrick, F. B. Watch-maker.
Knight, E. A. Physician.
Lathrop, Geo. H. Farmer.
Liscomb, E. P. Postmaster.
Mahan, C. B. Machinist.
Miller, J. A. Farmer.
Miner, John T. Carpenter.
Orcutt, Hiram Prin. Tilden Female Seminary.
Packard, C. W. Farmer.
Lumber
Stevens, T. M. Jeweler.
Thayer, H. L. Proprietor Thayers Hotel.
Towne, H. G. Farmer.
AYatson, H. L. Physician.
AYeeks, Alonzo. Boot & Shoe Dealer & Mannt
AYhitney, F. G. Edge Too! Maker.
AYoodward. Edge Tool Maker.
Young, Cyrus. Livery Stable.
MANCHESTER.
Abbott, E.O. Fruit, Confectionery 4 Fancy
Goods.
Allen & Flanders Civil Engineers.
Baldwin, James & Co. Bobbins and Shuttles.
Blodgett, AY. C. Carpenter.
Dealer.
Farmer.
Farmer.
M. F. Mechanic.
Bichardson,
Kice, L. M. Farmer.
Ross, D. M. Mechanic.
Boioe, F. M.,
Restaurant.
Mechanic.
Sawyer,
Sayer, Frank Livery Stable.
Simmons, N. S. Mechanic.
Spring, J. L. Attorney at Law.
Stone, B. F. Engineer.
Stowell, Alfred Mechanic.
Templeton, Lucy L.
Thomas. Edward Farmer.
Truman, Mrs. S.
S.
ics
Denney, & Bisco, Card Clothing Manufaeturers. Mechanics Row.
Dinsmore, A. & C. Lumber Dealers and Box
Manufacturers.
Mechanic.
Edgerly, Clarence M.
Elm
Insurance.
091
Fahey, Patrick
Fitzgerald, Martin Marble Worker.
Follansbee, H. A. Grocer.
Gerrish & Boutwell, Druggists.
Haddock, C.F. Shoe Manufacturer.
Hardy, E. T. Wholesale Dealer in Confectionery.
& Cigars.
Heselton, H. AV. Shoemaker.
Book Binder, Blank Book
Hoitt. Geo. C.
Manufacturer and Paper Ruler.
Hunkins, A. D. Cigar Dealer.
Kennedy, Edwin Clothing.
Kinne, M. Ar B. Carpenter & Lumber Dealer
Lamso'n & Marden, Granite Workers.
.
Depot Store.
Dealer.
Fire
Street.
Ales, AYines, Ac.
Charlton, John M. Farmer.
Chase, Chester P. Printer.
Cudworth, E. Lumber Dealer.
Dodge, Marshall C. Farmer.
Dunn, E. D. Contractor and Builder.
Lumber
Row.
Druggist.
II. G.
Daniels & Co., Hardware.
AYm. H. Book Keeper.
Darling,
Conner,
Bailoy, A. E.
Barrett. J. J. & AY. G. Insurance Agents.
Batchelder, A. S. Law Student.
Bingham, Geo. A. Lawyer.
Bishop, R. M. Contractor on Railroads.
Brooks, Ezra, Jr. Tailor.
Bugbee, R. Jr. Physician.
C. F.
8
Chandler, P. B., & Co. Clothing
Chevalier, J. Aug. Catholic Pastor.
Cleworth, John, Reed Manufacturer .Mechan-
LITTLETON.
Eaton, Charles.
Mechanic
Buck, AVm. E. Teacher.
Cassidy, AY. H. Carpenter and Builder.
Abbott, G. F. Druggist.
Aldrich, AVatson. Farmer.
Allen. Abijah. Farmer.
Eastman,
Groceries.
Druggists.
Roll Coverer.
Row.
AY. B.
Enos
Co.
Bradley, Charles B.
P.
Weeks,
&
Boutwell & Gerrish.
Sargent, A. AY.
AYhite,
P. S.
Cashier Littleton Nat'l Bank.
Clark, Asa
Cole, Bugbee & Co. Machine
Colby, Lucy A.
Con-tantine, M. Farmer.
Davis, W. F. Dentist.
Pattee, L. C.
Perley, M. P.
Pierce, F. AY.
Machinist.
Griggs, Alvin.
S.
Cheney, E. H.
I
�672
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Lane, John G. Insurance. Plumer's Building
Leighton, Geo. A. Machinist.
Lowell, A. II. Iron Foundry, Castings of all
PETERBORO.
Gilligan, Daniel
Martin, R. W. Carriage Painter.
McCrillis & Son,
Carriage Man'frs.
Cor.
Bridge and Wilson sts.
Cody',
Boots and Shoes.
Messier, Octavius L. Groceries & Provisions.
Mooar, John Watches and Jewelry.
McDonald &
Morrill, N. E.
Insurance. 871
Catholic Pastor.
O'Brien. J.
Elm
Glass, Agricultural Tools, Seeds, etc.
A. W.
Carriage Manu'fr. 1168
Sanborn,
st.
Shelters & Lewis, Boot & Shoe Dealers.
Slayton, E. M. Wholesale Dealer in CountryProd iice, 494 Chesnnt St.
Sleeper, & Co. W. F. Grocers & Provision
Dealers.
Smith. J. A. V. Flier Manufacturer. Mechan
Row.
Smith. & Co. J. L. Box Manufacturers, Plane
ing Mill & Lumber.
ie's
Dealer in Nuts.
Tv.i-s, II. B.
VickerA Co
II. M.
Maufacturers of White
Spruce Beer. Ginger Ale & Soda.
Watts & Holmes Flour & Grain, wholesale.
Weeks, B. B. Druggist.
Williams, George G. Merchant Tailor. Globe
Block.
Wilson, Julius E.
Fire Insurance.
MASON.
Hammond,
Farmer.
Goodwin, Daniel, Clergyman.
Whittaker, George, Fruit Grower.
Elliot, J.
MEREDITH VILLAGE.
Bean, F. T.
Clergyman.
Burleigh, C. M. Hotel Druggist.
Cotton, A vah, Canvasser.
I
Dow, M.
E.
Lang, J. M. Merchant.
Moulton, II. II.
Xorris, Daniel, Undertaker.
Rollins, L.
W.
Stevens, Eben.
Thurston, 8. D. Farmer.
Wadleigh, Charles, Farmer.
Wndleigh, M. L. Farmer,
Wadleigh, S. T. Farmer.
NEW
BOSTON.
Butterficld, D. N. Manufacturer of Toy Bureaus, Iron Water Wheels and Machinery.
NEWMARKET.
Burley, Harrison G. Farmer.
Ervin, William Machinist.
Haines, ('. p. Batting Manufacturer.
Jenncss, Charles V. Pattern Maker.
Langlands, William Gardener.
Pendergost, Edmund B. Farmer.
Senter, N. F. Carriage Maker.
Smith, Cyrus G. Farmer.
Wiggin, Edwin
Wiggins, James
F.
S.
Farmer.
Merchant.
Weave Room.
Dodge, E. B. Lumberman.
Eastman, 0. G. Mechanic.
Flanders, 0. S. D. Mechanic.
Seavey, A. G. Miller.
Seavey, James. Mechanic.
RAYMOND.
Street.
Parmelee, J. II. Dentist.
Pike & Heald, Ranges, Furnaces, Plumbing.
Raymond, Wm. H. Stable Keeper.
Robie, John H.
Rockwell, A. L. Custom Boots & Shoes. 21
Stark Block.
Rogers, William C.
Hardware, Paints, Oils,
Elm
Overseer in
POTTER PLACE.
kinds.
Scribner, John Farmer.
Scribner, Charles W. Farmer.
RDMNEY.
Manfr. of Truss Pads.
Abbott Jos. Merchant.
Adams S. Carriage & Sleigh Manfr.
Ames, G. H. Glove Cutter.
Abbott, Daniel,
Ames, Frank P. Painter.
Atwood, Fre A. Farmer.
Avery, S. W. Ladder Mnfr.
i
D.
Hotel Keeper.
J. 0.
Teamster.
Blodgett, S. F. Shoe Workman.
Burnham, J. C. Mechanic.
Baker.
Blake,
S.
Bnrnham,
J.
W.
Farmer.
Farmer.
Buzzell, Abial,
Buzzell, Fred M. Ladder Manfr.
Chapman Chas. C. Ladder Manfr.
(base, J. W. Agt. Steam Washer for Grafton
County.
Colburn, J. A. Farmer.
Collins. George W.
Craig, B. M. Farmer.
Craig, C. C. Blacksmith.
Currier, W. P. Farmer.
Davis. Jacob, Brick Maker.
Doe, O. D. Farmer.
Elliot, Climera F. Miss.
Teacher.
Lumber Mnfr.
Elliot' C. H.
Lumber Manfr.
Elliot. E. H, & Brother,
Farnsworth, Miss. Belle C. Teacher.
Fifield, Dana,
Painter & Glazier.
Fletcher, George W. Buck Glove Manfr.
Ford, II. R. Painter & Manfr. Caskets & Coffins.
French, C. N. Farmer.
French, George P. Glove Cutter.
French, S.
Farmer.
George, A. R. Butcher.
George, Mrs. Thomas.
Gillet, C.
Farmer.
Greeley, Guy E. Buck Glove Manfr.
Hall, A. C.
Hall. B. A.
Physician.
Farmer & Butcher.
Hardy, B. P. Manfr. of Wood Handles Ac.
Ilavnes, J. H.
Farmer.
Herbert, C. W. Farmer.
Holden, Milton. )
„ . en . „ 011 "'
Ho,
Holden,Cha S
.
.A.L
|2
2
Spaulding. Q. C. j Cai »P h °r Refiners.
Jeffers, E. W.
Shoe Workman.
Kenniston, D. D
Farmer.
Keys, Henry, Farmer.
Keys, J. P. Bobbin Manfr.
Keys, Frank A. Student.
Marston, A. R. Farmer.
Marstou, A. Farmer.
Merrill, Frank H.
Ladder Manfr.
Merrill, S. E. Lumber Manfr.
Morrill, A. R. Machine Broker.
Palmer, Chas. C. Ladder Manfr.
Pa} ne, Mrs. G. W. Milliner.
Pease, Charles,
Peppard, J.
W.
Perkins Mrs.
S.
Farmer.
Manfr. Ladders, Steps, Clipper Sleds,
M.
Snow
Shovels, Ac.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Hoyt, Hiram
Person, Abbott W. Teamster.
Pillsbury, D. R. Mechanic.
Preston, Clinton F. Farmer.
Quincy, Hon. Josiali
Quincy, S. H. Merchant.
Robinson, George H. Lumber Manfr.
Simmons, Jag. S. Ladder Manfr.
Simpson, C, B. Merchant.
Simpson, D. L. Physician
Simpson, T. S. Lumber Dealer.
Smart. C. C. Brick Manfr.
Spalter, Rev. A. D. Teacher
Spaulding, Chas. Manfr. of Lumber, Brick
& Charcoal
Spaulding, E. 0. Charcoal Manfr.
Spaulding, Leverett, Farmer.
Spaulding, Luella H.
Stevens, Henry B.
Stevens, 0. L. Ladder Manfr.
Swain, Miss. Eva J. Teacher.
Swain, J. R. Station Agt.
Tilton, J. D. Clergyman
RTE.
Farmer.
Farmer.
Foss, Robert S.
Garland, Chas. D. Farmer.
David, Farmer.
Jenne>s,
Jenness, Emery C. Farmer.
Jenness, G. H. Chairman School Committee.
Johnson, Gilman W. Farmer.
Jones, Mrs. Parry.
Morrill, Alva H. Clergyman.
Odiorne, Sylvester D. farmer.
Philbrick, John. Farmer.
Philbrook, 0. B. Mason.
Rand, Henry S. Mason.
Rand, Obed. Farmer.
SULLIVAN.
Nahum Shoemaker.
Currier.
Lyman
Blacksmith.
Atwell C, Farmer.
Goodwin, L. H. & D. W. Manuf rs and
ber and Chair Stock Dealers.
Nims, Augustus F. Farmer.
Stevens, J. G. Tanner and Currier.
White, Samuel S. Farmer.
Winchester, Elliot C. Farmer.
Davis,
Ellis,
UNITY.
D
ealer in Grain and
Lumber
Dealer in Lumber.
T.
Laborer.
Cummings, John
Farmer.
Goodwin, David L. Farmer.
J.icobs, George F. Teamster.
Libby, Horatio R. Farmer.
Libby, Nathaniel & Ez. Farmers.
Merrill. Asa B. Farmer.
Noves. Fred E. Laborer.
Weeks, H. W. Lumber Dealer.
Weeks^ Ira M. Merchant.
Whicher, Levi C. Farmer.
Willey, Alexander. Farmer.
WASHINGTON.
Crane, 0. T.
Abbott, C. Henrv, Hotel Keeper,
Aldrich, C. E. Farmer & Summer Boarding
House,
Lumber Dealer,
Aldrich, D. M.
Aldrich, Ira M. Summer Boarding House.
Allard, Sam'l, Firm, Gordon Allard & Co.
Lumber Dealers.
Amadon. Geo. M. Fngineer for Wbiteneld
Lumber Co,
F. Farmer.
Jeweller & Druggist.
S,
Bond, J. Farmer.
Farmer.
S. L.
Bray,
Briggs, 0, S. Farmer.
Brown, A. L. I Lumber Merchants of the Firm
Brown, W. G. j of A. L. & W. G. Brown & Co.
Brown, Frank P. Merchant.
Burns, C. W. Lumber Dealer.
Byrne, Wm, Lawyer.
Carleton, Mrs. E,
Chase. A. M. Farmer & Real Estate Agt.
Colby, C. J. Harness Maker.
Colby, J. S. Farmer.
Cole, G.
W. Farmer &
Cowing, C.
Hazen.
A
W. Engineer
Hazen.
Dodge, Leonard
L.
D. &
Lumber Sawyer,
Cummings, J.W.
& Co.
Darling, G.
Cattle Dealer.
Mechanics for
W.
C.
for L. D.
Teamster. G.
I*.
F.
Libbey
&
L. T.
W. Libby *
Co.
Dodge, M. B. Carpenter & Joiner.
Dodge, Wm. F. Proprietor of Mountain View
House.
Donovan, Wm. J. Teamster for Brown & Co,
Dustin, J. E. Mechanic for Brown & Co,
Enstmau, Ben. Farmer nd Teamster.
Eastman, Chas. Firm, Fasiman & Perkins,
Meat & Groceries.
Eastman, J. K. Livery Stable.
Teamster.
S. A.
Surveyor of Lumber, at
Fearoh, Fred C.
Brown's,
Fearon, G. Head Edger.
Lumber Dealer at War.
Fiske, Hazen W,
cester Mass.
Elmer,
Fiske, J. Sullivan,
WARREN.
Davis, Chas. S.
Gale. Chas. M.
Depot Master,
WHITEFIELD.
.-
Lum-
Glidden, Elisha.
Glidden, Ezra J.
Bixby, Jas. M.
WEST ANDOVER.
Brown, W. R.
Blood, 0.
Aldrich, J. K.
Cram, Frank
Farmer.
I.
Lincoln, F. B, Painter.
Proctor, Israel D. Rake Manuf 'r.
Proctor, Mary B.
Severance, John Farmer.
Bell.Wm.
Weeks, A T. Farmer,
Willoughby, J. F. Farmer.
Wyatt, Rev. T. jr. Pastor of North Holderness Church.
Bridge,
678
Farmer & Summer Board
ing House,
Fowler, A. J. Boot Manufacturer,
Goodwin, J, A. Carpenter.
Gordon, M. H. Firm, Gordon Allard
* Lole
Lumber
Dealers,
Gould, C. B, Farmer & Cattle Dealer.
Gould, L. R. Moulder.
Gove, George S, Physician,
Gove, Ira S. M. General Collection Agent.
Harmon, Wm. M. Clergyman,
Harriman, Geo, Teamster, G, W. Libby & UQ,
Hayes, Orange S. Boarding House Keeper
for
Brown &
niggins, M.
Co.
House Painter,
George W. Farmer,
Holmes, V. R. Board Sawyer,
Holmes, Willis, Lumberman,
Howland, 0. S. Farmer & Stlldeflt.
Huntoon, Amasa, Farmer,
Hutcuins, J. M. Farmer.
Iiildreth,
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
G74
Hutching, M. W. Farmer.
Hutching, W. B. Clerk Insurance Agent.
Jenkins, 0. E. Board Sawyer, C. Libby & Co.
Johnson, J. W. Mountain Stage Driver.
'
l.
Millwright and If achiuist.
King, C. E. Farmer.
Lambert, Louis, Lawyer.
Lane, A. W. Clerk. C. Libby & Co.
Lane, 1! F. Farmer.
Learned, Henry, Board Sawyer, G. W. Libby
&Co.
Learned, J. M. Saw Filer, 0. W. Libby & Co.
Libbey, n. C. Lumber Dealer.
Libbey, J. U A. Grain Mill.
Lumber Dealer.
Libby, Charles,
Libby, II. W. Lumberman, C. Libby & Co.
Libby, J. C. Millwripht.
Marden, E. F. Farmer.
Mc. Gregor. J. L. Student Agricultural College, Uanover.
Edger, C. Libby & Co.
0.
Mc Leod,
Miner, J. L. Farmer.
Morey, George E. Clerk at Brown's Store.
Morrison, Mrs. L, .Milliner, Dress Maker &
Fancy Hoods.
Morse, John, Engineer, G. W. Libby & Co.
Mason.
U
ton, G. P.
Newel, II. S. Farmer.
Nou^se, Eugene, Saw Filer for L. D. & L. T.
Uazen.
Palmer, C. J. Machinist for Brown & Co.
Parker, Daniel, Farmer.
Parker, L. D. Shingle Sawyer, G. W. Libby
A Co.
Perkins, J. S. Firm, of Eastmam & Perkins.
Meals & Groceries.
Pillsbury. Geo. II. Sash & Blind Manufacturer A Builder.
Piukham, G. II. Clergyman.
Priest, .1. B. Boarding Mouse, C. Libby & Co.
Pushee. E. P. Engineer for Brown & Co.
Putney, Alvin E.
Qnimby, A. II. Machinist, C. Libby k Co.
Quimby. Wm. K. Merchant.
Robinson, Geo. Laborer.
S mipson, Jennie E.
At Amoskeag Mills
Manchester.
V
ii
Sanders, John
II.
Teamster
for L. D.
&
L. T.
Uazen.
Snow, D. S. Builder & Sash & Blind Manfr
Snow, E. M. Builder of Houes.
Stalbird, Aaron, H. Carpenter.
Tague, Phill, Chopper for Brown
Farmer.
Taylor, John T.
Thomas, L.
Walker, F.
Warner, A.
I
Sm
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th, Lewis F.
Blacksmith for L. D. & L. T.
Uazen.
Smith, 0. P. Carpenter.
&,
Co.
Filer.
Stone Worker.
Farmer.
Blacksmith.
P.
B.
Wells, Isaac,
Wentworth, E. Mill Man at Brown's
Weston, E. II. Station Agent.
Win'. hi, Charles E. Millwright at Brown's
Whedon, W. J. Stone Mason.
Whitcher, L. D. G. f W. he S. f.
WILMOT CENTRE.
Brown, Joseph C.
Farmer.
Clough, Franklin C. Farmer.
Farmer.
Carpenter.
Langley, W. F. Farmer.
Messer, P. Farmer.
Fisk, Calvin.
Goodhen, Seth.
Stevens, Aim is. Farmer.
Stearns, Minot. Farmer.
Thompson, C. H. Farmer.
Trussell, Charles. Clergyman.
Woodward, Geo. E. Manufacturer.
WILMOT FLAT.
Jones, Otis, Tanner & Currier.
Nelson, Win. G. F'armer.
Thompson, Samuel.
Withington, Cyrus.
Farmer.
Farmer.
WILTON.
Carlton, C.C.
Keyes, Geo. D.
WOOLEN MILL.
.
Chase, Thomas.
Lawyer.
Hardy, Willis F. Clerk.
Morey, M. M. Spinner.
Morey, W. C. Carder.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Marshall,
Boston.
Plummer,
Part well, J. m.
Merchant.
Sheaban, John 11. Shoe Maker.
Small M.N. Sawyer at Brown's .
Smith, L. \V. Board Sawyer, C. W. Brown &
Saw
S.
John W., Mechanical Engineer,
S. B., 55
Elm
Street, Boston.
ERRATA.
The following names were incorrectly printed in the former list.
Ford, Daniel, Dover, Ginger Ale and Beer
Maufacturer.
Longley, Geo. H. Peterboro, Proprietor of
Bakery.
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ADDITIONAL,
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS
FOR FIFTH
ACWORTIL
Ainsworth, J. Clergyman.
Beryl, Geo. H. Mountain House.
Barnard, S. P.
Chenev, S. W.
Clark, D.
Dickey, J. W.
Tin lay, B. C.
Kingsbury, E. A.
Kemp, John
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D.
Morrison, E. R. Teacher.
Richardson, J. T. Merchant.
Spatildiug, E. Blacksmith.
BARNSTEAD.
EDITION".
Hunt. W. A.
Depot Station Agent.
Ilamet, Mrs. E.
H.irtnet,
James
Shoemaker.
Jones, P. A.
Jenney, H. H. Farmer.
Johnson, II. C. Saw Miller.
Livingston, Colborn Wood Turner.
Shoemaker.
Lanv;, John S.
Lenad, M. M. Needle Maker.
Lane, L. & L. Farmers.
Madigan, Thomas Shoemaker.
Metcalf, Horace F'armer.
Mahan, Miss M. M.
Moore, H. E. Mechanic.
Mayhen, V. S. Shoe Stock Fitter.
Putnam, W. D. Shoe Manufacturer.
Avery, Walter M. Trader.
Babcock, J. 51. Proprietor of Card Mill.
W.
F'armer.
Perry James E.
Farmer.
Blaisdell, J. P. Shoemaker.
Carr, W. 0. Clergyman.
Perry, A. Farmer.
Perry, Edward R. Farmer.
Copp, Reuben
Blacksmith.
Park's, D. W.
Richardson, Jas. Shoe Cutter.
Rogers, Charles E. Clergyman.
Rockwood, A. P. Boot Cutter.
Reed. A. C. Carpenter and Builder.
Rust, A. Custom Shoemaker.
Sanders. Charles A. Shoe liottonier.
II.
Farmer.
Chesley, W. A. Farmer and Poultry Dealer.
Clark, I. H. Shoemaker.
Emerson, Timothy Blacksmith.
Emerson, Geo. W. Dentist.
George, Chas. S. Farmer.
Jenkins Charles E. Farmer.
Jenkins, John II. Carpenter.
Jenkins. W. A. Farmer.
Langley, Mrs. T. D.
Marshall, I. D. Farmer.
Palmer, Frank E. Carpenter.
Thyng, Charles E. Farmer.
Waldo, John Carpenter.
Wheeler, Mrs. Dr.
Young, II. P. Carpenter.
CHARLESTOWN.
Bailey, Eliphalet Farmer.
Bailey, Mrs. M. W.
Putnam,
Ii.
Wood Tumor and Rake
Thomas
Maker.
Swau, William Gardener.
Spooner, Stephen A. Carpenter and Builder.
Harness Maker, Carriage
Sparrow, Chas.
Trimmer and Upholsterer.
Saker, Fred, Tinman.
Snow, G. A. Shoemaker.
Sanders. C. L. Shoemaker.
Sannderson, II. II. Clergyman.
Slavin,
Smith,
Thomas
T.
Farmer.
Tidd, E. II.
Taylor, John W. Farmer.
Bond, George S. Stoves and Tin ware.
Bowman, J. M. Saloon Keeper.
Baker, Mrs. H.M.
Chapin, W. 0. Farmer.
Chubb, A. W. Shoe Cutter.
Callahan, Miss M. C. Shoe Stitcher
Cobb, Josiah Carpenter and Joiner.
Cashing, Edmund L. Attorney at Law.
DeNormandie, Eugene Clergyman.
Evans, Henry K. Boot Cutter.
Easter, II C." Shoemaker.
Eusworth, Geo. W. Carpenter and Joiner.
Lumber Dealer and Steaui Mill
Fish. John S.
Livery and Boarding Stable.
Vial!, II. B.
Williams C. IT. Shoemaker.
White, Geo. A. Farmer.
Proprietor.
Foster, S. C.
Finlay, Chas. A. Eagle Hotel.
Fletcher, Ellen L. Watchmaker ami Jeweler.
Shoe Cutter, and Pattern
Goodrich. M. N.
Perry, Kittrcdge
Draftsman.
Hamlin. I). S. Shoe Dealer.
Hamlin, Win. Fanner.
Hamlin, Geo. W. General Merchant.
Hubbard, E. F. Farmer.
Whit taker, J. M. Physician.
Walker, Cephas Carriage Manufacturer, and
Grain Dealer.
Willard, L. B. White
Washer and Kalsominer.
CLAREMONT.
Prouty, E.
W.
Millwright.
CONCORD.
Drugs and Medicines.
C0NT00C00KVILLE.
Elliott,
Mrs.
J. R.
Dow, Joseph Farmer.
Farmer.
Jones, John P.
Libbee,
Wm.
T.
Carpenter.
I'o-tniaster.
Patterson. Joab
White, Frauk F'armer.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
676
Harness Maker and Car.
Hartford, Jas. W.
riage Trimmer.
Lamos, Horace A. Broprietor of Point Cot-
CORNISH.
Blood, E. P. Mechanic.
Blood, Ed. B. Farmer.
Ballock, Wm. Farmer.
Buckman, George
tage.
Metcalf, II.
Democrat
II.
Press.
Overseer of Spinning.
Manock, David
Farmer.
O'Neil, W. F. Farmer.
Peel, Charles F. Overseer Weave Room.
Scales, John Principal of Franklin Academy.
Brown, Helen R.
Churchill, B. B. Carpenter.
Cole, Seth, Capt.
Sea Captaiu.
Cole, Geo. L. Farmer.
Fitch, Lyman Farmer.
Foss, Walter H.
Farmer.
Fogs, A. P. Farmer.
Fisher, J. R. Farmer.
Second hand Card Room.
Twombly, E. II. Register of Deeds.
Tasker, John C, & Co. Groceries, Belknap St.
Taylor, Edward Farmer.
Smith, Albion A.
Farmer.
Farmer.
Towle, Levi
Witham, John E.
Parmer.
Haven, A. L. Mechanic.
Johnson, E. C. Farmer.
Kenyon, B. C. Farmer.
Martindale, Lemuel Sheriff.
Bowers, L. Farmer.
Bowers. Orlando Wool Dealer.
Baget, J. L. Farmer.
Bohinson, A. T. Farmer.
Spaulding, A. K. Blacksmith.
Smith. W. B. Mechanic.
Thrasher, B. F. Farmer.
Tracy, S. A. Farmer.
Walker, M. L. Farmer.
White, John Farmer.
Walker, Henry W. Farmer.
Walker, G. B. Farmer.
Wilder, J. J. Farmer.
Fit. h, E. B.
Shoecutter.
Webster, C. E.
DUNBARTON.
Bailey, Oliver Farmer.
Barnard, Samuel Farmer.
Clark, A. C. Farmer.
Farmer.
Clifford, I. P.
Holmes, Daniel Farmer.
Ireland J. B. Farmer.
Lord, John Farmer.
Merrill, J. 0.
Farmer.
Mills, J. C.
Farmer.
Twist, Page Farmer.
DURHAM.
Coleman, Mrs. Mahitable.
FRANCESTOWN.
BERRY.
Bixby, Augustus H. Civil Engineer.
Dodge, Miss, Julia A. Book-keeper.
Fisher, Theron P. Farmer.
Adams, Charles Store Keeper.
barker, John F. Farmer.
Lawyer.
Bartlett, G. C.
HAMPTON.
Crowell, W. II. Shoemaker.
Currier. David Banker, Depot.
Conch, 0. D. Lumber Mau'fr. and Farmer.
Carter, Alba B.Rev.
Clark, Leonard Farmer.
bustin, J. A. Deputy Sheriff.
Brown, Warren
Ware, Edwin
Evans, James Blacksmith.
Humphrey, H. Ii. Farmer.
Ha-kins. Rev. It. W. Cong.
Leonard, A. G. Merchant.
HENNIKER.
LANCASTER.
Ames, Asa Machinist.
Bugbee, Frank Physician.
Farmer.
Btrotlg, Richard R.
Pillslniry. H.
Carpenter, East Derry.
ttpton, C. P.
Underbill,
Ii.
Brooks, C. C. Farmer.
Corning, B. H. Prop' of Lancaster House.
Cobleigh, E. V. Stoves' Tin, Copper & Agent
for Fairbank's Scales.
Colby, Joseph Cooper.
Drew, Irving W. Lawyer.
Guernsey, Aaron Farmer.
Hartford, M. E. Carpenter.
Holton, H. P. I. Farmer.
Hunt, Win. P. Laborer.
Hartford. W. A. Tanning & Carding.
Hart lord, George A. Farmer.
Hopkins, J. M. Prop, of Williams House.
Heywood, William Lawyer.
Kent & Griswold, Dry Goods, Clothing and
Postmaster.
Reed Maker
Edge Tool Maker.
R.
DORCHESTER.
Biimham, Nathaniel. Farmer.
Farmer.
Bilrpee, Mar-hall
Cheever, Samuel Parmer.
Fiit-., John M.
Merchant.
Btreeter, \,. It,
Parmer.
Reed Hiram
Farmer.
DOVER.
Drdmi
F
its.
mi.
id
Tailoring.
Overseer Card Room.
Proprietor of Circus.
lachman.
Bracket, John H.
dishing. Joseph
Jame
llei
yman.
Book-Keeper,
I
James M.
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Color Mak'-r, Cocheco Print
Gtrlme, William
Works.
Haw. nth. John Machine Printer.
'Hidden. Charles A. Shoe Cutter.
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isar, B. H.
fc
Son,
Manufacturers
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ii
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ii.niaisous.
Farmer.
Colby, Rachael, Mrs.
Seavey, David Contoakville.
Boor, W. W. Miller.
Reed, Orison Blacksmith.
Sargent, C. II. Farmer.
Parker, Franklin
Farmer
HANCOCK.
Kent, Edward R. Merchant.
McGibnee, James Clerk.
Mitchell, Ezra Physician.
Monehan, .lames Blacksmith.
Moody, (I. w. File Manufacturer.
Morse, Charles E. Fanner.
Nutter, Charles A. Stationery & Gen'l Merchandise.
Olcott,
of
I'..
T.
Dentist.
Porter Brothers,
chandise.
Dry Goods & Gen'l Mer-
�NAMES OP SUBSCRIBERS.
Rhodes, Freedom M. Lawyer.
Reed. J. C. Millwright.
Rhodes, Tener M. Farmer & Starch Man'fr.
Richardson, Nathaniel II. Furniture, Paper
Hangings, Coffins & Caskets.
Smith, Frank & Co. Flour, Corn & Feed Store.
Twitchell, Hiram Boarding House.
Thompson, A.
Machinist.
White, Wm. A
Agent.
Whitcorab, Col. Horace & Son, Harness
Makers.
Weeks, James M. Jr. Starch Manufacturer.
Woodward, J. H. Farmer.
Costello,
677
Mike
Mill
Man.
Dickon, Thomas Jobber.
Dexter, L. Sawyer.
Eames, John Farmer.
Fisk, Wm. Farmer.
Gotham, Asa H. Farmer.
Hatch, Asa Farmer.
Howe, R. S. J. Farmer.
Hanaford, J. R. Farmer.
Henson, Charles Laborer.
Hutson, Thomas Laborer.
Butter, J. V.
Putman. Charles
Hanks, B. N. Laborer.
Hutson, Edward Farmer.
Hayes, Wm. Baggage Mister.
Proprietor Hall House.
Hanson, Mrs. Sybil
Jones. James B. Boarding House.
Knight, Edwin Sawyer.
Wheeler, John
Lucas,
LEMPSTER.
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LONDONDERRY.
Annis, Daniel G.
Farmer, North Londonderry P. 0.
Boyce, Geo. W. Farmer, N. Londonderry P.O
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"
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Boyce, Samuel
"
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"
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Boys, Walter
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Corning, S. R.
Clark, Freemont Pump Manufacturer.
Clark, Win. Farmer.
Ela, Edward P. "
Derry Depot P. 0.
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"
Hardy, Aaron P. "
Hartshorn, Geo. R. Farmer. Derry Depot P.O.
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Holmes, Mathew
North Londonderry P. 0,
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Mc. Allester, .Tona.
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Mack, Robert C.
Derry P. 0.
Mc Gregor, Alexander "
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Depot
Morse, A. J.
P.O.
"
N. Londonderry
"
N. Londonderry
"
Pettengill, J.
P.O.
Perkins, Washington
Farmer.
Rotary Filler Sawyer.
Merriam, Miss Abbie B. Teacher.
Moore, D. S. Foreman Tanner.
McFarland, Charles Farmer.
McFarland, Cester
Martin, Charles N.
McMann, Wm. Planing.
Morffet, John D. Jobber.
Gardner.
Pike, Mrs. C. T.
Pool, Mrs. S. C.
Rickey, Horace H. Farmer.
Richardson, F. F. Mechanic.
Sargent, J. H. Planing and Saw Mill.
Sheridan, Dommick Job Teaming.
Spredbury, Charles C. Mason.
Spredbury, Wm. Farmer.
John Farmer.
Tookey, P. J. Hotel Keeper.
Willson, David Stone Cutter.
Wood, Franklin E. Farmer.
Whitney, J. T. W. Farmer.
Young, Antipas House Carpenter.
Toll ens.
N. Londonderry
P.O.
Plummer, Nathan
Hiram Carpenter.
Montgommery, Geo. W. Lath Sawyer.
Mc'Intire Henry Farmer.
McKelleps, Geo. M. Foreman Tool's Mill.
PELHAM
P.O.
Richardson,
Wm.
Londonderry
Lumber Dealer,
P.
P. 0.
North
Peabody, J. W. Farmer.
"
N. Londonderry P.
Nesmith, J. Y.
Smith, Daniel D. Blacksmith, N. Londonderry
P.O.
Watts, Chas. H. Farmer, N. Londonderry P. 0.
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Watts. C. M.
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Watherbey, John H. "
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Webster, Amos C.
Londonderry Depot
Young. Charles E. "
P.
Young,
0.
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J. P.
N. Londonderry
P. 0.
MADBURY.
Jenkins, Jonathan
Farmer.
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L. R. R.
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C.
NORTHUMBERLAND.
John M. Laborer.
Brown, R. J. Student.
Blake, Mrs. Mary J. Farmer.
Civil Engineer and
Buckman, Edward F.
Land Surveyor.
Astle,
PLAINFIELD.
Austin, George
W.
Farmer.
Buckman, Henry
Bailey, L. L.
"
J.
Upholstery.
Bryant, Henry
Dunkley, C. H.
Farmer.
"
Eastman, Ora V.
Farnham, Buzzell "
"
French, A. W.
Freeman, Will W. "
Hall, Will Merchant.
Student.
Lewin, B. F. Butcher.
Monlton, Fred Poultry Dealer.
Newton, John Stone Mason.
Porter, Jabez Farmer.
Pickernel, Charles "
NEWPORT.
Freight Conductor on C.
Burt, 0. G.
R. R.
Royce, Philip Merchant.
Pastor Free Will Baptist
Church.
Roney, John Granite Worker.
Young, Edward Farmer and Stone Cutter.
[abbey, E. D.
MANCHESTER.
Colburn, A. L. Scale Business.
Doolittle, J. S. Conductor M.
Foss, Rev. Tobias
Sanderson, L. Stone Mason.
Btickney, II. II. Carpenter & Farmer.
Sticknev, II. Farmer.
Smith, E. II. Clergyman. (Wat.)
Spauldlng, L. D. Farmer.
Stroug, S. C. Mechanic.
Watson. Mary A.
Westgate, E. \V. Butcher & Farmer.
RAYMOND.
Browne, J.
F.
Gunsmith.
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678
Manson, B. S. Clergyman.
Moiilton, George M. Farmer.
Cabinet.
Poor, J. L.
KI'MXEY.
Teacher.
Farnsworth. Belle C.
George, Thomas, Mrs.
Farmer.
Preston, Clinton F.
SALEM.
Abbott, N. G. Shoe Shop.
Abbott. 8. K. Reporter for Essex Eagle.
Adams, George M. Parmer.
Armor, Albert L. Proprietor of Salem House.
Kimball, S. H. Farmer.
Kroyd, Samuel A. Jack Spinner.
Long, Mrs. Martha
Lord. David Farmer.
Lowell, Mrs. Lizzie Milliner and Dress-Maker.
Farmer.
Merrill, Daniel
Mirick, Mrs. Hattie N. Weaver.
Mirick, Miss Florence A. Weaver.
Harness Manufacturer.
Parrish, T. D.
Palmer, Joseph P. Shoe Shop.
Page, A. M. Meat Market.
Paul. George M. Farmer.
Pat
Mary
tin-. Mis.-,
Pendergast, Daniel Supt. North Shoddy Mill.
Peabody, E. A. Contractor and Builder.
Austin, Mrs. Abb] B
Aver, Win. 1!. Carpenter.
Poole, Sirs. It. F.
Prescott, A. J. Farmer.
Shoe Manufacturer.
Bailey, Loren E. Carpenter.
Parmer.
Ballad, Jonathan A.
Reynolds, John F.
Richards, L. P. E. Real Estate Broker.
Robinson, B. A. Billiard Saloon.
Ayer,
J.
i
Carriage Painter.
Pastor Congregational
C. A.
.
Rockwood, William
-
Bodwell, Mrs.
Bowser, Rev. Samuel
L.
Carpenter.
Bradford, Joseph 1J. Farmer & Shoemaker.
Brad lord, Jesse W. Parmer.
Burns. J. W. Shoe Manufacturer.
Buxton, Joseph Shoe Factory.
Butler, James J. Farmer.
Carey, Joel C. Merchant.
Clark, Alburton W. Stone Cutter.
Clotlgh,
.1.
Fanner.
l>.
Parmer.
fluff J. W.
Parmer.
Cluff, Levi
Clutf, Josiah Q.
Old
Cluff. B.C.
Colby, Fred
Colby, Wm.
Line Market.
<'•
.Mrs. A. II.
'
John
Corliss,
Parmer,
D.
tone Cutter.
Crowell, Win. G. Parmer.
Dorr, Rev. Henry Clergyman.
John Machinist.
Duston, Mrs. Abbie M. Weaver.
.
Duston
Kllingwood, J. N. Carpenter.
Emerson, Robert Parmer.
Swings, Clinton Pai
Henry
-
Painter.
Fellows Theodore W. Parmer.
Farmer.
Foster, Ez< kiel, II
I.
Manufai turer.
Foster, in
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Carpenter.
i
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.
Woodbury,
Bhop.
I'.
i,
Parmer
A.
F.
Silv.-r. C. L.
Shoe Shop.
Smith, Charles Painter.
Smith, J V. Farmer ami Insurance Agent.
Smith. W. M. Designer and Engraver.
Smith. Win. W. Shoe Shop.
Staunton. Wiliiam Farmer.
Blacksmith.
Stott, William B.
Stuart. Rev. Wm. H.
Pastor M. E. Church,
Taylor Richard Lumber Dealer and Farmer.
Taylor,M. N. Manufacturer.
Taylor, L.W. Merch int.
Taylor, Win. Lumber Dealer and Farmer.
horn, D. M. Fai mer.
Thorn, Isaac Fanner,
Farmer.
Tilton, Joseph M.
Villain. Orrin E.
Farmer.
Webster, T. C. Farmer.
Webster, G. II. Painter and Grainer.
Webster, Amos N. Farmer,
Webster, Joseph Shoe Manufacturer.
Wilier, .b.hn Stone Cutter and Farmer.
Welch, Joseph M. Merchant.
w heeler, J. It. Shoe Manufacturer.
Fanner.
W
ler, John A.
Whittemore, Rev. Elisha J. Pastor Baptist
Church.
Wilson, A. G. Farmer.
Woo James Engraver.
Woodbury, George Public Boarding House.
'I
Mason.
Carder and Spinner.
W.
Boss, E.
Rowel I, W.
Church.
Brown. James
Goodhue, Mr-. Laura J. Teacher.
Goodwin, Eugene A. Carpenter.
f
in, Mi - Mary J.
Goodwin, Milton Mechanic.
Rev. .1. A.
Pastor M. E. Church.
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Israel
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Woodbury, Mrs.
Hall, i
Hall, Ezra B.
Farmer.
Harris, Harvey
Pai out.
moo'.
Shoemaker.
Hihlreth, J. 0.
1
Humphry, Benjamin
Farmer.
T.
Hunt, Horace W
Parmer.
Hutchins, Wai ren Farmer.
Jennings, Samuel P. Shoemaker.
turer.
:
I
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Kelly, Oilman D,
Kelly, Charles 0.
mon
C.
Kimball, Mrs.
Kimball. Cbarles
Kimball, Mrs. N.
I
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Shoemaker.
R.
Mason.
Parmer,
II.
Farmer.
W
Ibury, Rev 0. G. Clergyman.
York, Mrs. Eliza.
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Isaiah
STODDARD.
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Hawk
Farmer.
Rowell.Mrs. M. M.
Merchant.
Dow diver I.. Farmer
Silas
Dinsm
Parmer.
Dai i-. Oilman W. Merchant.
i
Farmer.
Esty, Solon
Mel, ure, Isabel le Post Mistress.
i'
ictor,
Hosea
Parmer and Produce Dealer,
Richardson, leorge Farmer.
Fanner.
Stacy, Oilman
Farmer.
Shoultes, William II.
Fanner.
ittemore, Joel F.
Wei,),, li. N.
Hotel Keeper.
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Farmer.
L.
Hardy, E. R.
Foreman
of Section
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WARREN.
Colton, D. B. Farmer.
Hardy, E. R. Foreman of Section.
Whitcher, Adouiron Butcher.
WASHINGTON.
Mentzer, Walter C.
Lovewell House,
WEBSTER.
Burbank, F. L. Lumber Dealer.
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Bnrbank, W. W.
Buxton, Rev. Edward Clergyman.
Colby, James L. Farmer.
Courser,
Thomas
J.
"
Couch. Miss Nancy E.
Duncklee, Calvin, T.
Elliott, Miss Priscilla A.
Teacher.
Flanders, John A. Farmer and Carpenter.
Q
lime, Charles F.
II.
Farmer.
George A.
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.Imes, Charles A.
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"
"
Iloit,
Holmes, Wi
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Little, Caleb P.
Pearson, J. C.
Tiltoii,
Mrs. Julia A.
Oilman, Mary
B.
m. Carpenter and Joiner.
Qoodell, Frank
Farmer.
Kimball, Mis. II. M.
Moore, W. H. Esq. Farmer.
Merrill, Chas. M. Carpenter.
Philbrick, A. S. Farmer.
Plnmmer, Geo. Farmer.
Page, A.
Tinsmith, Dealer in Stoves and
Hollow-ware.
Smart, .lames Farmer.
Stanyan, Newell Merchant.
Simpson, John M.
Smith, S. II. Mechanic.
Smith, David Farmer.
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Tenney, Edward G. Teacher.
White, Mrs. Charlotte j).
Whitniore, John, M. D.
Whitcher, L. P. Farmer.
Wells, Henry P. Farmer.
Hutchinson, Charles
Tiirill,
James
WENTWORTH.
Blodgott, Jeremiah Esq.
Blood, II. C. Carpenter.
WILMOT.
Johnston, Green
Woolen Manufacturer.
LAWRENCE, MASS.
Machinist, with A.
Messer, John A.
Depot Master at Messer's.
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
Brown, W. A.
Coll. urn, Jas.
Farmer.
Currier, S. G. Esq.
Durkey, F. A. Esq. M. D.
Downing, J. L. Esq. Farmer.
Elliott, J. F.
Brown.
Farmer.
Carpenter.
B.
Boyd, F. 0.
Davis, J. a.
Davis, W. II.
Teacher,
QilmanJEnoch Mrs.
Gove,
WEST STEWARTSTOWN.
Farmer's wife.
Brown, W. W.
Boardman, Eldri.lge Esq.
L. & W. G. Brown.
679
Fletcher, T. M. Purveyor of Lumber.
Foster, John Farmer.
Merchant.
Merchant.
Teamster, with A. L. & W. G.
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Eaton, Franklin,
Eaton, Davis & Co., Mer-
chants.
Hon. Moses H. Eastman, Judge of the Courts
METHUEN, MASS.
Copp, M. G. House Carpenter.
Emerson, Jacob Cashier of Bank.
F.sher, Albert V.
Trader's Clerk.
Fulton, James Farmer.
Gordon, J. Haskell Provision Dealer
BETHLEHEM.
Bian.lin, J. S.
Bunker, C. E.
Postmaster.
Proprietor Mt. Agassiz House.
Bunker, William G. "
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Bethlehem
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Bean, Wilson H.
Sunset
Blandin, A. W. Farmer.
Durgin, J. A. Sinclair House.
Gallaher, Hugh. Farmer.
Gordon, Dan. P. Farmer.
Hatch, Alpha. Farmer.
Hildreth, T. T. Boots, Shoes and Groceries.
McGregory, W. A. Lumber and Starch M'f'r.
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Kidder, James M.
Quimby, I. J. Justice of Peace, and Notary
Plummor, Joseph. Proprietor Cottage Boarding House.
Richardson, I. E. Farmer and Lumber Deal'r
Spooner, B. C. Proprietor of Stage Line from
Bethlehem to Littleton.
Turner, J. N. Proprietor Turner House.
Wildor, H. W. Proprietor Maple Cottage and
L. M. Mrs.
Farwell, J. L.
Bradbury, Albert. Mechanic and Sawyer.
Bui lard, James. Insurance Agent.
Balcom, George L. Woolen Manufacturer.
Belknap, Darius. Overseer Weave Room.
Clark, William. Flour and Grain.
Millinery Goods.
Uermon.
Attorney at Law.
Harris, Thomas J. Insurance Agent.
Ib.lt.
Haul. rich, F. Clothing, Hats, etc.
Hunter. Lewis M. Cloth Dresser.
Benj. F.
Propr. Junction House.
Jewett, J. W. W. I. G
Is and Groceries.
I. one. Charles II.
Station Agent.
Ormsby, II. II. Diuing Rooms.
Parks, C. E.
Proutv, E. W. Millwright.
Hemenway,
Redfield, S. F.
Merchant
Richardson,
Clareraont File Works.
Flour and Groceries.
II.
Tailor.
S. Jr.
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Stowell, G. H. Hardware Ac.
Stockwell, George T. Carpenter.
Straw. O. C. Spinner.
Walker, J. S.
Clergyman.
Vanghan, Edwin. U.S. Consul, Coaticook, P.Q.
Webb, Hiram. Supt. Sullivan Mill.
Sullivan, C. 0.
Livery Stable.
CLAREMONT.
Clerk.
Teacher.
S. C.
Dow,
8,
Public.
Town
Pelham,C.
Sanborn,
CONCORD.
Hazelton, James.
Millinery.
PITTSFIELD.
Bachelder, J. M.
Jeweller.
Coburn, J. M. Clergyman.
Drake, S. J. Farmer.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
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Emery, N. W. Merchant.
French, K. W. Farmer.
Foss, G. W. Farmer.
Hill. s.
I.
.
Hill. J. T.
Dentist.
Merchant.
Lane, I!. 0. Farmer.
Ring, S. F. Farmer.
King, S. S. Farmer.
STRATFORD.
Aiken, II. Engineer.
Atherton, Miss Mary A.
Alger, .1. B.
Merchant.
Blodgett, Win. H. Farmer.
Brown, Branch, Farmer.
Brown, S. F. Fanner.
Brown, S. F. Farmer.
Brown, Wellington. Farmer.
Blodgett, F. A. Farmer.
Blodgett, Charles D. Farmer.
Bennett, Oliver, Farmer.
Buhlwin, J. M. Farmer.
Brown, George A. Farmer.
Blodgett, A. S. Teamster.
Bean, Gh II. Farmer.
Booth, Henry A. Laborer.
l; iss, 1.. I>.
Farmer.
Boyle, John 0. G. T. R. R. Employee.
Baldwin, W. L. Lumberman.
Baldwin. E, A. Milwn'ght.
Boyle, Dennis,
Lumberman.
Corliss, Win.
Farmer.
P.
Farmer.
Curtis, E. W. Farmer.
Clark. Thomas H. Sawyer.
Dowd, Michael, Farmer.
Dunn, Joseph, Farmer.
Day, Samuel A. Farmer.
Dimick. Henry, G. T. R. R. Employee.
Douglass, William, Farmer.
Drew, B. F. Farmer.
English, Mrs. E. J.
Flinii. Franklin,
Jobber.
Conery, Simon
Fuller, Mrs. C. C.
Fay, Win. Laborer.
Gould, Ira I,. Farmer.
Qambsby, Russell, F'armer.
Hapgood, Richard F. Farmer.
Hartshorn, George C. Farmer.
Howell, Wm. G. T. R. R. Employee.
Hinman, U. B.
Hotel-Keeper.
Johnson, Timothy B. Board Sawyer.
Johnson, M. D. Land Surveyor.
Jorden, Abel, Farmer.
Kenney, Fred L. Joiner and Board Surveyor.
Kingsley, A. Jobber.
Laflure, Lewis, Laborer.
Laroche, Jerry, Blacksmith.
McMay, Charles, Farmer.
Horse, Edward, Blacksmith.
Martin, John J. Farmer.
Marshall, Melvin, Merchant.
Marguire, Miss Ellen,
Marden. Mrs. R. B.
Norcott, C. F. Carriage Maker.
Ockinglon, H. A. Mechanic.
Ockington, B. B. Mechanic.
Parnell. Peter, Farmer.
Stone, Miss Ellsie,
Scruton, Wm. H. G. Tr. Agent.
Silver, E. M.
Sawyer.
Stride, Alfred R.
Farmer.
Spiller, G. D.
Farmer.
Stone, John G. Farmer.
Wright, J. V. Mechanic.
Watters, C. D. Mechanic
CONCORD.
Plummer, Mrs. Alice E.
NEWBURY.
Bailey,
Mary
J.
Housewife.
Blodgett, Isaac F. Blacksmith.
Brock way, V. C. Station Agent:
Clark, Asa B. Farmer.
Collins, L. A.
Housewife.
Foster, Silas E. Section Hand.
Fowler, John W. Mechanic.
George, Darius H. Farmer.
Gillingham J. King, Farmer.
Gillinghain, J. L. Farmer.
Gove, Warren C. Farmer.
Johnson, N. S. Mt. Sunapee House.
Marshall, Jesse, Farmer.
Morse, Jeremiah, Postmaster.
Morse, S. A. Farmer.
Muzzey, Wm. W. Carpenter and Mason.
Muzzey, Samuel 2d, Farmer.
Muzzev, John, Farmer.
Pike, S. K. Merchant.
Ring, E. C. Farmer.
Thomson, S. B. Farmer.
�NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
PERRY.
Palmer,
Engineer.
Alexander, Alvah. Farmer and Provision
Aldxich, C. E.
Merchant.
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Plummer, Alley, LondondeiTy.
Farmer
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Priest James.
Station A
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Gilchrist,
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Shute, George. Farmer.
Mrs. Mary.
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Wheeler, Thaddeus. Fanner.
White, W. !>. Me reliant .m:i! Lumberman.
Wilson, Samuel. Pi ach Grower.
Woolley, John D. Farmer.
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Prop'r Sanders's Hotel.
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Lumber Business.
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Corwin, J. F. T. Milk Dealer.
Dana, .Mrs. Nelli A.
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Sargent,
Farmer.
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Farmer.
Robert.
".Irs. II.
Clough, L.\
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Homer
Teacher.
Mack, Miss L.C. Dr ^ssmaker.
MacGregor, D. Merchant.
M( den, Robert. Farmi r.
Merriam, Mai shall. Farmer.
Shoe Business.
Messer, Geor
Montgom
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Fruit Grower.
P.
h.
Fanner.
Morrison, John B. Shoemaker.
Nowell, Samui 1. Fanner.
Novell, James. Farmer.
M. F.
Labo
Sumner. George R. Carriage Maker.
Little,
Rowell, J. R. Travelling Optician.
Southworth, M. E. Far
A. F. Morrill.
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Boswell, T.
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Lumber
Iward, F. R.
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The Statistics & Gazetteer of New Hampshire 1874
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The Statistics & Gazetteer of New Hampshire contains descriptions of all the counties and towns in New Hampshire from the period. It also describes principal features such as mountains, lakes, rivers, capes, bays, harbors, islands, and resorts or notable places. Notable business and persons are also described. It also contains 100 pages of statistical tables. Information on Farmington, NH is located on pages 156-157.
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Compiled by Alonzo J Fogg
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1870's
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1874
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