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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF
FARMINGTON
for the fiscal
year ending December 31st
1992
�Digitized by the Internet Archive
in
2009
with funding from
Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries
http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsoft1992farm
�ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
RECEIPTS
AND
EXPENDITURES
for the fiscal
year ending December 31st
1992
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Ridings Press, Inc.
Dover, N.H.
�DEDICATION
EDNA PARSHLEY
TRUDY PENCE
This year's
Town Report
is
dedicated to former Welfare Officer, Trudy Pence
and former Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector, Edna Parshley.
Trudy Pence served as our Welfare Officer from March 1 5, 1 983 until her death
on July 26, 1992. She was employed by the Community Action Program from
1968-1 980. She served as the Truant Officer for the school from 1 973-1 979. As a
member of the Governors' Council on Aging from 1979-1980, Trudy was involved
in the Central Block Housing Project on Central Street. She also worked with
Christopher Kenyon on the paperwork for the refurbising of the downstairs area
for the Senior Citizens' Center. She also coordinated the Meals-On-Wheels program in Farmington from 1981 to her death. Trudy spent much of her life working
with the disadvantaged and the elderly. She will be sadly missed by those whose
lives she touched.
Edna Parshley served as Deputy Town Clerk under Mickey Jones from
1977-1978. She then served as Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector under Kathy
Vickers from March 1979 - January 29, 1993. Her many years of experience
made her an invaluable source of information for the town. She was a pleasure to
work with and will be greatly missed by her co-workers as well as those she has
served.
�INDEX
Office
Hours -Town
Hall,
Emergency Numbers
Back Cover
Dedication
2
Town Officers
Town Warrant
4
Budget
-
6
Purposes
Budget - Sources
Statement
of Appropriation
of
10
Revenue
of Appropriations
12
& Taxes Assessed
14
Bonded Debt
19
Independent Auditor's Report
22
Comparative Statement
of Appropriations
Water Department's Report
-
& Expenditures
Financial
23
25
Wastewater Department's Report - Financial
27
Treasurer's Report
28
Tax Collector's Report - Tax Accounts
35
Tax Collector's Report - Tax Sale/Tax Lien
36
Tax Collector's Report -Sewer/Water Accounts
37
Rnancial Report
39
Summary
of Receipts
Payments
Trust Funds Report
Town Clerk's Report
Detail of
40
44
56
57
Planning Board's Report
59
Report of the Board of Selectmen
60
Police Department's Report
61
Rre Department's Report
63
Health Officer/Animal Control Officer Report
64
Highway Department's Annual Report
65
Zoning Board of Adjustment's Report
66
Code Enforcement Office's Report
Parks and Recreation Report
Librarian's Report - Goodwin Library
66
67
68
Public Library Association Report
69
Welfare Department's Report
70
Water Department Report
71
Wastewater Department Report
71
Community Development Block Grant
72
Conservation Commission Report
73
Rural District Visiting Nurse Report
74
Unredeemed Taxes from Tax Lien
Town Meeting Minutes March 11,1 992
75
81
�TOWN OFFICERS
BARBARA SPEAR, CHAIRMAN
JOHN J.SILVIA
WILLIS H. BERRY
Term
Term
Term
expires
1
994
expires 1995
expires 1993
TOWN CLERK-TAX COLLECTOR
KATHY
L.
VICKERS
DEPUTY TOWN CLERK— TAX COLLECTOR
EDNA PARSHLEY
TREASURER
JEANETTE GREELEY
REPRESENTATIVES
BARBARA SPEAR
RONALD CHAGNON
HENRY SULLIVAN
POLICE OFFICERS
SGT. SCOTT ROBERGE
BARRY CARR, CHIEF
LT. PETER COSGROVE
KENNETH BUTTON
DANIEL YODER
DAVID HALL
KEVIN WILLEY
TIM BROWN
MARKMcGOWEN
MICHAEL MADDOCKS
RANDY SOBEL
MODERATOR
MARY BARRON
SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST
JUDITH BROWNELL
Term expires 1994
Term expires 1996
Term expires 998
JEANNE DAVENHALL
MARGARET HAYES
1
TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS
JUDITH BROWNELL
NORMAN FALL
Term expires 1993
Term expires 1993
Term expires 1994
PAUL TURNER
BUDGET COMMITTEE
PHYLLIS KULIGOWSKI
PETER JOHNSON
TOM DAVENHALL
DON GORDON, CHAIRMAN
LAWRENCE KELLY
JOHN FICCO
DORINDA HOWARD
TOM HUCKINS
EARLSIMONSEN
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
1993
1993
1993
1994
1994
1994
1995
1995
1995
�ROBERT SCHULTE (School Board Rep.)
JOHN SILVIA, JR. (Selectmen's Rep.)
PLANNING BOARD
DONALD MacVANE
RUTH GAGNON
ELMER BARRON
EARLSIMONSEN
JOHN JOLLES
JANE FALL
III,
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Chairman
GEORGE SANSOUCY (Alternate)
JOHN
J.
SILVIA (Selectmen's
1 993
1993
1994
1994
1 995
1 995
BARBARA SPEAR (Selectmen's
Rep)
Alt.)
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
CAROL WORSTER
MARY JOLLES, Chairman
RICHARD SEMO
AARVARD WORSTER
JAMES AUBE
RUTH CHASE (Alternate)
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
1 993
1993
1 994
1 994
1 995
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
EDMUND DEMERS
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
GERALD McCarthy
RANDY ORVIS,
Chairman
DAVID ROBERTS
KURT OLSON
TERRY CORNEAU
GEORGE QUINN (Alternate)
HEALTH OFFICER
JOHN FITCH
DOG OFFICER
JOHN FITCH
1993
993
1994
1994
1 995
1 995
1
�TOWN WARRANT
To the inhabitants of the Town of Farmington
to vote in
Town
in
the County of Strafford qualified
affairs:
You are hereby
meet at the Town Hall in said Farmington on TuesMarch next (1993) at nine o'clock in the forenoon to cast
notified to
day, the ninth day of
Town
Officers and for questions required by law to be on the ballot.
no earlier than 7 o'clock in the evening. The remainder of the Warrant will be acted beginning at 7 o'clock in the evening, Wednesday, the tenth day
of March.
your ballot for
Polls will close
ARTICLE
1.
To choose one Selectman for three years, one Treasurer for one
year, three Budget Committee members for three years, one
Moderator for one year, one Trustee of the Trust Fund for two
years and one Trustee of the Trust Fund for three years.
ARTICLE
2.
To vote on the following question: "Are you in favor of increasing
the Board of Selectmen to 5 members'j'". (by petition)
ARTICLE
3.
the Town will vote to change the selection of planning
To see
board members from that of appointed to elected as provided for
if
in
ARTICLE
4.
RSA
673:2
To see
if
II
(b).
Town
the
(by petition).
vote to reduce the budget by an amount
will
equal to $36,000. The purpose of this article
position of Administrative Assistant, also
and
ministrator,
article
is
to hire
To see
for the
Selectmen
an Administrative Assistant which was given by an
recommended by
5.
to eliminate the
related funding, effective immediately. This
all
intended to rescind the authorization
mative vote on warrant Article 2
ARTICLE
is
known as Town Ad-
if
the
Town
in
the Budget Committee) (by peition).
will
vote to authorize the Selectmen to rename
the position of Administrative Assistant to that of either
ministrator or Executive Administrator, which
confusion
has
that
ministrative
affir-
the 1976 report. (Article not
arisen
Assistant
in
with
private
the
change
increasing
industry
for
Town Adwill
use
avoid
Ad-
of
primarily
a
keeping with the intent of the affirmative vote on warrant Article 2 in the 1976 Town Meeting.
secretarial role. This
ARTICLE
6.
To see
if
the
Town
amount equal
eliminate the
to
full
is
will
in
vote to eliminate from the budget by an
$44,415.28. The purpose of
this article
is
to
time code enforcement position and associated
with a part time code enforcement ofbe paid for on a per inspection basis (Article not recommended by the Budget Committee) (by petition).
support staff and replace
ficer to
it
�ARTICLE
7.
To see
if
the
Town
vote to raise and appropriate the
will
sum
of
$2,622,029 (two million six hundred twenty-two thousand twentynine dollars) for the operation, expenses, and commitments of
Town Government which represents the bottom line of column No. 3 (the Selectmen's budget) in the posted budget (MS-7).
Said sum includes Articles 8, 9, and the pay per bag option in Arrecommends $2,622,029 (two
ticle 10. (Budget Committee
the
million six
hundred twenty-two thousand twenty-nine dollars
recommendations on Articles 8, 9, and 10.)
in-
clusive of their
ARTICLE
8.
the Town will vote to establish a Capital Reserve Fund
To see
under the provisions of RSA 35:1 for the purpose of purchasing
heavy highway equipment and to raise and appropriate the sum
of twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000) to be placed in this
fund. (Included in Article 7) (Recommended by the Budget Comif
mittee).
ARTICLE
9.
ARTICLE
10.
the Town will vote to raise and appropriate forty-nine
To see
thousand eight hundred seventy-five dollars ($49,875) for purchase of a new radio system for the fire department. (Included in
Article 7) (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
if
To see
Town
the
if
landfill capital
will
and appropriate $250,000
raise
reserve or
will
for the
vote to authorize the Selectmen to
user fee (pay per bag) upon the use of the landfill with
the proceeds going for the engineering and closure of the
landfill and to adopt the provisions of RSA 31 :95-c to restrict the
institute a
all
revenues from funds raised in this manner to expenditures for
purpose of Landfill engineering, legal, and closure fund,
separate from the general fund. Any surplus in said fund shall not
be deemed part of the general fund accumulated surplus and
shall be expended only after a vote by accumulated surplus and
the
shall
be expended only
propriate a specific
after a vote by the legislative
amount from
body
to ap-
said fund for a specific purpose
related to the purpose of the fund and source of revenue. The
suggested fee is $1 per bag with equivalent fee for similar
amount if upon a request made in advance, arrangements are
made with the Board of Selectmen. (Pay per bag option included
in Article 7) (Budget Committee does not recommend $250,000,
but does
ARTICLE
11.
To see
if
recommend pay
the
Town
will
per bag).
vote:
"whether or not the unmaintained in
Farm Road be reclassified a Class
winter months section of Poor
6 road." (By petition).
�ARTICLE
12.
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
to accept on behalf of the Town, gifts, legacies, and devises
nnade to the Town in trust for any public purpose, as permitted by
RSA
ARTICLE
13.
31:19.
Town
vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
and expend, without further action by Town
Meeting, money from Federal, State or other governmental unit
or a private source which becomes available during the year, in
accordance with RSA 31 :95-b.
To see
if
the
will
to apply for, accept,
ARTICLE
14.
To see
the municipality
Selectmen to accept gifts
if
will
of
vote to authorize the Board of
personal property which
may be
offered to the municipality for any public purposes, pursuant to
RSA
remain in effect until rescinded by a
The selectmen must hold a public
hearing before accepting any such gift, and the acceptance shall
not bind the Town to raise, appropriate or expend any public
funds for the operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of
31 :95-e. This vote shall
vote of the municipal meeting.
any such personal property.
ARTICLE
15.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
convey any real estate acquired
Such conveyance shall be
deed following a public auction, or the property may be sold
advertised sealed bids, or may be otherwise disposed of
to transfer tax liens
the
Town by
justice
may
and
to
tax collector's deed.
require, pursuant to
RSA
by
by
by
as
80:80.
ARTICLE
16.
To see the Town will vote to pay only under protest any and all
sums mandated by the State in violation of the State Constitution
which are included in this budget and which the Board of
Selectmen deem expedient to pay pending resolution of their
constitutionality and to refuse to pay those sums mandated by
the State in violation of the State constitution which the Board of
Selectmen deem inexpedient to pay.
ARTICLE
17.
To see
if
if
the
Town
will
vote to authorize the Selectmen to borrow
notes to the credit of the Town such
necessary to meet current expenses
sums
in
of
money as may be
anticipation of Taxes.
�ARTICLE
the Town will vote to indemnify and save harmless for
damage occurring after said vote any person employed
and any member or officer of its governing board, ad-
To see
18.
if
loss or
by
it
and
expense including reasonable legal fees and costs, if any, arising
out of any claim, demand, suit or judgement by reason of: 1.)
negligence or other act resulting in accidental injury to a person
or accidental damage to or destruction of property if the indemministrative staff or agencies from personal financial loss
nified
person
damage
accident resulting
at the time of the
or destruction
was
acting
in
in
the injury,
the scope of his employ-
any act or omission constituting a violaan employee or any other person under
any federal law if such act or omission was not committed with
malice, and if the indemnified person at the time of such act or
ment
or office; and/or 2.)
tion of the civil rights of
omission
was
as proviced
ARTICLE
acting within the scope of his
for in
RSA
31
:1
05 and 31
To authorize the Selectmen
19.
to
:1
employment
to
sell
or office
06.
highest
the
bidder
municipal vehicles including an old army surplus truck, one
automobile, and other equipment as determined by the Select-
men.
ARTICLE
To see
20.
if
the
Town
will
vote to allow the Board of Selectmen to
select engineering, legal, and other professional services on the
basis of qualifications and establishing a long term relationship
instead of a lowest bid process.
ARTICLE
To transact such other business as may
21.
legally
come
before this
meeting.
We
hereby
certify that
on the fourth day of February 1993,
tested copy of the within warrant to the place of Meeting within
copy
at the
Farmington Post Office, a public place
in
we posted an atnamed and a like
said Town.
Barbara Spear, Chairman
Willis H. Berry
John
J. Silvia, Jr.
Then personally appeared the above-named Barbara Spear, Willis H. Berry and
John J. Silvia, Jr. and made oath that the above certificate by them is true.
Kathy
A
true
copy
of
Warrent
L.
Vickers,
Town
Clerk
attest:
Barbara Spear
Willis H.
John
Berry
J. Silvia, Jr.
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�STATEMENT OF APROPRIATIONS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
1
35,368
3,420
63,034
8,000
30,000
1
94,51
Executive
Election, Registration
& Vital
Statistics
Financial Adnninistration
Revaluation of Property
Legal Expense
Employee Benefits
Planning
& Zoning
53,480
General Governnnent Building
51 ,062
Insurance
63,600
Advertising and Regional Associations
1
,300
PUBLIC SAFETY:
432,323
79,657
25
Police
Rre
Civil
Defense
HIGHWAYS, STREETS, BRIDGES:
Highways and Streets
481 ,496
4,000
Bridges
29,500
Street Lighting
SANITATION:
Solid
Waste Disposal
61,416
Wastewater Services
1
Consultants
60,51
7,000
WATER DISTRIBUTION AND TREATMENT:
Water Services
225,751
HEALTH:
Pest Control
9,400
Health Agencies and Hospitals
24,1
00
Women's Resource Center
WELFARE:
Direct Assistance
36,000
CULTURE & RECREATION:
Parks
& Recreation
44,705
46,392
Ubrary
Patriotic
600
Purposes
14
�DEBT SERVICE:
Princ.
Long-Term Bonds & Notes
- Long-Term Bonds & Notes
94,580
51 ,305
Interest
Interest
-TAN
40,000
Lease Purchase
1
7,982
OPERATING TRANSFERS OUT:
Payments
to Capital
Reserve Funds:
20,000
Revaluation
Landfill
.
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS
.
25,000
$2,495,529
15
�1992 TAX RATE COMPUTATION/TAX RATES
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION
Concord, N.H. 03302-0457
Tax Rates
Tax Rate Computation
Town/City Portion
$2,495,529
Appropriation
Less:
Revenues
Add:
Overlay
60,011
WarServ.Cr.
45,100
Sub Total
Less: Shared Rev.
(1,167,121)
1,433,519
Ret. to
Approved Tov^n Tax
Municipal Tax Rate
Town
.
(41,255)
.
Effort
1
,392,264
1
4.83
School Portion
Due to Local School District
Due to Regional School District(s)
2,085,21
Sub Total
Less: Shared Rev. Returned
2,085,212
Approved School(s) Tax
School(s) Tax Rate
to
Town
(68,170)
2,017,042
Effort
21,49
County Portion
Due
County
Shared Rev.
412,940
to
Less:
Ret. to
Approved County Tax
County Tax Rate
Town
.
.
.
.
(8,110)
404,830
Effort
4.31
40.63
Connbined Tax Rate
Commitment Analysis
Total Property
Less:
War
Taxes Assessed
3,814,136
Service Credits
Add: Village District
Total Property
(45,1 00)
Commitments
Tax Commitment
3,769,036
Proof of Rate
VALUATION
TAX RATE
ASSESSMENT
$93,874,865
40.63
3,814,136
16
�REVISED ESTIMATED REVENUES
TAXES:
Land Use Change Taxes
2,900
32,400
Resident Taxes
5,600
Taxes
Yield
Other Taxes
Interest
&
Penalties on Delinquent Taxes
LICENSES, PERMITS
1
2,030
40,000
AND FEES:
Business Licenses and Permits
Motor Vehicle Permit Fees
Other Licenses, Permits
8,61
222,31
& Fees
11 ,500
FROM STATE:
62,522
Shared Revenue
Highway Block Grant
Water Pollution Grants
State
&
RR 468
81 ,490
1
80
216
668
7,1
Federal Forest Land Reimbursement
State Police
Gas 200
CHARGES FOR SERVICES:
Income from Departments
5,700
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES:
2,000
Sale of Municipal Property
Interest
on Investments
6,000
77,870
Other
INTERFUND OPERATING TRANSFERS
Sewer
Water
Trust and Agency Funds
IN:
160,515
225,751
1
,850
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES:
Fund Balance
100,000
TOTAL REVENUES AND CREDITS
1,167,121
OVERLAY
(REQUIREMENT FOR THE YEAR)
60,01
17
�UTILITY
SUMMARY
PSNH
1
,000,000
1
,220,000
220,000
N.H. Electric
TOTAL
ELDERLY EXEMPTION COUNT
Total
number
45
at
1
0,000
21 at
1
5,000
30
20,000
at
of Individuals
granted an Elderly Exemption
for
Current Year.
446,200
305,200
579,350
96
1,330,750
CONSERVATION RESTRICTION ASSESSMENT REPORT
No. of Acres
Farm Land
Forest Land
Wild Land
1
.
586.16
7,727.90
834.39
Unproductive
Wet Land
Total
Number
.
of
Acres Exempted under Current Use
258.90
9,407.35
TAX CREDITS
Estimated
Limits
1.
Paraplegic, double amputees owning specially
adapted homesteads with VA assistance.
2. Totally and permanently disabled veterans, their
spouses or widows, and the widows of veterans who
died or were killed on active duty.
3.
No.
Tax Credits
Exempt
Unlimited
18
5
7,000
381
38,100
386
TOTAL NUMBER AND AMOUNT
,400
100
Other war service credits
1
$45,100
�BONDED DEBT
SEWER BOND
Original
Principal
Ma
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Interest
— FHA
Amount Issued (December
urity
9,
1974)
Date:
$1 0,000.00
9,1975
9, 1976
9, 1977
9, 1978
9, 1979
9, 1 980
10,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
9,
1981
20,000.00
9,
20,000.00
9,
982
1 983
1 984
1 985
1 986
1 987
1 988
1 989
1 990
9,
1991
35,000.00
35,000.00
9,
9,
9,
9,
9,
9,
9,
1
20,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
35,000.00
9,1992
9, 1 993
9, 1994
9, 1995
9,1996
9, 1997
9, 1998
9, 1999
9,2000
35,000.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
45,000.00
45,000.00
45,000.00
9,2001
50,000.00
2002
2003
50,000.00
9,
9,
50,000.00
Payable December 9
Maturities Year
End
-
December
9,
2003
19
��WATER NOTE
�INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON FINANCIAL PRESENTATION
To the Town Manager of
the Board of Selectmen
Town
of
Farmington
Farmington,
We
New Hampshire
have audited the accompanying general purpose financial statements and
Town of Farmington
the combining and individual fund financial statements of the
ended December 31, 1991, as listed in the table of conThese financial statements are the responsibility of the Town's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audit.
as of and for the year
tents.
We
accordance with generally accepted auditing stanwe plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also
includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
conducted our audit
in
dards. Those standards require that
We
presentation.
believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opi-
nion.
As described in Note IB, the general purpose financial statements referred to
above do not include the General Fixed Assets Account Group, which should be
included to coform with generally accepted accounting principles. The amount
that should be recorded in the General Fixed Assets Account Group is not known.
In
our opinion, except that omission of the General Fixed Assets Account
Group
results
in
an
incomplete
presentation,
as
explained
in
the
above
paragraph, the general purpose financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all
of
material respects, the financial position of the
December
31
,
1
991
,
and the
results of
its
Town
of
Farmington as
operation (and cash flows of nonex-
pendable trust funds) for the year then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the combining and individual
fund financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of each of the individual funds of the Town as of December
31 1 991 and the results of operations of such funds for the year then ended in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
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992
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�WATER DEPARTMENT
Balance Forward January
1
,
1
1992
$1 53.384.08
992
Receipts:
Water Rents
1
89,989.92
& Connections
on Past Due Bills
Service Worl<
9,782.91
Interest
6,181.39
205,954.22
Voided Checks
Retunds & Recoveries
NOW Account
1
1
Money Market
80,000.00
Transfers from Well Escrow
Deposits
to
,91 3.1
600.00
Interest
Transfers from
,629.25
7,082.1
Well Escrow
2,600.14
93,824,68
453,162.98
Total Available
Disbursements:
69,553.73
Salaries
Employer PICA
5,1
Auditor
1,950.00
Chemicals
Petroleum Products
1
.52
9,652.26
,335.76
22,777.15
Utilities
Office Supplies
1
,478.36
273.65
Janitorial Supplies
Insurances
1
8,261 .50
746.00
Lab
Vehicle Maintenance
Plant
1 1
1
Maintenance
,956.59
9,61
1
.25
7,739.57
Miscellaneous
Overlay (overpayments)
Principal & Int. on Bond
2,671
.1
47,500.00
3,100.00
Clean Well #3
New Well
188,258.62
,307.46
Repair Precinct BIdg
1
Mainline Renewal
3,699.1
Backhoe
1
Adjustments:
1992BC/BS
1991 BC/BS
Abatements
91 Charges
(242.05)
218.31
(2,315.14)
2,735.52
25
6,250.00
�Void Checks
Water Escrow
1,629.25
7,082.19
9,1
Transfers to Capital Res
1
Transfer to Well Escrow
.
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
NOW Account Balance as of
.
08.08
9,500.00
.2,600.14
444,441 .89
Dec. 31
,
1
992
8,721 .09
WATER DEPARTMENT MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT:
Beginning Balance 1/1/92
Trans, to
1
992
140,079.23
NOW Account
Interest
BALANCE DEC.
80,000,00
Earned
31
,
1
5,168.08
992
65,247.31
WATER DEPARTMENT CAPITAL RESERVE ACCOUNT:
Beginning Balance 1/1/92
Deposits from
1
992
Interest
BALENCE DEC.
41,611.87
NOW Acct
1
Earned
31
,
1
9,500.00
1,680.51
992
62,792.38
WATER DEPARTMENT ESCROW SYSTEM ACCOUNT:
Beginning Balance 1/1/92
1992 Deposits
Trans to NOW Acct
1 992 Interest Earned
BALANCE DEC.
31
,
1
9,097.13
2,600.14
7,082.1
366.82
992
4,981 .90
26
�WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT
Balance Forward January
1
,
1
1992
992
$
1
9,586.74
Receipts:
Sewer Rents
Service Work & Connections
Interest on Past Due Bills
169,553.52
1 ,1 56.00
.
.
.5,760.50
176,470.02
Reimbursements
Voided Checks
NOW Account Interest
Transfers from
5,774.00
99.64
1 ,1 93.08
Money Market
5,000.00
12,066.72
TOTAL AVAILABLE
208,123.48
Disbursements:
Salaries
45,612.29
3,484.96
1,950.00
Employer PICA
Auditor
Chemicals
Petroleum Products
5,401 .00
1
Office Supplies
Janitorial Supplies
Insurances
Lab
Vehicle Maintenance
,684.89
7,384.55
313.01
2,685.41
1
Maintenance
Line Maintenance
Plant
Miscellaneous
Overlay (Overpayments)
Dewatering Belt Press
Trench Shoring
1
,287.01
5,500.00
682.04
8,250.00
167.00
Backhoe
Consultants
Adjustments:
1991 BC/BS
3.12
1992BC/BS
Abatements
1991 Expend
Void Checks
,694.07
24,711.32
1 ,41 7.07
326.60
1 1 ,71 3.88
8,761.44
Utilities
(4.60)
(858.61)
5,802.09
99.64
5,041.64
15,750.00
Transfers to Capital Reserve
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
NOW Account Balance December 31
153,818.18
,
1
992
27
54,305.30
�WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT:
Beginning Balance 1/1/92
Transfers to
1
992
9,716.01
NOW Account
5,000.00
Earned
Interest
BALANCE DEC.
31
,
1
301.81
992
5,01 7.82
WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT CAPITAL RESERVE ACCOUNT:
Beginning Balance 1/1/92
1992
Interest
BALANCE DEC.
53,732.03
NOW Account
Deposits from
1
Earned
31
,
1
.
992
.
5,750.00
1,985.92
71 ,467.95
TREASURER'S REPORT
GENERAL FUND
Balance Forward January 1,1992
Received from
Boat Fees
Town
$60,677 10
Clerk:
1
Motor Vehicle
,756,24
251 ,886.00
Titles
1,952,00
U.C.C
2,197.16
Bad Check Fines
45.00
367.00
Copies
Certified Copies - State Fees
Certified
531 .00
Dog Fines
1,150.00
Dog Licenses
2,542.00
Marriage Licences
308.00
Various Licenses
545.00
891.88
Donations -Police Department
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimbursement -PICA
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimbursement - FED
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimbursement- Lonestar
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimbursement -Medicare
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimbursement - Net
Reimbursements - Fire Department
Reimbursements - Gas
Reimbursements- Highway Department
Reimbursements - Other Insurance
Reimbursements -Police Department
Reimbursements -Sewer Department
Reimbursements- Welfare Department
Reimbursements- Workers' Compensation
Reimbursements- Water Department
Reimbursements -Water Loan
28
13,934.53
1
7,553.40
749.94
3,259.00
81 ,232.69
87.31
738.95
1,523,47
3,353,00
3,866,26
3,325,95
338,52
3,390,87
4,826,90
47,500.00
�Reimbursements -Ambulance Corps
Reimbursements - Blue Cross
Reimbursements -Court Time
Reimbursements -Emergency Service
Remibursements - Landfill
Reimbursements - CDBG
430.00
146.52
2,772.33
2,325.58
320.04
1
Energy Grant Money
Federal Forest
Highway Subsidy
Reimbursements -State Gas
Railroad Tax
Shared Revenue
State Aid -Water Pollution
180,193.01
17,180.00
3,239.30
60.00
30.00
8,000.00
878.00
Court Fines
Current Use Application Fees
Election Filings
Impact Fees
Landfill
Charges
2,821 .98
Miscellaneous
Planning Board
Photo Copies
Police - Outside Services
Police Reports
Parking Tickets
Rent of Town Property
Sale of Town Property
Funds
Zoning Board
2,936.00
859.67
6,925.70
854.00
740.00
1,41 3.96
3,676.26
944.23
460.00
Trust
of
Adjustment
9,041 .87
Building Permits
Pistol
,465.00
5,685.00
215.73
81 ,489.79
172.40
468.44
432.00
Permits
Septage Permits
Dog Licenses to State
Marriage Licenses to State
Plowing - School
Wetland Permit Applications
Recreation - Dedicated Funds
2,540.00
260.00
1 ,452.00
8,000.00
35.00
1 9,1 00.83
.4,382.64
1
NH Unemployment
.
.
TOTAL RECEIVED FROM TOWN CLERK General Fund
831,799 35
-
CDGB ACCOUNT
.
TOTAL RECEIPTS FROM TOWN CLERK
Received from Tax Collector:
1987TaxLien
1987 Tax Lien Interest
1 987 Tax Lien Penalty
1988 Tax Lien
1 988 Tax Lien Interest
1988Tax
1
,358.75
114.00
29
.
.3,150.00
834,949.35
814.50
600.27
59.00
2,489.78
Lien Penalty
.
�989 Tax Lien
1989 Tax Lien Interest
1 989 Tax Lien Penalty
1990 Resident Taxes
1 990 Resident Tax Penalty
1990 Tax Lien
1 990 Tax Lien Interest
1990 Tax Lien Penalty
1991 A Property Tax
1
1
2,522.50
50.00
5.00
184,810.83
34,988.70
2,855.00
314,369.04
1991 A Property Interest
1991
A
33,801 .39
Property Tax Penalty
8,440.50
460,456.89
B Property Tax
1 991 B Property Tax Interest
1991 B Property Tax Penalty
1991ASewer Lien Penalty
1991 B Sewer Lien Penalty
1991
1
991
A Water
24,068.20
2,21
.50
351 .00
Lien Penalty
82.61
1
991 Resident Tax
87.00
4,570.00
1991 Resident Tax Penalty
457.00
490.00
665.33
1991 Resident Tax Lien Penalty
1991A Yield Tax
1991 A Yield Tax Interest
1991 Tax Lien
1991 Tax Lien Interest
1991 Tax Lien Penalty
1991 Sewer Finals Penalty
1992A Property Tax
1 992A Property Tax Interest
1992A Yield Tax
1 992B Property Tax
1992B Property Tax Interest
1992B Yield Tax
1992 Resident Tax
1 992 Resident Tax Penalty
1992 Current Use Change Tax
1992Current Use Change Tax
National Bank Stock Taxes
1 986 Tax Sales
1
684.11
1991 B Water Lien Penalty
1
07,731 .02
38,346.47
100.31
195,721.30
10,063.32
3,363.00
15.00
1
,630,626.43
6,863.1
4,416.39
1
,388,525.61
627.62
559.36
24,780.00
1 1 1
.00
2,930.00
Interest
73.99
2,01 0.00
387.02
Tax Sale Interest
309.64
TOTAL RECEIVED FROM TAX COLLECTOR
Miscellaneous:
NOW Account Interest
Transfers f ronn
4,499,063 48
6,214.86
780,000.00
Money Market
30
�2,250,000.00
996.09
Tax Anticipation Notes
Escrow Sidewalk Account
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS
3,037,210 95
& Beginning Balance
Checks
Less orders paid per Selectmen
8,428,750 88
1 4,569.73
Total Receipts
Plus Voided
Less Transfers
to
7,496,580.1
Money Market
BALANCE DECEMBER 31,
.600,000.00
346,740.45
1992
Money Market Account:
Balance January
1
1
,
992
1
Interest
84,537.1
600,000.00
Deposits
Earned
,627.45
1
Less Withdrawals
.
Balance December
780,000.00
6,164.60
31, 1991
Skating Rink Improvement Account:
Balance January 1 1 992
51 .93
,
1,353.11
Deposit
Interest
Earned
.31.59
.
Balance December 31
1
,
992
1
William Willey/Gravel Road Account:
Balance January 1 1 992
Interest Earned
3,396.65
,
Balance December 31
1
,
,436.63
135.54
992
3,532.1
Road Project Account:
Balance January
Interest Earned
1
,
1
721 .99
992
28.81
Balance December 31
,
1
750.80
992
Conservation Commission Land Acquisition Account:
52.46
Balance January 1 1 992
2.11
Interest Earned
,
Balance December 31
,
1
992
54.57
Escrow Sidewalk Account:
Balance January
Interest Earned
Withdrawal
1
,
1
971 .83
992
Balance December 31
24.26
...
,
1
992
996.09
0.00
Certificates of Deposit Accounts:
1
Year Conservation Commission
11,685.89
31
�TREASURER'S REPORT
WATER DEPARTMENT
Balance ForwardJanuary 1,1992
153,384 08
Received from Tax Collector:
1991 A Water Rents
1991AWater Rents
1 991 B Water Rents
1991 B Water Rents
1 992A Water Rents
1992A Water Rents
1 992B Water Rents
1992B Water Rents
'
23,522.34
3,063.65
Interest
32,262.31
Interest
2,205.36
Interest
65,930.38
671 .52
Interest
64,628.04
121.56
Water Connection Fees
Water Final Billings - 1 992
Water Final Interest - 1 992
Water Final Billings - 1 991
Water Final Interest - 991
Water Services
Water Services Interest
Well Escrow Account
Reimbursements to Water Department
6,000.00
3,21 8.77
5.71
428.08
27.20
1
3,782.91
86.39
2,600.14
600.00
TOTAL RECEIVED FROM TAX COLLECTOR
209,154 36
Miscellaneous:
NOW Account Interest
Transfers from Money Market
Water Escrow
1,913.10
80,000.00
.
.
.7,082.19
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS
88,995 29
& Beginning Balance
Checks
Less Orders Paid Per Selectmen
Total Receipts
451,533.73
Plus Voided
1
Less Transfers to Capital Reserves
Less Escrow Well Account
Balance December
31,
1
,
1
1992
8,721 .09
992
Balance December 31
1
40,079.23
5,168.08
.
,
1
9,500.00
2,600.14
Money Market Account:
Balance January 1
Interest Earned
Less Withdrawals
,629.25
422,341 .75
992
.80,000.00
65,247.31
32
�Water Capital Reserve Savings Account:
Balance January 1 1 992
41 ,61
,
Interest
1
.87
19,500.00
Deposits
Earned
.
Balance December 31
,
62,792.38
992
1
.1,680.51
.
Escrow Water System
Balance January
1
,
992
1
9,097.1
2,600.14
366.82
Deposits
Interest
Earned
Less Withdrawals
.
Balance December 31
,
1
7,082.19
.
992
4,981 .90
TREASURER'S REPORT
WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT
19,586 74
Balance ForwardJanuary 1,1992
Received from Tax Collector:
1991 A Sewer Rents
1991ASewer Rents
991 B Sewer Rents
1991 B Sewer Rents
Sewer Final Billings
22,303.61
2,952.46
Interest
30,1 64.35
1
2,033.27
525.66
47.13
Interest
- 1
991
Sewer Final Billings Interest - 1991
1992A Sewer Rents
1992A Sewer Rents Interest
1 992B Sewer Rents
1992B Sewer Rents Interest
Sewer Final Billings - 1 992
Sewer Final Billings Interest - 992
Reimbursements to Sewer Department
Sewer Connection Fees
Sewer Services
60,707.21
626.1
54,806.84
1
1
01 .42
,045.85
07
1
5,774.00
1
,000.00
156.00
TOTAL RECEIVED FROM TAX COLLECTOR
Miscellaneous:
NOW Account Interest
Transfer from Money Market
182,244 02
:
.
.
.
1 ,1
93.08
.5,000.00
6,193.08
Total Miscellaneous Receipts
208,023 84
99.64
138,068.18
& Beginning Balance
Checks
Less Orders Paid by Selectmen
Total Receipts
Plus Voided
15,750.00
Less Transfers to Capital Reserve
Balance December 31, 1992
54,305 30
33
�Money Market Account:
Balance January 1
Interest Earned
Less Withdrawals
,
1
992
9,71 6.01
301.81
5,000.00
.
Balance December
31
,
1
992
5,01 7.82
Wastewater Capital Reserve Savings Account:
Balance January
1
,
1992
53,732.03
Deposits
Interest
1
Earned
Balance December 31
5,750.00
.1,985.92
,
1
992
71 ,467.95
34
�TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
SUMMARY OF TAX ACCOUNTS
Fiscal Year
Ended December
31,
1992
-DR.—
Levies of
1992
Uncollected Taxes
Beginning of Fiscal Year:
Property Taxes
1991
Prior
�Remitted to Treasurer cont.
�Abatements During Year:
Deeded
to
580.03
4,330.96
7,213.00
Town During Year
Unredeemed Taxes End
421 .89
TOTAL CREDITS
305,488.24
161,369.03
515,215.89
of Year:
388,354.52
1
6,003.96
178,371.80
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
SUIVIIVIARY
OF SEWER/WATER ACCOUNTS
Fiscal Year
Ended December
31,
1990
-DR.Uncollected Taxes
Beginning of Fiscal Year:
Water Rents
Sewer Rents
Water Services
56,388.94
52,747.96
10,61 7.86
Sewer Services
Water Connection Fees
Sewer Connection Fees
Water Finals
Sewer Finals
1 ,1
35.00
71 ,000.00
246,500.00
428.08
525.66
Taxes Committed to Collector:
Water Rents
Sewer Rents
Water Services
Sewer Services
Sewer Connection Fees
1
79,406.1
1
60,660.28
4,864.61
300.00
1
,000.00
Added Taxes:
Water
Sewer
Finals
3,365.51
Finals
1
Overpayments:
a/c Water Rents
a/c Sewer Rents
,091 .07
00
00
Interest Collected:
Water Rents/Services
Sewer Rents/Services
6,1 81 .39
.5,760.50
TOTAL DEBITS
801 ,973.05
37
�— CR.Remitted to Treasurer
During Fiscal Year:
Water Rents
Sewer Rents
Water Services
Sewer Services
Water Connection Fees
Sewer Connection Fees
Water Interest
Sewer Interest
Water Finals
1
86,343.07
1
67,982.01
3,782.91
1
56.00
6,000.00
00.00
6,1 81 .39
5,760.50
3,646.85
Sewer Finals
Sewer Connections
1
,571 .51
1
,000.00
1
,272.1
Abatements Allowed:
Water Rents
Sewer Rents
Water Service
Water Connection Fees
858.61
43.00
1
,000.00
Uncollected Taxes
End
of Fiscal Year:
Water Rents
Sewer Rents
Water Services
Sewer Services
Water Connection Fees
Sewer Connection Fees
Water Finals
Sewer Finals
48,1 79.92
44,567.62
11 ,656.56
1
,279.00
64,000.00
246,500.00
1 46.74
45.22
TOTAL CREDITS
801 ,973.05
38
�FINANCIAL REPORT
ASSETS:
Cash
$
Cashrrax Collector's Office
S/A Skating Rink Fund
Cash/Money Market Account
Cash Payroll Account
Escrow Account/Midway
Petty
Willey Gravel
Pit
346,740.45
225.00
1
,436.63
6,164.60
25.00
750.80
& Road Money
3,532.1
1992 Resident Tax
1 991 Resident Tax
1986 Property Tax
1 992 Property Tax - June
1992 Property Tax - December
Yield Tax
1987 Tax Lien
1 988 Tax Lien
1989 Tax Lien
1 990 Tax Lien
1991 Tax Lien
1 986 Taxes Bought by Town not Redeemed
Intergovernmental A/R
9,51 0.00
240.00
49.77
283,068.57
41 9,534.27
1
,005.80
820.36
2,637.1
11 ,960.04
161 ,369.03
305,488.24
586.39
-258.16
1,554,886.15
LIABILITIES:
S.A.U. 61
832,21 2.00
Tax Anticipation Note
300,000.00
Employees Deductions
Escrow Accounts
Recreation-Dedicated Funds
State of New Hampshire
Deferred Revenue Impact Fees
Donations to Departments
Reserve for Uncollected Taxes
1992 Encumbered Funds
1
,505.29
4,282 99
2,489.77
1
88.50
24,000.00
1
,091 .88
2,81 3.79
6,500.00
1,175,084.22
ASSETS
1,554,886.15
LIABILITIES
.
NET SURPLUS
1,175,084.22
379,801 .93
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Conservation Commission Savings Account
Certificate of Deposit
$
54.57
11 ,685.89
ASSETS
$11 ,740.46
39
�SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS
346,740.45
Cash on Hand January 1 1 992
From Local Taxes
From Tax Sales Redeemed
Tax Liens
,
Interest
&
State of
3,833,959.05
387.02
491,567.43
1 73,1 49.98
282,491 .70
944.23
New Hampshire
Penalties
.
.
:
Income from Trust Funds
Licenses & Permits
Town Clerk Fees
2,593.87
6,942.16
251 ,886.00
1 ,756.24
2,802.00
1,150.00
3,979.30
1 ,41 3.96
3,676.26
1
All
Motor Vehicle Permits
Boat Fees
Dog Licenses
Dog Fines
Municipal Court
Rent of Town Property
Sale of Town Property
Interest
7,842,31
on Deposits
2,250,000.00
780,000.00
9,000.00
47,500.00
2,936.00
460.00
854.00
19,100.83
Temporary Notes
Money Market Account
Snow Plowing School
Water Loan
Planning Board
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Police Reports
Parks & Recreation Department
Refunds & Recoveries
3,681 .65
BC/BS Employee Reimb
Impact Fees
Landfill Charges
Reimb. School & Ambulance
Payments Police Outside Services
Water/Sewer Misc. Reimb
Reimb. Community Development Expenses
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimb
Escrow Sidewalk Account
Donation Police Dept
Reimb. Emergency Services
Reimb. Insurance
Reimb. Departments
Reimb. Unemployment
Reimb. Workmen's Comp
1
46.52
8,000.00
878.00
930.71
6,925.70
8,1 52.85
1 ,465.00
1
16,729.56
996.09
891 .88
2,325.58
3,353.00
6,1 35.60
4,382.64
3,390.87
8,701,518.44
RECEIPTS DETAILS
Cash on Hand January
1
,
346,740.45
1992
40
�FROM LOCAL TAXES
1992 Resident Taxes
1 991 Resident Taxes
24,780.00
4,570.00
1990 Resident Taxes
Yield Taxes
50.00
5,641 .08
Current Use
991
2,930.00
774,825.93
Tax Collection 1992
3,019,152.04
Tax Collection
1
National Bank Stock
2,010.00
3,833,959.05
FROM TAX SALES REDEEMED
Levy of
1
387.02
986
387.02
FROM TAX LIENS
1987 Tax
1 988 Tax
1989 Tax
1 990 Tax
1991 Tax
Lien
814.50
Lien
2,489.78
Lien
1
07,731 .02
Lien
1
84,81 0.83
Lien
195,721.30
491,567.43
Interest
Received & Resident Tax Penalties
STATE OF
73,1 49.98
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Highway Subsidy
Shared Revenue
State Aid Water Pollution
Forest Lands
Railroad Tax
State Police
1
81 ,489.79
180,193.01
17,180.00
21 5.73
468.44
1 72.40
Gas
Witness Fees Police Department
2,772.33
282,491.70
INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS
Trustee Trust Funds (Town Poor)
944.23
41
�ALL LICENSES AND PERMITS
Building Permits
9,041 .87
Septage Permits
2,540.00
432.00
545.00
35.00
Rstol Permits
Licenses, Junk Yard, Food, etc
Wetlands Permit Applications
12,593.87
TOWN CLERK FEES
1,952.00
^tles
Marriage Licenses (Town)
308.00
Marriage Licenses (State)
1
UCC
2,197.16
Copies (Town)
Certified Copies (State)
Bad Check Fines
Filing Fees (Current Use & Election)
,452.00
367.00
Certified
531 .00
45.00
90.00
6,942.16
MOTOR VEHICLE PERMITS
Kathy
L.
251 ,886.00
Vickers, Clerk
BOAT FEES
Kathy
L.
Vickers, Clerk
1
,756.24
DOG LICENSES
Kathy
L.
Vickers, Clerk
Town
2,542.00
State Fees
260.00
DOG FINES
Kathy
L.
Vickers, Clerk
1 ,1
50.00
MUNICIPAL COURT
Court Fines
& Parking Tickets
3,979.30
RENT OF TOWN PROPERTY
Court
Room
1,41 3.96
Rental
SALE OF
TOWN PROPERTY
Truck, Cruiser, Land
3,676.26
42
�INTEREST
NOW Account & Money Market
7,842.31
$
TEMPORARY NOTES
Farmington National
& Savings Bank
$2,250,000.00
MONEY MARKET
Transfer from
Money Market Account
780,000.00
SNOW PLOWING SCHOOL
9,000.00
S.A.U.61 ($9,000.00 A/R 91)
WATER LOAN
47,500.00
Water Department
PLANNING BOARD
2,936.00
Manning Board
ZBA
ZBA
460.00
POLICE REPORTS
854.00
Accident Reports
PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Dances, Fund Raisers
19,100.83
REFUNDS & RECOVERIES
Misc.
& Photo Copies
3,681 .65
BC/BS Employee Reimb
1
Landfill
878.00
Charges
Reimb. Gas School
46.52
8,000.00
Impact Fees from Developers
& Ambulance
930.71
(A/R 92 $221 .84)
Payments Police Outside Services
Water/Sewer Misc. Reimb
Reimb. CDBG Expenses
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimb
Escrow Sidewalk Account
Police Department Dedicated Donation
Reimb. Emergency Services
6,925.70
8,152.85
1
11
,465.00
6,729.56
996.09
891 .88
2,325.58
Reimb. Insurance
3,353.00
Reimb. Departments
Reimb. Unemployment
Reimb. Workmen's Comp
4,382.64
6,1
35.60
3,390.87
43
�DETAIL OF PAYMENTS
Town Officers' Salaries
Town Officers' Expenses
35,839.38
157,579.69
Insurance Expenses
180,477.02
Election
Town
&
2,761 .77
Registration
34,537.36
Expenses
Hall
6,374.37
Health/Animal Control
Debt Service
Police Departnnent
1
89,905.50
370,61 5.87
5,281 .95
Police Cruiser
1
Department
Ranning Board & Zoning Board
Landfill Expenses
Highways - Winter & Summer
Highways - General Expenses
Removal of Trees
River Maintenance
Special Highway Subsidy
Backhoe
Highway Truck
Rebuild/Repave Roads
RCA -Town's Contribution
79,81
Fire
of
Adjustment
1
.70
48,077.77
54,509.47
222,394.54
69,779.74
2,350.00
1
,281 .37
81 ,696.33
8,000.00
49,000.00
36,477.28
30,970.54
24,103.88
Police Retirement/Medicare
Police Outside Services
6,884.31
Appraisals
4,370.00
Industrial
Search
1
,244.41
Street Lighting
27,781 .84
Legal/Enforcement Expense
14,596.53
Rural District Health
20,086.00
Strafford
County CAPP
3,500.00
Strafford Dispatch
11 ,241 .63
Ubraries
46,392.00
Town Poor
Memorial Day
Parks & Recreation
Town Clock
21 ,605.1
Capital Reserve/Landfill
25,000.00
Capital Reserve/Reevaluation
20,000.00
5,31 4.94
600.00
44,637.1
550.00
Consultant/Engineers
00
Hayward Block
Personnel
2,089.40
Liabilities
00
Gas Tanks Roof
Town
Hall
Sidewalks
Renovations
8,996.79
Downtown
4,831 .67
-
996.09
Escrow Account
Temporary Loans
Sidewalks
-
2,250,000.00
44
�Money Market Account
600,000.00
S.A.U. 61
2,1 51
Town Clerk Fees
Dog Licenses
,595.00
1
,983.00
to State
229.00
1991 Taxes Bought by the
Town
501 ,789.57
County Tax
Defense
41 2,940.00
W/S
11 6,729.56
00
Qvil
Payroll
CDBG
Parks
Payroll
Expenses
1
& Recreation Expenditures
1
Revenue Payments
Encumbered Energy Grant
,21
6,61
2,1
1
Overlay
0.80
1
.06
76.58
,295.00
.111,205.23
$8,140,308.21
TOWN
Town
OFFICERS' SALARIES
Officers
35,839.38
Appropriation
35,368.00
Expenditures
.
Overdraft
.35,839.38
471.38
TOWN
OFFICERS' EXPENSES
Personnel
11 3,370.23
Auditors
4,700.00
Telephone
Dues
Postage
5,005.01
Office Supplies
3,885.69
Register of
4,51 5.78
4,999.08
Deeds
4,81 6.50
Printing
3,932.20
Mileage
878.92
632.04
Advertising
Tax Map Update
Office Equipment
RSA's
725.00
20.55
1
607.29
945.00
Training
Maintenance Agreements
Rebind/Restore Old Records
5,663.1
2,453.00
157,579.69
Appropriation
163,034.00
Expenditures
157,579.69
Unexpended
5,454.31
45
�INSURANCE EXPENSES
Health/Medical
Disability/Life
93,716.15
Insurance
8,806.53
20,373.00
Vehicles
& Others
& Liability
Workmen's Compensation
Unemployment Compensation
Liability/Officers
1
2,894.00
Property
1
5,796.00
25,1 48.58
2,289.76
Bonds
1
,453.00
180,477.02
Appropriation
208,518.00
Expenditures
180,477.02
Unexpended
28,040.98
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Election Personnel
Printing Ballots
2,082.50
& Forms
1 78.03
501.24
Meals
2,761.77
Appropriation
3,420.00
Expenditures
2,761 .77
Unexpended
658.23
TOWN HALL EXPENSES
Fuel Oil
5,608.95
Electricity
6,697.77
Janitor
1
7,080.80
Supplies
2,764.14
Repairs
2,155.12
Sewer & Water
230.58
34,537.36
Appropriation
36,062.00
Expenditures
34,537.36
Unexpended
1
,524.64
HEALTH/ANIMAL CONTROL
Personnel
4,508.80
Supplies/Training
785.57
Sheltering Animals
1
,080.00
6,374.37
46
�9,400.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.6,374.37
.
3,025.63
Unexpended
DEBT SERVICE
94,580.00
49,304.38
Principal
Interest
Lease Purchases
Tax Anticipation Note Interest
1
7,981 .79
28,039.33
189,905.50
203,867.00
189,905.50
Appropriation
Expenditures
Unexpended
1
3,961 .50
POLICE DEPARTMENT
320,364.74
1 0,757.68
8,41 4.89
2,569.87
800.57
2,247.26
2,522.02
1,648.43
5,082.83
8,286.93
4,369.54
595.04
2,929.07
Police Personnel
Police Overtime
Telephone
Uniforms
Radio Maintenance
Office Supplies
Police Supplies
Tires
Police Training
Gas
Cruiser Maintenance
Juvenile Investigations
New Equipment
370,615.87
Expenditures
374,281 .00
.370,615.87
Unexpended
3,665.13
Appropriation
POLICE CRUISER
lrv\/in
Motors
1
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
Unexpended
1,718.05
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
Rre Department Payments Firefighters
Chief
-
5,281 .95
7,000.00
.15,281.95
1
22,641 .48
600.00
Clothing
Deputy Chief
Mileage
(2)
-
Clothing
1
,200.00
418.86
336.50
Forest Fire Protection
47
�965.87
Training
4,126.11
Telephone
389.26
Office Supplies
Electric/Building
3,826.58
Fuel Oil/Building
5,1
00.00
Water
52.00
Sewer
80.00
844.99
Maintenance Supplies
Truck Expense
Equipment Expense
New Equipment
Chemicals
Repairs Air Pacs
Alarm System
Radio Repairs
Fire
1
2,966.35
11 ,775.60
6,904.08
91 4.59
945.03
1
,335.75
1
,690.61
1
Prevention
,586.84
Paging Units
573.20
Physicals
538.00
Forestry Equipment
-00
._
79,811.70
Appropriation
79,757.00
Expenditures
79,811.70
54.70
Overdraft
PLANNING BOARD & ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
44,81
Personnel
Planning Consultants
Strafford Regional Planning
Printing
1
.67
622.42
00
00
354.55
694.46
700.00
1 20.00
774.67
Postage
Commission
& Advertising
Mileage
Telephone
BOCA Dues
Supplies
00
Enforcement Funds
48,077.77
53,480.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
Unexpended
48,077.77
5,402.23
LANDFILL EXPENSES
37,120.48
Labor
4,800.00
434.1
Fuel
Oil
&
Lubricant
48
�373.16
Lights
1,620.12
Tires
&
Repairs
Parts
6,1
Pest Control
Removal
Removal
Metal
Tire
58.43
00
250.00
00
2,250.00
473.01
Stickers
Regional Solid Waste Agreement
Recycling
.
.
.1,030.12
54,509.47
Appropriation
61 ,41 6.00
Expenditures
54,509.47
Unexpended
6,906.53
HIGHWAYS
— WINTER & SUMMER
Highway Personnel
1
52,460.88
22,969.39
Salt
Hot Top
3,459.96
Cleaning Catch Basins
5,000.00
Culverts/Catch Basins
4,597.99
Contract/Sweeping
5,600.00
Bridge Repair
3,604.00
2,000.00
Sifter
Gravel
Mower
11 ,268.56
2,050.00
Rental
Uniforms
1
Building Repair
7,939.70
Dues & Training
,339.06
105.00
222,394.54
Appropriation
228,195.00
Expenditures
.222,394.54
Unexpended
5,800.46
HIGHWAY GENERAL EXPENSES
Gasoline
3,524.16
10,153.32
Diesel Fuel
Engine
1,11 5.00
Oil
2,366.67
Lights/Building
Telephone
Water
61 3.76
52.00
394.50
Radio Repairs
Tires
3,450.74
Rubbish Removal
1
,726.00
404.77
Cleaning Supplies
49
�Repairs & Parts
36,468.07
1 ,1
Cutting
Edges
01 .00
4,1
Repaint Trucl<s
37.53
2,529.22
Traffic Signs
New Equipment
81 0.00
915.00
Painting Lines
69,779.74
Appropriation
78,810.00
Expenditures
69,779.74
Unexpended
9,030.26
REMOVAL OF TREES
2,350.00
Burke's Tree Service
Appropriation
1
,500.00
2,350.00
Expenditures
850.00
Overdraft
RIVER MAINTENANCE
S.
Cardinal
& Sons,
Etc
1
,281 .37
2,500.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.1,281.37
Unexpended
1,218.63
SPECIAL HIGHWAY SUBSIDY
81 ,696.33
Street Paving Etc
81 ,490.00
Appropriation
.81,696.33
Expenditures
206.33
Overdraft
BACKHOE
8,000.00
Bouregaurd
Appropriation
8,000.00
Expenditures
8,000.00
HIGHWAY TRUCK
Grappone Truck Center & Howard
49,000.00
Fairfield
Appropriations
49,000.00
Expenditures
49,000.00
REBUILD/REPAVE ROADS
NH
36,477.28
Bituminous &Tilcon Maine
Appropriation
31 ,000.00
Expenditures
36,477.28
5,477.28
Overdraft
50
�F.I.C.A.
TOWN'S CONTRIBUTION
30,970.54
FNS
41 ,600.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.30,970.54
.
10,629.46
Unexpended
POLICE RETIREMENT/MEDICARE
24,103.88
FNS
26,300.00
.24,103.88
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
Unexpended
2,196.12
POLICE OUTSIDE SERVICES
6,884.31
Weddings, Public Functions
3,500.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
.
6,884.31
3,384.31
Overdraft
APPRAISALS
4,370.00
Alfred lekler
8,000.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
.
Unexpended
4,370.00
3,630.00
INDUSTRIAL SEARCH
Business Promotions
1
Appropriation
1
Expenditures
1
,244.41
,300.00
,244.41
Unexpended
55.59
STREETING LIGHTING
Public Service of
NH
27,781 .84
29,500.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
Unexpended
.27,781.84
1
51
,71 8.1
�LEGAL/ENFORCEMENT FUNDS
Cooper,
Hall,
14,596.53
Whittum&Shillabar, etc
30,000.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
14,596.53
.
Unexpended
1
5,403.47
RURAL DISTRICT HEALTH
20,086.00
Rural District Health Association
20,1 00.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
20,086.00
.
Unexpended
1
4.00
STRAFFORD COUNTY CAPP
Strafford
County CAPP, (Encumber $500.00
to
3,500.00
1993)
4,000.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
3,500.00
.
500.00
Unexpended
STRAFFORD COUNTY DISPATCH
Strafford
11 ,241 .63
County Dispatch
11 ,242.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
.11,241.63
37
Unexpended
LIBRARIES
46,392.00
Farmington Library Association
46,392.00
46,392.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
TOWN POOR
21,605.13
Welfare
Appropriation
36,000.00
Expenditures
21,605.13
Unexpended
14,394.87
52
�MEMORIAL DAY
C. L. Perkins Post No.
60 American Legion
600.00
600.00
600.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
PARKS & RECREATION
38,977.08
Personnel
700.00
400.00
Boys Club
Supplies
Girls
-
Boys Club
:700.00
Club
2,497.98
Maintain Parks
300.00
00
600.00
1 20.33
Hay Day
Field Trips
Road Race
Recreation Dept.
-
Supplies
341.75
Telephone
44,637.14
44,155.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
.44,637.14
482.14
Overdraft
TOWN CLOCK
Peter Johnson, Care of
Town Clock
550.00
CAPITAL RESERVE
—
LANDFILL
Trustees of Trust Fund
25,000.00
Appropriation
25,000.00
Expenditures
25,000.00
CAPITAL RESERVE
—
REEVALUATION
Trustees of Trust Fund
20,000.00
Appropriation
20,000.00
Expenditures
20,000.00
CONSULTANTS/ENGINEERS
CEH,
5,31 4.94
Inc. Etc
Appropriation
7,000.00
Expenditures
5,31 4.94
Unexpended
1
53
,685.06
�HAYWARD BLOCK PAVING
Paving of Lot. (Encumber $6,000.00 to
1
00
993)
6,000.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
00
Unexpended
6,000.00
PERSONNEL
LIABILITIES
Accrued Sick Days, Vacation Days Due Upon Separations
2,089.40
Appropriation
8,000.00
Expenditures
2,089.40
Unexpended
5,91 0.60
BRIDGE SURVEY
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
0.00
Appropriation
1
.00
1
.00
00
Expenditures
Unexpended
TOWN HALL RENOVATION
8,996.79
Murphy & Sons etc
Appropriation
9,000.00
Expenditures
8,996.79
Unexpended
3.21
SIDEWALKS
- DOWNTOWN
REHABILITATION
The John Swenson Granite Co. Inc
4,831 .67
Appropriation
5,000.00
Expenditures
4,831.67
Unexpended
168.33
SIDEWALKS ESCROW ACCOUNT
UNEX
996.09
TAN NOTES
Farmington National Bank
2,250,000.00
MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
Transfer to Regular Checking Account
600,000.00
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�SCHOOL
Farmington School District
2,1 51
,595.00
1
,983.00
TOWN CLERK FEES TO STATE
Treasurer, State of N.H
DOG LICENSES
229.00
Treasurer, State of N.H
1991
Kathy
L.
TAXES BOUGHT BY THE TOWN
Vickers, Tax Collector
501 ,789.57
COUNTY TAX
412,940.00
Treasurer, Strafford County
CIVIL
DEFENSE
00
Expenditures
Appropriation
25.00
00
Expenditures
WATER/SEWER PAYROLL
Water/Sewer Payroll
11
6,729.56
CDBG PAYROLL EXPENSES
Community Development Grand
Expenses
Payroll
1,21 0.80
PARKS & RECREATION DEPT. EXPENDITURES
Expenditures Dedicated parks
& Rec. G1
line
1
6,61
1
.06
EXPENDITURES REVENUES
Overpayments -Taxes, Reimbursements
2,176.58
ENCUMBERED ENERGY GRANT
Robert Gray
1
,295.00
OVERLAY
Tax Abatements (Includes 58,273.51 Non-Cash Trans.)
55
111,205.23
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REMITTANCE SUMMARY
January
1,
1992
•
December
57 Boat Fees
5,934 Motor Vehicle
979
1
Total
52
4
1
Titles
1
UCC
.
.
257,791 .40
Bad Check Fine
45.00
367.00
Copies
Certified Copies - State Fees
Certified
531 .00
Dog Fines
Dog Licenses
1 ,1
308.00
545.00
Marriage Licenses
5,488.00
- Police Department
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimb.— PICA
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimb.— FED
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimb. Lonestar
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimb.— Medicare
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimb. —NET
Reimbursements -Ambulance Corps
Reimbursements - Blue Cross
Reimbursements - CDBG
Reimbursements -Court Time
Reimbursements -Emergency Services
Reimbursements -Fire Department
Reimbursements -Gas
Reimbursements - Highway Dept
Reimbursements -Other Ins
Reimbursements -Landfill
Reimbursements - Police Dept
Reimbursements -Sewer Department
Reimbursement -Welfare
Reimbursements- Workers' Comp
Reimbursements -Water Dept
Reimbursements- Water Loan
891 .88
1
17
1
1
2
19
4
3
12
4
2
1
1
9
3
3
9
5
Total
1
3,934.53
1
7,553.40
—
1
Received from above sources
3
50.00
2,542.00
10 Donations
1
,952.00
.2,197.16
Received from above Sources
1
,756.24
251 ,886.00
Various Licenses
1
Total
1992
$
Received from above Sources
95
95
34
504
44
31,
749.94
3,259.00
81,232.69
430.00
1
1
2,772.33
2,325.58
87.31
738.95
1
,523.47
3,353.00
320.04
3,866.26
3,325.95
338.52
3,390.87
4,826.90
47,500.00
1
Energy Grant Money
46.52
,465.00
94,032.1
5,685.00
57
�1
21 5.73
Federal Forest
81 ,489.79
4 Highway Subsidy
6 Reimbursements
1
-
State
Gas
1 72.40
468.44
Railroad Tax
Revenue
- Water Pollution
NH Unemployment
180,193.01
2 Shared
1
1
Total
State Aid
1
.
Received from above Sources
7,1
289,787.01
3,239.30
43 Court Fines
6 Current Use Application Fees
60.00
30.00
Election Filings
1
1
80.00
.4.382.64
.
8,000.00
Impact Fees
878.00
Charges
36
Landfill
1
Miscellaneous
2,821 .98
Planning Board
2,936.00
28
26
92
63
859.67
Photo Copies
Police -Outside Services
Police Reports
2 Plowing - School
21
6,925.70
854.00
8,000.00
1
740.00
Parking Tickets
Town Property
of Town Property
3.96
6 Rent of
1
7 Sale
3,676.26
1
1 1
Total
944.23
Trust Funds
Zoning Board of Adjustment
.
Received from above Sources
9,041 .87
24 Building Permits
00 Pistol Permits
1 68
Septage Permits
3 Wetlands Permit Applications
432.00
1
35.00
1
-
260.00
1,71 2.00
Dedicated Funds
Received from Above Source
TOTAL RECEIVED
1
2,048.87
1,452.00
.
Received from above Sources
57 Recreation
Total
2,540.00
Received from above sources
520 Dog Licenses to State
44 Marriage Licenses to State
Total
.460.00
51 ,839.1
1
Total
,41
1
9,1
00.83
19,100.83
— GENERAL FUND
831 ,799.35
Community Developement
3,150.00
TOTAL RECEIPTS COLLECTED
834,949.35
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�ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD FOR
A
Site
total of
20 applications were made
Review,
permit,
1
to the Planning
1992
Board during
1
992:
1
2 for
use permits, 1 for an earth removal
adjustment and 3 hearings were held for scenic
for subdivision, 2 for special
1
for a
boundary
line
roads.
In
the
March
of 1992, the voters
amended wetlands
passed the following items as presented
ordinance, the waterfront protection
the set
mobile
home
them:
and approved subdivisions, the
changes in
specific time limits for conditional approvals
clarification of the existing
to
overlay zone,
regulations and the proposed
back requirements.
The Capital Improvements Committee chaired by Nick Jolles is continuing its
work to put the finishing touches on the plan and will have
ready for
presentation in the near future. Upon completion of the Capital Improvements
Plan, the Planning Board is scheduled to update and amend the Master Plan
diligent
it
during 1993.
We
are looking forward to a prosperous
New
Year and wish
to again
express
our appreciation to the Selectmen, the Conservation Commission, department
heads and the citizens
assistance as
we move
of
this
forward
community
into
for
their
continued support and
1993.
Respectfully submitted,
Elmer W. Barron
III
Chairman
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�REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
1992 saw the completion of wells 3 and 4 after years of negotiation. It also
marked the beginning of another long term project, the closure of the landfill. The
Board of Selectmen began studies related to the eventual closure of the landfill.
While there is adequate space for more rubbish, the EPA and other regulatory
agencies are adopting stricter rules that will force the landfill to close shortly. The
high cost of closure is reflected in two alternatives which the Board of Selectmen
Town Meeting.
Either the cost can be borne by taxes or by user
Accounting Standards require owners of landfills to
budget the closure as an operating expense. The Town participated in a Hazardous Household Waste Collection day. High prices for scrap metal enabled the
Town to have the metal removed at no cost in 1992. The Board has entered an
agreement to make a profit upon scrap metal and appliances in 1993.
are bringing to
fees.
New Governmental
The Town was saddened by the death of long time welfare director, Trudy
Pence. Bruce Pence was promoted to welfare director and has continued Trudy's
example of service to the elderly and needy. Mrs. Edna Parshley, after 16 years
as the deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector, announced her retirement for January
1993. Her vast knowledge of the Town will be sorely missed in the Town Hall. Linda Ghareeb, the Town's Recreation director, left. Judy Brownell, a member of the
Parks and Recreation Commission, filled in very capably until Kerry Griffin was
hired. Kerry has brought new ideas and has put new direction into our community
recreation program. Gwen Bernard, a police secretary, moved to Florida and was
replaced by Roxanne Pageau. Following the retirement of Sergeant Walter
Brown, Scott Roberge was promoted to Sergeant. Mr. Kevin Willey was hired as
a
new patrolman.
The Town's application for a $350,000 CDBG grant scored highest in the State.
The grant was written by John Scruton and the director of the Housing Partnership, Anne Meadows. It is being administrated by Pam Merril, CDBG director, and
Don Gilbert, CDBG rehabilitation specialist. While there was such enthusiasm for
applying for a grant to construct a Day Care Center in 1993, the Board wanted to
be sure that first it could be self-supporting without requiring municipal funds.
committee is hard at work on this project for a future CDBG application.
A
Selectmen cooperated with New England Telephone to construct
parts of South Main Street. Sealing and shimming was done
on various paved roads in Town as the Board continues to work their overall plan
for improvement of the Town's Streets and Roads.
The Board
of
new sidewalks along
The State's Waste Stream Allocation Report enabled the Board to lift the sewer
moratorium. Since it indicated a limited capacity for expansion, the Board voted
not to extend the lines beyond the current footprint for new residential development. The Board of Selectmen restructured waste water rates to comply with
State and Federal requirements that rates be
60
based upon volume used. This
�will
help to
make
more
the rates
where every dwelling
unit paid the
equitable. This replaced the old unit
same
method
fee regardless of volume of waste water
generated.
In closing we wish to thank our outstanding staff of dedicated employees who
have carried out our policies and services. We thank all the businesses and their
owners who have donated time, goods, money, and equipment for a multitude of
causes. We also express our deepest gratitude to the many individuals who have
given freely of their time to serve on committees and boards for the Town. These
efforts have been a tremendous boost to the community, and we thank them for
their time, help and dedication. We also thank the many citizens who have
contributed their time and efforts in other ways. It is as a community working
together that
we
are able to take pride that
we
live
here.
Barbara Spear, Chairperson
John J. Silvia, Jr., Selectman
Willis Berry, Selectman
FARMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
1992 ANNUAL REPORT
The Police Department has continued to maintain services to the public,
in updating equipment and keep up its commitment to hiring and
keeping quality personnel. Due to the retirement of Walter Brown and injury to
other officers, the department was short handed to the equivalent of two officers
for most of the year. In addition, with Off. Roberge conducting the D.A.R.E.
program there was a strain with the on street coverage requiring other officers to
progress
be reassigned to patrol as
in
was
required for a short time.
All of this
was
reflected
arrest activity being slightly lower over previous years.
As most everybody knows the Governor signed a
bill
which eliminated
satellite
courts and during 1992, the Farmington session of the Rochester District Court
was
eliminated, requiring
heard and
per
week
all
cases and officers and witnesses involved
to
be
downtown Rochester for court. The court assigned one day
Farmington cases only, however with new law changes and lawyers
to travel to
for
increasingly taking cases to
trial
our prosecutor spends an average of two days
in
court arguing defense attorneys motions for case dismissal or for evidence
suppression hearings. This also places him
a position of having to take more
in
time on case preparation. An interesting side note about the departments arrest
activity
was
that
5^of
all
arrests
were
of
people
who do
not reside
in
Farmington.
This figure includes traffic offenses such as speeding or inspection violations
alcohol offenses. According to the Crime
In
NH
and
Report, Farmington has less
crimes per thousand population than a neighboring community.
some personnel changes. Sgt.
conducting a hiring process, Kevin Willey,
During 1992 the deaprtment went through
Walter Brown retired
in
June and
after
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�a certified
New Hampshire
hired. His certification
police officer from Groveton,
New Hampshire was
allowed the town and department to save on training costs
and allowed the department to get him on the street sooner. Part-time secretary
Gwen Berard resigned because of a move to Florida and Roxanne Pageau of
Green St., Farmington was brought on board to fill that position.
A promotional process was conducted during the year and Officer Scott
Roberge was selected for promotion to the rank of Sergeant. Other changes during the year resulted in Officer Daniel Yoder being assigned to investigations, Officer David Hall was given additional training in prosecuting cases and Officer
Mark
McGowan was
assigned
to field training officer status. All officers
received
New Hampshire
specialized training during the year as required by the
Police
Standards and Training Council.
During the year the department received a grant for DWI enforcement based
upon a grant application prepared by Officer David Hall. In addition, Officer Randy Sobel prepared a grant application for a new radar unit which will be submitted
to the State for their consideration. Officers also gave presentations to the Farmington National Bank, Farmington/Milton Headstart Program, driver education
and to the FED-UP organization.
During 1993 and beyond, the town can be assured of the department's coma reasonable cost. In the coming
address the space requirements for the department and we
will explore options with the Board of Selectmen, the Budget Committee, other
town departments and the public. We will consider volunteer boards and their
needs and, of course, the cost to complete any authorized changes.
mitment
year,
to delivering quality police services at
we do need
to
Another Chief once told me that 'A police department can be a mirror image of
community it serves and it will be as good as the community wants it to be or
as bad as the community allows it to be." With that in mind encourage citizens
to take an active interest in the department and the services it renders. It is nice
to hear what is right about the department and its officers but we want to know
what you do not like. We want your thoughts about what we can do for you. We
need you to tell us your concerns so we may change policy, implement pro'
the
I
cedural changes or simply satisfy a need.
at
a
FED-UP meeting
One
citizen
came up
with a
regarding a method by which citizens can
tell
good idea
the police
about suspicious or criminal activity. We are working on drafts right now and we
ask the Puddle Dock Press and perhaps other papers to print it in their issues
during the year. We work for you, and as such, are accountable to you. Please
will
keep us on our toes.
In
closing,
I
am
confident
during 1992 and that
we
in
saying that the department accomplished
will strive to
keep improving
its
goals
1993.
in
Respectively submitted,
Barry
62
J.
Carr, Chief of Police
�FARMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1992
The Farmington
Fire
Department is pleased to report to you, the good citizens
Department activities during 1992 and what we
of Farmington, regarding Fire
hope
to
accomplish
in
1993.
During 1 992 the Fire Department responded to 1 79 calls. The 1 79 incidents included 45 fires that caused an estimated $230,000 in direct property losses. We
were very fortunate that no one was injured by fire in 1992.
We
responded
to 4
rescue
calls,
24 false alarms, 7
of
which were malicious
in
nature, 72 other calls, as well as providing assistance to adjoining districts on 34
occasions. Farmington received mutual aid assistance on 12 occasions.
Average response time in 1992 was 7 minutes with an average of 1 engine
company, 1 ladder company, and 14 firefighters. The 179 incidents required
3,201 manhours to handle, not including report and investigation time, or an
average of 18 manhours per incident.
At the present time our equipment
is in
fairly
good condition with a few notable
We continue to experience communication difficulties due to the age
condition of our radio equipment. We are confident that this difficulty will be
exceptions.
and
overcome
program
with the purchase of an entirely
command.
new system along
command
with the training
designed to improve the efficiency of on-hand resources. The body on our Engine No. 2 is beginning to show
serious signs of corrosion. This apparatus will require attention if we intend to
keep it in service for the future. Engine No. 3 will soon be in-service as a hose
wagon. The modifications required to remodel this apparatus are well underway.
We anticipate delivery any time now. Equipping this apparatus will be the next big
for incident
Incident
is
step.
During 1992
we
many hours
and at various
such subjects as
self-contained breathing apparatus. Level
Level II, Pumping and pump operations. Municipal Fire Department Management and Hazardous Materials Operations level. We have two qualified fire instructors on board at this time, one
qualified hazardous materials instructor, and one qualified CPR instructor. 1993
^M\\ be another year of training with plans to qualify our inspectors in photography,
bring all firefighters to Level competency, and expand our hazardous materials
provided
of training both in-house
other vendors and schools. Firefighters completed training
in
I,
I
capabilities to operational level. In-house training will continue with individual
engine companies providing the monthly training topics.
The
Department continues to provide inspection and fire prevention serhave recently added emphasis on the training of our firefighters to be
sensitive to the needs of the handicapped, the very old and the very young. We intend to continue to support Learn Not to Burn and other such programs as the
Fire
vices.
We
63
�community may need or desire. Our firefighiers and officers are ready to present
any program dealing with fire prevention or fire protection that your club, church,
school or civic organization may need or require.
we would
Finally
and
activities.
We
like to thanl<
you
especially would
for
your continued support of our programs
like to
thank those citizens
who came
out dur-
those cold nights to bring coffee and donuts. A special thanks to the Fire
House Auxiliary for their undying support. Thanks also to Joe and Bev Vachon for
ing
the special support they provided during 1992.
Respectfully submitted,
Joel D. Plante
Deputy
Fire Chief,
FFD
REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER/ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1992
First of
all,
I
would
like to
crease
thank everyone
for
your cooperation
in
maintaining
your obligation as a pet owner. However, due to the
the rabies virus, would like to stress the necessity to make sure
your dog license, which
in
is
I
inall
your domestic animals are inoculated against rabies.
544 dogs were licensed
$1,150.00 was collected
in
this
year generating a
total of
$2,528.50. Another
various dog related fines. Creating a total revenue of
$3,678.50.
A total
of
Humane
calls were responded to. The calls vary from barking dogs
peoples homes. 49 dogs were taken to the Cocheco Valley
294 animal
to squirrels inside of
Society.
There were 71 Health
from Health Inspections,
calls varying
litter
along the
roadside, to transporting animals to the State Laboratory for rabies testing.
As your Animal Control
obligation to your pets.
tect
Officer,
RSA
them from the weather.
I
feel
it
is
644:8 requires
It
is
my
all
make you aware of your
have proper shelter to pro-
duty to
dogs
to
your responsibility to replenish their dishes with
clean water and fresh food.
Domestic and agricultural animals are allowed throughout the entire town, prois available. However, they are not allowed to be a nuisance.
Under RSA 147:2, the Health Officer has the authority to order any nuisance to be
removed or destroyed. Let's all try to be considerate of others and live in harmony
vided proper shelter
with our neighbors.
Respectfully submitted,
John C. Fitch
Health/Animal Control Officer
64
�HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
1992
ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
Again, the Highway Department had a busy year and
was
involved
in
various
projects.
There was a total of 3 miles of roads that were resurfaced or completely rebuilt
which were, Silver Street one mile. School Street .03 of a mile with 600 ft. of
sidewalk resurfaced for the children who go to school in that area, Paulson Road
.03 of a mile. Meetinghouse Hill Road 1 mile, Spring Street .03 of a mile and
Prospect Street
.01
of a mile.
In an effort to maintain and cut down on potholes, we also sealed the roads that
were paved the year before. These roads include. Spring Street 2.2 miles.
Meetinghouse Hill Road 3.4 miles and the Ten Rod Road 1.8 miles, for a total of
7.5 miles.
Between paving and sealing there was a
past summer.
total of 10.5
miles of road work done
this
We
also
rebuilt
the
wooden
bridge on
the
Sheepboro Road behind the
Rochester reservoir.
For the second year
in
a row.
Utility
Pipeline
was
in
town
one week,
for
cleaning and flushing the storm drain system throughout the town. This year
starts to
show
the significance of a good maintenance program
handled heavy rains
The town also purchased a new dump truck
new
when
the system
easily.
to replace
a 1966 Oschosh and a
stainless steel sander.
The Highway Department was also involved with
New
England Telephone
during the complete reconstruction of the sidewalk from George Meyers property
along South Main Street to the intersection of Water Street for a total of 550
The town's share
curbing.
New
in
the cost of reconstruction
England Telephone paid
was
the cost of the
new
ft.
granite
for everything else.
One half mile of the Poor Farm Road was also reconstructed from Merrills
Corner on the Meaderboro Road in an Easterly direction to the Huppy's
residence.
The rest of the year consisted of our normal maintenance
Cocheco River and the maintenance of all equipment.
of
all
our roadways.
Again, wish to thank the Board of Selectmen, Budget Committee and all the
towns people for your continued support with budgets and all we try to do to
maintain our roadways, sidewalks, side streets and all other projects.
I
Respectfully submitted,
Clark Hackett,
65
Road Agent
�FARMINGTON ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
1992 ANNUAL REPORT
am
pleased once again to report on the activities of the Farnnington Zoning
Adjustment. For those townspeople who are unfamiliar with our
function, our job is to hear appeals requesting variances and special exceptions
to the Farmington Town Ordinance, or appeals from administrative decisions
I
Board
of
made by town
officials.
During 1992, the Board held nine public hearings, less than the number of
in 1991. Two were requests for variances, one of which was
hearings held
granted, and seven
were requests
for special
residential areas. All special exceptions
exceptions to allow businesses
in
were granted.
March, 1992, the Board accepted with regret the resignation of board
Colleen Lanza. Colleen joined the ZBA in 1987 and served faithfully as
secretary and vice-chairperson. Her sharp wits and eloquence in debating zoning
In
member
issues
will
In April,
be sorely missed.
1992, Rick
appointed a
full
Semo
member.
joined the Board as an alternate, and
Additionally, Ruth
Chase joined
in
the Board
August was
June as an
in
alternate.
To update
attended the
their
knowledge
New Hampshire
of zoning law
and procedures, board members
series in October. These
Law Lecture
Municipal
were extremely informative.
The Board
is
are interested
second alternate to serve on the ZBA. If you
you know someone who is interested, please
for an application form.
currently seeking a
in
serving, or
contact the selectmen's office
if
Respectfully submitted,
Mary M.
Jolles
Chairperson, Farmington
ZBA
REPORT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
In
1992 the Code Enforcement Office reviewed over 100 plans for new
in the issuance of 98 building permits
construction and remodeling. This resulted
valued at $1,809,670.00, an increase of
45
Electrical
36%
Permits were issued, 17 for
upgrades.
66
over the previous year.
new homes and 28
for service
�The
building permits are brol<en
down as
follows;
New Honnes
Mobile Homes
17
Residential Repairs/Alterations
24
Residential Additions
17
Residential Outbuildings
23
5
Commercial Buildings
Commercial Repairs/Alterations
4
Others
3
The Code Enforcement
officer
5
conducted 1,273 inspections, investigated 55
complaints, attended 46 Planning & Zoning Board meetings and travelled 2,839
miles.
Respectfully submitted,
Donald
J.
Gilbert
Code Enforcement
Officer
PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT
1992 was a year of change and growth
Department. The most significant change came
was appointed the new Director.
the Parks and Recreation
September when Kerry Griffin
for
in
One of the more exciting things that took place happened when the Recreation
Department was awarded a "Youth Works" Grant from the New Hampshire Job
Training Council last summer. This grant allowed our department to hire 8
Farmington youth to help with our summer camp program as well as other
community projects such as the canoe launch the group built on the Cocheco
River. We are in the process of applying for this grant again for the summer of
1993.
Another new venture came
and Recreation ski and skate
gain
more
An area
participants
in
in
December when we
sale. This will
held the first annual Parks
be an annual event and we hope to
the future years.
we have expanded
Some of the trips taken
providing activities and trips for the
992 included a fall foliage trip through
the Kangamangus Highway, a dinner at Yokens in Portsmouth, a Christmas
shopping venture to the malls in Portsmouth, as well as an end of the year
in
which
Senior Citizens.
in is
in
1
Christmas party.
The 8th Annual Nute Ridge Half Marathon was a success this year with over
100 runners competing for approximately $1,400 in prize money. Fun and games
was the theme for the 11th Annual Hay Day, some of the events included a
scavenger hunt, the traditional bed race, along with many other activities and
67
�The day ended with a fabulous
displays.
At the present time our
gymnasium
fire
works
display.
utilized to full
is
capacity for our recrea-
as well as several other activities. Our coed volleyball league is
quite competitive and fun with 5 teams participating. Our men's basketball league
runs on Sundays with 5 teams competing on a weekly basis. A new addition to our
tional leagues,
schedule
Step Aerobics which runs on Tuesday and Thursdays from 5;30
is
p.m. Our recreation high school basketball team
recreation league
7:00
-
once
game
a strong 10
again,
schedule.
is
competing
in
-
6:30
the Dover
and our pee wee girls basketball all-star team has
Open gym time includes Thursday evenings from
9:00 p.m. for men's volleyball, Tuesday evenings from 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. for
boys basketball, Tuesday evenings from 7:45 - 9:15 p.m. for open
junior high
men's basketball.
The recreation department continues
biweekly basis.
Dance
instruction
is
to run
dances
offered for children
4:30 p.m., a junior high dance is held from 6:00
dance following from 8:00 - 1 1 :00 p.m.
-
for
in
all age children on a
grades 1 - 5 from 3:00
7:30 p.m. with a high school
our goal to continue to provide fun economical activities for all age groups.
These activities would not be possible without the continued support from the
Recreation Commission, sponsors and those who donate their time and ideas
It
is
-Thank you!
!
1993 looks
to
be an exciting year.
Respectfully submitted,
Kerry A. Griffin
Director of Parks
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT FOR THE
The past year proved
tion
the
to
be a busy one
GOODWIN LIBRARY
at the
was up from 1991 (23,027) to the 1992
number of books checked out each day.
Goodwin
& Recreation
1992
The total circulaThe library records
Library.
figure of 23,620.
This bookkeeping task
is
required by
the State.
The number
to
1
family
of registered
borrowers has increased as well from 1,819
in
1991
Many of these cards, counted as a single borrower, are in reality
cards with as many as 3 to 8 people borrowing from 1 card. Our records
,848
in
1
992.
all expired cards removed from the
overdue books are the only exception to this policy.
are kept up-to-date with
files.
Patrons with
another important service provided to our patrons, has dropin 1992. Interlibrary loans of nonfiction and educamaterial that this library does not own are borrowed for a patron from
Interlibrary loan,
ped from 215
tional
another
in
1991 to 154
This is a valuable service but does require a great deal of time. By
1-800 number at the New Hampshire State Library we search for a
library.
dialing a
68
�particular requested
State.
We
title
over our computer, at certain locations around the
then type-up an interlibrary loan form and mail
it,
along with a return
we will borrow. They mail the book to us
is loaned out to our patron. When the patron is through with
we mail the
and
book back to its owner. our patron fails to return another library's book, we are
mailing label to the library from which
it
it
If
and must pay the replacement value
happened once in 1992.
held responsible
library.
This has
of this
book
to the
owning
The number of books purchased in 1992 was as follows: adult titles - 355,
young adult and children's titles - 251. The total books purchased - 606. The
library subscribes to 27 different magazine titles.
Programming increased slightly in 1992. The library offered the following
town citizens:
- Preschool story hour - 20 weeks
- Summer reading program - 8 weeks
- Summer reading final program and magic show - 1
day
show
to the
week
-
Library art
-
open house - day
Area library meeting - 2 days
Student/author open house - 1 evening
Student artist open house and exhibit 4 weeks
Free income tax service - 10 weeks
-
-
-
-
1
Exhibitor
1
-
Storyteller
-
1
evening
The library is looking forward to a busy 1993, aiding the
and offering similar programs and services.
citizens of
Farmington
FARMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION REPORT
BUDGET 1993
��WATER DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
1992
A new pump station and two gravel packed wells were completed and started
up supplying a better quality of water to all customers. The water is continually
being treated for corrosion control, principally lead and copper reductions, and
can be chlorinated if the need arises. Approximately 81 ,000,000 gallons of water
were pumped at an average of 222,000 gallons per day. We have started an
evaluation process to determine if Well #3 will continue to be a viable backup
source of water for the Town. New E.P.A. regulations have made this evaluation
necessary. This evaluation will be completed in 1993.
The
1.0 million gallon storage tank
showed a small amount
was cleaned
after the 1991
inspection
had accumulated over the years. The
material is mostly iron oxide and other inorganic deposits that are in the water in
small amounts and settle out in the tank over time. Structurally the tank is in good
of material that
shape.
The State
Street and a
of
New Hampshire
new 8
D.O.T. did finally replace the bridge on
inch water main
was
relaid
over the bridge and
in
Tappan
the street.
pumping pressure significantly and will pay for itself in reduced
began replacing the 4 inch Winter Street water line from Glen
Street to Crescent Street with new 8 inch line. This will be completed in 1993. We
will continue to replace and clean existing undersized and deteriorated water
This reduced the
pumping
costs.
We
mains.
We
repaired five service
ed ten water services. One
several others
were
line leaks, four
fire
hydrant
mainline breaks, and replaced or add-
was replaced due
repaired. Forty-eight water meters
to vehicle
damage and
were repaired
or updated.
Respectfully submitted,
Dale Sprague, Superintendent
WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT
1992 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
The Wastewater plant treated 72,393,000 gallons of sewage or an average daiflow of 198,000 gallons. The biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) average
removal was 95.8 percent and the suspended solids (S.S) average removal was
93.0 percent for the year. The NPDES permit requires a minimum of 85 percent
removal for both Parameters. The plant is 17 years old and there has never been
any major work done at the plant or on equipment. This is unlike many other
plants. We are reaching the point when we have to look at upgrading some equipment, especially the clarifier, and looking at long term solutions for sludge handling and disposal.
ly
71
�We
started gathering facts and information relating to using sludge for land
If this is a viable option,
would be a long term
and inexpensive solution to sludge disposal when the landfill is closed. This land
disposal application has to go to the State of New Hampshire D.E.S. for approval.
reclannation at the landfill area.
it
The assimilative capacity study that was performed by the State of New Hampwas completed. The study shows that the effluent is having minimal
impact on the river quality and we should be able to utilize this study to assist in
getting a higher flow discharge rate on the next permit renewal. The only limiting
factor shown was ammonia and we will have to meet a new standard in 1994.
shire D.E.S.
We
NPDES permit for acute and
conduct four tests per year, at a cost of $2,500
per test until four consecutive tests passed the required standards. The test performed in July was the fourth consecutive passing test and the number of tests
per year was reduced to one test per year subject to meeting the required stanwere able
to get
chronic toxicity testing.
a modification to the existing
We
had
to
dards.
The sewer main on Charles Street was extended to pick up several houses that
had failing septic systems. Four new sewer connections were added to the
system in 1992.
Respectfully submitted,
Dale Sprague, Superintendent
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM
Deposits Farmington National Bank
$3,150.00
Expenses:
Salary Reimbursement
1
,21
Advertising
21 0.33
Mileage
23.40
Legal Fees
Balance January
0.80
20.47
Office Supplies
1
1
,
1
993
35.00
$1 ,550.00
72
�1992 REPORT
OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
In 1992 the Conservation Commission had a very productive year. At town
meeting the wetlands and shoreline ordinances were passed by vote of the towns
people. We are pleased with the support following the effort put forth by both the
Planning Board and the Conservation Commission on these ordinances.
The UNH Outreach Program continued work at the Town Forest. Currently a
boundary survey of the parcel is being done. A sign was erected at the access
point to the property on Old Bay Road. There was a ceremony dedicating the sign,
several
members of the Lawrence Abbott family were present.
Town several years ago by Lawrence Abbott.
This property
was
granted to the
The Conservation Commission has applied to have the Town Pound designated
We have received comments from the State that the
site is registerable. We are proceeding to have the site designated as a National
Historic Landmark. This action has been prompted by some vandalism at the site
recently. We hope to restore the site with a volunteer effort.
as a Historical Landmark.
We
recently
received a grant of $500 from the
Campaign Small Grants Program
to
conduct studies
New Hampshire
Mad River.
Rivers
of the
With the help of the Parks and Recreation Dept. a canoe launch site into the
River was constructed off Watson Corner Road at the entrance to the
town landfill.
Cocheco
Midway Construction Co. donated a gabion cage, that was installed by the
Watson Corner Road Bridge over the Cocheco River. The gabion cage will stop a
severe erosion problem that has been developing adjacent to the bridge.
The Conservation
Commission continued work on a
natural
resources
inventory for the Town, and continued to review wetlands applications.
We would
and Federal
like to
remind everybody that there are severe penalties at the State
otherwise disturbing wetlands. Their definition of
level for filling or
wetlands encompasses
much more
anyone doing work near a shoreline
land than what
or wetland
is
one may be aware
not sure
if
they
will
of.
If
be impacting
on wetlands, then they should contact a professional wetlands consultant or
contact the Conservation Commission if you have any question.
Respectfully submitted,
Randy R. Orvis
Chairman
73
�RURAL DISTRICT VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL REPORT
Rural District Visiting Nurse Association appreciates your ongoing support and
pleased to continue to serve you as Farmington's Certified Home Health Agency. We provide your town with such services as: skilled nursing, rehabilitation services, home health aides, homemakers, adult health screenings and maternal
is
programs.
child health
has grown and the level of Hi-tech services provided in the home has
have formed new affiliations for Certified Hospice Care, and will
soon have a new office with clinic facilities here in Farmington. All our changes
are to better serve you or your neighbors in health maintenance and/or restora-
Our
staff
increased.
We
tion.
Summary
1991
1992
Skilled Nursing
2,760
3,442
Home
1,272
2,632
620
678
35
65
96
250
554
713
25
29
13
65
109
276
5,877
7,845
of
Farmington
Visits
Health Aide
Homemaker
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech Therapy
Social Service
Maternal/Child
Home
101
Visits
Adult/Elderly Clinics
Maternal Child Clinics
Total Visits
If
anyone has any questions
or
concerns regarding our organization or serwe would be happy to talk with you.
vices, please give us a call at 755-2602,
As you can see. Rural District Visiting Nurse Association has increased our
and services while we are again reducing our request for municipal support
by $8,638.00 to $1 1 ,448.00 in 1993. Because of the reduction in our request, we
are asking for private donations or memorial gifts. These can be sent to RDVNA,
PO Box 667, Farmington, NH 03835.
visits
We would like to express our appreciation to Jane Fall and Don Marble for the
generous donation of their time and talent in serving on our Board of Directors
and thank you for your continued support of our services.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Hotchkiss,
Executive Director
74
RN BS
RDVNA
�UNREDEEMED TAXES FROM TAX
December
31,
1992
LIEN
��1989/
Name
Garland, Donald
1991
& Crosby, Gladys
1990
Prior
���1989/
Name
Saulnier, Paul H.
1991
& Gayle
A.
1990
Prior
�MINUTES TOWN MEETING
March
Moderator,
Emmanuel
1992
Krasner, opened the meeting at 7:10 P.M. by announc-
ing the results of Articles
March
11,
1
through 8 which were voted on the
official ballot
on
10, 1992.
ARTICLE
1.
To choose one Selectman for three years, one Treasurer for one
year, one town Clerk-Tax Collector for three years, three Budget
Committee members for one year, one Moderator for two years,
one Supervisor of the Check List for six years, one Supervisor of
the Check List for two years, and one Trustee of the Trust Fund
for three years.
ARTICLE
2.
Are you
in
Town
favor of the adoption of the following
amendment
to
Farmington Land Use Ordinance Section 8.1 as
proposed by the Planning Board to read: Setback requirements
shall be as follows: 1 12 acre zone: front 25 feet, sides and rear 1
feet; 1 acre zone: front 40 feet, sides and rear 1 5 feet; and 3 acre
zone: front 50 feet, sides and rear 1 5 feet. Recommended by the
Ranning Board.
Yes 387
No 267
the
ARTICLE
3.
of
Town vote to require that manufactured housing units
homes) being converted to storage units or other
nonliving uses be required to meet the BOCA building code
Shall the
(mobile
standards
for
accessory
Ranning Board)
ARTICLE
4.
buildings.
(Recommended by the
Yes 433
No 243
favor of amending the first paragraph of Article 9.1 of
Use Ordinance to read as follows: The Housing and
Urban Development Standards for the regulation of manufactured housing RSA 47:22-a. The Standards shall apply to all
Are you
in
the Land
manufactured housing
units brought into
town
after the
initial
adoption of the standards (1984). The Standards shall apply to
any manufactured housing unit moved from one location in town
another location in town. The Standards shall not apply to
manufactured housing units that were placed as dwelling when
the Standards were first adopted (1984) and which remain in the
same location they were in 1984. A HUD label applied to the unit
at the time of manufacture shall be prima facie evidence that an
unaltered unit meets the Standards. If there is no HUD label or
the unit has been altered, the owner must prove that the unit
meets the standards. (Recommended by the Planning Board).
Yes 432
No 200
to
ARTICLE
5.
Are you
in
favor of
amending the Farmington Land Use
81
Ordi-
�and replacing it, by adding a new
Zone as proposed by
the Planning Board. These regulations would authorize the Planning Board to control certain activities within 250 feet of any
water body and nnore strictly limit development within 1 00 feet of
water bodies in parts of town not on the municipal waste water
system and within 50 feet of water bodies in areas serviced by
the municipal waste water system. A water body is defined as
ponds over 5 acres and streams that normally run 12 months a
year. Copies of this proposed amendment are available for inspection at the Town Clerk's Office, Code Enforcement Office,
the Selectmen's Office, and posted in the Town Hall, Osgoods,
and the Post Office. (Recommended by the Planning Board)
Yes 398
No 241
Are you in favor of amending the Farmington Land Use Ordinance by adding a new section, the Wetlands Conservation
Overlay District, as proposed by the Planning Board. These
regulations would apply to all wetlands within the Town. Three
classes of wetlands would be designated based upon established criteria. They would prohibit some activities and regulate
other activities that could occur in wetlands and certain activities
within 100 feet of Class 1 and 50 feet of Class 2 wetlands, while
Class 3 wetlands would not be restricted by this regulation.
Copies of this proposed amendment are available for inspection
at the Town Clerk's Office, the Selectmen's Office, the Code Enforcement Office and posted in the Town Hall, Osgood's and the
nance
to delete Section 3.8
section, the Waterfront Protection Overlay
ARTICLE
6.
Post Office.
(Recommended by
the Planning Board)
No 246
Yes 389
ARTICLE
7.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to establish partisan elections for
local (town) elective office
in
the next,
(By petition)
ARTICLE
8.
Shall the
Town
upcoming town
Yes 275
vote to adopt the following:
eligible to receive public
No
election.
No 362
tenant shall be
assistance unless the landlord
first
ob-
from the Code Enforcement Officer a certificate of compliance with the Farmington Housing Maintenance code adopted
in 1986 and the N.H. Life Safety Code (NFPA 101).
Yes 445
No 206
tain
Before beginning the formal business John Scruton
the dedications
in
the front of the
Town
made note of
One is for
Report.
Sergeant Walter Brown who is retiring this year. The other is for
John Oakley, former selectman and keeper of the town clock
who passed away this year. The supervisors of the checklist
were then asked to come forward. Lena George and Anne
Hoage were presented corsages for their combined 30 years of
82
�service. Elmer Barron then presented
plaque
ARTICLE
9.
for his
To see
if
the
Town
will
causes
with a
vote to indemnify and hold harmless the
Selectmen, administrative
or
Emmanuel Krasner
12 years of service to the Planning Board.
staff, or
of action arising out of or
agencies for any loss, claims
in the course of performance
of their official duties.
Elmer Barron moved
ding. Article 9
ARTICLE
10.
to
accept
Article 9,
was approved by
a
show
seconded by Tom Harof
hands.
To authorize the Selectmen to sell to the highest bidder
municipal vehicles including two fire trucks, one automobile, and
other equipment as determined by the Selectmen.
Donald Whittum moved to accept Article 10. This was duly
seconded and approved by a show of hands.
ARTICLE
11.
Town
vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
and expend without further action by Town
Meeting, Federal and State grants which may become available
during the course of the year, in accordance with RSA 31:95-b
and also to accept and expend money from any governmental
unit or private source without further action by Town Meeting, to
be used for purposes for which the town may legally appropriate
money.
To see
if
the
will
to apply for, receive,
Donald Whittum moved to accept Article 11, Roger Belanger
seconded. Article 11 was approved by a show of hand.
ARTICLE
12.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
sum
of
$2,476,337 (two million four hundred seventy-six thousand three
hundred thirty-seven dollars) for the operation, expenses, and
commitments
bottom
line of
Town Government which represents the
column No. 3 (The Selectmen's budget) in the
of the
posted budget (MS-7). Said sum is exclusive of special Article 13
and 1 4. (Budget Committee recommends $2,485,029 (two million
four hundred eighty-five thousand twenty-nine dollars) exclusive
of Articles 13 and 14.
Barbara Spear moved
to raise
and appropriate $2,476,337.00
(selectmen's budget). Elmer Barron seconded. Donald Gordon
moved
to
amend
to
$2,485,029.00 (budget committee's budget),
seconded by Mary Barron. This amendment was approved by a
counted show of hands 100-41 Willis Berry made a motion to in.
crease the welfare budget by $10,000 bringing the budget to a
total of $2,495,029.00. Donald Gordon seconded the motion and
83
�of hands. Kurt Olsori made a motion
approve $2,000.00 added to the general government line for
the conservation commission land trust. This was seconded by
Randy Orvis and defeated by a show of hands. Gerald McCarthy
made a motion to decrease the Police budget by $10,000.00 to
offset the welfare increase. Ronald Chagnon seconded this
it
was approved by a show
to
amendment. After much discussion this amendment was
defeated by a show of hands. Being no further discussion on the
budget as amended, the
a show of hands.
ARTICLE
13.
total of
$2,495,029.00 was approved by
Farmington Fire Department being a part
has had communications problems
v\/ith their radios, we the undersigned (petitioners) feel that it puts
the firefighters in a dangerous situation, even life threatening.
We are asking the Town of Farmington voters to raise and appropriate the sum of $37,274.00 to purchase VHF High Bank
radios, consisting of one repeater, one base station, seven
Due
to the fact that the
of the
Town
of Farmington,
mobile radios, eight portable radios, thirty-three pagers.
All
pur-
chases will be made only after the Farmington Fire Department
has been issued (two) VHF high band radio licenses. (By petition)
(Not recommended by the Budget Committee)
13 and was duly seconded.
moved the question and was
duly seconded. This was approved by a show of hands. The motion to approve Article 13 was defeated by a counted show of
hands 77-65. John Scruton made a motion to approve $500.00
for Article 1 3. for radio licenses. This was duly seconded and approved by a show of hands vote.
Joel Plante
After
ARTICLE
14.
much
to
accept
Article
discussion, Kurt Olson
the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $667.00 for
Woman's Resource Center. (Xy petition) (Not recommended
To see
the
moved
if
by the Budget Committee)
Patti Conway moved to accept Article 14, seconded by Marilyn
Robicheau. After much discussion, this Article was defeated by a
counted show of hands 54-36.
ARTICLE
15.
To see the Town will vote to pay only under protest any and all
sums mandated by the State in violation of the State Constitution
which are included in this budget and which the Board of Selectmen deem expedient to pay pending resolution of their constitutionality and to refuse to pay those sums mandated by the State
in violation of the State Constitution which the Board of Selectmen deed inexpedient to pay.
if
84
�William Tsiros
made
a motion to approve, seconded by John
Scruton and approved by a show of hands.
ARTICLE
16.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to authorize the Selectmen to borrow
notes to the credit of the
necessary
Town such sums
meet current expenses
to
in
of
money as may be
anticipation of taxes.
John Scruton moved to accept, seconded by Mary Barron and
approved by a show of hands.
ARTICLE
17.
To see the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
to accept on behalf of the Town gifts, legacies and devices made
to the Town in trust for any public purpose as permitted by RSA
if
31:19.
Thomas Harding moved to accept, seconded by
and approved by a show of hands.
ARTICLE
18.
To see
if
Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
Tax Liens and convey property acquired by the Town
Deed by
by Tax Collector's
justice
Conway
the
to transfer
bids) or
Patti
in
Public Auction (or advertises sealed
such other manner as determined by the Selectmen as
may
require.
John Scruton moved to accept, seconded by Mary Barron and
approved by a show of hands.
ARTICLE
19.
To see
if
Town
the
will
vote to discontinue the section of Dick
Dame Lane
which has been replaced by a new road as a result
of a subdivision as shown on plot No. 40-4 at Strafford County
Registry of Deeds on land of Paul and Elmer Barron provided no
damages are sought by landowners.
John Scruton moved to accept, seconded by Randy Orvis and
approved by a show of hands.
Ann MacKinnon made a motion to reconsider the bottom line of
the budget by adding in $667.00 for the Woman's Resource
Center. This was duly seconded and defeated by a show of
hands.
ARTICLE
20.
To see
tions,
if
the
will amend the Solid Waste Disposal RegulaH Unacceptable Waste to include those items
Town
Section
III
voted by the Board of Selectmen, June
4, 1990 as unacceptable
and conditionally acceptable. Copies of the items are available in
the Town Clerk's Office and the Selectmen's Office.
85
�Willis
Berry
moved
proved by a show
ARTICLE
21.
to accept,
of
seconded by Kurt Olson and ap-
hands.
the Town will vote that the responsible party for any
To see
hazardous material incident will be financially responsible for the
costs of all clean up including costs of all emergency response
costs. The property owner will be the responsible party unless
if
evidence clearly indicates otherwise.
John Silvia moved
proved by a show
ARTICLE
22.
to accept,
of
seconded by Mary Barron and ap-
hands.
To see the Town will vote to reverse action taken at the March
983 Town Meeting and will grant the Selectmen the authority to
utilize the entire Town Hall for all ages as they deem reasonable.
The ten year restriction placed upon part of the basement, in exchange for Federal money for renovations to the Senior Citizen
if
1
Center, expires
in
the
fall
of 1992.
Barbara Spear moved to accept, duly seconded and approved by
a
ARTICLE
23.
show
of
hands.
To transact such other business as may
legally
come
before this
meeting.
A motion to adjourn was made by John Scruton, seconded by
Ann MacKinnon and approved by a show of hands. The meeting
adjourned
at
9:20 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy
Town
86
L.
Vickers
Clerk/Tax Collector
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Meets
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Room
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF
FARMINGTON
for the fiscal
year ending December 31st
1991
��ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
RECEIPTS
AND
EXPENDITURES
for the fiscal
year ending December 31st
1991
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Ridings Press, Inc.
Dover, N.H.
�DEDICATION
SERGEANT WALTER BROWN
This year's
ed
their
Town Report
community
is
jointly
JOHN OAKLEY
dedicated
to
two men who have serv-
with unselfish devotion.
Sergeant Walter Brown has announced his retirement in 1992. He
full time Officer, September, 1969, and was promoted to
Sergeant in 1973. Brownie will be missed by all for his compassion and
started as a
devotion.
It was with sadness that we note the passing of John Oakley. He had
served the Town for 38 years maintaining the clock. Climbing the steeple,
mechanism, and repairing the clock were all part of his efforts. He was active in the community serving on the Board of Selectmen
1977 - 1981. Planning Board, and Budget Committee.
adjusting the
�INDEX
Office
Hours -Town
Hall,
Emergency Numbers
Back Cover
Dedication
2
Town Officers
Town Warrant
4
Budget
-
6
Purposes
Budget - Sources
of Appropriation
of
11
Revenue
13
Statement of Appropriations & Taxes Assessed
Summary
Inventory of Valuation
15
17
Bonded Debt
21
Independent Auditor's Report
Comparative Statement
24
of Appropriations
Water Department's Report
-
& Expenditures
Financial
Wastewater Department's Report
-
Financial
25
27
29
Treasurer's Report
30
Tax Collector's Report - Tax Accounts
37
Tax Collector's Report - Tax Sale/Tax Lien
38
Tax Collector's Report - Sewer/Water Accounts
39
Financial Report
41
Summary of Receipts
43
Payments
47
Trust
Funds Report
60
Town
Clerk's Report
Detail of
61
Ranning Board's Report
63
Report of the Board of Selectmen
64
Police Department's Report
65
Highway Department's Annual Report
67
Zoning Board of Adjustment's Report
68
Code Enforcement
Office's Report
Water Department Report
69
70
Wastewater Department Report
71
Parks
& Recreation Department's Report
Goodwin Library's Report
71
Farmington Public Library Association's Report
73
Farmington
Fire
Department Report
Conservation Commission Report
72
74
75
Health Officer/Animal Control Report
76
Rural District Health Council, Inc.'s Report
77
Unredeemed Taxes from Tax Lien
Town Meeting Minutes March 3, 991
Special Town Meeting Minutes
85
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1
78
92
�TOWN OFFICERS
BARBARA SPEAR, CHAIRMAN
H. BERRY
JOHN J. SILVIA
Term expires 1994
Term expires 1993
Term expires 1992
WILLIS
TOWN CLERK— TAX COLLECTOR
KATHY
L.
VICKERS
DEPUTY TOWN CLERK— TAX COLLECTOR
EDNA PARSHLEY
TREASURER
JEANETTE GREELEY
REPRESENTATIVES
HENRY SULLIVAN
WILLIAM TSIROS
BARRY CARR, CHIEF
LT. PETER COSGROVE
SGT. WALTER BROWN
KENNETH BUTTON
POLICE OFFICERS
SCOTT ROBERGS
DANIEL YODER
DAVID HALL
TIM BROWN
MARKMcGOWEN
MICHAEL MADDOCKS
RANDY SOBEL
MODERATOR
EMMANUEL KRASNER
SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST
JEANNE DAVENHALL
LENA GEORGE
Term expires 1996
Term expires 1994
Term expires 1992
ANNEHOAGE
TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS
PAUL TURNER
WALTER McGUIGAN
Term expires 1994
Term expires 1992
Term expires 1993
NARMAN FALL
BUDGET COMMITTEE
WILLIAM TSIROS
PHYLLIS KULIGOWSKI
DORINDA HOWARD
PETER JOHNSON
PATTY CONWAY
TOM DAVENHALL
DON GORDON
LAWRENCE KELLY
JOHN FICCO
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1992
1992
1992
1993
1 993
1993
1 994
1 994
1994
�MARY BARRON (School Board Rep.)
JOHN SILVIA, JR. (Selectmen's Rep.)
PLANNING BOARD
ELMER BARRON
JOHN JOLLES
III,
Term expires
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Chairman
JANE FALL
DONALD MacVANE
RUTH GAGNON
COLLEEN LANZA
EARL SIMONSEN
GEORGE SANSOUCY (Alternate)
BARBARA SPEAR
1994
1992
1 992
1 993
1 993
1 994
(Alternate)
(Selectmen's Rep.)
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
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WILLIAM TSIROS
CAROL WORSTER
MARY JOLLES
COLLEEN LANZA
AARVARD WORSTER
1992
993
1 993
1994
1994
1
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Term expires 992
Term expires 1992
Term expires 1993
Term expires 993
Term expires 1 994
PAT BENOIT (Alternate)
KURT OLSON
GEORGE QUINN
EDMUND DEMERS
GERALD McCarthy
1
1
RANDY ORVIS, Chairman
TERRY CORNEAU (Alternate)
HEALTH OFFICER
JOHN FITCH
DOG OFFICER
JOHN FITCH
�TOWN WARRANT
To the inhabitants
to vote in
Town
of the
Town
of
Farmington
in
the County of Strafford qualified
affairs:
meet at the Town Hall in said Farmington on TuesMarch next (1992) at nine o'clock in the forenoon to cast
your ballot for Town Officers and for questions required by law to be on the ballot.
Polls will close no earlier than 7 o'clock in the evening. The remainder of the Warrant will be acted upon Wednesday, the eleventh day of March, beginning at 7
You are hereby
notified to
day, the tenth day of
o'clock
in
ARTICLE
the evening.
1.
To choose one Selectman for three years, one Treasurer for one
year, one Town Clerk-Tax Collector for three years, three Budget
Committee members for three years, one Budget Committee
member for one year, one Moderator for two years, one Supervisor of the Check list for six years, one Supervisor of the Check
List for two years, and one Trustee of the Trust Fund for three
years.
ARTICLE
2.
Are you
in
Town
favor of the adoption of the following
amendment
to
Farmington Land Use Ordinance Section 8.1 as proposed by the Planning Board to read: Setback requirements shall
be as follows: 1 12 acre zone: front 25 feet, sides and rear 1 5 feet;
1 acre zone front 40 feet, sides and rear 1 5 feet; and 3 acre zone
front 50 feet, sides and rear 15 feet (Recommended by the Planthe
of
ning Board).
ARTICLE
3.
Shall the
Town vote
to require that
manufactured housing units
(mobile homes) being converted to storage units or other nonliving uses be required to meet the BOCA building code standards for accessory buildings. (Recommended by the Planning
Board)
ARTICLE
4.
Are you in favor of amending the first paragraph of Article 9.1 of
the Land Use Ordinance to read as follows: The Housing and Urban Development Standards for the regulation of manufactured
housing RSA 47:22-a. The Standards shall apply to all manufactured housing units brought into town after the initial adoption of
the standards (1984). The Standards shall apply to any manufactured housing unit moved from one location in town to another
location
in
town. The Standards shall not apply to manufactured
housing units that were placed as dwelling
when
the Standards
were first adopted (1 984) and which remain in the same location
they were in 1984. A HUD label applied to the unit at the time of
manufacture shall be prima facie evidence that an unaltered unit
meets the Standards. If there is no HUD label or the unit has
been altered, the owner must prove that the unit meets the standards.
(Recommended by
the Planning Board).
�ARTICLE
5.
Are you in favor of amending the Farmington Land Use
Ordinance to delete Section 3.8 and replacing it, by adding a new
section, the Waterfront Protection Overlay Zone as proposed by
Planning Board. These regulations would authorize the
Ranning Board to control certain activities within 250 feet of any
water body and more strictly limit development within 100 feet of
water bodies in parts of town not on the municipal waste water
system and within 50 feet of water bodies in areas serviced by
the municipal waste water system. A water body is defined as
ponds over 5 acres and streams that normally run 12 months a
year. Copies of this proposed amendment are available for
inspection at the Town Clerk's office, the Code Enforcement
Office, the Selectmen's Office, and posted in the Town Hall,
Osgoods, and the Post Office. (Recommended by the Planning
the
Board)
ARTICLE
6.
you in favor of amending the Farmington Land Use
Ordinance by adding a new section, the Wetlands Conservation
Overlay District, as proposed by the Planning Board. These
regulations would apply to all wetlands within the Town. Three
classes of wetlands would be designated based upon
established criteria. They would prohibit some activities and
regulate other activities that could occur in wetlands and certain
activities within 100 feet of Class 1 and 50 feet of Class 2
wetlands, while Class 3 wetlands would not be restricted by this
regulation. Copies of this proposed amendment are available for
inspection at the Town Clerk's office, the Selectmen's office, the
Code Enforcement Office and posted in the Town Hall,
Osgood's, and the Post Office. (Recommended by the Planning
Are
Board)
ARTICLE
7.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to establish partisan elections for
local (town) elective office in the next,
upcoming town
election,
(be petition)
ARTICLE
8.
Shall the
Town
eligible to
vote to adopt the following:
No tenant
shall
receive public assistance unless the landlord
be
first
from the Code Enforcement Officer a certificate of
compliance with the Farmington Housing Maintenance code
adopted in 1986 and the N.H. Life Safety Code (NFPA 101).
obtain
ARTICLE
9.
To see
the Town will vote to indemnify and hold harmless the
Selectmen, administrative staff, or agencies for any loss, claims
or causes of action arising out of or in the course of performance
if
of their official duties.
�ARTICLE
10.
To authorize the Selectmen
to
municipal vehicles including two
sell
to
fire trucks,
the
highest
bidder
one automobile, and
other equipment as determined by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE
11.
vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
and expend without further action by Town
Meeting, Federal, and State grants which may become available
during the course of the year, in accordance with RSA 31:95-b
and also to accept and expend money from any governmental
To see
if
the
Town
will
to apply for, receive,
unit or private
source without further action by Town Meeting, to
be used for purposes for which the town
may
legally appropriate
money.
ARTICLE
12.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
sum
of
$2,476,337 (two million four hundred seventy-six thousand three
hundred thirty-seven dollars) for the operation, expenses, and
commitments of the Town Government which represents the
bottom line of column No. 3 (the Selectmen's budget) in the
posted budget (MS-7). Said sum is exclusive of special article 13
and 1 4. (Budget Committee recommends $2,485,029 (two million
four hundred eighty-five thousand twenty-nine dollars) exclusive
of articles
ARTICLE
13.
Due
14).
Farmington Fire Department, being a
Farmington, has had communications pro-
to the fact that the
part of the
blems with
it
13 and
Town
of
their radios,
puts the firefighters
We
in
we
the undersigned (petitioners) feel that
a dangerous situation, even
Town
life
threaten-
Farmington voters to raise and
appropriate the sum of $37,274.00 to purchase VHF High band
radios, consisting of one repeater, one base station, seven
ing.
are asking the
of
mobile radios, eight portable radios, thirty-three pagers.
All
pur-
chases will be made only after the Farmington Fire Department
has been issued (two) VHF high band radio licenses, (by petiion)
(Not recommended by the Budget Committee)
ARTICLE
14.
the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $667 for the
Woman's Resource Center, (by petition) (Not recommended by
To see
the
ARTICLE
15.
if
Budget Committee)
To see the Town will vote to pay only under protest any and all
sums mandated by the State in violation of the State Constitution
which are included in this budget and which the Board of Selectmen deem expedient to pay pending resolution of their constitutionality and to refuse to pay those sums mandated by the State
in violation of the State Constitution which the Board of Selectif
men deem
inexpedient to pay.
�ARTICLE
To see
16.
if
the
Town
will
vote to authorize the Selectmen to borrow
notes to the credit of the
necessary
ARTICLE
To see
17.
to
to
if
Town
the
Town such sums
meet current expenses
to
will
accept on behalf
the town in trust
in
of
money as may be
anticipation of Taxes.
vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
town gifts, legacies, and devises made
any public purpose, as permitted by RSA
of the
for
31:19.
ARTICLE
Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
Tax Liens and convey property acquired by the Town
by Tax Collector's Deed by Public Auction (or advertised sealed
bids) or in such other manner as determined by the Selectmen as
To see
18.
if
the
to transfer
justice
ARTICLE
To see
19.
may
if
require.
Town
the
will
vote to discontinue the section of Dick
Dame Lane
which has been replaced by a new road as a result
of a subdivision as shown on plot No. 40-4 at Strafford County
Registry of Deeds on land of Paul and Elmer Barron provided no
damages are sought by landowners.
ARTICLE
To see
20.
if
the
Town
tions, Section
III
will amend the Solid Waste Disposal RegulaH Unacceptable Waste to include those items
4, 1990 as unacceptable
and conditionally acceptable. Copies of the items are available in
the Town Clerk's Office and the Selectmen's office.
voted by the Board of Selectmen, June
ARTICLE
21.
To see if the Town will vote that the responsible party for any
hazardous material incident will be financially responsible for the
costs of all clean up including costs of all emergency response
costs. The property owner will be the responsible party unless
evidence clearly indicates otherwise.
ARTICLE
22.
To see if the Town will vote to reverse action taken at the March
1 983 Town Meeting and will grant the Selectmen the authority to
utilize the entire Town Hall for all ages as they deem reasonable.
The ten year restriction placed upon part of the basement, in exchange for Federal money for renovations to the Senior Citizen
Center, expires
ARTICLE
in
the
fall
of 1992.
To transact such other business as may
23.
legally
come
before this
meeting.
We
hereby
certify that
on the fourteenth day
of
February 1992,
attested copy of the within warrant to the place of Meeting within
like
copy
at the
Farmington Post Office, a public place
in
said
we posted an
named and a
Town.
�Barbara Spear, Chairman
Willis H.
John
Berry
J. Silvia, Jr.
Then personally appeared the above-named Barbara Spear, Willis H. Berry and
John J. Silvia, Jr. and made oath that the above certiticate by them is true.
Kathy
L.
Vickers
Town
A
true
copy
ot
Warrent
Clerk
attest:
Barbara Spear
Willis H.
John
10
Berry
J. Silvia, Jr.
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STATEMENT OF APROPRIATIONS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Town Officers' Salaries
Town Officers' Expenses
Election & Registration Expenses
33,760
57,557
1
1
,980
General Government Buildings
Reappraisal of Property
60,977
8,000
Ranning & Zoning
Legal Expenses
54,91
36,000
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Department
Department
Civil Defense
397,1
Police
74,1
Fire
HIGHWAYS, STREETS, BRIDGES:
Town Maintenance
1
23
25
354,1 68
General Highway Department Expenses
77,800
Street Lighting
28,1
1
SANITATION:
Solid
62,727
Waste Disposal
HEALTH:
34,400
Health Dept./Animal Control
WELFARE:
General Assistance
1
By Petition
6,200
4,544
CULTURE & RECREATION:
37,000
Library
Parks
& Recreation
Patriotic
44,1
1
600
Purposes
DEBT SERVICE:
Long-Term Bonds & Notes
Expense - Long-Term Bonds & Notes
Interest Expense - Tax Anticipation Notes
Interest Expense - Other Temporary Loans
Princ.
94,580
Interest
56,441
45,000
46,546
CAPITAL OUTLAY:
Fire
Truck
1
Haywood Block
15
90,000
45,000
�OPERATING TRANSFERS OUT:
Payments toCapital Reserve Funds:
1
0,000
MISCELLANEOUS:
Municipal Water Departnnent
611 ,433
Sewer Department
164,273
84,829
200,674
3,500
Municipal
PICA, Retirement
& Pension
Contributions
Insurance
Unemployment Compensation
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS
$3,036,397
OVERLAY
$50,607
16
�TAX RATE SET BY DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
New Hampshire
Revenue Administration
South Spring St., P.O. Box 457
State of
Department
61
of
Coneord, NH 03302-0457
271-3329-3397
Board
Town
of
Selectmen
Office
Farmington, N.H.
Dear
Sirs:
Your 1991 Tax Rate has been computed and set. The tax rate, its breakdown,
amount to be committed to the tax collector, the appropriations due other
units of government, the amount of overlay, and the assessment used to
calculate the tax rate are listed below as follows:
the
1991 Tax Rate and
Commitment
1991 Tax Rate
1
991
Amount
40.82
of tax to
be Committed
to
Tax Collector
3,755,787
1991 Tax Rate Breakdown
Units of
Government
Tax Rates
Town/City
1
School
County
Combined Rate
4.81
21.49
4.52
(Town/City, County
Due Other
& School)
Units of
40.82
Government
Due School District
Due County
2,071 ,020
429,1 69
Other Pertinent Information
1991 Overlay
Net Valuation Used
50,607
in
Setting the Tax Rate
93,1 30,498
Andrea Reid
Date: 09/23/91
Director
17
�5
TAX RATE COMPUTATIONn"AX RATES
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION
Concord, N.H. 03302-0457
Net Assessed Valuation
$93,1 30,498
Tax Rate Computation
Tax Rates
Town/City Portion
Appropriation
$3,036,397
.1,712,087
Revenues
Net Appropriation
1,324,310
Add:
Overlay
50,607
Credits
45,800
Sub
96,407
Total
1,420,717
Less:
Shared Revenue
Returned to Town
41 ,881
Approved Town Effort
Municipal Tax Rate
1
,378,836
1
4.81
School Portion
Net School Assessment
2,071 ,020
Less:
Shared Revenues
Returned to Town
69,205
Approved Tax Amount
Regional School Assessment
2,001
Approved School
School Tax Rate
2,001 ,81
Effort
,81
21 .49
County Portion
Net County Assessment
429,169
Less:
Shared Revenues
Returned to Town
8,233
Approved County Amount
County Tax Rate
420,936
.4.52
Combined Tax Rate
40.82
18
�Commitment Analysis
Total Property
Taxes Assessed
3,801 ,587
Less: Credits
Property Tax
45,800
Commitment
3,755,787
Proof of Rate
VALUATION
TAX RATE
ASSESSMENT
$93,130,498
40.82
3,801,587
REVISED ESTIMATED REVENUES
TAXES:
Resident Taxes
34,
National Bank Stock Taxes
Yield
Taxes
Interest
&
1
80
2,000
Penalties on Taxes
1
Land Use Change Tax
—
INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES
9,000
35,000
4,000
STATE:
Shared Revenue - Block Grant
Highway Block Grant
Railroad Tax
State Aid Water Pollution Projects
63,471
79,938
397
1
State-Federal Forest Land/Recreation Land/Flood Land
Other Reimbursements
7,737
178
17,120
LICENSES & PERMITS:
Motor Vehicle Permit Fees
Dog Licenses
Business Licenses, Permits &
Town Clerk Fees
Fines
&
Filing
Fees
Forfeits
200,000
3,800
9,765
5,500
5,500
CHARGES FOR SERVICES:
Income from Departments
Rent of Town Property
Plowing
9,900
3,300
9,000
3,500
Police - Outside Services
Other Reimbursements
145,270
50,100
Water/Sewer Reimbursements
19
�2
.
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES:
Sale of
Town
Property
8,000
2,000
Miscellaneous
700
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES:
Income from Water & Sewer Departments
775,706
36,000
Withdrawals from Capital Reserve
Income from Trust Funds
Fund Balance
1
,850
79,1
TOTAL REVENUES & CREDITS
75
$1,712,087
OVERLAY $50,607
(REQUIREMENT FOR THE YEAR)
-
TAX CREDITS
Limits
Estimated
Tax Credits
No.
1.
Paraplegic, double amputees owning specially
adapted homesteads with VA assistance.
Unlimited
2. Totally and permanently disabled veterans, their
spouses or widows, and the widows of veterans who
died or were killed on active duty.
700/1,400
5
7,000
50/100
388
38,800
393
$45,800
3.
Other war service credits
TOTAL NUMBER AND
AMOUNT
LrriLiTY
Exempt
SUMMARY
PSNH
1
N.H. Electric
,000,000
220,000
ELDERLY EXEMPTION COUNT
Total
44 at
number
of Individuals granted
an Elderly Exemption
for
Current Year.
0,000
439,650
22 at 1 5,000
28 at 20,000
31 4,500
520,300
1
94
1,274,450
CONSERVATION RESTRICTION ASSESSMENT REPORT
No. of Acres
586.16
Farm Land
Forest Land
5,609.21
Wild Land
1
Unproductive
2.
3.
958.29
973.72
Productive
Natural
791 .84
Wet Land
Total
Number
256.90
of
Acres Exempted under Current Use
20
9,1 76.1
�.
,.
BONDED DEBT
SEWER BOND
Original
Principal
— FHA
Amount Issued (December
Ma
urity
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembei
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Decembe
Interest
1974)
Date
Decembe 9,1975.
1976.
Decembe
1977.
Decembe
1978.
Decembe
1979
Decembe
1980
Decembe
1981
Decembe
1982
Decembe
1983
Decembe
1984
Decembe
1985
Decembe
Decembe!
9,
$10,000.00
10,000.00
.
10,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
30,000.00
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
35,000.00
1991
35,000.00
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
35,000.00
35,000.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
45,000.00
45,000.00
45,000.00
2001
50,000.00
2002
2003
50,000.00
50,000.00
Payable December 9
Maturities Year
End
-
December
9,
2003
21
��WATER NOTE
�INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON FINANCIAL PRESENTATION
Town Manager and
Members of the Board of Selectmen
Town of Farmington
To the
Farmington,
We
New Hampshire
have audited the accompaning general purpose
financial statements
the combining and individual fund financial statements of the
as of and for the year ended
December
31, 1990, as listed
Town
in
and
Farmington
the table of conof
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Town's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audit.
tents.
We
accordance with generally accepted auditing stanwe plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also
includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
conducted our audit
in
dards. Those standards require that
We
presentation.
believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opi-
nion.
As described in Note IB, the general purpose financial statements referred to
above do not include the General Fixed Asset Account Group, which should be included to conform with generally accepted accounting principles. The amount
that should be recorded in the General Fixed Asset Account Group is not known.
In
our opinion, except that omission of the General Fixed Asset Account Group
results
in
an incomplete presentation, as explained
in
the above paragraph, the
general purpose financial statements referred to above present
material
Town
fairly,
in
all
Farmington as of
December 31, 1990, and the results of its operations (and cash flows of nonexpendable trust funds) for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the combining and individual
fund financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of each of the individual funds of the Town as of December
31, 1990, and the results of operations of such funds for the year then ended, in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
respects,
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�WATER DEPARTMENT
Balance Forward January
1
,
1
1991
991
2,01 0.57
$
Receipts:
Water Rents
1
& Connections
on Past Due Bills
83,738.92
Service Work
Interest
9,699.65
.
.
.5,156.16
198,594.73
Refunds & Recoveries
NOW Account Interest
Transfers from Money Market
167.60
731 .97
41 0,000.00
410,899.57
Total Available
61
Disbursements:
Salaries (21 8.31
Employee BC/BS)
63,548.78
Auditor
1,950.00
Chemicals
Petroleum Products
10,285.98
Utilities
21,007.10
969.88
Office Supplies
1
Insurances
1
5,863.67
Lab
898.00
Vehicle Maintenance
Plant
,426.59
243.97
Janitorial Supplies
1
Maintenance
10,712.95
Miscellaneous
Overpayments
Principal
&
Int.
,383.07
6,667.95
ref.
(499.72 paper abate)
22.58
on Bond Issue
Clean Well #3
Consultants
Capital Reserve (Transfers
48,850.00
2,850.00
2,276.98
6,828.00
to)
New Well
1
Repair Precinct Building
585.00
Mainline Renewal
1990 Encumbrances
(Encumbered to 1992
90,1 27.27
6,376.47
2,496.55
for
new
well 207,872.73)
395,370.79
60,000.00
TransferstoMoney Market Account
Transfer to Capital Res. (Conn fees)
.
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
27
.
.2,750.00
1
,504.87
�3
Cash on Hand January
1992
1,
NOW ACCOUNT
1
Money Market Account
1
Account
Escrow Water System Account
Capital Reserve
53,384.08
40,079.23
41 ,61
1
.87
9,097.1
WATER DEPARTMENT MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT:
Balance as
of
January
1
,
1
991
78,608.28
400,000.00
60,000.00
Deposit f ronn Davidson Settlement
NOW Account
NOW Account
Deposits from
Transfers to
-41
Transfers to Capital Reserve
Interest
Earned
in
1
0,000.00
-7,500.00
991
.
Balance 12/31/91
.18,970.95
140,079.23
WATER DEPARTMENT CAPITAL RESERVE ACCOUNT:
Balance as
of
January
1
,
1
991
22,791 .04
Deposits from Connection Fees
Deposits from
Interest
10,250.00
NOW Account
Earned
in
1
6,828.00
,
991
.
Balance 12/31/91
.
.1,742.83
41,611.87
WATER DEPARTMENT ESCROW SYSTEM ACCOUNT:
Opened Account
Deposits
Interest
in
1
400.00
11/91
991
Earned
8,683.20
in
1
991
1
Balance 12/31/91
3.93
9,097.13
28
�WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT
Balance ForwardJanuary
1
,
1991
1991
3,196.98
$
Receipts:
151,162.63
224.72
Sewer Rents
Service Work & Connections
Interst on Past Due Bills
3,855.59
155,242.94
3,386.54
Reimb. Streann Assim. Study
NOW Account
Interest
Transfers from
Money Market
821 .24
46,000.00
50,207.78
208,647.70
TOTAL AVAILABLE
Disbursements:
Salaries (3.23
43,271 .46
Employee BC/BS)
Auditor
1,950.00
Chemicals
Petroleum Products
6,484.00
2,004.63
28,639.97
1 ,280.95
Utilities
Office Supplies
246.28
Janitorial Supplies
2,844.58
Insurances
1
Lab
12,684.75
482.96
Vehicle Maintenance
11 ,234.62
Maintenance
Line Maintenance
Plant
467.58
4,023.14
Miscellaneous
Overpayments
100.10
Ref. (92.48 paper abate)
5,500.00
Dewatering Belt Press
Trench Shoring
Stream Assimilation
10,765.00
6,773.08
548.00
440.86
Consultants
1990 Encumbrances
Transfers to Capital Reserve
.
.
.9,319.00
159,060.96
Transfers to
Money Market
.
30,000.00
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
Cash on Hand January
1,
1
1992:
NOW ACCOUNT
1
Money Market Account
Capital Reserve
9,586.74
9,71 6.01
53,732.03
Account
29
89,060.96
�WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT:
Balance as of January 1 1 991
Deposits from NOW Account
Transfers to NOW Account
Transfers to Capital Reserve
Interest Earned in 1 991
27,1 54.72
,
30,000.00
-46,000.00
-3,000.00
.
.
Balance 12/31/91
.1,561.29
9,716.01
WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT CAPITAL RESERVE ACCOUNT:
Balance as
January 1 1 991
Money Market Acct
of
Deposits fronn
Interest
Balance
1
39,078.74
,
Deposits f ronn
3,000.00
NOW Account
Earned
in
1
9,31 9.00
991
.
.2,334.29
53,732.03
2/31 /91
TREASURER'S REPORT
GENERAL FUND
BalanceForward January 1,1991
Received from
Boat Fees
Town
$108,834 02
Clerk:
2,403.40
246,078.00
1,730.00
2,379.50
Motor Vehicle
Titles
U.C.C
Bad Check Fines
Certified
Certified
1
Copies
Copies - State Fees
3.00
342.00
1 86.00
Dog Fines
925.00
Dog Licenses
2,951 .50
Marriage Licences
21 7.00
Various Licenses
550.00
235.00
1 00.00
Deposits on Construction Plans
Donations - Police Department
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimbursement -FICA
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimbursement -FED
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimbursement -Lonestar
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimbursement -Medicare
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimbursement -Net
Reimbursements -Fire Department
Reimbursements - Gas
Reimbursements -Highway Department
Reimbursements -Other Insurance
Reimbursements -Police Department
Reimbursements -Recreation Department
30
13,395.39
16,699.43
.
.
748.18
.
.2,705.81
79,037.78
117.80
1
,369.07
4,965.17
2,022.25
3,737.62
1,200.00
�3
Reimbursements -Sewer Department
Reimbursements -Welfare Department
Reimbursements -Workers' Compensation
Reimbursements -Water Department
Reimbursements- Water Loan
2,353.34
239.25
7,639.02
2,132.40
48,850.00
Energy Grant Money
2,900.00
Federal Forest
1
Highway Subsidy
Recycling Grant
78.48
77,396.27
Money
9,650.00
Reimbursements -State Gas
Railroad Tax
Shared Revenue
State Aid - Water Pollution
436.00
396.75
1
82,790.1
1
Court Fines
7,737.00
2,1
Capital Reserve Transfers
37.80
38,015.09
Current Use Application Fees
50.00
8.00
Election Filings
Escrow -Sidewalk Account
Impact Fees
Landfill Charges
2,883.25
Miscellaneous
6,034.29
Planning Board
Photo Copies
Private Donations -Town
Police -Outside Services
Police Reports
4,572.25
2,000.00
1
,456.00
300.70
2,402.68
3,164.50
760.00
446.50
Parking Tickets
Reimbursement - American National
7,11 9.60
Rent of Town Property
4,477.92
Sale of
Town
Property
4.00
Trust Funds
1
Zoning Board of Adjustment
780.08
Building Permits
Pistol
6,464.68
Permits
41 6.00
Septage Permits
Dog Licenses to State
Marriage Licenses
,538.40
2,1
30.00
280.00
to State
1
,023.00
TOTAL RECEIVED FROM TOWN CLERK
Received from Tax Collector:
1987 Tax Lien
1987 Tax Lien Interest
1 987 Tax Lien Penalty
1988 Tax Lien
1 988 Tax Lien Interest
1988 Tax Lien Penalty
825,281 28
1,518.41
851.19
88.00
49,528.87
1
7,201 .29
1
31
,51
1
.00
�7
989 Tax Lien
1989 Tax Lien Interest
1 989 Tax Lien Penalty
1990 Current Use Change Taxes
1 990 Current Use Interest
1990 Current Use Penalty
1990A Property Taxes
1
1
1990A Property
1
57,620.61
28,254.01
2,825.00
6,505.00
383.35
48.50
327,682.29
33,826.24
Interest
990A Property Tax Penalty
8,677.50
549,315.60
27,266.57
2,883.00
1990B Property Taxes
1 990B Property Tax Interest
1990B Property Tax Penalty
1 990 Resident Tax Costs
1990 Resident Taxes
1 990 Resident Tax Penalty
1990A Sewer Rents Costs
1 990B Sewer Rents Costs
1990 Tax Lien
1 990 Tax Lien Interest
1990 Tax Lien Penalty
1 990A Water Rents Costs
1990B Water Rents Costs
1 990 Yield Taxes
1990 Yield Tax Interest
1 990 Yeild Tax Penalty
1991 A Property Tax
1991 A Property Tax Interest
1991 B Property Tax
1 991 B Property Tax Interest
1991 Resident Tax
1 991 Resident Tax Penalty
1991 Land Use Change Tax
1 991 Land Use Change Tax Interest
1991 A Yield Tax
1 991 A Yield Tax Interest
1991 B Yield Tax
National Bank Stock Taxes
1981 Tax Sales
1 985 Tax Sales
1986 Tax Sales
Tax Sale Interest
31 6.00
3,860.00
386.00
525.50
220.50
163,909.15
6,551 .88
3,063.00
11 5.50
35.50
6,577.46
616.55
43.50
1,632,561.61
7,051.15
,338,81 0.28
1
503.30
24,700.00
98.00
1
,920.00
1
6.00
861.67
4.52
1
,256.04
2,000.00
474.53
49.49
456.83
.
.
.1,990.33
TOTAL RECEIVED FROM TAX COLLECTOR
Miscellaneous:
NOW Account Interest
Transfers from Money Market
4,414,960 72
6,305.1
867,000.00
32
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Tax Anticipation Notes
CD & Savings -Sale of Truck
Escrow Payment Road Account
Escrow
.900,000.00
1
1,783.70
4,527.89
.1,960.38
.
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS
2,781,577 14
& Beginning Balance
Checks
Less orders paid per Selectmen
8,130,653.16
Total Receipts
Plus Voided
1
Less Transfers to Money Market
Balance December
.800,000.00
60,677.10
31, 1991
Money Market Account:
Balance January
1
1
,
11 4,594.44
991
932,354.31
Deposits
Interest
4,588.40
Earned
867,000.00
Less Withdrawals
Balance December 31
1
,
991
1
Skating Rink Improvement Account:
Balance January 1 1 991
Interest Earned
Less withdrawal to CD
84,537.1
79.35
,
Balance December 31
Truck Sale Account:
Balance January 1
Interest Earned
,
1
1
,
.30.83
51 .93
87.08
991
1
Balance December 31
.
,
1
.61
.88.69
00.00
991
William Willey/Gravel Road Account:
Balance January 1 1 991
,
Interest
3.41
.
991
CD
Less withdrawal to
3,21 7.27
.179.38
Earned
Balance December 31
,
1
3,396.65
991
Road Project Account:
Balance January
Interest Earned
Withdrawal
1
,
1
5,027.89
991
Balance December 31
221 .99
4,527.89
,
1
5,957.52
7,285,933.58
721 .99
991
33
�Conservation Commission Land Acquisition Account:
248.45
Balance January 1 1 991
7.08
Interest Earned
,
Withdrawal
(to
203.07
CD)
Balance December 31 1991
52.46
,
Escrow Sidewalk Account:
Balance January
1
,
1
0.00
991
2,883.25
Deposits
Interest
48.96
Earned
Withdrawal
Balance December 31
1
,
1
,960.38
971 ,83
991
Certificates of Deposits Accounts:
1
1
Year Skating Rink Fund
Year Conservation Commission
1
,272.83
10,987.07
TOTAL CD's
1
2,259.90
TREASURER'S REPORT
WATER DEPARTIVIENT
2,010 57
Balance Forward January 1,1991
Received from Tax Collector:
1 990A Water Rents
1990A Water Rents Interest
1 990B Water Rents
1990B Water Rents Interest
1 991 A Water Rents
1991 A Water Rents Interest
1 991 B Water Rents
1991 B Water Rents Interest
Water Connection Fees
Water Final Billings
Water Services
Water Services Interest
Reimbursements to Water Department
20,329.82
2,497.44
36,464.97
2,132.56
61 ,957.78
330.90
64,442.73
87.72
4,000.00
543.62
5,699.65
107.54
167.60
TOTAL RECEIVED FROM TAX COLLECTOR
Miscellaneous:
NOW Account Interest
Transfers from Money Market
1
98,762 33
731 .97
.410,000.00
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS
34
410.731.97
�Total Receipts
& Beginning Balance
611 ,504.87
Less Orders Paid Per Selectmen
Less Transfers to Capital Reserves
Less Transfers
to
Balance December
395,370.79
2,750.00
Money Market
60,000.00
31, 1991
1
53,384 08
Money Market Account:
Balance January
1
,
1
78.608.28
460,000.00
991
Deposits
Interest
Earned
18,970.95
.417,500.00
Less Withdrawals
Balance December 31
,
1
991
1
40,079.23
Water Capital Reserve Savings Account:
Balance January
1
,
1
22,791 .04
991
17,078.00
Deposits
Interest
Earned
.
Balance December 31
,
1
991
.1,742.83
.
41 ,61
1
.87
Escrow Water System
Balance January
1
,
1
0.00
991
9,083.20
Deposits
Interest
Earned
13.93
Balance December 1991
9,097.13
TREASURER'S REPORT
WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT
Balance ForwardJanuary 1,1991
3,196.98
Received from Tax Collector:
990A Sewer Rents
1990A Sewer Rents Interest
1 990B Sewer Rents
1990B Sewer Rents Interest
1991 A Sewer Rents
1991 A Sewer Rents Interest
1 991 B Sewer Rents
1991 B Sewer Rents Interest
Sewer Final Billings
Reimbursements to Sewer Department
1
Sewer Services
TOTAL RECEIVED FROM TAX COLLECTOR
35
1
7,677.57
2,145.59
23,640.25
1
,331 .39
59,191.63
296.94
50,21 3.03
81 .67
440.15
3,386.54
224.72
1
58,629 48
�Miscellaneous:
NOW Account Interest
Transfer from Money Market
821 .24
.
.46,000.00
Total Miscellaneous Receipts
46,821 .24
& Beginning Balance
Checks
Less Orders Paid by Selectmen
208,647.70
Total Receipts
274.51
Plus Voided
1
Less Transfers to Money Market
Balance December
.
31, 1991
1
,
1
27,1 54.72
991
30,000.00
Deposits
Interest
Earned
1
Less Withdrawals
,561 .29
.49,000.00
Balance December 31
,
1
991
9,71 6.01
Wastewater Capital Reserve Savings Account:
Balance January
1
,
39,078.74
2,31 9.00
1991
Deposits
Interest
1
Earned
Balance December 31
2,334.29
,
1
.30,000.00
1
Money Market Account:
Balance January
59,335.47
53,732.03
991
36
9,586.74
�TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
SUMMARY OF TAX ACCOUNTS
Fiscal Year
Ended December
31, 1991
-DR.—
Levies of
1991
Uncollected Taxes
Beginning of Fiscal Year:
Property Taxes
Resident Taxes
Land Use Change Taxes
Yield Taxes
Taxes Committed to Collector:
Property Taxes
1990
877,705.89
1 1
,660.00
6,505.00
7,396.21
Prior
49.77
�1
,920.00
�Abatements During Year:
Deeded
to
60.35
260 16
202 22
Town During Year
Unredeemed Taxes End
1
,731 .12
TOTAL CREDITS
350,510.82
123,524.64
1
524,095.20
of Year:
312,484.42
87,139.81
1,536.53
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
SUMIVIARY OF SEWER/WATER ACCOUNTS
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1991
— DR.Uncollected Taxes
Beginning of Fiscal Year:
Water Rents
Sewer Rents
Water Services
57,151.00
Sewer Services
Water Connection Fees
Sewer Connection Fees
74,000.00
41 ,377.82
11 ,582.03
695.00
246,500.00
Taxes Committed to Collector:
Water Rents
Sewer Rents
Water Services
Sewer Services
Water Connection Fees
1
82,705.21
162,185.10
4,735.48
664.72
1
,000.00
Added Taxes:
Water Rents
Water Finals
Sewer Finals
227.75
971 .70
965.81
Overpayments:
a/c Water Rents
a/c Sewer Rents
00
00
Interest Collected:
Water Rents/Services
Sewer Rents/Services
5,156.16
3,855.59
TOTAL DEBITS
793,773.37
39
�5
-CR.Remitted to Treasurer
During Fiscal Year:
Water Rents
Sewer Rents
Water Services
Sewer Services
Water Connection Fees
Sewer Connection Fees
Water Interest
Sewer Interest
Water Finals
Sewer
183,195.30
1
50,722.48
5,699.65
224.72
4,000.00
00.00
5,156.16
3,855.59
543.62
440.1
Finals
Abatements Allowed:
Water Rents
Sewer Rents
499.72
92.48
Uncollected Taxes
End
of Fiscal Year:
Water Rents
Sewer Rents
Water Services
Sewer Services
Water Connection Fees
Sewer Connection Fees
Water Finals
Sewer Finals
56,388.94
52,747.96
1
0,61 7.86
1,1
35.00
71 ,000.00
246,500.00
428.08
525.66
TOTAL CREDITS
793,773.37
40
�5
FINANCIAL REPORT
ASSETS:
Cash
60,677.1
$
225.00
Cash/Tax Collector's Office
S/A Skating Rink Fund
Investment Funds
Cash/Money Market Account
Cash Payroll Account
Escrow Account/Midway
Escrow Sidewalks
Petty
Willey Gravel
Pit
51 .93
1
1
,272.83
84,537.1
25.00
721 .99
971 .83
& Road Money
3,396.65
11 ,280.00
1991 Resident Tax
240.00
49.77
990 Resident Tax
1986 Property Tax
1 991 Property Tax - June
1991 Property Tax - December
Yield Tax
1987 Tax Lien
1988 Tax Lien
1989 Tax Lien
1990 Tax Lien
Taxes Bought by the Town, Not Redeemed:
1 986 Taxes Bought by Town not Redeemed
1 985 Taxes Bought by Town not Redeemed
1 984 Taxes Bought by Town not Redeemed
1 983 Taxes Bought by Town not Redeemed
1 982 Taxes Bought by Town not Redeemed
1 981 Taxes Bought by Town not Redeemed
1 980 Taxes Bought by Town not Redeemed
1 979 Taxes Bought by Town not Redeemed
1 978 Taxes Bought by Town not Redeemed
1
Intergovernmental A/R
31 6,364.39
462,970.54
665.33
2,01 3.66
5,713.81
123,524.64
350,510.82
1
,426.96
337.25
462.23
323.57
325.68
296.51
254.80
1
.
96.27
1
85.79
.23,560.08
1,552,581.58
LIABILITIES:
S.A.U. 61
970,1 39.00
Tax Anticipation Note
300,000.00
Employees Deductions
Escrow Accounts
Deposit on Construction Plans
State of New Hampshire
Deferred Revenue Impact Fees
Donations to Departments
1 991 Encumbered Funds
1
,334.50
5,090.47
1
85.00
1
57.50
14,000.00
200.00
6,550.00
1,297,656.47
41
�1
ASSETS
1
,552,581 .58
LIABILITIES
.1,297,656.47
NET SURPLUS
$
254,925.1
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Conservation Commission Cash
$
52.46
10,987.07
Investments
ASSETS
$11 ,039.53
42
�SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand January 1 1 991
From Local Taxes
From Tax Sales Redeemed
Tax Liens
1 08,834.02
3,896,049.95
980.85
372,577.04
145,352.88
299,1 23.65
1 ,538.40
,
Interest
&
State of
New Hampshire
Penalties
Income from Trust Funds
All
Licenses
Town
Clerl<
& Permits
9,560.68
5,948.50
246,078.00
2,403.40
3,231 .50
925.00
2,584.30
4,477.92
Fees
Motor Vehicle Permits
Boat Fees
Dog Licenses
Dog Fines
Municipal Court
Rent of
Town
Property
on Deposits
Temporary Notes
1 0,893.57
,900,000.00
Interest
1
Money Mar[<et Account
Water Loan
Planning Board
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Sale of
Town
867,000.00
48,850.00
4,572.25
780.08
4.00
760.00
6,426.79
2,000.00
Property
Police Reports
Refunds & Recoveries
Impact Fees
Landfill Charges
Reimb. School & Ambulance
Payments Police Outside Services
Reimb. Rec. Dept. Workers CAPP
Water/Sewer Misc. Reimb
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimb
Capitol Reserve Transfer to Spend
Qoseout Sale of Truck Savings Account
Closeout 457 Plan
Davidson Rubber Settlement
Escrow Sidewalk Account
Donation Fire Dept. Training Fund
Donation Police Dept
Deposits on Sidewalk Construction Plans
Midway Escrow Account
Reimb. Insurance
Reimb. Departments
Private Donations
1
,465.00
1
,369.07
3,1
1
64.50
,200.00
4,485.74
2,586.59
38,01 5.09
1 ,783.70
7,1 1 9.60
11
1
32,354.31
2,883.25
100.00
.
100.00
235.00
4,527.89
2,022.25
8,959.84
2,402.68
8,265,727.29
RECEIPTS DETAILS
Cash on Hand January
1,
1991
108,834.02
43
�3
7
FROM LOCAL TAXES
1991 Resident Taxes
24,700.00
990 Resident Taxes
Meld Taxes
Current Use
8,695.1
3,860.00
1
Tax Collection
Tax Collection
1
8,425.00
991
2,971 ,371 .89
990
Bank Stock
National
876,997.89
2.000.00
1
3,896,049.95
FROM TAX SALES REDEEMED
Levy of
1
Levy of
1
Levy of
1
981
474.53
985
986
49.49
456.83
980.85
FROM TAX LIENS
1987 Tax Lien
1 988 Tax Lien
1
,51 8.41
49,528.87
1989 Tax Lien
1 990 Tax Lien
1
57,620.61
163,909.15
372,577.04
Interest
Received & Resident Tax Penalties
STATE OF
1
45,352.88
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Highway Subsidy
Shared Revenue
State Aid Water Pollution
Forest Lands
Railroad Tax
State Police Gas A/R 91 $1 38.00
Energy Grant A/R 1 991
Reimb. Workman's Comp
Recyling Grant Money A/R 91
77,396.27
1
82,790.1
1
7,737.00
1 78.48
396.75
436.00
2,900.00
7,639.02
9,650.00
299,123.65
INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS
Trustee Trust Funds (Town Poor)
1
44
,538.40
�ALL LICENSES AND PERMITS
Building Permits
6,464.68
Septage Permits
2,1
Rstol Permits
30.00
41 6.00
Licenses, Junk Yard, Food, etc
550.00
9,560.68
TOWN CLERK FEES
^tles
1,730.00
Marriage Licenses (Town)
Marriage Licenses (State)
1
UCC
2,379.50
21 7.00
Copies (Town)
Certified Copies (State)
Bad Checl< Fines
Filing Fees (Current Use & Election)
,023.00
342.00
Certified
1
86.00
3.00
1
58.00
5,948.50
MOTOR VEHICLE PERMITS
Kathy
L.
246,078.00
Vickers, Clerk
BOAT FEES
Kathy
L.
Vickers, Clerk
2,403.40
DOG LICENSES
Kathy
L.
Vickers, Clerk
Town
2,951 .50
State Fees
280.00
DOG FINES
Kathy
L.
925.00
Vickers, Clerk
MUNICIPAL COURT
Court Fines
& Parking
2,584.30
Tickets
RENT OF TOWN PROPERTY
Court
Room
Rental
&
Alton
Shoe Parking
Lot
4,477.92
INTEREST
N.O.W. Account & Money Market
10,893.57
45
�)
TEMPORARY NOTES
Farmington National & Savings Bank
$1 ,900,000.00
MONEY MARKET
Transfer from
Money Market Account
867,000.00
WATER LOAN
48,850.00
Water Department
PLANNING BOARD
4,572.25
Panning Board
ZBA
780.08
ZBA
SALE OF
TOWN PROPERTY
4.00
Land
POLICE REPORTS
760.00
Accident Reports
REFUNDS & RECOVERIES
From
Sources
Impact Fees from Developers
Landfill Charges
Reimb. Gas School & Ambulance (A/R 91 $1 85.95)
Payments Police Outside Services
Reimb. Rec. Dept. Worker CAPP (A/R 91
Water/Sewer Misc. Reimb
Water/Sewer Payroll Reimb
Capitol Reserve Transfer to Spend
Closeout Sale of Truck Savings Account
Qoseout Employees Savings Plan
Davidson Rubber Settlement
Escrow Sidewalk Account
Fire Department Training Fund
Police Department Dedicated Donation
Deposit on Sidewalk Construction Plans
Midway Escrow
Reimb. Insurance
Reimb. Departments
Private Donations
6,426.79
All
46
2,000.00
1
,465.00
1
,369.07
3,164.50
1
,200.00
4,485.74
11 2,586.59
38,01 5.09
1
,783.70
7,11 9.60
1
32,354.31
2,883.25
1
00.00
100.00
235.00
4,527.89
2,022.25
8,959.84
2,402.68
�DETAIL OF PAYMENTS
Town Officers' Salaries
Town Officers' Expenses
158,289.53
Insurance Expenses
1
Election
Town
&
34,194,54
1
Expenses
Hall
77,820.74
Registration
1
.79
8,323.52
Health/Animal Control
226,526.69
362,559.03
Debt Service
Department
Fire Department
Planning Board & Zoning Board
Landfill Expenses
Highways- Winter & Summer
Highways - General Expenses
PICA -Town's Contribution
,344.89
38,71
Police
85,228.02
of
Adjustment
48,589.85
59,368.51
209,980.47
72,055.79
31,338.28
Police Retirement/Medicare
26,342.06
Police Outside Services
3,661 .30
Appraisals
3,890.00
Search
Industrial
292.24
29,642.13
Street Lighting
Legal/Enforcement Expense
24,663.92
Rural District Health
24,003.00
Strafford County
CAPP
1
Strafford Dispatch
,500.00
11 ,241 .63
37,000.00
Libraries
Town Poor
Memorial Day
Parks & Recreation
Town Clock
1
3,243.34
600.00
42,423.56
525.00
Maintenance
Removal of Trees
3,500.00
River
1
,500.00
4,423.00
Police Cruiser
1
Special Highway Subsidy
74,768.96
5,000.00
Capital Reserve/Landfill
Capital Reserve/Reevaluation
5,000.00
Consultant/Engineers
3,386.54
Hayward Block
Personnel
44,658.00
16,324.07
Liabilities
Town
Christmas Lights
Hall Renovations
Sidewalks - Downtown
8,218.49
Recycling Building
1
New
Fire
1
,000.00
5,000.00
Truck
1
Rebuild/Repair/Repave Roads
,500.00
90,000.00
31 ,000.00
Temporary Loans
Money Market Account
2,000,000.00
800,000.00
47
�S.A.U. 61
Town Clerk Fees
2,009,849.00
1 ,275.00
1 92.00
51 4,480.32
429,1 69.00
10,410.00
to State
Dog Licenses
1990 Taxes Bought by the Town
County Tax
Energy Improvements to Buildings
Civil Defense
Women's Resource Center
00
544.00
11 2,586.59
1 73.75
W/S Payroll
Revenue Payments
Overlay
24,837.71
8,700.00
19,300.00
1990 Encumbered Highway
1990 Encumbered Recycling
American National Closeout
7,1
Return of Deposit (Contractor Plans)
1
9.60
50.00
Midway Escrow Account
Sdewalks Escrow Account
4,527.89
Private Donations
2,402.68
1
,960.38
$8,086,216.81
TOWN
Town
OFFICERS' SALARIES
Officers
34,
Appropriation
1
94.54
33,760.00
34,1 94.54
Expenditures
Overdraft
434.54
TOWN
OFFICERS' EXPENSES
Personnel
1
10,980.36
Auditors
8,1
00.00
Telephone
Dues
Postage
4,1
39.04
3,714.23
Office Supplies
3,048.96
Register of
4,472.28
Deeds
4,820.29
Printing
3,430.60
Mileage
724.41
Advertising
61 9.48
Tax Map Update
Office Equipment
RSA's
1
,000.00
3,262.20
718.26
440.52
Training
Maintenance Agreements
6,243.90
Rebind/Restore Old Records
2,575.00
158,289.53
Appropriation
157,557.00
Expenditures
1
Overdraft
58,289.53
732.53
48
�1
INSURANCE EXPENSES
81,315.10
Health/Medical
Disability/Life
9,805.18
Insurance
25,034.10
Vehicles
& Others
& Liability
Workmen's Compensation
Unemployment Compensation
9,957.00
Liability/Officers
21 ,597.90
Property
26,797.63
2,442.83
871.00
Bonds
177,820.74
Expenditures
204,174.00
.177,820.74
Unexpended
26,353.26
Appropriation
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Election Personnel
Printing Ballots
1
& Forms
,023.50
1
55.41
130.98
Meals
35.00
Computer Materials
1,344.89
Appropriation
1
Expenditures
Unexpended
,980.00
1,344.89
.
.
635.1
TOWN HALL EXPENSES
8,91 0.86
Fuel Oil
5,993.56
Electricity
16,418.47
Janitor
Supplies
2,274.74
Repairs
1,981.72
232.44
Sewer & Water
State Energy Audit
.
.
2,900.00
38,711.79
35,300.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
.38,711.79
3,411.79
Overdraft
HEALTH/ANIMAL CONTROL
6,700.00
Personnel
503.52
Supplies/Training
49
�Sheltering Animals
.
.
.1,120.00
8,323.52
Appropriation
1
0,400.00
Expenditures
8,323.52
Unexpended
2,076.48
DEBT SERVICE
94,580.00
Principal
Interest
54,440.63
Lease Purchases
Tax Anticipation Note Interest
46,545.34
.
.30,960.72
226,526.69
Appropriation
242,567.00
Expenditures
226,526.69
Unexpended
16,040.31
POLICE DEPARTMENT
306,231 .49
Police Personnel
Police Overtime
1
2,331 .30
Telephone
Uniforms
Radio Maintenance
8,434.28
Office Supplies
2,006.92
Police Supplies
3,532.52
2,91 6.93
1 ,1
98.91
Tires
1,821.09
Police Training
5,484.97
Gas
9,482.28
Cruiser Maintenance
5,438.22
71 2.99
Juvenile Investigations
New Equipment
.
2,967.13
362,559.03
Appropriation
367,375.00
Expenditures
362,559.03
Unexpended
4,81 5.97
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
Rre Department Payments Firefighters
Chief
-
20,696.97
600.00
Clothing
Deputy Chief
Mileage
(2)
-
Clothing
1
,200.00
1
77.47
00
Forest Fire Protection
50
�5
Training
1
Telephone
4,209.28
Office Supplies
,769.69
305.21
Electric/Building
3,698.59
Fuel Oil/Building
5,099.98
Water
52.00
Sewer
80.00
Maintenance Supplies
Truck Expense
Equipment Expense
New Equipment
Chemicals
Repairs Air Pacs
Alarm System
Radio Repairs
Rre Prevention
51 6.48
7,769.51
15,662.60
1
7,265.60
41 9.65
379.09
21 8.40
3,009.75
1
Paging Units
,385.00
00
712.75
Physicals
85,228.02
74,1 23.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
Overdraft
.85,228.02
11,105.02
PLANNING BOARD & ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
Personnel
44,022.01
Postage
Ranning Consultants
Strafford Regional Planning
Printing
589.80
00
00
567.98
Commission
& Advertising
Mileage
741
Telephone
649.47
1 80.00
BOCA Dues
Supplies
1
Enforcement Funds
.31
,839.28
00
48,589.85
Appropriation
54,91
Expenditures
.
Unexpended
1
.00
.48,589.85
6,321
.1
LANDFILL EXPENSES
Labor
35,528.62
Fuel
Oil
&
5,651.76
228.30
Lubricant
51
�162.07
Lights
1,300.00
Tires
Repairs
&
Parts
7,546.09
Stickers
530.13
Pest Control
200.00
00
Metal Removal
Tire
Removal
2,250.00
Regional Solid Waste Agreement
1
Recycling
4,
,81
1
7.00
54.54
59,368.51
Appropriation
61 ,227.00
Expenditures
59,368.51
Unexpended
1
HIGHWAYS
-
,858.49
WINTER & SUMMER
Highway Personnel
1
50,227.05
19,373.98
Salt
Hot Top
5,914.72
Cleaning Catch Basins
5,000.00
Culverts/Catch Basins
5,1 31 .22
Contract/Sweeping
5,600.00
Bridge Repair
98.82
1,800.00
Sifter
Gravel
Mower
9,996.00
Rental
2,050.00
Uniforms
Building Repair
1
(Encumber $2,850
1
,41
8.68
3,1
992)
Dues & Training
80.00
1
to
90.00
209,980.47
Appropriation
222,772.00
209,980.47
Expenditures
Unexpended
1
2,791 .53
HIGHWAY GENERAL EXPENSES
Gasoline
2,500.16
Diesel Fuel
Engine
1
4,91 7.70
999.20
Oil
Lights/Building
2,259.06
Telephone
Water
61 3.72
52.00
456.00
Radio Repairs
Tires
1,796.00
Rubbish Removal
Cleaning Supplies
3,328.24
565.52
52
�172.69
Mileage
Repairs
&
36,484.05
Parts
7.67
Repaint Trucks
1
Cutting Edges
3,496.23
Traffic
Signs
1
,01
,31
6.55
775.00
New Equipment
1,306.00
Painting Lines
72,055.79
77,800.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
Unexpended
.72,055.79
5,744.21
F.I.C.A.
TOWN'S CONTRIBUTION
31 ,338.28
FNS
39,766.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
Unexpended
.31,338.28
8,427.72
POLICE RETIREMENT/MEDICARE
26,342.06
FNS
23,063.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
26,342.06
3,279.06
Overdraft
POLICE OUTSIDE SERVICES
3,661 .30
Weddings, Public Functions
Appropriation
3,500.00
Expenditures
3,661 .30
161.30
Overdraft
APPRAISALS
3,890.00
Alfred lekler
Appropriation
8,000.00
Expenditures
3.890.00
Unexpended
4,110.00
INDUSTRIAL SEARCH
292.24
Business Promotions
53
�3
200.00
292.24
Appropriation
Expenditures
92.24
Overdraft
STREETING LIGHTING
Public Service of
NH
29,642.1
9.00
Appropriation
28,1
Expenditures
29,642.13
1
1,523.13
Overdraft
LEGAL/ENFORCEMENT FUNDS
Cooper,
Hall,
Whittum &
24,663.92
Shillabar, etc
Appropriation
36,000.00
Expenditures
24,663.92
Unexpended
11 ,336.08
RURAL DISTRICT HEALTH
24,003.00
Rural District Health Association
24,000.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.24,003.00
Overdraft
3.00
STRAFFORD COUNTY CAPP
Strafford
County CAPP, (Encumber $2,500.00
1,500.00
to 1992)
Appropriation
4,000.00
Expenditures
1,500.00
Unexpended
2,500.00
STRAFFORD COUNTY DISPATCH
Strafford
County Dispatch
11 ,241 .63
Appropriation
11 ,242.00
Expenditures
11,241.63
Unexpended
37
LIBRARIES
Farmlngton Library Association
37,000.00
Appropriation
37,000.00
37,000.00
Expenditures
54
�2
TOWN POOR
Welfare
1
3,243.34
16,000.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.13,243.34
.
Unexpended
2,756.66
MEMORIAL DAY
C. L. Perkins Post
No. 60 American Legion
600.00
600.00
600.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
PARKS & RECREATION
Personnel
36,360.1
700.00
700.00
Boys Club
Girls
Club
Maintain Parks
2,841 .60
Hay Day
300.00
00
600.00
00
Field Trips
Road Race
Recreation Dept.
-
Supplies
Telephone
Supplies
-
521 .84
400.00
Boys' Club
42,423.56
42,588.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
.42,423.56
Unexpended
1
64.44
TOWN CLOCK
John H. Oakley, Care of Clock
525.00
Appropriation
525.00
Expenditures
525.00
RIVER MAINTENANCE
XXXXXXXXX
3,500.00
Appropriation
3,500.00
Expenditures
3,500.00
REMOVAL OF TREES
Removal
of
Trees
1
Appropriation
1
,500.00
Expenditures
1
,500.00
55
,500.00
�POLICE CRUISER
New Cruiser
1
Appropriation
1
Expenditures
.
4,423.00
5,000.00
14,423.00
Unexpended
577.00
SPECIAL HIGHWAY SUBSIDY
74,768.96
Street Paving, etc
77,396.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
.
.74,768.96
Unexpended
2,627.04
CAPITAL RESERVE
—
LANDFILL
Trustees of Trust Fund
5,000.00
Appropriation
5,000.00
Expenditures
5,000.00
—
CAPITAL RESERVE
REEVALUATION
Trustees of Trust Fund
5,000.00
Appropriation
5,000.00
Expenditures
5,000.00
CONSULTANTS/ENGINEERS
Goldberg, Zoino, Associates, etc
3,386.54
Appropriation
1
3,000.00
Expenditures
3,386.54
Unexpended
9,61 3.46
HAYWARD BLOCK
Bank
of
New Hampshire & Watson Sand & Gravel
Appropriation
44,658.00
45,000.00
Expenditures
.44,658.00
Unexpended
342.00
PERSONNEL
LIABILITIES
Accrued Sick Days, Vacation Days Due Upon Separations
Appropriation
22,000.00
Expenditures
16,324.07
Unexpended
5,675.93
56
16,324.07
�CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Businessman's Association
1,000.00
Appropriation
1,000.00
Expenditures
1
,000.00
TOWN HALL RENOVATION
Fire
Doors (Encumber
to
1
,200.00 to
1
8,21 8.49
992)
Appropriation
11 ,000.00
Expenditures
8,218.49
Unexpended
2,781.51
SIDEWALKS
- DOWNTOWN
REHABILITATION
Midway Excavators
5,000.00
Appropriation
5,000.00
Expenditures
5,000.00
RECYCLING BUILDING
Misc. Items
1
Appropriation
1
Expenditures
1
,500.00
,500.00
,500.00
NEW
FIRE
TRUCK
Kovatch Equip, and Misc. Equip
190,000.00
Appropriation
190,000.00
Expenditures
190,000.00
REBUILD/REPAIR/REPAVE ROADS
Midway Excavators
31 ,000.00
Appropriation
31 ,000.00
Expenditures
31 ,000.00
TAN NOTES
Farmington National Bank
2,000,000.00
MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
Transfer to Regular CInecking Account
800,000.00
SCHOOL
Farmington School
2,009,849.00
District
57
�TOWN CLERK FEES TO STATE
Treasurer, State of N.H
1
,275.00
DOG LICENSES
Treasurer, State of N.H
192.00
1990
Kathy
L.
TAXES BOUGHT BY THE TOWN
Vickers, Tax Collector
51 4,480.32
COUNTY TAX
Treasurer, Strafford County
429,1 69.00
ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS TO BUILDINGS
Windows,
Insulation,
Overhead Doors
10,410.00
Appropriation
1
Expenditures
.
Unexpended
4,677.00
.10,410.00
4,267.00
CIVIL
DEFENSE
GO
Expenditures
25.00
Appropriation
00
Expenditures
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER
"
1991 Payments
544.00
544.00
544.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
WATER/SEWER PAYROLL
Water/Sewer
Payroll
11
2,586.59
EXPENDITURES REVENUES
Overpayments -Taxes, Reimbursements
1
73.75
OVERLAY
Tax Abatements (Includes 19,833.78 Non-Cash Trans.)
58
24,837.71
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ENCUMBRANCES
1990 Encumbered Highway
8,700.00
Appropriation
8,700.00
Expenditures
8,700.00
1990 Encumbered Recycling
19,300.00
Appropriation
1
Expenditures
19,300.00
American National Account Closeout
9,300.00
7,1
Contractor Plans
-
4,527.89
Escrow
Private Donations
9.60
50.00
Midway Escrow Account
Sidewalks
1
-
1
Town
,960.38
2,402.68
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
REMITTANCE SUMMARY
January
1,
1991
-
December
28 Boat Fees
Motor Vehicle
868 Titles
1 64
UCC
$
5,791
Total
2,403.40
246,078.00
1,730.00
2,379.50
Received from above Sources
1
31, 1991
252,590.90
Bad Check Fine
1
Total
Received
fronn
1 86.00
925.00
2,951 .50
21 7.00
550.00
above Sources
5,184.50
9 Deposits on Construction Plans
1
Donations - Police Departnnent
9 V^ater/Sewer Payroll Reimb.— FICA
1
9 Water/Sewer Payroll
1
Reimb.— FED
19 Water/Sewer Payroll Reimb.
Water/Sewer
Payroll
1
7
1
9 Water/Sewer Payroll
2
1
9
6
1
1
1
3
3
2
3
— Lonestar
Reimb.— Medicare
Reimb.— NET
Reimbursements - Fire Dept
Reimbursements - Gas
Reimbursements- Highway Dept
Reimbursements -Other Ins
Reimbursements - Police Dept
Reimbursement - Rec. Dept
Reimbursement - Sewer Dept
Reimbursement -Welfare
Reimbursements- Workers' Comp
Reimbursements -Water Dept
Reimbursements -Water Loan
Total Received from
above sources
1
Federal Forest
4
Highway Subsidy
1
Recycling Grant
1
1
235.00
100.00
3,395.39
6,699.43
748.18
2,705.81
79,037.78
1 1
1
4,965.17
2,022.25
3,737.62
1
,200.00
2,353.34
239.25
7,639.02
2,132.40
48,850.00
2,900.00
1
78.48
77,396.27
Money
6 Reimbursements
7.80
,369.07
187,547.51
Energy Grant Money
1
3.00
342.00
96 Certified Copies
31 Certified Copies - State Fees
27 Dog Fines
539 Dog Licenses
31 Marriage Licenses
8 Various Licenses
-
State
9,650.00
Gas
436.00
61
�4
2
1
Railroad Tax
396.75
Revenue
State Aid - Water
2 Shared
1
Total
182,790.13
.17,737.00
Pollution
Received from above Sources
291 ,484.63
26 Court Fines
2 Capital Reserve Transfers
5 Current Use Application Fees
2,1
8 Election Filings
8.00
Escrow -Sidewalk Account
1
Impact Fees
57 Landfill Charges
2,883.25
1
7
2,000.00
1
Miscellaneous
4,572.25
300.70
2,402.68
3,164.50
760.00
446.50
Parking Tickets
2 Reimbursements -American National
Rent
1
2 Sale
1
1
4,477.92
4.00
Trust Funds
1
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Total Received from
above Sources
78,1 60.06
Total
6,464.68
41 6.00
.
above sources
558 Dog Licenses
.
.2,310.00
9,01 0.68
280.00
to State
Marriage Licenses
,538.40
780.08
124 Building Permits
1 04
Pistol Permits
1 42
Septage Permits
31
7,119.60
Town Property
of Town Property
of
Total Received from
,465.00
6,034.29
45 Planning Board
21 Photo Copies
2 Private Donations -Town
42 Police -Outside Services
21 Police Reports
1
37.80
38,015.09
50.00
to State
1
1
Received from above Sources
TOTAL RECEIPTS COLLECTED
,023.00
,303.00
825,281 .28
62
�ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD FOR
1991
Despite the continued economic slowdown, the Planning Board has had a busy
and prosperous year. We are pleased to welcome two new Board Members: Earl
Simonsen and Skip Sansoucy: and will miss the dedicated service of Emmanuel
(Manny) Krasner who served this Board for twelve years. Mr. Krasner retired from
the Board in March of 1991 in order to be able to pursue other goals.
A
total of
made
30 applications were
to the Planning
Board during 1991
:
1
for
4 for Site Review (9 of which requested a
waiver of site review and were granted the waivers, 4 were approved and 1 was
Earth Removal,
denied
to
1
3 for Subdivisions and
for lack of information
1
and improper
plan.)
An
additional 2
were presented
the Board for revision of their original plan.
Several Subcommittees were organized which dealt with the following areas:
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS: This subcommittee worked diligently to compile
of the necessary information. They were aided by the Selectmen and all
town department heads. The project is scheduled for completion in 1992.
much
WETLANDS ORDINANCE: The
which
will
be presented
group reviewed and amended an ordinance
to the voters in
March
of 1992.
WATERFRONT PROTECTION OVERLAY ZONE:
for presentation to the voters in
March
Also reviewed and
amended
of 1992.
worked on by the Planning Board during 1991 some of which
be presented to the voters consist of: specific time limits for conditional approvals and approved subdivisions; clarification of existing mobile home regulaAdditional items
will
tions
and changes
in
the set-back requirements.
The Board wishes to express its appreciation to the Selectmen, the ConservaCommission and all department heads for their help and cooperation in
various endeavors and look forward to their continued assistance as we move intion
to 1992.
Respectfully submitted,
Elmer W. Barron
III
Chairman
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�REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
1
was a year
991
tional
of challenges to find
ways
to fund projects without using addi-
property tax dollars. The settlement with Davidson provided $525,000
which the Town spent for two new wells and a fire engine. There is admiration for
the new fire engine which arrived in December. It is a 1 500 gallon pumper-tanker
that was custom built to specifications drawn up by the Fire Department. The
construction of a pump station for the new wells is nearly complete and the well
should be in use in March of 1992. Two State Grants assisted in energy im-
provements and the Town's recycling efforts. The baler was installed at the landand a new storage building constructed with 50 percent State funds. The State
also paid 50 percent of the cost of Energy improvements to the Fire Station and
Waste Water Treatment plant for improvements ranging from new overhead
doors to an electronic variable speed drive. The Town participated with the State
in a Waste load Allocation Study of the Cocheco River to determine the effect of
any proposed increase of effluent from the waste water plant. This study would
have cost the Town $50,000, but with State help the cost to the Town was $3,400.
While the Town's application for a CDBG grant scored well, the State's funds
were exhausted so that the Town did not receive housing money. A new application is being readied for 1992 seeking $350,000.
fill
sudden death of John Oakley, who was caretaker
28 years and also served in other capacities including
Selectmen, Budget Committee, and Planning Board. He will be missed. After five
years, the Town Hall custodian, Roger Belanger left. He continues to be active in
the publication of Puddledock Press. A new police officer was hired, Randy Sobel.
Desert Storm took Police Officer Dan Yoder to Montana for several weeks. We all
rejoiced to see him and all the other military personnel from Farmington return
safely. The Board hired Francis Marcoux who has done an excellent custodial job
at the Town Hall. Francis worked with volunteers to oversee painting the Town
Hall interior, including the gym and its ceiling.
It
was a shock to
Town Clock
of the
learn of the
for
fire department deserves recognition for their efforts to procommunity, the Board wishes to give special recognition to Gary Pageau,
risk to his own life, rescued a resident of Green Street from a burning living
While the entire
tect the
who
at
unit.
On
the legal front, the
drainage
into
Kicking
Town was successful
Horse Brook and
in
in
defending a
suit
regarding
obtaining a cleanup order for a
machinery junk yard.
A
revealed continued life expectancy and enabled the
more economically for the eventual closure. The Town participated in a Hazardous Household Waste Collection day. High prices for scrap
metal enabled the Town to have the metal removed at no cost.
survey of the
Selectmen
landfill
to plan
The downtown continued
to
see improvements with new sidewalks on Main
64
�One phase of paving on the Ten Rod Road was completed. Shimming was
done on Meeting House Hill Road, Spring Street, Ten Rod Road, Grove Street,
and other shorter sections of streets. A winter maintenance plan was adopted.
Hill.
In closing we wish to thank our outstanding staff of dedicated employees who
have carried out our policies and services. We thank all the businesses and their
owners who have donated time, goods, money, and equipment for a multitude of
causes. We thank Mr. and Mrs. James Thayer for their many contributions including a FAX machine to the police, new lights for the Town Clock, and a trust
fund to pay the electricity in perpetuity on those lights. We also express our
deepest gratitude to the many individuals who have given freely of their time to
serve on committees and boards for the Town. These efforts have been a tremendous boost to the community, and we thank them for their time, help and dedication. We also thank the many citizens who have contributed their time and efforts
in other ways. It is as a community working together that we are able to say with
pride, "We live in Farmington."
Barbara Spear, Chairperson
John J. Silvia, Jr., Selectman
Willis Berry, Selectman
FARMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
1991 ANNUAL REPORT
The Police Department is proud to report to its bosses, the people, what has
occurred during the past year and what the department wants to accomplish for
1992.
with personnel. The department had one Officer called to duty
Desert Storm Operation and for quite sometime he was away, stationed in
Montana. We had another Officer on a special assignment across the State in
First, let's start
for the
Claremont,
New Hampshire
helping out
in
a drug investigation for about 3
for almost 3 months. We had
two other Officers who were on notice for possible activation regarding the
Desert Storm Operation and we had a position that we were trying to fill. Basically
the Department was short handed by 40 percent for about 25 percent of the entire year. The department was able to hire a New Hampshire certified officer
hereby saving the Town several thousand dollars in training costs. This officer
started around the first of May. Additionally, throughout the year we had officers
out on workmen's compensation resulting in several months of lost time.
months.
We
had one Officer
in
the police
academy
Second, training; the department and Town, through the Board of Selectmen,
have a strong and deep commitment to training the officers and staff in order to
minimize officer stress, increase ability, deter lawsuits and provide the best possible police service for the funds allocated. The department and officers attended
training on hazardous waste, crime scene photography, narcotic prosecution,
65
�establishing a defensive
tion,
emergency
vehicle operation program, drug identifica-
sexual assault investigation, basic fingerprinting and
a few. The office staff attended training on stress
in
DWI programs
to
name
the workplace, and on
Uniform Crime Reporting updates.
Third,
in
looking at police operations
we
fared well despite having 40 percent of
assignment, the Police Academy
and a war for a good portion of the year. The department presented almost 1200
cases to the Rochester District Court for prosecution. That statistic would have
been higher if the department had been at full strength for the whole year. The
court assessed $31 ,923.80 in fines, levied 21 years worth of license suspensions,
committed people to jail for 384 days and suspended over 3 years worth of jail
the department
away due
to injuries, special
time for violators.
The department conducted a dozen directed
patrols around
town
in
order to
deal with speeding, suspicious activity, trespassing or other criminal activity.
We
helped conduct McGruff and child fingerprinting programs for the Farmington National Bank and the Milton Police Department and when school began we
reinstituted our school lunch
education classes and
in
program.
In
the schools,
we
participated
in
driver
health classes dealing with alcohol awareness.
This department initiated the concept of a Strafford County regionalized Drug
Task Force. The County Attorney's office and other departments began to sup|X)rt the idea, however, the Attorney's General office turned down our request at
funding. We continued to meet with the County Attorney and apparently the Attorney's General Office noticed because progress has been made recently on the
concept of regionalizing resources. The future looks promising in this area.
We sponsored a meeting of the New Hampshire Criminal Investigators
Association at which there were representatives from State, Local and Federal
agencies. In August a drug talk was presented to several Yugoslavian students by
our detectives.
Fourth, regarding equipment, the department received a FAX machine as a
donation from the Thayer family, want to thank them ever so much. The machine
has been a great help in sending and receiving information. We obtained a new
copier, Conway Office Products also brought a nice stand for it at no cost to the
department. Progress was made in protecting the Office staff as a new bullet
t
proof window was installed. feel very confident that the
worth of service for each budget dollar expended.
I
Next,
I
would
like to
turn to 1992, already the
vices over last year. The
program has been
We
DARE program began
reinitiated
and
will
continue
Town received a
dollars
department has expanded serJanuary and the school lunch
in
until
school gets out.
are researching possible grants from the Department of Transportation
and the
New
England State Police Information Network regarding DWI and drug
66
�programs respectively. We will be working throughout the year ori revamping our
rules and regulations, policies and procedures to ensure that we are in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act that was passed by Congress.
The State is going to a new Uniform Crime Reporting format in which 53
categories will be required and tracked instead of the current 8 categories, so we
must prepare for these changes that are coming in 1992. We will be looking into
national accreditation for the department, which is similar to accreditation received by schools and hospitals, by complying with certain national standards. In
this program there are 944 standards set down by the accreditation commission.
mention Sergeant Walter W. Brown. As most people know by
June of this year and want to take a minute to reflect upon
Walter and his service to the community. Sergeant Brown has been dedicated to
the department and to the Town. His knowledge of people and his easy going
style have reflected favorably upon the department but most importantly upon
himself. When started as Chief in 1987 I'm sure he had some uncertainty as to
what to expect. Walter became more knowledgeable and attained many skills. He
constantly showed an interest in improving himself and he became more proficient in his duties. It was always Walter
turned to when needed information
about a person or that person's family.
was never disappointed in that area.
Walter and have on many occasions talked about the changes in law enforcement and the young men entering into the field and what
remember most
distinctly is Walter's compassion for people and how he tried to treat every person just like he would like to be treated. wish him many happy and full years in
Lastly,
now he
is
I
want
to
retiring in
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I
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I
I
I
I
I
his retirement.
Respectfully submitted,
Barry
J.
Carr
Chief of Police
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
1991
ANNUAL REPORT
To the good citizens of the Town of Farmington, N.H. The Farmington Highway
Department was involved in many various activities over the past fiscal year.
Many of you might have seen the crew this past summer paving the
Meetinghouse Hill Road, which was shim coated in house with our own equipment and I'm proud to say our own new paving drag box. The distance covered
was 2 3/4 miles. We also paved 1 mile on Spring Street and the paved portion of
the River Road.
The Highway Department also reconstructed the grade and drainage system
and built a new fence along part of the sidewalk on Tappan Street from the Goslin
property to the parking
lot
of
Bud
Star Market.
Again this year the Town of Farmington subcontracted the sidewalk project
from Grove Street to School Street to Unex Construction. Due to budget con-
67
�the
straints
Highway Department completed the proposed project from the
Lafavour property on North Main Street to Courtland Street upgrading storm drain
pipes,
storm drain covers
raising
to
correct grades and completing to the
sidewalk to finish grade.
Again
new
this
year
we
are
still in
the process of replacing, upgrading and installing
Town and
the country road ways. The Department
extended the storm drain system on Pleasant Street and repaired the road service with our own in house equipment.
culverts throughout the
Dedicated to do our best at holding the line on property taxes, many
aforementioned projects were done with State subsidy monies.
The Board
of
Selectmen adopted a Winter Maintenance
of the
Plan.
would like to take this time to thank the Citizens of Farmington and the Board
Selectmen for their continued support in what the Highway Department tries to
do. We look forward to many years of continued service in the years to come.
I
of
Respectfully submitted,
Clark Hackett,
Road Agent
ANNUAL REPORT 1991
FARMINGTON ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
Once again
Board
it
is
my
pleasure to report on the activities of the Farmington Zon-
is a volunteer board, appointed by the Selectmen.
Our job is to hear appeals requesting variances and special exceptions to the Farmington town ordinance, or appeals from administrative decisions made by town
officials.
am extremely pleased that we have earned the reputation (well deserved) of being a democratic board which conducts fair and impartial hearings.
We continue to update our knowledge with changes in state zoning laws and
trends in state planning. During the fall, some members attended the 16th Annual
ing
of
Adjustment. This
I
Law Lecture
Municipal
Series.
the Board held 1 7 public hearings. Seven of these were requests
seven were for special exceptions, and three were appeals from
administrative decisions. Of the request for special exceptions, all were granted;
of the request for variances, 4 were granted. Regarding the appeals from administrative decisions, one appeal was granted, the other two were denied.
During
1
991
,
for variances,
Some
requests for variances over the
last
few years have
led the
Board
question the fairness of certain ordinances, such as the setback requirements
to
in
and 3-acre zones. The Planning Board took over our input under advisement and has since proposed amendments to the Land Use Ordinance.
the 1-
68
�The Board collected application fees totalling $819.00. These fees cover the
cost of processing applications, such as postage (notification of public hearings
are sent to abutters by certified mail, return receipt requested) and newspaper
advertisements.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary M.
Jolles,
Chairperson
REPORT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
In 1991 the Code Enforcement Office v^as asked to take an active role in
Economic Development by assisting existing industries and businesses in their
efforts to expand and also to work with new industries and businesses that are
considering Farmington as a location for future development.
There is considerable interest in Farmington due to the large tracts of land on
Route 1 1 that are available. However, the lack of sewer and water limits the pracuses.
tical
In
1991 the Code Enforcement Office reviewed 96 construction plans, issued
and issued 45 electrical permits. The ofalso renewed 125 building permits from 1990 and 1989 which are still pend-
92 building permits valued at $1 ,333,575
fice
ing completion.
The
building permits are broken
down as
follows:
New Homes
Mobile Homes
7
9
20
29
Residential Repairs/Alterations
Residential Additions
7
Residential Outbuildings
Commercial Buildings
Commercial Repairs/Alterations
3
13
4
Others
Renewals
1
25
62 complaints were investigated with 3 resulting in court action. 796 construcand electrical inspections were conducted. 9 life safety inspections were
conducted at the request of the property owner. 38 evening meetings of the Planning and Zoning Boards were attended as well as 4 seminars totalling 10 days
and 3 evenings.
tion
The Code Enforcement Office scheduled 27 applicants
for
new business
before the Planning Board and 23 applicants for Public Hearings. These applicants require from 1/2 hour to several hours to complete each application and
review their plans for compliance to
All
Town and
State Regulations.
applications to the Zoning Board of Adjustment are processed through the
Code Enforcement
Office
and the
office
69
receives
many
inquiries relating to
�Variances, Special Exceptions and Appeals of Adnninistrative Decisions.
when nnade aware
Many
which must, (by law) be met, to
receive a variance, do not go forward, which results in fewer public hearings.
applicants,
of the criteria
Respectfully submitted,
Donald
J.
Gilbert
Code Enforcement
Officer
WATER DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
1991
The two new wells (No. 4 and 5) are installed and awaiting pumps. The pipeline
work is 90 percent complete and the control building is almost entirely enclosed.
The entire job should be completed by mid-March. The addition of these two wells
provides a much needed backup water supply with a reserve capacity to meet the
needs of the Town for the forseeable future.
We pumped
approximately 91,604,000 gallons of water or an average of
251 ,000 gallons per day from Well No. 3 and approximately
1
2,
water or an average of 33,764 gallons per day from Well No.
Our goal
for the next
few years
324,000 gallons
of
2.
and clean water mains that
and Glen Street areas.
1991 and found to be in good shape. The tank
will
be
to replace
are undersized and deteriorated principally
The storage tank was inspected in
is scheduled to be cleaned in 1992.
in
the Bunker
,
We started getting persistent bacterial violations in 1990 and had one in
January 1991, so it was decided to go to permanent chlorination on January 24,
1991 Since we have done this, there has been only one violation in May. We are
adding a minimum dose of chlorine and trying not to effect the taste of the water.
.
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation was supposed to rebuild
Tappan Street Bridge in 1991, so we decided to place the water main in the
street and across the bridge. This would remove an old 6" main that goes under
part of the Catholic Church building and through the river bed. NHDOT had an
emergency bridge replacement job and was not able to replace the bridge as
planned in 1991. We brought the required materials and tied into the Central
Street main and laid several sections of pipe towards the bridge. This job is now
the
scheduled
for
completion
in
1992, depending on State
priorities.
Respectfully submitted.
Dale Sprague, Superintendent
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�WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT
1991 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
sewage or an average
The biochemical oxygen demand average
removal was 94 percent and the suspended solids average removal was 92 percent for the year. The Discharge permit requires a minimum of 85 percent
removal for both so the plant is operating very well. There were no major capital
items replaced in 1991 - just the maintenance of the existing equipment and
The Wastewater
plant treated 75,648,000 gallons of
flow of 207,300 gallons per day.
structures.
All
units are operational.
conducting a study of the Cocheco River and how the effluent efis called an assimilative capacity study. The outcome of this study should be available by the end of January or beginning of
February, 1992. This study will determine what changes the plant will have to
The State
is
fects the quality of the river. This
make and whether the sewer moratorium can be lifted. We will review this study
and use 1992 to look at various options and make long range plans for upgrading
the plant to meet the Town's future needs.
The Wastewater Department participated with the State
in
an energy grant
50/50 matching funds. This grant provided for the installation of an
oil
of
fired
heating system with the electric heating system being reduced to a backup only.
The garage door was replaced with an insulated door and deadlights added to the
windows. Several louvers were covered over permanently and one temporarily
(winter only) to reduce heat loss. Two variable frequency inverters were added to
the return sludge
pumps with new
nonslip belt/sheave drives to increase their
effi-
ciency. These energy improvements are calculated to save $4,285 per year with
a simple combined payback of 3.2 years.
Respectfully submitted,
Dale Sprague, Superintendent
PARKS AND RECREATION
The Parks and Recreation Department
is proud to have added more programs
schedule that are free to the adults and children of Farmlngton this year. As
the economic times get tougher for everyone, we know how important it is to have
affordable recreation available to as many citizens as possible.
to
its
This year
we have added
a Junior High Recreation basketball league into our
is in Farmington, we were
teams with ten players each. Also new this
year is a coed adult volleyball league with four teams of eight players each. This
allows couples to enjoy a night of recreation together, rather than two separate
nights for men and women.
winter schedule. With basketball being as popular as
able to put together a league of four
71
it
�We are especially proud of our 1991 high school rec basketball team who took
second place in the Northeast Basketball League. This league is comprised of
teams from much larger cities such as Dover, Rochester and Seabrook. The team
was chosen after the high school teams and was therefore made of players who
would not have played because of grades or those who felt they could not play
high school ball. Our recreation assistant, Steve Mosher, coached the team, arranged to have the play-offs in Farmington for the first time and was elected to
the position of vice president of the league for the 1991-1992 season.
Hay Day was one of our most successful yet, but do not be fooled, we are
always looking for new ideas for Hay Day. If you have any ideas for an event, do
not be shy, give us a call we may put you and your idea to work. A fresh face often
brings with it fresh ideas. We are also open to any ideas for new programs of any
kind, so if you have anything you would like to see going on give us a call.
As always
this
is
the best time to thank our volunteers and businesses for
money
donating their time and
for everything from chaperoning dances to
Hay Day. There are many things that we would not
be able to do without you. There are never enough hands when we sponsor a big
event like Hay Day or the Road Race, so
you have some time, let us know, we
donating for the fireworks at
if
appreciate any help you can give.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Ghareeb, Recreation Director
1991
GOODWIN LIBRARY REPORT
STATISTICS:
1988
14,458
Total Circulation
1989
17,669
1990
1991
In-house Usage
Interlibrary
Loan
15
The demand and desire by this community for expanded library services
presented itself in dramatic numbers in 1 991 The total circulation - the number of
books and magazines checked out of the library -jumped by 30 percent. The interlibrary loan service increased over 47 percent. Most of these requests for out.
side material are for student
and adult education, or information purposes. The
majority of the 1,819 patron cards belong to Farmington residents.
number are one card per
Many
of this
An in-house usage survey counts the number of
materials used but not circulated out of the library. This year's survey has shown
a doubling of usage by town citizens.
family.
Programs sponsored by or held at the
Weekly preschool story hour.
Art Show Exhibitor Open House.
72
library
in
1991 include:
�Programs continued:
Art Exhibit
-
held for one
week
in April.
Free income tax service sponsored by the IRS.
Summer reading program - held for 6 weeks, for children ages 7-12.
workshop
Writer's
-
taught by
Milli
Gay.
FARMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION REPORT
BUDGET 1992
Proposed
Actual
1991
Proposed
1992
8,900.00
5,500.00
8,000.00
4,500.00
3,277.00
700.00
670.00
37,000.00
37,000.00
1991
Income:
Dividends
CD's
Women's Club
Town of Farmington
Fines,
Cards
Gifts
Miscellaneous
200.00
312.00
720.00
650.00
46,392.00
300.00
1,000.00
Interest: Savings,
1,690.00
1,000.00
332.00
375.00
300.00
52,632.00
Expenses:
-
Books:
Books
Magazines
Salaries:
Librarian
Staff
Bookkeeper
Janitor
Social Security
N.H. Employ. Sec.
Buildings, Grounds:
Insurance
Supplies
Telephone
Water/Sewer
Lights
Fuel
��1991 REPORT
OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
The Conservation Comnnission had a very productive
year.
Handbooks were made available to the Commissioner's
from the Portsmouth Knights of Columbus.
this
year by a donation
21 wood duck houses were built and put up. Materials were donated by
Cameron's Home and Garden Center and Palmer's Hardware. A monetary donation from Purity Supreme Supermarket was also received.
The Conservation Commission applied to have the UNH outreach program
Town with an inventory and management program for the Town Forest,
adjacent to the mill pond on Old Bay Road, and was accepted. This should prove
to help townspeople take advantage of our valuable Town Forest resource that
has been sitting idle for several years.
help the
The Conservation Commission had worked with the Planning Board during the
We are in hopes
that this proposal will be approved by ballot at the upcoming town meeting. While
this proposal will protect our wetlands and surface water resources, it is very
compatible with and will have a positive impact economic development of the
Town.
year compiling proposed wetlands and waterfront ordinances.
Plans for
ject,
and
We
1
992 include continuing with our Town Forest
project,
wood duck
pro-
to start indexing our natural resources.
invite
anyone interested
to participate in the
Conservation Comission ac-
tivities.
Respectfully submitted,
Randy R. Orvis
Chairman
75
�REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER/ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
This year has been a productive one for the Health/Animal Control Department.
Three Hundred Thirty-Eight complaints have been responded to. The complaints
vary from barking dogs to loose cows to requests for health inspections.
The door-to-door campaign to license all dogs is working very well. In 1 990, the
need to remind residents to license their dogs was a necessity. By doing so, it has
made owners more aware of their responsibility to license their dogs. Making the
need to go door-to-door a lesser one in 1991.
A total of $3,876.50 was generated from dog licenses and various fines. Fiftyone canines have been transported to the Cocheco Valley Humane Society.
Due
to the rabies virus
coming
the great urgency to have
Due
all
to the
all
into this area,
I
want
to
make everyone aware
of
pets inoculated.
increased number of calls received at
calls being directed to the police
my home, would
I
appreciate
department. Your cooperation would be
gratefully appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
John C. Fitch
Health/Animal Control Officer
76
�RURAL DISTRICT HEALTH COUNCIL,
ANNUAL REPORT
INC.
Rural District Health Council, Inc. continues to serve as Farmington's
home
agency offering skilled nursing, rehabilitative services, home health aides,
homemakers and hospice care on an intermittent basis. A nurse is available to
our clients 24 hours a day, seven days a week with visits made as needed. Home
health services help to limit the length of hospitalizations and enable people to remain in their homes as opposed to nursing home placement.
health
Rural District Health Council, Inc. provides Well Child Clinics for residents of
our nine communities with children from birth through six years receiving
physicals, immunizations, growth and development counselling, nutritional
anemia and urine testing. Home visits are provided for
newborns and sick children of all ages. Sids counselling is offered to all families
that are dealing with Sudden Infant Death. As of December 31st, 1991 threehundred and seventeen children are enrolled in our Well Child Clinics.
counselling, and lead,
Health Screenings are offered
in
five locations for resident of
all
nine
com-
munities to educate the public with regard to health maintenance through B/P
monitoring, diet counselling, and assessment of blood hemoglobin and glucose.
Over two-hundred and
sixty-five flu
shots were given this
fall.
There have been many changes within the Agency this year. The growth has
been astounding, we have completed over 15,450 visits in 1991, up from 10,080
in 1 990. The staff has adjusted well to the growth and the change that comes with
a change in administration. We have taken the plunge into the world of computerization. Rural District is working with two other area VNAs and Strafford
Hospice to provide our communities with a certified Medicare Hospice program.
Rural District is especially pleased to have been able to reduce our per capital
request to each of our supporting towns. We have accomplished this without any
infringement on available services. We recognize that each of our communities
are having to tighten-up their budgets and
we
are doing our best to help
in
those
economic climate when more and more people cannot afford
health care, are avoiding hospitalization and have no insurance Home Health
efforts.
During
Care
increasingly important.
is
this
We appreciate and need your ongoing support. We thank your Board
Representatives for their time and efforts on behalf of Rural District Health Council,
Inc.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Hotchkiss
RNBS
77
Exec.
Dir.
�UNREDEEMED TAXES FROM TAX
December
31, 1991
LIEN
�����1988/
Name
1990
&
Reeves, Joseph
Reil,
Nancy
171.02
Christine
715.32
695.21
& Cathy
Rollins, Jeffrey S.
L.
1
1,324.71
,747.08
621.45
Rooney, Elaine
Rousseau, Wesley J.
Rowe, Elmer & Sylvia
W
114.46
Prior
531.51
L.
Ridley, Charlotte
S &
1989
3,449.78
2,372.49
Enterprises
1,476.47
3,976.83
3,786.98
Salvo, Joseph
73.88
Salvo, Joseph
87.52
Saulnier, Paul H.
&
Asya &
& Gayle
Scher, Asya
Scher,
2,241 .52
A.
836.82
742.36
171.02
Vitalij
Vitalij
Seacoast Modular Services
Seale, Jane
Semons, Margaret R.
Seymour, John P. & Kim
Shapiro, Barbara
Sheehan, John P. & Carole A.
Silver, Richard & Mary Ellen
Solari,
95.39
387.25
203.16
1
241.29
1,241.76
332.40
1
1
,004.25
1,487.65
326.02
& Thelma
M.
312.89
2,136.72
2,043.77
1
Sunderland, James
,794.79
476.71
Staples, Hov\/ard Sr.
&
Varney, Tim
3,556.04
2,605.36
584.11
Talon, Robert E.
Tarmey, Darrell & Donna
Tattersall, Robert & Joyce
Temple, Charles & Mildred
Thayer, Richard & Sandy A.
1,523.35
&
&
420.83
455.82
177.57
170.81
1
Thomas, Joseph & Faye
Thompson, Wendell & Roberta
,086.70
891.11
50*.82
2,146.74
1,899.15
Gloria
976.53
Gloria
346.15
933.98
331.85
953.61
Tibbetts, Lester G.
Tiews, Marilyn
,698.91
1,592.08
Soucy, Virginia
Sowards, Regina
Stanley, Marlene
Tibbetts, Lester
1,032.99
328.01
Reynold & Lauri
Tibbetts, Lester
41.39
,580.09
518.82
L.
Staples, Frank M.
114.46
760.48
Simpson, Raph & Bessie
Smith, Robert G.
Smith, Timothy B.
Smith, William
90.64
3,068.70
J.
Trant, David
74.95
Trant, David
70.05
83
�1988/
Name
Trant,
1990
Joseph
S.
1989
Prior
�MINUTES TOWN MEETING
March
Emmanuel
Krasner, Moderater, opened the meeting at 7:10 P.M.
election results from
ARTICLE
1
ARTICLE
2.
.
13, 1991
March
12, 1991. This
covered Articles
1
He read
through
the
6.
To choose one Selectman for three years, one Selectman for two
years, one Treasurer for one year, three Budget Committee
members for three years, two Budget Committee members for
two years, one Budget Committee member for one year, and one
Trustee of the Trust Fund for three years.
Are you
in
favor of the adoption of
amending section
Town
Amendment Number
1,
Farmington Land Use Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board to allow business
and commercial uses including retail sales by special exception
in the industrial district.
Yes 355 No 115
ARTICLE
3.
Are you
in
3.6 of the
favor of the adoption of
of
Amendment Number
2 as pro-
posed by tlie Planning Board for the Town of Farmington Land
Use Ordinance to create an Aquifer Protection Zone to "protect,
preserve and maintain existing and potential ground water supply and ground water recharge areas within the known aquifer
from adverse development or land use practice." the proposed
amendment prohibits certain uses and permits certain uses
within the zone.
numbers: U7
lot
It
includes part or
15;
U1
all
of the following tax
lots 10, 11, 12, 23, 24, 25, 26,
map
lot
and 27;
R46 lots 1, 1A, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8; and R50 lot 2. Copies of this
proposed amendment are available for inspection at the Town
Clerk's office, the Selectmen's office and posted in the Town
Hall, Osgoods, and the Post Office.
Yes 388 No 93.
ARTICLE
4.
Are you
in
favor of adopting by reference as an ordinance the
Boca National Building Code of 1990, and to repeal all provisions
of the 1985 Boca Code (Adopted by the Town, March, 1986) in
conflict therewith?
Yes 256 No 174
ARTICLE
5.
Are you in favor of authorizing the Planning Board to adopt site
review regulations that will cover and control a change of use or
expansion of use
for
nonresidential uses or residential uses
where there are more than two dwellings per lot as provided in
RSA 674:43. This will update the Site Review Regulations regarding applicability, 2.04 of the Site Review Regulations. Copies of
this
proposed ordinance are available
Hall,
Osgood's, and the Post Office,
85
Town
Town
No 198
for inspection at the
Clerk's office, the Selectmen's office and posted
in
Yes 269
the
�ARTICLE
6.
amending the Land Use Ordinance to add a
Downtown District" which would
exempt commercial development in certain areas of the Town of
Farmington from Site Review Regulations? Copies of this pro-
Are you
new
in
favor of
section entitled "Special
posed amendment are available for inspection at the Town
and the Selectmen's office and posted in the Town
Hall, Osgood's, and the Post Office. (By petition) (The Planning
Board does not have a recommendation on this article.)
Yes 183 No 276
Clerk's office
ARTICLE
7.
To see
if
Town
the
will
vote to indemnify and hold harmless the
Selectmen, administrative
or
causes
staff, or
agencies for any loss, claims
course of performance
of action arising out of or in the
of their official duties.
John Scruton
Patty
ARTICLE
8.
made
a motion to accept as read, seconded by
Conway. No discussion. Approved by voice
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to authorize the Selectmen to borrow
notes to the credit of the
necessary
Town such sums
meet current expenses
to
vote.
in
of
money as may be
anticipation of Taxes.
made a motion to accept as read, secpnded by
No discussion. Approved by voice vote.
John Scruton
Willis Berry.
ARTICLE
9.
To see the Town will ratify the agreement negotiated between
the Board of Selectmen and Davidson Rubber in settlement of
claims by the Town against Davidson Rubber Company relating
to the release of contaminants on and beneath the Sara Greenfield property, and requiring Davidson Rubber Company to
remediate the aquifer beneath the Sarah Greenfield property so
as to once again be suitable for use as a public drinking water
supply for the Town. Under the Terms of the Settlement, Davidson Rubber Company has paid the Town $525,000 for the cost of
a new drinking water supply well and in repayment of legal and
consulting costs, in partial settlement of the Town's claims. The
$525,000 is now held in an escrow account pending Town
ratification of the agreement. To facilitate remediation, the
selectmen have negotiated a limited restrictive covenant with
Davidson Rubber Company to limit the use by the Town of certain portions of the Sarah Greenfield property for a time period
not to exceed thirty years, and to refrain from using the aquifer
beneath the Sarah Greenfield property for drinking water purposes until the aquifer meets all applicable legal standards
governing public drinking water supplies. A copy of the Agreement is posted for inspection at the Selectmen's offices. Town
Hall, Osgoods, and the Post Office.
if
86
�made a motion to accept as read, seconded by
Mary Barron. After much discussion, it was approved by voice
William Tsiros
vote.
ARTICLE
10.
To see
the
if
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
sum
of
$2,996,853 (two million nine hundred ninety-six thousand, eight
hundred fifty-three dollars) for the operation, expenses, and commitments of the Town Government which represents the bottom
line of column number 3 (the Selectmen's budget) in the posted
budget (MS-7). Said sum includes Article 11 through Article 14
exclusive of special Article 15 and 16. (Budget Committee
recommends $3,001,397 (three million one thousand three hun-
but
is
dred ninety-seven) inclusive of Articles 11 through 16.
Scruton made a motion to raise and appropriate
$2,996,853. Donald Gordon seconded. Mary Barron made a mo-
John
tion to
ticle
amend
15).
to
Patty
for the Woman's Resource Center
Conway seconded. The amendment was
add $544
(Ar-
ap-
proved by voice vote after an explanation of the center was
made. Mary Barron made a motion to add $4,000 for CAP (Article
16) with the following conditions:
A.
per
Office to be open a minimum of 4 hours per day/three days
week from November 15 through March 15.
be posted and met.
B.
Hours
C.
Office to be staffed by a person qualified to
to
make
decisions.
seconded. Linda Ghareeb offered a friendly
say that the person staffing the office be qualified
to take fuel assistance applications and qualified to make decisions on those applications. This was accepted as a friendly
William
Tsiros
amendment
to
amendment. The amendment was approved by voice
vote.
made a motion to amend Article 14 down to
was not going to cost as much as originally
$190,000 as
thought. Donald Gordon seconded and the amendment was approved by voice vote. A petition to vote Article 1 4 by secret ballot
was presented to the moderator. There was a call to open the
Richard Moulton
it
PM and close them at 8:20 PM. Since it was evident
would not be complete at 8:20 PM, a motion was
made and seconded to keep the polls open until 8:30. The
meeting was called back to order at 8:30. The vote on Article 14
was 1 40 Yes and 43 No. After much discussion on the various ar-
polls at 8:05
that voting
ticles involved, the original
approved by voice vote.
87
motion as amended ($2,991 ,397) was
�ARTICLE
11.
To see the Town will vote to pay only under protest any and all
sums mandated by the State in violation of the State Constitution
which are included in this budget and which the Board of
Selectmen deem expedient to pay pending resolution of their
constitutionality and to refuse to pay those sums mandated by
the State in violation of the State Constitution which the Board of
Selectmen deem inexpedient to pay. (As voted in Article 10.)
ARTICLE
12.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $3,000 to
purchase property for the new well and if necessary go the route
of condemnation under eminent domain to obtain land for wells
four and five. (The Cemetery Association has generously agreed
to sell most of the land needed for $1.) (As voted in Article 10.)
ARTICLE
13.
To see
if
if
Town will vote to raise and appropriate $397,000 to
new wells, a pumping station and necessary
the
construct
transmission lines. $400,000 plus interest from the Davidson
Settlement
is
being set aside
for Articles
12 and 13. (As voted
in
Article 10.)
ARTICLE
14.
To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate two hundred
thousand dollars $200,000 for the purchase of a 1 500 gallon fire
truck and authorize the withdrawal of thirty-five thousand eight
hundred and sixteen dollars ($35,816) plus interest from the
Capital Reserve Fund created for that purpose. (As voted in
if
Article 10.)
ARTICLE
15.
the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $544 for
Woman's Resource Center, (by petition) (Recommended by
To see
if
Budget Committee) (As voted
ARTICLE
16.
Town
in
the
the
Article 10.)
vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
County Community Action, (by petition)
(Recommended by the Budget Committee) (As voted in Article
To see
$4,000
if
the
for
will
Strafford
10.)
ARTICLE
17.
This article to be voted on to determine
the
Office
of
Administrator with a
Selectman
if
the people
Town Administrator and replace
full
will
desolve
the
Town
time position for one of the elected
$20,000 per year. This act will put the
in the hands of the voters
through their elected representative. If this article is adopted it
will go into effect 90 days from passage of the article, to insure
proper transition of duties. (By Petition)
at a salary of
administration of town business
A
motion to table was
After
much
made
by Barbara Spear, duly seconded.
discussion, Butch Barron called the question,
88
was
�duly seconded and approved by voice vote. The nnotion to table
was approved by voice vote. At this time was asked to go to Arit
ticle 22.
ARTICLE
22.
To see the Town will vote to adopt the Ordinance for Registration and Operation of Bicycles as proposed by the Board of
Selectmen. Copies of this proposed ordinance are available for
inspection at the Town Clerk's office, the Selectmen's office and
posted in the Town Hall, Osgoods, and the Post Office.
if
A
motion to reject by Gerald Easson was duly seconded. After
discussion, the Article was rejected by voice vote. We then
much
went back
ARTICLE
18.
to Articles 18, 19, 20,
Town
and 21.
vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
and expend without further action by Town
Meeting, Federal and State grants which may become available
during the course of the year, in accordance with RSA 31:95-b
and also to accept and expend money from any governmental
To see
if
the
will
to apply for, receive
unit or private
source without further action by Town Meeting,
be used for purposes for which the
Town may
to
legally appropriate
money.
ARTICLE
19.
To see
if
the
Town
will
to
accept on behalf
to
the
Town
in
vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
Town gifts, legacies and devises made
any public purpose, as permitted by RSA
of the
trust for
31:19.
ARTICLE
20.
To see
if
Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen
Tax Liens and convey property acquired by the Town
the
to transfer
Deed by Public Auction (or advertised sealed
such other manner as determined by the Selectmen as
by Tax Collector's
bids) or
justice
in
may
require.
moved to approve as read Articles 18 through 20
as they were standard Articles. Patty Conway seconded. This
was approved by voice vote.
John Scruton
ARTICLE
21.
To see
if
the
Town
will
relinquish
all
claims
it
might have to that
shows on the Town Tax Map
U1 1 1 8, U5 1 66, and U5 1 65 ex-
portion of Courtland Street which
between Lot numbers U1
1
1
7,
cepting that portion currently maintained as a street and plowed
as a cul-de-sac by the Town.
A motion
by John Scruton to approve as read was seconded by
Barbara Spear and approved by voice vote. (Now to Article 23)
ARTICLE
23.
To authorize the Selectmen
89
to sell to the highest bidder munici-
�pal
equipment
and other
vehicles
determined
as
by
the
Selectmen.
Patty
Conway made
a motion to approve as read, seconded by
Ann MacKinnon and approved by voice
ARTICLE
24.
vote.
To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to negotiate with
and in their sole discretion reach a settlement with Norman and
Dorothy Parent and Joan E. Deptula or the current owners of tax
map parcel U 09 lot 37 on a piece of land which is in dispute. The
right to sell or otherwise agree upon the disposition of up to one
acre of land from the Town's parcel U 09 lot 31 is specifically
included
in
this authority.
John Scruton moved to accept as read, seconded by Mary
Barron and approved by voice vote. A motion to table Articles 25
through 27 was made by John Scruton and duly seconded. A
friendly amendment to do Articles 25 and 26 together and Article
was accepted,
27 separately
ARTICLE
25.
This Article
is
(see Article 26.)
be voted on
to
determine
to
if
the people
will
desolve the Zoning Board of Adjustment. If this Article is adopted
is to take place immediately. (By Petition) (See Article 26.)
it
ARTICLE
26.
This Article to be voted on to determine
the Sight Review Board.
If
if
the people
this Article is
adopted
will
desolve
is
to take
it
place immediately. (By Petition)
After
much
discussion.
Butch
Barron
called
the
question,
seconded by Ann MacKinnon. This motion was approved by
voice vote. The vote to table Articles 25 and 26 was approved by
voice vote.
ARTICLE
27.
This Article to be voted on to determine
the Office of the Building Inspector.
to
If
if
the people
this Article is
will
desolve
adopted
it
is
take place immediately. (By Petition)
made a motion to table, duly seconded. Randy
a point of order to read the question. The motion was
John Scruton
Orvis
made
moved
seconded by
done in a
halftime position with a reduced pay of $10,000 and eliminating
the secretarial position and appoint a part-time Planning and
Zoning secretary. After much discussion, Donald Gordon called
the question. This was duly seconded. The motion to cut off
debate was approved by voice vote. The motion to reject the
Article was approved by voice vote after much discussion
withdrawn. Randy Orivs
Ann MacKinnon.
It
was
felt
90
to reject the Article
that the
same
job could be
�concerning what a yes vote or no vote would mean.
ARTICLE
28.
To transact such other business as may
legally
come
before this
meeting.
A reminder
was made
of the dedication in the
Town Report
to
Ken Dickie
along with mention of past dedications of
Spear (deceased) and William Cooper.
Wayne
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 PM following a motion
adjourn duly seconded and approved by voice vote.
Kathy
L.
Vickers
Town
91
to
Clerk
�SPECIAL
TOWN MEETING MINUTES
June
4,
1991
Special Town Meeting opened at 7:02 PM with Moderator Emmanuel
Krasner calling the meeting to order and reading Warrant Article 1.
This
ARTICLE
1.
the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $45,000
purchase of the parcel of land known as the Hayward
Block, Tax map U6, lot 23, 24 and for expenses associated with
the demolition of the building and filling of the area. (Recommended by the Budget Committee.)
To see
if
for the
A
made by Donald Gordon and seconded
much discussion, Walter McGuigan
Barry Elliott seconded. The motion to move
motion to approve was
by Barbara Spear. After
moved
the question.
was approved by voice vote. The vote by voice vote
was taken and was too close to call. A show of hands was asked
for. Donald Howard presented a petition for secret ballot. A short
recess was taken to set up for balloting. The ballot vote started at
7:50 PM. After determining
everyone who wanted to vote did a
motion was made by Barry Elliott to close the polls. This was
seconded by Ann MacKinnon and approved by voice vote. The
results of the vote was: Yes 39
No 30.
the question
if
ARTICLE
2.
legally come before this
motion to adjourn at 8:05 was made by Ann MacKinnon, duly seconded and approved by voice vote.
To transact such other business as may
meeting.
A
Kathy
L.
Vickers
Town
92
Clerk
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF
FARMINGTON
for the fiscal
year ending December 31st
1988
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��ANNUAL REPORTS
of the
Receipts
and
Expenditures
for the fiscal
year ending December 31st
1988
TOWN
OF
FARI\/IINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Ridings Press, Inc.
Dover,
NH
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Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries
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�INDEX
— Town
Office Hours
Town
Hall;
Emerbency Numbers
Back Cover
Officers
4
Town Warrant
6
Purposes
Sources
of Appropriation
of
Statement
Summary
14
Revenue
18
of Appropriations
& Taxes Assessed
20
23
Inventory of Valuation
Bonded Debt
26
Auditor's Opinion
29
Comparative Statement
of Appropriations
&
Expenditures
30
Waste Water Department Report
32
Sewer Department
32
Water Department
34
Treasurer's Report
37
Tax Collector's Report
41
Summary of Tax
43
Sales Accounts
Financial Report
45
Summary of
46
Detail of
Receipts
Payments
49
Report of the Trust Funds of the
Town
Fire
Town
of
Department Report
69
Department Report
71
Planning Board
Parks
&
62
67
Clerk
Police
Farmington
72
Recreation Report
73
Rural District Health Council, Inc
74
Report of the Code Enforcement Office
75
Farmington Public Library Association
76
Unredeemed Taxes from Tax Sales
77
Town Meeting
83
Minutes, March
9,
1
988
�TOWN OFFICERS
John
F.
John
J.
Term Expires 1 991
Term Expires 1990
Term Expires1989
Scruton, Chairman
Willis H.
Berry
Silvia
TOWN CLERK TAX COLLECTOR
Kathy
L.
Vickers
DEPUTY TOWN CLERK TAX COLLECTOR
-
Edna Parshley
TREASURER
Jeanette Greeley
REPRESENTATIVES
Henry Sullivan
William Tsiros
POLICE OFFICERS
Elizabeth Nute
Scott Carr
Barry Carr, Chief
Sgt. Peter
Sgt.
Daniel Yoder
Scott Roberge
Kenneth Button
Cosg rove
Walter Brown
David Hall
MODERATOR
Emmanuel Krasner
SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST
Term Expires 1994
Term Expires 1992
Term Expires 1990
Lena George
Anne Hoage
Elaine Yates
TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS
Term Expires 1991
Term Expires 1990
Term Expires 1989
Paul Turner
Norman Fall
Steve Goodwin
4
�BUDGET COMMITTEE
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term
William N. Cooper, Chairman
William Tsiros, Vice Chairman
Donald Gordon
Hogan
Kerry
Colleen Lanza
Kurt Olson
Marilyn Robicheau
David Snell
Barbara Spear
Expires 1991
Expires 1989
Expires 1989
Expires 1991
Expires 1991
Expires
1
990
Expires 1990
Expires
1
990
Expires 1989
Lester Pike (School Board Rep)
John
Silvia
(Selectmen's Rep)
PLANNING BOARD
Emmanuel Krasner, Chairman
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term
Elmer Barron
III
Ann McKennon
Ann Chapline
Jane
Expires 1989
Expires 1991
Expires 1990
Expires 1990
Expires 1989
Expires 1989
John Jolles (Alternate)
Fall
Adam
Expires 1991
Term
Term
Term
Term
Term
William Tsiros
Perkins (Alternate)
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
Mary
Jolles
Colleen Lanza
ErvinGray
William Tsiros
Sheila
Roux
Carol Worster (Alternate)
Expires 1989
Expires 1990
Expires 1991
Expires 1991
Aarvard Worster (Alternate)
HEALTH OFFICER
John Fitch
DOG OFFICER
John Fitch
�TOWN WARRANT
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the inhabitants
of the
Town
of
Farmington qualified to vote
in
Town
Affairs:
You are hereby notifed to meet at the Town Hall in said Farmington on
Tuesday, the 14th day of March next at nine o'clock in the forenoon to
act on the following subjects:
ARTICLE
1. To choose one Selectmen for three years, one Treasurer for
one year, three Budget Committee members for three years, one Town
Clerk/Tax Collector for three years, one Moderator for two years, and one
Trustee of the Trust Fund for three years.
ARTICLE
2. Are you in favor of adopting the following amendment to the
Land Use Ordinance Section 7? Prohibited Uses by adding as subpoint
YES
7.3.
NO
3. Are you in favor of adopting the following amendment to the
Land Use Ordinance Section 3? District 3.2 to read:
There shall be a residential district in which the minimum lot size
shall be one acre provided for each dwelling unit. This district shall
comprise all areas of the Town not specifically defined otherwise in
ARTICLE
this section.
YES
NO
ARTICLE
4. Are you in favor of adopting the following amendment to the
Land Use ordinance Section 3? Districting 3.3 to read:
There shall be an agricultural zone; westerly of the proposed light
industrial zone and the industrial district along Route 11. The
minimum lot size of the agricultural area shall be three acres provided for each dwelling unit.
YES
NO
ARTICLE
5. Are you in favor of adopting the following amendment to the
Land Use Ordinance Section 3.4 by adding:
The commercial zone shall also extend to both sides of Mechanic
Street from Main Street to Crowley, the west side of Crowley from
Mechanic to East Grove Street, and the South Side of East Grove
Street to North Main Street.
YES
NO
�ARTICLE
6. Are you in favor of allowing the Planning Board to create a
Review Committee comprised of local officials, to approve or disapprove minor site reviews, with decisions of this committee subject to appeal to the Planning Board. And to assist the Planning Board with major
Site
site
reviews?
NO
YES
ARTICLE
borrow
necessary
7.
To see
the
if
Town
notes to the credit of the
ARTICLE
to
8.
ficial
vote to authorize the Selectmen to
Town such sums
meet current expenses
To see
if
the
Town
the Selectmen, administrative
causes
will
will
in
of
money as may be
anticipation of Taxes.
vote to indemnify and hold harmless
staff, or
of action arising out of or in the
agencies for any loss, claims or
course of performance of their of-
duties.
ARTICLE 9. To see
sum of $2,814,306 for
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
commitments
Town Government. (Budget Committee recommends $2,714,306)
the operation, expenses, and
of the
10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
$575,000 for the reconstruction and paving of portions of 10 Rod Road,
Meaderboro Road, River Road and Reservoir Road and, further, to
authorize the Selectmen to issue bonds or notes or both upon the credit
of the Town under the municipal finance authority and to authorize the
Selectmen to conduct such negotiations for this debt; said notes or
bonds or both to be paid back in eight (8) years. (Budget Committee
recommends $475,000)
ARTICLE
ARTICLE 11. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $243,798 in support of the expenses of the general Government
as defined in the Budget. (Recommended by the Budget Committee)
if
Town
Town
Officer's Salaries
Town
Hall
Expenses
Election & Registration Expenses
Officer's
& Other Town Buildings
Employees' Retirement & Social Security
General Assistance
29,100
127,980
750
33,718
47,000
5,250
ARTICLE 12. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $55,262 for Planning, Zoning, and Building Inspection expenses.
(Recommended by Budget Committee)
if
�13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
$311,929 for the Police Department. (Recommended by the
Budget Committee)
ARTICLE
sum
of
ARTICLE 14. To see
sum of $74,000 for the
if
the
Town
Fire
Department. (Recommended by the Budget
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
Committee)
ARTICLE 15. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $1 ,500 for the care of trees. (Recommended by the Budget Comif
mittee)
ARTICLE 16. To see the Town
sum of $37,500 for damages and
if
mended by
will vote to raise and appropriate the
legal/enforcement expenses. (Recom-
the Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 17. To see
sum of $191,922 for
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
Town
bonds and employees. (Recommended by
insurance on
Buildings,
liability,
vehicles,
the Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 18. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $17,450 in support of the Rural District Health Council. (Recomif
mended by
the Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 19. To see
sum of $8,000 for the
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
(Recommended by the
Health/Animal Department.
Budget Committee)
ARTICLE
20.
$57,610 for
Committee)
ARTICLE
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
waste disposal costs. (Recommended by the Budget
solid
21.
$192,981 for
and $69,800
To see
if
the
summer and
for
Town
the general
(Recommended by
will
raise
and appropriate the sum
of
winter maintenance of highways and bridges
expense
of
the
Highway Department.
the Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 22. To see
sum of $23,000 for the
if
the
Town
the
Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
(Recommended by the Budget Commit-
vote to raise and appropriate the
lighting of streets. (Recommended by the Budget
will
Committee)
ARTICLE 23. To see
sum of $25,000 for the
if
Library.
tee)
8
�ARTICLE
if
ARTICLE 25. To see
sum of $34,792 for
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
the Recreation
Department. (Recommended by
the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
24. To see
sum of $600 for Memorial Day Observances for Clarence L. Perkins Post
Number 60, American Legion. (Recommended by the Budget Committee)
if
the
Town
Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 26. To see
sum of $122,449 for
if
the
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
Sewer Department. (Recommended by the
Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 27. To see
sum of $128,526 for
if
the
Town
wilt
vote to raise and appropriate the
the Water Department.
(Recommended by
the
Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 28. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $500 for the Town Clock. (Recommended by the Budget Commitif
tee)
ARTICLE 29. To see
sum of $80,136 for
if
the
Town
Special
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
Highway Subsidy
reconstruction of certain roads within the
mended by
Town
for
the
purpose of
(Recom-
of Farmington.
the Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 30. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $84,580 for Principal and $65,831 for Interest on long-term debt.
if
ARTICLE 31. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
sum of $22,000 for Interest on Temporary Loans. (Recommended by
if
the
the
Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 32. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $9,036 for lease purchase payments and the sum of $5,500 for
if
Bond Anticipation Note Payments and bond counsel expenses.
ARTICLE 33. To see the Town will vote
sum of $15,800 for a new cruiser for the
if
mended by
to raise
and appropriate the
(Recom-
Police Department.
the Budget Committe)
ARTICLE 34. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $25 for Civil Defense. (Recommended by Budget Committee)
if
�ARTICLE 35. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of 9,250 for the appraisal of property. (Recommended by the Budget
if
Committee)
ARTICLE 36. To see the Town will vote to
sum of $4,279 for radio equipment at Strafford
if
raise
and appropriate the
Dispatch.
(Recommended
by the Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 37. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $30,000 for a loader for the Highway Department to be purchased
on a three year lease/purchase agreement. (Recommended by the
if
Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 38. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $6,200 for personnel liabilities. (Recommended by the Budget
if
Committee)
ARTICLE 39. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
sum of $40,000 for water quality consultants. (Recommended by
if
the
the
Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 40. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $3,700 for covering the Town's gasoline pumps. (Recommended
if
by the Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 41. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $7,500 for costs of implementing a recycling program. (Recomif
mended by
the Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 42. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $143,000 for the reconstruction and repaving of the downtown
if
area with expenditure of these funds contingent on commitment of
$100,000 from the State of New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
(Recommended by
the Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 43. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $4,500 for asbestos removal at the Town Hall and $2000 for the
repair of the roof at the precinct building. (Recommended by the Budget
if
Committee)
ARTICLE 44. To see
sum of $12,500 for
(Recommended by
if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
a computer system for the Police Department.
the Budget Committee)
10
�ARTICLE 45. To see the Town will vote to raise and
sum of $5,000 to be added to the capital reserve
if
appropriate the
fund for costs
associated with monitoring and eventual closure of the Town's
(Recommended by the Budget Committee)
Landfill.
ARTICLE 46. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $5,000 to be added to the capital reserve fund for the future purif
apparatus exclusive of a ladder truck. (Recommended by the Budget Committee)
chase
of fire fighting
To see if the Town will vote to amend the capital reserve
purpose of a reevaluation of town properties so that the work
will be undertaken in 1991 and raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000
to be placed into this capital reserve fund.
ARTICLE
47.
fund for the
ARTICLE 48. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate
sum of $350 for a shed at the Town's Landfill. (Recommended by
if
the
the
Budget Committee)
ARTICLE 49. To see
sum of $5,000 to the
(Recommended by
ARTICLE
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
conservation fund as authorized by
RSA 36
-
A:5.
the Budget Committee)
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $4,000
County Community Action Program. (By Petition) (Recommended by the Budget Committee)
50.
for Strafford
ARTICLE 51. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $4,000 for Police outside services. (Recommended by the Budget
if
Committee)
ARTICLE 52. To see the Town
sum of $37,500 for the purchase
vote to raise and appropriate the
an ambulance contingent upon the
Ambulance Corps providing for the balance of funding required. (Recommended by the Budget Committee)
if
will
of
ARTICLE 53. To see the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of $16,000 for the purchase of an S1 chassis for the Fire Department. (Recommended by the Budget Committee)
if
54. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the provisions of RSA
which authorize any Town or City to elect not to assess, levy and
collect a resident tax. (By Petition) (Not recommended by the Budget
Committee)
ARTICLE
72:1 -C
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55.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate as a
purchase of a new amFarmington Volunteer Ambulance Corps. (By Petition)
(Not recommended by the Budget Committee)
donation, the
bulance
sum
of $40,000, to help offset the
for the
the Town will take over and maintain the road
56. To see
known as Camelot Shore Drive. From Meaderboro Road is a total of 1 .7
miles. As we discussed with the Selectmen in prior meetings, this will not
ARTICLE
if
it
include any, maintenance of roads off of Camelot Shore Drive which are
We
understand, to be effective, this warrant should include the signatures of ten registered voters. Serious consideration
should be given to this request as we receive no other services for out
all
cul
de sacs.
tax dollars. (By Petition) (Not
Town
Recommended
by the Budget Committee)
RSA
ARTICLE
57. Will the
which
allow for the election of the Planning Board? (By Petition)
will
of
Farmington vote
to
adopt
673:3
(b)
58. Commencing immediately, any new heads of the Highway
Department, Water and Sewer Department, Police Department and the
Administrative Assistant will be required to be a resident of the Town of
Farmington within 120 days of their appointment. (By Petition)
ARTICLE
ARTICLE
59.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to authorize the Selectmen to
place monies received from Planning Board applicants into designated
reserve funds for town improvements in a manner consistent with New
Hampshire
statutes.
60. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to
develop and adopt regulations for Racetracks within the Town's boun-
ARTICLE
daries.
61. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to
develop and adopt regulations and fees for the operation of the landfill
facility and for recycling in accordance with RSA 149-M.
ARTICLE
ARTICLE
62.
To authorize the Selectmen
to
apply
for,
accept and ex-
Town Meeting, money from
the State,
Federal or other government unit or private source which
becomes
pend without
further action by the
available during the fiscal year.
ARTICLE
63. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to
Tax Liens and convey property acquired by the Town by Tax Collector's Deed by Public Auction (or advertised sealed bids) or in such
other manner as determined by the Selectmen as justice may require.
transfer
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�ARTICLE
64. To authorize the Selectmen to sell to the highest bidder
municipal vehicles and other equipment as determined by the Select-
men.
ARTICLE
To transact such other business as may
65.
come
legally
before this meeting.
We
hereby
certify that
on the 21st day of February,
we
posted an
tested copy of the within warrant to the place of Meeting within
and a
Town.
like
copy
at the
Farmington Post Office, a public place
John
F.
in
said
Scruton, Chairman
John
J. Silvia, Jr.
Willis H.
State of
at-
named
Berry
Board of Selectmen
New Hampshire, Strafford SS
Farmington, New Hampshire
Then personally appeared the above named John F. Scruton, John J.
and Willis H. Berry and made oath that the above certificate, by
Silvia,
them,
is
true.
Kathy
A true copy
of
Warrant
L.
Vickers,
Town
Clerk
Attest:
John F. Scruton
John J. Silvia, Jr.
Willis H.
Board
13
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Berry
Selectmen
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�STATEMENT OF APPROPORIATION
TAXES ASSESSED FOR THE TAX YEAR 1988
PURPOSES OF APPROPRIATIONS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Town
Town
$ 66,000.00
Officers' Salaries
Expenses
Election & Registration Expenses
General Government Buildings
77,766.00
2,500.00
36,595.00
7,500.00
42,500.00
20,000.00
Officers'
Reappraisal of Property
Planning and Zoning
Legal Expenses
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Department
Department
Civil Defense
Strafford County Dispatch
286,580.00
72,382.00
500.00
4,279.00
Police
Fire
HIGHWAYS, STREET, BRIDGES:
Town Maintenance
General Highway Department Expense
Street Lighting
Tree Removal
Town Clock
Highway Subsidy
West
Milton
Road
166,387.00
75,756.00
23,000.00
3,000.00
500.00
75,080.00
1
,000.00
SANITATION:
Solid
Waste Disposal
40,000.00
HEALTH:
Health Department
3,500.00
Animal Control
Rural District Health
Water Consultants
WELFARE:
General Assistance
Old Age Assistance
CAP Outreach
20
�PURPOSES OF APPROPRIATIONS
CULTURE AND RECREATION:
22,000.00
26,333.00
600.00
Library
Parks and Recreation
Patriotic Purposes
Conservation Commission
Summer
Youtli
5,000.00
1 ,400.00
Program
DEBT SERVICE:
Long-Term Bonds & Notes
Expense-Long Term Bonds & Notes
Interest Expense-Tax Anticipation Notes
Interest Expense-Otlier Temporary Loans
Principal of
Interest
52,000.00
57,750.00
20,000.00
6,500.00
CAPITAL OUTLAY:
14,000.00
18,000.00
25,000.00
7,160.00
Police Cruiser
Bulldozer,
Bay and
Trailer
Computer
Telephone
Highway Truck
Gas Tanks
Snow Plow Set-up
40,000.00
6,000.00
1 0,500.00
OPERATING TRANSFERS OUT:
5,000.00
Landfill
Fire
5,000.00
20,000.00
Department
Revaluation
MISCELLANEOUS:
130,997.00
11 3,529.00
Municipal Water Department
Municipal Sewer Department
PICA, Retirement
& Pension
Contributions
Unemployment Compensation
Personnel
41 ,600.00
147,100.00
2,900.00
5,000.00
Insurance
Liability
$1 ,846,539.00
SOURCES OF REVENUE
TAXES:
34,510.00
2,000.00
8,000.00
65,000.00
2,000.00
Resident
National Bank Stock Taxes
Taxes
and Penalties on Taxes
Land Use Change Tax
Yield
Interest
21
�INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES-STATE:
Shared Revenue-Block Grant
Highway Block Grant
Railroad Tax
State Aid Water Pollution Projects
64,472.00
75,080.00
20.00
1 7,91 7.00
250.00
Reimbursement a/c State-Federal Forest Land
Snow Plowing
Water
Principal
and
6,000.00
47,400.00
Interest
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
Motor Vehicle Permit Fees
Dog Licenses
Business Licenses, Permits and
Town Clerk Fees
Fines
&
Filing
250,000.00
2,500.00
23,000.00
3,500.00
4,500.00
Fees
Forfeits
CHARGES FOR SERVICES:
Income from Planning & Zoning
Rent of Town Property
Income from Trust Funds
4,500.00
3,700.00
2,000.00
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES:
Interests on Deposits
Sale of
Town
1
Property
9,000.00
CDBG Administration
3,000.00
17,000.00
Legal Settlement
20,000.00
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES:
Income from Water and Sewer Depts
Revenue Sharing Fund
Fund Balance
244,526.00
12,524.00
342,779.00
$1,275,178.00
TAX RATE COMPUTATION
Total
Town Appropriations
Total
Revenues and Credits
Net
Town
-l-
—
1
,846,539.00
1
,275,1 78.00
1
,825,51
=
Appropriations
New School Tax Assessment
-i-
County Tax Assessment
Total of Town, School and County
DEDUCT Total Business Profits Tax
Reimbursement
ADD War Service Credits
ADD Overlay
571 ,361 .00
1
.00
=
278,097.00
2,674,969.00
—
121 ,201 .00
-I-
-I-
22,850.00
1 4,930.00
=
2,591 ,548.00
-I-
Property Taxes To Be Raised
22
�PROOF OF TAX RATE COMPUTATION
Property Taxes
Tax Rate
Valuation
$85,756,043.00
To Be Raised
30.22
$2,591,548.00
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MUNICIPAL TAX RATE BREAKDOWN
Net
TAX RATES
Less
Appropriation
BPT
Approved
Taxes to
Be Raised
Approved Prior Year
Taxes Rate Tax Rate
1988
1987
Town
623,719
45,542
581,177
6.61
County
278,097
8,363
269,734
3.15
3.07
70,296
1,755,215
20.46
21.33
121,201
2,591,548
30.22
32.20
School
1,825,511
Dist.
NET VALUATION ON WHICH TAX
IS
COMPUTED
7.90
$85,756,043.00
TAX COMI\MITMENT ANALYSIS
Property Taxes to be Raised
Less
War
Total
$2,591 ,548.00
Tax Commitment
Service Credits
22,850.00
$2,568,698.00
SUMMARY INVENTORY OF VALUATION
Value of Land Only
Current Use
$
Total of Taxable
1
,149,991 .00
22,228,451.00
Residential
Land
$23,378,442.00
Tax Exempt & Non-taxable ($104,100)
Value of Buildings Only
Residential
58,734,301 .00
Manufactured Housing as defined
in
RSA 674:31
Total of Taxable Buildings
.
.
3,909,050.00
.
$62,643,351 .00
Public Utilities
Electric
$
VALUATION BEFORE EXEMPTIONS
$87,659,943.00
Blind
Exemption
Elderly
-
Exemption
4
-
- 1
1
60,000.00
$1 5,000
30
Solor/Windpower Exemption
,638,1 50.00
1
-
,829,650.00
14,250.00
5
TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF EXEMPTIONS
ALLOWED
$1 ,903,900.00
NET VALUATION ON WHICH THE TAX RATE
IS
COMPUTED
$85,756,043.00
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UTILITY
Name
of
SUMMARY
Company
Electric
PSNH
NH Electric
TOTAL
$1 ,41 7,850.00
220,300 .00
$1 ,638,1 50.00
Adjusted Elderly Exemption 1986
ELDERLY EXEMPTION COUNT
56 at 10,000= 560,000.00
32 at 15,000= 480,000.00
42 at 20,000 = 840,000.00
Granted an Elderly
Exemption 1 988
TOTAL
1
,880,000.00
CURRENT USE REPORT
Applicants
Granted In
Prior Years
No. of
Acres
FARMLAND
547.10
FOREST LAND
WILD LAND
1
2.
3.
5,425.89
Unproductive
Productive
Natural Preserve
759.1
•
1
13.75
RECREATION LAND
21 .00
WETLAND
275.95
^W^
FLOOD LAND
Total No. of
,973.41
Acres Exempted Under Current Use
901 7.21
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION
SEPERATE TAX RATES TO BE PRINTED ON 1988 TAX BILLS
(RSA
76:11; 11-a; 13)
TOWN/CITY OF FARMINGTON
November
15,
1988
Revision
UNIT OF
GOVERNMENT
RATE
Municipal
$
County
3.15
20.46
School
Combined Rate
6.61
(Municipal, County, School)
24
$
30.22
�Amount
of
Taxes
to
be Committed
$2,568,698
(Per official tax rate letter)
RSA
76:1
1
provides for delivery of
tine list
(warrant) to the collector within
days of receipt of approval of the tax rate unless for good cause the
time is extended by the department. The collector shall within thirty days
after receipt of the warrant from the selectmen (assessors) send out the
tax bills unless for good cause the time is extended by this department.
thirty
RSA: 76:11-a Information Required. The tax bill which is sent to every
person taxed, as provided in section II, shall also show the assessed
valuation of all lands and buildings for which said person is being taxed.
The 1988 rate breakdown reflects approportionate share of the Reimbursement a/c Property Exempt by 1970 Special Session for each unit of
government.
76:13 provides that interest at 12% per annum shall be charged
upon all taxes except resident taxes not paid on or before Dec. 1 except
that in the case where a tax bill was sent to a taxpayer on or after
November 2 and before April 1st, interest shall not be charged until 30
days after the bills are mailed. The collector shall state on the bill the
RSA
,
date from which interest
will
be charged.
The tax bill which you mail must contain the date from which interest will
be charged and this date is determined by the date you send the last bill
on the list committed to you. RSA 76:1 3 also requires that you notify this
department in writing of the date on which you send the last bill. There is
enclosed a form
for this
purpose.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION
Barbara
25
T. Reid,
Director
�BONDED DEBT
SEWER BOND
Original
— FHA
Amount Issued (December
9,
1974)
Principal Maturity Date:
December 9, 1 975
December 9, 1976
December 9, 1 977
December 9, 1 978
December 9, 1979
December 9, 1 980
December 9, 1 981
December 9, 1 982
December 9, 1 983
December 9, 1984
December 9, 1 985
December 9, 1 986
December 9, 1 987
December 9, 1 988
December 9, 1 989
December 9, 1 990
December 9, 1 991
December 9, 1 992
December 9, 1 993
December 9, 1 994
December 9, 1 995
December 9, 1 996
December 9, 1 997
December 9, 1998
December 9, 1 999
December 9, 2000
December 9, 2001
December 9, 2002
December 9, 2003
Interest
$1.0,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
.20,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
35,000.00
35,000.00
35,000.00
35,000.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
45,000.00
45,000.00
45,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
50,000.00
Payable December 9
Maturities Year
End
— December
9,
26
2003
��Water Bond Continued
PRINCIPAL
—
�AUDITOR'S OPINION
Board of Selectmen
of Farmington
Town
Town
Hall
Farmington,
New Hampshire 03835
We have examined the financial statements listed in the table of
contents on the preceding page of the several funds of the Town of
Farmington as of December 31,1 987, and for the period begun January
1, 1987, and ended December 31, 1987. Our examination was made in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and, accordingly, included such tests of the accounting records and such other
auditing pro-cedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
The Town has not maintained a record
of
its
general fixed assets and
accordingly, a statement of general fixed assets required by generally
accepted accounting principles
is
not included
The Town has not maintained the books
in
the financial report.
of the Enterprise
Fund on the
accrual basis, including the recording of fixed assets, depreciation
thereon, and the related indebtedness in current or prior years. The
amounts by which the financial statements would change, if these items
were included while material, cannot be determined.
In
our opinion, the financial statements of the Enterprise Fund do not
present
fairly
the financial position of the Enterprise Fund of the
Farmington as of December 31
changes
in
,
1987, or the results of
financial position for the year then
ended
its
in
Town
of
operations or
conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
In our opinion, except for the omission of a statement of general fixed
assets and the Enterprise Fund, the financial statements referred to
above present fairly the financial position of the several funds of the
Town of Farmington at December 31, 1987, and the results of their
operations for the period begun January 1, 1987, and ended December
31, 1987, applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year.
T.C.
May
5,
Salem,
1988
New Hampshire
29
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�WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL REPORT
1988
Most of 1988 was spent working on the replacement of the sewer
mains on Main and Central Streets, the repair/replacement/addition of
storm drains on Main Street, and the cleaning of storm drains and catch
basins on Main and Central Streets. Several sewer laterals had to be
relayed due to conflicts with the storm drain and several telephone conduits had to be relayed also to accomodate the new drain system.
An aggreement was arrived at between the Town and Rancourt Properties concerning their new mobile home park. A new clarifier is to be
funded by the sewer connection fees and will initiate the upgrade of the
wastewater plant. An engineerings firm is being selected and the clarifier
will be designed and constructed this summer. The addition, several
sewer lines had to be changed in order to accommodate the higher
flows. Barron Brothers Construction Company completed the upgrade of
the Winter Street sewer lines last fall and will complete the upgrade of a
portion of the East Grove Street sewer line this summer.
A new type of areator is being evaluated as to its performance in increasing the plant's areation capacity. This problem will need to be addressed in the near future as well as sludge handling and disposal practices.
Respectfully submitted,
Dale Sprague
Superintendent
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Balance forward January
1,
1988
1988
$
Receipts:
Sewer Tax
$ 91,569.30
Interest on bills
1,441.99
Service Work
3,077.36
& Connections
3,532.21
�Disbursements:
Salaries
Auditor
Cliemicals
Petroleum Products
33,174.02
1,175.00
3,568.79
844.01
Janitorial Supplies
27,340.56
565.28
278.95
Insurances
11,099.58
Utilities
Office Supplies
Lab
1,259.25
Vehicle Maintenance
Maintenance
Line Maintenance
990.04
Plant
7,508.43
Miscellaneous
4,543.35
659.34
Overpayment refunded
42.08
Capital Expenditures:
Dewatering Belt Press
5,500.00
Capital Investment
3,347.00
Areators
3,484.26
Motor Control Ctr
5,700.00
Transf. to
Money
Mkt.
�WATER DEPARTMENT
Balance forward January
1,
1988
1988
$
Receipts:
Water Rents
Service Worl< & Conn.
Interest on bills
171,251.34
4,71 7.35
2,729.09
4,744.46
�CASH ON HAND
-
January
1
,
1988
NOW Account
Money Market Account
Capital Reserve
Account
MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
- Water Dept.
55,441.50
Balance as of January 1, 1988
+ 50,000.00
Deposits from NOW Account
—40,000.00
Transfers to NOW Account
+ 5,073.81
Interest earned in 1988
Balance as January
1,
1989
CAPITAL RESERVE SAVINGS
$ 70,515.31
ACCOUNT
Balance as of January 1 1 988
Transfers from NOW Account
Interest earned in 1988
,
Balance as
of
January
1,
1988
-
Water Dept.
1
6,032.97
3,500.00
900.44
$20,433.41
Treasurer's Report
WATER DEPARTMENT
Balance 1-1-88
Received from Tax Collector:
129.70
March 1989
1988
March 1988
Sept. 1987
March 1987
March 1986
March 1985
Sept. 1984
March 1984
66,911.63
70,954.87
22,466.86
Sept.
10,615.25
7.72
77.91
Interest
35.12
52.28
2,729.09
Service
3,617.35
Connection Fees
1,100.00
-
�219,904.82
Total Received
Total Receipts
Plus Voided
& Beginning Balance
224,649.28
27.14
172,065.12
50,000.00
Checks
Less Orders Paid Per Selectmen
Less Transfers to Money Market
Balance 12-31-88
$
2,611.30
MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
Balance 1-1-88
55,441.50
Deposits
50,000.00
Earned
Less Withdrawals
40,000.00
Balance 12-31-88
$ 70,515.31
5,073.81
Interest
WATER CAPITAL RESERVE SAVINGS ACCOUNT
16,032.97
Balance 1-1-88
3,500.00
900.44
Deposits
Interest
Earned
$ 20,433.41
Balance 12-31-88
Treasurer's Report
WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT
Balance 1-1-88
$
3,532.21
�Total Received
124,836.50
Received & Beginning Balance
Less Orders Paid Per Selectmen
Less Transfers to Money Market
128,368.71
Total
1 1 1
,079.94
10,000.00
Balance 12-31-88
7,288.77
MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
Balance 1-1-88
Interest Earned
Less Withdrawals
$56,801.65
10,000.00
3,268.78
28,000.00
Balance 12-31-88
42,070.43
Deposits
WASTEWATER CAPITAL RESERVE SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Balance 1-1-88
Interest Earned
27,050.29
1,517.75
Balance 12-31-88
28,568.04
TREASURER'S REPORT
TOWN OF FARMINGTON GENERAL FUNDS
Balance
�Septage Permits
�state of
New
Hampshire:
�MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
Balance 1-1-88
Deposits
Interest Earned
Less Withdrawals
Balance 12-31-88
REVENUE SHARING SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Balance 1-1-88
Interest Earned
Balance 12-31-88
;
15,710.07
701,175.00
9,993.50
700,000.00
26,878.57
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ASSETS
Cash
1,502.79
$
Petty Cash/Tax Collector's Office
S/A Revenue Sharing
S/A Community Center
S/ASkating Rink Fund
S/A Sale of Truck
S/A Private Tax Sale
Cash/Money Market Account
1 988 Resident Tax
1 987 Resident Tax
1 986 Resident Tax
1 985 Resident Tax
1988 Property Tax
1 987 Property Tax
1 986 Property Tax
1985 Property Tax
1 987 Tax Lien
Taxes Bought By The Town, Not Redeemed:
1986Taxes Bought By Town Not Redeemed
1985 Taxes Bought By Town Not Redeemed
1984 Taxes Bought By Town Not Redeemed
1983 Taxes Bought By Town Not Redeemed
1982 Taxes Bought By Town Not Redeemed
1 981 Taxes Bought By Town Not Redeemed
1 980 Taxes Bought By Town Not Redeemed
1979 Taxes Bought By Town Not Redeemed
1 978 Taxes Bought By Town Not Redeemed
Sewer Department Account
State of New Hampshire
Current Use Tax
Yield Tax
225.00
1
5,091 .87
43.07
1,132.12
1
,527.79
7,1
25.86
26,878.57
11 ,420.00
7,41 0.00
5,330.00
4,970.00
487,606.74
3,671 .00
98.05
2,049.00
97,990.48
11,184.37
2,660.00
875.72
629.89
325.68
1
,642.55
254.80
196.27
1 85.79
26,709.86
5,080.52
2,258.00
2,545.27
�ASSETS
$881,832.07
LIABILITIES
NETSURPLUS
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand January 1 1 988
From Local Taxes
From Tax Sales Redeemed
,
Interest
&
State of
New Hampshire
Penalties
Income from Trust Funds
Payments on Private Sale
1987 Tax Lien
Partial
Licenses & Permits
Motor Vehicle Permits
Town Clerk Fees
Dog Licenses
All
Municipal Court
Rent of Town Property
Youth Intervention
Interest on Deposits
Temporary Notes
Money Market Account
Water Loan
Planning Board and ZBA
Sale of Town Property
Police Reports
Refunds & Recoveries
Insurance Settlement
National Bank Stock
Landfill
Charges
Encumbrance 1987/Water Consultant
Encumbrance 1987/Gas Pumps
Encumbrance 1987/Planning Consultant
�1987 Resident Taxes
1986 Resident Taxes
Yield Taxes
Current Use
Tax Collection 1988
Tax Collection 1987
Tax Collection 1986
National Bank Stock
5,040.00
,
,
,
FROM TAX SALES REDEEMED
1
986
985
984
983
982
1
Levy of
Levy of
Levy of
Levy of
Levy of
Levy of
981
1
1
1
1
1987 Tax Lien
Interest
Received & Resident Tax Penalties
STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Highway Subsidy
Shared Revenue
State Aid Water Pollution
Forest Lands
State Police
Gas
Railroad Tax
INCOME FROM TRUST FUNDS
Trustee Trust Funds (Town Poor)
PRIVATE TAX SALE PAYMENTS
Private
Tax Sale
Partial
Payments
ALL LICENSES AND PERMITS
'jnkyard, Pistol Permits, Building Permits, etc
47
�TOWN CLERK FEES
Kathy
L.
Vickers, Clerk
$
297,750.00
MOTOR VEHICLE PERMITS
Kathy
L.
$297,750.00
Vickers, Clerk
DOG LICENSES
Kathy
L.
Vickers, Clerk
,958.50
$
1
$
3,772.55
$
3,941 .88
$
8,805.99
$
23,273.49
MUNICIPAL COURT
Fines and Forfeits
RENT OF TOWN PROPERTY
Court
Room
Rental
YOUTH INTERVENTION
Youth Intervention Program Funds
INTEREST
N.O.W. Account & Money Market
TEMPORARY NOTES
Farmington National
& Savings Bank
$1 ,500,000.00
WATER LOAN
Water Department
$
39,920.61
$
9,441 .28
$
14,800.02
$
765.00
PLANNING BOARD
Planning Board
& ZBA
SALE OF
TOWN PROPERTY
Scruton Land, Tax Deeded Property
POLICE REPORTS
Accident Reports
48
�MONEY MARKET
Transfer from
$
700,000.00
$
340.60
$
Money Market
21 ,500.00
REFUNDS & RECOVERIES
From
All
Sources
UNEMPLOYMENT REFUND
Insurance Settlement
Charges
,000.00
$
1
Encumbrance 1987 Funds/Water Consultant
$
8,369.45
Encumbrance 1987 Funds/Gas Pump
$
7,280.74
Encumbrance 1 987 Funds/Planning
$
1
National Bank Stock
$
2,000.00
$
67,657.71
85,21 3.87
Landfill
,000.00
DETAIL OF PAYMENTS
Town
Town
Officer's Salaries
Officer's
Election
Town
&
Hall
Expenses
2,319.07
40,494.64
Registration
Expenses
Appraisal of Property
Police Department
Employees Retirement & Social Security
Fire Department
Planning Board
Damages & Legal Expenses
Rural District Health Council
Health Department
Landfill
Highways, Winter &Summer
Highways, General Expenses
Street Lighting
Libraries
Town Poor /Old Age Assistance
49
8,975.00
278,860.49
41,435.29
56,506.89
37,455.07
1 5,427.04
1 7,445.58
7,570.97
36,375.28
156,227.16
76,321.93
22,332.17
22,000.00
6,709.78
�6
& Recreation
Parks
24,649.92
$
Employee's Insurance
45,658.20
60,037.2r
Insurance Property
Town Clock
River Maintenance
Payment
of
Interest of
Debt
Temporary Notes
Police Cruiser
Removal
of
Trees
CAP Outreach
Office
Special Highway Subsidy
Temporary Loans
Money Market Account
1
School
1
Town Clerk Fees To State
Dog Licenses Fees To State
1987 Taxes Bought By Town
-
Fire
93,650.00
29,963.50
13,892.95
2,950.00
4,000.00
109,232.99
,300,000.00
700,000.00
,585,1 43.64
702.00
224.00
206,033.61
Computer
County Tax
Civil Defense
Capital Reserve
Gas Tanks
Highway Truck
Capital Reserve
500.00
210.00
'
25,366.55
278,097.00
24.75
5,000.00
Department
6,722.1
38,860.21
-
5,000.00
Landfill
Bulldozer, Bay, Trailer
18,823.00
600.00
Memorial Day
BAN Interest / Bond Counsel
Water Quality Consultants
Water Ouality Consultants (1 987 Encumbrance) ....
6,439.01
Personnel
8,1 51 .37
West
Liabilities
Road
Telephone System
Snow Plow Set Up
Workman's Compensation
Milton
Liabilities Officers
8,369.45
1
,042.22
7,157.64
11 ,585.75
48,410.00
/Others
9,960.00
6,222.36
Youth Intervention
Bonds
1,086.00
4,279.00
Strafford Radio
Capital Reserve
5,090.63
/
Reevaluation
Capital Reserve /Conservation
Commission
Tax Sale Refunds
Tax Sale Escrow
20,000.00
5,000.00
Private Partial
19,570.81
Private
20,205.58
$5,717,239.44
50
�4
7
TOWN
OFFICER'S SALARIES
1
,700.00
1
,400.00
1
$
Selectmen (Chairman)
Selectmen No. 2
Selectmen No. 3
,400.00
5,475.00
750.00
Auditors
Treasurer
Town
Clerk /Tax Collector
Deputy Clerk /Tax Collector
22,019.18
16,134.48
Welfare Officer
Part Time Secretary
11 ,835.1
6,943.91
$
$
Refunds
5,165.81
$66,000.00
2,350.00
Total Available
67,657.71
$68,350.00
Appropriation
67,657.71
Expenditures
Unexpended
$
TOWN
692.29
OFFICER'S EXPENSES
Telephone
Dues
2,052.54
Postage
4,356.39
Office Supplies
3,848.76
Register of
Deeds
3,201 .08
1,849.55
Printing
Mileage
Secretary
429.69
/
11 ,847.1
Bookkeeper
23,577.24
826.05
Administrative Assistant
Advertising
Tax Map Update
Office Equipment
1
,000.00
2,697.31
CDBG Director
CDBG Secretary
CDBG Rehab
5,596.80
RSA's
1,032.67
2,634.70
4,410.00
408.74
Training
3,397.37
Maintenance Agreements
Part Time Secretary
6,882.00
$
51
85,213.87
�Appropriation
$85,666.00
13,497.55
Refunds
Expenditures
$99,163.55
85,213.87
Unexpended
$13,949.68
Total Available
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION
Supervisors
Update Checklists
Printing Ballots & Forms
Ballot Clerks
Assistant Moderator
Meals
Extra Help
Computer Materials
Moderator
Appropriated
Expenditures
Unexpended
Fuel Oil
$
700.00
289.00
166.95
340.00
100.00
470.12
210.00
3.00
40.00
�APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY
Alfred Ikler, Appraiser
$
Appropriation
Expenditures
$7,500.00
8,975.00
Overdraft
8,975.00
$1,475.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Police Chief
28,857.72
23,523.54
21,230.55
20,856.99
19,420.41
Day Sergeant
Patrolman
Night Sergeant
Patrolman V
Patrolman VI
Patrolman IV
Patrolman III
Overtime Regulars
Secretary / Dispatcher.
II
.
13,180.20
16,148.44
19,308.04
10,112.15
14,473.78
.
Juvenile Officer
23,833.04
9,496.94
5,155.12
Special Officers
Telephone
Uniforms
Radio Maintenance
5,151.36
2,412.70
Office Supplies
2,463.30
Police Supplies
1,549.96
Tires
1,128.33
Police Training
11,532.78
8,972.01
5,731.22
Gas
Cruiser Maintenance
Secretary /Part Time
Secretary /Part Time
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
II
Juvenile Investigations
6,702.15
960.15
375.84
New Equipment
3,889.53
177.24
Mileage
Cruiser Repair (Insurance)
2,217.00
$
Appropriation
$286,580.00
7,386.59
Refunds
53
278,860.49
�Expenditures
$293,966.59
278,860.49
Unexpended
$ 15,106.10
Total Available
EMPLOYEE'S RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY
NH and
Stateof
Retire. Div., Police
Medicare
Appropriation
$
41,435.29
$41 ,600.00
14.44
Refunds
Available Balance
Expenditures
$41,614.44
41,435.29
Unexpended
$
FIRE
"
179.15
DEPARTMENT
Chief Pay
i
,200.00
1
,200.00
1
,200.00
$
Chief Clothing
Deputy Chief Pay
Deputy Chief Pay
400.00
(2)
(3)
Clothing Firefighters
12,933.48
Mileage
68.88
150.53
Forest Fire Protection
Training
358.95
Telephone
3,226.26
54.74
Office Supplies
Electric
/
Building
2,823.88
Fuel Oil
/
Building
3,91 5.71
Water
Sewer
Maintenance Supplies
Truck Expense
Chemicals
Equipment Expense
New Equipment
Repairs Air Pacs
47.32
48.50
555.19
9,309.61
356.20
3,093.04
10,429.39
1 ,375.06
Radio Repairs
Fire Prevention
Paging Units
1
,067.90
1
,800.00
491 .25
Physicals
401 .00
$
54
56,506.89
�Appropriation
$72,382.00
602.33
Refunds
Total Available
Expenditures
$72,984.33
56,506.89
Unexpended
$16,477.44
Printing
and Advertising
828.50
$
Strafford Regional Planning
Part
3,489.00
1 ,1 55.56
Time Help
Building Inspector
21 ,608.00
Secretary
6,882.00
Mileage
Miscellaneous
Telephone
526.68
154.25
517.45
BOCA Dues & BOCA Dues
31 7.00
Supplies
Planning
699.13
& ZBA Postage
Public Hearings
1,277.50
$
$
Expenditures
1
$36,000.00
37,455.07
Overdraft
15,427.04
$
Appropriation
37,455.07
$ 1,455.07
DAMAGES & LEGAL EXPENSES
Attorney Fees
Appropriation
Expenditures
$20,000.00
15,427.04
Unexpended
$ 4,572.96
RURAL DISTRICT HEALTH
Rural District Health Council
Appropriation
Expenditures
$17,445.00
17,445.58
Overdraft
$
55
.58
7,445.58
�LANDFILL EXPENSES
Labor
$
14,863.54
Additional Attendant
7,096.00
Fuel
1,526.82
Oil
&
Lubricant
250.00
92.24
12,322.13
74.55
150.00
Lights
Repairs
&
Parts
Stickers
Pest Control
$
Appropriation
36,375.28
$40,000.00
260.00
Refunds
Total Available
Expenditures
$40,260.00
36,375.28
Unexpended
$ 3,884.72
HEALTH AND DOG OFFICER EXPENSES
Health Officer Pay
Dog
Sheltering
/
2,451 .00
$
Pay
Officer
3,286.00
1 ,000.00
Dogs
Supplies
833.97
$
$
Appropriation
7,570.97
25,362.00
1 9,387.20
18,092.80
16,860.80
14,553.18
$8,900.00
230.00
Refunds
Total Available
Expenditures
$9,130.00
7,570.97
Unexpended
$1,559.03
HIGHWAYS, WINTER & SUMMER
Road Agent
Heavy Equipment Operator
Mechanic
Mechanic
II
I
Truck Driver
Truck Driver
I
1
II
56
5,031 .16
�Overtime Highway Crew
Part Time Help
$
Sweeper
Street
9,41 8.54
4,582.99
1 ,344.22
12,160.33
Salt
Hot Top
4,346.18
2,087.76
Culverts
Contract
/
Sweeping
5,200.00
1,800.00
6,000.00
Sifter
Crusher (Rental)
$
156,227.16
$
3,085.70
12,625.30
1,682.10
1 ,932.97
555.00
47.32
408.08
$161,367.00
129.40
Appropriation
Refunds
Expenditures
$161,496.40
156,227.16
Unexpended
$
Total Available
5,269.24
HIGHWAY GENERAL EXPENSES
Gasoline
Diesel Fuel
Engine
Lights
/
Oil
Building
Telephone
Water
Radio Repairs
2,246.23
1 ,328.00
Tires
Rubbish Removal
Cleaning Supplies
Mileage
Repairs & Parts
Repaint Trucks
460.20
87.05
34,252.65
1
Cutting Edges
,200.00
3,697.00
Traffic Signs
1
New Equipment
,51
1
.86
Painting Lines
5,059.85
1 ,1 50.00
Wiring
2,409.91
Uniforms
Mower
737.71
1,845.00
(Rental)
$
57
76,321.93
�Appropriation
$80,776.00, /swriQiH ijrfiij -5V0
3,077.32
qlsH 9miT tisS
Refunds
.
Total Available
.
$83,853.52
76,321.93
Expenditures
Unexpended
tjs8
qoTjoH
$ 7,531.59
3tl8VluO
.
niG9ew8 iOB-ilnoO
OQ.oos.e
00.0Q3.
\
STREET LIGHTING
;•
Public Service of
19J!i3
NH
Appropriation
;,
Expenditures
^,
Unexpended
j^
22,332.17
$
$23,000.00
22,332.17
^Q.i.
^:,
""'
5J
;r:;:.
^.
noit&j-iQo-^qqA
sbnutsR
667.83
$
asdSiisvA IsJoT'
LIBRARIES
ijrf
Farnnington Library Association
$
u
1
rf '^
1
A9 n u
22,000.00
-»
-
Appropriation
Expenditures
0r.!^63.
r
$22,000.00
22,000.00
eniSossO
Ui l939iG
TOWN POOR
Welfare
5;'227.13
Old Age Assistance
1,482.65
6,709.78
$
Appropriation
$6,500.00
95.00
Refunds
iBvomsR
egsellM
Available Balance
$6,595.00
6,709.78
Expenditures
Overdraft
114.78
$
asobB gniijuO
.
MEMORIAL DAY
C.
L.
Perl<ins Post No.
rlaidciuR
seilqquS gnlr^BelO
60 American Legion
ApjDropriation
.
.
.
58
600.00
.
$600.00
600.00
Expenditures
sngiS oittsiT
insniqiijp3 ws^l
'l?:JneR'
i9woM
�PARKS & RECREATION
Hay Day .....
Boys Club.
Girls
.
.
Club ....
.A>
,
Maintain Parks
Road Race
.
.
.
Telephone
.?'
Supplies -Boy's Club
Conrimunity Center Director
.
.
300.00
600.00
it 700.00
3,164.49
600.00
465.53
400.00
18,419.90
,
,.,
.
.
.
.
$
Appropriation
$
45,658.20
$26,333.00
24,649.92
Expenditures
Unexpended
24,649.92
00.
$ 1,683.08
,80 r£
no
r:
EMPLOYEE INSURANCE
Blue Cross, Blue Shield,
&
Davis Towie
Appropriation
$47,800.00
2,361.42
Refunds
?li?^'
Available Balance
Expenditures
^^^
$50,161.42
45,658.20
tiSt'i
Unexpended
'
00.000'
^^
Auto
"
noiDn:rrti-^-i
^ 4,503.22
INSURANCE PROPERTY
Liability, Building,
Unemployment
-.a.^«
Appropriation
«
?^
$
60,037.20
jf-%
Refunds
Total Available
$49,223.00
4,031.45
Expenditures
$53,254.45
60,037.20
Overdraft
$ 6,782.75
TOWN CLOCK
John H Oakley, Care
.
Appropriation
of
Clock
500.00
itK;$500.oo
OO.OUU:?^
Expenditures
:;:.;;:;
59
500.00
�RIVER MAINTENANCE
Maintenance
of River
$
Appropriation
Expenditures
210.00
.00
210.00
Overdraft
$
210.00
PAYMENT OF DEBT
GE&FNS
Interest
$ 42,000.00
51,650.00
.
$ 93,650.00
$109,750.00
7,450.00
Appropriation
Refunds
Expenditures
117,200.00
93,650.00
Unexpended
$ 23,550.00
Total Available
INTEREST OF TEMPORARY NOTES
Farmington National
& Savings Bank
Appropriation
$ 29,963.50
Expenditures
$ 20,000.00
29,963.50
Overdraft
$
9,963.50
REMOVAL OF TREES
Removal
of
Trees
$
Expenditures
4,000.00
3,000.00
2,950.00
Unexpended
2,950.00
$
Appropriation
50.00
CAP OUTREACH OFFICE
Strafford
County Community Action
Appropriation
4,000.00
Expenditures
4,000.00
60
�POLICE CRUISER
New Cruiser
$
Expenditures
Unexpended
$
1
3,892.95
$ 14,000.00
13,892.95
Appropriation
107.05
SPECIAL HIGHWAY SUBSIDY
$109,232.99
Street Paving, etc
$ 75,080.00
Appropriation
Refunds
76,827.05
Expenditures
$151,907.05
109,232.99
Unexpended
$ 42,674.06
Available Balance
BAN INTEREST/BOND COUNSEL
XXXXX
$
Appropriation
$
5,090.63
6,500.00
5,090.63
Expenditure
Unexpended
$
1
,409.37
HIGHWAY TRUCK
Grappone
$ 38,860.21
Appropriation
$ 40,000.00
Expenditures
38,860.21
Unexpended
$
1,139.79
BULLDOZER, BAY & TRAILER
Bulldozer,
Bay & Trailer
$ 18,823.00
(Landfill)
Expenditures
$ 18,000.00
18,823.00
Overdraft
$
Appropriation
CAPITAL RESERVE
Trustees of Trust Fund
823.00
LANDFILL
'
$
Appropriation
$
5,000.00
5,000.00
Expenditures
61
5,000.00
�GAS TANKS
Gas Tanks
$
Appropriation
Expenditures
$6,000.00
6,722.16
Overdraft
$
6,722.16
CAPITAL RESERVE
722.16
DEPARTMENT
FIRE
Trustee of Trust Funds
$
$
6,439.01
$
8,1 51 .37
$
Appropriation
5,000.00
25,366.55
$5,000.00
5,000.00
Expenditures
WATER QUALITY CONSULTANTS
Goldberg, Zoino,
& Associates
Appropriation
$25,000.00
Expenditures
6,439.01
Unexpended
$18,560.99
PERSONNEL
LIABILITIES
Accrued sick days, vacation days due upon
separation
Appropriation
Expenditures
$5,000.00
8,151.37
Overdraft
$3,151.37
COMPUTER
Business Data Solutions
Appropriations
Expenditures
$25,000.00
25,366.55
Overdraft
$
366.55
�WEST MILTON ROAD
Soil,
Hyroseeding, etc
,042.22
$
1
$
7,1
$1 ,000.00
Appropriation
1,042.22
Expenditures
$
Overdraft
42.22
TOWN OFFICES TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Union TeJeplione
Expenditures
$7,160.00
7,157.64
Unexpended
$
57.64
Appropriation
SNOW PLOW
2.36
SET UP
XXXXX
$
Expenditures
$10,500.00
11,585.75
Overdraft
11,585.75
$ 1,085.75
Appropriation
TEMPORARY LOANS
Farmington National
& Savings Bank
$1,300,000.00
MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
Transfer to regular cliecking account
$
700,000.00
SCHOOL
Farmington School
$1,585,143.64
District
TOWN CLERK FEES TO STATE
Treasurer, State of
NH
$
702.00
$
(Marriage Fees)
224.00
DOG LICENSES
Treasurer, State of
NH
63
�1987
Kathy
L.
TAXES BOUGHT BY THE TOWN
Vickers, Tax Collector
$
206,033.61
$
278,097.00
$
48,410.12
$
9,960.00
$
6,222.36
$
1
COUNTY TAX
Treasurer, Strafford County
WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION
Workman's Compensation
$36,000.00
3,720.00
Appropriation
Refunds
Expenditures
$39,720.00
48,410.12
Overdraft
$ 8,690.12
Total Available
LIABILITY OFFICER'S &
Liability Officer's
OTHERS
& Others
$15,150.00
4,285.00
Appropriation
Refunds
Expenditures
$19,435.00
9,960.00
Unexpended
$ 9,475.00
Total Available
YOUTH INTERVENTION
Youth Intervention
BONDS
Bonds
•Expenditures
$1,827.00
1,086.00
Unexpended
$
Appropriation
64
741.00
,086.00
�STRAFFORD COUNTY RADIO
Strafford
County Radio
$
$
/
20,000.00
$
CAPITAL RESERVE
4,279.00
5,000.00
REEVALUATION
Trustee of Trust Funds
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Conservation Commission
CIVIL
DEFENSE
Expenditures
24.75
Expenditures
$500.00
24.75
Unexpended
$475.25
Appropriation
WATER QUALITY CONSULTANTS
1987 ENCUMBRANCE
Expenditures
$
$
$
Tax Sale Refunds
Private Tax Sale Escrow
Private Partial
65
8,369.45
19,570.81
20,205.58
�UJ
0)
Q.
^
�TOWN CLERK
REPORT TO THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON FOR
January
Automobile Registrations
1,
1988
(6,1
1988
December 31,1988
31)
-
$297,750.00
1,304.00
Titles (1,304)
UCC
1
,450.00
40.00
375.00
2,1 82.50
1,389.00
82.00
63.00
Marraige Licenses (57)
Certified Copies
Dog Licenses
1 ,1
Dog Fines
Bad Checks
Rabies Clinic
$305,735.50
VITAL STATISTICS
Births
RECORDED
�5
27,892.7
Reimbursement Other Insurance
Misc. Reimbursements
Reimbursement Police Training
1
147.50
1,000.00
Landfill
Reimbursement Workmens Comp.
Sale of
7,084.1
Town
3,735.84
Property
1
4,800.02
8,805.99
304.40
Reimibursement Youth Intervention
Highway Department
1987 Income
Reimbursement School for gas
1,567.00
86.54
2.50
23,862.20
1 ,1
Reimbursement Police Salary
Reimbursement Water & Sewer Department
1
,91
$541,896.74
68
�1988
�program
Sanford,
at
management
of
a
Maine.
large
3
Allenstown. This represents a
attended training in the
at Bear Brook Park in
individuals
organization
fire
total training
commitment
of
over 1500
hours.
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
department, in cooperation with other emergency service prohas written and submitted a comprehensive plan designed to
assist all operations in the event of a large scale incident in Farmington
or the surrounding communities. This plan, known as the Farmington
Emergency Operation Plan, will be in effect as soon as approval from the
state and local governments is in place. This plan was compiled to bring
the town into compliance with statute.
We still wrestle with the S.A.R.A. title 3 requirements as do most towns
of our size. Very little work has been accomplished on the Farmington
Hazardous Waste Management Plan at this time. In order to complete
this plan a committee of several groups must be formed. The HAZMAT
committee is supposed to be represented by Town Government, safety
services, industry and local interested persons to be effective. We hope
that we will be able to get going on this item as soon as possible. We may
find that new industry will not be able to locate here without this plan in
place. We also continue to experience problems with inspection and
preplanning for fire in our community. This is largely due to the lack of a
favorable format and the lack of time faced by the volunteers required to
do the inspections. At this time there are only a few individuals who are
The
fire
viders,
trained to
One
do
this
important task.
seems
of the biggest obstacles
the process.
We
have suggested
be alleviated by the introduction
software to
The
manage
of
the situation.
Fire Prevention Office at the fire station continues to
busy. Last year's budget
this
be the paperwork involved in
budget that that problem could
computer technology and the proper
to
in this
was severely trimmed
major obstacle our people pressed on.
We
be quite
area but despite
provided a comprehenin this
grammar and elementary
schools as well as to all those private schools who solicited our
assistance. We look forward to increased funding in the 1989 budget
year so that we can implement an even better program. Programs can be
arranged for all groups by calling the fire station to set up a date.
We would like to thank all the residents for their continued support of
our activities. We look forward to working with all of you in our combined
effort to make Farmington the best, safest place to live.
sive Fire Prevention
Program
to
all
levels of the
70
�FARMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL REPORT
988 was bringing on board new employees for the posiBudget Committee and the Board of Selectmen.
The department was fortunate to be able to hire 2 New Hampshire
The emphasis
in
1
tions authorized by the
Police
Academy
certified officers.
Another position was
resignation of Officer David Heisler
Police
in
Rumney, New Hampshire.
who was
filled after
the
selected as the Chief of
Lastly, the
newly authorized part-
was also brought on board.
training was important during the year
with in-service training
time secretary
Police
covering a variety of issues.
Some were
civil liability,
domestic violence,
and parole
firearms, use of fire extinguishers, deadly force, probation
Some topics were taught by our own officers while other
were taught by area professionals such as Dr. Leo Shea on police
stress. County Attorney Lincoln Soldati on the superior court process and
Kathy Kennett from Safe Place in Portsmouth. The department is also
very proud of Sgt. Peter Cosgrove who attended the Command Training
Institute at Babson College in Wellsley, Massachusetts, while at the trainand others.
topics
he was elected class president.
was higher than in previous years. The department
presented over 1200 cases to the Rochester District Court for prosecution. This was a 20% increase over 1987. Additionally the department
handled over 5,000 calls for service and this was with the resignation of
one officer and another being out injured for several weeks.
One particular high point was an undercover drug operation because
of which several people were arrested. These cases will be heard in the
ing
Police acitivity
County Superior Court during 1989.
Lastly during 1988 the department changed its look. A new color
scheme for the cruisers with the town seal was well received and the outfitting of the officers with new uniforms which were revealed during the
Bicentennial Parade lifted the spirits of the officers.
Additionally, want to thank the many businesses and individuals who
made it possible for the department to purchase a booking camera. This
equipment has been an important addition to the police department.
In 1 989 the department will continue to emphasize training and professionalism. The department has applied for a special program which will
have an officer working closely with the school department in dealing
with the students and in talking about substance abuse.
In looking at the increased growth potential with almost 500 approved
housing units it is plain to see that growths impact on police services will
be significant in the coming year and beyond. The police department will
Strafford
I
71
�be looking for greater citizen participation in the prevention, discovery
and prosecution of crime and the police department feels that close
cooperation with the public is vital to improved and increased police services.
In
closing
I
wish
to
encourage
all
citizens to help us, help you. Call us,
report suspicious activity or suspicious people. Call us
if
you need a
security survey for your home or business. We will be glad to conduct
one for you. And finally let us know how we can serve you better.
Respectfully submitted,
Barry J. Carr
Chief of Police
PLANNING BOARD REPORT
The Planning Board had an exceptionally busy year. Three major
developments were finally processed. The Rancourt Mobile Home Park
after several years of hearings and requirements and revisions was finalapproval for the first phase of 75 units. Rancourt paid
ly given
$280,000.00 in impact fees to the town for improvements to the sewer
system. The two other major projects which either received final approval or came close to receiving final approval in 1988 were the proposed mobile home park of Cassidy on the Dodge Cross Road. Sixty-six
units were approved. Mr. Cassidy is paying $80,000.00 to upgrade and
pave the Dodge Cross Road.
There is another major subdivision pending Great Pine Common which
has approximately 80 units. Fiscal impact for these are currently being
studied and under negotiation.
A small subdivision on the Meaderboro Road for Millside Investors
received final approval and are committed to $16,000 in impact fees for
improvements to the Meaderboro Road.
The Zoning Laws were recodified and put into a more organized format.
There are several other potential projects which the Planning Board is
There is another proposal for a major manufactured housing park
off the Watson Cross Road. Several large pieces of land in town have
changed hands from the families that have held them for a long time to
people who are likely to develop them. There is also increased development on Route No. 11 of both commercial and industrial nature. The
Board found its resources over stretched and had difficulty in keeping up
with both its planning responsibilities and the ability to deal with requested projects. Through exceptionally late nights the work has been
maintained but we've had a hard time getting ahead.
facing.
Respectfully submitted,
Krasner, Chairman
Farmington Planning Board
Emmanuel
72
�PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT
We
have now completed our fifth year as a full time Parks & RecreaDepartment, and it is time to take a look at how we have grown, and
in what direction we would like to go in the future.
In 1988, John Nolan, who built this program from an empty building to
a full time Recreation Department, resigned as Director. To John we
would like to say thank you, and the best of luck in your new job.
Also in 1988 the Farmington Town Players staged their production of
"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". This production played to full
houses, and our congratulations go to them. We look forward to more
entertainment from this group.
A special thanks go to the Farmington Business Association for supporting all our special events. Hay Day, the Nute Ridge Half Marathon
and the Henry Wilson Winter Carnival could not have been successful
tion
without their help.
We
continue to look for ways to better serve the people of Farmington
expand our programs each year. This year we expanded the
teams from one Jr. High team to a Jr. High team, a
High School team, and a 5th and 6th grade team. We also added free
Karate lessons for all ages, and areobics for children. The department
began working with Senior Citizens by giving Halloween and Christmas
parties and providing bus transportation to Rochester for Christmas
and
to
recreation basketball
shopping.
In 1989, we are planning to establish a walking club, and will be researching the possiblity of a walking path around Fernald Park.
In closing,
would like to thank the Selectmen, the Town Administrator, the Recreation Commission and the people of Farmington for
I
making
my
first five
months as Director a pleasure.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Ghareeb, Director
73
�RURAL DISTRICT HEALTH COUNCIL,
ANNUAL REPORT -1988
The Rural
District Health Council, Inc.
viding Health
Care
to
its
member
is
towns.
INC.
its 20th year of proremains a certified Home
entering
It
Health Agency providing skilled nursing, physical, occupational and
speech therapy, medical social worker, home health aides and
homemakers, a comprehensive Hospice program and a 24 hour answering service with a nurse available 24 hours a day, seven days a week with
home
visits
made as
indicated.
Programs being provided by Rural District Health Council, Inc. are the
Elderly Maintenance Health Program which includes health counseling,
blood pressure monitoring, diet teaching and blood testing for diabetes.
We
also provide influenza shots.
has been a difficult year for Rural District Health Council, Inc. Staffat a critical point and this has caused extra work and burden on the
current dedicated staff, as they continue to provide excellent care to all
patients in the nine towns. Keep in mind -"there's no place like like home,
expecially when you are ill".
Anyone interested in additional information or needing services may
contact the Rural District Health Council, Inc. office at 4 Winter St., Farmington, N.H. or call 755-2202.
It
ing
is
Ardala Houle, R.N.
Executive Director
74
�REPORT OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
In 1988 the Code Enforcement Office issued 172
They are broken down as follows:
New Homes
building permits.
�FARMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
BUDGET 1989
�BUILDING/GROUNDS
continued
$
Electricity
1,623.00
$
598.00
Fuel
1,673.66
$
1,700.00
1,000.00
1,752.41
$
4,751.00
$
6,453.92
$
5,695.00
$
147.00
28.00
333.00
434.00
$
3,114.45
280.00
403.40
$
500.00
MISCELLANEOUS:
Repairs
Electric Typewriter
Office Supplies
Children's Programs
Miscellaneous
.00
400.00
800.00
500.00
792.42
2,631.12
7,177.00
$
8,119.00
$
7,221.39
$
2,200.00
$
TOTALS
37,010.00
$
43,933.53
$
43,195.00
UNREDEEMED TAXES FROM TAX SALE
December
Name
American Technology
1986
Inc.
$
31,
1988
1985
Prior Years
�Name
Murphy, James
1986
;
1985
Prior
Years
�Page, Rene & Grace
Thompson, Francis & Judy
1986
651 .36
SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS OUTSTANDING
Tarmey, Joseph
1987
$
1987
George &
1
Ellis,
,432.40
868.27
526.23
12/31/88
$
Inc
4,905.32
579.08
11 5.86
1
Shirley
,063.90
24.75
43.25
1 ,1 36.53
392.33
564.26
122.55
528.98
276.89
878.80
392.73
2,645.26
1 ,1 32.48
527.95
2,1
Cray, William
& Lenore
& Joyce
Dunbar, John
Dunbar, John
Dunbar, John
,739.70
859.45
49.23
Boxer Trust
Brown, Walter & Jenette
Butt, Harold
Cameron, Robert B. Jr
Campbell, Margaret, Wilfred & Bruce
Campbell, Wilfred & Cheryl
Chase, Lois E
Chesley Mt. Chowder & Marching
Dietterle, Paul
,263.98
1,1
Thomas &SallyAnne
Dallesandro, Richard
1
422.43
Archambault, Edmond & Barbara
Barnes, Wanda & Shane
Bell, David & Lurene
Day, Percy
85.49
1
$
TAX LIENS OUTSTANDING
American Technology
Blanchette,
1
SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS OUTSTANDING
Goodwin, Charles & Ruth
Gray, Donald & Linda
Hitchings, John & Shelia
Howard, Donald & Sylvia
Lover, Lawrence
McCarthy, Jeremiah & Susan
Page, Rene & Grace
Thompson, Francis & Judy
Berry,
323.20
$
H
1
,046.72
1
,689.85
1
& Sally
& Sally
& Sally
,01
8.56
440.67
James
1
79
,530.08
�5
1
Ellis,
James
1
Estes, Albert, Elizabeth
Estes, Albert, Elizabeth
,877.45
1
,992.97
1
& Albert
& Moore
,856.1
Ferguson, Karen
470.91
226.36
Forrest, Carl J
1
,944.60
French, David
1
,044.53
Fuller, Priscilla
2,775.02
Forrest, Carl J
Gagne, Ivan & Barbara
Gaither, Joan E
Garland, Roger & Marie
Golden Homestead
Goodwin, Charles & Ruth
Hanson, Marl & Atkinson, Carl
Harding, Thomas &Arleeta
Hassen, Ruby
Henderson, Martha
Henning, Ken
Higgins, Lawrence
Higgins, Lawrence
Hitchings, John M
Hodgdon, Royce
Hogan, Kevin & Nancy
1
823.74
2,145.66
1
1
1
,060.64
1,71 0.45
233.21
1
1
22.58
6.60
,41
302.57
583.46
427.03
359.61
1
& Shirley
,595.75
751 .32
485.99
336.97
2,509.06
86.09
518.47
842.20
378.80
292.12
Marion
Marion
Hurteau, Dennis & Marie
Hussey, Kenneth R
Hussey, Kenneth R
Hussey, Patricia
Kearney, William F
Keck, William T
Kineavy, Michael et al
King, Irene-Maude
Lajoie,
,629.73
576.94
156.87
356.30
89.34
Donald
Donald
Donald & Sylvia
Donald & Sylvia
Donald & Sylvia
Everett & Donald
Frederick
95.81
140.65
264.06
783.30
Home, Richard & Ruth
Home, Richard & Ruth
Howard,
Howard,
Howard,
Howard,
Howard,
Howard,
Howard,
Howard,
Howard,
,034.93
2,512.41
46.1
737.62
Rodney & Nancy
1 1
80
.00
�3
LaPointe, Ronald
&
355.56
129.00
343.30
$
Patricia
Laughton, David
Lefebvre, George H
& Regina
Lemieux, Melvin & Elaine
Legere, Gerard
2,086.81
2,421 .64
James & Linda
Marquis, Joseph & Marion
Mathieu, Ronald & Josephine
McCarthy, Jeremiah & Susan
McKenney, DanielJ
642.72
Libby,
2,349.93
743.35
271 .62
1,195.34
Michaud, Oscar & Stella
Migneault,Amalia& Stewart
432.39
929.10
232.07
Mooeny, Shirley
Moore, Jean
1
Murphy, James E
Murray, Richard & Alcie
Murtaugh, William
Nichols, Richard & Kathleen
1
& Grace
Parent, Joseph
1
Patch, Bruce
Pecor, Richard &Wasik, F
Pence, Lorenze Bruce & Myra
Pike,
91 9.81
Edward & Nancy
Piader,
1
James & Esther
,990.1
327.55
John &Tina
191.21
& Eileen
Proulx, Norman & Linda
Pulkkinen, Gary & Jacqueline
Pike, Lester
1
52.20
2,844.18
32.50
507.42
Putney, Lisa
Richardson, Oliver
Richardson, Oliver
Richardson, Oliver
Richardson, Oliver
Ridley, Robert
,237.90
478.69
648.97
437.74
Patch, William
Pero,
81 .60
348.55
996.49
397.55
245.95
O'Neil, Shirley
Page, Rene
8.50
536.39
&
&
&
&
Edith
1
,21
1
.81
268.38
278.02
652.20
560.92
888.25
Edith
Edith
Edith
& Charlotte
Roobian, Charles J
Rowe, Elmer & Sylvia
1
Seymour, John & Kim
Simpson, Ralph & Bessie
Solari, Reynold & Lauri
,491 .82
265.50
1 38.64
239.1
81
�Soucy, Virginia E
Stanhope, Napoleon & Andrea
Staples,
Howard
$
Sr
& Joyce
Thonnpson, Francis & Judy
Thompson, Wendell & Roberta
Tiebout, Stephen
Tiebout, Stephen
Tattersall, Robert
1
0.80
49.06
185.14
660.42
,21
1
91 .28
645.23
687.25
194.80
460.64
&Octavia
Washburn, Shirley
Tufts, Franklin
381 .80
Weeman, Howard & Hazel
Wicks, Walter & Rose
Williams, Ronald & Linda
56.74
31 0.48
221 .85
Talon, Robert
M
43.50
633.60
Tarmey, Joseph
21 0.47
Murray, Linda
Pike, Lester
&
Eileen
364.41
82
�TOWN WARRANT
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
MINUTES OF TOWN MEETING
-
MARCH
9,
1988
To Choose one Selectmen for three years, one Treasurer for
one year, three Budget Committee members for three years, one Budget
Committee member for one year and one Trustee of the Trust Fund for
Article 1.
three years.
Town Meeting opened
at 7:1
p.m. with Moderator
Emmanuel Krasner
presiding.
John Scruton presented Robert Schulte with a letter of appreciation
from the town for his years served on the Budget Committee.
Moderator Krasner read the results
March
8,
of Article
1
,
3,
and 4 as voted on
1988.
we adopt the provisions of RSA 80:58-86 for a real estate
procedure? These statutes provide that tax sales to private individuals for non payment of property taxes on Real Estate are replaced
with a real estate tax lien procedure under which only a municipality or
county where the property is located or the state may acquire a tax lien
against land and building for unpaid taxes.
Article 2. Shall
lien
A
motion to approve was
made by John Scruton and seconded by
William Cooper. Paper ballot voting started at 7:25. Discussion continued
on remaining articles. Vote
was as
follows:
No- 15
Yes -99
To see if the Town will vote to adopt a penalty not to exceed
$50.00 for a violation to the requirements of the BOCA Code. Each day
that a violation continues shall be considered a separate violation.
Article 3.
No -168
Yes -187
To see if the Town will adopt an ordinance for the installation of
key boxes as required by the fire officials.
Article 4.
INSTALLATION: When a property
83
is
protected by automatic alarm
�systems, and access to or within a structure or an area of that property is
unduly difficult because of secured openings, and where immediate access is necessary for life saving or fire fighting purposes, or where a
structure includes three or
more
a key box to be installed
an approved location. The key box
a type approved by the
in
Keys
may
require
shall
be
of
fire officials.
CONTENTS: The key box
a.
rental units, the fire official
shall contain:
to locked points of ingress
whether on the
interior or exterior of
said buildings.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Keys
Keys
Keys
Keys
Article 5.
row notes
necessary
A
to
locked mechanical rooms.
to locked electrical
rooms.
to elevator controls.
to other
To see
if
areas as directed by the
the
Town
will
to the credit of the
to
motion
vote to authorize the Selectmen to bor-
Town such sums
meet current expenses
to
fire officials.
in
of
money as may be
anticipation of taxes.
approve was made by William Cooper and seconded by
discussion of current rates, the motion was approved
Willis Berry. After a
by voice vote.
To see if the Town will vote to indemnify and hold harmless the
Selectmen, administrative staff, or agencies for any loss, claims or
causes of action arising out of or in the course of performance of their ofArticle 6.
ficial
duties.
A motion to approve was made by William Cooper and seconded by
John Scruton. The motion was approved by voice vote.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
$1,853,939 for the operation, expenses, and commitments of the Town
Government. (Recommended by the Budget Committee $1,798,539).
This article covers Article 8 to and including Article 47.
Article 7.
Donald Howard made a motion to go to Article 48 and delete that artiwas seconded by Pat Grass. The purpose of this deletion was to
use the $8,000.00 as part of Article
for upgrading equipment. The motion was approved by voice vote. William Cooper made a motion to hold
further discussion until the vote on Article 2 was completed. This was
seconded by John Scruton and approved by voice vote. The vote on
cle. This
II
84
�Article 2 closed at 7:47
and the
results
were as shown above under
Arti-
cle 2.
John Scruton moved
ballot. This
to
go
to Article
was seconded by
46 because
of the
William Cooper. After
Robert Moriarty called the question. The
approved by voice vote. The motion
to
move
go
need
much
for
paper
discussion,
to call the question
to Article
was
46 was approved by
voice vote.
John Scruton moved
conding.
Much
to
approve Article 46 with William Cooper se-
discussion followed on the merits good and bad. Elmer
Barron called the question. The move to call the question was approved
by voice vote. The secret paper balloting opened at 8:07 and closed at
8:25 with the results shown later under Article 46. A motion was made by
Robert Schulte to approve $1 ,780,539.00 (the budget committees recommended figure less the $18,000 for Article 46 awaiting the results of that
vote.). This was seconded by William Cooper.
John Scruton made a motion to amend to $1 ,805,539.00 increasing Ar40 from to $25,000.00. This was seconded by Willis Berry. Much
discussion followed. Elmer Barron moved to call the amendment. This
motion was approved by voice vote. The voice vote on the amendment
was unclear and a show of hands was called for. The amendment was
approved by show of hands.
ticle
Linda Ghareeb
made
amend
a motion to
the total overhall to $1 ,809,539.00. This
Article
47 by $4,000 bringing
was seconded by Raymond
Charbonneau. After much discussion Elmer Barron called the question.
This was approved by voice vote. The amendment was approved by
voice vote.
24 by $6,000.00 was made by John Scruton,
an explanation of the need for this,
the amendment was approved by voice vote.
A motion
to
seconded by
amend
Article
Willis Berry. Following
Randy Orvis made a motion to amend Article 9 by $20,500. This was
seconded by Anne Chapline. Much discussion ensued with the explanation that this was for a full time planner for the town to aid the "overburdened" Planning Board. Linda Ghareeb called the question. This was
approved by voice vote. The motion to amend was turned down by voice
vote.
85
�Donald Howard moved
to
amend
Article
11
by $8,000.00 as was
discussed when deleting Article 48. This was duly seconded and much
discussion ensued. William Cooper called the question. This was approved by voice vote. The motion to amend was approved by voice vote.
made a motion to amend Article 45 from to $5,000.00.
was seconded by Anne Chapline with a friendly amendment adding
Kurt Olson
This
that any expenditures must be authorized by the Board
The amendment was affirmed by voice vote.
of
Selectmen.
amend Article 14 by $15,000.00. This
was explained to be needed to cover
insurance bills that are now actuals but when budget process was done,
were estimated. Motion to call the question was approved by voice vote.
Motion to amend was unclear by voice vote and a show of hand was
necessary. The motion was defeated by a show of hands.
John Scruton made a motion
was seconded by
to
Willis Berry. This
A motion to amend Article 9 by $1 ,000.00 for the purpose of an Official
Town Map was made by Anne Chapline and seconded by Randy Orvis.
After much discussion, Elmer Barron called the question. This was approved by voice vote. The amendment voice vote was unclear and a
show of hands opposed the amendment.
William Cooper moved to call the question as amended to vote on the
amount now given as $1 ,846,539.00 (this includes Article 46 as approved
by ballot vote). The motion to call the question was approved by voice
vote. The vote on the original motion as amended several times was approved by voice vote. The original included Article 8 through 47 as
follows:
Article 8.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
sum
of
$225,361 .00 in support of the expenses of the general Government as
defined in the budget. (Recommended by the Budget Committee
$224,461.00.).
Town
Town
Officers' Salaries
Expenses
Election & Registration Expenses
Officers'
Hall & Other Town Buildings
Employees' Retirement & Social Security
Town
$66,900.00
77,766.00
2,500.00
36,595.00
41,600.00
$225,361.00
Article 9.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
86
sum
of
�$43,000.00
for
Planning,
(Recommended by
and Building Inspection expenses
Committee $42,500.00).
Zoning,
the Budget
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$286,580.00 for the Police Department. (Recommended by the Budget
Committee).
Article 10.
of
Article 11.
To see
$64,382.00
Committee).
of
Article 12.
of
To see
$3,000.00
if
the
Town
for the Fire
if
for the
the
will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
Department (Recommended by the Budget
Town
sum
Com-
vote to raise and appropriate the
will
care of trees.
(Recommended by
the Budget
mittee).
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$20,000.00 for damages and legal expenses. (Recommended by the
Budget Committee).
Article 13.
of
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$150,000.00 for insurance on Town Buildings, liability, vehicles, bonds
and employees. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 14.
of
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$17,445.00 in support of the Rural District Health Council (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 15.
of
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$48,900.00 for the Health Department and Town Dump. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 16.
of
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$166,387.00 for summer and winter maintenance of highways and
bridges and $75,756.00 for the general expense of the Highway Department. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 17.
of
Article 18.
To see
$23,000.00
Committee).
of
Article 19.
of
To see
$22,000.00
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
for the lighting of streets.
if
the
(Recommended by
sum
the Budget
Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
(Recommended by the Budget Committee).
for the Library.
87
�if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$1,500.00 for Old Age Assistance and $5,000.00 for Town Poor.
(Recommmended by the Budget Committee).
Article 20. To see
of
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
for Memorial Day Observance for Clarence L. Perkins Post
Number 60, American Legion (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 21.
of
$600.00
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$26,333.00 for the Recreation Department. (Recommended by the
Budget Committee).
Article 22.
of
Article 23.
To see
if
Town
the
will
1
Article 24.
To see
if
of $124,997. for the
sum
(Recommended by the Budget
vote to raise and appropriate the
3,529.00 for the Sewer Department.
Committee).
of $1
Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
Water Department. (Recommended by the Budget
the
Committee).
Article 25.
To see
if
$500.00
for the
To see
if
Town
Town
of
the
will
Clock.
vote to raise and appropriate the
(Recommended by
the Budget
sum
Commit-
tee).
Article 26.
of
$75,080.00
tion of certain
the
Town
for Special
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
Highway Subsidy
roads within the
Town
for the
purpose
of Farmington.
sum
of reconstruc-
(Recommended by
the Budget Committee).
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$52,000.00 for Principal and $57,750.00 for interest on long-term debt.
(Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 27.
of
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$26,500.00 for interest on Temporary Loans. (Recommended by the
Budget Committee).
Article 28.
of
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$14,000.00 for a new cruiser for the Police Department. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 29.
of
Vticle 30. To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
88
sum
�of
$500.00
for Civil
Defense. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
To see if tlie Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$7,500.00 for the appraisal of property. (Recommended by the Budget
Committee).
Article 31.
of
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$4,279.00 for radio equipment at Strafford Dispatch. (Recommended
by the Budget Committee).
Article 32.
of
Article 33.
of
To see
$40,000.00
for
if
the
Town
will
sum
Com-
vote to raise and appropriate the
a highway truck.
(Recommended by
the Budget
mittee).
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$5,000.00 for personnel liabilities. (Recommended by the Budget Com-
Article 34.
of
mittee).
Article 35.
To see
if
$25,000.00
Budget Committee).
for
of
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
sum
water quality consultants. (Recommended by the
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$6,00000 for replacing the Towns' underground gasoline storage
tanks with above ground tanks. (Recommended by the Budget CommitArticle 36.
of
tee).
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$10,500.00 for a snowplow set-up for the Highway Truck. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 37.
of
Article 38.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
sum
banking on West Milton
Road. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
of $1 ,000.00 for the restoration of the road side
if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
$7,160.00 for telephone equipment at the Town Hall. (Recommended by
the Budget Committee).
Article 39.To see
Article 40.
of
To see
$40,000.00
for
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the sum
Town Hall and general
a computer system for the
government operations. (Not recommended by the Budget Committee).
89
�if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$5,000.00 to be added to the capital reserve fund for costs associated
with monitoring and eventual closure of the Town's Landfill. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 41. To see
of
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$10,000.00 to be added to the capital reserve fund for the future purchase of fire fighting apparatus exclusive of a ladder truck. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 42.
of
To see if the Town will vote to establish a capital reserve fund
purpose of a revaluation of town properties to be undertaken in
1990 and raise and appropriate $20,000.00 for payment to this capital
reserve fund. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 43.
for the
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$1,400.00 for the Youth Summer Program. (Recommended by the
Budget Committee).
Article 44.
of
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum
$5,000.00 to the conservation fund as authorized by RSA 36-A:5. (Not
recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 45.
of
To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into a
lease/purchase agreement for the purpose of purchasing a bulldozer for
the Highway and Landfill departments and will raise and appropriate the
sum of $18,000.00 for this year's lease payments, a trailer bed, and the
addition of a bay on the landfill building to house the machine. (Recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 46.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $4,000.00
County Community Action Program. (By Petition) (Not
recommended by the Budget Committee).
Article 47.
for
Strafford
To see if the Town will vote to authorize a firefighter position
as a Town employee, to perform fire inspections, purchasing, budgets,
and other related duties as needed by the Fire Department and to raise
Article 48.
and appropriate $8,000.00 for their compensation. This position to be included in the Fire Department budget in future years. (By Petition) (Not
recommended by the Budget Committee).
See action on
this article
under Article
90
7.
�Article 49. To see
72:1 -C
Town
the
if
will
vote to adopt the provisions of
which authorize any Town or City
to elect not to assess, levy
collect a resident tax. (By Petition) (Not
recommended by
RSA
and
the Budget
Committee).
A
made by Michael Chasse,
motion to adopt was
opposed by voice
To see
Article 50.
duly seconded and
vote.
if
Town
the
will
vote to require that the Selectmen,
before disposing of real property, the
tax collector's deed,
first
title
to
which has been acquired by
consult with the conservation commission, said
commission to recommend whether or not the retention of such real property would be in the best interests of the Town as provided in RSA
80:42a, subject to
final ratification of
the next annual or special
Town
Meeting.
A motion to adopt was made by Kurt Olson, seconded by Randy Orvis
and approved by voice vote.
To see
Article 51.
commission
tion,
if
the
to retain the
Town
will
vote to authorize the conservation
unexpended balance
said funds to be placed
in
of
its
annual appropria-
a conservation fund as authorized by
RSA
36-A:5.
Kurt Olson made a motion
approved by voice vote.
Article 52.
To see
if
the
to approve,
Town
will
seconded by Anne Chapline and
vote to authorize the Selectmen to ac-
in land or money to be deposited
conservation fund for the purposes of contributing to the local
matching portion required for acquiring conservation land or interest in-
cept private donations of land, interest
into the
land and other costs associated therewith for permanent conservation
use under the New Hampshire Land Conservation Program (LCIP) RSA
221 -A, and authorize the Selectmen to apply for and accept the State
matching funds under the LCIP for the purposes of the fee or lesser interest in conservation land. Said appropriated or donated funds and State
matching funds may be expended by majority vote of the conservation
commission.
Kurt Olson made a motion to approve, seconded by Anne Chapline.
William Cooper offered a friendly amendment to subject this to radification at the next annual or Special Town Meeting. This was not accepted
91
�as a friendly amendment. Raymond Charbonneau seconded the amendment as an unfriendly amendment. This was approved by voice vote. The
article as amended was approved by voice vote.
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Conservation
Commission to manage the Town Forest (Tax Map Parcel R62-3) under
the provisions of RSA 31:112 II, and to authorize the placement of any
proceeds which may accrue from said forest management in a separate
forest maintenance fund, which may be allowed to accumulate from year
Article 53.
to
year as authorized by
RSA
31
:1 1
3.
made a motion to approve, seconded by Randy Orvis. A
amendment was offered by William Cooper to add. ..to be held as
a capital reserve. This was accepted as a friendly amendment. After
much discussion, Elmer Barron called the question. The article as
amended was approved by voice vote.
Kurt Olson
friendly
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Conservation
Commission to manage the following parcels of Town property under the
provisions of RSA 36-A:4, These parcels by Tax Map number are: R38-5
(Town Pond), U5-123 (swamp off Union St.), R50-28 (4.5 acres on Mad
Article 54.
River).
John Scruton made a motion to skip to Article 58 and then return. Mary
Barron seconded. After much discussion, Les Pike called the question.
This was approved by voice vote. The motion to skip to 58 was approved
by voice vote.
To see if the Town will vote to require that any time that the
going to purchase or lease equipment or let a contract or conTown is
struction or public works that such a purchase or contract shall be made
after, and only after, it has been advertised for competitive bidding. In the
Article 58.
event of an emergency where a product or service is needed so quickly
so that it is not feasible to advertise for competitive bids, it shall be incumbent upon the Selectmen or other agent of the Town to contact by
telephone or other means at least three providers of the service or product before entering into an agreement to purchase or contract for this
service or product. (By Petition).
,
John Scruton moved
to
adopt Article 58 with amendments to read as
follows:
92
�Town will vote to require that any time that the town is goa purchase of over $2,000.00 or lease equipment with a
lease of over $500.00 or let a contract or construction or public works
To see
ing to
the
if
make
over $2,000.00 that such a purchase or contract shall be
made
after,
and
has been advertised for competitive bidding. In the event of
an emergency where a product or service is needed so quickly so that it
is not feasible to advertise for competitive bids, it shall be incumbent
upon the Selectmen or other agent of the Town to contact by telephone
or other means at least three providers of the service or product before
entering into an agreement to purchase or contract for this service or
only after,
it
product. (By Petition).
This
was seconded by Randy
Orvis and approved by voice vote.
To see if the Town will vote to request that the Board
Selectmen draw up and enact an ordinance governing the safety
Article 59.
swimming pools
in
of
of
town. (By Petition).
Kenneth Dunbar made a motion
William Cooper offered an
the ordinance be voted on
to adopt,
seconded by Kerry Hogan.
amendment seconded by Robert Aiken
1989
in
that
business portion of the meeting.
at the
was not accepted as a friendly amendment. Kurt offered
amendment to the amendment that the ordinance would take
This
a freindly
effect im-
mediately and continue until town meeting acts on it in 1989. This was
accepted as a friendly amendment. Vote on the amendment as amended
was approved by voice vote. The article as amended was approved by
voice vote.
Article 60.
To authorize the Selectmen
to apply for,
accept and expend,
Town Meeting, money from State, Federal
or private source which becomes available
without further action by the
or other
governmental
unit
during the fiscal year.
William Cooper moved to accept the
Cooper and approved by voice vote.
article,
seconded by Catherine
To authorize the Selectmen to withdraw $1 2,524.00 from the
Revenue Sharing Fund to be used as an offset to the purchase of a
bulldozer, trailer bed and housing bay (Article 45). This represents the remainder of the Federal Revenue Sharing fund and must be expended this
Article 61.
year or returned to the Federal government.
Budget Committee).
93
(Recommended by
the
�It was first pointed out tliat the article involved was 46 not 45. This was
a typographical error. William Cooper nnade a nnotion to approve,
seconded by John Scruton and approved by voice vote.
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to
Tax Liens and convey property acquired by the Town by Tax Collector's Deed by Public Auction (or advertised sealed bids) or in such
other manner as determined by the Selectmen as justice may require.
Article 62.
transfer
John Scruton made a motion
and approved by voice vote.
to approve,
seconded by Randy Orvis
To authorize the Selectmen to sell to the highest bidder
municipal vehicles and other equipment as determined by the Selectmen.
Article 63.
John Scruton
made a motion
to approve, duly
seconded and appoved
by voice vote.
This brought us back to Article 54 as previously noted. William Cooper
a motion to take action of Article 56, seconded by Les Pike and ap-
made
proved by voice vote.
To see if the Town will vote to sell that parcel of land on the
Road known as lot 28 on Map R-50 of the Farmington Tax Map. This
Article 56.
River
parcel contains approximately 4.5 acres. (By Petition).
Robert Schulte
made
a motion to approve the article
amended as
follows:
Road known as Lot 28 on Map R-50
Farmington Tax Map. This parcel contains approximately 4.5
acres. This was seconded by Melvin Eaton. John Scruton proposed a
friendly amendment to add: in conjunction with the approval of the Conservation Committee. This was accepted as a friendly amendment. After
much discussion, Elmer Barron moved to call the question. This was approved by voice vote. The petitioner for secret ballot on this article
withdrew the petition. The article was approved by voice vote.
land or a portion thereof on the River
of the
Article 54.
See above
Kurt Olson
made
for
wording of
article
a motion to approve excluding 4.5 acres of
94
Mad
�was seconded by Kerry Hogan. After much discussion,
moved to call the question. This was approved by voice
The article was approved by show of hands after a close voice vote.
River. This
William Cooper
vote.
Article 55. Are you
for
favor of the
in
Town Land on Union
Street being used
a Skating Rink? (By Petition)
Pat Grass
made
much
was approved by
a motion to approve, duly seconded. After
discussion, John Scruton called the question. This
voice vote. The article
was approved by voice
vote.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to sell to William and Betty
Vachon a parcel of land 76 feet by 147 feet on Lone Star Ave. with the
provisions that
it
will
not be resold or built upon. (By Petition).
Thomas Davenhall Jr. moved to approve, seconded by Everett
Pageau. Randy Orvis offered a friendly amendment that it would become
a part of the existing property of William and Betty Vachon and not be
construed as a separate parcel or built upon. This was accepted as a
friendly amendment. John Scruton offered a friendly amendment to give
the authorization to sell to the Selectmen. This as accepted as a friendly
amendment. The article as amended was approved by voice vote.
Article 64.
this
To transact such other business as may
legally
come
before
meeting.
John Scruton
by voice vote.
made
a motion to adjourn, duly seconded and approved
The meeting adjourned
at
1 1
:40 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy
L.
Vickers
Town
95
Clerk
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35^. on
ANNUAL REPORTS
AND
Assessed Valuations
OF THE
TOWN OF
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST
1966
SCHOOL DISTRICT
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�ANNUAL REPORTS
OF TEE
Receipts, Expenditures
and Assessed Valuations
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER
31st.
1966
& SCHOOL
DISTRICT
OF
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOSTER PRESS
FARMINGTON. NEW HAMPSHIRE
�INDEX
TOWN
OFFICERS
3
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
4
TOWN BUDGET
6
TOWN WARRANT
10
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT
14
INVENTORY
16
AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE
19
FINANCIAL REPORT
20
TREASURER'S REPORT
22
TAX COLLECTOR
24
STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS
33
TRUST FUNDS
47
LIBRARY TREASURER
48
TOWN
49
CLERK'S REPORT
VALUATION
50
STOCK IN TRADE TAX
85
SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORTS
87
�TOWN OFFICERS
SELECTMEN
Term expires 1967
Term expires 1968
Term expires 1969
Paul A. Therrlen
Ronald R. Chagnon*
Carroll Kimball
TOWN CLERK
Bertha Y. Pelletier
TREASURER
Rufus
W.
Rundlett
TAX COLLECTOR
Patricia A. Lepene
HEALTH OFFICER
Walter Roulllard
ROAD AGENT
W. Dickie
Kenneth
REPRESENTATIVES
Robert B. Drew
Ralph Canney
MUNICIPAL COURT
Eugene F. Nute, Justice
Eleanor Pre scott, Clerk
POLICE OFFICERS
Carl
W.
Worster,
Sr.
,
Chief
Lloyd Varney Jr. As st. Chief
MODERATOR
Eugene F. Nute
AUDITORS
Arthur G.
Webster
Fred Chesley
TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS
Francis
J.
Mooney
James E. Thayer
Robert B. Hunt
* resigned
Term expires 1967
Term expires 1968
Term expires 1969
�STATEMENT OF SELECTMEN
We, the Selectmen of Farmington, herewith submit our
annual report for the year 1966 for your consideration.
As indicated in our 1965 report, Farmington does now
benefit from the savings made possible by sharing in the
state contracts on purchases. Approximately one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) was saved on the purchase of our
Police Cruiser. Nearly a two thousand dollar ($2,000.00)
saving was realized on the purchase of the new truck,
which is now available as an emergency back-up vehicle.
We are also saving five cents per gallon on our gasoline
purchases over previous years. An added indirect saving
to us is made possible by permitting the State Police unit
in our area to purchase gasoline here at our cost, a saving
Their
of approximately twjelve cents per gallon to them
previous purchases were at private filling stations.
The majority of the town's insurance policies has been
grouped into one major policy. There was a saving here,
We feel
also, as well as greatly increased coverage.
still more improvement is available in this area.
The Sewer Project was given voter approval and is progressing well in final planning.
The Davidson Water Line Extension is now complete and
final payment has been made. The expected surplus on
this project was exhausted by several unauthorized extras
which were installed without our knowledge. Because of
our arrangement in overseeing this project, the town was
still liable for the added costs; and they were paid under
.
protest.
Article
number 19
in our
1967 warrant deserves your spe-
cial attention. Approval of this article will be the start of
a much-needed program to provide our employees with at
least minimal benefits. At present we have only Workman's
Compensation.
As an observation based on present conditions in our
town, we should expect a constant annual rise (over and
above our normal increases in operating costs) in property
taxes.
We
are faced with major repairs and/or replace-
ments plus demands
viduals
tion of
for
added services and programs.
we would
like to fhank the many indiwho served on committees and aided in the Operaour local government. Your help was appreciated.
In concluding,
Thank you
all.
�Respectfully, submitted,
Paul A. Therrien
Carroll H. Kimball
BUILDING COMMITTEE REPORT
Specifications for a storage facility for town equipment
only are in the possession of the Selectmen. A square foot
price estimate is also included. The committee chose not
to submit this as an article for your consideration at this
time.
Due to the expense involved, the committee felt
this should be temporarily delayed until after the sewer
project is finalized cost wise.
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�TOWN WARRANT
STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Farmington, qualified
town affairs:
to vote in
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said
Farmington on Tuesday, the 14th day of March next, at
nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following subjects:
Article
1
To choose one selectman for three years one
one year, a town clerk, a town treasurer,
,
.
selectman
for
a trustee of the trust funds for three years
three budget committee members and all other necessary officers and agents for the ensuing year.
You are also notified to meet at said Town Hall at seven
o'clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, the 15th day
of March, to act on the following subjects:
two auditors
,
,
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate to defray the expenses of general
government as defined in the budget.
Article 2.
to raise
and approcooperation with
state and federal funds for the control of white pine blister
rust within the confines of the town. (By request)
Article 3.
priate the
To see
sum
of
if the town will vote
$200.00 to be used
to raise
in
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate for the Police Department.
Article 4.
to raise
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate for fire protection.
Article 5.
to raise
To see if the town will vote to raise and approof $1,800.00 to be applied to the payments
for services of a district nurse of said town, said funds to
be disbursed through the Farmington Visiting Nurse Associ-
Article 6.
priate the
ation.
sum
(By request)
Article 7.
To see what sum of money the town will vote
to raise and appropriate for the Health Department.
Article 8.
To see what sum of money the town will vote
to raise and appropriate for vital statistics.
10
�.
To see what sum of money the town will vote
summer and winter maintenance
of highways and bridges and for the general expense of the
Highway Department.
Article 9
.
to raise and appropriate for
To see if the town will vote to raise and approsum of $1,033.39 in order to assure State Aid
in the amount of $6,889.29 for the improvement of Class
V Highways
Article 10.
priate the
Article 11.
priate the
To see
sum
of
the town will vote to raise and appro$5,000.00 for the Farmington Public
if
Library Association.
(By request)
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate for old age assistance, town poor
Article 12.
to raise
and soldiers aid.
Article 13. To see what sum of money the town will vote
to raise and appropriate to Clarence L. Perkins Post No.
60 American Legion, to be used
ance
,
for
Memorial Day observ-
.
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate for the care of parks and play-
Article 14.
to raise
grounds
.
Article 15.
priate the
To see if the town will vote to raise and approof $500.00 for the maintenance of the Co-
sum
checo River Project.
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate for the care or removal of dead
trees located specifically on town property.
Article 16.
to raise
To see if the town will vote to authorize the
Selectmen to hire such sums of moneys as may be neces-
Article 17.
sary in anticipation of taxes.
Article 18. To see what purpose or purposes the town will
vote to appropriate the balance of the parking meter fund
not otherwise earmarked and the income over and above the
maintenance expenses, in accordance with the provisions
of Laws of 1947, Chapter 74, Section 2.
11
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To see if the town will vote to raise and approsum of $1 ,836.00 to institute a Group Insurance
Program made available through the New Hampshire Muni-
Article 19.
priate the
cipal Association Insurance Trust.
if the town will vote to raise and appro$140.00 to be contributed to the Armed
Services Committee, Inc. (By request)
To see
Article 20.
priate the
sum
of
Article 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate
a sum not to exceed $2,000.00 with which to provide adequate court room facilities for the Farmington Municipal
Court in accordance with the requirements of RSA 502: 4-
A
(supp)
.
(By request)
if the town wilb authorize the SelectStreet tarred and pay the expense of such
tarring operation from general funds. (By request)
Article 22.
To see
men to have Cross
the town will vote effective as of
conveyance of all property
of the Farmington Village Precinct, to assume all precinct
liabilities and to agree to carry out and perform the purposes and functions of said Precinct in effect as of December 31, 1966, this vote, if in the affirmative to be effect-
Article 23.
To see
December 21, 1966,
ive
if
if
to accept
the said precinct so votes.
To see if the town will vote to authorize the
Selectmen to have all taxable land and buildings in the town
revaluated f or a sum notto exceed $11 ,000.00 (and to issue
serial notes in equal amounts up to a period of five years).
Article 24.
(By request)
To see if the town will vote to raise and approsum not to exceed $25,000.00 through the issuance of serial notes or bond, upon the credit of the town,
to cover the cost of constructing an extension of the municipal water system from existing wells on South Main
Street to Route 11 at Wagon Wheels Corner (Formerly Edger
ly's Corner) using the most expeditious route and thence
for such distance southerly on Route 11 as may be deemed
Article 25.
priate a
advisable so as to supply water to the voters at
Wagon
Wheels Corner and to authorize the Selectmen to determine
the terms and conditions upon which the notes or bond shall
be issued, including their sale and time in place of payment
12
�inaccordance with the provisions of the Municipal Finance
Act (RSA 3 3) and any amendments thereto and further to authorize the Selectmen to seek any federal or state financial
aid available for such a project and to authorize the Selectmen to execute any and all documents necessary to acquire
such financial assistance onbehalf of the Town for this project. (By request)
,
To see if the town will raise and appropriate
a sum not to exceed $25,000.00 for the purchase of a fire
truck, being a combination pumper and tanker type vehicle, and to determine how said appropriation shall be
raised, whether by taxation, borrowing or otherwise and if
Article 26.
by borrowing, to authorize the issuance of serial notes
upon the credit of the town and to further authorize the Selectmen to determine the terms and conditions upon which
such serial notes shall be issued in accordance with RSA
33.
(By request)
To hear reports from the Sewer Committee and
Planning Board and to transact such other business as may
legally come before said meeting.
Article 27.
Article 28
.
To see if the town will vote to adopt the Town
of government as provided in Chapter 37 R
Manager form
S A.
Given under our hands and seal this 27th day of February,
1967.
Paul A. Therrien
Carroll H. Kimball
Selectmen
A
true
copy
of warrant - Attest:
Paul A. Therrien
Carroll H. Kimball
Selectmen
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INVENTORY
VALUATION OF THE TOWN, APRIL
Land and Buildings
Factory Buildings and Land
Public Utilities, Electric
Factory Machinery
House
Stock
Stock
Boats
Dairy
Other
Trailers (25)
in
Trade of Merchants
Manufacturers
in Trade of
and Launches
Cows
(32)
(231)
Cattle (24)
Poultry (1,825)
Gasoline Pumps and Tanks
Road Building and Construction Machinery
Wood, Lumber, Logs, Etc.
Net Valuation Before Exemptions
1,
1966
$3,531,285.00
151,743.00
195,621.00
148,330.00
52,125.00
89,025.00
38,875.00
8,835.00
27,850.00
1,850.00
630.00
4,650.00
21,585.00
900.00
$4,273,304.00
Le s s
War Service Exam.
Blind Exemptions
$257,165,00
4,825.00
6,650.00
350.00
Neatstock Exem.
Poultry Exemptions
268,990.00
Total Exemptions
$
Net Valuation on Which Tax Rate Computed $4,004,314.00
Valuation in Precinct Before Exemptions
$3,433,058.00
223,125.00
Less Total Exemptions
Net Valuation on Which Tax Rate Computed $3,209,933.00
APPROPRIATIONS AND TAXES
Town
Town
Officers' Salaries
Officers' Expenses
Election & Registration Expenses
Municipal Court Expenses
Town Hall & Buildings Maintenance
Social Security & Retirement Contributions
Police Department
Parking Meter Income
Fire Department
16
3,720.00
5,500.00
800.00
1,100.00
6,600.00
1,788.00
15,250.00
944.12
500.00
�Building Committee
Visiting Nurse
Vital Statistics
$
Dump and Health Department
Summer Maintenance
Winter Maintenance
General Expense of HighwayTown Road Aid
Libraries
Old Age Assistance
Town Poor
Veterans' Aid
Memorial Day Expense
Parks and Playgrounds
River Maintenance
Removal of Trees
Recondition Grader
New
Truck
Police Cruiser
Tables
Payment on Debt
Payment on Interest
Balance Davidson Rubber a/c
$
Less:
100.00
1,800.00
100.00
1,800.00
15,750.00
11,750.00
9,000.00
1,040.44
4,500.00
12,500.00
5,000.00
800.00
350.00
500.00
275.00
1,000.00
7,000.00
5,800.00
1,932.35
750.00
10,000.00
4,950.00
455.87
133,355.78
Estimated Revenues and Credits
Interest and Dividend
Tax
$
Railroad Tax
Savings Bank Tax
Reimbursement State & Federal Lands
Reimbursement Old Age Recoveries
Revenue from Yield Tax Sources
Interest Received on Taxes & Deposits
Business Licenses, Permits & Filing Fees
Dog Licenses
Motor Vehicle Permit Fees
Rent of Town Property
Sale of Tax Deeded Property
Fines & Forfeits, Municipal Court
Parking Meter Income
Poll Taxes
'
944. 12
Cash Surplus
Interest Income
Total Revenues
Davidson Rubber Co.
& Credits
17
7,259.45
57.83
801.33
15.00
350.00
773.72
2,000.00
250.00
1,000.00
24,500.00
500.00
3,000.00
1,300.00
$
2,602.00
12,800.00
3,850 .00
62,976.15
�Net Town Appropriation
Net School Appropriation
County Tax Assessment
Total of Town, School and County
Plus: Overlay
Amount to Be Raised by Property Tax
$
$
$
70,379.63
158,755.12
15,554.01
244,688.76
3,578.71
248,267.47
TAX RATE
Farmington's 1966 Tax Rate
$68.20 per thousand
$18.50 was spent for Town Government
3.90 was for County Government
39.60 was for your schools
6
.
20
was
for Precinct
$68.20
The chart below shows the approximate percentage of
how the tax dollar was spent.
�BONDED DEBT
3-1/2%
Original Amount Issued
$
110,000.00
$
Date of Issue - December 1, 1965
Principal Maturity Date - December
10,000.00
100,000.00
1
Interest payable dates - June 1 and December
Principal each year
$10,000.00
Maturities year end
-
December
1,
1
1976
AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE
We hereby
certify that we have examined the accounts
selectmen, tax collector, town clerk, town treasurer, trustees of the trust funds and municipal court, have
compared their several accounts vouchers and bank statement of funds on deposit and find these accounts in agreement and believe these reports to be a true account of the
town business for the year ending December 31, 1966.
of the
,
March
1,
1967
Arthur G.
Webster
Fred H. Chesley
Auditors
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�FINANCIAL REPORT
ASSETS
Cash
�Davidson Rubber Water Line Extension
Bond & Retirement Taxes
Rent of Kitchen Equipment
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Assets
Liabilities
Net Surplus
$158,957.97
154,991.48
$
3,966.49
21
9,872.42
301.80
82.93
$154,991.48
$
�TREASURER'S REPORT
$ 96,475.65
Cash on Hand, January 1, 1966
Taxes Received, Patricia Lepene, Collector
Property, Polls, Sewer and Yield:
32.40
$
1963
12.00
1964
72,833.49
1965
215,207.33
1966
1,390.54
Interest received on Taxes
Town Clerk: Bertha Y.
Dog Licenses
Pelletier
909.60
24,392.15
Auto Permits
Candidate Filings
10.00
Collector: Patricia Lepene
Head Taxes & Penalties
Taxes Redeemed & Interest
on same
8,962.00
2
Received from Selectmen's Office
Rent of Town Hall & Property
Pistol Permits
Other Licenses & Permits
Parking Meter Receipts
Fines from Parking Meters
Municipal Court Fines & Forfeits
Refund & Recoveries
All
Commission on Head Taxes
Sale of Town Property
New Hampshire
T.R.A.
Road Toll Refund
Railroad Taxes
Interest & Dividend Tax
Saving Bank Tax
Reimbursement on Bounties
Reimbursement State & Federal
Land
Reimbursement State Police
,202 .82
1,033.00
74.00
285.00
1,553.32
154.50
1 ,546.91
8,031.99
524.30
3,610.00
Treasurer State of
Gas
2,898.80
559.44
57.83
7,259.45
801.33
1.50
20.50
950.25
859.75
Old Age Recoveries
22
�Temporary Notes
$
Transferred from Saving Account
Total
Total Receipts
Payment
Outstanding Checks
Total Payment
for
Cash on Hand, January
1,
,
$498,610.03
Selectmen's Orders Paid
Cash Reserved
85,000.00
45 300.00
$486,474.20
$582,949.85
of
11
,287.67
$509,897.70
1967
$
Rufus
73,052.15
W.
Rundlett
Town Treasurer
23
�REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
PROPERTY, POLL, YIELD
AND SEWER
TAXES
LEVY OF 1966
-DRTaxes Committed to Collector:
Property
Taxes
National Bank Stock Taxes
Sewer
Total Warrant
Poll
Yield Taxes
$268,169.06
2,602.00
972.70
1,620.00
$273,363.76
�Property Taxes
$
Taxes
Added Polls
Yield Taxes
Poll
74,748.24
1,064.00
162.00
193.85
$
Interert Collected During Fiscal Year
Ended December 31, 1966
TOTAL DEBITS
76,168.09
1,380.54
$
77,548.63
$
72,754.19
$
73,
-CRRemittances to Treasurer During Fiscal
Year Ended December 31, 1966:
Property Taxes
Taxes
Yield Taxes
Poll
$
70,233.30
980.00
160.35
Interest collected
During Year
1,380.54
Abatements Made During Year:
Property Taxe s
623.84
$
Poll Taxes
36.00
719.84
�-CRRemittances to Treasurer:
5,115.00
Head Taxes
$
28.50
Penalties
$
5,143.50
Uncollected Head Taxes -As Per Collector's
3,500.00
List
TOTAL CREDITS
$
8,643.50
$
3,475.00
LEVY OF 1965
-DRUncollected Taxes -As of January
1,
1966
Added Taxes During 1966
450.00
Penalties Collected During 1966
265.50
TOTAL DEBITS
$
4,190.50
$
3,420.50
-CRRemittances to Treasurer During 1966:
Head Taxes
$
Penalties
3,155.00
265.50
Abatements During 1966
315.50
Uncollected Head Taxes -As Per Collector's
455.00
List
TOTAL CREDITS
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$
4,190.50
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LEVY OF 1965
Burby, Robert E. & Margaret
Burby, Robert E. & Margaret
Burrows, Ivadell Estate
$
Clements, C. Gordon
Glidden, Frank & Rose M.
Gould, Hazel B.
Gould, Hazel B.
Guilmet, Rudolph & Diane
Leahy, James F.
Lou gee, Walter Estate
Mapes, Inc. Harry A.
Modern Heel Company
Mooney, G. F. & Son
Mudgett, Robert & Marjorie
Palmer, Roscoe H.
Rock, Antress J. & Gporge Carter
Smith, Irving Jr. & Linda
Staples, Bernard
Tebbetts, Rodney & Fletcher, Herbert
Whitehouse, Fred L. Jr. & Ellen T.
Smith, Irving Jr. & Linda
28
255.27
30.13
82.67
114.08
418.22
17.17
117.26
23.51
317.76
131.48
286.11
749.55
3,035.18
293.60
7.62
16.50
5.71
J,
389.43
5.85
69.66
48.97
$6,415.73
�SUMMARY OF
RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand,
Jan. 1, 1966
From Local Taxes
From Tax Sales Redeemed
From State of New Hampshire
All Licenses and Permits
Fines and Forfeits
Rent of Town Property
From Parking Meters
From Parking Meter Fines
Interest Received
From Head Taxes and Penalties
Commission for Collecting Head Taxes
Rent of Kitchen Equipment
Refunds and Recoveries
Sale of Town Property Taken by Tax Deed
Transferred from Savings a/c with Interest
Temporary Notes
$
96,475.65
288,085.22
1,966.22
13,408.85
25,670.75
1,546.91
1,031.00
1,553.32
154.50
1,627.14
8,962.00
524.30
2
.
00
8,031.99
3,610.00
45,300.00
85,000.00
$582,949.85
RECEIPT DETAILS
DETAIL
1
Cash on Hand,
DETAIL
Jan. 1, 1966
$
96,475.65
2
FROM LOCAL TAXES
1966
1965
1964
1963
$215,207.33
72,833.49
Taxes
Taxes
Taxes
Taxes
DETAIL
12.00
32.40
$288,085.22
3
TAX SALES REDEEMED
$
Levy
Levy
Levy
Levy
43.19
1,252.96
497.37
172.70
1,966.22
$
of 1962
7,259.45
$
of 1963
of 1964
of 1965
DETAIL
Interest
4
STATE OF
& Dividend Tax
NEW HAMPSHIRE
29
�Savings Bank Tax
801.33
57.83
20.50
$
Railroad Tax (1964)
Reimbursement State & Federal Land
Reimbursement on Bounties
1.50
Old Age Recoveries
Road Toll Refund
Reimbursement on TRA
Reimbursement State Police Gas
$
DETAIL
859.75
559.44
2,898.80
950.25
13,408.85
5
ALL LICENSES
AND PERMITS
Bertha Y. Pelletier, Auto Permits
Bertha Y. Pelletier, Dog Licenses
$
24,392 15
909 60
Beano Licenses
Taxi Licenses
Pool Room License
Motor Junk Dealer Licenses
Filing Fees
37 Pistol Permits
(5)
140
30
40
75
00
00
00
00
10 00
74, 00
$2.00
$
DETAIL
25,670.75
6
MUNICIPAL COURT FINES AND FORFEITS
Municipal Court
$
$
RENT OF
Town Hall
Town Property
406.00
625.00
1,031.00
1,553.32
$
154.50
7
Rent of
Rent of
$
$
DETAIL
1,546.91
DETAIL
TOWN
PROPERTY
8
PARKING METERS
Collections
DETAIL
9
PARKING METER FINES
Income from Fines
DETAIL 10
INTEREST RECEIVED
From 1963 Taxes
From 1964 Taxes
From 1965 Taxes
5.22
.85
1,380.54
30
�Taxes
1966
1962
1963
1964
1965
DETAIL
$
Redeemed
Redeemed
Redeemed
Redeemed
3.93
9.92
203.63
22.28
$
From
From
From
From
From
1,627.14
$
33.00
3,785.50
5,143.50
8,962.00
Taxes
Taxes
Taxes
Taxes
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HEAD TAXES AND PENALTIES
1964 Head Taxes and Penalties
1965 Head Taxes and Penalties
1966 Head Taxes and Penalties
$
DETAIL 12
COMMISSION FOR COLLECTING HEAD TAXES
Commission
Commission
Taxes
Taxes
$
of 1966
319.90
204.40
524.30
$
of 1965
2.00
$
63.00
138.00
378.39
2.00
1.80
10.00
10.00
48.00
15.00
10.00
$
DETAIL 13
RENT OF KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
Rent of Gas
DETAIL 14
REFUNDS AND RECOVERIES
Ernest Cardinal Truck and Labor
Walter Fisher, Grader Work
John H. Cardinal, Sewer Pipe
Tibbetts Lumber Co. Inc.
Broom
Robert Drew, Salt
Republican Town Committee Recount
Philip Tarmey, Hot Mix and Labor
,
,
,
,
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
Norris Oilman, Salt
Loader
,
Fred Angell Reimbursement for Aid
Farmington Insurance Agency, Glass Breakage,
3,144.80
Town Shed, Town Hall & Contents
200.00
Farmington School District, Tree Removal
20.00
R. E. Clark, Truck and Labor
,
Davidson Rubber Co. Inc. Reimbursement
In1;erest Payment
Drain Pipe
J. Walter Lougee
Urban A. Bean Construction, Truck
Paul A. Therrien, Broom and Table
,
,
,
31
3,850.00
20.00
9.00
5.00
�James Goodell Table
500 Boys Club, Tables
Elmer Clough, Tree Removal
$
Atlantic Terminal, Deposit on 2
3.00
12.00
80.00
12.00
$
,
8,031.99
Drums
DETAIL 15
SALE OF
3
Parcels
TOWN PROPERTY TAKEN BY TAX DEED
Town Property
$
3,610.00
DETAIL 16
SAVINGS
ACCOUNT (DAVIDSON'S WATER
Balance of Savings Account Transferred
Interest on Account
EXT.)
$
45,000.00
300.00
45,300.00
$
8
$
DETAIL 17
TEMPORARY NOTES
Farmington National Bank
32
5,000.00
�1
DETAILED STATEMENT
OF PAYMENTS
SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS
Town
Officers' Salaries
$
Auto Permits
Town
Officers' Expense
Social Security
Election and Registration
Municipal Court
Municipal Court Expense
Town Hall Expenses
Police Department
Fire Department
3,570.00
1,289.50
5,768.16
1,913.16
751.41
1,100.00
276.00
7
,
549
.
7
15,788.65
487.63
Bounties
.75
Civil Defense
Health Department
Farmington Visiting Nurse
Vital Statistics
Sewer Maintenance
Recondition Grader
Summer Maintenance
Winter Maintenance
Davidson Rubber Water Extension
Interest on Bond Issue
New Truck
Police Cruiser
Removal of Trees
River Maintenance
General Highway Expense
Town Road Aid
Town Road Aid
10.44
1,585.03
1,800.00
90.00
1,993.39
6,866.37
13,073.00
12,131.65
60 , 308 . 08
3,850.00
5,689.94
1,932.35
1,280.00
447.85
10,556.48
1
Farmington Public Library
Old Age Assistance
Town Poor
Soldiers' Aid
Memorial Day Expense
Parks and Playgrounds
Damages and Legal Expenses
Abatements
Interest
Bond Issue
County Tax
Refunds
Farmington School District
Farmington Village Precinct
33
,
040 . 44
2,899.50
4,500.00
12,632.25
7,450.47
1,907.18
350.00
274.64
31.55
1,039,84
1,297.50
10,000.00
15,554.01
73.00
169,380.04
19,901.59
�Parking Meters
Parking Meter Fines
Bond and Retirement Taxes
Sale of Town Property taken by Tax Deed
1965 Tax Sale
New Tables
Rent of Kitchen Equipment
$
Temporary Loans
1965 Head Taxes
1966 Head Taxes
Overpayment on Taxes
457.44
24.15
265.84
86.09
6,588.43
645.75
13.25
85,000.00
5,370.00
2,970.00
35
.
19
$509,897.70
DETAIL
1
TOWN
OFFICERS' SALARIES
Arthur G. Webster, Auditor
Peter CoUay, Auditor
Paul A. Therrien, Chairman Selectmen
$
50.00
50.00
900.00
450.00
600.00
300.00
200.00
40.00
63.75
576.25
340.00
3,570.00
$
1,289.50
$
1,452.38
157.63
31.50
1,009.65
228.00
2,635.00
254.00
5,768.16
$
Ronald R. Chagnon, Selectman
Carroll H. Kimball, Selectman
Rufus Rundlett, Treasurer
Bertha Pelletier, Town Clerk
Alberta L. Ferland, Tax Collector
Norman L. Kimball, Tax Collector
Alberta Mosher, Tax Collector
Patricia A. Lepene, Tax Collector
Appropriation
Expenditures
$
Unexpended Balance
$
3,720.00
3,570.00
150.00
DETAIL la
Bertha Y. Pelletier,
DETAIL
AUTO PERMITS
Town Clerk, Auto Permits
2
TOWN
OFFICERS' EXPENSE
Office Supplies, notices, postage, reports,
transfer cards etc.
,
Dues
State Treasurers reports
Insurance
Telephone
Labor
Mileage for Year
$
34
�Appropriation
Expenditures
Overdraft
DETAIL
$
$
5,500.00
5,768.16
268.16
3
SOCIAL SECURITY
State Treasurer
Appropriation
Employees, Contribution
Overdraft
DETAIL 4
ELECTION & REGISTRATION
March Election
Two Sessions Supervisors Checklist, June
September Election
November Election
Appropriation
Reimbursed Recount
Total Available
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
DETAIL
5
Salaries
Appropriation
Expenditures
Balance or Overdraft
$
�RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand^ January
1, 1966
Balance Checking Account, January
Received fines and fees
Received Small Claims Fees
Received Small Claims
Received restitution. Juveniles
1,
1966
$
4,069.00
6.00
301.64
16.00
4,392.64
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid Department of Safety
$
Paid Small Claims
Bail paid Superior Court
Paid Town of Farmington
Paid Town of Farmington, Small Claims Fees
Paid Witness Fees
Paid Court Supplies
Paid Farmington Police Dept. Restitution Damages
Paid Municipal Court Judge's Association, Fee
Paid Department Employment Security
Refund, Overpayment Bail
Paid, Clerk's Bond
Paid N.H. Probation Dept., Restitution per
Court Order
Paid Robert Lord, Accident
Balance Checking Account, December 31, 1966
,
1
�men and otherwise
count balance of
$
properly receipted for with a checking ac-
remaining.
Eugene Nute
Justice
DETAIL
7
TOWN HALL
Stoker Coal
EXPENSES
�$
Fire
150.00
487.63
$
.75
$
Hose
10.44
$
$500.00
487.63
$ 12.37
Appropriation
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
DETAIL 10
BOUNTIES
1
Hedge Hog
DETAIL 11
CIVIL DEFENSE
Supplies
$823.98
10.44
$813.54
Balance from 1965
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
DETAIL 12
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Labor
Dump Fire, April 26, 1966
Supplies
Insurance
Health Officer, Salary and Expenses
Appropriation
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
DETAIL 13
FARMINGTON VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION
Appropriation
Expenditures
Balance or Overdraft
$
1,800.00
1,800.00
$
ANNUAL REPORT OF CALLS MADE BY THE VISITING NURSE
11
Calls Reported by Physicians
Calls Reported by Family or
Other Sources
8
Fee Basis:
No-Charge Calls (Sch. Visits) 595
207
Full Pay Calls
38
�85
887
1,552
954
Free Calls
Total Visits Made
Hours on Duty
Miles Traveled
New Cases
Cases Discharged
19
4
Fees Collected
$
367.50
Special Activities of Nurse
Operation Headstart - Director
1
2. Special Workshop for School-Nurse Teacher
3. Two Special Meetings on Medicare in Concord
.
Respectfully Submitted,
R. N. Feeney,
R.N.
Barbara G. Drew, R.N.
Visiting Nurse, Farmington, N.H.
DETAIL 14
VITAL STATISTICS
$
90.00
$
Bertha Pelletier
588.44
$
5,303.22
1 ,404.95
6,708.17
$100.00
90.00
$ 10.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
DETAIL 15
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Sewer Cleaner
Sewer Tax
Reimbursement on Pipe
$1,620.00
378. 29
$1,998.39
Expenditures
593.44
Balance to Trustees of Trust Fund 1,404.95
Total Available
DETAIL 15a
CAPITAL RESERVE
FUND
Balance January 1, 1966
Balance of Sewer a/c to Trustees of Trusi Fund
Balance January 1 1967
,
DETAIL 16
RECONDITION GRADER
39
$
�$
9,899.64
$
Appropriation from Surplus
6,866.37
$
Repairs to Grader
2,329.32
844.04
13,073.00
&
$7,000.00
6,866.37
133.63
$
Debt a/c
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
DETAIL 17
SUMMER MAINTENANCE
Labor
Hot Mix, Road Oil, Culverts, Pipe,
Weed
Killer, Etc.
Paving Gutters
,
Main Square
$15,750.00
67.00
$15,817.00
13,073.00
$ 2,744.00
Appropriation
Refunds & Receipts
Total Available
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
DETAIL 18
WINTER MAINTENANCE
Labor
Plowing sidewalks. Trucks and Dozer
Cold Patch, Snow Fence and supplies
Salt, Liquid Ice Free
$
$
9,341.62
883.80
892.62
1,013.61
12,131.65
$11,750.00
257.80
$12,007.80
12,131.65
123.85
$
Appropriation
Reimbursement
Total Available
Expenditures
Overdraft
DETAIL 19
DAVIDSON RUBBER WATER EXTENSION
Sprague Brothers Contract work
Worthington Corp. Watchdog Meter
C. H. Sullivan, Work on Pump Station
,
$
,
$
Balance Dec. 31, 1965
Transferred from savings a/c
Interest on Savings a/c
Appropriation
Total Available
40
$24,424.63
45,000.00
300.00
455.87
$70,180.50
59,601.98
374.85
331.25
60,308.08
�Expenditures
Balance December 31, 1966
$60,308.08
$ 9,872.42
DETAIL 20
INTEREST
ON BOND
ISSUE
Farmington National Bank
$
3,850.00
3,850.00
$
5,689.94
$
1,932.35
1,932.35
Appropriation
DETAIL 21
NEW TRUCK
New
Truck, Plow, Body, Accessories,
Old Truck
Appropriation from Surplus &
Debt a/c
Expenditures
$5,800.00
5,689.94
110.06
$
Unexpended Balance
DETAIL 22
POLICE CRUISER
Cruiser
Appropriation
DETAIL 23
REMOVAL OF TREES
R.
C. Clark Removal
c
�Gas and
Oil
�s
$
Joseph Vachon
Zelma Tibbetts
Diane Emerson
600.00
674.40
45.40
1,052.49
10.00
18.00
117.00
226.45
300.92
23.77
30.00
1,830.33
495.55
$
7,450.47
$
Alfred Jutras
1,907.18
$
350.00
350.00
Sr.
Fred Angell
Russell Hussey
Geneva Thlvedeau
Richard Walbridge
Ralph Hussey, Jr.
Leland Noye
Rita Glidden
Care of Children
Care of Children
Cancer Commission
43. 79
$5,000.00
Appropriation
Refund, F. Angell
Total Available
Expenditures
Overdraft
10.00
$5,010.00
7,450.47
$2,440.47
DETAIL 31
SOLDIERS AID
4
cases aided
800.00
1,907.18
$1,10 7.18
Appropriation
Expenditures
Overdraft
$
DETAIL 32
MEMORIAL DAY EXPENSE
C. L. Perkins Post #60
Appropriation
DETAIL 33
PARKS
Lights
,
Skating Rink
AND PLAYGROUNDS
�DETAIL 34
�DETAIL 42
PARKING METERS
Meter Men
Counting Coins
43.50
49.86
155.41
31.25
62.42
114.00
457.44
$
General Supplies and Repairs
Stamps and Office Supplies
Signs
Earle Tuttle, Repairs for Year
$
DETAIL 43
PARKING METER FINES
Osgood Pharmacy, Collecting Fines
24.15
$•
DETAIL 44
BOND & RETIREMENT
TAXES
State Treasurer
DETAIL 45
SALE OF
265.84
$
TOWN
PROPERTY TAKEN BY TAX DEED
Farmington Village Precinct, Water
Bill
York
$
86.09
$
6,588.43
$
645.75
$
13.25
$
Property
85,000.00
DETAIL 46
1965 TAX SALE
196 5 Taxes Bought by
Town
DETAIL 47
NEW
New
TABLES
Tables and Carts
Appropriation
Refund on Old Tables
Total Available
Expenditures
$750.00
Unexpended Balance
$122.25
18.00
$768.00
645. 75
DETAIL 48
RENT OF KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
Suburban Propane, 100# Gas
DETAIL 49
TEMPORARY LOANS
Farmington National Bank
45
�DETAIL 50
1965
HEAD TAXES
State Treasurer
$
Town of Farmington
Tax Collector
$
4,913.00
319,90
137,10
5,370.00
DETAIL 51
1966
HEAD TAXES
$
State Treasurer
Town
2,678.00
204.40
87.60
2,970.00
$
35.19
$
of Farmington
Tax Collector
DETAIL 52
OVERPAYMENT ON TAXES
Alberta L. Ferland, Refund Overpayment
46
�TRUST FUNDS
Isabella Billings Trust Fund:
221 shares First National Bank of Boston
Farmington National Bank:
On deposit January 1 1966
Income during year
Income during year
Balance end of year
,
Town
of Farmington,
On
$
4,517.05
$
6,576.80
552.52
$
7,401.19
271 .87
Sewer Fund:
8,609.94
2,438.37
375.37
$11,423.68
1966
$
Annie Edgerly Thayer Fund:
On deposit January 1 1966
$
deposit January
1
,
New Funds
Interest
Balance end of year
,
Interest
$
Expended
Balance end
of year
$
47
1,701.28
66.38
1,767.66
57.80
1,709.86
�FARMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ASS 'N.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
January
1
,
1967
RECEIPTS
Cash on Hand, January
�TOWN
CLERK'S REPORT
1966 Auto Permits and Transfers:
2579 Permits issued
$24,392.15
Paid to Treasurer
Filing of Candidates for Biennial Elections
Paid to Treasurer (Filing Fees)
359 Dog Licenses Issued (401 Dogs)
Licenses
$888.00
Penalties
93.00
$981.00
10.00
�INVENTORY
OF THE
REAL ESTATE
OF
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
AS ASSESSED TO THE
RESIDENT
& NON-RESIDENT
OWNERS
April 1, 1966
50
�.
INVENTORY OF TAXPAYERS
NAME
Adams, John C. & Agnes
Adams Bertha M
L & B Central St.
P.
,
1/8
30
A
A
10 A
Adams, Roger C.
Adams, Sarah L. & Horace 1-1/2 A
20 A
Aiken, Oscar S.
30
8
10
101
10
Aiken, Vaughn V. & Ethel L.
Alden, Arthur G.
Allard, Leopold & Yvette
63
Allen, Bernard T.
Allen, Jessie A.
Allfrey, Leslie F= & Alice M.3/4
6-1/2
Amoto, Lena & Gasper
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Amsden, Howard P. & Mabel M.
Anderson, George V. & Eliz. C.
Arnold, Samuel V,
Arsenault, Joseph A. & Pearl I.
Auclair, Albany W. & Ethel M.
2 A
Auclair, Existe & Harriet L.
Avery, Frank Est.
1/4 A
Avery, Georgia I.
3/4 A
Bachman, Carl G. &
18 A
Marjorie H.
Bain, Raymond & Theora W,
66 A
Baker, Albert W. & Thelma B.
Baldwin, Carl
Banister, Ellen C.
Barber, Maurice A. & Carolyn" L.
Barcomb, Louis & Evelyn S.
$
�Barden, Leslie O. &
�.
.
Blake, Homer C. &
Mary
C. S. Downs Place
H. Downs Place
L & B Chestnut Hill Rd.
L & B Central St.
L & B Water St.
L & B E. Grove St.
L & B Mechanic St.
L & B 8 Tappan St.
Land Silver St.
L & B Cor. Maple St. & Ct.
L & B High St.
70
S.
120
100
J.
Blanchard, Carl C. & Eva C.
Blouin, Paul E. & Simonne
Bodge, Bertina C. Est.
Bokley, Maxine L.
Boothby, Lloyd B. & Bernice
22
Borden, Frank H. Est.
Boston, John Joseph
1/2
Boucher, Arthur & Janet
Boulay, Raymond F. &
Mildred D.
Bowden, Harold R. & Alice V,
Bowden, Seymour N. & Mary F.
Bowden, Barbara L. (Beers)
Bowser, Iris E.
Boyd, John A. Est.
4
Bradley, Nellie F. &
Chittick Evelyn
Bready, Annie R.
35
Brimfield Realty Corp.
Brock, Albert J.
Brooks, Olive L,
60
100
A
,
Kenneth E
.
A
A Winkley
& Ethel A.
Brooks , Rhea
Brooks, Alice
Brough, Marshall K.
5e
Mary
L & B School St.
Charles St.
L 5c B Central St.
Land Rochestipr Rd.
E.
Brough, Marshall K. &
Huckins , Walter
Brown, Arthur & Elizabeth
Brown , Bernice E
Brown, Edward C. & Nellie H.
Brown, Ellis G. & Addie M.
50 A
Brown, Ralph W. & Thelma J.
Browne, Jennie H. &
Davis, Norma B.
Browne, Ira S. & Mildred K.
Bubier, Victor J. & Mildred E.
Buck. Thomas H. & Mildred
40 A
Pasture
& B Central St.
& B Spring St.
& New bldg. Spring St.
& Apt, House Spring St.
& B Spring St.
& B Watson Cor.
Land Watson Cor.
L & Trailer Spring St.
L & B Elm St.
Land from C. Tibbetts
L & B Elm St.
L & Garage Elm St.
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
&
&
&
&
&
&
&
L
L
L
L
& B Grove St.
& B N. Main St'.
& Trailer Green St
& Camp Waldron Cross Rd.
53
B
B
B
B
B
B
18
Summer
St.
St.
123 Central St.
Pearl Lane
Pearl Lane
Ten Rod Rd.
16 E. Grove
225.
1,100.
2,750.
2,750,
2,750,
2,750,
550,
225.
60.
1,650.
3,750.
110.
L
L
L
L
L
L
Garage S. Main
4,400.
2,200.
3,850.
3,200.
3,625.
3,300,
A Land
Brooks, John P.
Brooks
L & B 15 E. Grove St.
L & B 25 Glen St.
L & B Glen Ct.
Garage Glen Ct.
L & B from L. Gordon
Woodlot R. Waldron Pond
L & B Meaderboro Rd.
L & B Tappan St.
250,
450.
5,500.
St.
3,300.
660.
330.
3,025.
1,650.
9,900.
6,600.
1,250.
2,750.
110.
2,600.
2,200.
175.
1,650.
550.
5,500.
3,100.
1,650.
3,300.
2,600.
2,200.
2,750.
4,400.
3,300.
3,700.
450.
�. .
.
Bunker, Basel B. &
Crowley, E Stella
Buote Donald E
,
L & B Watson Cross Rd.
30
75
40
85
100
Burby, Robert E. & Margaret A.
Buote, John A. & Lillian
2
Burke Gertrude I
1/2
Burleigh, Luvera A.
Burnham, Doris I. & Robert R.
Burnham Lindon P & Eva M
Burno, Clifford A.
,
.
,
Bush, Charles N. & Alicia E.
Butler, Charles
Butler, James
C.
48
M.
Calo, GuiUomo & Margaret M.
J. & Barbara L.
Cameron, Albert
10
Cameron, Albert
J. Jr.
Cameron, Donald A. & Jean E.
Cameron,
Cameron,
Cameron,
Cameron,
Edward & Carolyn
George
John B.
Lawrence E.
40
Cameron, Robert
B.
CampbeU, Wilfred
Margaret
Jr.
M.
&
�Canney, Alice L.
Canney Carl B. & Alice L.
Canney, Herbert E.
Canney, Ralph W.
Canney, Ralph W. & Ethel
Canney, Richard H.
Carberry, James F. & Sarah L
Card, W. Lloyd
Cardinal, Carroll C. &
Geraldine A.
Cardinal, Carroll D. &
P. Jayne
Cardinal, Ernest Joseph
Cardinal, Ernest & Alice
37
A
Cardinal, Ernest & John
Cardinal, Joan
Cardinal, John
Cardinal,
Cardinal,
Cardinal,
Cardinal,
Cardinal,
Cardinal,
Cardinal,
Jr.
John C. & Bernice F.
Helen R.
Leo H.
Stella
8
6
A
A
M.
& Yvette L.
Raymond B. & Rita 17 A
Leon
J.
Samuel
Carey, Marcus P. & Marion C.
Carlsen, Bernice M. &
Everett C.
150 A
Carlsen, Ruth B. &
Everett C.
61
A
Carlson, Jeannette E.
Caron, Rosaire E. &
Sandra L.
7 A
Carter, Lizzie Heirs
5 A
Carver, Florence E, &
Bogan, Edith E.
Casavant, Walter & Rita
11 A
Chagnon, Roland C. & Imogene N.
15
A
�.
Chagnon, Roland C. &
Imogene N.
23
A
Barker
Meadow
Land from Marcel
Chagnon, Ronald N. &
Lorraine
J.
Chamberlain, Lewis B. &
Irene
W.
Chamberlain, Roscoe G. &
Nellie C.
Champagne, Ernest & Lucy L.
Champagne, Francis & Gladys
Champagne, Hervey L. & Rita
Champagne, Yvonne
Chandler,
fella J.
Chapman, Donald H.
Jr.
L & B s/s Meaderboro Rd.
& Florence
Chapman, Donald H. &
150
Violet I.
A
Chase, Curtis W. & Mildred L.
Chase Howard E
100 A
,
Chasse, Felix L.
Cheney, Arnold J. H.
Chesley, Douglas & Donna
Chesley, Fred H. & Mary P.
Chesley, Harry M. & Grace L.
3
Chesley, Norman & Clara I.
Chesley, Norman Jr. & Donna
Chesley, Ralph J.
200
Choate, Charles H. &
Martha S.
Christian Ridge Enterprises, Inc.
Cilley, Clifton H. & Margaret
Clair, John M. & Christine V.
Clark,
Maude
F.
M.
A
440.
110.
�.
Cleaves, Joseph W. Jr.
1/4 A
& Columbine
Cleaves, Walter T. & Elaine
Clements, C. Gordon
Clough, Eli & Melva
Clough, Elmer F. & Gertrude
M.
Clough, Sharon &
Meader, Maurice D.
Cloutman, John F. Est.
Colbath, Floyd N.
Colbath, Harry G.
Colbath, Ronald J. &
22
20
Pauline L.
Colby, Walter F. & Dorothy A.
Cole, Frances V.
Collay, Peter N. & Winifred G.
Connell, James Heirs
30
Connor, Frederick W. & Zelma G,
Connor, Theodore E. & Frances L
Conrad, Andrew R. &
10
Gladys T.
Cook, Ernest H. & Aurore M.
Corson, Murle A.
1/4
Coulombe, Agnes N.
Coulombe, Harvey A. &
Marion A.
Couture Joseph A. & Edna C
Crosby, Frank H. Heirs
Crowley, Cornelius J. &
,
Jeanne B.
Crowley, Jeanne B.
Currier, Albert
Ciorrier,
11
7
W.
Charles F. &
Merle B.
6
40
Currier, Fred E.
& Eleanor W.
7
Currier, Marion W.
Ballderelli,
Currier, Merle B.
Charles F.
Currier, Ray B.
&
Mary C.
50
20
&
12
�Ciirrier
�.
DeGennaro, Benjamin & Barbara H.
Delan, Maude L.
80 A
DellOrfano, Peter A.
Demerritt, Rosbert E.
Mildred A.
& Rhodes, Bemlce L. &
,
Edward
Derby, Richard E. & Evelyn
Devoid, Edna F. Est.
M.
Dewing, Bemice E. & Robert K.
Dexter, Fred E. & Florence O.
Dickie, Bessie M. Est.
Dickie, Charles W. Kenneth
& Ralph I
,
Dickie, Kenneth H. &
W.
�Dube
,
Raymond E . &
Ethilla
�Emerson, Nellie M.
Emery, Thelma A.
Emery, Grace M.
1-1/4 A
L & B Central St.
L & B 30 Bunker St.
8 A L & B Ten Rod Rd.
50 A Duquette Lot
L & B Lone Star Ave.
L & B 39 Lone Star Ave.
L & B Winter St.
L & B S. Main St.
L & B Elm St.
70 A Amazeen Farm
Land from Jos. Vachon
8 A Land from R. White
3 A Land from Geo. Corson
L & B S. Main St.
Erickson, Evelyn C.
Evans, Alice M.
Fall, Leba M.
Norman E. & Jane C.
Rose E.
Farmington Cemetery Assoc.
Fall,
Fall,
Farmington Country Club
Farmington Holding Corp.
Farmington Industrial Dev. Corp.
Farmington, National Bank
Fecteau, James R. &
Barbara T.
Fennell, Earle F.
Fenton, Doris W.
Fentross, John J.
Ferland,
Ferland,
Ferland,
Fernald,
60
4/5
125
Emil R. & Louise M.
Robert A. & Eileen V.
Robert W. & Alberta L.
G. Winfield & Abbie S.
29
30
Fernandez, Arthur F. &
Catherine E.
Ferrigan, John F. & Phyllis E.
Fifield, Albert D.
Financial Inst, of America, Inc.
Fischer, Walter W. & Mary I.
Fisher, Ira G. Est.
Foley, Donald C. & Ellen I.
Foley, Harold T. & Mildred C.
Forgues, Wilfred
Foss, Andrew
J.
J.
57
50
Factory S. Main St.
Garage, Central St.
Bank Building
Land & Parking Lot
L & B Cor. S. Main &
Central
2,300.
3,850.
1,550.
165.
2,750.
2,750.
3,300.
5,500.
2,200.
330.
55.
45.
1,100,
7,900.
3,750.
3,000.
18,500.
2,275.
15,500.
�.
Foss, Donald C. & Maureen L.
Foss Evelyn
Foss, Sumner H. &
25 A
Evelyn B.
Foster, Charles A. Jr. &
Arlene H.
Foster, Louis & Glendora
Foster, Perley R. & Helen M. 13 A
,
Foster, Ralph H.
Fowle, Herman L &
Rollins
,
E
.
Dorothy
Fraternal Lodge F
&
Leona
M
Francis
,
AM
L & B Cross Rd.
L & B Courtland
Clifford Hart Lot
St. Ext.
�.
.
Garrant, Benjamin
J.
75 A
Gaskell, Joseph & Irene G.
Gates, Elaine G.
Geer Thedis trustee for
20 A
Sadie Dowdell
Gelinas Robert E & Gloria 3/4 A
Gellnas, William E. &
Cardinal, Carroll
George, Joseph & Lena
Gero, Ralph & Evelyn
Gibbs, Bertha A.
.
,
20
14
Gibbs, Marshall F.
Gibbs, Marshall F, &
60
Elaine A.
1
Gilbert, Lawrence R.
Elizabeth B.
Woodlot Rochester Rd.
L & B Glen St.
Floyd
L & B
L & B
L & B
Block,
Elm
Main
St.
St.
Summer
St.
Bunker St.
A Plummer Lot
A Minnie Hall Lot
A Hanson Lot Rochester
A L &
B Bunker St.
Land from Foster
48
30
Gilman, Martin
Glatfelter, Gladys V.
Glencross, Chester & Mary
Glldden, Bernard S, &
Rosanna M
& Garage
L & B Dick Dame Lane
Robinson Lot
L & B Spring St.
L & B Rochester Rd.
L. Barker Pasture
A
Gilman, Erman F. & Martha E.
Glim an, George T. & Pauline H
A Dame Meadow
Land e/s S. Main
St.
L & B Paulson Rd.
L & B Peavey Hill
L & B Spring St.
10
20
25
A L & B Bennett Hill Rd.
A Woodlot Bennett Hill Rd.
A Leighton Farm
Glidden, Chester E.
Lois
102
I.
Glidden, Clyde Jr.
Glidden, Clyde Jr. 5
Gertrude A.
Glidden, Evelyn O.
Glidden, Frank E. &
Glidden, George E. &
Donna
Rd,
&
Giles, Pearl N.
.
L & B Summer St.
L & B Watson Cross Rd.
L & B of f Bunker St
M
Glidden, Lester C. & Gloria M.
Glidden, Ormand
Glidden, Richard D.
Glidden, Stanley C. &
Dorothy J.
Glidden, Warren W. & Varlana A
Golding, Ivan P. & Doris F.
Golledge, Charles W.
A
L & B Milton Rd.
L & B 11 Winter St,
�Goodell, George
W.
�.
L & B
Greeley, Clara L.
Greeley, Robert
Greeley, Walter C. & Corrinne F
Grenier, Marcia & Trifly
Grenier, Rene & Ethel H.
45
,
Roger C
Grondin, Sterline &
Geraldine
Guay, Francis A. & Anna T.
Griffin
80
A
Guilmet, Rudolph & Diane
Guilmet, Rudolph E. & Mary C.
4
Gullison, Ralph W. Est.
Guyer, Alice D.
Hagar, Carroll C. & Stella
Hall, Minnie F.
Hall, Read
Ham,
Ham,
Ham,
Ham,
Ham,
Ham)
Dorothy
Eric N.
Ernest J.
Everett A. Sr. & Virginia
George W. & Rita C.
Gladys M.
Ham, John H.
Sr.
& Jennie
S.
40
A
54
A
Lucille M.
Hamblett, Robert E. & Jean K.
Hamel , Ronald E . & Rachel
Hamilton, Robert E.
Hamilton, Rose L. &
Greenwood, Beatrice
Hanchett, George & Gloria
Ham,
Hanson, Richard
Harding, Merle B. &. Joseph
Hardy, Frederick O. &
Alice C.
Hardy, Russell & Hazel M.
Harrington, Louise M.
Hart, Robert C. & Dorothy
Hart, Walter H. Jr. & Elsie
H
I.
Hart, Walter H. Sr.
Haskell, Alexander C. & Leona F.
Hassen, Philip & Ruby
Hayes, Leon R.
Hayes, Maurice W. & Adeline
5
Courtland St.
�Hayes, Robert W.
Hayes, Robert W. &
Barn e/s S.
Florence R.
170
A L &
2-1/2
Haynes, Grace M.
Hayward, Edna T. & Alexander C,
Hayward, Alton W. & Janet
Healey, Leon A. Jr. & Elsie L.
Hebert, Richard P. & Virginia I.
Henderson, Grace J.
75 A
Henry Wilson Grange #205
Hersom, William F. Jr. &
Harriet H.
100
Higgins Lawrence R.
57
,
16
Higglns Sol omen S.
Higgins, Solomen S. &
,
Lawrence R.
12
65
20
Hill, Florence
J, & Florence H.
Hilton, Martha F.
Hoage, Annie E.
Hill, Jesse
Hoage,
Hoage,
Hoage
Hoage,
,
Donald C. & Helen A.
Edward P. & Lynda L.
James H.
James H. Jr. & Barbara
Hoage, Melissa M. Heirs
Hoage, Richard E. & Louise
Hoage, William A. & Marie
E.
Hobbs, Robert
R,
J,
E.
& Jeanine
V.
Hogan, Edward F.
Hogan, Florence
Hogan, Katherine E. Est.
Holbrook, Arthur R. & Patricia C.
Holder, Ralph C.
Hooper, James W. & Ruby C.
Hooper, Theodore H. &
Dora M.
125
Home, Clyde W. & Mary A.
Home, George E. & Dorothy H.
Home, Lloyd L. & Gloria O. 15 A
66
Main
St.
B off Silver St.
275.
�.
.
Home, Maude
L & B Lone Star Ave
B.
Houle, Roland B. & Irene
Howard, Charles O. &
Nellie
M.
M.
3
Howard, Emery E. & Jeannette E.
Howard, Everett A. & Marion W.
Howard, Richard
Howard, Carla J.
15
Hoyt, Crissie
Hucklns MaryE. &
Fernald, Abbie S.
A
,
Hudson, Lloyd
B.
& Alma
115
100
45
50
Huestis, Vernon F.
Humble Oil Co.
Hunt, Alice G.
1/3
1/2
76
Hunt, Robert B. & Marjorie W.
Hunt, Wm. W. Est.
Huppe Maurice C. &
125 A
Geraldine I.
Hurd, Grace
Hussey, Charles D.
60 A
Hussey, Kenneth R. & Shirley A.
Hussey, Ralph B. Sr. &
Hattie G.
150 A
,
Hussey, Robert D.
50
25
A
A
Gladys E.
Neal A. & Virginia L
1/2 A
Irish, Norman S. & Lucienne J.
Irish,
Irish,
Jablonski, Robert V. &
Sharon L.
3/4 A
Jackson, Carl R. & Marjorie I.
4
Jacobs, Albert
22
Jacques, Pauline N.
Janes, Adelaide C.
Jenness, Alden & Edith
Jenness, Clarence E. & Barbara
Jette
,
Ann
M
Johnson, Fred A. & Beatrice
Johnson, Robert P.
M.
130
�.
.
Johnson, William G. & Anna D.
Johnston, Pearl B.
Jones , Florence M
Jones, James G. & Mary G.
Jones, Violet L.
Jones Wilbur C
,
Joy, Nelson
& Margaret
Judd, Joseph Aldage
Julin,
Norman & Wilhelmina
Kaltsas, Evangelos E. Est.
Kelley, Fred & Gertrude G.
Kelley, Gertrude C.
Kelley, Lucy H. & Ernest
25
75
50
J.
KEKI'S Diner
Kimball, Carroll H.
Kimball, Ernest E, & Grace H.
Kimball, Gertrude R.
Kimball, Norman L. &
Marion G.
18
King Bemice W.
King, Irene Maude
40
King, Ray S.
Kingsbury, James C. & Marilyn E
Klein, Richard A. &
120
Barbara A.
Knox, Blanche R.
Knox, Fred L. Heirs
Knox, Harry W. & Emelda G. 10
Krisiak, Esther B. & Freidolph
LaChance, Venita Estelle
Lajoie, Exilia
Lamb, Hattie M.
Lambert, Oscar
Landry, Joseph
Laney, Cecil N. &
Virginia A.
Langevin, Oliver N. & Mary
Langis, Wilfred L. &
Langis, William J. &
LaPanne
,
Norman E
.
55
10
3
27
Dorothy B.
Lila
1/2
& Marlene A
�.
LaPlerre, Ernest
L & B S. Main St.
L 6e B Central St.
L & B W. Milton Rd.
L & B Chestnut Hill Rd.
& Lucille
LaPierre, Rene & Shirley A.
LaPierre, Victor & Carol
Laudenbach, Jack F. &
Marion C.
1/2 A
Lawrence, Abbott W. & Arllne
L & B Chestnut Hill Rd.
L & B Charles St.
52 A Hurd Lot
90 A Woodlot Waldron Pond
L & B Perkins Ave.
Lawrence Arthur F & Ruth T
L & B N. Main St.
Lawrence, Beatrice M. & Olive
L & B Central St.
Lawrence, Flora M. Est.
L & B Glen St.
Lav/rence, John W. & Altlce M.
2 A Land Valley Rd.
Lawrence, Nancy J.
Lawrence Richard A. & Beatrice M L & B Central St.
Lots 41-63 Inc. Loring Ave.
Land, Garage, Trailer, Central
Leach, Margaret V.
,
.
,
St.
Leahy, James F.
Leary, Kenneth R. &
Nelzina G.
L & B 42 Central
100
40
160
Leary, Leslie F. & Kenneth R.
Leary, Marcia E.
50
Lee, Mabelle E.
Lefavour, Robert & Pauline
Lefavour, Walter T. &
Robert E.
St.
A L & B John Leighton Farm
A W. P. Thompson Farm
A W Leighton Farm
.
A
Milk Room
Land Pearl Field
L & B Crowley St.
Carl Lot, Scruton Rd.
L & B 35 S. Main St.
L 6c B S. Main & Green Sts.
A Land
Lois Rand Rd.
Land n/s Paulson Rd.
Lefavour, Walter T. & Virginia
L & B Spring St.
1/2 Lot Wilson St.
Lefort, George F. & Effie M.
L & B Winter Ct.
Legassie, David J. & Doris E.
L & B Elm St.
Leighton Robert F & Helen
L & B Mt. Vernon St.
Lemieux, Marion L.
L & B Mt. Vernon St.
Lemieux, Ronald & Barbara
L & B Central St.
Lepene, Donald M. & Patricia A.
L & B Spring St.
Lepene, Lawrence O.
L & B Spring St.
Lepene, Murray N. & Gladys L.
L & B Central St.
Lepene, Richard L. & Joyce M.
L & B N. Main St.
Lepene, Ronald J.
L & B Spring St.
Leveille, Walter J.
L & B Mechanic St.
L
B High St.
L & B S. Main St.
L & B High St.
Lewis, Addie L.
20 A L & B Silver St.
4 A Will Home Field
Lewis, Benjamin F. & Addie L. 5 A Tract of Land Silver St.
,
50
.
rSc
69
3,300.
3,300.
1,650.
1,500.
1,650.
2,500.
150.
330.
3,750,
3,300.
2,750,
2,750,
225.
1,650,
400,
3,400.
4,400.
1,925.
2,875.
550.
880.
100.
2,750.
175.
11,300.
4,400.
330.
300.
5,500.
800.
2,200.
3,300.
2,200.
4,000.
2,500.
3,700.
3,025.
3,025.
4,400.
1,100.
1,375.
4,400.
3,300.
4,000.
2,550.
155.
275.
�Lewis,
Mae
E.
,
Charles E.
�MacKinnon, Ceirol A. &
Salomoa, Alia
MacMlllan, Richard V.
& Alberta
Macreyanls, Cellna A.
Lot #95 & Bldg. Selection
15-20 A
Magee, Blanche K.
Mapes, Inc. Harry A.
Marcey, Joseph T. & Mary G.
Marcoux, Lucy M.
Marlson, Helen C.
Marquis, George A.
30 A
Marsh, Earl L.
Marsh, Fred E.
Marsh, Fred E. Jr. & Wanita F.
Marshall, Frank A. Heirs
Marshall, John S. Jr. &
Daphne L.
Martineau, Joseph O. &
Dorothy V.
Martineau, Ramon R. & Muriel H.
Martineau, Valmore W. & Leona
Martineau, Valmore &.
Morphy, T. Harvey
Marston, John R. & Marilyn L.
Masse, Peter L.
Massey, Iva M.
Mattair, David
Mazza, Ethel W.
McCarthy, Gerald
35
R.
&
Beverly A.
McCarthy, Pauline
McCausland, Frank L. &
Elizabeth R.
McKeen, Harry B. &
Roberta F.
1-1/2
McLaughlin, Helen
Mclntire, Walter & Joyce
Menard, Albert W. £e Olivine M.
Merrill, Arthur H. & Gertrude
Meserve, Harold M. & Muriel E
Miles Sarah
Miller, George R.
Miller, Harley W.
Miller, John F. & Norma
Modern Heel Co.
Moisan, Alphonse J.
Molllver, Joseph
,
A
I
�.
15
MolUver, Joseph
Mone, Edward R. & Barbara E.
Montgomery, Ada M.
Moody, Bessie A.
Mooney, Francis R. &
2
Mildred P.
9
Agnes Bean Lot C. Hill Rd.
L & B Charles St.
Land Charles St.
A L & B High St.
Land Central St.
A
Mooney, Geneva M.
Mooney, G. F. & Son
L & B S. Main St.
L & B 51 N. Main St.
Land Bowden Prop.
L & Factory
Bldg. from Coleman Oil
New
Mooney, R. C. Inc.
Mooney, Maxine R. & Shirley A.
30
Mooney, William J.
30
Moore, Bernard A. &
Hughes, Jacqueline
Addition
L & Gram House High St.
L & B Mt. Pleasant St.
L & B C. Hill Rd.
Land Ten Rod Rd.
Land w/s Spring St
Land from Lou gee Spring St.
Morgan, Herbert F. & Mildred J.
L & B 32 Bunker St.
Morgan, Lee & Hazel I*
1/4
L & B N. Main St.
Lot #17 & Bldg. Section I
Morgen, Albert J. & Adeline R.
Camelot
Morneau, Gerald D. & Joan S.
L &' B Water St.
Morphy, Margaret M.
8 A Land e/s N. Main St.
L & B Gray Ave.
Morrell Goal Co. J. A.
77
Part of Otis & Edgerly Land
Morris, Beatrice H.
1/4
L & B 18 Charles St.
Morris Nick A. & Vaselike
L & B 17 Pleasant St.
Morris, Vaselike
L & B Mechanic St.
Morrison, Mary L.
L & B 18 School St.
Mosher, David E. & Joyce A.
L & B 7 Water St.
Mosher, Harold W. & Alberta W.
L & B 87 N. Main St.
Moulton, Chester E.
2
L & B Green St.
L & Camp Watson Cor.
Moult on, Robert E. & Althena R.
L & B Green St.
Moulton, Shirley P. & Fred A.
L & B Orange St.
Moulton, Willis A. 5e Alice W.
Wallace Lot S. Main St.
L & B S. Main St.
Moulton, Theodore F. & Marlene
L&BElmSt.
Mousam Valley Asso. Inc.
Chemong Pasture
60
Mros, Edward J. & Catherine
L & B S. Main St.
Mros, Edward J. Jr. &
Elizabeth G.
Land, Restaurant, & New
5
,
,
Store
L&BGlenSt.
L & B S. Main St.
L & B Church St.
Land s/w Route 11
L & B Hometown Rd.
L & Camp Waldron Cross Rd.
Mudgett, Robert H. & Marjorie
Munroe Richard A.
Murby, Guy W. & Bemlce M.
,
Murray, Harold
J.
40
72
55.
3,850.
500.
2,750.
100.
6,700.
5,500.
75.
13,475.
1,100.
500.
1,650.
3,300.
2,750.
110.
110.
55.
2,200.
3,300.
?,925.
3,300.
330.
3,850.
330.
3,100.
4,400.
1,925.
4,400.
3,300.
3,850.
2,200.
165.
2,750.
2,750.
110.
3,300.
2,475.
225.
4,125.
9,600.
2,475.
4,400.
4,125.
500.
3,575.
550.
�.
,
Nason, Bernard F. & Alice M.
Nason, Leslie
Newbury, Leo L. & Edith N.
New Englcind Lumber Co. Inc 145
New
England Tel & Tel Co.
Newell, Russell D. &
Russell D. Jr.
Newhall, John G. & Mary C.
Newton, William A. & Jean A.
Norton, Leslie E. & Janet B.
Nute, Harry A. Est.
Nute, Molly
Nute, Ray H.
65
40
Nutter, Lucy
Oakley, John H. & Ruth D.
Orthman, Lawrence E. &
Gertrude L.
3
24
Osgood, Wilfred B.
Osgood, Wilfred B. & Donna T.
Otis Elfreda & Baston
William B.
30
,
Otis, Elfreda
Otis, E. Jeannette
& Gerald
E.
Page, Emma A.
Pageau, Everett L. & Frances E.
Palmer, Charles E.
Palmer Hardware Co. , Inc.
Paradis Henry L
Pare, Albini C. & Susan A.
,
Parent, Albert Edward
Parent, Jeannette A.
Park, Robert L. & Norma O.
Parker, Daniel K. & Gloria R.
Parker, Lauren E. Sr.
Parker, Heirry Franklin
20
Parker, Robert L. & Lottie
Parrock, Ronald D. & Mildred R.
25
Parshley, Everett E.
Parshley, Floyd A. & Esther
Parshley, Frank C. &
Geraldine
1/2
�.
.
.
Parshley, Richmond H. Sr. &
Bernice
Partridge, Ernest C. & Sim one
Patch, Albert R.
Patterson, Evard H. & Mildred
Paul, Joseph
Peach, Robert J. & Anne D.
Pearson, John W.
Pearson, Welton G. & Ann M.
Peaslee Clarence E & Vera C
,
L & B E . Grove
.
Peavey, Merton L.
Pelletier, Bertha Y.
Pelletier,
Mary
A.
Pelletier, John A. & Alta M.
Pence, Arthur
Pence, Bertha
Pence, Horace S. & Barbara P.
Pennell, Frances L.
2
1/4
Perkins
Perkins
Adam G
& Dorothy
.
Dorothy E . &
James A.
,
M
,
3
60
Perkins , George H . & Therza B
Perkins, James A. & Nellie M.
Perron, Theodore
Peters Walter E . & Eleanor A.
Philbrick, Wesley A. Sr. &
June A.
,
Philips, Doris I. & Nelson W.
Piccioli, Robert B.
Pike, Harry & Florence G.
Pike, Harry R, & Mildreth H.
Pinio, William E. &
Katherine
Pinkham Winston
Hazel M.
,
36
H
.
&
& Doris E.
Pitman, Fred A. & Jean B.
Pitre, Joseph A. & Germaine
Piper, Forrest E.
1/4
10
3
St
�.
, .
10
Pitts, Annette V.
Place, June C. & Clyde P.
Place, Paul R. & Estelle G. 3/4
Place, Roger
Place , Roger & Arline
Place, Stanley L. & Dorothy A.
Heel Co.
P &
Porclno, Roberta R.
M
M
Pomeroy, Mae B.
Pouliot, Edward G. H.
Pratt, Donald I. & Ruth V.
15
20
Prescott, Herbert & Eleanor
65
Preston, Femald E. & Rita
Proulx, Ephrem H. & Blanche I.
Proulx, George E. & Shirley M.
Pulslfer, Charles H. &
Sherrill A.
2
Pulslfer, John L. & Joan A.
2
& Rachel H,
Pulslfer, John L.
Pybum, Richard
135
T.
Qulnn, George E. & Marian M.
Raab, Adolph G. J. & Marion A.
Raab, Arthur S. , Margaret F.
Dwlght F . & Helen F
Raab, Dwlght F. & Helen F.
Raab Dwlght F . Helen F .
Arthur S. & Margaret S.
,
,
102
Rand, Harold F. & Doris P.
Randall, Roswell J. &
Lillian D.
1/8
Ralnville, Elmo J. &
Lorraine J.
Real Properties, Inc.
Reed, Anne B.
Reed, Eugene L. & Marie
Reed, Monroe
40
40
40
33
40
4
M.
Remick, Gec^ge P. & Pauline G.
Reynolds . Ccurlton G. &
Eleanor H.
Richards, Fred L. Est.
Richards, Ronald L. & Aiina
Richardson, Alfred J. L.
Sr. Est.
M.
18
A
�.
.
.
,
Richardson, Alfred
J.
Land Rochester Rd.
L. Sr. Est.
6
94
5
Richardson, Blanche
5
15
A L & B Rochester Rd.
A J, Downes Lot
A H anson Farm Lot
A J. Downes Lot
A Hanson Farm Lot
Bldg, Rochester Rd.
L & B Rochester Rd.
L & B High St.
Richardson, Edison E.
Richardson, Ernest A. Est.
Richardson, Oliver A- &
Edith
M
25
6
Ricker
,
.
A J. Downes Place
A Land from B. Richardson
L & Garage Spring St.
L & B Central St.
Lot E . Grove & Winter Ct
1/2 B. Gilman Lot
L & B High St.
L & B Central St.
L & B Hometown Cor.
L & B Ten Rod Rd.
John E
Ricker, Pauline H. & Charles H.
Ricker, Robert E. & Mildred
25
Ridley, Coleman
Needham
Field
110.
2,750.
330.
30.
110.
55.
225.
1,250.
2,750.
85.
30,
4,400.
2,200.
330.
110.
3,850.
3,575.
1,100,
450,
55,
L & B Thompson Hill
J. G. Hurd Lot
L & B S. Main St.
825.
330.
5,500.
Riley, James C. & Cecelia
Rindge Industries, Inc.
Ring, John E.
Robarge, Lewis E. Jr. &
L & B S. Main St.
Water Priviledges Ten Rod Rd.
L & B S. Main St.
3,300.
3,850.
3,300.
10 A
Hazel C.
Robbins, Elvington D. &
Jacqueline
Roberts, Charles C. Amelia K.
L & B Meaderboro Rd.
Ridley, Robert
Riley, Earle S.
&
Rita
M
2
A
825.
L & B Perkins Ave.
1,555.
L & Camp Spring St.
L & B E Grove St
L & B Pleasant St.
3,575.
3,975.
,
Joy, Arthur A.
Roberts, Charles C. & Amelia K.
Roberts, George C. & Florence I
Roberts, William H. & Martha
36
J. Heirs
(St
Robecheau, Harold J. &
Marilyn A.
Robecheau John A.
Dorothy G.
Robinson, Donald E
Robinson, Edwin N.
Robinson, Randolph W.
70
.
A Hanson
A L &
,
Jeanine T.
Rochester Water Works
Rock, Antress J. & C
Rogers, George J. Jr
1
A
Lot
B Meaderboro Rd,
550.
125.
2,150.
�.
Rollins, Ernest E.
&
Julia
M.
30
A Land Edgerly Cor.
330.
Tool Shed & Trailer
L & B Cor. Glen & Bunker
L & B Berry Ct.
L & B 25 Bunker St.
Rollins, Flora J.
Rollins , Gertrude I
Louise F,
Rollins, Lester W.
& Ella
Rollins, Robert T. &
2,585,
2,750.
2,500,
3,850,
,
Johnson Lot &
Frances J.
Rossop, Alexander & l^aria
RouiUard, Ralph E. & Constance L.
2-1/2 A
Rouillard, Walter E.
RouiUard, Wilfred A.
Rowe, Carrie
Rowe
I.
& Lyman L.
Muriel
Rousseau, Charles J. & Anna
Roy, Charles E. & Barbara
Roy, Frances M.
Roy, Leo R. & Eleanor G.
Royce, Charles J. & Mildred
Royce Mage H. & Bertha L.
,
M.
,
Rundlett, Rufus W. & Blanche
Ruel, Francis J. & Jerine R.
Rural Gas Service, Inc.
Russell, Lee C. & Barbara
8
A
6
36
1
Russell, Ralph E. & Mary E.
Sabine, Ena M. & Frederick H.
Sabine, lola L. , Mary J. &
Kropohl, Mildred S.
Salisbury, Lyndal C. 6e Olive J.
Salvetti,
Michael B.
Sanborn, Cora
100
A
M.
Sargent, George W.
Juliette A.
Sargent, Raymond J.
Edith M.
Sargent, Winfred H.
Sawyer, Roscoe L.
Schreiter, Lawrence
SchuUer, Joachim A.
Lucie M.
3 A
& Lorraine G.
20
60
100
125
40
A
A
A
A
A
77
Camp
�i.
Schulte, Harold H. & Elinor H
Scott, Katherine
Scribner, Edna K.
Scruton, Frank.
J.
Scruton, Arthur G.
Scruton, Frank J.
Arthur G.
&
�.
.
Sowards, Fred & Lorraine
Spear, Viola M.
Spear, Wayne L. & Barbara
Sprague, Byron
Sprague, Ralph C. & Phyllis J.
Sprague, Stanley I. &
Evelyn M.
1/4
Stanley, Donald E. &
Mabel
20
R.
L
L
L
L
L
L
A L &
A
Stanley, Edwin P. &
Nicholls, Frances
Stanley, Samuel S. & Eva M.
Staples, Bernard
Staples, Clarence
Staples, Walter S. & Cora F.
Starr, Herbert W. & Mary F.
Steitz, Frank A.
Stetson, Clyde F. & Jeanne C.
,
Eunice E
Stuart, Jerry J.
Stuart, Richard D.
& A. Lorene
Suburban Propane Gas Corp.
Sullivan, Cornelius H. Jr.
Sullivan, Cornelius H. Jr.
Arline
Sullivan, Doris
Swinerton, Jeannette I.
Sandals, Inc.
Talent , Robert A.
Tanner, Floyd
I.
&
6
A
120
A
35
54
A
A
Tarmey, Grace
47 A
Tarmey, Grace, Fifield, Eda
& Parker, Marjorie
17
Tarmey, John A. & Carole L.
Tarmey, Natalie M.
Tarmey, Philip H. & Helene
Tattrie, Clifford L. & Helen J
Taylor, Katherine A.
B Lone Star Ave
L & Trailer Spring St.
L & B Maple St.
Stevens , Louise
Stevenson, Lawrence & Constance
Stone
& B n/s Ridge Rd.
& B 6 Grant St.
& B Elm St.
& B Memorial Dr.
& B 6 Lincoln St.
& B 13 School St.
160
A
A
3,300.
2,475.
4,150.
4,500.
3,300.
2,750.
2,200.
2,125.
�Tebbetts, Fred O.
�.
Tltcomb, Harvey L. & Marie C.
Titus, Geraldlne W. &
Towle, Patricia
Todd, Robert & Sally
Towle , Floyd H . &
Marion H.
Towle, Floyd S.
Towle, Patricia W.
Towle, Stanley L. & Ruby M.
Trask, Ralph C.
Trautman, William E. &
L & B 55 Bunker
L & B 48 N. Main
L & Trailer Spring
A
St.
St.
2,750.
7,700.
2,000.
Thornton &
Blanche R.
L & B Ridge Rd.
Land & Trailer Ridge Rd.
L & B 37 Central St.
L & B 35 Maple St.
L & B 24 Orange St.
2,700,
2,100,
4,400.
3,300.
3,300.
L & B S. Main
5
Beatrice K.
Tripp,
St.
3,300,
St.
J.
A Mary Pease Lot
A C olby Page Lot
A L & B Silver St.
18
80
Tripp, Leroy V. & Myrtle A.
Tucker, Frances L. &
Lord, William C.
5
Tufts, Orrie M. Sr. & Pearl C.
Tufts, Pearl C.
Turmelle , Fred & Erllne
Tuttle, Earle M. Jr. & Hlldred M.
Tuttle, Earle M. Sr.
Tuttle, Essie
l/B A
Tuttle, Mildred A.
3 A
M
Twitchell, W. Wendell, Margaret
& Tripp, Edwin & Anne
Twombly, Albert &
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
&
&
&
&
&
&
&
&
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
110,
440,
1,350,
Mechanic
St.
Central St.
32 Grove St.
Rochester Rd.
Central St.
16 Pleasant St.
65 Central St.
Peavey Hill
L & B N. Main
St.
Howard, Myrtle
L & Camp Chestnut Hill Rd.
Twombly, Leslie & Elizabeth 1/2 A
Underhill, John H. &
Florence P.
80
Vachon, Inez B.
Vachon, Joseph M. Jr. & Beverly
Vachon, William D. & Betty J.
VanAlstine, Floyd C. & Doris M.
Valiton, Earl L.
Vamey,
Vamey,
Vamey,
Vamey,
Vamey,
Vamey,
Vamum,
& Mary A.
Benjamin H. & Jeannette
Harold H. & Arline E.
Jeannette F.
Lloyd I. & Laura A.
Lloyd I, Jr. & Joan M.
Margaret T.
Angelina
Vasquez, Frank J, & Johanna P.
Veedol Realty Co.
Vickers, Delia
Vickers, Wallace
J.
& Antoinette
A
1,925,
1,650.
3,300.
3,000.
3,575.
4,500.
4,400.
2,475.
4,100.
�Vickers, William
J.
& Delia
F.
�.
White, Harriet A.
White, Sidney V. & Mary
Whitehouse, Fred L. &
Hazel
Whitehouse, Fred L.
Jr.
M.
&
Ellen T.
Whitney, Ida M. & Myron H 1/4
Whitney, Vivian H.
Wiles, William R. & Mary E.
Williams, Walter B. & Elizabeth
Wilkes, Bertha
Wilkins Gas & Elec. Shop, Inc.
Wilkins
,
Velda
M
40
Willard,
A
A
�.
Yates, Edward
.
Land s/s Paulson Rd.
& Shirley B.
J.
Yates, Everett E. & Shirley S.
Yates, Frederick J. &
25
35
Albini L.
A
A
Yates, Mildred
York, Percy W.
Young, Elton V.
Young, Fannie
Young, Fred, Maude M. & Hogan,
35 A
Richard & Paula A.
Young Edna M
9 A
Young Walter H & Jane C
Zabrick, Margaret M.
Zins, Albert J. & Janice H.
Wooster, John G. &
,
,
.
Christine
I.
�STOCK IN TRADE TAX
Arlene's Dress Shop
Auclair, Albany W. & Ethel
M.
Bowden, Seymour N. & Mary F.
Brimfield Realty Corp.
Brooks, Thomas P. V.
Cardinal, John
Cardinal, Raymond B. & Rita B.
Choate, Charles H. & Martha S.
Clough, Elmer F. & Gertrude M.
Currier's Garage &
Machine Shop
Davenhall, William H. & Son
Davenport, Hollis L. & Phyllis W.
Davidson Rubber Co. Inc.
Davis Motor Mart
Dickie, Charles W. Kenneth W. & Ralph
Drew, Grace M. & Robert B.
Effie's Shoppe
,
,
,
I.
Emerson Electric Co.
Farmington Motor Car Co.
Farmington News (The)
First National Stores
Foster, Louis & Glendora
Gelinas, William E. & Cardinal, Carroll D.
Gray's Petroleum
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc.
Haskell's Store
Hoage, William A. & Marie E.
Howard, Charles O. & Nellie M.
Hurd Store J. P.
Judd, Joseph Aldage
,
Littlefield,
Donald A.
Jr.
Lord Fuel Co.
Martineau, Valmore
W. & Morphy, T. Harvey
Modern Heel Co.
Mooney, G. F. & Son
Mros, Edward J. Jr. & Elizabeth G.
Osgood Pharmacy
Palmer Hardware Co. Inc.
Pare, Albini C. & Susan A.
Peaslee, Clarence E. & Vera C.
Pelletier, Mary A.
Pence, Horace S. & Barbara P.
,
Perkins, Walter
Place, Roger & Arline M.
Ricker, John E.
Rural Gas Service, Inc.
Secords Service Station
Selbern Shoe, Inc.
85
1,500.
600.
1,500.
1,500.
300.
1,400.
500.
200.
1,000.
3,000.
2,000.
950.
15,300.
600.
250.
500.
1,000.
1,000.
1,250.
300.
6,000.
200.
2,500.
575.
7,500.
4,000.
100.
2,000.
6,500.
600.
600.
700.
2,500.
4,250.
10,300.
1,250.
7,250.
10,000.
500.
800.
500.
500.
1,700.
750.
1,000.
2,600,
1,250.
2,500,
�Servatas, Nicholas & Mildred T.
400.
200,
1,500.
2,800.
800.
1,125.
7,500,
Slmms, Joseph C.
Suburban Propane Gas Corp.
Tarmey, Philip H. & Helene
Vickers Holding Corp.
Weiss Lawrence Stitching Room
Wilkin's Gas & Electric Shop
86
�ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT
OF
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, PRINCIPALS,
TREASURER AND SCHOOL NURSE
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE
30
,
1966
�CONTENTS
TABLE OF
OFFICERS
89
WARRANT
90
BUDGET
93
BALANCE SHEET
96
CALENDAR
97
FINANCIAL
98
TREASURER'S REPORT
102
SALARIES
103
SCHOOL LUNCH
105
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
106
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
109
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
112
MEMORIAL DRIVE
114
-
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
READING CONSULTANT'S REPORT
116
SCHOOL NURSE'S REPORT
118
GUIDANCE COUNCELOR'S REPORT
121
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
124
GRADUATES
126
- 1966
88
�.
SCHOOL OFFICERS
MODERATOR
Eugene
F.
Nute
DISTRICT CLERK
Grace Kimball, Resigned
TREASURER
Quay
Francis A.
SCHOOL BOARD
Resigned
Term Expires
Term Expires
Term Expires
Term Expires
Term Expires
Term Expires
George T. Gilman
Roland Chagnon
Cornelius Sullivan,
Paul R. Place
Elsie Hart
Thelma Baker
Jr.
Gladys Lepene
1967
1967
1968
1968
1969
1969
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Ramon Martineau, B.A., M. Ed.
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
John Houghton, Jr. B.A. M.A.
,
,
TRUANT OFFICER
Howard Goodwin
CENSUS TAKER
Norma Gray
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
M D
Robert E Lord
George E. Quinn,
,
.
.
M. D.
SCHOOL NURSE
Rachel N. Feeny, R.N.
AUDITORS
J.
Arthur G. Webster
Walter Lougee
89
�SCHOOL WARRANT
To the Inhabitants of the School district in the town of
Farmington qualified to vote in district affairs:
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in
said district on the 14th day of March 1967, at 9:00 in
the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects:
1.
To choose a Moderator
2.
To choose a Clerk
3.
To choose two Members of the School Board
for the
for the
coming year.
ensuing year.
for the
three ensuing years.
4.
To choose a Treasurer
for the
ensuing year.
5. To choose Auditors, and all other necessary officers
and agents for the ensuing year.
Given under our hands
at
said Farmington this 7th day
of February 1967.
Paul Place,
Chm.
Thelma Baker
Roland Chagnon
Elsie Hart
Gladys Lepene
Cornelius Sullivan
A
true
copy of Warrant
- Attest:
Paul Place,
Chm.
Thelma Baker
Roland Chagnon
Elsie Hart
Gladys Lepene
Cornelius Sullivan
90
�.
WARRANT
THE STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the Inhabitants of the School district
in the
town
of Farmington qualified to vote in district affairs:
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in
said district on the 22nd day of March 1967, at 7:30 o'
clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following subjects:
1. To determine and appoint the salaries of the school
board and truant officer, and fix the compensation of any
other officers or agent of the district.
2. To hear the reports of agents, auditors, committees, or officers chosen, and pass any vote relating
thereto.
3.
To choose agents and committees in relation to
any subject embraced in this warrant.
4. To see what sum of money the district will raise
and appropriate for the support of schools, for the salaries of school district officials and agents, and for the
payment of statutory obligations of the district.
5. To see if the district will vote to accept the provisions of Title I, Public Law 89-10 (Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), and to appropriate such
funds as may be made available to the district under said
Federal Act for such particular projects as may be determined by the School Board. Further, to see if the district
will authorize the School Board to make application for such
funds and to expend the same for such projects as it may
designate
6. To see if the district will vote to raise and apj5ropriatethe sum of three thousand dollars for a Contingency
Fund, as provided by the New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Annotated, 196:4-b.
7.
come
To transact any other business that
before this meeting.
91
may
legally
�Given under our hands
at said
Farmington this 27th day of
February 1967.
Roland Chagnon
Cornelius Sullivan,
Paul R. Place
Jr.
Elsie Hart
Thelma Baker
Gladys Lepene
A
true
copy
of
Warrant -Attest:
Roland Chagnon
Cornelius Sullivan,
Paul R. Place
Elsie Hart
Thelma Baker
Gladys Lepene
92
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�BALANCE SHEET
June 30, 1966
ASSETS
Cash on Hand, June 30, 1966
Accounts Due to District
Net Debt, Excess of Liabilities Over Assets
775.31
9,250.85
276,313.36
$286,339.52
$
LIABILITIES
Outstanding Obligations
Notes and Bonds Outstanding
9,339.52
$
277,.000.00
$286,339.52
STATUS OF SCHOOL NOTES AND BONDS
Outstanding at Beginning of Year:
Memorial Drive
$ 44,000.00
High School
260,000.00
$304,000.00
Total
Payments of Principal of Debt:
Memorial Drive
High School
$
7,000.00
20,000.00
Total
$
27,000.00
Notes and Bonds Outstanding End of Year:
Memorial Drive
$ 37,000.00
High School
240,000.00
$277,000.00
Total
96
�SCHOOL CALENDAR
SUPERVISORY UNION NO. 44
1967-1968
SCHOOL SESSIONS
1
2
.
.
No. of Days
FALL TERM
Starts September
.
72
Closes February 16
34
Closes April 19
40
SPRING TERM
Starts February 26,
4
Closes December 20
WINTER TERM
Starts January 1,
3.
6,
LAST TERM
Starts April 29,
Closes June 14
Total Days
34
180
DAYS OUT
Teachers' Convention
Thanksgiving Recess
October
Memorial Day
May
November
20
22
30
School closes at noon on Wednesday, November
22, and December 20.
Schools must be in session 180 net days. Any time lost
It is
for bad weather or emergencies must be made up.
recommended that all bad weather or emergencies for
which schools have to be closed be made up during the
vacation period nearest to the days out.
97
�FINANCIAL REPORT
For Fiscal Year July 1, 1965 to June 30, 1966
RECEIPTS
Revenue from Local Sources:
$154,380.04
$154,380.04
Current Appropriation
Revenue from State Sources:
Foundation Aid
School Building Aid
Other Revenue from State
Intellectually Retarded
$
94,698.01
8,250. 00
10,028.72
18 2.71
Sweepstakes
16,362.19
$129,521.63
Revenue from Federal Sources:
School Lunch and Special
Milk Program
Public
2,489.78
5,209.00
168.59
836.12
1,413.15
$
Law 874
Title III
Title
V
Public
Law 89.10
(Title
I)
$
10,116.64
$
18,888.89
Amounts Received from Other School
Districts in State & Amounts Received
from Capital Reserve Funds:
Tuition
$
18,888.89
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES
Cash on Hand
at
$312,907.20
beginning of year
July 1, 1965
$
7,086.42
$
GRAND TOTAL NET RECEIPTS
$319,993.62
1965-66 EXPENDITURES
100
110.1
7,086.42
ADMINISTRATION
District Officers' Salaries
98
�George Gilman
Beulah Thayer
Paul Place
Francis
$
Quay
Grace Kimball
Walter Lougee
Arthur
110.3
Webster
Secretarial
& Clerical
Norma Gray
135
Contracted Services
Norma Gray
190
Other District Expenses
Printing Reports
Misc. Exp. & Postage
100.00
50.00
50.00
100.00
5.00
6.00
6.00
�500
535
Rachel Feeny
Travel & Insurance
Supplies
3,090.00
440.00
95.55
16,574.00
PUPIL TRANSPORTATION
Regular Routes
Farmington Motor Car
Spring Street
Farmington Motor Car
Wolfeboro
Special Classes
600
$
$
490
$
15,350.00
1
,
080 00
.
144.00
�900
975.1
1000
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
Federal Monies
(Ed.,
out as Rec'd)
�TREASURER'S REPORT
for the
Fiscal Year July 1, 1965 to June 30, 1966
SUMMARY
Cash on Hand
July 1, 1965
$
7,086.42
$154,380.04
Current Appropriation
Revenue from State Sources
129,521.63
Revenue from Federal Sources
10,116.64
Received from Tuitions
18,888.89
Received from
all
Other Sources
5,624.95
TOTAL RECEIPTS
TOTAL
AMOU NT
$318,532.15
AVAILABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR
$325,618.57
Less School Board Orders Paid
324,843.26
Balance on Hand June 30, 1966
$
775.31
Francis A. Quay
District Treasurer
July 27, 1966
AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that we have examined the books , vouchers, bank statements and other financial records of the
treasurer of the school district of Farmlngton of which the above
is a true summary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966,
and find them correct in all respects.
July 28, 1966
J.
Walter Lougee
Arthur G. Webster
Auditors
102
�ACTUAL TEACHERS' SALARIES
FARMINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
1
�Mrs. Leona Haskell
Mrs. Margaret Hourigan
Mrs. Dorothy Bas sett
Mr. J. Henry Hanhisalo
Mr. Charles Morgan, Principal
Substitutes
Net Salaries Paid 1965-1966
* Partial
5,400.00
2,050.00
60.00
1,880.00
2,700.00
7,500.00
$188,214.81
2,542.50
$190,757.31
Year Teaching
SALARY OF SUPERINTENDENT, 1965-1966
(Footnote to School Board's Financial Report of 1965-66,
Chapter 243, Section 5, New Hampshire Laws 1953.)
School District
�SCHOOL LUNCH
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
July
1
,
1965 to June 30
Beginning Balance -July
1,
,
1966
1965
$
257.78
RECEIPTS
$9,347.24
558.30
2,711.89
2,223.96
Lunch Sales - Children
Lunch Sales -Adults
Reimbursement
Miscellaneous Cash
14,841.39
$15,099.17
Total Receipts
Total Available
EXPENDITURES
Food
Labor
Equipment
All other Expenditures
Total Expenditures
Balance -June 30, 1966
$9,035.00
4,697.74
762.79
235.38
$14,730.91
368.26
Other Program Resources:
USDA Commodities Received
(Wholesale Value)
108.06
BALANCE SHEET
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1966
ASSETS
Cash in Bank
Reimbursement due Program
Food Inventory -June 30
Supplies Inventory -June 30
$
368.26
375.90
250.00
25.00
1,019.16
$
1,019.16
$
Total Assets
LIABILITIES
Total Liabilities and Working Capital
Ardys P. Elliott
105
�REPORT OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Board and Citizens of Farmington:
In September, 1966, the enrollment in the Farmington
Schools was as follows:
Grade
School
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 Total
36
36
354
241
35 277
35 872
Memorial
Drive
Main
106 85 82 81
79
St.
11 85
71 66
106 85 82 81 79 11 85 71 66
High School
Totals
1966-67
Teacher Replacement
69
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ected the project. Included In the project was much supplementary equipment purchased with these federal funds.
An allocation of $2/513 was received for this project.
Avery successful six weeks' Summer Reading Program
under the direction of Mrs. Bernice Parshley and Miss
Florence Stevens both local teachers was also made possible through an allocation of $5,38 7 jointly sponsored
by Farmington and Mlddleton school districts. You are
urged to read the evaluation of this joint project in the
school report.
,
,
Currently, two cooperative projects sponsored by
Farmington and Mlddleton are now in operation. Allocation of $2,400 has been made available for library shelving at the High School to accommodate the increased number of volumes and audio-visual aids which are being purchased on a five-year plan to meet the minimum library
standards as currently set up. In addition, we are in the
second year of approximately $5 ,000 per year, under Title
II, of the same act, allocated for the purchase of library
books and audio-visual aids to be made available for all
schools in Supervisory Union #44.
Under another joint project by Farmington and Middleton, an allocation of $3,888 has been made available for
the employment of teacher aides to assist the three first
grade teachers who now have a total enrollment of 106
children. This project was phased in January 3; and the
services of Miss Joyce Nutter, Mrs. Blanche Magee and
Mrs. Muriel Martineau were procured. It must be reemphasized that these funded projects come from the
joint allocation of both Farmington
and Mlddleton school
districts
Although, at this writing, there are no committee reports in regard to the AREA Concept and the Co-operative
School Districts. These are changing times in educational circles, and signs point to growth and innovation in
the Immediate future for continued study of this type of
organization.
There will be a continuance of Federal programs which
will affect education in one form or another. We should
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�be watchful and infonned so that our decisions concerning the education of boys and girls, will be based on
facts rather than emotions and hearsay.
,
Throughout these days ahead
we
will appreciate, as
in the past, your continued cooperation in the best inter-
est of good education.
Respectfully submitted,
Ramon Martineau
Superintendent of Schools
John Houghton, Jr.
As St. Superintendent of Schools
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�REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL
To the Superintendent of Schools:
The undersigned herewith submits his report for the
period from January 20, 1966, to January 27, 1967.
The overall enrollment of pupils In Farmlngton High
School has decreased somewhat from that of the previous
reporting period. The chief cause of this decrease was
the graduation of a large class last June combined with
the entrance of a smaller eighth grade than has been the
norm In recent years. However, the entering eighth grade
in September, 1967, Is expected to return to .the normal
figure. The smaller graduating class, combined with the
larger eighth grade, should bring the enrollment figure
to approximately 311, an increase of 38 over the present
figure. The addition of the new industrial plant to Farmlngton 's economy does not seem to have had a significant
Impact upon the enrollment in Grades 8 through 12 as
yet.
On June 17, 1966, fifty-five students were graduated. Of this total, 12 elected to continue their formal
education; 12 entered the armed services; 8 married; 28
entered gainful employment; and 2 could not be classified at this time. This was the largest class to graduate in the history of Farmlngton High School.
There has been a number of very important additions
to the educational opportunities made available to the
students of Farmlngton High School this year. Physical
education is required of all students in grades eight
through twelve. The physical education program is teaching skills that can be used during the student's entire
life, as well as benefiting him Immediately through better conditioning and the application of good health habWith the employment of the school librarian on a
its
full time basis, the school library is open to the students
during the full school day and during a portion of the
noon recess. The Increased library services help the
student to make practical application of the study skills
he learns in his classes, and in doing the necessary research for his projects. The supply of appropriate peri.
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make
,
.
possible for him to keep abreast of curmany areas. A guidance counselor
has been employed for the first time in several years.
The guidance program has benefited the student in enabling him to obtain help in solving the educational and personal problems he may face. It should also be noted
that the number of drop-outs since September seems to
have decreased in relation to that of previous years.
This decrease may be due in part to the guidance program as well as the other new services added to the
curriculum
odicals
it
rent developments in
,
The co-curricula program continues to offer many experiences of value to the students. This program includes
athletics; the various clubs such as the Math Club which
has won two consecutive Southeastern League Mathalon
trophies; and the class organizations. The Student Council continues to be active and has established a point
system for student awards in the various activities of the
school. In connection with the fall and spring athletics,
there has been a problem in regard to the transportation
of teams to out-of-town games. With the aid of money
earned by the Civics classes in past years, a secondhand school bus has been obtained with which it is hoped
this problem will be solved in the best interest of all concerned.
,
,
Farmington High School has been fortunate in retainmany experienced faculty members and in obtaining
replacements of those who have chosen to move. Any
school can only be as good as its staff, and the contribution made by the teachers to the students' education in
Farmington has been significant. With the increasing rewards and benefits being offered to qualified educators in
neighboring states and communities, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Farmington to compete for qualified
replacements
ing
The building remains in good condition and requires no
more than the usual precautions necessary to preserve the
district's investment. The undersigned remains a supas
porter of a program of preventive maintenance such
regular cleaning of septic tanks, heating equipment the
preservation of roofs, floors, plumbing, and the like.
,
,
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This attention would tend to prevent the sudden failure of
equipment resulting in hazards to the pupils. It may also be noted that the building continues to be used by many outside organizations many times during the year.
In closing, the writer would like to express his appreciation of the fine cooperation he has received from the
Farmington School Board, the Superintendent of Schools,
and his staff, fellow principals, faculty and staff, and
from the students and their parents. The voters of the
Farmington School District must also be sincerely thanked
for the fine additions to the program of the school which
they have made possible during the present year.
Respectfully submitted
Charles H. Morgan
Principal
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�MAIN STREET
SCHOOL
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
To the Superintendent of Schools:
Expansion of student population necessitated an increase,
by one teacher, in the staff this year, resulting in a
staff numbering ten in size. This consists of three classroom teachers each for grades five, six, and seven, and
one specialist teacher in reading.
An additional classroom was required for the extra class,
and this was obtained by permanently dividing the auditorium, rendering that facility unavailable to us any longer for joint class activities. New furniture was purchased
for this room, also.
One other room was modified to some extent to make it
suitable for more sophisticated science instruction. This
consisted primarily of the installation of a teacher's lab
demonstration table.
We continue to make extensive use of educational television in the fields of science and social studies. To
another television set
facilitate our use of this medium
has been purchased, providing a set for both upstairs
and downstairs.
We became the beneficiaries of a considerable amount
of special reading equipment and materials which had
been purchased by Mr. Martineau with federal funds for
the special summer school program held here in Farmington
last summer.
Perhaps the most significant undertaking of the past year
has been the continued development and refinement of the
very vital reading program.
For the past three years,
we have been steadily reorganizing and revising both our
instructional technique and materials.
Instructional
changes have consisted primarily in the utilization of a
semi-departmentalized classroom arrangement, allowing
three key subjects in both grade five and grade six to be
taught by what might be called "specialist teachers."
This phase of our reorganization was completed last year.
These special classes imply the need of special materiThough
als to guarantee really effective implementation.
all three subject areas have received attention in this regard, our primary effort here has been in the field of read,
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�ing, the elementary school's primary reason for being.
Extensive materials of exceptional quality were purchased
for the fifth grade program last year. These enabled us
to develop a reading program in grade five that was truly
meciningful and effective for neeirly all the children involved in it. In the past^ as has been more or less traditional in elementary schools, primarily because of lack
of adequate teacher time and instructional materials, we
had been presenting a mode of reading instruction which,
in essence, required the students to fit themselves into a
pre-conceived mold of reading competence in carder to
effectively benefit from our instruction; a fact , which , for
many of them , was not consistent with reality, as indicated by their aptitude and/or achievement levels. Therefore, many of them were not given an equitable opportunity to achieve at levels commensurate with their abilities
Departmentalization created more teacher
and Interest.
time and competence, and the purchase of quality materials
of both basal and supplemental natures, geared to several
different levels of instruction, made it possible for the
teachers to offer instruction on several levels, suitaJDle,
in most cases, to the individual students' personal needs
and abilities. Thus, our reading program became far more
effective and equitable.
During the current year this same procedure has been carried out in grade six. It is our plan to further extend this
refinement of the reading program into grade seven next
year.
Respectfully submitted,
D^vid Roberts
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�MEMORIAL DRIVE SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
To the Superintendent of Schools:
Our Initial enrollment for the year 1966-1967 was 354.
The distribution by grades were as follows:
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Grade 1
85
Grade 2
83
Grade 3
81
Grade 4
Each grade was divided into three sections with the following teacher assignments:
Grade 1 - Mrs. M. Clough, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Larow
Grade 2 - Mrs. Jones, Miss Skidds, Miss Whipple
Grade 3 - Mrs. G. Clough, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Robinson
Grade 4 - Mrs. Carr, Mrs. Glldden, Mrs. Parshley
We were fortunate in having all our teachers, but one,
return this year. Mrs. Stearns, Grade 4, left to teach
She was replaced by Mrs.
near her home in Barrington.
Glidden, who is no stranger to us, having substituted at
Memorial Drive many times.
Our total enrollment figure remains quite stable although
we have had quite a few enter and transfer this year. It
might be interesting to note that approximately eighty of
the children's parents are employed at Farmington's newest industry.
Aruling was made last spring that our incoming first graders must be six years of age by October 1 . It was agreed
that for this school year only (1966-1967) that, if they attained this age between October 1 and December 31, and
satisfactorily completed a readiness test, theycould enter
school in September. Thereafter, there would be no exceptions to the October 1 rule. In spite of this ruling,
we enrolled a large first grade. The results of the readiness tests given to all first grade pupils in September
show a definite relationship to the pupil's abilities to do
Grade
1
work.
Supt. Martineau, through the use of federal funds, secured three teacher aids to work with our first grade teachers. These aids are giving valuable help to the beginners in these classes.
As for instruction the new math is being taught in all
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�our classes. New methods employing filmstrips ,the flash
o' graph, the tape recorder, the language lab and individual work, by which the pupil can rate himself, are being
utilized in the teaching of reading. The educational TV
programs play an important part in our teaching. Mrs.
Dorothy Bas sett serves as instructor in both vocal and instrumental music this year.
Several of our teachers are taking extension courses.
Of necessity, many facilities must be shared by Memorial
Drive and the High School. The Memorial Drive teachers
wish to express their appreciation to Mr. Morgan and the
High School for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
Beroiice Parshley
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�,
REPORT OF READING CONSULTANT
To the Superintendent of Schools:
Every fall all children in Grades 3 through 7 are individually checked as to their Sight Vocabulary Level
which means their ability to recognize words out of content. This usually indicates the level at which the child
can read easily. The study reading level is customariThis
ly one-half grade level above the S. V. Level.
guide in placing the child in a readtesting is used as a
ing group in his class.
The following table shows the percentage of those
on or above grade level in the grades 3-7 as compared
to the results of 1964:
1964
Grade
3
1966
�other children to work with the mental retardates^ nor
skill to do so.
has she the
The second factor that
is
holding back the teach-
er's effectiveness is the entering of too many children
who are not mature enough to profit by instruction.
Some enter before they are 6 years old mentally These
become our repeaters often bored repeaters and probIt would be well if all children born
lem children.
after September 1 were carefully tested to determine
their Mental Age before entering Grade 1
It would
help if parents did not try to push the child into school
.
,
.
before he is ready. This only loads the classes with
immature children who take the teacher's time away
from instruction, and the children are not ready for
school.
In conclusion, I wish to say that the teachers are
continuing to do an excellent job in their reading instruction and are doing their best to get each child up
to his potential.
Respectfully submitted,
Leona Haskell
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�REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the Townspeople, School Board, and Superintendent
of School:
The following report
is
for the
school year 1965 to
1966.
The communicable disease incidence was average
with a mild epidemic of mumps, two cases of chickenpox, thirteen cases of German measles, six cases of
scarlet-fever, one case of ringworm, and twelve cases
of impetigo.
Pediculosis (head lice) had sixteen cases compared
The sixteen cases were reported
and properly taken care of.
to one the year before.
The School Dental Clinic, sponsored by the Farmington Visiting Nurse Association, was started in February,
1966, and grade one through eight participated with a total of four-hundred and eighteen taken advantage of the
clinic.
Teeth were cleaned, examined, and received a
fluoride treatment, and all parents were notified of any
defects and advised to take their children to their family
dentist as soon as possible.
Orthopedic Clinics were held in Dover, New HampDecember, April, and June; and six children attended these clinics.
shire,
Dreypak Testing (urine-sugar) was done in grades
eight through twelve with three-hundred and sixteen students participating in the program.
The Pre-School Round-Up was held May 9, 10, 11,
1966, and seventy-nine children were registered at the
round-up to start school in September, 1966. Each child
received a vision test, hearing test, was weighed, measured and teeth were checked and a medical history was
taken on each child.
Operation Head Start was a summer program with
twelve pre-school children participating In it for seven
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�weeks.
School health physical examinations were carried
out by school physicians. Dr. George E. Quinn and Dr.
Robert E. Lord. Five-hundred and thirteen children were
examined; and whenever there was an abnormal condition
existing in any child, the parents were notified and advised to consult their family physician. Minor defects
were promptly treated.
Vision testing was administered to check defective
vision on four-hundred and fifty-two students and hearing tests with the Maico Audiometer were done throughout the school year to help the students. One-hundred
and fifty-five students were tested.
,
No
child needs to go without glasses because finan-
cial assistance is available obtaining proper diagnosis
This may be arranged through
(school nurse) through various organizations.
and corrective treatment.
me
During the school year four-hundred and eighty-nine
school calls were made by the school nurse, and onehundred and eighty-seven ill children were transported
home, and sixty-one children were transported to the
doctors during the school year 1965-66 by the school
nurse.
it is a privilege to mention
cooperation of the following service organizations
and groups who helped in many ways and many times:
Farmington Woman's
Kiwanis Club, Salvation Army,
Club, American Legion, Ladies' Legion Auxilary, Elks
Club, Rainbow Girls, 500 Boys' Clubs, and Ladies'
Church Service Organizations. These clubs and organizations are continuously serving and providing suitable
clothing, dental and vision aid, food, and many things
for the children; and by doing so, they help build a
In concluding this report,
the
better and healthier community.
Following is the statistical report
health work for the school year 1965-66:
Pupils Examined by School Physicians
Pupils Examined by the School Nurse
119
of
the
513
452
school
�Defects Found by School Physicians
Defects Found by the School Nurse
Defects Treated
Inspection of Heads
First Aid to Children
111 Children Transported Home
111 Children Transported to Doctors
Home Visits Made by School Nurse
8
53
47
1033
925
187
61
489
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. Rachel N. Feeny, R.N,
School Nurse Teacher
120
�REPORT OF THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
To the Superintendent of Schools:
is the process which enables each individuunderstand his interests, abilities, and personalitytraits; to develop them as well as possible; and to relate
them to his life's goals.
Guidance
al to
The general objectives of guidance are to acquire a
thorough knowledge of each student as an individual; to
know his aptitudes, abilities, interests, physical^ mental and emotional condition , family background including
economic status; and other pertinent information which indicate the way to his best adjustment now and in later
life.
The basic attitude of the guidance program is that
the individual is of central importance. Rules and regulations of the school, the community, and society as a
whole are important. Equally important are the demands
made in our economy for trained workers in our occupational structure.
In guidance work the normal growth
problems, adjustment, and the progress of the individual as a member of our society are the primary concerns.
The counseling service is viewed as that part of
guidance that provides a one to one relationship between
a student who seeks a better understanding of self and/
or his world and the counselor skilled in the techniques
necessary to help the student in the relationship to achieve such an understanding. Students seek counseling through their own initiative , are called by the counselor or are referred to the counselor by parents , teachers , and/or administrators . Typical occasions or conditions that may indicate a need for counseling are (1) personal problems; (2) educational, vocational or avocational problems; (3) interpretation of test scores; (4)
health problems; (5) college admissions and scholarships;
school grades and underachievement; (7) adjust(6)
ment; (8) discipline problems; (9) four year program planning; and (10) vocational exploration.
Several students attend group counseling sessions.
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�,
Small groups of students chosen because of certain complimentary characteristics, are drawn together, and as a
result, enchance the effectiveness of the counseling ef,
fort.
Parents are invited to contact the counselor at anytime the counselor can be of assistance. The counselor
attempts to provide and interpret information about individual students and provide information about courses
graduation requirements, school regulations, college admissions, scholarships, referrel agencies, etc.
The counselor provides and interprets information about individual students and cooperates with teachers to
help students derive maximum benefits from instruction.
Following the philosophy that the basic responsibility of the school is to assist each individual to develop
to his potential, the school has the obligation of helping
the student recognize and understand his abilities. As a
The school
result, tests with multiple scores are used.
participates in the New Hampshire Eighth and Tenth Grade
Testing Programs. During the junior year the students
may participate in the National Merit Scholarship Test and
Seniors may
the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test.
take the General Aptitude Test Battery, College Entrance
Examination Board, and the American College Testing
Program. Aptitude, intelligence, achievement, personality tests are administered upon the student's request
or counselor's
recommendation.
The counselor attempts to assist the administration
by identifying and interpreting requirements of the local
labor market and studying the changing demands and requirements of post high school training requirements.
The information service provides students with information about:
high school programs, courses,
(1)
graduation requirements, and miscellaneous school information; (2) college, trade school, vocational schools,
special schools, and apprenticeship programs; and (3)
scholarship, financial, and self-help information.
The placement and follow-up services assist students In preparation of college admissions and scholar122
�.
ship applications and help students
make personal con-
tact with appropriate Jobs^ employers, colleges, trade
schools, and other educational institutions. Various
college and military representatives have visited the
school
The following is a statistical report from September 7,
1966, to January 27, 1967:
Pupils Interviewed
178
500
80
Counseling Sessions
Group Counseling Sessions
Testing Sessions
Parent Conferences
College Representatives
70
15
12
Service Representatives
2
Counseling sessions vary from 20 minutes to two
hours depending on student needs.
Respectfully submitted,
George Kourkounas
Guidance Counselor
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MEMORIAL DRIVE SCHOOL
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
TITLE
1
,
E S E
A
Our Summer Reading Program, of six weeks duration,
could be classed as "Remedial." The thirty pupils were
divided into two groups. One group involved pupils in
Grades 2 and 3, and the other group was made up of pupils from Grades 4 and 5. With these small groups, it
was possible to work on an individual and two or three
grouping basis. We used the "Learning through Seeing"
filmstrlps with the younger group, which, by the use of
"Seeing Skills" films and Flash-O-Graph, promoted attention and interest. The "Seeing Skills" were followed
by vocabulary drills (filmstrips) consisting of Dolch
words and phrases succeeded, of course, by the work
in comprehension. This type of work, in addition to selected phonetic drills, was done with the whole group
with particular attention to individual remedial needs.
Next, small groups worked with Scott Foresman material.
Ateacher would be busy with one small group while other
groups worked in various parts of the room, reading, debating comprehension choices, etc.
and it was good to
hear disagreements and sometimes quite vigorous arguments concerning some word usages.
—
—
Of all the phases, we worked harder on comprehension from the manual suggested idea to the old way of
questions page by page and "Who can find the answer? "
It did pay off, not only in comprehension, alone, but in
a sensible attack on pronunciation and vocabulary building. We used IB of the S.R.A. in this group. The tape
recorder and the language laboratory were much in use.
—
We found that Grade 2 did not seem to progress the
last week; in fact, they sometimes appeared to regress,
while Grade 3 pupils showed a steady gain.
Effort and cooperation were excellent in both groups
Reading materials found most helpful in the upper group
were the Reading Training Films based on the Developmental Series by Lyons and Carnahan; the S.R.A. Reading
Laboratory; and the Elementary Reading Tachist-O-Films.
124
�In addition to group work, there was opportunity for the
teacher to give much individual help and attention. Definite progress along many lines was noted, not only in
reading, but in less tangible qualities as self-assurance,
self-respect, and leadership.
We told the children at the beginning of the program
that they were not going to be "ranked," that we were
there to help them read better and we think that this was
Praise was readily
a big factor in their achievement.
given, but there was no pressure. If someone were slow,
we suggested that they might like to do a little more and
it was willingly done
.
We
had two breaks
we found were needed
in
our three-hour period, which
in the
summer weather.
Attendance was excellent for a voluntary summer program.
We were very satisfied with the individual accomplishments.
Bernice Parshley, Grade
2
and
3
Florence Stevens, Grades 4 and
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5
�GRADUATING CLASS
Margaret Ann Jenness
Cynthia May King
Jan Kuligowski
Gwendolyn June Allen
Anne Marie Allfrey
Joyce Belle Batchelder
Wayne
Paul Ernest LaPierre
E. Butler
Alfred Sidney Cameron
Marcia Agnes Leary
Susan Hope Lepene
William D. Lessard
Russell McPherson
Albert W. Menard, Jr.
Donald George Mitchell
Linda Lou Campbell
Nancy Lee Cardinal
Sheila Lee Cardinal
Howard
Alan
R.
1966
Champagne
M. Chesley
Catherine Mary Mooney
Marilyn Mosher
Judith Ann Moulton
Shirley Jane Colbath
Albert W. Currier, Jr.
Verne Erwin Day
Regina Fay Drew
Barry Alan Elliott
Betty Jane Gates
Sally Mae Golding
Kenneth Roy Gray
Robert A. Gray
Sarah Angeline Guay
Allen W. Gullison
Sally Irene Hart
Phyllis Jeanne Hassen
Micheline Ann Hoage
Roberta Elaine Hoage
Carolyn Dee Hooper
Patricia Jane Hooper
Allen Robert Hudson
Bernard F. Nason, Jr.
Don Roger Place
Sandra Jean Rouleau
Mary Ann Rundlett
James H. Schulte
Ann Scruton
Donna Lee Secord
Brenda Lee Smith
John Louis Thivlerge
Donald Raymond Thurston
David Robert Vachon
Rodney T. Waldron
Barry James Whalen
Nancy Ellen Williams
Arvard Leroy Worster
126
��Please come to the meetings
and bring this report
TOWN MEETING
TUESDAY MARCH
9:00
14, 1967
A.M.
to 6:00 P.M
Voting for Elective Officers
POLLS OPEN 9:00 A.M.
Town Meeting
7:00
March
15
P.M.
TOWN HALL
SCHOOL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MARCH
7:30
P.M.
TOWN HALL
22, 1967
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Amasa W Shackford Photograph Card Decorative Backing Portrait Woman In Fine Clothing
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A sepia portrait cabinet card of a woman in fine clothing and a pearl choker. The photograph was taken by Amasa W. Shackford. "Shackford" and "Farmington" appear on the lower portion of the front of the photo card, in script. The card has a scalloped edge around the entire edge. The card has a rolled paper effect embedded directly around the image of the woman. The back of the photograph card has many decorations. A decorative edge of vines surrounds a lion crest and a shield on a patterned back. The shield has the words: " Instantaneous process used exclusively, artistic, A. W. Shackford, photography Farmington, NH. Below the shield are the words: " duplicates can be made at any time."
Size: 4.25" x 6.25"
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Amasa W Shackford
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Late 1800's
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1981 Award For Patriotism Given To James Perkins
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1981 award for patriotism given to James Perkins from American Law Enforcement Officers Association. Printed ink on paper. Size: 8.5"x11"
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American Law Enforcement Officers Association
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1981
award
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Perkins
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN
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ILLUSTRATED.
BOSTON:
MERCANTILE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
No. 258 Purchase Street.
4
�COPYRIGHT.
MERCANTILE PUBLISHING
CO.
1890.
iSee last
pages for Index
to
Business Notices.
�INTRODUCTORY.
Nearly three centuries have elapsed since the territory now
included within Dover's limits was first visited by white men
and this vast period of time has been so crowded with incident,
has witnessed so many stirring and decisive events and has brought about
so great a number of radical changes in modes of government, manners of
living, habits of thought, and methods employed in manufacturing and in
•commerce, that even were this brief sketch to be so extended that it would fill a goodly volume it
-would still be but an incomplete record of the doings which have transformed a howling wilderness
into one of the most important, flourishing and beautiful cities in New Hampshire. The Seventeenth
;
Century had but barely opened when the expedition, which was to number among its results the first
visitation by civilized man of this region, left England, for it was the tenth day of April, 1603, that
two tiny vessels sailed from the port of Bristol, sent out by the enterprising merchants of that place
on a voyage of discovery and exploration. Tiny indeed were these vessels— so tiny in fact that both
of them could easily be stored in a corner of the hold of one of the great steamships now so common,
for the larger vessel was of but fifty tons burden while her companion was only half that capacity.
But, small as they were, they reached the shore of the new world in safety under the skillful captain-ship of Martin Pring, and from them a boat expedition was sent up the Pascataqua River for a
-distance of twelve miles or so.
"Very goodly groves and woods and sundry sorts of beasts" were
^een by the
itheir errand
little band of explorers, but no attempt to found a settlement was made, the purpose of
being merely to gain an idea of " the lay of the land."
�DOVER AXD
4
OF IXTEREST.
ITS POIXTS
Eleven years later, or March 3, 16U,no less a personage tban Capt. John Smith, of Pocahontas fameembarked from London and reached Monhegan on the thirtieth day of the following month. After
arriving at this point he built seven boats, and in one of these, accompanied by eight men, he entered
the Pascataqua. At this time there was not, so far as is known, a single European residing at any
point on the long coast line extending from Plymouth to the French settlement on the island of Blount
Desert, although scattered along it at sparse intervals were places temporarily visited by fishermen.
This state of affairs continued for nearly a decade after Smith's visit, the time and manner of its-
termination being stated in Hubbard's "History of
New
England
"'
thus
:
THE KIRSX SETTLEMENT.
other gentlemen in the west of England, belonging to the cities of Exeter,.
having obtained patentsShrewsbury, and the towns of Plymouth, Dorchester, etc.,
made some attempts at beginning a
for several parts of the country of New England,
They sent over
plantation in some place about the Pascataqua River about the year 1623.
"Some merchants and
Bristol,
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
�DOVER ASD
ITS FOISTS
OF IS TBREST.
But happily it is no longer necessary to depend upon mere probabilities
a dav's journey distant.
to establish the date of Dover's settlement, for a few years ago there was discovered among the files
This paper is
-of Suffolk Court, an original document which determines it beyond a reasonable doubt.
in the form of a petition for a confirmation of a sale of territory made by Tahanto, Sagamore of
The
Penacook, in 1636, to William Hilton, Sr., and his son, 'William Hilton, Jr., the petitioner.
than
was presented
petition
-extract
in
1660, and fully covers the point at issue as will be seen
by the following
:
William Hilton, came over into New England about the
yor petitioner came about one yeare & an halfe after, and in a little
tyme following settld ourselves upon the River of Pascataq with Mr. Edw. Hilton, who were the
"'
first English planters there
" MVJiereas,
^eare
Anno
:
your
Dom
petitioner's father,
1621,
:
&
—
The petitioner was a nephew of Edward
known that his father came to Plymouth in
Hilton and bore a high reputation for integrity.
the ship Fortune,
November
11,
1621,
and that
It
is
his
wife and children followed in July or Aua'ust, 1623, or in other words after an inter\-al of about a year
- the evidence is conclusive that Edward
Hilton settled at
:and a half, as stated in the petit:
Dover in 1623, and as such is
the fact Dover is entitled to the
bonor of being the first settled
town in Xew Hampshire, and
Hilton to the distinction of having been the first permanent
settler in the State.
The exact
itively
is
of the
locality
settlement
original
known, that
is
not pos-
is
to say
it
not established by record, but
tradition places it at the extreme
southern point of Dover, and
authorities very generally agree
that this tradition is worthy of
credence.
Certainly
a
more
advantageous spot could not
have been selected, for it was
-easy of access by waterways,
which always form the chief and
St.
means of commuvirgin and wooded country
Thomas" Chtech a.xd Lafayette's Headqcaetees.
-often the only
the broad expanse of water on all sides but one rendered
impossible for the savases to approach in anv considerable force unseen, and the great
abundance of fish, so easily available at certain seasons, afforded an unlimited and invaluable food"
-supply which insured the settlers against that famine which was a by no means uncommon experience
nication in a
;
it practically
•of
Xew
England pioneers
less
fortunatelv located.
From an
aesthetic point of view, also, the choice
is now a popular summer resort.
Despite these advantages of location the work of settlement proceeded very slowly, Hubbard
stating that in 1631 "there were but three houses in all that part of the country adjoining the
was
a wise one, for the scenery
is
beautiful and varied in this region which
Pascataqua River. There had also been some expense about salt works."
The title under which Edward Hilton and his associates in England held their lands was some-what vague and unsatisfactory so they made application to have it more specifically defined. All the
territory on this continent between the fortieth and the forty-eighth degrees of north latitude was
controlled by an organization generally called the ''Plymouth Council," which held and disposed of
4he lands within these limits by virtue of letters patent received from the King, November 3, 1606,
�DOVER AND
6
ITS POINTS OF INTEREST.
body which made the grant desired by the Dover settlers and those associated witht
was issued March 12, 1630, and as all the land titles in Dover and several neighboring townsproceed from it it is of sufficient interest to warrant our giving it almost verbatim
anrl
it
them.
wa-s this
It
:
"
Now know
yee that the said President
&
Councell by Virtue
&
Authority of his Majties said
Letters Patents, and for and in consideracon lliat Edward Hilton & his Associates hath already at his
and their owne proper costs and charges transported sundry servants to plant in New England aforesaid
by the natives Wecanacohunt otherwise Hiltons' point lying som two leagues from
New England aforesaid where they have already Built som
houses, and planted Corne, And for that he doth further intend by God's Divine Assistance, to
transport thither more people and cattle, to the good increase and advancement & for the better
settling and strengthing of their plantacon as also that they may be better encouraged to proceed in
soe pious a work which may Especially tend to the propagacon of Religion and to the Great Increase
of Trade to his Majties Realmes and Dominions, and to the advancement of pulilique plantaeon, Have
given granted Enfeoifed and Confirmed, and by this their p'sent writing doe fully clearly and
absolutely give grant enfeoffe and confirm unto the said Edward Hilton his heires and assignes for
ever, all that part of the River Pascataquack called or known by the name of Wecanacohunt or
Hiltons' Point witb the south side of the said River, up to the flail of the River, and three miles into
Together with all the Shoares, Creeks, Bays Harbors
the Maine Land by all the breadth aforesaid.
and Coasts, alongst the sea within the limits and Bounds aforesaid with the woods and Islands next
adjoyneing to the said Lands, not being already granted by the said Councell unto any other person or
persons together alsoe with all the Lands River mines Minerals of what kinde or nature soever, woods
Quarries, Marshes, Waters, Lakes, ffishings. Huntings, Hawkings ffowlings, Comodities Emolurats and
hereditaments whatsoever withall and singular their or to the said Lands lying within the same Limitsunto the said Edward Hilton his heirea,^
or Bounds belonging or in any wise appertaining
Associates and Assignes forever to the onely proper use and behoof of the said Edward Hilton hi»
heires Associates & Assignes for ever, yielding and paying unto our Soveraigne Lord the King oneflSftb part of Gold and Silver Oares, and another ffifth part to the Councell aforesaid and their
successors to be holden of the said Councell and their successors by the rent hereafter in these p'sentsReserved, yielding and paying therefor yearly for ever unto the said Councell tlieir successors or
Assignes for every hundred Acres of the said Land in use the sume of twelve pence of Lawfull
money of England into the hands of the Rent gatherers for the time being of the said Councell yr
successors or Assignes for all services whatsoever."
at a place there called
the
mouth
of the River Pascataquack in
.
.
.
Nearly a year and a half elapsed before the actual delivery of the land, this ceremony being^
performed July 7, 1631, by Thomas Lewis, acting under power of attorney from the Council. It wasdelivered on the premises, the witnesses being Thomas Wiggin, William Hilton, Samuel Sharpe, and
James Downe.
No
record appears of any history of the Dover settlement during the time between the date of
the grant and the formal delivery of the land, and indeed the records of the early history of this
colony are exceptionally meagre and unsatisfactory, especially when compared with those of the
and the reason of this difference is plain. Men possessed of
resulting from them, naturally take care to see that full
and clear records are made of the origin and progress of that movement, that their ways may be
justified and their convictions and sacrifices appreciated by their successors, and in time, by all manThen again, the history of such an undertaking cannot but be of peculiar interest to the
kind.
student of humanity and must of necessity contain more of romance and of unusual happenings than
the history of an enterprise carried on by those seeking to better merely their worldly position, and so
Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay
colonies,
peculiar ideas and identified with a
movement
actuated by the commonplace motives which animate people in general. The Pilgrims of Plymouth
and the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay did not leave the old country because they could not gain a.
satisfactory livelihood there, or because they thought the New World offered more opportunities for
�DOVER AND
ITS POINTS
OF INTKHEST.
7
the accumulation of wealth, but because they sought that liberty of conscience which was denied them
in England
but while this motive was common to them both there was one essential point of
difference between them which is now generally overlooked, the result being that Puritan and Pilgrim
are almost synonymous terms in the popular mind, the only distinction made being that the Puritans
settled at one point on the coast and the Pilgrims at another.
Yet their convictions were radically
;
different, for the Pilgrims felt themselves obliged to separate entirely
from the Church of England and
but had conscientious
scruples concerning some of its ceremonies.
The New Hampshire colonists belonged to neither i)arty.
They held no peculiar ideas concerning Church or State and had no theories of terapoi-al or spiritual
to discountenance iis
existence, while the Puritans recognized
that church
Central Avenue, Looking South.
government differing from those accepted
in England, their only object in braving the dangers and
being the acquisition of wealth.
Of course this motive was
mixed with various others, such as a liking for a life of adventure and an ambition to gain a social
position denied to many of them in the Old World but they were guided in their affairs and encouraged
in their efforts by no dominating, conscientious conviction peculiar to themselves, and so the early
discomforts of
life
in the wilderness
;
historians gave but
the
number
little
heed to their enterprises and the records now extant'have mostly to do with
of beaver skins and other furs obtained
from the Indians, the amount^^of
fish
cured for
the English market, and other prosaic happenings.
The most prominent man among those witnessing the delivery of the lands to Edward Hilton was
Captain Thomas Wiggin, who probably represented the Bristol merchants who hadjtaken that portion
�8
DOVER AND
ITS POINTS
OF INTEREST
now comprised within Dover's limits as their own. He returned to England the following year to get^
men and means to carry on the work of settlement bnt proceedings were delayed on account of
negotiations for the sale of the property, they being brought to a successful conclusion in 1633. The
Bristol men disposed of their interests for the sum of 2150 pounds, and it is said that the purchasers
were the Puritan Lords, Say and Brook, George Willys and William Whiting, but there were
evidently others besides these judging from the subsequent records relating to the property. This
change in ownership brought about a change also in the religious auspices under which the colony was
conducted, for
Edward Hilton was an adherent
of the
Church of England, while his successor, Captain
Thomas Wiggin, was of Puritan sympathies.
He is spoken of in a letter written
June 22, 1633, to Governor Winthrop, of
Massachusetts, as follows
:
"Before I end, I must not forgett to
put you in minde of one that is cominge
whoe hath deserved exceedingly
your father & the plantation, many
wayes he discovered ( under God ) our
enemies plotts, ifc helpt to prevent them
he hath also dispossest our enemies of
their hope, Pascataqua, and intends to
plant him selfe and many gracious men
there this sommer.
Noe doubt but this
to you,
of
;
;
may
be and wil be by diverse
reported to you
;
in this shipj)
but out of the mouth of
diverse witnesses the truth
is
confirmed.
and you all have cause to blesse
God that you have soe good a neighbour
as Capt. Wiggin."
I have,
October
10,
1633,
Wiggin landed
at
Salem, Mass., with "about thirty" colo-
Dover, "some of whom were of
and of some account for
religion," and the party proceeded withnists for
good
estate
out delay
Point.
to the settlement
at
Hilton's
They were accompanied by Rev.
William Leverich, " an able and worthy
Puritan Minister," and a meeting-house
was built the following year, or in 1634,
First Pakish Courch.
so that this parish has the honor of being
the first to be established in New Hampshire.
Captain Wiggin did not long remain in control of the
colony, being succeeded in 163V by Rev. George Burdett, who was made Governor by agreement
of the people who were otherwise destitute of civil government, as the corporation under whose
auspices the settlement was being developed had been organized merely for planting and trading
purposes and had no governing powers.
About December, 1638, he was succeeded by Captain John Underbill, who came to Dover that
Underbill was a brave
year on account of his being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
soldier but^appears to have been unprincipled and utterly untrustworthy, both in private and public life.
Underbill was succeeded as chief magistrate by Thomas Roberts, ancestor of the very large
family of that name to be found throughout New Hampshire and Maine.
The Pascataqua plantations came under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts in 1641, this change
being made with the full consent of the people, as important concessions were made to individuals and
�DOVER AND
ITS POINTS OF INTEREST.
9
to the towns, and the colonists ( those of Dovpi- especially were tired of the confusion arising from
the contests of those favoring and those opposing annexation. They knew that no effective resistance
could be made if Massachusetts sought to gain her end by force of arms, and, as they made excellent
)
terras (Massachusetts granting everything in exchange for the simple title of sovereignity,) their
The Pascataqua towns
their course was undoubtedly the wisest one that could have been taken.
remained under Massachusetts jurisdiction for nearly forty years, and so fully were their rights
respected and so much did they prosper while this state of affairs continued that the majority of the
people were reluctant to accept the mandate which made New Hampshire a royal province and severed
their connection with Massachusetts.
The thirty years following the anne.^ntioii of Dover tn ^Iissachusotts was comparatively
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tineventful, hut this period was to be followed
by one the
like of
which the colony had never known
for they had thus far lived at peace with the Indians, who had cordially welcomed the early settlers
but long-continued abuse, cheating and contempt of the redskins by many of the colonists at last had
their natural effect, and in 1675 the first general war with the Indians commenced, the first blood-shed
;
•occurring at Oyster River, in September of that year.
Interesting and romantic as the history of these Indian troubles
influence upon the fortunes of the colony,
is
and important
we cannot give them even passing notice
as
was their
as the exigencies of
space compel us to proceed at once to the events attending the birth of the present Dover, for old as
the town is in one sense, in another it is comparatively young, for it was truly " born again" after the
advent of the manufacturing enterprises which inspired it with such life and vigor that in a few years
�DO VER AND
10
ITS POINTS
OP INTEREST.
caught up with and passed by every town in New Hampshise but one, Dover being second only to>
Portsmouth in population for nearly a score of years.
The last year in which Dover blood was shed upon Dover soil was in 1725, during the French and
it
Indian War, but many of the townspeople lost their lives during the Revolution, for the people were
heart and soul in favor of that war and were well represented in the Continental armies.
The
population of the town in 17V6 was less than it had been in 1700, being but 1666, and at the close of
it was still less and the town, and in fact the entire country, was poor, much indebt,
and struggling against the many disadvantages of a worthless currency.
The effects of the war
the Revolution
continued long after the close of the struggle, but soon after the establishment of the Constitution the
industries and commerce of the country began to revive, although years elapsed before Dover began
new order of things.
The first United States census, taken just a.
found Dover with a population of 1998, an increase of 132 in fifteen years, and
the result of the census of 1800 was even more discouraging, while that of 1810 was but little better,.
to feel the full benefits of the
century ago,
in 1790,
Franklin Square, Dover.
and that of 1820 indicated slow progress, but from 1820 to 1830 the old town " made up for lost time""
in a most decided manner, and progress was so rapid and pronounced thereafter that in 1855 it
wa»
deemed necessary to have a city charter in order that the business of voting could be carried out in one
day, instead of extending over two or three as was frequently the result of the unwieldy towi*
organization, and in order that all public business might be more efiiciently and promptly transacted.
At this time the area of Dover was practically the same as now, it having been greatly reduced
from the original township which included the present City of Dover, Somersworth, Rollinsford,
Durham, Wadbury, Lee, Newington and probably a part of Greenland. A small portion of the lower
eastern end of Rollinsford was restored to Dover in 1879.
�DO VER AND ITS PO/M'S OF INTEREST.
DOVEK AS A
li
CIXV.
Dover was signed June 29, 1855, and the charter was aewptc<l
August 15, 1855, the first mayor taking the oath of office and
the city government being inaugurated March 25, 1856.
The great increase in wealth and population which caused the town government after an cxisience
of 222 years to be superseded by a city organization, was chiefly brought about by the cotton industry
which had its origin here in 1812, when the Dover Cotton Factory was incorporated with a capital of
$50,0(10, this company building a factory two miles above the Lower Falls, as it was then thought
This
that the i)ower at the latter point was fully taken up by the saw and grist mills there located.
establishment was long known as the Upper Factory and was not so successful as its projectors had
The
by
act incorporating the City of
the townspeople at a meeting held
supposed
it
would be
;
but they had strong faith
in the
future of the cotton industry and
in
1821 they
Centkal Square, Dovjsk.
extended their operations very considerably, obtaining control of the Lower Falls and building thefirst cotton mill erected in the village ; the capital of the company having been increased to $500,000.
It was again increased, June 17, 1823, to $1,000,000 and the name of the corporation was changed from
the " Dover Cotton Factory " to the " Dover Manufacturing
Company," a
third increase of capital
The company failed to make the enterprise
being made June 20, 1826 when it became $1,500,000.
profitable, however, and was succeeded by a corporation which still exists and which has made the
undertaking one of the most extensive and best-known of the kind in the world. This is the " Cocheco
Manufacturing Company," incorporated June 27, 1827, with a capital of $1,500,000, and now operating
Connected with this
five mills and manufacturing some 32,000,000 yards of cloth per annum.
Works their product amounting to about 50,000,000 yards per
two establishments consuming 12,000 bales of cotton a year. Employment is given to
The plant of machinery in these mills
2,000 operatives and the monthly pay-roll amounts to $50,000.
includes 100,000 spindles and 2,443 looms.
enterprise are the Cocheco Print
annum
;
the
;
�DOVER AND
12
Some conception
ITS POINTS
OF INTEREST.
of the effect which the establishment of cotton manufacturing and of other
may be gained by comparing the increase in population in the years
following their introduction with that of previous years. In 1790 the population of Dover was 1998
in 1800 it was 2062, a gain of 64 in ton years.
In ISIO it had become 2228, a gain of 166, and in 1820
it was 2871, a gain of G-t3.
But during the decade following, or that in which the cotton business was
founded, there was an increase in population of almost 100 i)er cent., the number of inhabitants in 1830
being 5449, or 2578 more than in 1820, And the increase in wealth was even more decided, for the
industries had upon the town
;
taxable property more than doubled in amount and the legitimate consequence of the era of prosperity
which had dawned upon the community was to be seen in the many new streets which had been laid
out, the new bridges which had been built, the hundreds of new dwelling houses which h.ad been
constructed, and the new church edifices which had been erected. Nor were these the only results of
the changed condition of affairs. This same decade witnessed the opening of the Dover Bank and of
the Savings Bank of the County of Strafford, the incorjioration of the Dover Aqueduct Company and
Central Avenue, Dover, Looking North.
the establishment of two newspapers, the Gazette and the Inquirer, making three local publications of
Dover Sun, had been founded some thirty years before.
this kind, as the
From
1830 to 1840 the growth of the town was by no means so large as during the preceding
was not confined to Dover for the whole country was injuriously
•decade, but this check in progress
affected by the conditions then prevailing.
There was great uncertainty as to the action of the
government on the nullification and tariff questions, disastrous speculations in Eastern land had shaken
•confidence and unsettled values, and this condition of affairs was aggravated by the suspension of
specie payments and the subsequent financial panics which destroyed some great business enterprises,
crippled many more and caused capital to be as timid as it had formerly been venturesome.
The gain in population from 1840 to 1850 was almost double that of the preceding ten years it
being 1728, making the total number of inhabitants 8186.
This decade witnessed the advent of the
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DOVER AAD
ITS POINTS
OF INTEREST.
i;j:
As a whole these changes wereand in some cases were utterly destroyed, notably,
that conducted by the Dover Packet Ccmpany, which had been in successful operation for many yearsas it furnished the sole means of intercourse between Dover and the business world and so transported
Many vessels were utilized and at one time Dover's commerce
all the freight to and from the town.
with Boston was greater than that of any other place east of New York, Portsmouth exceptedNaturally " the Landing" had long been the centre of business but later the opening of the Boston &
Maine Railroad, in 1841, and the building, a few years later, of the Cocheco Railroad to Alton,,
business deserted the Landing gradually and established itself convenient to the railroad.
Within the;
past ten or twelve years the shipping interests of Dover have revived and a large, well-equipped fleet;
of coasting vessels now sail from this port.
railway, which worked great changes in the business of the town.
beneficial
but
individual
enterprises suffered
Residenck of Jonathan Sawyer, Esq.
Dover's importance as a distributing point for trade in the interior declined very materially, of
was more than compensated for by the development
course, after the building of the railroads, but this
of local interests.
But
little
this period the
town became a
city
of gas in the houses and streets,
eflicient
made from 1850 to 1860, the increase being but 316, but during
and many valuable improvements were inaugurated, such as the use
better sidewalks and roadways, a police court and a more prompt and
gain in population was
enforcing of the laws.
become 9,874, showing an increase of 1,.372 during the decade, and in
1880 the figures were 11,693, a gain of 1,819 in ten years.
By the census of 1890 Dover has a
population of 12,780, showing an increase of 1,093 and proving that she is fully maintaining her
In 1870 the population had
among New Hampshire cities.
As has before been stated, the rapid development
position
of Dover during the years immediately preceding and following the adoption of a city charter, was not due entirely to the cotton industi-y but to-
�DO VSR A^D ITS POINTS OF INTER EST.
14
the combined effects of this and other branches of manufacture, prominent among the latter being
the woolen industry which was established here by Alfred I. Sawyer, founder of tlie enterprise now
on by the Sawyer Woolen Company and known throughout the country.
The boot and shoe industry has been and is another potent factor in the building up of the town
and city, it having attained large proportions since its introduction in 1847. In fact, when the business is good, more hands are employed in this than in any other local industry and the very magnitude
of the trade prevents our giving it the attention it deserves, for were we to make anything like
•carried
detailed mention of each of the houses engaged in
As
it,
the limits of our space
far back as 1854 there were eight shoe factories in town,
period, and at the present time
with any
Dover has some establishments
some
would be far exceeded.
of which were very large for that
of this kind that will
compare favorably
in the State.
Boots and shoes are not the only leather goods that are manufactured in Dover on a very large
Williams & Sons are extensively engaged in the production of leather
belting and lacings, thej' operating one of the largest factories of the kind in the country.
The banks of Dover have rendered such efficient aid in developing the resources of the city, that
the history of each and all of them will well repay careful study.
The educational facilities of Dover are excellent and the history of their origin and development
is very interesting, but the necessity of keeping this sketch within its assigned limits compels us to
pass it by. Franklin Academy, incorporated in 1805, has a high reputation and numbers among its
graduates many men who have won distinction in public, professional and business life. The pnblic
schools are liberally supported and efficiently conducted, so that by no means the least of Dover's
many advantages as a place of residence is the opportunity afforded to give one's children a sound,
practical and thorough education.
scale, for the firm of Isaac B.
The Church societies of the city embrace nearly
commodious church edifices adorn the streets.
all
the
more prominent
religious sects, and
many
Fraternal and benevolent societies are also well represented, the Masons being especially numerous
and
Orphan Council, No. 1, was organized April 2.3, 1832, and has the honor of being the
oldest council in the State. The Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, and other prominent societies have large memberships and do much to promote sociability and alleviate distress.
influential.
It is just
about a century since the
first
newspaper published
in
Dover appeared, and the history
many journalistic failures and successes since that time would make a large but very interesting
volume. The great political parties have for some j'ears been very ably represented in this city by
of the
daily as well as by weekly publications, and as regards devotion to the interests of all people, literary
merit, enterprise, circulation and advertising patronage, the Dover newspaper press will not suffer by
comparison with that of any other New Hampshire city.
No mention has been made in this sketch of the advantages offered by Dover as a purchasing
center, for these are very fully set forth in the pages devoted to description of the more prominent
mercantile and manufacturing enterprises, the high standing of which in comparison with those of
other communities, conclusively proves that the conditions under which operations are carried on here
are, on the whole, exceptionally favorable.
New enterprises, and })articularly new manufacturing enterprises, will be cordially welcomed by
the people, both in their private and in their corporate capacity, and the natural and other advantages
offered are such as may well attract those contemplating the establishment of new plants or the
removal of those now established under unfavorable conditions. Dover is an excellent city to live in as
well as to do business in, and judging from present indications her development during the next ten
years will have made her more prominent than ever among New Hampshire cities when the opening of
the twentieth century finds her well on her way towards her three hundredth birth-day.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER,
garment
at a very low price, for working wear; and in either case will give
full value for every dollar received
and spare no pains to satisfy you fully
in every respect.
Extensive facilities,
broad experience, and exceptional executive ability are essential to the successful carrying out of so liberal and
comprehensive a policy, and the fact
that it is successfully carried out
proves that none of these conditions
are wanting.
l\Ir. W. S. Bradley, the
jiroprietor of this representative enterprise, is a native of Fairtield, Vt. and
is widely and favorably known in business circles throughout this section of
the State.
He gives close supervision
to the various departments of the undertaking, and has the business so thoroughly systematized that the responsibility for any mistake can be easily
placed
and as a consequence, mistakes are of ver}' rare occurrence.
From six to ten assistants are employed in the store, and from twenty
to fifty in the workrooms
so that
despite the magnitude of the business
callers are assured prompt and careful
attention and all orders can be filled
at short notice.
The premises utilized comprise two
floors and a basement, each measuring 40 X 90 feet, and a
large proportion of this extensive space is taken up by
the heavy stock of clothing, gentlemen's furnishings, hats,
caps, etc., which is complete in every department and
comprises the latest fashionable novelties.
Goods are
cheerfully shown, and visitors to Dover as well as residents
of that city should make it a point to call at 4.36 and 438 Cen
tral Avenue, and examine as clean and desirable a stock of
clothing and furnishings as can be found in the State.
,
—
;
Dover Clothing
and Jlerchant Tailors;
4i!6 and 438 Central Avenue,
Dover Clothing Company began operations in 1880, and during the past decade have built up a
business which is remarkable alike for its magnitude and
its scope.
The great secret of this company's general
W.
S.
Co., Clothiers
Bradley, Proprietor.
Dover, N. H.
— The
popularity lies in the fact that all classes of trade are
catered to vpith equal care and ability.
They will make
as choice a custom garment as any tailor in New
England, and they will furnish you with a strong, durable
you
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
16
Thomas H. Dearborn & Co., dealers in Foreign and
Domestic Dry Goods, 452 and 454 Central Avenue, Dover,
N. H. It would require much more space than we have
at our command to properly describe the stock carried by
Messrs, Thomas H, Dearborn it Co., at their spacious
establishment, Nos. 453 and 454 Central avenue, >and even
if we had the necessary space such a description would be
of doubtful utility, for however accurate it might be at
the time of writing it would be deficient before it reached
our readers, for the firm in question make a practice of
giving their customers an opportunity to choose from the
latest novelties, and as a necessary consequence tlieir stock
is constantly being renewed in one department or another.
They deal in foreign and domestic dry goods of every
description, and two floors of the dimensions of 90 X 45
feet each are required to accommodate the heavy stock
carried.
The handling of cloaks, shawls, etc., forms an
important department of the business, and a very varied
and desirable assortment of these articles is always on
hand to select from. This firm was organized in 1884,
—
the partners being Mr. Thomas II. Dearborn, a native of
Northfield, N. H., and Mr, Frank N. French, a native of
Exeter, N. II.
Both these gentlemen are thoroughly
familiar with the dry goods business, and give their enterprise careful personal supervision, maintaining the service
Employment
at the very highest standard of efficiency.
is given to ten competent assistants, and we need hardly
add that prompt and polite attention is assured to every
From the very beginning, the policy of the firm
caller.
has been to ofler thoroughly dependable goods at the very
lowest market rates, and that such methods are appreciated is proved by the extensive and steadily increasing
patronage.
Clark &, Aldrich, New and Secondhand Furniture
and iMusical Instruments, Auctioneers. No. 463 Central Avenue, Dover, N. H.^The establishment conducted
by Messrs, Clark & Aldrich at No. 463 Central avenue, is
popular among both buyers and sellers, for the firm deal
largely in new and second hand furniture, musical instruments, etc.
"Picture-framing" is also done in the best
possible manner at this establishment.
Messrs, Clark &
Aldrich do a commission business, selling articles at auction and at private sale, and keeping the best of faith with
their customers at all times.
This enterprise was inaugurated a good many years ago. and in 1881 came under the
control of Messrs. J. W. Foss & Co., who were succeeded
by the present owners in 1890. Jlr. F. G. Clark is a
native of this city, and Mr, B. S. Aldrich, of Whilefield,
N. H., both these gentlemen giving clofe personal attention to the supervision of affairs, and sparing no pains to
assure prompt and satisfactory attention to every caller.
The premises utilized are 20 X To feet in dimensions, and
as they comprise one floor and a basement, opportunity is
given to carry a large and varied stock. There is no
establishment in town where a dollar will go farther in the
purchase of dependable goods, and the assortment is sufficiently varied to suit all tastes and all purses.
Mone^'
will be loaned on personal property at moderate rates, and
all such business can be quickly and privately transacted.
Converse & Hammond, wholesale and retail dealers in
Eastern and Western Long and Short Lumber, Lime,
Cement, Calcined and Ground Plaster, Roofing. Slate, Fire
Brick. Kaolin, Plastering Hair, Plum Inland Sand, Superphosphates, Guano and Ground Bone General Agents for
E. Frank Coe's Super-Phosphates; 17 Cocheco Street,
Dover, N. H. The undertaking carried on under the firmname of Converse
Hammond was founded in 1874, by
Messrs. Converse & Blaisdell, who in 1876 were succeeded
by Mr. J, Converse, he giving place to Messrs. Converse &
Hobbs in 1878. In 1883 Messrs. Converse & Wood assumed
control and in 1884 the existing firm name was adopted, it
being still retained although Mr, Converse retired in 1889,
his interest being taken by Mr. A. C. Place, a native of
;
—
&
New
Hampshire,
who
is
associated with Mr. M. B.
Ham-
mond,
a native of Albion, Maine.
The firm utilize extensive premises located at the head of navigation and comprising numerous storehouses and ample yard room, for a
very heavy and varied stock is carried, made up of Ea'-tem
and Western long and short lumber, lime, cement, calcined
and ground plaster, rooting slate, fire brick, kaolin, plastering hair. Plum Island sand, super phosphates, ground
bone and guano. They do both a wholesale and retail
business and are general agents for E. Frank Coe's SuperPhosphates, which are generally conceded by practical
men everywhere to have no superiors in the market. The
firm are in a position to quote bottom prices on the many
commodities handled, and to fill the most extensive orders
at very short notice.
The oflice is at No. 17 Cocheco
street, and as it has telephone connection, orders can be
sent without trouble from any point in this vicinity.
D. Lothrop & Co., Jobbers and Retailers of Pianos,
Organs and Sewing Machines, Dover, N. H. Importer*
and Publishers, Boston, Mass. The story of the origin
and development of the many important enterprises conducted by Messrs. D. Lothrop & Co., is of exceptiona)
interest, but to do it justice would require much more
space than the necessity of keeping this book within reasonable limits places at our disposal, and we regret this
the less from feeling assured that the large majority of
our Dover readers are already familiar with the more
—
Were a novelist to present as
characters three brothers, each_ active, enterprising and
self reliant, each having strong individualitj', and each a
man of affairs as well as of business, and represent them
as agreeing to combine fortunes and share equal profits
while carrying on widely distinct enterprises, and finally
represent them as implicitly keeping this agreement for
more than forty j'ears, his characters would be criticized
as utterly impracticable, and yet this is the state of affairs in
the firm of D. Lothrop & Co,
The partners are Daniel,
James E. and John C. Lothrop, all of whom are natives of
Rochester, N. H.
As importers and publisliers the firm
have an international reputation, and the members of it
are also largely interested in the drug business, and the
clothing business, but the present article is confined to a
consideration of an enterpiise which, although of quite
recent origin as compared with their other undertakings,
has developed so rapidly and continuouslj' as to have
become the largest of its kind in the State if not in New
England. We refer to the jobbing and retailing of pianos,
organs, music and musical merchandise, and sewing ma
The firm began to handle these goods in 1873 and
chines.
a very fortumite venture it has proved to be fortunate
not only for the proprietors but also for the purchasing
public, who find at this establishment a full selection of
thoroughly reliable articles offered at the lowest market
rates.
The piemises made use of comprise two floors, of
the respective dimensions of 20 X 80 and 24 X 'i^S feet, and
contain a very latge and complete stock at all times.
Employment is given to twelve assistants, and despite the
magnitude of the business orders are filled with the greatest promptitude, so well considered a system being in operation that all confusion is avoided.
The resident partner,
James E. Lothrop, exercises a general supervision over
the enterprise, and we need hardly add that the service is
maintained at the highest standard of efficiency.
Mr.
Lothrop has been connected with the Cocheco National
Bank since 18.58 iind has officiated as president since 1876.
He has served as Slate Representative and as mayor of
Dover, his service in the latter capacity proving of special
value to this community, one of the most noteworthy
features of it being the establishment of a free public
library.
Mr. Lothrop is the financial head of all the enterprises with which he and his brothers are identified, and
although nominallj' supervising the Dover business only.
his counsel is frequently called for in the direction of the
firm's undertakings in Boston and elsewhere.
salient facts in the case.
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�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
17
Walter H. Rines, Merchant Tailor Ladies' and Gents'
Clothing Dyed and Repaired
484 Central Avenue, over
enjoy an additional advantage in the fact that the stock,
carried is so large and varied that it is easy to find goods
Boston Hninch, Dover, N. H. To many people, a suit of
clothes is a suit of clothes, and that is all there is to it.
therein which are particularly suited to the present business in hand. This undertaking was founded in 1840 and
after several changes in its management came into the possession of the present firm in 1880.
The premises occupied are located in Cocheco Block, and comprise one floor
and basement each 20 X 50 feet in dimensions.
Two
efflcient assistants are employed, and an extensive retail
Paints, oils and varnishes of every
business is done.
description will be supplied in quantities to suit at the
very lowest market rates, and special attention is given to
handling brushes, artists' materials and window glass ;
also sperm, cylinder, lard and spindle oils of warranted
quality, all orders being accurately filled without delay.
Jlr. Andrew P. Folsom is a native of Dover.
;
;
—
They apparently believe, that given a certain quantity
matt-rial it makes no difference how it is put together
of
so
long as it takes the shape of a suit and hence they are
easily imposed upon by such dealers as are disposed to
vrork off their goods more by their appearance when new
than by their real merits. It may be taken as an axiom
that the §5.00 spent for superior workmanship and trimmings are invested to better advantage than any other
portion of the purchase money, and those who will accept
and act on this hint, will tiud their reward in the
improved appearance and superior durability of their
wearing apparel.
To assure the best of material put
together in the most skillful manner, an establishment of
repute must be patronized, and none better can be chosen
than that conducted by Mr. Walter 11. Rines, at No. 484
Central avenue. This undertaking had its inception in
1886, and has been steadily conducted since that date
with constantly increasing success. Mr. Rines is a native
of Dover.
lie has that thorough understanding of his
business so essential to the highest success.
choice
stock of foreign and domestic cloths is carried, and firstclass clothing is made to order, a perfect fit and good
workmanship being guaranteed. Ladies' and gents' clothing dved and repaired in a most satisfactory and thorough manner, at very reasonable prices. Six experienced
assistants are employed, and equitable rates prevail, while
every order is given the promptest attention.
ery,
in
^
Whips, Blankets, Robes, Fly
Horse Boots, Trunks,
Nets,
Bags,
etc..
Repairing
a
Spe-
cialty, 49.5 Central Avenue, Dover, N. H.
It is both safer and
cheaper to use a good harness
—
than a poor one, and there need
be no difficulty about getting a
good harness if you go to the right kind of a place. VVe
have no hesitation in recommending that now carried on
by Mr. .J. T. Peaslee at No. 49.5 tientral avenue, for this
establishment was founded bj' yiv. Geo. W. Ilayes in 1839,
the present proprietor assuming full control of the business in 1888.
Jlr. Peaslee is both able and willing to produce fine harnesses at prices as low as the lowest for similar work.
His establishment is 2.5X40 feet in dimensions,
and is completely fitted up for the manufacture of harness
of every ddscription, and the doing of repairing in general.
A well-selected stock, is constantly carried, comprising
whips, blankets, robes,
fly nets, horse boots
also trunks,
bags, etc., these articles tseing offered at moderate prices,
as well as guaranteed to prove as represented.
Mr. Peaslee was born in Dover, and has a large circle of friends
throughout the vicinity and numbers among his customers
some who have traded with the house for many years.
His reputation for turning out vmiformly reliable work is
as high as it is de.served, and applies to rep.iiring as well
as to the making of harnesses to order.
Selected material
is used in the filling of every order, and as skilled help is
employed, work can be done at very short notice.
Avenue
and Kirkland Street, Dover,
X. H.
In about every community there is a more or
—
less brisk
I
^^^
'"r-HAn
7^^^
'^
demand
for single
busi-
and double teams for
ness
^ and
this
or
it is
pleasure purposes,
to be regretted that
demand
is
indifferently
'''
catered to by a certain proporliou of stable keepers, for on account of the poor
accommodations offered at some establishments of this
kind the general public have formed such an opinion of
public stables that a " livery stable team " is considered as
synon)'mous with a broken down horse and a more or less
worthless carriage.
There is no justice in judging every
establishment by the policy followed in the management
of comparatively few, and certainly no competent judge
can make use of the facilities provided by Mr. G. W Parker, at his stable, corner of Central avenue and Kiikland
street, without conceding that " livery stable teams" are
by no means necessarily poor. This livery stable was
originally established by Wm. Roberts, who gave place to
Mr. Sam'l Mitchell, about fifteen years ago, he being succeeded in 1884 by the firm of Parker
Kennedy. In 18.S6
Mr. Parker assumed the entire control of the business, and
has constantly striven to improve the service rendered.
There are twenty five stalls on the premises and an extensive hack, livery, l)oarding and sale business is done,
employment being given to three assistants, and every order
being assured prompt and careful attention. The proprietor is uniformly moderate in his charges, and as he makes
every effort to please his patrons, it is not at all surprising
that his establishment should stand high in public favor.
.
&
;
J. B. Folsom &, Co., dealers in Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
Brushes, Artists' Mi'terials, Window Glass, Sperm, Cylinder, Lard and Spindle Oils, Cocheco Block, Dover, N. H.
Much of tlie protective value of paints and varnishes
depends upon the character of the ingredients used in
their composition, and as these articles are used quite as
much for their preservative as for tlieir decorative qualities, it follows that care should be taken to purchase them
from a concern which may be depended upon to furnish
honest and reliable goods. No paint and varnish house in
Dover has a better record in this respect than that conducted by J. B. Folsom & Co., and customers of this firm
—
corner Centra!
G.
A
J. T. Peaslee, manufacturers
of Fine Harnesses, and dealer
W. Parker, Hack, LivBoarding and Sale Sta-
ble,
A. E. Parker, dealer
Gloves, Corsets.
in
Ladles'
Dry and Fancy Goods, Hosiery,
Underwear, Infants' Wardrobe,
Dress and Cloak Trimmings, .'576 Central Avenue, Dover,
N. H. Every business establishment has a character of
its own as surely as every individual has, and as the dis-
—
tinguishing characteristic of the enterprise carried on by
Mr. A. E. Parker is reliability, it is natural that it should
be very popidar with the purchasing public, for all of us
like to feel assured of getting what we pay for, and it is
Mr. Parker's invariable policy to represent his goods just
He
as they are and return full value for money received.
is a native of Wolfboro, N. H., and has been identified
with his present enterprise since 1877, having at that time
The premises occusucceeded Messrs. Andrew Brothers.
pied are located at No. 376 Central avenue, and have an
The stock comprises dry and
area of 1200 square feet.
fancy goods, hosiery, gloves, corsets, underwear, infants'
wardrobe, dress and cloak trimmings, etc., and is so complete in every department that not only all tastes but all
purses can easily be suited. Mr. Parker quotes prices as
low as can be named on first class goods, and with the
help of four efficient assistants is enabled to give every
caller immediate and courteous attention.
�—
LEADINO BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER
IS
&
Co., dealers in Coal and "Wood, of
O. H. Trickey
every descriptioQ sole agent for Breed's "Fire King:"
II.
office, First Street, Dover, N.
We have no doubt
but that many of the oldest and best-informed residents of
Dover would be surprised to learn the total amount of
;
coal and
wood consumed
consumption
is
—
in this citj'
and
vicinity, lor the
steadily and rapidly increasing and it is
not directly engaged in the business to
difficult for those
&
Co. supply a
keep track of it. Messrs. C. H. Trickey
large proportion of the local demand, for this firm have
carried on operations for about eighteen years, and have
built up a large trade by furnishing goods of standard
quality at the lowest market rates, and by sparing no p.iins
The
to ensure promptness and accuracy of delivery.
business was founded many years ago and was at one
time in the hands of Mr. Moses B. Page, he being succeeded by the present firm in 1873. The partners are
Messrs. C. H. Trickey and G. W. Avery, both of whom
Mr. Avery has served
are New Hampshire men by birth.
on the board of aldermen. Jlr. Trickey is thoroughly
identified with the commercial growth and prosperity of
He is largely engaged in the purcbase
this community.
of timber, or standing growth, purchasing either tbe land
and timber, or the timber alone, which is put on the market at figures very advantageous to buyers. Mr. Trickey
and his ancestors have for upward of fifty years attended
to all the hauling of the Cocheco Manufacturing Company and Print Works, and also attends to all heavy
transportation of goods of every description for manufacturers or merchants. From fifteen to twenty-five men and
some sixteen horses are employed, so taal large or small
orders will be filled accurately, promptly and at bottom
figures.
The firm deal in coal and wood of every description, special attention lieing given to handling the choicest
brands of anthracite and bituminous coal. The office is
located on First street, and yard on Cocheco street, head
of tide-water, and sufficient storage capacity is available
to accommodate 4000 tons.
Dr. A. J. Young, Dentist, No. 392 Central Avenue>
Dover, N. H. It would be absurd to say that anj' dentist,
no matter how skillful and carefnl, or how perfectly sup"
plied with the latest improved appliances, can practice his
profession without inflicting the least pain upon his
—
patients, but that some are more successful in this respect
than others, is a fact so obvious as to be known to all.
For instance, it is well understood in Dover and vicinity
that Dr. Young is one of the most gentle and successful
operators to be found in this .section, and it is also understood that this gentleness b)' no means interferes with the
thoroughness witb which his work is done, for, on the
contrary, by thus gaining the confidence of his patients,
he is enabled to accomplisb results which would otherwise
be impossible. Dr. Young is at the he.id of his profession,
a graduate of the Pennsylvania Dental College. Owing
to failing health from a long and continued practice of his
profession of thirty-seven years in Dover the doctor
spends his winters in the beautiful city of St. Augustine,
Fla., in his orange groves, returning to Dover to practice
his profession at 392 Central avenue, from Ma_v to DecemHis rooms are large and conveniently fitted up, the
ber.
—
—
comfort of patrons having been given great consideration.
The facilities at hand are such that dentistry in all its
branches can be successfull)' carried on in accordance with
the most approved methods, and these facilities by lessening the labor involved in doing a given piece of work,
enables Dr. Young to make his charges very reasonable
11 fact which is duly appreciated by the public.
Thomas Spurlin, dealer in Glassware and Crockery,
Wooden, Tin, Agate, Iron, and Fancy Ware. Agent for
the Boston Dinner Set Company, always a full line in stock,
394 Central Avenue, Dover. N. H. A tasteful dinner set
or tea set adds so much to the enjoyment of a meal and to
the appearance of a table, that it may justly be classed
Jiigh among the things which make a home attractive, and
—
beautiful sets can now be bought for so small an amount of
money, that there is no reason why all should not possess
them. Should any of our readers doubt this statement,
we will not waste their time and our own in argument,
but will simply advise them to visit the establishment
conducted by Mr. Thomas Spurlin, for here may be found
the latest novelties in glassware and Crocker}', besides a
full stock of wooden, tin, agate, iron and fancy ware.
The lowest market rates are quoted on all the goods handled, which comprise not only the styles of ware already
mentioned, but full lines of the Boston Dinner Set Company's goods, for which Mr. Spurlin is the agent. The
store is located at No. 394 Central avenue and is about 500
square feet in dimensions. The stock is fresh, varied and
attractive, the articles composing it are guaranteed to
prove as represented, and prompt and polite attention is
assured to every caller. Mr. Spurlin is a native of Tuftonboro, N. H., and has carried on his present establishment
since 1887.
He has built up a large business by enterprising methods and fair dealing, and those who have dealt
with him will agree that his success is the legitimate outof earnest and intelligent eff'orts to serve the public to
the best advantage.
come
D. C. M. Pierce, dealer in Beef, Pork, Hams, Mutton,
Fish, Oysters and Vegetables, 502 Central Avenue, Dover,
N. H. The secret of success is much the same, no matter
—
what business ma\' be engaged
in.
If you can furnish
at bottom prices, and give
to all orders, you need have no fear but
that a satisfaclor}' trade will soon be built up.
Such has
been the experience of ]\Ir. D. C. M. Pierce, who is
engaged in the meat and vegetable trade at No. 502 Central avenue, for since he succeeded Messrs. Howard
Thompson in 1865, his efforts to extend operations have
met with unquestionable success. Since 1887, Sir. Pierce
has been located at his present address, having at that
customers with reliable goods
prompt attention
&
time bought out Mr. Horace Dearborn. He is thoroughly
acquainted with the wants of family trade, and has shown
both intelligence and liberality in catering to the same.
The premises are 20 X 40 feet in dimensions and are sufficiently spacious to accommodate a large and varied stock
of choice meats, fish, oysters and vegetables. All tastes
and all purses may be accommodated at this store, for the
prices are in every instance in accordance with the lowest
market rates, and the choicest goods are handled, as well
as those of less variety and cost.
Competent assistants
are employed, and orders will be attended to immediately
and carefully, being accurately delivered to any address.
H. L. Brew.ster, Electrician, Morrill's Block, 472
Central Avenue, Dover, N. H.
Many and useful have
been the applications made of electricity since that subtle
"fluid" or " force," or whatever you may choose to call
it was first pressed into the service of mankind, and during
the past decade more progress has been made than in all
the previous years. The cost of electric bells, lighting
apparatus, etc., has been materially reduced and these
great conveniences thus placed within the means of the
general public. There is now no rea.son why everv dwelling house, store and factory should not be equipped with
electrical appliances, and as the efficienc}' of such apparatus is chiefly dependent upon the manner in which they
are put up, we take pleasure in calling the attention of our
readers to the facilities offered by Mr. H. L. Brewster, of
No. 472 Central avenue, for he is an expert and thoroughly
practical electrician and is prepared to furnish and put up
electric bells, burglar alarms, lighting apparatus, and in
short to do electric work of every description.
Mr. Brewster is in a position to supply electrical apparatus at manufacturer's prices, and can figure very closely on contracts to
supply such appliances and put them in practical operaEstimates will be cheerfully and promptly furnished,
tion.
and WDrk will be done under a guarantee that the results
will be strictly in accordance with representations.
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�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
&
Son, Fancy Goods, Fine Millinery,
T. P. Cressey
?Laces, Kid Gloves, etc., 390 Central Avenue, Dover, N.
H. It is safe to say tliat no business man in Dover is
more generally and favorably known than Mr. T. P Cressey, for he has carried on operations here for more than
forty years and has long been prominent in mercantile and
Mr. Cressey is a
financial circles as well as in public life.
native of Gorham, Maine, and founded his present business in 1S40. In 1873 the existing firm was formed by the
-admission of Mr. E. P. Cressey, a native of this city. The
-senior partner was formerly a director of the Dover
National Bank, and has served as councilman and as
-chairman of the school committee, holding the latter position three years.
The firm are extensively engaged in the
handling of fine millinery, fancy goods, laces, kid gloves,
trimmings, etc., doing both a wholesale and retail business
and carrying a large and varied stock, which always
includes the latest fashionable novelties, and for that and
•other reasons is highly esteemed by the ladies of Dover
and vicinity. The store is located at No. 390 Central avenue, and callers may safely depend upon receiving prompt
and courteous attention. Fine millinery work to order is
a very important department of the business, and during
the season twelve assistants are required to properly
:^ttend to the many orders received, as the prices are mod-erate and the work is uniformly first-class.
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White, dealer in Sewing Machines, Needles, Oi'.
and Attachments of all kinds. Agent for Best
Makes Piantjs and Organs. Repairing a Specialty. No.
350 Central Avenue, Dover, N. [I. It is all very well for
sewing machine manufacturers to claim that their individual machine is the " best in the market," and in fact is
" the only machine worth buying," but the public have
their own ideas on such points and generally kno-w pretty
well what tliey want and why they want it. Therefore such an establishment as that conducted Ijy Mr. H. L.
White, at No. 350 Central avenue, is bound to be popular,
for the simple reason that Mr. White deals in many of the
leading sewing machines and consequently 3'ou can " pay
your money and take your choice " at his store without
being importuned to buy any particular make. Of course,
the advantage of each style will be pointed out if desired,
and any required information given, but the main point is
the great latitude of choice made possible by the scope of
the business. Mr. White is agent for the best makes of
pianos and organs, and we ma}' add is in a position to
-quote bottom prices on all the goods he handles. A large
stock of sewing machine supplies is carried, including
Jlr.
needles, oil, belts, and attachments of all kinds.
White is a native of Dover, and inaugurated liis present
H.
It.
Belts,
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enterprise in 1885.
His reputation for fair dealing is of
the best, and customers may depend upon all representations made and also upon getting full value for every dollar expended.
Dover Navigation Company. President, Thomas B.
'Garland, Dover, N. H.
That the prosperity and development of a community are directly dependent upon the
transportation facilities available is a self-evident proposition, for, other things being equal, it is obvious that those
manufacturers and merchants who enjoy the best facilities
for the reception and shipping of goods, are best prepared
to meet the sharp competition now existing in practically
-every line of business. The present importance of Dover
as a manufacturing and trade centre is of course largely
-due to advantages of location, but tliese of themselves
would have availed nothing and in less enterprising hands
would not liave been nearly so well utilized as is now the
case.
The undertaking carried on by the Dover Navigation Company is of almost inestimable benefit te this city,
and indirect!}' to all the adjacent country, for this company
offers exceptionally desirable transportation facilities, and
from the origin of its business, in 1879, has shown most
•commendable enterprise in catering to the demands of its
constantly increasing trade. Some of the most prominent
—
men in this section of the State are identified
it, and naturally the company is in a position to render much more intelligent service under these circumstances than would be possible were its affairs controlled
by resident.s of other sections, no matter how able and
well-meaning they might be.
The president is Sir.
Thomas B. Garland, and the secretary and treasurer is Mr.
B. Frank Neally, while the managing committee is constituted of Messrs. Charles H. Trickey, B. Frank Neally,
John .1. Hanson, ,1. Frank Seavey, .John Holland an<i
Thomas B. Garland. The company has a capital of $180,000, and owns eight schooners now in commission, their
names and capacities being as follows John BraceireU,
Thomas B. Garland, 319 tons Zimri S. Wal335 tons
John J. Hanlingford, 295 tons
J. Chester Wood, 55 tons
Jonathan Sairyer, 400 tons J. Frank Season, 656 tons
vey, 400 tons
John Holland, 1000 tons. The vessels are
kept in first-class condition, are in charge of experienced
and reliable men, and enable the company to offer a serbusiness
with
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vice unsurpassed for
economy and
practical efficiency.
John Mclntire, Meat and Vegetables, 345 Central
Avenue, Dover, N. H. It is true that the business done
at the establishment conducted by Mr. John Mclntire is a
rapidly growing one, but those who think Mr. Mclntire,
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the energetic proprietor of the establishment in question,
is dependent upon " luck " for the popularity of the enterprise under his charge, make a great and inexcusable mistake.
say " inexcusable," for it seems to us as if no
intelligent person could visit this store, examine the variety and cWiracter of the goods offered for sale, observe the
We
uniform promptness and courtesy with which
all callers
are attended to and note the care shown in the delivery of
orders, without acknowledging that .such methods were
sure to build up a large trade, quite independent of
3Ir. SIcIntire has been
"luck," or anything like it.
engaged in this line of business for the past ten years, and
has therefore had sufficient experience to know what the
public want and to know how to supply them in the most
satisfactory manner.
Since 1887 he has occupied his present premises, which are located at No. 345 Central avenue,
and are about 400 square feel in dimensions. The stock
dealt in consists of meals and vegetables of all kinds.
Five assistants are employed, thus ensuring prompt and
painstaking attention to every customer, and the facilities
for the delivery of goods at short notice are in every way
desirable.
Mr. Mclntire also runs four carts, and warrants his goods to prove as represented, and invariably
gives all purchasers the full worth of their money.
J. Herbert Seavey, Hardware, 300 Central Avenue,
Dover, N. II. The manufacture of hardware has become
one of the leading industries of the country, and as the
goods produced vary as greatly in quality- as they do in
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kind, a retail dealer who proposes to furnish articles that
can be depended upon must have ability and experience as
Mv. J. Herbert Seavey has been
well as good will.
engaged in the handling of hardware, farmer's tools, etc
in this city for a long time, and succeeded Messrs. G. F.
Rollins & Co., in the ownership of the establishment with
which he is now identified more than ten years ago. The
natural presumption is therefore tliat he is thoroughly
familiar witli the merits of the articles in which he deals,
and this presumption becomes certainty on examining his
The store is located at No.
stock and noting his prices.
300 Central avenue, and comprises one floor and a basement, their dimensions being 20 X 75 feet. A very complete and extensive stock is carried, a specialty being made
of agricultural tools and the productions of the most sucA full line of
cessful manufacturers being represented.
cutlery, general hardware, etc., is also offered, and as
employment is given to two assistants callers are assured
prompt and courteous attention. Mr. Seavey is a native
of Rochester, N. II., and has a large circle of friends in
,
Dover and
vicinity.
�I.KADINO BUSINESS
20
MEN OF DOVER.
H. B. Dearborn, dealer
in
Pork,
Beef,
Mutton,
Vege-
Veal, Lamb, Lard,
Eggs
Goods, No.
Butter,
tables,
Canned
Fourth St
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,
and.
3,
Dover, N. H.
not uncommon to
hear people say they don't
know where to get good
meats; they are willing topay a lair price for firstclass goods but find it very
dillicult to get such artiIt is
cles at
any
figure.
Now,
such a statement would
not excite much of anyif made by the
residents of some out-ofthe-way place or other,
but coming from the lipsof one residing in Dover,
it certainly calls for more
than passing mention, for
Dover is a prominent trade
center and it would be
strange if tiisi
were not obtainable here. Of
course they are to be had, however, and in any desired
quantities, too, and as sure a way of getting them as we
know of is to place the order with Mr. H. E. Dearborn,
doing business at No. 3, Fourth street, for this gentleman
makes a specialty of handling first quality fresh beef, pork,,
mutton, veal, lamb, lard, vegetables, butter, eggs, and
canned goods. A store and basement, each measuring 22 X
50 feet, are occupied and a large stock is carried at all seasons, there being ample storage facilities to accommodate
Employment is given to competent
a heavy assortment.
assistants, and despite the magnitude of the business customers are served with a promptness and care to be looked
The proprietor,
for in vain in many much smaller stores.
Mr. H. E. Dearborn, is a native of Milton, N. H. He
established his business in Dover in 1880, and has been
All orders are
located at his present address since 1889.
promptly filled and the lowest market prices quoted.
remark
J. H. Randlett, Carriage and Slcigli manufacturer, 'J'J:'.
Central Avenue, Dover, New Hampshire. The establishment conducted by Mr. J. H. Kandlett at No. 233 Central
avenue, is regarded by many as Ihe headquarters for carriages, sleighs, harnesses and horse goods in general, for
the proprietor has carried on business in Dover for very
nearly a quarter of a century, during which time he lias
built up a most enviable reputation for furnishing standard
He is a native of
articles at the very lowest market rates.
Lee, N. H., and has been identitied with his present enterprise since 1860.
Mr. Kandlett has served on the City
Council, and is one of the mos-t widely known of our local
manufacturers. He utilizes very commodious premises,
comprising three tloors measuring 100x60 feet. Employment is given to from fifteen to twenty assistants, and
order work can be turned out at very short notice; repairing of all kinds being assured immediate and skillful attention.
A varied assortment of carriages and sleighs is
always on hand to choose from, and the stock of single
and double harness, robes, whip», blankets, brushes, and
other horse furnishings is one of the most desirable and
complete to be found in the State. The productions of
reputable manufacturers only are handled, and every article bought at this representative establishment is fully
warranted to prove as represented.
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:
Wiggin & Stevens, manufacturers of Flint, Sand, Emery
and Match Papers. Emery Cloth and Glue, New England
Ruby Paper, Dover, N. H. Such of our readers as are
mechanics by trade, or are engaged in any other occupation,
which familiarizes them with the standing of the various
flint, sand and emery papers on the maiket do not need to
be told that the productions of Messis. Wiggin & Stevens
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O. McOlellan, Merchant Tailor, No. 30 Third Street,
Dover, N. H.
We hear sometimes of the competition
between custom tailors and dealers in ready-made clothing,
but as a matter of fact there is no such competition, or if
are equal to the best, for these goods have an unsurpassed
reputation and are largely used throughout the country.
confined to those tailors, who turn out garments but little if any superior to ready-made work.
Reallv first-class custom clothing is so far superior to that
bought ready-made, that there can be no comparison, and
the much greater durability of custom garments goes far
not
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there
is, it
is
compensate for any difference in the first cost. Among
the merchant tailors, located in this section of the State,
prominent and favorable mention should be made of Mr.
C. McClellan, for this gentleman turns out work equal to
the best, and his prices will compare very favorably with
those quoted by others producing equally desirable garThis merchant tailoring
ments.
establishment was
founded in 1881 by T. McGuire, the present proprietor
assuming entire control in 1887. The premises occupied
are located at No. 30 Third street, and are equipped with
to
all
necessary
facilities to
enable operations to be carried
on to the best advantage. Ten comjjetent assistants are
employed, and a beautiful and varied assortment of
imported and domestic fabrics is constantly on hand to
select from.
A specialty is made of ladies' garments, and
suits or single garments for either gentlemen or ladies, will
be made up in a uniformly superior manner, orders being
filled promptl)' and entire satisfaction as regards fit, prices,
etc.,
being confidently guaranteed.
England flint paper and New England ruby paper
famous and popular brands, and their popularity is due
New
are
less to their uniformity than to their comparative excellence, for while paper of about any manufacture is occa-
sionally good, it is but rarely a brand can be found which
The
practically never varies from its established standard.
firm have works at Maiden (Edgeworth), Mass., besides
those in this city, and some idea of the magnitude of their
business may be gained from the fact that while their Dover
plant is devoted to the manufacture of glue exclusively,
and produces from fifty to sixty-five tons per year, the concern do not sell glue, but use all they make in the manufacture of flint, sand, emery and match papers, and emery cloth,
at their Jlalden factory. The Dover factory affords employment to from six to eight assistants, and is under the superintendence of Mr. E. Wentworth. This business was
in 1858 and has reached its present extensive
proportions by a steady process of legitimate development.
The present proprietors are the estate of the late Russel B.
Wiggin, and Messrs. William S. and Everett J. Stevens;
both these gentlemen being natives of New Hampshire.
Mr. William S. Stevens has held the position of mayor,
and neither partner needs introduction to our Dover
We need hardly add that a concern with facilities
readers.
such as we have pointed out is in a position to fill the largest orders without delay.
founded
�LEADIKO BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
Dr. O. W. Tasker, Dentist. No. 3 6
Central Avenue, Dover, N. 11.
A libendowment of conunon sense is
one of the most valuable legacies which
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eral
»nj person can receive, for cuninion
is really one of the most uncomattributes of character, and the
t
1 lunate possessor of
a large fund of
It IS sure of "reasonable success in the
w 11 Id and to avoid serious evils simpU on account of his capacity to reason from cause to effect and tluis steer
ckai of the errors on which so many
lie wrecked.
For instance, one who
h IS a fair share of common sense
Is not apt to abuse his teeth or to allow
them to remain uncared for, until Ihey
are miured beyond repair, for he knows
essential to the
tliat good teeth are
mamtcnance of good health, insomuch
IS the province of the teeth is to prepare the food for the stomach, and it is
badly decayed
as absurd to expect
teeth to do proper work as it would be to expect broken
The average person
mill-stones to turn out perfect flour.
is restrained from having his teeth given proper attention
by one or more of three things carelessness, fear and a
The first is no exdesire to avoid the necessary expense.
-ense
mon
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H. A. Worthen, AI iiiiifacuii'er of Light aud Heavy
R-ipairiug Neatly and Promptly
Carriages, and Sleiglis
Done. No9. 13, 10 aud 17 Locust" Street, roar City Hall,
Dover, N. H. The Dover Carriage Factory is the oldest
established factory of the kind in town, and is probably
at least as well kuown as any in this section of the State,
for its productions have always held a high rank in the
market and have gone e.xtensively into general use. The
enterprise was inaugurated forty years before the present
proprietor became identified with it, and this occurred a
-quarter of a century ago, he beginning operations in 18G5
Co., and
as a member of the firm of H. A. Worthen
assuming sole control about a score of years ago. Mr.
"Worthen manufactures light and heavy carriages aud
sleighs, and the commodious premises utilized by bim are
to enable opefitted up with all necessary machinery, etc
They are
rations to be carried on to the best advantage.
located at Nos. 13, 16 and 17 Locust street, rear of City
Hall, and comprise two good sized buildings, one two and
the other three stories in height. Employment is given to
from ei.ght to twelve assistants, and all orders are assured
immediate and painstaking attention, repaifing being
strongly, durably and neatly done at the shortest possible
notice.
Mr. Worthen is in a position to quote the lowest
market prices at all times, and customers may safely depend upon getting full value for every dollar tliey pay out,
"Whether for repairing or new work,
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G. Howard Churbuck, Retail Grocer, 112 Washington
Street, Dover, N. H.
It would be very difBcult to find a
more popular grocery store than that carried on by Mr. G.
Howard Cliurbuck at No. 112 Wasliington street, and
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those who argue tliat popularitj- is the result of " iro'id
luck " would do well to investigate the causes of the favor
in which this establishment is held, for "luck" has liad
little or nothing to do with it, it having been brought
about by hard, intelligent and persistent work, and a consistent policy of giving full value for all money received.
The firm of Faxon & Churbuck began operations in 1880,
and in 1883 the present proprietor assumed sole control.
He is a native of Centerville, Mass.. and has had long and
"varied experience in the grocery business, so that the close
personal supervision he gives to the details of his present
enterprise is a powerful factor in assuring its continued
success.
Euiployment is given to five assistants, and if
every caller does not receive prompt and courteous attention it is no fatdt of the management, for the rule is equal
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service to all large or small, young or old, rich or poor,
business being conducted so far as is possible on the
"first come, first served" principle. An immense stock
of staple and fancy groceries is constantly carried, and
positively the lowest market rates are quoted on goods of
standard merit.
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everyone should appreciate the importance
of having the teetli looked after; the second had some
weight in former da3'S, when instruments were crude and
methods wtre imperfect, but does not apply to day when
science has done so much to obviate the least necessity for
the infliction of pain, and the third is more than foolish,
for the healtli is the greatest of all wealth, and imperfect
For dental
teeth necessarily entail imperfect health.
operations we would refer our readers to Dr. C.W. Tasker.
located at No. ".GO Central avenue, who is conceded to be
as skillful and thorough a practitioner as the Stale can
show. Dr. Tasker is a native of liochester, N. II., and
began the practice of his profession here in 18C9. His
rooms are conveniently located and equipped with the
most improved instruments and other facilities for operating to the best advantage. The doctor is gentle as well as
thorough in his methods. He uses gas, ether and cocaine
for the extraction of teeth, and the most nervous or timid
may avail themselves of his services in tiie full assurance
that all unnecessary discomfort will be carefully avoided.
cuse at
for
all,
Excelsior Dining Rooms, A. E. Ashby, Proprietor,
No. ! Third Street, near B. & M. Depot, Dover, N, H.—
Probably each of our readers has his own ideas as to how
a dining-room should be carried on for "different people
have different tastes," especially where eating is concerned,
The most hat the proprietor of a public restaurant can do
" Excelis to suit the majority, and the popularit}' of the
sior Dining Kooins," No. 4 Third street, close by B. & M.
proprietor, Mr. A. E. Ashby,
depot, shows how well the
I
has succeeded in attaining this result. He is a native of
England, and has carried on his present establishment
since 1889, having at that date succeeded Mr. O. B. IreHis rooms have sufficient seating capacity to
land.
accommodate fifty patrons at one time, and as he employs
snflicient force of experienced and efficient assistants, he
a
The bill
is able to meet all the demands made \ipon him
of fare is varied, the food first class, the cooking all that
could be wished, aud the service prompt, intelligent and
courteous, so that it naturally follows that no similar
establishment in the city stands higher in the estimation of
Meals will be served at all hours, thus accomthe public
modating all classes of patrons. The prices are very reasonable, for Mr. Ashby feeds a great many people, and, of
cour-e, not only buys his provisions, etc., in large quantities, and therefore at low rales, but can get along with a
small profit on each patron.
A well conducled diningroom is a great public convenience, and we take pleasure
in unreservedly commending the Excelsior Dining Ftooms,
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
22
Wm. W. Hayes &
Elbridge A. Shorey, Dentists, No.
3 Bnicewell Biiililing, Dover, N H. The elegant rooms
of Drs. Wm. W. Hayes and Elbridge A. Shorey, No. 3
Bracewell Building, are fully equipped with the latest and
most approved appliances for operations of all descriptions
upon the teelh, and an extended and growing practice fully
attests to the skillful treatment and thorough manner in
which all operations are performed at their office. Dr.
Hayes is a native of Dover, and has practiced his profession since 1871.
Dr. Shorey is a native of Rochester, N.
H. studied with Dr. Hayes, and took the full course at
the dental department of Harvard Uuiversity, receiving
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,
the degree of
D.M.D.
in the class of 1890.
W.
A. Morrill, dealer in Carpetings, Crockery, China
and Glass Ware, Feathers, Window Shades and Fi.xtures,
No. 74 Washington Street, Cocheco Block, Dover, N. H.
It is simply impossible to properly describe the stock
carried by Mr. W. A. Morrill, within the necessarily narrow limits of the present article, for that gentleman occupies two floors and a basement each 33 X 46 feet in dimensions in addition to a spacious storehouse, and deals in an
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immense variety of goods, including carpeting, crockery,
china, and glass ware.
The premises occupied are located
at No. 74 VVashington street, Coclieco block, and are easy
and convenient to reach, but even if they were not we
•would still advise such of our readers as want anything in
Mr. Morrill's line to give him a call, for he quotes positively bottom prices and makes it an invariable rule to repres^ent things precisely as they are.
He is a native of
Salisbury. Mass., and is ver}' widely known throughout
Dover, having been connected with his present business
since 1859, the business being founded at that date under
the style of Morrill Brothers, Mr. W. A. Morrill assuming
full control of affairs in 1872.
Mr. Morrill sells his goods
at extremely low prices, and certainly it would be difficult
if not impo.ssible to parallel elsewhere the inducements he
offers,
a fact whicli is generally understood and appreciated by the residents of this city.
prominent department of the business is that devoted to the handling of
feathers, window shades, and fixtures, etc.
Those looking
for genuine l)argains in these lines may profitably give Mr.
Morrill a call.
Competent assistants are employed, and
the assortment of goods offered is always large, varied and
in short generally desirable.
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A
&
Nute
Wolcott, dealers in Groceries and Grain, 0.55
Central Avenue, Dover, N. H.
Sixteen years is either a
long or a short time, according to the point of view from
whicli it is regarded, but it is certainly a very short time
in which to build up such a business as that now carried
on by Messrs. Nule & Wolcott, and this firm may well
congratulate themselves on the exceptional degree of success which they have attained.
Still this gratifying success was not the result of luck or chance but was brought
about by hard work, persistent enterprise, and by an intelligent determination to so serve the public that a heavy
patronage would result as a matter of course. Business
was begun in 1874 by the firm of D. A. Nute & Co., and
80 continued until 1883, when the firm name was changed
to Nute & Foss the present firm of Nule & Wolcott being
formed in 1883. These gentlemen are both well known
throughout Dover and vicinity. 5Ir. Nute has held the
office of councilman, and is a native of Wolfboro, N. H.,
while Mr. C. L. Wolcott is a Massachusetts man by birth.
The premises occupied are located at No. 555 Central avenue, and comprise one floor 30 X 75 feet in dimensions,
where is carried an extensive stock of groceries, grain,
etc.
also a basement, which is used as a meat market.
Considering their extensive facilities it becomes almost
unnecessary to add that Messrs. Nute & Wolcott are prepared to supply these commodities in quantities to suit at
the very lowest market rates.
These gentlemen give personal attention to the filling of orders, and as they employ
only competent assistants it will be seen that customers
are assured prompt and polite attention and that the
heaviest orders can be filled without delay.
;
—
John Baty,
dealer in Stoves and Furnaces Plumbings
Street, Dover, N. H.
Many a hot air furnace and;
a steam-heating apparatus have been condemned,
wlien the fault lay in the way in which the plant was set
up and not in the furnace or apparatus itself, and therefore
when placing orders for stoves or furnaces of any kind, be sure
that the setting-up receives skillful and painstaking attention.
No little experience and skill are required in order
to put in heating apparatus so that it will yield the best,
possible results for the conditions vary so greatly that what
is advisable in one house would be height of folly in
another, and consequently the onl}' sure way of having the
work done to the best possible advantage is to entrust it
to such a man as Mr. John Baty, for this gentleman gives
special attention to furnace work, plumbing, iron piping
and general jolibing. He deals extensively in stoves, furn:
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Locust
many
aces, etc., and is prepared to guarantee satisfaction to every
Operations were begun in Dover by Mr. Baty
in 1878.
He has had thirty years experience at his business
as a plumber, etc., and it is safe to say that no one in
Dover, is better prepared to meet the wants of the public
in the above lines of business.
The premises occupied
are about 1000 square feet in dimensions and are located
on Locust street,
heavy and valuable stock is carried,
plumbing work of all kinds is done in the most satisfactory
manner, while the lowest market rates are quoted in every
department of the business. Employment is given to six
customer.
A
experienced and careful workmen, and general jobbing
will be done in first-class style, at short notice.
Edward W. TaflF, Clothing, Hats, Caps and Furnishing
Goods, 479 Central Avenue, under American House,,
Dover, N. H. The undertaking carried on by Mr Edward
W. Taff, was founded in 1887, by Mr. Dan'lM. Hill, who
was succeeded by Jlr. Frank Roberts in 1888, and one year
—
assumed entire management of
the businesss.
The premises have an area of 1250 square
feet and are located at No. 479 Central avenue.
A very
carefully selected stock is carried, comprising fine readymade clothing, fashionable hats, caps, gentlemen's furnishing goods, etc. The clothing sold at the store has a
well-deserved reputation for uniform superiority, and Ihia
reputation is due not only to the excellence of the materials
used, the shapeliness of the garments and the perfection,
with which they fit, but also to the honest workmanship,
shown in every detail of their making, for this causes
them to be as durable as tliey are liandsome. A common
objection to readj'-made gainicnts is their liability to
become nii.sshapen after a little wear, but this does not
apply to those furnished. by Mr. Taff, for they are .so skillfully and carefully made, that they will hold their shape
equal to first- class custom work. Low prices are quoted,
not only on clothing but also on all the goods handled, and
should any of our readers wish a complete " outfit " at a
very reasonable expense, we can give them no better counsel than to |visit the popular establishment referred to.
Efficient assistants are employed, and immediate andi
polite attention is assured to all.
later the present proprietor
W.P.Page, dealer in fine Boots, Shoes and Rubbers
Sole Agent for the J. F. Bliss' Ladies Fine Goods, No. 487
Central Avenue, Dover, N. H.
To obtain a slioe that
combines comfort, style and durability with cheapness such is the aim of about every bu3'er, and any
information that will serve to make the attainment of this,
object easier and surer cannot fail to be of general interest.
It is evident that to suit a variety of customers a
variety of goods must be carried, aud one of the primfr
reasons for the high esteem in which the establishment
carried on by Mr. W. P. Page, at No. 487 Central avenue,
is held, is the fact that the assortment shown contains artiThe inception of this enterprise
cles suited to all tastes.
occurred many years ago, and after two or three changes
in its management came into the possession of the present
proprietor in 1887.
Mr. Page is a native of Dover, and i&
very well known throughout the vicinity. He is indef&;
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
tigable in his efforts to not only maintain but to add to tlie
He
hiirh reputation so long enjoyed by his establishment.
is sole agent for J. F.'^Bliss' ladies' tine goods, and also
maUes a^specialty of the Day sewed flexible shoe, which is
as easy as hand sewed, being entirely free from wax thread
and tacks. He keeps a close watch on the market, ready
at all times to take advantage of any opportunity to offer
store measuring
his patrons exceptional advantages.
30x40 feet is occupied, and two competent and polite
So complete an assortment of
assistants are employed.
sizes and widths is kept in stock that the most difficult feet
can almost invariably be fitted perfectly, and not an article
leaves the store tlial'is not fully warranted to prove just as
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represented in every respect.
John T. Hill, Furnaces. Ranges and Heating Stoves,
Glass and Wooden Ware, Steam Washers, Clothes Wringers, Sheet Lead and Lead Pipe, Soil Pipe, Gas and Water
Pipe, 19 Third Street, Dover, N. H.— The premises occupied by Jlr. John T. Hill, comprise one floor and basement each 20x50 feet in dimensions, and it is safe to say
that were thev double that size the proprietor could profitably use them, for Mr. Hill carries a very heavy and varied
stock and does a business which although already large is
constantly increasing. Jlr. Hill is a native of Northwood,
N. H.. and is widely known in Dover and vicinity, in social
Employment is given to six
as well as business' circles.
competent assistants, and in addition to dealing in glass
and wooden ware, steam washers, clothes wringers, sheet
lead and lead pipe, soil pipe, gas and water pipe, furnaces,
ranges, heating, oil and.gasoline stoves, etc., do an extensive business in plumbing, tin roofing, tin. lead, copper,
zinc and sheet iron work, also all kinds of stove repairs,
and wood and copper pumps made to order, all work
being promptly executed, while moderate charges are
every instance. The stock carried is exceptionally varied and complete, the prices quoted comparing
favorably with those named at any establishment dealing in
Cooking and heating stoves are
the same line of goods.
offered at very low prices, and those in need of an article
of this kind, would do well to procure it of a man who
guarantees his goods to prove as represented and has an
enviable reputation for faithfully carrying out every
agreement.
made
in
;
affords.
We
treatment
an order.
when we have occasion to visit
Now when we say that all
attention and civil
a store and give
these desirable
things are to be secured by dealing with M. it T. Chicoine
needed, for the
Co.. we think no further explanation is
popularity of this store. The business was started in 1888
t. Chicoine at No. 69 Main street. They moved
by M.
their store to their present location, corner of Main and
T.
Portland streets in 1889. The present firm of M.
Co. was formed in 1890. These gentlemen are
Chicoine
sugar, pork, lard, bams, beans, molasses,
dealers in flour,
They also make a specialty of
teas, coffees and spices.
The assortment of the goods
fresh meat and provisions.
is excellent and the prices named for them is as low as the
Messrs. M. and T. Chicoine are
will permit.
market
Mr. Frank Blair is a native of Dover.
natives of Canada.
—
is also a matter of common
nothing contradictory in this state
of affairs, for demand and .supply follow the same laws in
professional as in mercantile life, and it is as natural to
find many dentists in a country where their services are in
great request, as it is to find the most lawyers in lands
where labor affecting persons and property are most perOur American temperature has much to
fectly executed.
do with the poorness of our teeth as a nation, but there
has certainly been a marked improvement since more
attention has been paid to the care of these useful mem-
tists are
the best in the world
knowledge.
There
is
bers.
Decay of the teeth is invariably progressive, and
no one, once noticing symptoms of such decay should hes-
moment to place himself under the care of a thoroughly competent dentist. There are many in this vicinity, and one of the most popular of these is Dr. Fred H.
Hayes, for this gentleman is not only an experienced and
skilled operator, but is noted for the gentleness and consideration with which he discharges his responsible duties.
This faculty cannot be acquired, in our opinion, its exercise can be made much more easy by education and practice.
To combine thoroughness with gentleness should be
the aim of every dental practitioner.
We take pleasure in
itate a
noting the success Dr. Hayes has gained in this respect.
He is a native of Dover, and a graduate of the Boston
Dental College. He is well known in this locality, having been established here since 1883. Those needing the
services of a good dentist can do no better than to consult
with him at his office, No. 372 Central avenue.
all like to
receive
prompt
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B. Frank Nealley, Dry (ioods, Bracewell Building,
Central Avenue, Dover, N. H.— There is but little use of
our saying that the enterprise conducted by Mr. B. Frank
Nealley is a most popular one of its kind in this section of
Dover, for the facts are very generally known, and there
are few if any people who are at all acquainted in this section, but what have remarked the popularity gained by its
The enterprise in question was established in
proprietor.
1865, therefore its popularity has long been established.
Mr. B. Frank Nealley is a native ot Seuth Berwick, Me.,
ami is personally too well known in this city to render it
necessary to make extended personal mention, suffice it to
say that at present he is mayor of Dover, and has been
The premises occupied comrepresentative and senator.
prise one floor and a basement each 20 X 65 feet in dimensions, an extensive retail business is carried on. employment
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comprehenefficient and polite assistants.
skillfully selected assortment of dry goods is discourteous attention is
Careful and
played at this store.
extended to every caller, and as the store is conveniently
located in Bracewell Building, Central avenue, the public
will find it advantageous to inspect the stock before pur-
being given to
sive
Fred H. Hayes, D.D.S., 372 Central Avenue, Dover,
N. H. Americans have been so frequently informed that
they have the worst teeth in the world, that the fact should
be pretty generally understood, and that American den-
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M. T. Chicoine Co., dealers in Flour, Sugars, Pork,
Lard, Hams. Beans, Molasses, Teas, Coffees and Spices
also Fresh Meat and Provisions a Specialty, corner Main
and Portland Streets, Dover, N. H.— This establishment
has proved very successful and popular and but a comparatively small amount of investigation is required to ascerEverybody likes to be
tain the cause of this popularity.
sure of getting the worth of their money when they make
purchases, and to know that the groceries and provisions
they are consuming are as pure and fresh as the market
and
chasing elsewhere. The prices are very low, the proprietor enjoying the most favorable relations with wholesalers
and producers, and fixing his rates accordingly.
O. T. Henderson, retail dealer in Corn, Flour, Meal,
Seeds, and Choice Family Groceries, Henderson's
Block, corner JIain and Chapel Streets, Dover, N. H
Among the oldest established enterprises of the kind in
this section of the State, is that conducted by >Ir. C. T.
Henderson, for its inception occured nearly half a century
ago, operations having been begun about 1848 by S. H.
Henderson & Son, this firm giving place to H. M. Henderson in 1858, the business finally coming into the possession
of the present proprietor, Mr. C. T. Henderson, in 1870.
Mr. Henderson has recently remodeled and refitted his
Salt,
—
He is a native
is one of the finest in the city.
and is widely and favorably known throughout
the city. He occupies premises at the corner of Main and
Chapel streets, Henderson's Block, comprising a s-tore
22 X 75 feet in dimensions and a basement 40 X 22 feet.
The stock handled includes corn, flour, meal, salt, seeds,
and choice family groceries of all kinds. Every facility is
at hand for the proper accommodation of the various commodities dealt in, and the arrangements for the prompt
delivery of orders and economical handling of the stock
A large retail business is
are complete and well devised.
done, and customers may depend upon having their comfaithfully executed, while the lowmissions promptly and
est market rates are quoted in every department.
store so it
of Dover,
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V.
H.
McDaniel, Notary Public.
Auctioneer
and
dealer iu Heal Estate, 337 Central Avenue,
Surprise is frequently expressed because
certain men are able to transact sucli a great amount of
business and successfull)' carry on many enterprises varied
and distinct in character, but in the large majority of such
instances the explanation is to be found in the answer
given by a man of this type to one who inquired how he
could accomplish so much.
"Simply by making use of
the best obtainable facilities," was the reply. Many of us
take strangely roundabout methods of doing a thing, and
a prominent example is to be found in the practice of
inquiring of friends and making a personal tour when
searching for desirable real estate to buy or rent. This of
course is all very well so far as it goes, but as long as there
are well-equipped real estate agencies it is foolish to dispense with (heir ai J, for time and money may be saved by
patronizing them. There for instance is the office of 5Ir.
Ap()raisei',
Dover, K.
II
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V. H. McDaniel at No. 327 Central avenue.
Mr.
McDaniel is a native of Strafford, N. H., and has carried
on business iu this city for about sixteen years. He is a
notary public, auctioneer, appraiser, and dealer in real
estate and enjoys a very high reputation for intelligence
and integrity.
Commissions will be executed at very
short notice in the most skillful and painstaking mauner,
and miiderale charges are the rule in every instance. Jlr.
McDaniel always has some very desirable city and
suburban propert}' on his books, and is in a position to
render valuable assistance to those wishing to buj', sell,
exchange, or rent real estate. In addition to the above
business Mr. McDaniel manages the sale of the American
Rubber Paint for metal, shingle and marine uses. It is
warranted not to crack, cleave or peel. It is a sure protection against fire, water and lightning.
It has become
generally known and meets with a rapidly increasing sale
throughout the
New
England and Middle
States.
Charles A. Tufts, Apothecary, Central Square, Dover,
N. H. If ever}- apothecary were also a physician, the
convenience of the public would undoubtedly be much
better served, but as such is not the case, the best thing to
do is to take advantage of the opportunities offered by
those who do combine these important points. Among
—
these we take pleasure in calling particular attention to
Dr. Chas. A. Tufts, whose store is located at 85 Washington street. Central square, Dover, N. H.
Dr. Tufts is a
graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, as
well as the medical department of Dartmouth College, and
has been proprietor of this establishment since 1S47, at
which time he succeeded Mr. Asa A. Tufts, who started
this business in 1813.
This being one of the oldest apothecary stores in the county. The premises occupied comprise a store 18 X 60 feet in dimensions and a storehouse.
Two reliable and well informed clerks are employed, and
the large stock of drugs, medicines, chemicals, toilet and
fancy articles, etc
is carefully selected from tlie most
reliable sources, and always kept complete in every
department.
Prescriptions are compounded at short
notice, and the charges made are always as low as is consistent with the use of ingredients oif the best quality.
Customers are assured courteous treatment and prompt
attention.
Dr. Chas. A. Tufts, who is a native of this
,
very widely known in this vicinity, and has been
councilman, alderman, town clerk, associate judge of
police court and senator.
city
is
M. P. Bennett, Junk Dealer, No. 19 New York Street,
Dover. N. H. It seems a somewhat curious thing that iu
—
where there are facilities at hand for
the manufacturing of everything required in modern life,
in any quantity that may be called for, there is actually
much less waste than there is in lands where ordinary
commodities are much harder to obtain, what is known in
this country as a " junk store." does not exist in barbarous
regions, for the simple reason that there are no means at
hand to work the "junk" over again and thus greatly
increase its commercial value.
It is very convenient for
the average householder to have a man come and carry
off the accumulation of old rags, iron, etc., that gather
civilized countries,
MEN OF LOVER.
so quickly in the ordinary home, and indeed, such a
visit proves both convenient and profitable, for the junk
dealer stands ready to pay a fair price for the articles that
are of use to him, and thus not only carries away your
rubbish, but pays you for the privilege.
Mr. M. P. Bennett, doing business at No. 19 New^York street, Dover,
has become well known as one who pays the highest cash
prices and manages his business with liberality as well as
skill
lie deals in old iron, rags, and all kinds of old
junk, and also runs a tin cart. He is enterprising and liberal in all his business transactions, and is very generally
known and esteemed throughout Dover and
G. P. Butterfield, Agent
vicinity.
National Life Insurance
Co. Office 9, National Block. 4.50 Central Avenue, Dover,
N. _H.— The National Life Insurance Company of Jlontpelier, Vt., was incorporated in 1848 and is as successful
an example of a purely mutual company as the country
can show. The word " mutual " is used very loosely in its
relations to insurance organizations and has come to mean
almost anything, or rather almost nothing but as an illustration of what " mutual " insurance actually should be,
we would refer our readers to the insurance afforded by
the instalment bonds of the National Life Insurance
Company— characterized by Elizur Wright as " The
grandest step in fair dealing within the "history of life
insurance." The claim of the company that these bonds
are in many respects better than a savings bank or a government bond, is fully justified by the facts, for not only
do they make the saving of money easy and sure, but from
the time the first payment is made they ensure that your
dependents will b>; provided for in case of your death" the
full face value of the bond being then payable at once.
The iu-talmcnts are far below the premium charged for
ordinary endowment policies, having twenty years to run,
and the actual co.^t of insurance is definitely known and is
reduced to a minimum.
We have not the available space
to make the principle and the practical workings of these
bonds f-nlirelj' clear, but we trust we have sufficiently
interested our readers to induce them to call on Mr.
George P. Butterfield, at office 9, National Block, No. 450
Central avenue, for he is agent of the company for this
section of the State and is ready, able and willing to give
clear and exhaustive information concerning the methods
and resources of this representative corporation. Mr. Butterfield is a native of Great Falls, and has a large circle of
friends throughout this vicinity.
He has represented the
company here since 1889 and is greatly developing its
business in this section.
for
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E. S. Tash & Co., Choice Family Groceries, Shoe Tools
and Findings, 499 Central Avenue, Dover, N. II.— The
establishment now conducted by E. S. Tash A Co., may
truthfully be said to be one of the old business houses of
Dover, having been founded in 1850. Tlie firm of A. S.
Tash
Co., assuming control in 1854.
In 1865 the style
was changed to G. W. Tash
Co., the present firm being
formed in 1887. the individual members of which are Mr.
Edwin S. Tash. and. Mr. George W. Gray, both of tliem
are natives of New Durham, N. H., and are very widely
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and favorabl}- known throughout Dover and vicinity. Mr.
Tash served in the army during the late Southern war,
was messenger to the governor's coimcil during the legislature of 1887, and has held the office of both councilman
and alderman, while iMr. Gray has been overseer of the
poor for five years. The premises occupied are located at
No. 499 Central avenue, and comprise one floor and base-
An immense
ment, each 20 X 75 feet in dimensions.
stock is carried, made up of teas, coffees, spices, extracts,
choice famil}' groceries, canned goods, flour, grain, proThe
duce, etc together with shoe tools, and findings.
firm do an extensive retail business and emploj' thoroughly
competent assistants. As for their methods these should
certainly be well understood in this vicinity by this time
and hardly call for description in these columns. Suffice
it to stiy that tlie governing principles of the enterprise is
the returning of full value for monej' received, and so ably
is this carried out that an honestly dissatisfied customer is
a great rarity at this popular store.
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�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
Savings Baak for the County of Strafford, Washiugtou
Sliow iii.^ a c muiry without savStreet, D.iv.r. N. 11
ings banks or their equivalent, and 1 will show you a
people without ambition or resources," says a noted
writer on economic subjects, and certainly all must allow
that where savings banks most abound, prosperity, good
citizenship, comfortable homes and educational privileges
abound also. We hear a great deal of talk nowadays
about the "capitalist" and the " wage-earner," and many
speak as though their interests were directly opposed and
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they could have nothing in common with each other, but
It must be borne in mind that the majority of intelligent
•wage-earners are capitalists themselves in a small way, it
—
is true,
but
enough so to bring il home to them that
wage earners have rights, and that
one class works injury to all. Therefore the
still
capitalists as well as
injustice to
educitional inlluences of savings banks cannot properly be
left out of the reckoning in summing up their usefulness,
and no person will deny that during the nearly seventy
years that the savings bank for the county of Strafford has
been in successful operation it has made its depositors
This worthy institution was
wiser as well as richer.
incorporated in 1823, and for many years has ranked high
among the representative savings banks of New E igland.
late statement showed deposits of .fS, 800, 000 with surbut
plus and premiums of over half a million dollars
what still more fully justifies the implicit confidence
reposed in the enterprise is the standing of the men identified with it, for figures are not always conclusive, but
the characters of a numoer of prominent men in a community are fully and generally understood, and assure the
stability of any undertaking upon whose successful conThe president is Mr.
tinuance they are dependent.
Oharles H. Sawyer, the vice-presidents are Messrs. Elisha
R. Brown and Samuel (J. Fisher, and the board of trusCharles H. Sawyer, Elisha
tees is constituted as follows
R. Brown, Samuel C. Fisher, William S. Stevens, .lohn
John Holland, B. P. Nealley, Daniel Hall,
H. Ilurd,
The secretary and treasurer is Mr.
Robert G. Pike.
Albert O. JIather, and the executive ofilcer is Mr. E, R.
Brown. The banking rooms are located in the Strafford
Bank Building, Washington street, and are so commodious and so conveniently arranged as to allow business to
be speedily and accurately transacted, all unnecessary
delay being absolutely avoided, and the convenience of
depositors thereby greatly served.
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Rooney & Burnham, Contractors and Builders, Cabinet
Work. Washington Street, Dover, N. H. It is unquestionably a f.acl that many peo|)le are deterred from build-
—
ing houses for themselves, by the stories current regarding
the difficulty of knowing beforehand just what a given
structure is going to cost, for there is hardly one of us but
what has had stories related to him tliat are enough to discourage any man of humble means from building at all.
But the question comes up, is there any need of this
uncertainty V In our oviinion there is not. Builders are
governed by the same rules that control those carrying on
other branches of industry, and there is no reason why
they should not as a class, adhere as closely to their agreements, as other business men do. Of course, if when
your house is half finished you want one part of it made to
look like the one across the way, or another part changed
to correspond with some ideas you have got since accepting
the original plans, you must expect to have to pay for such
alterations, and it is really right here that most of the
trouble comes. Place your orders with reputable builders,
as for instance Uooney & Burnham of Washington street,
and you need have no fear but what they will do their part
They employ a sufficient force of
if you will do yours.
workmen to enable them to fill orders either for building
Mr. II. P. Uooney has been
or repairing at short notice.
engaged in this business since 1884. The present firm of
Rooney & Burnham was formed in 1800 Their terms are
very reasonable, and their reputation for durable work is
-unsurpassed. Tiiey have fulfilled many commissions to
the satisfaction of all concerned. They attend to orders
ior cabinet work, as well as for contracting and building.
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National Bank, Dover, N. II,— The Strafford
National Bank may be said to have had its inception some
eighty-seven vears ago, for it was organ iz -d as a Slate
bank in 1803, having reorganized under the national
banking laws in 1805, with a capital of $120,000 wliich
The record it
has since been increased to |200,000.
has made is a most honorable and creditable one. for
' brilliant" financiering has been carefully avoided, while
on the other hand, undue conservatism has also l)een left
uupracliced. It is often a delicate matter to properly discriminate between " old fogyism " ami recklessness, for the
principles of one age may not apply to another, and il is
notorious that since the close of the war values have been
but
revolutionized and business mothods totally changed
the Strafford National Bmk has always been managed by
business life and hence
men who were actively engaged in
were in a position to know at the earliest possible moment
We need not say
of impending changes of conditions.
that this bank has greatly aided in the development of
Dover's interests, for were the contrary the fact it could
never have attained its pre.sent popularity or have posBut it
sessed the influence it now unquestionably wields.
by no means rests its claims to patronage on past services
on the contrary, no bank in this section receives the
accounts of firms, corporations, instituti(ms and individuals on more favorable terms, or offers a more efficient
service in connection with the collection of drafts, the
purchase and sale of standard securities, the reception of
deposits and the discounting of approved commercial
paper.
Finely appointed rooms are utilized, located in
StraflFord
;
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Building, Washington street, and the
enable business to be promptly transthose identified with this bank are some of
Dover's leading manufacturers and merchants, the president being Mr. William S. Stevens, the cashier Mr. E.
R. Brown, and the assistant cashier Mr. C. S. Cartland.
The board of directors is constituted of Messrs. Wm. S.
Stevens, John McDuffee, Jeremiah Smith, E. R. Brown,
C. n. Sawyer, S. C. Fisher, Geo. S. Frost.
the Strafford
Bank
facilities avai,lable
Among
acted.
Foot
&
Snell, dealers in Foreign
and Domestic Hard-
Mowing Machines, and
all kinds of Agricultural
Implements, etc., ."ilO Central Av., Dover. —It is difficult to
get an idea of the magnitude and the character of the
business carried on by Messrs. Foot tt Snell, without a
personal visit to the premises occupied by them, for the
simple statement that they deal in hardware and carry a
very heav3' and varied stock although true enough as far
as it goes still utterlj' fails to convey an adequate concepIts
tion of the importance of the enterprise in question.
inception occurred about forty five ytars ago, Mr. H. A.
Foot, being the oriffinal founder. In 1866 be was succeeded by Jlr. G. E. Foot, who conducted it alone for
three years, and in 18C9, associated himself with Mr. T.
II. Snell, under the preseut firm uame of Foot & Snell.
Under their fostering care the ancient reputation, of the
enterprise has been more than maintained, for it is now
conceded that no establishment in Dover offers greater
inducements to purchasers of hardware in general. The
premises occupied are located at No. .510 Central avenue,
and comprise two floors, each 20 X 60 feet in dimensions,
Such ample
in addition to a storehouse 90 feet long.
accommodations argue a very extensive stock, and such is
complete in every
indeed carried, it being exceptionally
department, including as it does, foreign and domestic
hardware, mowing machines, and all kinds of agriculliiral
implements. Very low prices are quoted, and sufficient
assistance is employed to ensure prompt and accurate
Messrs. G E. Foot and T. H.
attention to every order.
Snell are both natives of Dover, and very well known
throughout the social, as well as business circles of this
Mr. Foot was in the army four years, during our
city.
late Southern war, and has also been connected with the
ware,
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government as alderman and councilman. Mr. Snell
has also held the the office of alderman. These gentlemen have had a long and varied experience in their present line of business, and are thoroughly familiar with it in
every detail.
city
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
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guaranteed to give satisfaction to the most fastidious.
Callers are assured prompt and courteous attention and all
orders are tilled accurately and when promised, and no onewho calls at this highly popular establishment will hav&
reason to regret having done so.
Valentine Mathes, wholesale and retail dealer in Coal,.
Grain, Hay, Lathes, Shingles and Superphosphate,
Street, Dover, N. H.— The enterprise conducted
by Mr. Valentine Mathes is of the very first importance tothe residents of Dover and vicinity, for Mr. Jlathes dealsin a variety of standard commodities, and quotes such low
prices that a good deal of money can be saved by placingorders with him. He solicits a trial order from those
wisldng anything in his line, and feels confident that in
many cases he can enable customers to save ten per cent.,,
from the amount they formerly expended for coal, grain,
etc.
Mr. Jlathes was born in Durham, N. H and hascarried on his present business since 18T9.
The premisesutilized are located on Folsom street, and comprise a grain
elevator, coal and wood sheds, etc., a very heavy stock of
coal, wood, grain, hay. lathes, shingles, superphosphate,
etc., being constantly carried, enabling the most extensivewholesale or retail orders to be filled without delay.
Employment is given to fifteen assistants, and all goods-
Wood,
Folsom
lt;,1
'A
'll-y
<*
.,
,
Charles E. Bacon, ilealer in Diamoncis, Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry unci Silverware, Spectacles a Specialty.
Watches, .lewelry and Clocks Repaired.
Engraving
neatly executed.
No. 388 Central Avenue, Dover, N. H.
This establishment occupies ii prominent position among
the oldest, most complete, and most attractive establishments of the kind in Dover, and contains a reliable stock
of goods, embracing a tine variety of diamonds, watches,
clocks, jewelery and silverware. "Mr. Bacon also carries a
largejiue of artistic brass goods that are elegant in style
and l]nish. (Piano ]am|)s are very attractive and useful,
and make a very suitable wedding present) and hundreds
of things which our limited space'will not admit of mention.
The store is located at No. 388 Central avenue, and
is of the dimensions of 20 X 40 feet.
Altogether this store
is one of the most attractive in town, and "has been under
the able management of Mr. Charles E. Bacon since 1857,
he conducts his business on a high plane of honor with
fair representation of all goods, and one price, that the
very lowest. Mr. Bacon is a native of Biddeford, Maine,
and has conducted his business in Dover from the start in
a highly satisfactory manner, both to himself and his
patrons.
Two competent and reliable assistants are
employed and an extensive retail business is done. !Mr.
Bacon is sole agent for the Diamond spectacles, and gives
special attention to watch, clock and jewelry repairing
also enffraving is neatly executed, and the most intricate
jolis will be satisfactorily performed in a thoroughly work-
—
;
manlike manner at exceedingly moderate prices.
No
misrepresentations are permitted" at this store, and callers
may feel assured that all articles bought here will prove
just as represented.
A.
Eilloren, Groceries. Cigars and Confectionery,
314 Central Ave., Dover, N. H.— Tlie store occupied by
the Killoren Bro's is one of the most popular in the town,
the stock is complete in every department, and is made up
of carefully selected goods, which may be confidently
relied upon to be precisely as represented, Messrs. Andrew
and .John Killoren have carried on their present enterprise
for over ten years, both gentlemen are well known in
political as well as business circles.
The premises utilized
at 314 Central ave.. cover an area of over 800 feet and
are very conveniently fitted up, enabling the firm to display their goods to excellent advantage, and with the aid
of three assistants to handle their business without «onfusion or delay.
Fine groceries, teas, coffees, flour, etc.,
ciffars of all the best brands, and pure confectionery are
offered at the very lowest market rates, and all goods are
A. J.
are delivered in the compact part of the city tree.
Ordersby mail or telephone are assured immediate and careful
attention, and a team will call regularly to take orders if
desired.
Mr. Mathes makes it a rule" to deliver goods
promptly at the time promised, and no small share of thepopularity of his establishment can be traced to this practice.
Walton B. Sha-w, dealer in Boots, Shoes and Rubbera
of all kinds. 101 Washington Street, Dover, N. H.— Considering the important influence that is exerted by what i»
worn on the teet not only on one's personal appearance,
but also on one's health as well. it is not surprising that
many people should find it harder to select a durable pair
of shoes than any other article of dress, therefore, in order
to obtain reliable and satisfactory foot covering dependence must be placed in the dealer, and when we say Mr.
Walton R. Shaw guards the interests of his customers asthongh they were his own, we only voice the opinion of
many of those familiar with his business methods. Thisestablishment was originally founded by Mr. O. C. Ingraham, who conducted the business for over fifteen years.
Since 1889 it liae been under the sole control of Mr. Walton Shaw who is a native of Holbrook, Mass. The premises occupied at No. 101 Washington street are 'iO x OO
feet in dimensions, and boots and shoes of all kinds are
handled, and the stock carried is sufficiently comprehensive to include all sizes, shapes, kinds and conditions of
foot-wear.
The proprietor of this store warrants every
article leaving this establishment to prove as represented.
—
G.
N.
W. Home & Co.,
— Among the
H.
—
Brick
Dover,
manufacturing
Manufacturers,
representative
which have made Dover -what it now
would never do to omit mention of that carried on
enterprises
is. it
under the firm-name of G. W. Home & Co., for this was
inaugurated many years ago and has attained a reputationwhich is by no means confined to this section. Mr. Home
is dead, and the business is now owned by his daughter, it
being carried on under the direct management of Mr.
Wingate Bunker, who is well and favorably known in
manufacturing and general business circles, and who ia
very successful in maintaining the high reputation so long^
Home
associated with this undertaking.
Messrs. G. W.
Co., utilize s-pacious premises and are very extensively engaged in
the manufacture of
brick.
The
sheds used for storage purposes cover a very wideexpanse of gronnd, and as a general thing a heavy stock
of finished brick is carried.
The average annual production is abont 2,000,000, and the largest orders can be
filled at short notice and the lowest market rales.
Thebricks are remarkalily uniform in quality, and are highly
spoken of by all who" have made use of them.
&
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
2T
P. Gorman, dealer in Groceries, Fruits and Vegetables,
Choice Butter, Cheese and Eggs, 11 Locust St., Dover, N.
H. It is becoming generally understood that the food we
eat has more to do with our bodily health than any other
one thing. Disorders and even diseases that were once
treated with powerful drugs and medicines, are now corrected and almost entirely cured by careful attention toIt is also conceded that the man who most perfectly
diet.
suits his food to his temperament ami his occupation, will,,
Therefore
other things being e(iual, enjoy the best health.
it is of the highest importance to know where reliable food
products may be best obtained. We are happy to be able
to call the "attention of our readers to so deserving and
well-managed an establishment as that carried on by Mr.
He commenced opeP. Gorman, at No. 11 Locust street.
rations here in 1881, and has already built up a largeconstantly on hand
An extensive stock is
retail trade.
—
George & Langmaid, Granite Cutters, and dealers in
Monuments. Tablets and Cemetery Enclosures, Kiver St.,
Dover, N. H. It is undoubtedly a fact that tirst-class stone
—
is not to be had at second or third class rates, but it
should be remembered that all first-class rates are by no
means identical, and that there is really no need of payin.s;
fancy figures in order to get work equal to the best. A
work
practical
illustration
of
the truth of
these
quality.
assertions
by visiting the establishment conducted by IMesars. George & Langmaid, at No. 31
for this firm do stone cutting in genRiver street,
making a specialty of granite monuments and
eral
cemetery work, and quoting uniformly moderate prices
on work that will bear the most critical inspection. This
business was at one time carried on by Mr. Ira A. Butterfield, who was succeeded in 1883 by Jlr. Stephen W.
George and Levi Elder, and iu 18S6 Mr. George assumed
entire control of the business and continued until 1889,
when !Mr. Linville F. Langmaid was admitted to partnerMr. George is a native of Vermont and Mr. Langship.
maid of New Ilampshire, both partners being skillful
stonecutters who have had long and varied experience. A
great variety of designs is offered to choose from, and estimates will cheerfully be made on application, all orders,
large or small, being assured prompt and painstaking attenMessrs. George & Langmaid have recently opened a
tion.
granite quarry in Nottingham, which is located ten miles
from Dover. This granite is the best this side of Concord.
It is light in color, and very nice for cemetery and build-
may
consisting of groceries, fruits and vegetables, choice butcheese and eggs. Mr. Gorman obtains his goods from
the most reliable sources, and is therefore in a position toguarantee that they will prove as represented. Two competent assistants are employed, and no trouble is spared toMr. Gorman caters to family trade
satisfy all customers.
and quotes the lowest market rates on goods of standard
ter,
be obtained
;
ing work.
City Employment Bureau, W. C. Williams, 327
In
Avenue. SIcCarty Block, Dover, N.
theory, an employment bureau cannot fail to be of great
public convenience and so deserves liberal support, but in
practice many establishments of this kind are of no use
whatever and are carefully avoided by well-informed persons in search of desirable help. The fault of course is
with the management, for the principle involved is sound,
and when intelligently and honorably carried out the
results are sure to be eminently satisfactory to all parties
concerned. Therefore we take pleasure in calling attention to the City Employment Bureau, located at No. 327
Central avenue, in McCarty Block, for since this office was
opened, in 1889, it has made an enviable record for efficiencv and reliability. The proprietor, Mr. W. C. "Williams, is a native of New York Slate, and served iu the
armv during the Rebellion. He is associated with the
leading employment offices in Boston, and is in a position
to supply private families, hotels, restaurants, boarding,
mountain and seashore houses with help at short notice.
He constantly has the names of male and female help of
all nationalities on his books, and can furnish new arrivals
The office is open from 8 A. m.
to those preferring turh.
to 8 P. M., and is in charge of Mrs. Williams, prompt and
courteous attention being assured to every caller. All
first-class help will be furnished with situations at short
Central
notice.
H.—
& Harvey, Livery, Boarding and Baiting
Hacks furnished for Funerals, Private Parties,
Jenness
ble.
Staetc.
Rear of American House, Dover, N. U.— The firm of Jenness & Harvey, .have shown great enterprise in catering to-
A visit to their stable will disclose the fact,
the public.
that first-class teams may be obtained there at very reasonHorses will be taken toable rates and at short notice.
board at a moderate price and are assured proper care,
good food and suitable stabling. The stable which is
located at the rear of the American House, contains thirty
Hacks will be furnished when desired for funerals,
stalls.
These gentlemen do a large business
private parlies, etc.
Those who have patronized them in
in horse clipping.
this line, can testify to the careful and skillful manner in
which the operation was performed. Four capable assistants are employed, and the interests of their customers are
This enterprise has been conducted
faithfully consulted.
by the present proprietors since 1888. Mr. C. E .Jenness
who is a native of Dover, N. H., was formerly proprietor
Mr. F. C. Harvey is a native
of the Hawthorn Stable.
All having business dealings
of South Berwick, Maine.
with these gentlemen will find them "thoroughly reliable
their aim to keep a first-class stable,
and honorable. It is
where first-class teams may be obtained at all times, and
thus far they have succeeded to the satisfaction of all!
interested.
The City Laundry, the original Dan Guilfoyle,
Proprietor, corner of Third Street and Central Avenue,
Dover, N. H.-— There are many people who object to having washing done at home and yet do not feel disposed toBut there is noentrust their linen to public laundries.
more necessity of having your clothes injured at a laundry
than there is of having them done up at home, for The
City Laundry now run by ]Mr. Dan Guilfoyle at the corner of Third street and Central avenue, does careful work
and avoids injury to the most delicate fabric. Mr. Guilfoyle has conducted his present enterprise since 1884, and
has built up a thriving business, employment being given
The uniform
to only thoroughly experienced assistants.
superiority of the work turned out at this establishment is
evident to the most fastidious. A very important feature
of the business is the fact that all clothes are dried out in
the open air, no chemicals used whatever, while the pricesare so low that all can afford to take advantage of the
Laundry work of all kinds is done
opportunities offered.
at short notice, and work is called for and delivered
promptly as promised. Mr Guilfoyle is a native of Dover,
and well known throughout the city and vicinity.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
28
James W. Hartford, Harness MaUer,
9 Locust Street,
no iiiun is to be blamed for trying
g.jods lie requires as cbeaply as possible,
still, it should alwaj-s be remembered that articles of
standard merit have a much more uniform or standard
price than those which are simply made to sell, as
the saying is, and that the lowest priced article is therefore not necessarily the cheapest. This principle applies
to every line of business and particularly to that devoted
to the manufacture and sale of harnesses, whips, collars,
•etc., for these goods vary greatly in quality, as good mate-
Dovur, N.
II.
to purchase
— Whik'
tin-
rial and skillful workmanship have to be paid for.
Mr.
James W. Hartford has built up an enviable reputation in
the production of the above named goods, having been
engaged
in the business for over thirty years
His shop
looited at No, 9 Locust street, Dover. N. H.
The
premises have an area of about 300 feet, while the employment of an experienced assistant enables him to serve his
customers in a prompt and satisfactory manner. These
articles are offered at the very lowest market rates.
Mr.
Hartford is a native of Dover, N. H., and is almost uni"versally known in this vicinity as he has been deputy
sheriff.
Orders for custom work or repairing will be
filled at very short notice.
is
J. Frank Roberts, dealer in Groceries, Flour and
Produce, Teas, Coffees and Spices, E.vtracts and Canned
at the lowest cash prices, 498 Central Avenue,
Dover, N. H. The great magnitude of the grocery busi-
Goods,
—
ness in this city, is significantly indicated by the number
and importance of the houses engaged in this line of trade,
and of these, none occupies a more prominent position
than that of Mr. J. Prank Roberts, doing business at Ko.
498 Central avenue. This enterprise was inaugurated in
1879 by the present proprietor. In 1887 he associated
himself with Mr. Foss. under the firm style of Hoberts &
Foss, which was continued until 1890, when Mr. Roberts
again assumed entire management of the business. Mr.
Roberts is a native of Maine, and is well known throughout Dover and vicinity as an enterprising and sagacious
business man.
No retail grocery house in this city enjoys
more favorable relations with producers, wholesalers, etc.,
and the consequence of
this state of affairs is to be seen
in the exceptional advantages the proprietor is enabled to
offer his customers in the purchase of many standard
commodities. The premises occupied comprise a store
and storeroom, each 20 X 40 feet in dimensions, and are
well fitted up for the accommodation of the large and
varied stock dealt in, which includes groceries, flour and
produce also teas, coffees, spices, e.xtracts and canned
goods. Three competent assistants are employed and all
orders are assured immediate and careful attention, while
the prices quoted are invariabl3' in accordance with the
very lowest market rates.
;
Boston Five and Ten Cent Store," Tin Ware, Glass
Ware, Toys, Crockery, 108 Washington Street, Dover, N.
H. A very attractive establishment lor the housekeeper
to visit is that known as the " Boston 5 and 10 Cent
Store," which is located at No. 108 Washington street, for
"
—
here may be seen a fine assortment of crockery, glassware,
and tinware also a well selected line of toys, and many
other goods too numerous to mention.
Business was
begun here in 1880, and has already attained extensive
proportions. The premises utilized are of the dimensions
of 20 X 50 feet, and the stock on hand is displayed to
excellent advantage.
Children are well provided for at
this establishment, for a complete assortment of toys and
games is offered to choose from, and the prices are as
attractive as the goods themselves. The latest and most
successful novelties may be bought here at the prices
quoted, when they far exceed in value goods offered at
other houses for twice the amounts.
Two competent
assistants are given employment and all customers are
assured prompfand polite attention, while every article
offered for sale will be found to be exactly as represented.
;
D. H. Wendell's Fire and Life Insurance Agency;
corner of Main auil School Streets, Dover, N. H.— A wel^
known insurance agency is a great convenience to any
business community and we therefore need make no apology for calling the attention of our readers to that of D.
H. Wendell's on the corner of Main and School streets,
Dover, N. H., established in 1852, and has furnished
insurance of the most reliable character at the lowest market rates, and those wishing any information in relation
to fire or life insurance would do well to give him a call.
He is a native of Dover and widely known in the community as one of Dover's heavv tax payers.a justice of the peace
and quorum
for the State,
was representative of the town
the city charter, and was appointed insurance
commissioner for the State in the year 18G6, but resigned
on account of his other business. And at the time of the
passage of the act known as the Valued Policy Law in the
year of 1S8~), was agent for the following old well-known
fire insurance companies, r:!; : Home Insurance Company
of New York, Insurance Company of North America,
Pennsylvania
Hartford of Hartford, and Pha>nix and
prior to
;
National of Hartford, representing some $25,000,000
of a.ssets, and is now agent and broker for tlie Old
New Hampshire Fire Insurance company of Manchester,
N. H., that lias more than a million and a half of assets,
and is also agent for the Old Manhattan Life Insurance
Company of New York that has some eleven million and
a half dollars of assets.
E. H. Frost, manufact'irer of Building Finish, Brackets,
Frames, Planing, Sawing, Turning,
Folsoni Street, Dover, N. H.
"The use of
machinery has greatly mollified the building business, and
there are now but verj' few parts of a house but what can
be more cheaply and accurately made by machinery than
Window and Door
—
etc., to order,
b}' hand.
Of course the result lias been to materially
diminish the cost of building and thus to enable many a
man to own the house he lives in who otherwise would
have to occupy less desirable rented quarters. This is a
distinct gain, and it follows that such enterprises as that
carried on by Mr. E. H. Frost deserve liberal patronage,
for Mr. Frost is a leading manufacturer of building finish,
brackets, window and door frames, etc. being jirepared
to furnish anything in that line at short notice and at the
lowest market rales. lie is a native of Elliot, Maine, and
is very well known personally in Dover and vicinity, at
present being a member of the city council. He succeeded
Mr. F. O. Marshall in the ownership of his present business in 1887, and gives it close personal attention, sparing
no pains to fully satisfy every customer. The mill is
located on Folsom street, and is two stories in height and
40 X 70 feet in dimensions. It is fitted up with improved
machinery, driven liy steam-power, and special attention
is given to doinu planing, sawing, turning, etc., to order.
Mr. Frost manufactures de.cks and does other cabinet,
work to a considerable extent, quoting the lowest market
rates in every department of his business and employing
an adequate force of experienced assistants.
;
�—
I.KADING BUSINESS
Sawyer Woolen
Mills, manufiictiirers of
Fancy
;
it
commodious
are various
structures,
among which
is
X
30 feet
in height, and 70
in size, another of similar dimensiims, having three stories
30 feet, with two stories
and a basement another 58
and a basement; another comprising hree stoiies and
one two stories and a basement
X
;
40 feet another, also three stories high,
145 X 40 feet in dimensions, and also another three stories
high measuring 185 X 65 feet. There are also two brick
storehouses, four stories high and 126 X 40 feet in dimensions
one brick storehouse 100 x 30 feet in size and two
an ofHce building, two stories high and
stories in height
57 X 40 feet in dimensions, together with a dry house,
measuring 58
X
;
;
;
repair shop, stable, etc., and fifty tenements of good size,
with slated or gravel roofs. Power is afforded by two
forty-inch Hercules turbine wheels and a 250-horse Corliss
The mills are lighted by gas and have a complete
engine.
and admirably arranged fire-extinguishing plant, including
automatic sprinklers of the most improved type. Employment is given to 450 operatives, and the value of the
annual product is between one and two million dollars.
Messrs. F. A. and J. Sawyer act as selling agents and the
goods are shipped to all "parts of the Union, the demand
From the selection of
for them being steadily increasing.
the raw material to the completion of the last process incidental to production, every detail is given close and skillful supervision, and the care exercised in the designing
and manufacture of the fancy cassimeres and suitings
made by the Sawyer Woolen Jlills, together with the
enterprise and ability shown in reducing the expense of
production to the lowest figure consistent with the use of
dependable material, is the secret of the success the company has met with in producing goods that give the be.st
of satisfaction to consumers and the trade and are accepted
as the standard wherever introduced.
2»
S. H. Foye, dealer in
Marble and Slate Headstones, Monuments, Tablets,
Grave Enclosures,
Counter and Table Tops ;
also Soap-Stoue Work of
kinds
shop Central
all
Cassi-
meres and Suitings, Dover, N. H.— The manufacture of
textile fabrics is one of New England's leading industries
and represents the investment of an enormous amount of
capital, but among all the many establishments demoted to
this branch of production those \itilized by the Si«}cr
Woolen Mills must be given a leading position a^ u-CHids
magnitude, perfection of equipment and uniform e\((l
"Sawyer woolens" are
lence of the results attaineil.
almost universally known in this country, and Iheir high
sequence of the enterprising and
reputation is the natural
painstaking methods which have characterized their man
ufacture from the first, for the aim of the productis has
ever been to turn out goods that woulil have no superior
in their special line, and to attain this end nether trouble
nor expense has been spared, and a raanufactuiing pUnt
has been established which combines all the most valuable
improvements in machinery and methods, and is consequently a marvel of completeness and elBciency. This
representative enterprise was inaugurated in 183S by Mr.
Alfred I. Sawver and in 1849 passed under the control of
Messrs. Z. & J. Sawyer, who were succeeded by Jlessrs
the present company being
F. A. and J. Sawver in 1852
incorporated in 1873. Mr. Charles II. Sawyer is president,
Mr. Jonathan Sawyer, treasurer, and Mr. T. M. Clark,
superintendent, and the capital of the company is $600,000.
The Sawyer Wuok-n Jlills are located on Bellamy Bauls
River, and the company controls the power afforded by
In 1863-4 a reservoir was built in
the three lower falls.
Harrington and in 1881 it was enlarged, its area now being
4.")0 acrcs.
The lower mill is located on tide-water, the
stream being navigable for coal barges, light-draft sloops,
etc., and further transportation facilities are afforded by
the Portsmouth and Dover branch of the Eastern railroad,
which has a station at these mills. The lower mill is a
brick structure, three stories and a basement in height and
225 X 38 feet in dimensions, having an addition comprising two stories and a basement, measuring 90 X 25 feet.
Both water and steam power are available, the latter Ijeing
The
furnished by a seventy flve-horse Corliss engine.
upper mill is also brick, and is four stories in height and
272 X 40 feet io dimensions. Connected with or adjacent
to
MEN OF DOVER.
:
Street, opposite
New
City
Building, Dover, N. H.
Mr S. H. Foye is a native
of Lee, N. H., but has resided in Dover for many
\ e irs,
having long ranked
w ith the most prominent
business men of this city.
Although giving close
at-
to mercantile afhe has found time to
of some very important public offices.
discharge the duties
He has served on the board of aldermen two years, and was
on the board of engineers from 1854 to 1872, two years of
which was chief engineer. Mr. Foye has served as mayor
of Dover, and was'also representative during the years
He became identified with ihe granite
1856 and 1857.
business as early as 1846, and in 1855 began to handle mar-
tention
fairs
up the granite business altogether in 1873.
extensively engaged in the manufacture and
sale of marble and slate headstones, monuments, tablets,
grave enclosures, etc., together with counter and table
Mr.
tops and soap-stone work of every descrijition.
Foye's shop is located on Central street, opposite the newarea of about 1500'
City Building, the premises having an
square feet. Employment is given to a sufficient number
of assistants to ensure the prompt filling of every order,
and the finish and general character of the work turned
out are unsurpassed, while the prices quoted are uniformly
moderate.
ble also, giving
He
is
now
Dover Steam Laundry and Dye House,
T. G. Hill.
Proprietor, No. 6 Orchard Street, Dover, N. H.— No more
perfect sign of advanced civilization could be given than
that offered by a modern steam laundry, for its presence
in a community shows, first, that cleanliness prevails, and
second: that the people have learned to avoid one fruitful
cause of domestic trouble. There is really no more reason
why washing should be done at home, than there is why
our shoes should be made at home, or any other operation
performed that can be more easily and cheaply attended
Some of our readers may take exctp' ions to theto outside.
"cheap" clause iu tliat sentence, and say, that it is not
justified by the facts, but if they will go to the trouble of
estimating all the drawbacks consequent upon drunestic
extra fuel burned, the time occupied, the
space taken up, the risk run, the constant and exasperating trials to strength and patience experienced— we think
that they will find on comparison that we aie not so (ar
wrong after all, and then the results attained. Look at
the work turned out in the ordinary course of business by
Uie Dover Steam Laundry, and see how it compares with
Is it not superior ?
flie best that can be done at home.
every facility is at hand— skilled labor is employed, constant
wonder that the results
supervision exercised— is it any
are more satisfactory ? The enterprise in question was
originated by Mr. Webster and has been under the conit
trol of its present proprietor, Mr. T. G Hill since 1883
spacious,
is located at No. 6 Orchard street, and comprises
premises covering an area of over 1200 feet. The propriIn connection with the
etor is a native of Biddeford, Me.
laundry a large trade is done in dyeing, scouring and clean-
washing— the
;
A
which is done in the most satisfactory manner.
is made of dyeing and cleaning garments without
ripping and no painsare spared to serve the public in the
best manner. A large business has been established which
shows every sign of a continuous and pronounced increase.
Eight experienced and reliable assistants are given employing,
specialty
ment.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
30
Walter T. Perkins, Steam and Gas Fitter dealer in
Steam Heating and Gas Liglitiug Apparatus, Wrought
Emerson, proprietors of the Dover trunk factory, so much
Iron and Brass Pipe, Valves, Fittings, etc.; Gas Fixtures,
Glass Globes and Shades, Xo. 44 Locust Street, Dover, N.
H. There are some kinds of work which mav be done la
.a "good enough" fashion without any bad results, but
goods will prove as represented and give the best satisfaction.
This factory was opened by Mr. W. O. Whittier, in
1887, and passed into the possession of the present firm in
1889.
The premises comprise two floors measuring 25x50
feet, and are located at Nos. 63 and 04 St. Thomas street.
All kinds of trunks are manufactured and both a wholesale and retail business is done, the facilities being such
that the largest orders can be filled at short notice,
while the smallest commissions will be promptly and carefully executed.
A fall assortment of .sizes and kinds is
carried in stock and all tastes, all circumstances and all
;
—
when
it
comes
to
steam and
gas-fitting,
it is
simply foolish
be satisfied with anything but the best, for inferior
in this line is dangerous, troublesome and expensive, to say nothing of its not answering the purpose for
which it was designed. It is easy enough to have firstclass piping if you apply to the proper party, and certainly
no wiser course can be taken than to leave your order
with Mr. Walter T. Perkins at No. 44 Locust street, for
he is a thoroughly competent steam and gas-titter. He has
the facilities and the men to enable him to execute all
to
work
commissions at short notice, and in the most approved
and satisfactory manner, the best of materials being used.
He is uniformly moderate in his charges, and as he gives
close personal attention to his business he is in a position
to keep the service to a very high standard of efficiency
and to guarantee complete satisfaction to his patrons.
The premises occupied comprise one floor and basement
32 X 60 feet in dimensions. Mr. Perkins is a dealer in
steam-heating and gas-lighting apparatus, wrought iron and
brass pipe, valves, fittings, etc., gas fixtures, glass globes,
and shades, steam and water gauges, engineers' supplies,
etc.
Mr. Perkins, who is a native of Dover, N. H., has
been the proprietor of this establishment since 1874. He
has gained an honorable position among the business circles of this neighborhood.
Jlr. Perkins is also agent for
the Gurney Hot Water Heater which is conceded to be
the best hot water heater in the market. He has put in
several in this vicinity which give the best of satisfaction.
&
Hayes
Hodgdon, dealers in Choice Groceries, Teas,
Coffees, Spices. Confectionery, and Fruit, 103 Washington
Street, Dover, N. H.
The ability to suit a business enterprise to the particular class of trade it is designed to reach
principally, is an indispensable factor in attainment of success, and it is owing in a great degree to the skill displayed
in this direction, that the firm of Hayes
Hodgdon has
attained the high reputation and popularit}' it now enjoys.
This concern is made up of Messrs. E. J. Hayes and F. P.
—
&
Hodgdon. The establishment now conducted by them was
founded in 18T0 by Mr. W. M. Courser, Messrs. Hayes &
Hodgdon assuming full control in 1889. The premises
utilized are located at No. 103 Washington street, and are
tlie better,
for in that case j'ou
may
purses can easily be suited.
J. H. Winslo-w, dealer in Boots, Shoes, Rubbers and
Shoe Findings, French Calf Skins and Sole Leather, No.
410 Central Avenue, on the Bridge, Dover, N. H. Mr. J.
H. Winslow has been engaged in the boot and shoe business in Dover since 1801, and has conducted his present
enterprise sinee 1885.
The establishment in question was
originally established in 1842 by Mr. Oliver Libey, and
after several changes in its management came into the
possession of the present proprietor, at the above named
date.
The premises occupied cover an area of about 900
square feet, and a very heavy stock is carried, for Mr.
Winslow deals in boots, shoes, rubbers, shoe findings,
—
French calfskins, and
sole leather, and caters to all classes
of trade.
His assortment includes goods suited to all
kinds of wear, and whether a dress boot, or a working
shoe, is wanted, he can fill the want in the most satisfactory manner. Dealing with only reputable manufacturers'
wholesalers, he is in a position to guarantee the quality of
the goods he handles, and although he does not pretend to
sell " below the cost of manufacture," still there is no
more likely place at which to look for bargains, for Mr.
Winslow is a careful and discriminating buyer, and by
watching the market is often able to secure standard articles below the regular rates, but a full assortment of sizes
in all standard styles is kept in stock, the result being that
a perfect fit is easily obtainable.
The latest novelties are
offered as soon as they appear in the market, and at prices
that will bear the severest comparison with those quoted
elsewhere. Mr. Winslow is a native of Nottingham, N.
H., and is very •well known throughout the business circles of Dover.
Those in want of anything incUuled in the
line of foot-wear will find it at his establishment of warranted quality.
A
of the dimensions of 20 X 80 feet.
.stock of fine groceries is carried, which includes all the almost endless
variety of goods now handled by a first-class establishment
also tiour of all grades, selected teas and
of this kind
pure coffees, spices, etc.; also pure confectionery and fruits
of all kinds in their season. Mr. H.ayes is a native of
Medbury and Mr. Hodgdon of Dover, N. H. Both gentlemen are well known and esteemed by all who know them.
Employment is given to a reliable assistant and courteous
and prompt attention is assured to all callers. All orders
will be accurately delivered at short notice, and prices will
be found to compare favorably with the lowest market
A. N. Ward,
Undertaker and
Practical Embalmer. Caskets, Robes,
Plates and Flowers,
;
rates.
Dover Trunk Factory, Whittier & Emerson, Proprietors, successors to W. O. Whittier, manufacturers of all
kinds of Trunks, wholesale and retail, 02 and 64 St. Thomas
St., Dover, N. H.
If an3'0ue doubts that it is good policy to
buy a thoroughly well-made trunk, let him visit the nearest railway station especially •when "business is rushing,"
and watcli the train hands and expressmen wrestle with
the baggage.
Time is worth a good deal to them and the
baggage belongs to other persons, consequently they save
ten cents worth of time at the expense of ten dollars worth
•of baggage, and think nothing of it.
It is not for us to say
where the fault lies, but the moral at least is plain see that
i/our trunk is of a kind that will stand the racket.
Such
la trunk cannot be bought for nothing, but it maj' be pur•chased at a reasonable figure if you patronize the right dealer
And if that dealer gets his trunks of Messrs. Whittier &
—
—
—
confident that his
feel
Hearses
riages
and CarFurnished
;
Residence over
H
—
Store, Nos. 12
and
14 Thirl stitLt Dover N
Considerable expense as
well as no smxil degree of executive ability is required in
order to discharge the icsponsible duties of an undertaker
satisfactorily, for it is of course highlj' important to so
manage as to avoid all confusion or delays on the occasions
when the services of an undertaker are required. Mr. A.
N. Ward has often been called upon to ofliciate in this
capacity during the past six years. He is a native of
Brockton, Mass., and began operations in Dover in 1884.
He is an undertaker and practical embalmer. His establishment and residence, are both conveniently located at
Nos. 12 and 14 Third street. A carefully selected stock
is carried, comprising caskets, coflSns. burial robes, and
funeral goods in general. Flowers, hearses and carriages,
will also be furnished when desired.
Jloderate prices are
quoted in every department, and the variety of goods
offered is sufficiently large to admit of all tastes being
suited.
Orders for embalming will receive immediate and
careful attention, and the entire direction of funerals will
be assumed if desired, thus enabling much anxiety and
trouble to be avoided.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
H. A. Pattee,
)!^^^ dealer iu Carpets
'[,
Furniture,
;iiul
Side-
lieddiug,
lioards,
Desks,
Curetc., 337
LouDges,
tains,
Central Avenue,
Dover. N.
The
first
H.—
step to-
wards going
to
house keeping
to get a wife,
is
no
doubt, but after
little matter
to
attended
that
is
the question
of
f\irniture comes
tip to be settled.
J
'
Some
marked
have
[Changes
•
j
ncciirred in the
furniture trade
if
years,
late
I
and
it
is
now
possible to furnish a house at a
very
moderate
expense.
spend money
N. E. Hanson, wholesale and retail dealer in Family
Groceries and [Provisions, Flour, Grain, Fish, etc.. special
attention paid in selection of choice Teas and Coffees. No.
Among the many grocery
1 Silver Street, Dover. N. H.
and provision stores located iu this city, few are better
known than that now carried on by Mr. N. E. Hanson, for
this establishment was founded in 1864 by J. T. Hanson &
Co., and lias long been highly popular with the most careThe present proprietor, Mr. N. E. Hanson,
ful buyers.
assumed full control of the business in 1872. Premises of
the dimensions of 25 X 75 feet are occupied, and courteous and reliable assistants are required to attend to the
heavy patronage enjoyed. The stock carried at this establishment will compare favorably in all essential features
with that of any similar house in the city, for it is both
large and varied, and comprises family groceries, provisions, flour, grain, fish, etc., special attention being paid to
Mr. Hanson does
the selection of choice teas and coffees.
not place his prices so high that none but the favored few
can afford to trade with him, but offers such decided
inducements that experienced buyers feel they can hardly
Everything sold here is guarafford to trade elsewhere.
anteed to prove just as represented, and tlie prices average
as low as the lowest when the quality is considered.
—
Of
course you can
if
—
you want to $-500 can be spent for a single chamber set.
if you wish, but a small house can be very comfortably
But when it comes to exercisfitted up for that amount.
ing wise economy, the first thing to do is to find a dealer
who is satisfied with a small margin of profit, and who
carries a stock sufficiently large and varied to allow of all
tastes being suited, and hundreds of people have solved
this problem to their entire satisfaction by placing their
orders with Mr. H. A. Pattee located at No. 337 Central
This gentleman is a native of New Hampand established his present business in Dover in 1887.
carpets, and furniture of all kinds, including
handles
avenue, Dover.
shire,
He
31
quoted are surprisingly
low, considering the character of the goods handled, and
both economy and convenience are served by trading here.
to his customers, for the prices
bedding, sideboards, desks, lounges, curtains, etc. The
premises occupied comprise five floors, each 20x60 feet in
dimensions, thus affording ample space for the carrying of
an exceptionally heavj- stock. The proprietor offers some
very decided bargains in every department. In regard to
these bargains, we do not ask j'ou to take our word for
them, and in fact do not want you to do so, but what we
want is to have you call and see for j'ourself, for you
will be sure to find something that you need at a price that
will compel you to purchase.
No detailed description of
the goods dealt in is possible here, l)ut suffice it to say that
the assortment is most complete, the prices low, and that
all callers are assured prompt and polite attention.
(fo
W. C. Leavitt, dealer in Meat, Fish, Poultry, Fruit,
Vegetables and Country Produce, No. 5 Silver Street,
Dover, N. H. To those who are familiar with the advantages enjoj'ed b}' those dealing with Mr. W. C. Leavitt at
No. 5 Silver street, the large retail business done by this
gentleman needs no explanation, for self-interest is a very
powerful motive, and those placing a trial order with the
gentleman in question, generally learn by the result that
it is plainly for their interest to deal with him altogether.
The enterprise was established by Mr. Geo. W. Parker,
who was succeeded by Messrs. Berry & Leavitt in 1884,
Mr. W. C. Leavitt. the present proprietor, assuming full
—
He is a native of JIassachusetts, and is
known throughout Dover. Employment is given to
competent and polite assistants. The premises occupied
•control in 1889.
well
are about 600 square feet in dimensions, and a heavy stock
is carried including meats, fish, poultry, fruit asd vegetables of every description together with country produce in
general. Th« favorable relations Mr. Leavitt enjoys with
producers and wholesalers are by no means without benefit
Rackley's Variety Store, Corner Washington Street and
The secret of success is much
Central Ave., Dover, N. H.
the same no niatter what business may be engaged in,
if you can furnish customers with reliable goods at Ijottom
prices, and give prompt attention to all orders, you need
have no fear but what a satisfactory trade will soon be
Such has been the experience of Samuel Rackbuilt up.
ley, who carries on a business devoted to tlie sale of crockery and glass and tin-ware, for since he succeeded Jlr.
Meldon in 1888, who was the original founder of the business, his efforts to extend operations have met with
Mr. Rackley is a native of Maine,
unquestionable success
and is well known in Dover; he is tlioroughly acquainted
with his business and has shown both intelligence and
liberality in conducting the same; the premises occupied
are of the dimensions of 20x30 ft. ahd iire well stocked with
a select stock of crockerj', glass ware, granite-iron ware
wooden ware and 5 and 10 cent goods, also a full line o
tinware, all purses can be accommodated at this store, fo
the prices are in every instance in accordance with th
lowest market rates and the best goods are handled, as
well as those at low cost.
—
J. W. Merrow, dealer in Groceries and Provisions,
Flour, Butter, Cheese and Eggs. 5 Chestnut Street, Dover,
N. H. One of the recently established and at the same
time one of the most reliable enterprises carried on in this
section of Dover, is that conducted by Mr. J. W. Jlerrow,
at No. 5 Chestnut street, for the proprietor is well and
favorably known throughout this vicinity and has had
sufficient experience in his present line of business to be
thoroughly familiar with it in every detail. Mr. Merrow
is a native of Ossipee, N. H. and as before stated is well
known throughout Dover. The store is about 700 square
feet in dimensions, and is very conveniently fitted up,
the space available being sufficiently extensive to admit of
the carrying of a large and varied stock, comprising selected
family groceries and provisions of all kinds, also flour,
This stock is new, fresh, and
butter, cheese and eggs.
"clean" in every department, and therefore, Mr. Merrow
has no undesirable goods to work ofi " but is in a position
to supply articles that will satisfy the most fa.stidious.
Orders are filled at short notice and every caller may safely
depend upon receiving courteous and painstaking attention.
This establishment was founded about 1885, by Mr. Thos.
Steel, and has been under the able management of Mr.
Those giving his establishment
J. W. Merrow since 1887.
a trial, will find him prepared to fill either large or small
erders without delay and at the lowest market rates.
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LEADING BUSINESS
H.
E.
Livery
Canney,
Stable,
Boardinjr,
Hacking
and Bailing. Haclis
Furnished for Wed-
dings and Funerals,
17-23 St. Thomas
Street.
-The
.
Dover. N, II.
question of
whether it is cheaper
for one living in the
cily to
own
or hire
a horse, is one that is influenced so much by circumstances
in each individual case that it is impossible to answer it
until those circumstances are duly considered, but at all
events it will be agreed that such an establishment as that
carried on by Mr. H. E. Canne3' at Nos. 17-23 St. Thomas
street, deserves hearty support, for here a desirable, safe
and stylish team may be hiretl at a moderate cost, or a
horse may be boarded by its owner at a reasonable expense,
so that all who use horses for business or pleasure can be
accommodated. This enterprise was inaugurated in 1S84,
and now ranks among the leading undertakings of the
kind in Dover. The premises in use are spacious and
well-arranged, lighted with electricity, and contain every
convenience, there being twenty eight stalls and ample
carriage accommodations. Single and double teams can
be furnished at short notice, and the most fastidious customer will have no reason to complain of any detail of the
turnout, for horse, carriage, harness, robe, etc., are all
first-class, the best trade being catered to and no pains
spareii to assure satisfaction.
Hacks for public occasions,
such as balls, weddings, funerals, etc., can be supplied in
any numlier desired, experienced and careful drivers
being furnished, who will be found not only competent
but courteous also. Animals boarded here will be given
the best of care, and in short the high reputation of the
estaljlisbmeut will be fully sustained in every instance.
MEN OF DOVER.
John J. Hanson vice-president, Eli V. Brewster; secretary
and treasurer, Isaac F. Abbott trustees, Eli V. Brewster,
William A. ilorrill, Ephraim H. Whitehouse, William H^
Vickery, John ,T. Hanson, Isaac F. Abbott, Edmund M.
Swan, Henry A. Wortheu, James F. Seavey, Dennis Cash,.
Solomon H. Foye.
;
;
—
Dover National Bank, Dover, N. H. The Dover
National Bank is a thoroughly representative institution
in every sense of the word, and since its incorporaticm in
1865 has exerted a most powerful influence in developingthe interests of this section.
It has a capital of |100,000'
which has been further augmented by a surplus of $20,000.
The following gentFemen, widely and favorably
known in financial and general business circles for their
prudence and just methods, are the officers and directors
President, Oliver Wyatt vice-president, Eli V. Brewster ;.
cashier, Isaac F. Abbott
directors, Oliver Wyatt, Eli V.
Brewster, Joshua 6. Hall, Jloses D. Page, Henry A. Worthen, Richard N. Boss, John J. Ilans'on.
The banking
rooms are spacious and well-appointed, affording ampleaccommodations to patrons, and possessing every convenience for facilitating the despatch of business. A general banking business is transacted, including the receplioDi
of deposits, the discounting of approved commercial
paper, the collection of drafts, and the dealing in government and other first-class securities. This is one of thebest-managed and most popular banks in New Hampshire,,
and from its foundation has deserved and enjoyed the
confidence of the public to an exceptional degree. The
investments of the Dover National Bank have always been
carefully and judiciously made, and its ventures of capital
:
;
;
all times well secured
while the officers are obligingefficient in their dealings with the public and spiire nopains to extend the usefulness of the institution they represent.
The following statement shows how thoroughly
the public confidence is justified
Report of the Condition of the Dover National Bank at
Dover, in the State of New Hampshire, at the c'o«e of busi-
are at
;
—
we therefore take pleasure
comment upon which is
following list,
quite unnecessary
President,
in presenting the
:
;
and
:
ness,
Dover Five Cents Savings Sank, Dover, N. H.
Every well-managed savings institution is a benefit to the
public, insomuch as its tendency is to encourage thrift,
industry, and other qualities which go to make up good
citizenship
but the Dover Five Cents Savings Batik is
especially worthy of encouragement and support from
the fact that, as its name indicates, it will receive on
deposit 30 small a sum as five cents and it is the saving
of small sums that must be inculcated iC prudent habits
are to be established.
The wage earner who can and will
save cents, can and will save dollars, and were this fact
more generally understood and taken advantage of it
would be of almost inestimable advantage to the comm\inity.
Numberless instances might be quoted of where
men have obtained their start in business life from savings
accumulated when their earnings were by no means large,
and it maj- be stated as a rule almost without exception
that he who saves nothing when receiving small pay will
save nothing if his wages be doubled. "Once form the
habit of putting aside a portion, however small, of your
weekly or montlily earnings and the rest is eas_v. Should
your pay increase, your savings will increase correspondingly, and in any event
you will have ;the satisfaction of knowing that you are doing your best to improve
your condition, and how gratifying that feeling is, only
those who have experienced it know.
The facilities
offered |by the Dover Five Cents Savings Bank are not surpassed by those of any similar institution, and money
entrusted to its care is as absolutely secure as any funds
well can be. The management is able and conservative
and the financial condition of the liank is exceptionally
favorable, a late statement showing that there is about
$223,000 due depositors, while the guarantee fund is .^11,1.50 and the surplus §;2.700.
But after all, the best evidence concerning the standing of such an enterprise is that
afforded by the character of those identified with it, and
.
:
February
28, 1890.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts
United States Bonds
$91,403.3$100,000.00
31,775.11
to secure circulation. ..
Stocks, securities, judgments, claims, eic
Due from approved
reserve agents
Banking house furniture and
14,887.05
fixtures
8,200.0fr
Other real estate and mortgages owned
Current expenses and taxes paid
Premiums on United States Bonds
Checks and other cash items
Bills of other bauks
Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents
2,853.72
2,59.83-
20,389.58-
1,527.59
4,713.00'
86.33-
7,762 50-
Specie
Legal tender notes
Redemption fund wiUi
(5
3,195.00-
L'nited States Treasurer
per cent, of circulation)
4, .500.00'
$291,553 03
Total
LIABILITIES.
$100,000 0020,000.00
8,206.34
Capital stock paid in
Surplus in fund
LTndivided profits
National Bank notes outstanding
Dividends unpaid
Individual deposits subject to check
Cashier's checks outstanding
88,100.001,577.5069,388.2.S
4,280 93
Total
$291,553 03
State of New Hampshire, County of Strafford, ss
1, Isnac F. Abbott, Cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
Isa.ac F. Abbott, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of
George W. Benn, Notary Public^
March, 1890.
Correct Attest
;
—
Oliver Wtatt,
)
Eli V. Brewster,
[-
Henry
A.
Worthen.
)
Directors^
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^
LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
JOHN
33
GLIDDEN,
A.
Special Care in Preparing for Burial.
MY PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL
Residence and Office, 20 and 24 Locust Street,
George
B.
Wentworth
&
Co.,
manufacturers
of
Broaans and Plow Sboes, Central Avenue, Dover, N. II.
The enterprise carried on under the lirm-name of George
B. Wentworth & Co., was inaugurated about thirty-five
years ago and has long held a leading position among
other New Hampshire undertakings of a similar character.
Mr. George B. Went-north, the founder of the business,
died in 1888, and it has since been conducted by his sons,
Messrs. Charles B. and Fred N. "Wentworth, no change
being made in the firm name. The concern are extensively
engaged in the manufacture of brogans and plow shoes for
the Southern and Western trade, and their productions are
highly thought of by dealers and consumers as the}' are
unsurpassed for ease, strength and durability the three
fundamental characteristics of desirable working shoes.
—
of our readers may be surprised to learn that there
are degrees of merit in such coarse goods as brogans and
plow shoes, but such is the fact and no little experience
and skill are required in order to attain the best results in
The premises utilized by this firm
their manufacture.
comprise four floors of the dimensions 45 X65 feet, and are
very thoroughly fitted up, power being furnished by a
twenty-five horse engine and employment being given to
too operatives. The output averages 1000 pairs per day
and the firm are prepared to fill the largest orders at comparatively short notice, and to quote the lowest market
The business is conducted under the immediate
rates.
supervision of Mr. Chas. B. Wentworth who spares no
pains to maintain the high reputation of tbe product.
Some
Mary Byrne, Millinery and Fancy Goods, 63 Washington
— An old established and very popu-
Street, Dover, N. H.
lar enterprise of its
kind is that of which Miss Mary
Byrne is the proprietress, and which is carried on at No.
63 Washington street, founded in 1847 by Miss Byrne and
which is tbe oldest millinery establishment in town. This
business has since been continued without change of any
kind in its ownership, and the experience gained by its
manager through all these j-ears, now enables her to offer
Inducements to her customers which it would be very
hard to equal elsewhere. One floor is occupied of the
dimensions of 25 X 40 feet, and the stock carried is not
only large but varied, containing as it does, ribbons, laces,
embroideries, collars, handkerchiefs, hosiery,
white goods, underwear and fancy goods of all kinds, and
in fact a complete assortment of such goods as are only
handled by a first class establishment of this kind. !Miss
Byrne is very well known in Dover and vicinity, in both
feathers,
business and
social circles.
She emploj's an efficient
and assures all customers prompt and polite
and handles only goods that she can recommend,
and guarantees that they will prove strictly as represented,
and no trouble is spared to fully maintain the enviable
reputation for enterprise and fair dealing this establish-
assistant
attention,
ment has held
so long.
ITS DETAILS.
New
Dover,
A. P. Drew,
Mouldings of the
Ilampsliire.
Picture Frames and
Photographer
latest patterns
Life Size Crayons a Spe420 Central Avenue, Rooms 10, 17 and 18, Dover,
N. II.— Those who deny the title of " artist" to any photographer no matter how skillful he may be, or how beautiful the work he may produce, occupies a precisely
similar position to that held by those asserting the same
thing in connection with the process of engraving on wood.
There may be room for an honest difference of opinion on
this subject, but it is difficult for us to see how any competent judge can declare art to be entirely absent from
some of the wonderful photographic work to be seen nowadays, notably that produced by Mr. A. P. Drew, at his
studio. No. 420 Central avenue, for this gentleman ranks
with the leading photographers, and does the largest busiJlr. Drew is an artist of high
ness of the kind in Dover.
merit, he gives special attention to all branches of photography, and has produced portraits that are worthy of the
name, and that have called forth much favorable comment;
throughout this community, life size crayons being »
He established
specialty. Mr. Drew is a native of Dover.
his profession in 1859, and now occupies three large rooms,
16, 17 and 18, at No. 420 Central avenue, where every provision is made for the comfort and convenience of patrons.
Mr. Drew does not confine his business to photography
alone, but deals in picture frames, and mouldings of the
latest patterns.
The extensive business transacted by Mr.
Drew requires the services of seven competent assistants.
Art lovers can visit this studio with pleasure and profit,
The
for a fine selection of finished work is to be seen.
views of Dover illustrated in this book were taken by him,
cialty
;
;
;
O. H. Horton, Book Binder, 97 Washington Street,
Dover. N. H. Mr. C. H. Horton was born in New York
City, but has been engaged in active business life in Dover
for nearly forty years, during which time he has become
thoroughly identified with the advancement of the best
interests of that city, and has done much to bring about
—
that
advancement
"by
the zeal, intelligence and fidelity
with which he discharged the responsible duties devolving
upon him in the various official positions to which he has
been elected. Mr. Horton has served as councilman, as
alderman, as mayor and as representative. He is now
councilor of district No. 1 to Governor Goodell, and we
need hardly add that few if any of our local business men
He carries on a book bindare more universally known.
ing establi.'hment at No. 97 Washington street, and is prepared to fill either wholesale or retail orders at short notice
and at moderate rates. As his facilities for binding pamphlets, books, etc., are well known to neighboring printers, publishers, etc., we will not dwell upon them, but
will call attention to the service he is prepared to render
in connection with the binding of magazines, music, etc.,
The work is done in a neat and
for retail customers.
durable manner and the charges are uniformly moderate.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DOVER.
stationery, picture frames, wall
papers, etc.
This business was
originally established by Mr. C.
H. Ilovey who was succeeded in
1884 by the present proprietor.
Under the able management of
Mr. C. W. Smith, the establishment has been greatly extended
and has become the local headquarters for books, stationery,
picture frames, wall papers, artists' materials, etc.
The goods
displayed in the above named
lines, show marked taste and
judgment in their selection.
(Japalile and reliable assistants
are constantly employed.
The
store is neat and attractive in
all its appolntmenls, and every
customer is treated in a polite
and attentive manner, and the
wants of the public are studied
in every respect.
Mr. Smith is
a native of Maine, and a gentleman combining business talent
with fairness in all his dealings.
He is well qualified to push
his business to
still greater usefulness and importance.
He is
well
known throughout this
vicinity and is regarded as a
reliable and representative bus-
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Woodbury Brothers, wholesale manufacturers of Buskins and Slippers, and Women's aud Misses' Boots and
Boston office: 31 Lincoln Street. Factories: BevShoes.
erly. Mass., and Cor. Park and Dover Streets, Dover,
N. H. Shoe manufacturing is steadily increasing in New
Hampshire, and present indications are that it will increase
still more rapidly in the future, for manufacturers find
that operations can be carried on in this State' to excellent
advantage, and it is becoming common for the leading
Massachusetts concerns to establish branch factories here.
The establishment conducted by Messrs. Woodbury Brothers can hardly be called a "branch," however, for the
firm manufacture all their women's and misses' boots aud
shoes at this factory, the one in Beverly, Mass., being
utilized for the production of buskins and slippers.
Messrs Woodbury Brothers rank with the leading boot
and shoe houses of New England, their goods being
very widely known among consumers and the trade. They
have carried on operations in Beverly for about a score of
This is
years, and opened their Dover factory in 1886.
located in a five-story building, 336x40 feet in dimensions, situated on the corner of Park and Dover streets.
The plant of machinery in use is of the mo.st improved
type, and power is furnished by a seventy five horse
engine; the capacity of the establishment being 3,400 pair
per day.
Employment is given to 250 persons, and
operations are carried on under the direct supervision of
Mr. J. T. Woodbury. No trouble is spared to maintain
the high reputation of the product, and as the firm are in
a position to quote the lowest market rates they find no
difficulty in disposing of the output.
The Boston office is
located at No. 31 Lincoln street, where a full line of samples may be seen.
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C. W. Smith, Books, Stationery, Picture Framing and
Wall Papers, Bracewell Block. Dover, N. H. This popuand stationer, during the six years he has
been established here, has attained a prominent position
among Dover's business men. He occupies a store 30x80
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lar bookseller
feet in dimensions, located in Bracewell Block, Central
avenue, which contains a fine selected stock of books.
Iron and Brass Castings, Machine
C. E.
Dovei',
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MARSTON,
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New
Work,
Prop.,
Hampsliii^e.
The Dover Foundry and Machine Works may be said to
have been established more than half a century ago, for
the enterprise had its inception as far back as 1838, and
after various changes in ownership, passed under the control of C. K. Marston, the present proprietor, about fifteen
Mr. Marston is a native of Great Falls, N. H.,
years ago.
and is very widely known in manufacturing circles, he
having filled many important contracts and being accepted
and often quoted as a competent authority on matters relating to piping, steam heating and constructional iron
work.
The Dover Foundry and Machine Works are
spacious and well equipped, the foundry alone having an
area of about 6,000 square feet.
There is a large twostory machine shop, besides various out buildings, etc.
Every facility is at hand for the production of iron and
brass castings and the doing of general machine work
and among the more important articles manufactured may
be mentioned plumbers' pipe and fittings steam and hot
water heating and ventilating apparatus, radiators lamp
posts, hitching posts, iron columns: pulleys, shafting, and
hangers; feed-water heaters, pumps, Babbitt metal, etc.
Mr. Marston also deals extensively in wrought iron pipe,
radiators, engines, gas fittings, steam fittings, gas fixtures,
brass valves and boilers, and is in a position to figure very
closely on piping, steam or hot water healing, and on iron
work of all kinds. Estimates will clieerfully be made on
application, and we need not dwell upon the advantages
gained by placing orders in such experienced and responsiEmployment is given to from twenty to forty
ble hands.
assistants, and tlie most extensive commissions can be executed at short notice, while the smallest orders are assured
immediate and careful attention.
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LEADIXO Bi'SINESS MEN OF DOVER.
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Sons, 'I'aiiI. B. Williams
ners aud manufacturers of OakTanned Leather Belting, KawHido, and Tanned Lace Leather,
RAWHIDE LACE LEATHER.
Dover. N. II,
Never before was there so extensive
demand for strictly first-class leather belting as is
now the case, and it is easy to account for this condition
of affairs, for the tendency is to constantly increase the
speed of machinery and. other things being equal, the
It is welihigher the speed the better the belt re(iuirtd.
koown that electric dynamos call for especially high grade
belts if the best results are to be attained, and the rapidly
increasing number of dynamos in use is of itself enough
Under
to account for a large share of the demand noted.
these circumstances it is not surprising that the producSons should meet with
tions of Messrs. I. B. Williams
a ready sale, for tlie purchaser of belting has to depend
chietl3' upon the reputation of the maker to ensure being
supplied with a satisfactory article. The belting and lace
leather made by this firm have an unsurpassed reputation
throughout the country. The business was founded nearly half a century ago by Mr. I. B Williams. The e.visting firm name was adopted in 1878, and remains unchanged, although the senior member Mr. L B. Williams
^iedin .luly. 188.j. His sons, Messrs. F. B. and G. II
Williams, still continue the business and are now sole proprieiors.
They are both natives of Dover, and prominent
citizens.
The firm are tanners and mauuficturers of oaktanned leather belting, raw hides and tanned lace leather,
producing a full line of these goods, and quote the lowest
market rates on goods of standard excellence.
The
Ckjcheco raw hide lace leather (one of their specialties)
being as famous and popular a brand as can be found in
the market.
very large and complete plant is operated
the main building being four stories in height and 150 X 50
feet in dimensions. The most improved machinery is used
throughout the works and power is' afforded by a sixtyhorse engine. Employment is given to sixty men, and
some idea of the extent of the business may be gained
from the fact that .500 butts, equaling 1000 sides of leather,
are consumed weekly into belting, and .^00 green hides per
week are made into lace. The productions are shipped
"1;hroughout the United States and hold a leading position
wherever .they have been introduced.
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Crawford, Tolles & Co., Insurance, Rooms 18 aud 14
National Blo'ck, Dover, N. H. Messrs. Crawford. Tolles
Co., began operations in this city in 1886, and the magnitude and character of the business built up since that
comparatively recent date, show better than anything else
could what is thought of the facilities they offer by the
property owners of Dover and vicinity. The firm is constituted of Messrs, E. A. Crawford, A. D. Tolles and E.
A. Leighton, Messrs. Crawford and Leigbton being natives
of New Hampshire, while Mr. Tolles was born in Vermont, Offices are maintained at Great Falls and Farmington in addition to the one in this city, and Mr, Crawford
represents the firm here and also his charge of the Farmington agency.
No concern in New Hampshire is better
prepared to place large lines of insurance on desirable
risks at short notice, and the smallest commissions
will
be promptly and faithfully executed, and no
pains spared to make the service reliable and satisfactory in every respect.
Insurance is placed on the most
favorable terms and some idea of the facilities offered may
be gained from the following list of companies represented;
New RampHhire Departiiunl. ^Etna Insurance Company,
of Hartford, Conn., in Great Falls and Farmington;
Anglo Nevada Insurance Company, of California Insurrance Company of North America, of Philadelphia. Pa.;
Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company,
London & Lancashire Insurance Company,
of England
of England
National Insurance Company, of Hartford,
Conn,; Sun Fire Insurance Company, of England;
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company of
Springfield, Mass
Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Fitchburg, Mass. Peoples' Fire Insurance Company of Manchester, N. H,; Granite State Fire Insurance
Company of Portsmouth, N. H. Portsmouth Fire Association of Portsmouth. N. H.
Capital Fire Insurance
Company of Concord, N. H, Underwriter's Fire Association of Concord, N. H.
also eight New Hampshire mutuals.
Maini Department. Royal Fire Insurance Company
of England Queen Fire Insurance Company of England
Pennsvlvania Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia,
Pa. Union Fire Insurance Company of California Traveller's Accident Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn,;
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State Agents for New Hampshire of the Mutual Benefit
Life Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey,
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Charles E. Hodsdon, Diamonds, Jewelry, and Rich
Repairing and Engraving skillfully done,
444 Central Avenue, Dover, N. H. The stock carried by
Charles E. Hodsdon is worthy the careful inspection of al]
who contemplate the purchase of anything in the line of
diamonds, jewelry, and rich fancy goods, for the assortment shown is unusually complete in every department,
and what is more, the prices quoted are remarkably low,
Fancy Goods.
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Jlr. Hodsdon was
considering the quality of the goods.
born in Dover, and is well known throughout the city.
The premises occupied are located at No. 444 Central
Avenue, and is shared with Mr. Cash, dealer in boots and
Some very beautiful designs in jewelry and fancy
shoes.
goods, are offered to select from, and the most fastidious
cannot fail to find articles to please them at this establishment, for not only a full line of staple goods is carried,
but also many of the latest and most fashionable novelties
Wliile especial attention
in jewelry, watches, clocks, etc.
is paid to the quality of the optical goods dealt in, eye
glasses and spectacles suited to all defects of vision being
The proprietor has with him Mr. Geo.
always on hand.
R. Hodsdon, a practical optician and graduate from Dr.
Five competent
School of Optics, N. Y.
Bucklin's
assistants are employed, and particular care is taken to
representations that are not fully justified bjf the
make no
facts, and hence the most inexperienced buyer may trade
here with the assurance of obtaining just what he pays
Special attention is given to repairing and engraving,
for.
and those who have valuable articles that need cleaning or
repairing, wdl find Jlr. Hodsdon prepared to do the work
in a skillful as well as perfectly satisfaclory manner.
E. Morrill Furniture Co., dealers in Furniture, CarBedding, Dra]ierics. Curtains, and Upholstery Goods.
American Hall Building and 95 Washington Street, Dover,
N. H. The enterprise now conducted by the E. Morrill
Furniture Co., was established about forty years ago by
Mr. Edward Morrill, the present company being organIt is composed of Messrs Henry J. Grimes
ized in 1889.
and Mr. Charles E. Cate, these gentlemen are natives of
Dover, and both are too well known in the vicinity to
render extended personal mention necessary. This company occupy premises consisting of a furniture store including three floors at No 95 Washington street, alsoa
pets,
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factory about 7.000 square feet in dimensions, located in
Accuracy and economy are
the American Hall Building.
combined in the various processes of production, and
e.\plain3 in a great
supDiy thoroughly
measure the ability of the company to
goods at bottom prices. Em-
first-class
is given to thoroughly competent assistants iiii
compauj' doing one of the largest,
business in furniture transacted in New Hampshire. The
heaviest orders can generally be filled at very short notice,
and it is worthy of note that durability as well as appearance is provided for in the construction of all work
done at the factory, the stock being carefully selected and
every detail of the work is executed under intelligent
supervision. The legitimate result of such methods, is to
be seen in the large and increasing demand for the company's goods.
The stock dealt in comprises furniture,
carpets, bedding, draperies, curtains, and upholstery goods,
and the public will find that no more popular and desirable
goods can be obtained than those offered by this enterprising company.
ployment
botii establishments, the
A. T. Ramsdell, Architect, 450 Central Avenue,
National Block, Dover, N. H. There are many advantages gained by obtaining the services of a competent
architect, and in the large majority of instarces it is much
cheaper to employ such aid than to try to get along without it. This is true, whether a dwelling house, a factory
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is to be built, and in a somewhat extended
we have yet to see the man who regretted
employing a skillful architect, while we can recall many
cases where an opposite course was bitterly regretted, we
or a warehouse
experience
take pleasure in calling attention to the facilities otTered
by Mr. A. T. Uamsdell, for he is thoroughly well equipped
to practice his profession and is very careful in his methods and regardful of the best inlere'sts of his clients. He
is a native "of York, Maine, and began operations in Dover
His oflice is located at No. 450 Central avenue,
in 1889.
in National Block, and all communications to th-.it address
Plans and
are assured prompt and painstaking attention.
specifications will be drawn up al very short notice, and
putting the ideas of patrons
particular attention is given to
as to construction, arrangement, etc., into practical and
convenient form. The work of building will be personally
supervised if desired, and the contractors kept strictly up
to their agreements as regards material, workmanship, etc.
Richard A. Drew, Carriage Making and Repairing.
Broadway, Dover. N. H.— People have been so often told
that a thoroughly built vehicle was the cheapest as well as
the best, and that it is always advisable to place orders for
anything of this kind with" a thoroughly reliable concern,
that it would seem entirely uncalled for to repeat such
advice were it not for the fact that the sale of cheap and
worthless wagons and carriages is steadily increasing. If
these vehicles gave satisfaction, or anythiUit approaching.
�lUSroiUCAL SKETCH OF OHEAT FALLS.
we woulJ
liave notliing to say against tliem,
is tliey are made merely to sell, and are not
only the most expensive but also the most dangerous to
•Satisfaction,
but the fact
use in the long run. Compare them with the carriages
that are made by Mr. Richard A. Drew, and the difference
is plain even to one who has not had much experience in
the seleclion of such articles, and the longer the vehicles
are put to practical use the greater will be the ditlerence in
Mr. Drew is a native of Barriugton, N.
their appearance.
H., and has carried on his present business in Dover since
1839.
The premises occupied are located on Broadway
and are of the ilimensions of 30 X 40 feet, they are tilted
up with in\proved tools and other facilities to enable firstclass work to be done ai short notice as well as at moderMr. Drew is in a position to guarantee entire
ate rates.
Carriage making and repairing
satisfaction to customers.
of all kinds will be done in a careful and durable manner
at very reasonable prices.
O. L. Churbuck, Exchange Market, Meat, Fish and
"Vegetables, Canned Goods, etc., No. 6 Third Street, near
The trade in meat, fi.«h
5'ranklin Square, Dover, N. H.
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and vegetables has long been one of Dover's leading
sources of wealth, and the establishments devoted to thii
line of business here located will compare favorably as
regards resources and general standing with anj' in the
State.
Some of them have of course special claims upon
the favor of the public, and that carried on by Mr. Orlando
\j. Churbuck is of particular interest from the fact tliat it
is one of the most ably managed in the city.
This establishment was originally founded by Mr. K. S. Trask. who
was succeeded in 1886 by Messrs. Seavey & Randall, and
they in 1888, by tiie present proprietor. Mr. Churbuck
was born in tliis city and it is unnecessary to add, needs
The premises
no introduction to our Dover readers.
occupied are located at No. 6 Third street, and known as
the Exchange Market.
It is about 800 scpiare feet in
dimensions.
A. very large stock is constantly carried, Mr.
Clinrbuck being an extensive retail dealer in fresh and salt
meats of all kinds also fresh and shell- fish, vegetables,
canned goods, etc. Employment is given to four competent assistants and the business is so thoroughly systematized that every order is assured immediate and careful
attention.
Mr. Churbuck keeps three teams constantly
employed in delivering goods.
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF GREAT FALLS.
The
village of Great Falls is located in the town of Somerswortb, which was originally a part of
but was set off and incorporated as a separate parish by an act passed December 19, 1729.
The first settlement in the territory comprised within the original town was made about 200 years
ago, in 10-30, or perhaps a year or so earlier, and about 1634 a saw mill and a " stamping mill for
3I)over,
come "
(as
it
is
described in the early records) were built at Salem Falls in the present town of
The first settlement
is made up of territory set apart from Somersworth in 1849.
Rollinsford, which
within the present limits of the town was made about 1670, near Ilussey's Pond, so it will be seen that
the section afterward incorporated as Rollinsford had a start of about forty years over the northern
section
and for many years the " meeting house," the " training
;
the parish and town of Somersworth were located close by \vhat
is
lot,"
now
and the centre of business of
Rollinsford Junction.
The original township of Dover comprised so large a territory that the residents of the more
remote portions found themselves greatly inconvenienced, and in 1729 the inhabitants of the north-eastern section asked to be set off as a separate parish, for reasons clearly presented in the following
petition
:
"The
petition of the subscribers inhabitants of
humbly sheveth
— That
the
North East part of the town of Dover,
the dwelling places of yo' petitioners are at a great distance from the houses
worship of God in the town of Dover where your petitioners live by which their attendance thereon is rendered very difficult more especially to the women and children of their families and
that in the winter season and in stormy weather, So yt they cannot pay that Honour and Worship to
<Tod in publick as it is their heart's desire they could, therefore for the advancing the interest of
Religion and for the Accommodation of yo'' Petitioners it is humbly prayed by them that your
Excellency and the Honourable Assembly will please to sett them off as a Parrish for the maintaining
tahe public worship of God amongst themselves and that they be dismiss'd from the Town of Dover as
-of the public
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38
to the supporting of the Settled Ministei' there,
And
that the
Bounds of
that tlieir Parish
may
begin?
Cocheco river, and from thence to run to Varney's Hill and front
thence the Town bounds on a North West point of the Compass & Your Petitioners shall ever pray
as in duty bound," etc.
at the Gulfs a place so called at
The
in the house of representatives, April 25, 1729, but action was delayed on?
was not until December 19, 1T29, that the parish was incorporated.
The first minister was the Reverend James Pike, who had began preaching in this part of DoverHe lived to a ripe old age and was thein the latter part of 1727 and was regularly ordained in 1730.
" guide, consoler and friend " of the people of Somersworth for more than sixty years, his last sermon»
being delivered in 1790. Mr. Pike was a very powerful man, a fact which was of much service to
petition
was read
various accounts so that
it
I5ird's-Eye
[
him
in
the settlement of disputes.
happened upon two men who were
mary
It
View of Great
Falls.
Fi-om High School Building.]
is
said
fighting.
that he and another minister in the course of a waltr
The combat was brought
to an abrupt
end by a sum-
separation of the fighters, each minister taking one bodily upon his shoulders and walking ofT
with him. Mr. Pike made every one in his large parish his personal friend, and meagre as his salary
was he refused to accept any of it during the hardest period of the Revolution. About all the legal
documents of the parish and town relating to that time were written by him.
The parish became a town April 29, 1754, and by the setting apart of Rollinsford, July 3, 1849^
the township was reduced to its present size.
Somersworth was a prosperous and quite largely populated town when the Revolution broke out,,
although the number of inhabitants had diminished somewhat during the preceding decade, thfc
population being 1044 in 1767 and but 965 in 1775.
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39
" voted thai twenty men immediraeetiiK' was held Fiiilay, April 21, 1775, at vvliich it was
march from town to meet the enemy, and those who shall go shall have wages." Liberal bounbefore the war was over.
ties were voted from time to time and more than fifty men were furnished
In 1783 the total population was but 888, eighteen of that number being negroes.
There were 285 buildings in town, 126 dwelling houses and 159 barns. The people \verc very
progress from
poor, and the unsettled condition of affairs following the Revolution prevented much
being made, so nothing of special note occurred until 1820, when Isaac Wendell came from Dover,
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ately
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purchased the privileges at the Great Falls, together with a large area of land adjoining the privileges
goods.
on both sides of the Salmon Falls River his idea being to establish the manufacture of cotton
This scheme was destined to revolutionize the quiet old town and to give birth to one of the most
beautiful and prosperous villages in New England.
A saw-mill and grist-mill had been built at this point in 1750, by Andrew Horn, who bought all
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the land in the vicinity, and the name of " the Great Falls had been given to this part of the stream
from
years before because the largest fall on the Salmon Falls River is here located, the water dashing
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ledge to ledge down a distance of a hundred feet or more.
Mr. Wendell erected a wooden building for a cotton factory, carding houses, work shops for the
High Street, Great Falls.
this property being purchased in 1823 by the Great Falls
Manufacturing Company, which had been incorporated June 11th of that year with a chartered capital
of $500,000. The corporation held its first meeting at Dover, July 10, 1823, Abraham Wendell being
elected president, and Jacob Wendell treasurer.
A contract was made with Isaac Wendell to furnish by the following January 1,280 cotton
spindles, with all other machinery essential to the production of cotton goods, at $25 per spindle,
W'endell to receive for this contract and for the property previously described the sum of $70,224.18.
He was also made resident agent of the corporation. At this time there were but two dwelling houses
on the site of the present village.
In 1824 a second cotton factory of 4000 spindles was built, and in 1825 a woolen mill, having a
capacity for producing 200 yards of fine broadcloth daily was erected. Another building was
In 1826 the charter was so
utilized for carpet weaving and as a woolen picker and dyeing house.
amended as to authorize a capital of §1,000,000, and in 1827 it was again amended, the authorized
building of cotton machinery, and a store
capital
becoming $1,500,000
at
;
which amount
it
still
remains.
The company made every
effort
to
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woolen maiitifacturiiig on a paying basis expensive experiments being carried out and
goods being produced that compared favorably in texture, color and finish with the finest fabrics then
imported but the business was found to be unprofitable and was gradually discontinued, the manufacture of carpets being given up in 1833, and in January of the following year the directors were
empowered to stop the production of all woolen goods. All the stock and machinery were sold by
July, 1835, and cotton machinery was substituted.
The work of improving the water power, adding machinery and otherwise developing the undertsftking went steadily on and by 1859 the company had seven mills, 83,120 spindles, and 2120 looms.
Steam power was first utilized in 1849, when a 180-horse engine was put into operation.
A reservoir for water for fire purposes and ordinary uses in the mills was built on Prospect Hill,
at a cost of $100,000, in 1S64; and water pipes have since been laid through all the chief streets in
the village, the service being very efficient for the extinguishing of fires as the water has a " head " of
establish
;
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some 130
feet.
Great Falls and Dam From Berwick
Side.
adding new buildings, substituting
new stone dam was
built in place of the old wooden one on the upper level, and the Milton Three Ponds dam was
The whole amount expended for this and other work from 1870 to 1874 exceeded
raised two feet.
$900,000. The mills have been consolidated from time to time, and a striking illustration of the
extent to which this has been carried out is afforded by the fact that only three mills are now
operated as compared with seven mills in 1S59, but these three mills contain nearly 115,000 spindles
and nearly 3000 looms, while the seven mills contained but 83,120 spindles and 2120 looms.
Employment is given to from 1800 to 2200 operatives, and between twenty and thirty million
yards of shirtings and sheetings are produced annually.
The company control one of the most extensive and valuable water privileges in New Hampshire,
it being estimated that there is about 4,000 horse-power on the three levels at Great Falls.
A large
amount of steam-power is also available, so the mills can be run to excellent advantage under all
Between 1866 and 1869 some $700,000 were expended
in
turbine for breast-wheels, and in otherwise improving the plant, and in 1872 a
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is president of liie coipoiatidii, J. Howard Xicliols is treasurer,
The selling agents are Minot, Hooper & Co., of Boston.
Somersworth Machine Company is another corporation which has done much to build u]) the
circumstances.
George P.
and Charles H. Plummer,
Tiie
FAI^LS.
G:irilner
agent.
town during the past forty years. It was incorporated in 1848 but did not begin business until 1851,
when the manufacture of the once-famons " White Mountain " wood stove was begun at Salmon Falls.
This stove was for a long time the best and most popular in the market, -ind even now a demand
exists for it.
The company still manufacture stoves and ranges of all kinds, together with furnaces,
sinks and hollow ware at Salmon Falls
and at Great Falls and Dover they manufacture pulleys,
employment being given to si.\ty men at
•shafting and hangers, and iron castings of all descriptions
;
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the Great Falls works. O. S.
The Great Falls Woolen
They
Brown is president of this corporation and E. H. Gilman is treasurer.
Company was organized in 1S62 and its mills were completed in 1863.
Woodvale, about a mile-and-a-half from Great Falls village, and are very finely
up for the manufacture of fancy cassimeres and other woolens. Employment is given to from
75 to 100 assistants, and the total value of the annual product approximates $300,000.
are located at
fitted
View of Dam Fkom Great Falls
Side.
The Great Falls Gas Company originated with the Great Falls Manufacturing Company and is
said to have been the first gas company incorporated in New Hampshire, the necessary act having
%een passed June
The service is reliable and efficient and is very generally utilized.
29, 1850.
The manufacture of boots and shoes seems destined to become a very important local industry
and even now is extensively carried on here, a single firm, that of C. D. Packer & Sons, employing
400 hands and producing from 2300 to 2500 pairs daily. This enterprise was not inaugurated until
1885 and its immediate and decided success affords significant indication of the advantages of the
village as a manufacturing centre.
Tanning is also largely carried on here and so are wood-working and stone-working, there being
-extensive and valuable granite deposits in the immediate vicinity of the village.
The banking facilities are excellent, being furnished by the Great Falls National Bank and the
Somersworth Savincrs I3ank.
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The former was incorporated as a Slate bank in 1846 and reorganized under the national banking
laws in 1865. It has a capital and surplus exceeding 8200,000, and the bank building is equipped with
burglar-proof vault, safe and locks, costing more tlian ten thousand dollars.
The Somersworth Savings Bank was incorporated in 1845 and has been and is of great bendfit toIt is very ably managed and its affairs are in a most prosperous condition^ thethe village and town.
total
surplus profits amounting to iSl02,532.23
January
1,
1890,
the increase for the
year being^
17,272.84.
As a trade centre Great Falls has a more than local reputation, for the stores of the village are
numerous, commodious, varied in kind and excellent in character. The magnitude of the trade
enjoyed and the excellence of the railway facilities enabling local merchants to buy cheap and sell
cheap, a fact very generally appreciated by the residents of adjoining sections as well as of thi»town. The stocks carried are large, varied and very carefully and skillfully chosen, and it is but
simple justice to say that the merchants of Great Falls as a whole have a thoroughly well-deserved
reputation for practicing strictly legitimate methods and selling goods on their true merits, the
natural result being that their trade is established on a sound and permanent basis.
—
Few
villages offer
more varied
attractions as a place of residence
;
the magnitude and diversity of
the local industries affording exceptional opportunities for obtaining congenial and remunerative
employment, and the cost of living being low both
as regards rents
and the prices of clothing and
food products.
The climate
make
fied as to
is
healthful and agreeable, and the surface of the country round about
the scenery notable for
its
is
so diversi-
beauty even when compared with that of other
New
Hampshire towns.
The
school system
well-considered and efficiently conducted so that ample opportunity
is givea
an excellent library in town, knowa
as the Manufacturers and Village Library, and containing some nine thousand volumes.
It wasorganized in 1841 and during its nearly half-century of existence has been of very great benefit to the-
is
for the obtaining of a good
common
school education, and there
is
community.
Several of the more prominent religious bodies have large and prosperous church societies
and take it all in all the village lacks nothing
England manufacturing community.
Great
Falls,
to
make
it
a fine example of a typical
lit-
Newr
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF GREAT FALLS.
—
Somersworth Savings Bank, Great Falls, N.H. It is obvious that knowledge of a perfectly secure and reasonably
remuueralive means of investment is of great aid to one
desirous of saving money, for when a safe and profitable
place of deposit for small sums is known to one he is
encouraged to go ahead and put by everj' dollar of his
surplus earnings, first, because "money makes money,"
and a snug sum will soon accumulate with the aid' of
interest, and second, because every man worthy of the
name wants to secure his dependents and himself against
being dependent upon charity in case of sickness or other
trouble.
Therefore the Somersworth Savings Bank has
unquestionably been the means of causing many thousands
of dollars to be .saved during tiie forty-five years of its
existence, for it has alwaj-s stood high in the confidence of
the public and that confidence has never been abused, but.
on the contrary, been more fully deserved with every
succeeding year. At the present time tliere is more than
one million dollars on deposit in this institution, and the
surplus over all liabilities is such as to prove very conservative management and to indicate that no safer place of
deposit can be found in New England.
This impression
will be conflrmed by an examination of the following
statement, issued April 1, 1890
:
LIABILITIES.
Due
depositors
.|1,041,61(!
Guarantee fund
Undivided earnings
64
48,000.00
47, .530. 76
Premium
43.371.00
RESOURCES.
Loans on real estate
Loans on personal security
Loans on collateral security
State bonds
County, city, town and
district
bonds
Bank
stock
Railroad bonds
Other bonds
Real estate
Cafh
$1,180,508.40
Market value.
1135.586.19
33,841.54
49,110.00
12,000.00
549,481.00
63.300.00
245, 150.00
24,000.00
68,478.29
20,561.38
$1,180,508.40
is
That the progress of the bank is " upward and onward "
shown by the increase in surplus profits, as given below:
President.
ISAAC CHANDLER.
Vice-Presidents.
EDWARD HARGRAVES,
Secretary
ALBERT
A.
J.
STICKNET..
and Treasurer.
A.
PERKINS.
I^-usiees.
ISAAC CHANDLER,
EDWARD HARGRAVES,.
A. STICKNEY,
O. J. BAGLEY,
6. JAMESON,
H. C. GILPATRICK,
JESSE R. HORNE,
SAMUEL A. SEAVEY.
J.
THOMAS
The Great Falls National Bank, corner Market and'
Prospect Streets, Great Falls, N. H. The banking facilities of Great Falls are at least equal to those of any community of no greater size in the State, and indeed it is
probable that they exceed those available in the majority
—
of villages of similar population.
There are reasons for
this gratifying condition of affairs of course, but it is not
within our province to consider them here, our present
purpose being to call attention to the excellence and comprehensiveness of the service offered by the Great Falls
National Bank, the oldest bank of discount and deposit in
town, and one which has been of inestinjable service in
aiding in the development of local and adjacent resources.
It was incorporated nearly half a century ago, being organized as a State bank in 1845, and receiving a national
charter twenty years later.
The institution has ever been
ably and conservatively managed, and as a natural consequence has steadily held the full confidence of the public,
but conservatism has never been allowed to degenerate
into stagnation, the management being progressive as well
as prudent.
The banking rooms are located at the corner
of Market and Prospect streets, and are very completely
and conveniently fitted up, the equipment including a burglarproof vault, safe and locks costing more than §10,000.
In this connection it is pertinent to note that the bank will
receive any amount of money and issue certificates of
deposit, pa.yable only to the order of the depositor, and on
demand. As fire proof safes afford no protection against
the professional burglars who infest the country and make:
the keeping of any considerable sum in one's house positively dangerous, the value of this service is obvious.
Deposits subject to check at sight are also received, and in
short a general banking business is done
checks, draftsand coupons being cashed and received on deposit. Draffson Boston, good throughout this country and Canada, sold
at moderate rates.
Orders for the purchase or sale of all
marketable stocks and bonds in Boston or New York markets executed, etc.
('ollections are a.ssured prompt attention, blank forms being furnished on application.
The
banking hours are from 9 to 13 a. m., and 3 to 4 p. m.
daily, with the exci-ption of Saturday afternoon, when the
bank is closed. The institution has a capital and surplus
of §300,000, and its financial condition is excellent in every
respect.
The officers are as follows
President, AlbertA. Perkins
Cashier, J. A. Stickney
Directors, Joseph
A. Stickney, William S Tibbets, John C. Lothrop, Isaac
Chandler. Albert A Perkins, John W. Bates, S. Augut us;
SURPLUS PROFITS.
January
January
January
January
January
January
January
1,
1
,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1,
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
$65,193.45
68,303 61
74,133.28
76.945.87
86.380.18
95,359.39
103,533.33
These figures tell their own story, and if further assurance of ths standing of the institution be nee cd it may be
in the names of those identified with its management, as this is in the hands of men prominent in financial
and general business circles and widely known as prudent
investors the officers for the current j-ear being as follows
found
:
:
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Seave}'.
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LEADING BUSINUSS MEN OF GREAT FALLS.
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Wimpfheimer
&
Company,
dealers in
Dry and Fancy
corner Main and Fore Streets, Great Falls, N. H
forty five years since Mr. A. VVimpflieiuier
started this Uoiise as a "dealer in dry and fancy goods of all
kinds.
In 1866 he was succeeded by Wimpfheimer Bros.
Co. The present firm of Wimpfheimer & Co. assumed
control in 1873. This establishment certainly merits prominent mention among the enterprising firms of tliis section
as a represeatative business undertaking in this class of
trade.
Energetic men who believe in building up their
trade by honesty and fair dealing, are sure to accomplish
their desired project and will sooner or later obtain a large
and remuner.itive patronage, which is not to be obtained
in anj' other way.
It did not take long for this liouse to
gain popularity or custom and this has been retained
through the several changes of firms and managements,
and it stands to-day as an example of well direcfeii energy
and application to business The premises con.sists of two
floors, one J4xC0 feet in dimensions, the other 24x-t0 feel.
Employment is given to four competent assistants The
jstock is large and varied, comprising foreign and ilomestic
dry goods in almost endless variety.
We heartily recommend this establishment to the attention of our readers as
an excellent one for those who wi.sh to supply themselves
with really good and desirable articles. They will not be
disappointed.
<jrOf)ds,
It
is
now
&
afterwards working in New York City, and in Haverhill,
Weymouth, and Quincy, Mass. Was afterwards cutter
for H. Vesehoff, one of New Hampshire's best known
tailors, whom he left in 1878 to enter business in his own
name and established bis present business in Great Falls
in 1878.
He occupies premises located in Burleigh Block,
on High street, comprising a store and work room of the
respective dimensions of 20 X "10 and 18 X 50 feet, and
employs from
fifteen
to
twenty competent assistants
being prepared to fill all orders at short notice. Mr. DuffiU's prices are uniformly moderate, and as his work is
strictly first class we have no hesitation in guaranteeing
satisfaction to all who may lake advantage of the facilities
he offers.
James & Sons, Tea and Coffee Store, High Street.
Great Falls, N. H
The admirably equipped store known
by the name of James & Sons' lea and coffee store, is in
all respects an excellent and noteworthy house and is one
of the finest and best ordered concerns devoted to this
important branch of commercial activity in Great Falls,
where patrons niaj* at all limes feel assured of receiving
only first class goods and the most courteous treatment.
—
one of the old establishments, liaving been conducted
for about ten years, when the firm
& Sons and has so continued for
about twenty years, thns having been known to this vicinity for thirty years.
A large stock is carried comprising
every thing usually kept in a first class grocery.
Three
floors and basement, each 15 X '"iO feet in dimensions, are
required for this stock. Mr. A. H. James is well known as
breeder of Light Brahmas and Pekin Ducks.
He also
sells eggs for hatching and is manufacturer of Oiange
Farm Eig Food. Mr. Samuel James with his sons A. H.
and L. M. James, who constitute the firm, are natives of
Lebanon, Maine. Orders are filled in the most careful and
accurate manner. Mr. A. H. James also makes a specialty
of raising strawberry plants in great variety for market
It is
by Mr. Samuel James
name became James
;
the
demand
for
them h
is
becone quite extensive.
Thomas
The Cash Tailor, Burleigh Block,
Bind Stand, Great Falls, N. H.—
no question but that it "pays" to be well dressed
when one's occupation is such that "good clothes" can be
wora without injury, for appearances go for a good deal
High
P. Duffill,
Street, opposite
Tliere
is
in business as in social atlairs, and, other things being
equil, the well-dressed man will make a much more favorable impre.ssion, sell more goods, and attract a more desirable class of customers than one who is shabby and slouchy
This may seem singular to some of our
in his apparel.
readers, but it is a fact, nevertheless, and one that many
•successful business men appreciate and profit by. The
residents of Great Falls and vicinity are very favorably
situated to obtain first class clothing at moderate rates,
:and no local establishment does more valuable service in
this direction than that conducted by Mr. Thomas P.
Dufiill, for he is an experienced and skillful merchant
tailor, carries a fine assortment of imported and domestic
fabrics and is prepared to make garments te order in
accordance with the latest dictates of fashion, the workmanship, trimmings, lit, and style being satisfactory to
the most
critical.
He was
born in England, where he
.learned his trade, working on the bench with his father
Great Falls Hotel, Henry S. Gray, Proprietor oppoBoston and Maine Depot, Great Falls, N. H
It is
important to have gool hotel accommodations in any
community, but particularly so in such a place as Great
Falls, for there are lew if any towns of no greater popu;
site
—
which are called upon to entertain so
many non-residents at all seasons of the year. Great
Falls is not only an important manufacturing and mercantile centre, but also a very popular summer resort, and
when we come to sum up the number who visit here on
business or pleasure trips in the course of a year the result
The Great Falls Hotel average a very large
is surprising.
amount of arrivals per annum, and the prospects are
that this average will be materially increased in the near
future, for not only are more being attracted to Great
Falls every year but a larger proportion are putting up at
this house, which, under its present management ranks
with the most popular in this vicinity. Mr. Henry S. Gray,
the proprietor, is a native of New Durham, N. H., and
has had charge of the Great Falls Hotel since 1882, the
house having been orignally established over sixty years
ago.
He makes no extravagiint announcements and does
not profess to give two dollars worth of accommodation
for every dollar paid, but he does take pains to see that
each patron gets full value for his money and he spares no
effort to keep his hotel in first-class condition throughout,
and to promote the comfort of his guests in all possible
ways. The beds are comfortable, the bill of fare varied
and abundant and the service prompt and efficient, so the
popularity of the Great Falls Hotel is not at all difficult to
account for. The hotel contains fifty guest rooms, and
the dining room has a seating capacity for a very large
number. The house is centrally and conveniently located
opposite the Boston and Maine depot, it is heated bj- steam
and lighted by electricity, and offers many solid advantages to both commercial travelers and pleasure tourists.
lation in the State
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF OREAT FALLS.
F. C.
Ham,
Druggist, No. 3 Fore Street, Great Falls,
business couducted by Mr. F. C. Ham has
present position for so long a time that it is safe to
saj' no one at all familiar with Great Falls cau be unacquainted with it. This business was started several years
ago by Mr. F. C. Ham, and in 1883 Mr. Chas. E. Cater
entered the employ of the proprietor and in 1888 became
manager.
There is probably no other branch of trade
known to commerce in wliich so great a responsibility is
incurred as there is in that carried on by the dniggist.
Dealing as he does in drugs and chemicals unfamiliar to
the general public, many of which agents are deadly in
their effects wlien used in certain quantities, or when combined improperly with olher materials, he must rely absolutely and entirely on the knowledge, care and skill of
himself and employees for the assurance, that by no fault
of his, or those for whom he is morally, if not legally
responsible, shall the life, or even the comfort, of theliundreds whom he daily serves, be endangered. This store
managed by Mr. Cater is an example of what a prescription pharmacist's should be.
The premises are 20 X 40
feet in dimensions, and contain a valuable stock of drugs
and chemicals.
He has also a good assortment of toilet
articles and fancy goods such as are generally to be found
in a first-class store of this kind.
Customers are served
promptly and carefully. Mr. F. C. Ham is a resident of
South Berwick. Me., and is worthy the confidence of the
public whom he so faithfully serves.
N. H.
held
— The
its
Thomas Morgan, Groceries, South Street, Great Falls,
II.
One wlio has had a long and variid e.xperiene in
the grocery business in Great Falls ought to be well qualified to cater to the demands of local trade, and the popularity of the establishment conducted by Mr. Thomas
Jlorgan affords convincing evidence that the experience of
its proprietor has not been thrown away, and also shows
that the residents of Great Falls and vicinity are prompt
to recognize efficient and reliable service.
Mr. Morgan
founded his present enterprise in 1880, and is so well
known throughout this section as to make extended personal mention entirely unnecessary.
He gives very close
supervision to eveiy detail of the "business, is where business expenses are very low and customers are accorded
the benefit, and as only thoroughly competent assistants
are employed, orders can be promptly and accurately filled
at all times in spite of the magnitude of the trade.
Spacious premises are occupied on South street, and a
very heavy stock of staple and fancy groceries, teas, coffees and spices, etc., is always on hand to choose from
the goods being especially selected for family trade and
being guaranteed to prove just as represented. The prices
are invariably as low as the lowest, quality considered, and
the service is so carefully systematized that delay or mistake
in tlie delivery ot orders is of very rare occurrence
point experienced housekeepers will thoroughly appreN.
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:
—
ciate.
A. D. Paunce & Son, Furnishing Undertakers, manuand dealers in CofHns. Caskets, Rolies, Habits,
Flowers loose or made in any shape for Funeral
Decorations.
Salesroom
Rollins Block, High Street,
Residence, Highland St.. Great Falls, N. H.— Mr. A. D.
Faunce has been engaged in the undi rtaking business in
tlii-5 town for the past fourteen years, during which time
he lias become widely and favorably known throughout
this section, and has attained a high reputation for promptness, reliability and good taste in the discharge of the
difl3cult and responsible duties which an undertaker is
called upon to perfrrm.
Mr. A. D. Faunce succeeded Mr.
Benj. Hill in business in 1876, and in 1883 admitted his
son. Mr. A. L. Faunce, as partner.
These gentlemen are
both natives of Oxford, Maine, and have actively interested themselves in public as well as in business affairs of
Great Falls. Mr. A. L. Faunce served in the Army durour late southern war.
Messrs. A. D. Faunce & Son's
facturers
etc.
:
45:-
salesroom and workshop are located in RoUin's Block,
Higli street.
A heavy and very carefully chosen stock is.
constantly carried, for this firm ar(^ furnishing \indertakers,
and manufacturers as well as dealers in coflins, caskets,
robes, habits, etc.
They are prepared lo furnish anything
in
their line at short noti('e.
Also flowers, loose or
made in any shape for funeral decorations. Their residence is on Highland street, and orders left here or at their
salesroom are assured prompt and careful attention.
-
E. W. Folsom, Jeweler and Optician, Watches, Clocks,
Silver and Plaled Ware, No. 8 Main Street,
opposite B. & i\I. Depot, Great Falls, N. H.— The stock
offered for sale by Mr. E. W. FoLsom at his spacious store
at No. 8 Main street, is remarkably attractive and tlie
more closely it is examined the more attractive it becomes,
for it is made up of goods that have been obtained from
the most reliable sources and are fully guaranteed to prove
as represented.
No detailed description of it is possible
within the limited space at our command, for it is as varied
as it is extensive and includes full lines of watches, clocks,,
jewelry, silver and plated ware, sporting gooels, etc.
Inspection is cordially invited, and our readers will find
the time spent in looking over this stcck both profitableand pleasant. The goods are displayed to excellent advantage and callers are sure of receiving prompt and courteous attention, while the prices quoted are strictly in
accordance with the lowest market rates. This house is of
very long standing, having been founded in 18"i0 b}' Mr.
S. B. Cole, who was succeeded in 1870 by Mr. A. F.
Chandler. In 187.5 Folsom &, Foss assumed control of the
Jewelry,
•
businessandsocontinuedunlill878 when Mr. E.W. Folsom
became sole proprietor.
The premises occupied will
measure 18 X -iO feet in dimensions. Employment isgiven^
to three competent assistants, thus assuring prompt altention to customers.
Mr. Folsom gives his personal attention to his business for which he is admirably adapted.
E. A Tibbets <& Son, wholesale and retail dealers in
Hardware, Paints, Oils and Varnishes, Carpenters', Mechanics' and Manufacturers' Tools and Supplies, and
every variety of Carriage Wood and Iron Work
Steam
;
.
Fitting a specialty
Plumbers' Sujiplies a specialty; Great
Falls, N. H.
There aie few if any business centres having a larger proportion of old established enterprises ihao
Great Falls, but the underlaking conducted by Messrs. E.
A, Tibbets & Son is exceptional for the length of time it
has Ijeen carried on, even in that community of time honored establishments.
The business in question having
been founded about half a century ago. "The earliest proprietor being Mr. Luther C. Tibbets, who founded it in
1841, the firm name being changed in 1845 to Tibbets &
Brooks, and again in 1847 to Tibbets Brothers, the present
firm assuming control in 1881.
It is constituted of Mr. E.
A. Tibbets, a native of South Berwick, Me and his son,
Mr. W. S. Tibbets, of Great Falls.
Mr. E. A.Tibbet.shas held the office of representative of Great Falls, and
both members of the firm are so well known in this vicinity as to render extended personal mention unnecessary.
The business, which is both wholesale and retail, has
reached very large proportions, but has by no means attained its lull growth yet. for its development is still
steadily going on, and with a continuance of present
—
;
;
,
•
methods can hardly
fail to keep doing .so.
The premises
floors, 24x49 feet each in dimensions,
Great Falls in addition to a spacious
storeroom in Berwick. A very heavy stock is constantly
carried, made up of liardware, paints, oils and varnishes.
Also carpenters', mechanics' and manufacturers' tools and
supplies, as well as agricultural tools of all kinds. A large
assortment of plumbers' supplirs are also dealt in, and a
specialty is made of steam fitting and every variety of
carriage wood and iron work.
Employment is given to
thoroughly competent assistants, and small as well a»>
large buyers are assured iminediale and painslaking atten-
in use
comprise four
and a storehouse
tion.
in
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF GREAT FALLS.
*
°°'
Main Street, Great
p » *?t°T?°''t" »ery natural
that particular confidence
.",',, ",—"'?
sliouUI be placed in a druggist who is thorouglily
educated
in his business, for although we are
happv to say that the
large majority of our
Hampshire
^'•"gg'sts,
New
'pharmacists are
educated, competent and reliable men, still
there is a prevailing impression that he who tills such
a responsible and
exacting position as that held by a dispenser of
drugs and
medicines to the general public, cannt)t liuow
too much
concerning the properties and effects of the
agents he handles
Consequently the popularity of the establishment
-conducted by Z Piovencher& Co., on jMain street,
is not to
be wondered at in the least, for Mr. Provencher
is master of
his profession.
This business was established in 1887 by
Ager .t Provencher, then the present proprietors
succeeded them
in 1890, and have become
widely and liivorin this vicinity.
The premises occupied bv
are 32
50 feet in dimensions, and contain
Unown
ably
them
and varied
X
a large
stock, made up of drugs, medicines,
chemicafs
toiet articles, and the usual line of selected
fancy goods
to be found in a druggist's store.
The compounding of
physician s prescriptions is given ihemost careful
personal
attention, and we need hardly say
that no trouble is
spared to avoid the least possible error, while
the charges
made are very moderate. A careful assistant is employed
and polite attention is given to every caller.
Dorr & Hobson (.Successors to M. Bates & Co
deal^'^"""' building'. Great
''^]
v!uT^ J;~^'?'' ^''°??. ?°'''^'- now conducted
establishment
by Messrs
^.
£'^;t
Dorr & Hobson is one of the oldest in town, and
allhou-rh
i
•
•comparisons are odious, it woula not be just
the pioo°er
thin.i; to say it is the most reliable,
it is cenainly as trustworthy and popular an establishment as can be
found
in
the entile btate.
Tlie business was founded in 1833 by
Ba-es, the name being changed lo Bates
Son and
then to Moses Bates
Co., ihe present firm assuming full
control of affairs in 1883
The present firm is made up of
Mr L. M. Uorr, a native of Great Falls, and Mr J E
Hobson, of Limerick, Me., and for many years
a resident
of bleep Falls, Me.
They are both so generally known in
Great 1- alls and vicinity that we feel
extended personal
mention would be absurdly superflous. Nor
is any eulogy
of their methods necetsary in these columns,
for
know the men know that their business policythose who
in a nut
shell IS,
lull value for money received,"
and the magnitude ot their trade ^hows how successfully
this is carried
out.
Ihe premises made use of comprise a store 1750
square
and containing a heavy, varied and
'", d'raensious,
'f*-;'
skiUfii ly chosen stock of dry and
fancy goods, the styles
offered comprising the latest novelties as
well as fulf lines
ot stap e goods. The prices are always
in sirict accordance
with the lowest market rates, all classes of
trude being
successfully catered to. and the employment
of three com
petent assistants assures prompt, intelligent
and courteous
attention to every caller.
Moses
&
&
•
being so varied that all tastes and
purses can be suited'^8'^':° 'o '"" efficient assistants, and no
t,-,^fl
r^'"'*"
^^
and
'"
attention to
ovarii fi
A
every caller and to 'Sf,"''' 1"°™P'
till orders in a manner
that will prove
SHt^factory to the most fastidious.
Mr. Hanson was born
needs no e.Ktended personal mention in
these
rni?r^'„°f "w h„s
coumns He
been identified with his present establishment since 1889, having at that time
succeeded the firm
of Hanson & Her.sou.
He has attained a high reputation
as an enterprising and honorable
merchant, and his methpolite
•
comm Jnil™''
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^""''^
P°P"''"' ^'"""S "" <^'asses in the
Daniel Hodsdon, manufacturer of
and dealer in Stoves
and Hanges of every kind
also Plumbing, Roofing and
/"'•'"^'^'^d promptly and at low
prices, 36
Arl';-L , dr^'
Maiket btreet, Great Palls, N. H,-In view
of the great
«'''"™°",^ ^'"-i'-ty
l^ol^V k' f"""d in the market of stoves, ranges and furf
it seems almost incredible
H?.ff nn
that one need not be so very old
to be able to
when stoves were almost unknown outside remember
the larger
;
^'"'- ",""
" "ff°'"-' ^n impressive
e^m'nfe'",'H""''^'
example ol the progress made during the
past quarter of
S''^'*' "'""''''-' no^'adays is to choose satisf.^?n, i'l'/f
factoiily from .'S
the many styles offered, but this
may be
easily overcome by telling a
reputable dealer- of the attending circumstances and being guided
by his advice for
ot course he knows what is
best suited to your pur^"' ^''
'° ^a'i<V his Customers,
,"
i^f'^''''^'
? T'^ ^^ followed than to place the order
wi^l Arl."'i?
with Mr. Daniel Hodsdon, for he is an
extensive dealer in
stoves, ranges and tinware of all
kinds, and not only handles the most popular styles but
has a well earned reputation tor uniformly fair dealing.
Mr. Hodsdon is a native
of Piermont, N. H., and has
been identified with his
lousiness since 1865, it having been established
by
Nnh
r
^f"'!!''"^
Messrs. Pierce & Hodsdon, who were
succeeded by Hods
don Brothers in 1870, the present proprietor,
Mr Daniel
Hodsdon assuming full control of affairs
in 1883
Mr
Hodsdon invented and put in market the Tip
Top rangein eight different styles-in
1880.
Improved same in 1884
and again in 1,S90 said range now being
the most convenient and durable range the
marlwt affords.
Four
thousand of these celebrated ranges have
been sold, and
hundreds
of testimonials been given as to their
value as a
complete cooking apparatus. The premises
are located at
No. 26 Market street, and compri.e one
floor and a basement, each covering an area of 1500
square feet. Besides
carrying a full line of stoves, tinware,
etc., Mr. Hodsdon
IS prepared to do plumbing,
roofing and gas fitting in a
ttioroughly workmanlike manner at
moderate rates
Employment IS given to ten competent assistants,
and all
work undertaken will be most thorouehlv
and satisfac"
torily e.xecuted.
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^"'S^ •'^"'' Medicines, Orange
H.-Tl.ere are many skillful aid
Hampshire, tho'ugh but few
can be found who can do the good work
with the actual
experience of .1. W. Preston, M. D., who
now Cirries on
the business on Orange street.
This store was opened
many years since, and after several changes it passed
into
the control of J. W. Preston, M. D.,
in1s84. The premises occupied measure
30x50 feet. He carries as carefully
chosen a stock of drugs, medicines and
chemicals as can
be found in this section of the State,
for a
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H. M.Hanson, dealer in Meats, Provisions,
and Groceries Green street. Great Falls, N.
H.-Although the
advantages of housekeeping lar outweigh its
dis";idvautages, it must be confessed that the
trialS and disappointments of the average housekeeper are many,
and tli.at the
larger portion of them are connected
with the obtainincr of
food supplies, for it is at times very difficult
to
obtain food
and
especially meats, that will prove altocelher
satisfac^
1 his IS by no means entirely the fauft
of the dealer
nevertheless a great saving of time,
money and
patience,_ may be made by trading
with a reputable and
well equipped house, and hence we
feel that we are doins
"?,.o."i' eaders a service
by calling to their attention
f?™?
the facilities possessed by Mr.
J[. Hanson, for furnishing meats, provisions, .and groceries of
standard quality at
the lowest market rates.
The store is located
Gi^en
-street and is suflicieDtly roomy
to accommodate a complete line of the commodities mentioned,
the assortment
tory.
but
H
m
mf' Tr^''^^^^\ N.
bt leet Great Falls,
reliable pharmacists in
made
of
New
specialty
is
the compounding of physicians'
prescriptions
necessary materials and apparatus are at hand
to
enalile such orders to be satisfactorily,
accurately and
and
all
promptly filled at moderate rates. A fine
assortm'ent of
fancy goods, toilet articles, stationery and
notions is also
always at hand to choose fnm. Mr". J. W.
Preston who
IS a native of Canada, formerly
kept a drug store at Bristol, A. H.
He practiced medicine for seventeen years in
Plymouth, making a total practice of thirty-five
that profession.
years ia
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF GREAT FALLS.
Chas. F. Blake, dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Countrj'
Produce and Ice, corner Orange and Washington Streets,
Among the various dealers in food
^Great Falls, N. H.
:8iipplies doinp business in ttiis vicinity, jMr. Chas. F. Blnke
should be given prominent mention, tor he is very successful \n catering to all classes of trade, and makes it an
invariable rule to sell goods strictly on their merits, being
-convinced that such a policy is for Ids own interests as
well as for those of his patrons. Judging from the present
•e.xtent and the steadily increasing magnitude of his trade,
his methods are appreciated by the residents of this section.
It is certainly pleasant to note a success won by the emplo}'ment of such a legitimate and liberal policy. His store has
an area of 1,200 square feet and contains a heavy stock of
groceries, provisions and coiintrj' produce, the assortment
being so varied tliat all purses, as well as all tastes, can
•easily be suited.
Ice is also dealt in extensively, and as he
is the only dealer in this commodity in town, the demand
He is prepared to supply this very desirable
is great.
Employment
article in any quantity that may be ordered.
is given to twelve assistants, thus assuring every customer
immediate and courteous attention. Mr. Blake is a native
•of New Hampshire and is well known, having been in the
grocery business about twenty years.
He has also been
selectman.
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Eastman & Davis, Millinery Novelties. Trimmed Goods
Savings Bank Building, High Street,
Great Falls. N. H.
Were a vote to be taken to establish
tlie comparative popularity of the various mercantile establishments located in Great Falls, it is sure that tlie ladies
would come out very strong in favor of that conducted
xmder the firm name nf Eastman & Davis, for this is of
in great variety.
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•especial interest to the fair sex, as the firm deal exclusively
in millinery goods and offer inducements which are ver)'
hard to parallel elsewhere. The business was founded in
1889 by the present firm, the individual members of which
are Mrs. E. Eastman, a native of York, Me., and ^liss H.
L. Davis, of Newfield, Me
These ladies have a large circle
of friends and patrons in Great Falls and vicinity. Tliey
:give personal attention to the filling of orders, employing
sufficient assistance to enable commissions to be executed
at short notice. The stock of millinery includes the latest
fashionable novelties as well as trimmed goods in great
variety.
The premises occupied are located in Savings
Bank building. High street, and cover an area of some 800
-square feet.
The prices quoted here will bear the severest
•comparison with those named elsewhere on equally desirable and fashionable goods.
F. A. Hussey, dealer iu Crackers, White Bread, Cake,
and Pastry, Great Falls, N. H. It it were possible to
make
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first-class bread,
cake and pastry out of second-class
materials, more public bakeries would be worthy of patronage than is now the case, although it is only fair to say
that our New Hampshire bakers will as a class compare
very favorably with those of other States, but still there
are some establishments which deserve special commendation and among these the bakery conducted Mr. F. A.
Hussey holds a leading position.
This was originally
opened by .J. A Locke, who after several changes was succeeded by the present proprietor in 1878.
He is a native
of Great Falls, and knowing his business thoroughly is
enabled to turn out crackers, while bread, cake, and pastry of the finest quality, at prices winch puts his productions within the means of all.
A store is miintained on
High street, and a rapidly growing business is done both
wholesale and retail, orders being accurately filled at short
notice and at the lowest market rates.
This bakery covers
an area of about 1300 square feet, containing a stock
which is so frequently renewed as always to be fresh and
attrarctive.
Mr. Hussey uses first-class materials, also em-ploys six competent assistants, and can safely guarantee
satisfaction to the most fastidious customer
He has
been a member of the board of selectmen, and is highly
leputed thriiiigliDut town as an energetic and reliable
AT
W. H. Tasker, Wall Papers, Borders and Ceiling DecoDrapery Poles, Sash Hods
and Trimmings. Upholstering and Furniture Repairing
Burleigh Block, High
and old Furniture lie-covered.
One of tlie must complete and
Street, Great Falls, N, H.
desirable stocks of imported and domestic wall papers to
be found in Great Fails, is carried Ijy Mr. W. H, Tasker,
located in Burleigh Block, High street, and as he quotes
bottom prices on all the goods he handles, it is well worth
rations, also Curtains, Fixtures,
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while to visit his establishment when an}-thing in the line
of wall papers, borders and ceiling decorations is wanted.
There is a sufficiently large force of assistants employed,
and callers may depend upon receiving prompt and polite
attention and being given every opportunity to make deliberate and satisfactory choice, while goods are guaranteed in every instance to prove just as represented.
The
latest artistic designs in curtain fixtures, drapery poles,
sash rods and trimmings are included in this stock, and
new styles are constantly being received.
Orders for
upholstering and furniture repairing will be executed in a
superior manner at short notice.
Furniture recovering
forms a very important department of the business, a force
of experienced workmen being" employed and all orders
executeil under a guarantee that botli stock and workmanship shall be strictly first-class, every detail of the work
being done under careful supervision.
John A. Dumas, Dry and Fancy Goods, Small Wares,
Bank Building, High Street, Greait Falls, N. H —We
etc.,
have no fear but whiit the
will agree yfiih us when
in this vicinity is looked
ladies of Great Falls and vicinity
say that no "shopping" tour
as complete unless it includes
we
upon
the establishment conducted by Mr. John A. Dumas on
High street, for this store is in some respects unique and
always offers many attractions impos-iible to find elsevv'here.
And tlien, again, these inducements ate constantly varying because you have visited the store Monday is no reason whj' you cannot profitably visit it again Tuesday or
Wednesday, for the stock is constantly being renewed,
fresli novelties being added at such frequent intervals that
the only way to " keep up with the times," so far as this
popular store is concerned, is to visit it early and often.
The business was originally founded by Mr. S. S. Chick,
Mr.
the present proprietor assuming control in 1887.
Dumas is a native of Canada and is too generally known
hereabouts to render extended personal mention necessary.
He gives close attention to the supervision of affairs, and
spares no pains to maintain the enviable reputation so long
associated with this enterprise. Mr. Dumas is an extensive
retail dealer in dry and fancy goods, small wares, cloaks,
etc, and is prepared to quote the lowest market rates on
;
large or small orders.
The
stock
is
exceptionally varied
and complete and is made up of articles that can safely be
guaranteed to prove as represented. Employment is given
to seven well informed assistants.
&
Smith
Son, dealers in all kinds of Fresli, Pickled and
Fish, Oysters, Lobsters, Clams, Fresh Halibut,
Mackerel and Salmon in their .season, corner of WashingThis business
ton and Green Streets, Great Falls, N. H.
was formerly conducted by Mr. Bradford Jones, who was
succeeded in 187.5 by the present firm of Smith & Son.
They carry on a large trade in fresh oj'sters, fish and
lob.sters, as well as all kinds of fresh, pickled and smoked
halibut,
oysters,
lobsters and clams.
Fresh
fish,
mackerel and salmon in their season.
Those wishing
anything in this line and desiring strictly fresh and
reliable goods at moderate prices would best serve their
own interests by giving tliis enterprising firm a call. This
house is run on true business principles in whicli a genuine spirit of accommodation prevails, and prompt and
courteous attention raaj' be confidently expected by every
patron. The store occupied contains about 300 square
feat, and it is completely fitted for the firstclass retail
Mr. L. E. Smith is a native of
trade carried on here.
Sandwich. N. H.. and his son, Mr. J. L. Smith, was iiorn
Orders are promptly attended to and dein Great Falls.
livered when promised.
Smoked
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�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF GREAT FALLS.
48
&
Son, dealers in all kinds of Flour,
C. S Beacham
Grain, Feed and Sliorts, Market Street, Great Falls, N. H.
tbe prominent New Hampshire houses engaged
in the handling of flour, grain, feed, shoris, etc., the tirm
of C. S. Beacham & Son must be given a leading position,
both on account of the magnitude of its business and the
many years that it has been f-uccessfuUy conducted. The
enterprise has been controlled by various firms, among the
earliest being that of Wright & Co., who were succeeded
by Messrs. Blood & Co., who conducted it for many years,
they giving place to the present concern in 1882. It is
composed of Mr. Charles S. Beacham and his son, Mr. 0.
Arthur Beacham. Both these gentlemen are natives of
Ossi'pee, N. H., and are personally well known throughout
Great Falls and vicinity. An exclusively retail business is
done and exceptional facilities are enjoyed for filling the
The premises occupied are
heaviest orders without delay.
located on Market street and cover an area of some 1,470
square feet, and is fitted up with every facility and convenience for handling the stock dealt in, the railroad
running by the rear door. Every order given in person or
sent by either mail or telegraph is assured immediate and
painstaking attention, while the firm are in a position to
quote bottom prices on all the commodities they handle.
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John S. LeGro, dealer in Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton and
Lamb, Poultry and Vegetables, Washington Street Mar-
H
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There is no at tide of food that
ket, Great Fails, N.
varies so much in quality as meat, and as a natural conse
quence there is no other kind ol food which is so diflicult
to select, for even experts are deceived sometimes, and it
The only
really impossible to always judge correctly.
sensible way to do is to find the most experienced and
reliable dealer within your reach, tell him just what you
want and take what he selects, for. although he will make
a mistake liimself occasionally, still he will cheerfully correct it when his attention is called to the matter, for it is
plainly for his interest to satisfy his customers, and he will
spare no pains to do so. Jlr. John S. LeGro, who is the
proprietor of the " Washington Street Market," does business on this basis, and the magnitude of the trade he has
built up since he commenced operations here in 1863
shows that this method has been a successful one. He is
is
is widely known throughout this section. His market always contains a fine stock
of beef, pork, veal, mutton and lamb, poultry and vegeAll classes of trade are
tables of all seasonable kinds.
catered to, and every order is assured prompt and careful
attention.
The lowest market rates are quoted, and all
the commodities dealt in are guaranteed to prove as repre-
a native of Lebanon. Me., and
sented.
Granite State Hotel, C. L. Bodwell, proprietor. Good
Livery Stable connected. High Street, Great Falls, N. H.
a traveler is the more readily he
puts up with unavoidable discomforts and the less growling
he does when no responsible person is at hand to complain,
to
but all the same he means to be comfortable if any
act of his can make him so, and when he comes across a.
well managed liotel he notes the fact and takes particular
pains to put tip there again should he revisit the locality.
This is one reason for the steady patronage enjoyed by the
Granite State Hotel, for it has been in operation for many
— The more experienced
:
years, and traveling men and others appreciative of good
hotel accommodations, have long since learned that such
may be found at this commodious hostelry. The Granite
State Hotel has been under the able management of itspresent proprietor since 1880 and has always held a leadingposition among the representative hotels of this section of
the State.
Mr. C. L. Bodwell is a native of Sanford, Me.,
Theis highly respected throughout Great Falls.
they are spaciouspremises are located on High street
forty guests.
and well arranged and can accommodate
The sleeping rooms are attractive and comfortably furnished and the hotel is kept in excellent condition, employment being given to six assistants, and the service at theAn
table and elsewhere being prompt and courteous.
abundance of the best food the market affords is supplied
at all seasons, and as the terms of the house are moderateit certainly well deserves its high and extended popularity.
A good livery, sale and boarding stable is also maintained.
and
;
A. Gaudette, dealer in all kinds of Wood and Kindling,
and Job Teaming, Washington St., Great Falls, N. H.— In
spite of the great quantity of coal used in this vicinity,,
there is still a large demand for hard and soft wood, and.
one of the most prominent of tlie local dealers engaged in
supplying this demand is Mr. A. Gaudette, doing businesson Washtngton street. He carries a large stock of hard
and soft cut wood, slab wood and kindlings. He is prepared to give prompt and painstaking attention to every
order and to fill the same at the lowest market rates. Mr.
Gaudette is a native of Canada and has a well earned
reputation for enterprising and reliable business methods.
In addition to his wood business he does an extensive jobteaming business, and is prepared to execute all orders in
this department of his business promptly, carefully and
Employment is afforded to six eflicient
satisfactorily.
assistants and no pains are spared in either branch of the
business to maintain the high reputation this establishment
has borne so long. Mr. Gaudette began operations here in
Great Falls about 1880, and has for some time ranked with
the leading
men
in his line of business.
Edwin
A. Lewis, Cigar Manufacturer, Moore's Block,
261^ Market Street, Great Falls, N. H.— There are few
persons who are not in the cigar business that have any
idea of the iiumense number that are consumed in the
United States every year, and not the least remarkable
thing about the demand for cigars is its rapid and steady
In spite of all that is urged against smoking, the
increase.
habit has become so general that the man who does not
smoke is a rare exception, for the sensible man can see
that it is the abuse of tobacco which is hurtful, and the
enjoyment derived from its proper or moderate use can be
obtained in no other way. The finer grades of tobacco are
especially harmless, and therefore it is gratifying to know
that Mr. Edwin A. Lewis, who makes a specialty of manufacturing fine cigars, is meeting with great success in his
efllorts to introduce a superior article among the trade.
His brand " Great Sachem," is a delicately flavored Havana
He started
hand-made cigar, and is in great demand.
business in Great Falls in 1871, but removed to Berwick,
He has been located in Moore's block.
Me., in 1873.
Market street. Great Falls, since 1888. The premises that
he occupies contain about 900 square feet. Employment
is given to six assistants, as he does a wholesale business.
Goods will be delivered promptly, as all orders are attended
to as soon as received.
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N. Roy, :Meat JIarket, Union
Stieet, Great Falls,
N. H.
It is all very well to argue that m«at is by no meansessential to health, and tha't a person can work hard and
thrive on a diet composed exclusively of vegetables, cereals,,
but the great majority of us can't consider anything
etc.
:
unless it includes
are really hungry meat
a "square meal
"
meat
in
abundance,
the only thing that
Even assuming that one may
will actually satisfy us.
thrive on a strictly vegetable diet, that is no re.ason why we
should give up the enjoyment of meat eating, for little if
any money would be saved by so doing, and tbe enjoyment lost could not be gained so cheaply in any other way.
Of course in order to really enjoy meat it must be of good
quality, and one sure way to get such is to buy of Mr. N.
Roy, for he makes a specialty of meats, and offers grade*
He occupies a spacious
suited to the most critical taste.
meat market, located on Union street, and carries a full
assortment of beef, pork, mutton, veal and lamb, together
with poultry and game in their season. The lowest market
rates are quoted at all times and the stock is sufficiently
varied and complete to admit of all tastes and all pursesbeing suited. Mr. Roy is a native of Canada and is almost
universally known in this vicinity, and has been connected
with his present business since 1888.
and when we
is
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF GREAT FALLS.
Guttman, Dentist, established 1857, Market Square,
Whatever may have been the case in
Great Falls, N. II.
days gone by, those wlio neglect and abuse their teeth
nowadays can advance no admittable excuse for doing so,
for the matter has been so often and so thoroughly discussed that every person of average intelligence must appreciate, to some extent at least, the importance of keepJ.
—
ing the teeth in proper condition. The many who fail to
do" this excuse their action or rather inaction by various
more or less ingenious pleas, but when all of these are
summed up and divested of side issues it will be found
that they ma3' be classed under not more than lour heads,
First, lack of time
second, lack of money
as follows
third, lack of courage, and fourth, lack of di-ipositiou.
Regarding the first, it need only be said that those who
have not time to care for their health have no time to live
regardat all, for without health life is not worth living
ing the second, competent dental service may be obtained
at moderate rates, and is within the means of all who
regarding the third, improved apparatus,
real!}' desire it
:
;
;
;
;
facilities,
and methods
liave
combined
to
do away with
and rethe pain formerly attending dental operations
garding the fourth, that of course is no excuse at all, and
There are many excellent dentists
requires no answer.
practicing in Great Falls and vicinity, and occupying a
leading position among them is Dr. ,1. Guttman, who has
finely furnished and conveniently located premises in
Market square, Great Falls. The most improved facilities
for the practice of dentistry in all its branches are provided, and operations are executed at short notice and in a
thoroughly satisfactory manner.
skillful, durable and
Special attention is given to manufacturing and adminisDr. Guttman is a native of
tering Xitrous Oxide Gas.
Prussia in Germany, and has bconie widely and favorably known in Great Palls since he began the practice of
his profession here in 185T, having gained an enviable
reputation as a competent, gentle and careful operator.
His charges are moderate, and his methods are in accordance with the accepted principles of modern dentistry, insuring results that can scarcely fail to be permanently satisfactorj- in every instance.
;
J. Bickford, Groceries and Provisions, Market Square,
Great Falls, N. II. It is always a good idea to trade with
an enterprising house whenever such a course is possible,
for the customers of a wide a-wake and progressive concern are sure to be treated with liberality and are also sure
—
to receive their share of any increase in the concern's
prosperity.
The latter statement may be disputed by
some people who pride themselves on their shrewdness,
and who will say that no firm is going to give its customera anything more than it has to
but all the same we
know it to be true, and we also know that the really
successful business men are not those who keep every
advantage to themselves, but rather those who share with
customers and thus largely increase their trade and income,
although they may lessen the percentage of their profits.
The enterprise now conducted by Mr. J. Bickford in Market
;
Square is a good example to mention in this connection,
and we hold that Mr. Bickford is in a much better position
to day than he would have been had he pursued the shortsighted policy too common in his business. A co-operative
store was established in 1864, Mr. Bickford being the
manager. In 1873 Mr. Bickford assumed full control of
the business, since which date the name has been as at
present. J. Bickford.
He has built up a large retail trade,
requiring the services of well informed assistants.
Tlie
premises occupied comprise one floor and a basement, each
covering an area of 800 square feet.
A large stock is
carried, including choice staple and fancy family groceries
of all kinds. Mr. Bickford is a native of Rochester, N. H.,
and is very well known throughout Great Falls. He has
every facilit}' at hand to enable the many orders received
to be filled with promptness and accuracy.
The prices
quoted are very low and the goods are strictly first-class in
every respect.
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Home,
dealer in Choice Family Groceries, Teas,
Coffees, Sugars, Spices, etc.. High Street, (Jreat Falls, N.
H. There is no question but tliat tlie taste of the community has been educated up to a point where the diflerence between superior and inferior teas, coffees and spices
can be readil}' detected, for there is a constantly increasing
demand tor really desirable goods of this kind, while the
inferior grades once so popular, are rapidly becoming
practically unsalable.
Mr. S. C. Ilorne, dealer in choice
family groceries, teas, coffees, sugars, spices, etc., is entitled to much credit for enabling the residents of this
section to become familiar with these choice goods, for lie
has handled them for several years. He began operations
here in 1880, as a member of the firm of Plummer
Home. In 1887, Jlr. Home became sole proprietor. He
is a native of this place, and we need hardly say has a
large circle of friends here.
His store is large, being
2.5x50 feel in dimensions, and he also occupies a basement
for some of his stock.
Visitors may always find a large
and varied stock to choose from, the goods being warranted to prove as represented, while the prices are wonderfully low, quality considered.
A large liusicess is done
here, and his trade is steadily growing.
Mr. Home has
been a member of the school committee.
S.
O.
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&
Mrs. A. H. Webber, Pure
Soft Candies at wholesale and
fresh every day.
Old fashioned Molasses
a specialty.
Fore Street, Great Falls N. H.
There are very few people but what are fond of nice confectionery, that is when it is made of first class materials
and is properly flavored and invitingly displayed. It is
very easy to get such articles if you only know where to
go for them. Mrs. A. H. Webber, who keeps a store on
Fore street, is a wholesale and retail dealer in pure soft
candies that are made fresh every day, as Mrs. Webber
makes her own candy. She also has a fine assortment of
bread, cake and pastry, and her ice cream will bear comparison with any in this vicinity.
Mrs. Webber has
recently enlarged her business by opening a dining room,
where she will furnish meals at all hours and also table
board for regular boarders.
In her store she makes a
specialty of old-fashioned molasses candy, for which she
has become well known.
The premises occupied are
Careful assistants are em20x40 feet in dimensions.
ployed that customers may be promptly attended to. Mrs.
Webber, who is a native of Boston, Mass.. commenced
business here in 1889, and the large and increasing patronage which she has gained proves that she understands her
business and has served her customers in a satisfactory
manner. Her stock is kept fresh and her prices moderate.
retail,
made
Candy
&
Hurd
Grant, dealers in Family Groceries, Flour,
Corn, Meal, Pork, Lard, Molasses. Cash paid for Country
Produce. Opposite No. 2 Mill, Main Street, Great Falls,
N. H
The business conducted by Messrs. Hurd & Gran6
is located opposite No. 2 Mill, Main street.
For many
years it has held a deservedly high reputation for furnishing first-class family groceries. The business was founded
in 1873 by Cowell & Hurd, who were succeeded in 1875 by
Hurd & Cate. In 1888 the present proprietors, Messrs. E.
P. Hurd and G. F. Grant, assumed control.
These gentlemen are both natives of Maine. Mr. Hurd has been representative.
They have spared no pains to maintain and
even to increase the high repute of the enterprise, the
result being that it is constantly growing in popularity,
and with increased patronage the firm are enabled to offer
increased inducements to their customers. The premises
occupied are 25x50 feet in dimensions. A heavy stock is
carried, including flour, corn, meal, pork, lard, molasses,
syrup, butter, cheese, fish, salt, sugars, teas and coffees,
spices, fruit, confectionery, extracts, and a complete line
of family supplies
These goods are carefully chosen and
are fully guaranteed to prove as represented.
The lowest
market rates are quoted on all these goods. Prompt attention is assured to every caller.
Orders are carefully filled
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and delivered.
�LEADING BUblNESS MEN OF GREAT FALLS.
50
O. Marin, Meats and Vegetables, Main Street, Great
That the successful managenieni of a retail
Falls, N. 11.
meat market is by no means the easy task it may seem to
some is not likely to be disputed by any one who has had
—
:i practical experience in the matter; for in point of fact, to
so carry on an establishment of this kind as to be prepared
to meet all of the reasonahlc. and not a few of the unreasonable, demands of customers, and at the same time
avoid being loaded down with an overstock, requires both
experience and brains, and cannot be accomplished by
everybody. But, however, there are not a few who seem
to " have the business down tine," as the sajing is, and
among these due mention should be made of the market
conducted by Mr. O. Marin, located on Main street. Great
This business was originally founded by Boucher
Falls.
Brothers in 18S7. (hey being succeeded in 1890 by the
present proprietor. This gentleman Ins already attained
a liberal patronage, and may be fairh- considered as one of
our representative business men. Mr. Marin is a native of
Canada by birth, and has not a few friends in tliis community. He is steadily adding to them by the liberal and
enterprising business methods he makes constant use of,
and we can strongly advise any one who appreciates firstclass provisions and square dealings to patronize Mr.
Marin, as both of these are assured to every customer.
Competent assistants are employed, and the stock of
meats, vegetables, etc., carried is varied enough to satisfy
all tasies
and conditions of purses.
Anson Chick, Picture Framing and Job Carpentering,
Wa.shington Street, Great Falls, N. H. It may be safely
set do%vn as an invariable rule that it is always best to obtain the advice and assistance of a practical man when an
enterprise of any importance is contemplated, and j'et,
obvious as this may seem, it is often neglected by those
who propose to build or who require the services of a reA reputable and experienced builder can
liable carpenter.
give many valuable hints as to the details of a plan, even
it is not desired to have him draw it up altogether, and
if
it should always be borne in mind that alterations made
in a plan, alter contracts are signed and the work is well
under way, are apt to cost double what they would had
they been suggested in the preliminar}' stages. Mr. Ansel
Chick is a job carpenter as well as a picture frame maker,
and is well able to give advice relating to the planning of
a house, or the alterations that may be desired in stores or
houses. Mr. Chick does quite a business making screen
doors and windows to order. He is prepared to do gen-
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eral jobbing, also saw filing, and those desiring the services of a careful and thorough workman will do well to
obtain such a man. Picture frames will be made to order
in a neat and substantial manner at short notice, and at
large variety of styles being on hand
moderate prices.
from which a selection can be made, that cannot fail to
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please those
who
are familiar with fine work.
E. Pattee, Livery, Sale and Boarding Stable, Orange
There are soiue livery stable
Street, Great Falls, N. H.
keepers who seem to think that Iheir customers are either
millionaires or else are prepared to spend half their earnS.
—
ings on horse hire, for the charges made are away beyond
the means of the most of us, and the consequence is we
are obliged to do without the enjoyment and healthfulness
Now, of course it costs money to keep
of driving.
horses, to pa_v help and to maintain carriages, harness,
etc., in good" order, and no sensible man expects to get
"sometliing for nothing," but still there is reason in
everything, and many stable keepers would make more
money by charging lower prices. Mr. S. E. Pattee has
struck the " happy medium" in his charges, for his prices
are high enough to enable him to furnish first class turnouts at a fair profit and at the same time are low enough
to suit anybody who doesn't want the earth for a ten-acre
lot.
It is evident that Mr. Pattee means to do the square
thing by his patrons, and his livery, sale and boarding
Mr. Pat
iiess Indicate that his policy is appreciated.
is a native of Goflstown, N. H., and has been identiwith his present enterprise since 1888, succeeding at
that time the firm of J. O. Lord
Son. He gives close
personal attention to the supervision of affairs, and is prepared to let single or double teams for pleasure or business
uses at very reasonable terms.
The stable is located on
Orange street, and callers may depend upon receiving
prompt and polite attention at all times. Horses are also
taken to board, and will receive every attention and care
requisite for their comfort and health.
Special attention
being given to selling horses for either carl or driving purposes.
Many fine horses suitable for such purposes being
constantiv on hand.
tee
fied
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A. B. Jeneau <& Co., one price Clothiers and Gents'
Furnishers. Corner Fore and Main Streets, Great Falls,
N. H. The question of where to get fashionable, well
made and durable clothing at the lowest market rates is
one of great importance in everj' civilized community, for
proper self-respect prompts us to dress well, and ordinary
prudence counsels us to get the largest possible return for
our money. A large proportion of the residents of Great
Falls and vicinity have answered this question to their
entire satisfaction by making their purchases at the establishment conducted by Messrs. A. B. Jeneau & Co., and
all competent judges who will examine the goods there
offered and note the prices, will agree that one might
easily go a great deal farther and fare a great deal worse,
for the stock is remarkably complete and attractive and
the prices are as low as the lowest
Messrs. A. B Jeneau
Co. founded their business in Great Falls in 1886, and
the clothing business tmder their direct management is
maintained at a high standard of efficienc}'. The store is
located on Main street and covers an area of some 1200
square feet of space. It is well arranged and contains a
full line of ready-made clothing, together with a complete
assortment of gentlemen's furnishings, hats, caps, trunks
and bags. The latest fashionable novelties are well represented and the goods are sold strictly on their merits and
at bottom prices.
Five competent and well informed
assistants are employed, and every caller Is assured courteous, as well as prompt attention.
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Belleville
Daigle, dealers in Groceries and Provisions,
Flour, Fruit and Confectionery, cor. Franklin and Union
Streets, Great Falls. N. H.
There is often as much ingenuit}' shown in explaining the success as in accounting
for the failure of a business enterprise, but when an undertaking has been successfully conducted for several years It
is always safe to assume that its popularity is due to solid
merit.
Such is the case with that now carried on under
the firm name of Belleville & Daigle, for this enterprise
was inaugurated bj' Messrs. Gagmon
Demers in 1883.
In 1887. Mr. O. Demers assumed the entire management of
the business, and so conducted it until 1890, when he was
succeeded by the present firm of Belleville & Daigle, who
now hold a leading position among similar undertakings
in this section of the State.
The gentlemen comprising
this firm are Mr. Fred. Belleville and Jlr. Napoleon Daigle, both natives of Canada, and are energetic and reliable
business men.
The premises are located at the corner of
Franklin and Union streets, and cover an area of 2400
square feet, and are fully occupied by a heavy and complete stock of groceries, provisions, flour, fruit and confectionery of the best quality.
The policy which has
made this enterprise so prominent among Great Falls'
mercantile undertakings is followed to-da_v as strictly as
ever, and when one has remarked the reliability of the
goods, the lowness of the prices, and the promptness and
accuracy of the service, he is not obliged to ask what that
policy is, nor need he be told that its ett'ect is to assure
entire satisfaction to ever}' reasonable customer.
Employment is given to three competent assistants, and all
orders are assured immediate and careful attention.
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�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF GREAT FALLS.
John Martin, Boots and Shoes, 30 Market Street.
"Somerworth Mineral Spring," Great
iprietor of the
H.— It
always provoking to be
•especially so when you are purchasing
of foot wear, for one's comfort is so
•quality and til of the boots or shoes
N.
is
ProFalls,
imposed upon, but
anything in the line
dependent upon the
worn, that unsatis-
factory foot-wear is enough to make the best natured man
••cranky." Hence one way to maintain that even, good
temper wliich makes friends, prolongs life and is one of
the most valuable possessions a man can have, is to buj'
your boots, shoes and rubbers of Mr. John Martin, who
has a newly fitted up store at No. 30 Market street, where
lip has a complete and carefully chosen stock of boots,
shoes, slippers and rubbers, suited to all needs in size,
widths and quality, adapted to all ages, all occupations,
both rexes and all tastes, and he sells them for what they
are, giving every customer the bottom facts regarding the
Mr. Martin is a native of
g'lods, and also bottom prices.
Vermont, but has long resided in Great Palls. He opened
:this store in 1890, but was formerly in the same line of
the store now occupied is 20 X 60 feet
trade in this town
in size and is conveniently fitted up for this business.
Mr. Martin is the owner of a valuable mineral spring
locaied on hjs place, but a few moments' walk from the
depot. The water comes boiling up out of the earth from
a white, sandy bottom, is cold, of pleasant taste, but
;
medicinal in its effect. Many in this vicinity have tested
It
merit and give unqualified testimony ol its virtues.
is the purpose of Mr. JIartin to introduce this valuable
spring to the public so that its benefit may be enjoyed by
thousands who now are ignorant of its benefit.
its
H. Mellen, wholesale and retail dealer in
Groceries and Provisions, Flour, Tea, Coffee and Spices,
Market Street, Great Falls, N. H. The wholesale and
Chzurles
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not one to be chosen by a man
who dislikes e.xertion, for if there is a business outside of
Bawing wood or shoveling dirt that demands hard work
and plenty of it from those carrying it on, it is just that
This may .seem an extreme
whicli we have mentioned.
statement to those who have not "been there," but we
no fear that anyone who has bad any personal expehave
rience in the trade will contradict us in the slightest degree.
Grocers who really strive to accommodate their patrons
earn every cent they make, and it is therefore with pleasure that we note the prosperity of Mr. Cliarles II. Mellen,
who succeeded Mr. Moses Weeks in business in 1889. Mr.
Mellen has conscientiously endeavored to render an adequate equivalent for every cent paid to him and fully
deserves tbe large measure of success be has attained. Ills
store is located on Market street and covers an area of
some 1,300 square feet. A large stock is carried, including groceries and provisions of all descriptions, flour, tea,
coffee and spices.
With a well stocked and well equipped
•retail
grocery bu-iness
is
store, with every facility for handling goods economically
and expeditiouslj-, customers can rely on having their
orders promptly iiiled. Mr. Mellen is a native of Great
Falls and is one of our most energetic and public spirited
local dealers and one who has the respect and confidence
of the people in general.
B. Etter, Artistic Pliotograpber, Market Square, Great
Falls, N. H.^The eminent painter who replied " with
brains, sir," when asked with what fie mixed his colors in
order to obtain the wonderful effects noticeable in his
work, concisely stated a truth which is too often overlooked.
Want of ability is not to be compensated for by
the most improved facilities, and this principle applies as
forcibly to the work of the photographer as to that of the
artist in colors.
Anybody can procure photographic apparatu-i, and, by tlie way, about everybody nowadays does
do so, but to attain artistic results in photography is quite
another matter. Therefore, when we say that Mr. B. Etter
is an artistic photographer and has the latest improved
-app-iratus at his studio, we by no means explain tbe great
-success he meets with in making accurate and beautifully
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portraits
but when we add tliat he " mixes
brains " with his chemicals the cause of his success becomes evident. Jlr. B, Etter, who is a native of Nova
Scotia, succeeded Mr. John H. Parker in the proprietorHe carries on this
ship of the studio in question in 18H7.
work in all its branches. Portraits will be copied and enlarged and finished as desired. The scale of prices will
be found to be remarkably moderate, considering tlie exTwo assi-<tants are employed that
cellence of the work.
orders may be filled at short notice, satisfaction being
guaranteed in every instance. All kinds and styles of
picture frames are furnished to order at short notice.
finished
;
Peter Guilraet, wholesale and retail dealer in GrocerProvisions, Beef, Mutton, Pork, Lamb, Poultry,
Eggs, etc. Also Fresli
Fruit and Vegetables of all kinds in their season, corner
Franklin and Main Streets, Great Falls, N. H —The house
of Peter Guilraet enjoys an enviable reputation in con-
ies,
Tripe, Sausages, Butter, Cheese,
nection with the sale of groceries, provisions, meats, etc.,
and on visiting the store carried on by this gentleman at
the corner of Franklin and Main streets, it soon becomes
evident that his reputation is well deserved, for one meets
with prompt and courteous attention, and the stock on
hand to choose from is certainly large and varied enough to
It embraces the leading
suit the most critical taste.
brands of groceries and provisions, as well as a superior
quality of meats of all kinds, with fresh fruits and vegeThe
tables in thair seasons,
of excellent variety.
right,
right,
the
prices
are
all
goods
are
all
and the service is all right, so tbe natural conclusion is that Mr. Guilmet must be doing a very large
wholesale and retail business a conclusion which we are
ha])py to say is fully warranted by the facts. Mr. Guilmet
began operations in 1879. and his trade has been steadily
developing ever since. He is a native of Canada, and is
widely known in social as well as mercantile circles.
Giving close personal attention and employing five com
petent assistants, it is not to be wondered at that orders
are promptly filled to the entire satisfaction of his cus-
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tomers.
J.
H. Beacbam
&
Son, Life, Fire and Accident Insur-
ance, Central Building, Great Falls, N. H.
but few business
men
— There
are
in a position to personally investi-
the claims made by the various
and accident insurance companies, and, thereis
obvious that a competent and reputable
gate the .soundness of
fire,
fore,
life
it
•w'ho has made a special study of the
is,
in a certain sense, indispensable to a community, as he is competent to give valuable advice and
information regarding the companies that will best suit
the individual requirements of his patrons, and offer
The
valuable suggestions to those 'wbo consult him.
firm of J. H. Beacham & Son are doing this, and the
very extensive business they enjoy is sufficient evidence
that the public appreciate the courteous and liberal methThe firm is composed of Mr.
ods pursued by this firm.
John H. Beacham, Wolf boro. who has for many years been
engagedin the business, and his son, Jlr. John L. Beacham,
the junior partner, who has charge of the oflSce at No. 7
The firm also have
Central Building, Gr^at Falls, N. H
a branch office in Cloutman's Block, Farmington, N H.,
while the main offices are in Goodman's Block, Wolfboro.
Tbe firm do a general insurance business in life, fire and
accident, and are prepared to place risks in first-class
companies on the most favorable terms, and claims and
Messrs. J. II Beacham
losses are adjusted promptly.
& Son represent both stock and mutual companies, their
list including some of the strongest companies in the
world. Any information regarding life, fire or accident
insurance is gratuitously given on ajiplication, by mail
insurance broker,
subject,
or in person.
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AN SciUAKE.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BERWICK, ME.
The town
Berwick was originally a part of the ancient town of Kittery and was set apart and?
its present name in 1713.
Since that date the size of the township has been'
greatly reduced
South Berwicic being taken from the south side, in 1S14, and North Berwick fromthe northeastern side, in 1831.
A small portion of York was annexed in 1854. The present town is^
bounded on the north by Lebanon on the east by North Berwick on the south by South Berwick, and on the west by the towns of Rochester, Somersworth and Rollinsford which are in New
Hampshire, being separated from Berwick by the Salmon Falls River, on which is located thevillage of Berwick in which the business of the town is concentrated.
The stream is crossed by abridge of lOO feet span, and the railway station is on the New Hampshire side, on the line of the
Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway Railroad.
Berwick village began to be a manufacturing centre about 1854 and its growth, especially during
of
incorporated under
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Police protection has been provided sincedepartment was established in 1873 while the educational facilities are excellent, the
schools being liberally supported and very efficiently managed.
One of the most prominent of the public buildings is Odd Fellows Hall, dedicated in 1879. This
It isis a fine brick edifice, three stories in height and thirty-two by fifty-five feet in dimensions.
utilized by Echo Lodge, No. 52, and Golden Gate Encampment, No. 24
both these having been
instituted in 1876.
Another flourishing society, the Independent Order of Good Templars, is represented by Wilson Lodge, No. 75, organized in 1878.
Saw mills were erected on the site of the village at a very early date and wood-working is still
quite extensively carried on
the local establishments including a sash and door factory, a bobbin
factory, a modern equipped saw-mill, etc., as well as a large tannery, reed and harness factories, iron
and steel shops, soap factories, carriage factories, marble works, etc.
There are also some excellent stores in the village, including a very successful co-operative store
established by the Sovereigns of Industry, in 1874.
The majority of the dwelling houses have been erected since 1870 and are consequently modern
in style as well as neat and attractive in appearance.
In short, both as regards public and private
buildings, Berwick makes a very favorable showing and has no reason to fear comparison with anyvillage of no greater population.
the past score of years, has been both rapid and steady.
1849 and a
fire
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Leadiim- Business
Men
of Berwick, Me.
S. p. Home & Co., manufacturers of and dealers in
IReady-Made Doors, Sash, Blinds and JEouldings also
;Stair Work and Brackets of all sizes, Berwick Side, Great
;
placing building conFalls, N. H.— The
tracts with reliable and responsible parties cannot be overmost carefully prepared plans and
-estimated, for the
apeciflcations will not protect the interests of the builders
if their carrying out be entrusted to incompetent, careless
Therefore the residents of Great
-or dishonest hiinds.
Falls and vicinity have reason to congratulate themselves
on having so dependable a firm as that of S. P. Home &
Co. to place their orders with, especially as this house is
.prepared to figure very closely on all work submitted.
This business was started by Mr. S. P. Ilorne, who is a
native of Rochester, N. H., and carried on until 1886,
•when he took in as partner, Mr. W. L. Buttertield, a native
"Of Verniojit.
The shop, located on the Berwick side, consists of a building two stories and attic, 3-1 X 40, and storehouse, employing six men and having a ten horse-power
•engine (o turn out all their mouldings, doors, window
Orders for jobbing work will be
"frames, blinds, etc., etc.
importance of
pi I
.
'filled at short notice in a satisfactory manner and at mod-erate prices, the proprietors giving their personal supervision to all.
M.
Nute, Shoe Jlanufacturer, Berwick Side, Great
H.— This business wai founded in 1870 by
Messrs. L. AL and D. H. Nute, and changed in 1882 to the
present proprietor who is a native of Milton, N. H.. and
very well and favorably known. Realizing tint there is a
continuous demand among the trade for durable and
'thoroughly-m ule footwear at fair prices he has endeavored
to fully meet it. His shop comprises three stories, 30x 17.5
tfeet in dimensions, with a fifteen horse-power engine and
well equipped with every facility in the way of new
He gives
machinery, etc., for doing the best work.
'employment to from 100 to 150 people, turning out about
1000 pairs per day of men's, boys' and youths' calf buff and
'flesh split shoes.
The largest orders can be filled at short
notice.
Mr. Nute has an office in B )Ston at 28 High
-street, where samples are shown, but he is always pleased
"to see visitors at the factory, where they receive courteous
.attention, and to which place all m;iil orders should be
L.
N.
Falls,
•tkddressed.
James W. Harriman, Machinist
;
all
in tlie best
mechanical
;
Hotel,
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II
W
Niles,
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New
Under these circumstances the question
accommodations assumes no little importance, and
sons of the year.
of hotel
it is perfectly safe to as.sert that the enviable reputation
Great Falls enjoys among nonresidents is due to the nature
of the accommodations provided at Grant's Hotel, for this
The proprietor, Mr. E.
is a well-managed establishment.
Grant, is a native of Acton, Maine, and has been in business
since 1873.
He spares no pains to secure the comfort of
guests and together with his genial liead clerk, Mr. H. W.
Nile-!, employs a staff of seven assistants, so that the hotel
and its appointments are kept in first class condition and
The
the service is uniformly prompt and dependable.
Grant Hotel is very pleasantly located on the Berwick
The
Side, and can accommodate some thiity people.
table is supplied with an abundance of seasonable food at
all times, and the terms of the house are very reasonable.
kinds of Repairing
and at very reasonable
Berwick
rates Steam, Gas and Water Piping a Specialty
Side. Great Falls, N. H. One of the best places to get
machine repairing of any kind done with which we are
familiar is at the shop carried on by Jlr. James W. Harri"man at Great Falls on the Berwick side, for this is a verj'
well-equipped establishment and Mr. Harriman is an
expert machinist, employs experienced help, and spares no
He is a
pains to thoroughly satisfy every customer.
mative of Great Falls, and in 1890 succeeded Messrs. H.
W. Pierce & Son, who had carried on the business since
1887.
While doing all kinds of repairing in the very best
fltyle and at moderate rates, Mr. Harriman makes a specialty of steam, gas and water piping and of the building
of pipe fence for graves, lots and enclosures of any kind,
He is
•being prepared to fill orders at very short notice.
:agent for stationary engines and boilers of the most
;jipproved type and also for the Spence hot water heater.
conceded to have no superior in its special line. Mr.
Harriman is making a specialty of this branch. Turned
>done
Grant's
.nidliniii hipot.s.
Btiwick
Free Con\( ) .met
C'leik.
Great Falls is one of the most
side. Great Falls. N. 11.
Hampshire, and as it is also quite
attractive towns in
a business centre, it is visited by many strangers at all sea-
style,
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and cold rolled steel shafting is also dealt in to a considerable extent, and all kinds of mill work and supplies will
be furnished at prices as low as the lowest in every
anstance.
John C. Nutter, manufacturer of and dealer in Doors,
One
Sashes, Blinds, etc.. Sullivan Square, Berwick, Me.
of the most fruitful causes of discontent and even anger in
the occupancy of a new house is to be found in the liability of the doors and sashes to "bind" and "stick" so
firmly in some cises as to defy all efforts to stir them.
Now of course this is at times unavoidable owing to a
variety of causes which it is unnecessary to mention here,
but in many instances the true explanation of the difficulty
is to be found in the defective construction of the doors
and sashes themselves. These defects may be in the workmanship, or they may be in the stock used, but in either
case they occasion much annoyance which might easily
have been entirely obviated, had well-made articles been
purchased originally. The productions of Mr. John Nutter, doing business on Sullivan square, will be found to be
always satisfactory and reliable and it is owing to the
growing appreciation of this fact that his busine-ss shows a
marked and steady increase. This business was founded
by Nutter & Tibbets, who were succeeded in 1887 by Mr.
John C. Nutter. Mr. Nutter is a dealer in and manufacturer of doors, sashes, blinds, etc., the best of work being
done and strict attention paid to the quality of the stock
Orders will be filled at short notice, and the work
used.
will be guaranteed satisfaclory.
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF BERWICK.
54:
ORRIN KNOX,
Wholesale dealer in Country Produce; Retail dealer in Family Groceries..
Itsiilrosxl
.Mileag:e
Tickvlfi
Boiiglil.
iiioUl
SULLIVAN SQUARE,
siikI
Ki-nlod.
BERWICK, MAINE^
Jesse R. Home, manufacturer,
wholesale and retail dealer in.
Hemlock, Pine and Spruce Timber and Boards of all kinds.
Sawing,
Jointing,
Planing,
Matching and
Box making.
Packing Boxes, etc.. Berwick^
Side, Great Falls. N. H.— The
extensive mill and box factory
carried on by Mr. Jesse R. Horneis located
in Berwick but maybe classed among Great Falls'
establishments for Mr. Uorne
lives here and has for years, at
one time representing Greati
Falls
in the State legislature.
in HoehesteT, N.
H., and has been identified with
his present enterprise for more
than fifteen years.
The premises utilized by him are two
stories in height and 55
TOfeet in dimensions, and are fitted
up with an elaborate plant of
He was born
X
improved
woodworking
ma-
chinery, driven by an engine of
Mr.
seventy five horse power.
Home is a large manufacturer
of packing boxes, his facilities
being such as to enable him to
A. B. Spencer, dealer in Choice Family Groceries,
Country Produce, Flour, Grain, etc.: also Fiirnisliing
Undertaker and manufacturer of and dealer in Burial
Caskets and Coffins
Sullivan Square, Berwick, Maine
Mr. A. B. Spencer is a naiive of Berwick, Maine,
and started the undertaking business in 1808, having
become so thoroughly identified with the best interests o"f
the town, is loolied upon as a representative citizen, in
tlie full sense of the word, having served in the army and
holding the position as town treasurer. Mr. Spencer has
had long and varied experience as a funeral director, and
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is
prepared to
till
all
orders entrusted to
him
in that capac-
with tidelity, intelligence and despatch.
He will
assume entire charge of funerals and furnish everything
ity
that is required, his facilities enabling hint to execute all
at very short notice and at uniformly moderate rales.
He retails and wholesales in coffins, occupying
a store three stories high, yO X 5.5 feet in size, and always
carrying a varied and large stock of funeral anil undertak-
commissions
ing mateiials and employing some five assistants. In 1886
Mr. Spencer combined with his other business a large
choice family grocery store, located at Sullivan square,
and his stock is always complete in every department, and
sufficient assistance is employed to assure prompt, careful,
and polite attention to every caller, while he is in a position to quote the lowest market prices on all the commodities dealt in.
meet all honorable compelition
by furnishing boxes of standard
west market rales.
Sawing and planing
without undue delay, employment being given to from sixteen to twenty-five assistants.
Mr. Horne deals extensively
in lumber and can furnish it in any desired quantity at the
lowest market rates.
quality at the
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L. E. Grant, Physician and Druggist, Berwick, Me.
would be difficult to find an establishment of more genuine value to the community' than that cariied on by Mr.
L. E. Grant, who being a native of Candia, N. H., started
this undertaking in 1888, and under his able management
has largely developed into a successful trade; drugs, medicines and chemicals are supplied at both wholesale and
retail at the lowest rates that can be named on first class
goods, and as the filling of prescriptions is given especial
attention, customers may feel assured of their favors being
appreciated and of their orders being handled with that
skill and accuracy so desirable in this connection.
Every
precaution is observed that will tend to reduce the liability
of error to the smallest po.«sible amount, and every facility
is at hand that can aid iu attaining this result.
Mr. Grant
is moderate in his charges, and certainly has solved the
problem of combiuing reliable service with popular prices.
Stationery, choice brands of cigars and tobacco and druggists' sundries, form? another import.int department of hisbusine«s.
The stock carried is fresh and acceptable, two
assistanlsare employed, customers are treated wilhcourtesy,
and ronsideralion. His store is 15 X 40 feet in size.
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AND Stone Bridge, Rochester.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ROCHESTER.
Lines of railroad as represented on a
map have been
described as " index fingers, pointing out the
and by following their indications on the map of
Strafford county, even one entirely unacquainted with that section cannot fail to appreciate to some
degree at least the comparative importance of Rochester, for railroads enter that town from six
From the north comes the
different directions and form a junction at and near Rochester village.
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad, starting at Conway where connection is made with the
railway systems of Vermont, New York, Canada and the West and Northwest from the northwest
more prosperous and important towns and
villages,"
;
comes the Dover and Winnipesaukee Railroad, starting at Alton Bay at the southern extremity of
Lake Winnipesaukee, where connection is made with steamers to and from all the lake ports, and with
the Lake Shore Railroad, a branch of Concord and Montreal system from the northeast comes the
Portland and Rochester Railroad, giving direct communication with Portland, and extending from
Rochester in a southerly and south-easterly direction under the name of the Nashua and Rochester
The Portsmouth, Great Falls and
Railroad to Nashua, N. H., and thence to Worcester, Mass.
Conway Railroad takes a south-easterly course from Rochester and joins the Boston and Maine
Railroad at RoUinsford Junction, and the Dover and Winnipesaukee Railroad proceeds south to Dover
All these
and thence under the name of the Portsmouth and Dover Railroad to Portsmouth.
railroads are included in the great Boston and Maine system and by them Rochester is given direct
communication with all parts of this country and Canada.
Being directly on the line of travel between the sea-shore and mountain resorts an immense
;
passenger traffic passes through the town during the vacation season, and at all times of year the
passenger and freight services are frequent and efficient.
It is obvious that a town so situated must offer many advantages for the carrying on of great
manufacturing enterprises and for the conducting of mercantile undertakings, and the magnitude and
high standing of the industrial and commercial establishments of Rochester show that these advantages are largely and successfully availed of, while the steady growth of the town in population and
in wealth proves that it has hardly begun to reach its ultimate development, and gives ground for the
�56
insrORlCAL SKETCH OF ROCHESTER.
prediction
that
the
early
part
of
the
coming century will see Rochester occupying a prominent position among NewHampshire's cities. There is certainly no
good reason why such should not be the
case for no community has better transportation
facilities,
none gives more
welcome and assistance to deserving new enterprises, and few towns are
more healthfully located or are inhabited
by a more law-abiding, sociable and
cordial
agreeable people.
remunerative
industries,
and
Low
cost of living,
employment
healthful
varied
in
climatic
hygienic conditions will do
much
and
to build
up any community and all these are to be
found in the Rochester of to-day.
The town lies in the eastern part of
High School, Rochestek.
of Straflford County and is separated from
Maine by the Salmon Falls River, this
stream forming Rochester's eastern boundary, while Farmington and Milton bound it on the north
Somersworth, Dover and Barrington on the south, and Barrington, Strafford and Farmington on the
west.
The township is one of the largest in the county and contains three villages Rochester,
East Rochester, and Gonic.
;
:
Its surface is rolling and the soil is generally fertile, some of the farms being highly cultivated and
very productive. There are three rivers in town
The Salmon Falls River extending the whole length
of the township from north to south
the Cocheco River entering about midway on the northern
boundary and flowing out at the southern corner where it is joined by the Isinglass River, which first
enters Rochester from Barrington at about the point that the Nashua and Rochester Railroad leaves
the latter town, the stream then making an abrupt turn in its course and re-entering Barrington which
:
;
it
again leaves to enter Rochester just before the Dover line
The
village of Rochester
is
southern centre, and East Rochester
Somersworth and Milton lines.
By
village
more
far the greater part of the
which
like a
indeed
is
reached.
located to the east of the centre of the township
is
near the Salmon Falls River about
business and population of the town
is
many
large
and substantial mercantile edifices, many handsome stores with
plate-glass windows and other
modern appointments, and many
factories, some of which are very
large and are fitted up with
elaborate
plants of the most
improved machinery.
Such a
community
naturally
requires
extensive banking facilities, and
these
are
furnished
by one
national bank and three savings
banks,
or rather, to be
strictly
Gonic
is
in the
the
centered at Rochester
appears
prosperous city than
a village and contains
;
midway between
Market Street, Rochester.
�niSrORWAL SKETCH OF
liOClIESTKU.
57
tli;it combines the functions of a bank of discount and
The two institutions doing a
two regular savings banks.
aggregating $150, Olio and each has a large surplus. The
accurate, by one national bank, one institution
^deposit with those of a savings bank, and
general banking business have capitals
.amount of savings held on deposit approximates $1,500,000.
Manufacturing was begun in Rochester at a very early period in the town's history, among the
ifirst establishments being saw and grist mills, fulling and finishing mills, a nail factory, a scythe
factory, a cotton yarn mill, etc., but the first corporation to begin operations was tlie Mechanic's
dompany, incorporated in 1834, with a capital of $15,000. This company manufactured blankets, but
The business was
failed in 1841 and was succeeded by the Gonic Company, which also failed.
continued by private parties for a time and in 1846 passed under the control of the Norway Plains
Company, incorporated with a capital of $60,000 which has since been increased to $150,000, for the
"Company have been very successful in carrying on and develo[)ing the enterprise, and now operate
three large mills run by water and steam power employ 440 assistants, and manufacture a fine line of
;
woolen
blankets, flannels and suitings.
Residence of Horace L. ^\*OECESTEK.
of textile falirics is also carried on successfully at Gonic and at East Rochester,
no longer the representative one of the town, for of late years the business of manufacturing boots and shoes has attained immense proportions and now gives employment to more hands
than all other branches of manufacture combined. One of the local shoe factories is said to be the largest
The manufacture
but
that industry
in the State,
iS
in all New England equal to it either in size or in comtwo large shoe shops, a taiyiery, a machine shop, a box
The tannery, box factory, and
large fire-proof store-house.
and certainly there are very few
pleteness of equipment.
The
plant includes
factory numerous out-buildings and a
machine shop do no outside work whatever, they being utilized exclusively in connection with the shoe
business, and some idea of the magnitude of the latter may be gained from the fact that the capacity
A
The tannery can produce 1,200 sides of leather per week.
-of the factory is 4,000 pairs per day.
150-horse engine furnishes the motive power, and employment is given to T50 assistants.
Another large factory which turns out over 2,000 pairs per day and gives employment to some 250
operatives is carried on by one of the largest and best known shoe manufacturers in New England.
He is a resident of Lynn, Mass., and maintains shops in Athol and ^larblehead, in that State.
�HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ROCHESTER.
58
There are some large lumber mills
The quarrying and working
in
town, besides sash and blind, house
of granite are also carried on to
some extent
;
finish and box factories^
and a comparatively new-
but very promising industry is that conducted by the Kiesel Fire Brick Company, incorporated in
188S with a capital of $200,000.
This company make a superior grade of fire brick, tile, etc., and
employ about
We
fifty assistants.
have already spoken of Rochester's
fine
mercantile edifices, and need only add that their
merchants as a rule carry very extensive and
all the adjacent country.
Someof the more prominent business men are very liberal and persistent advertisers, and the firm carryingon the largest store in town not only make liberal use of printers' ink but have their advertising signs,
spread throughout the State from the White Mountains to the sea.
contents are worthy of the buildings, for the
skillfully
local
chosen stocks and ofFer inducements which draw trade from
Main Street, Rochester.
The
local
newspapers are well edited and well supported, the
degree to the good sense shown by their managers
in
latter fact
being due
in
no smalZ
looking after and advancing their local interests.
among the archives of the town shows that it was voted to
but the next year the vote was the other way and as a natural consequence it
was soon necessary to hold a special meeting to choose agents to defend the town which "lies under a
presentiment for want of a school being kept, and to be heard and tried at the next Court of Quarter
Sessions."
Thereafter schools were kept for a number of years but finally the town became reckless
and voted to hire no teachers but to pay whatever fine might be recovered by presentment.
Thi»
The
earliest record relating to schools
have a school
in ITSO,
un-American state of affairs did not last long, however, and now for many years the schools have been
and are very largely attended.
There has been a Masonic Lodge in Rochester foi- eighty years, " Humane Lodge," F. & A. M.^
The Odd Fellows also have lodges here, and there are
having been incorporated October 2-t, 1810.
liberally supported
other fraternal societies of lesser note.
The
first
meeting-house to be built
regularly engaged in since that date.
condition, and maintain
in
Rochester was erected in 1731 and divine worship has beei>
The various
religious societies are
commodious and well-appointed church
edifices.
in a
generally flourishing;
�HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ROCHESTER.
59-
We have left ourselves but little space in which to present the early history of the town, our idea
being to give a sketch of the Rochester of to-day rather than an account of the Rochester of the pasf..
The town was incorporated May 10, 1722, and was named in honor of the Earl of Rochester, a
The proprietors held their first meeting at Cocheco, July 9, 1722,
brother-in-law of King James II.
they being assembled " to consider, debate, and resolve such matters and things" as were essential to
a proper observance of the conditions of the charter, the first of these being that the proprietorsshould build a house and settle a family therein within three years, and plant or sow three acres of
ground within four years, those failing to comply with these requirements forfeiting all their rights in
So the proprietors arranged to have the most commodious part of the township laid
out into what they called " home lots," and a committee was chosen to select the best location and to
So carefully was every detail looked after that th&
lay out roads and a proper " train field."
proprietors' clerk was authorized to obtain a " hook consisting of three quires of paper bound up in
parchment, at the charge of the commoners" in which to keep the records. But "the best laid schemesof mice and men" sometimes went wrong in those days even as they do now, and the beginning of
trouble with the Indians put an end to all attempts at frontier settlement for a time and so prevented
the doing of anything that could fitly be recorded in that book provided " at the charge of the
the property.
commoners."
The second meeting was held April 24, 172 7, at which a board of selectmen consisting of Captain^
Francis Matthews, Captain John Knight, and Paul Gerrish, was appointed, and these selectmen
instructed the committee, which had been appointed at the first meeting, to reconsider a plan of
division.
At the end of five months a plan was submitted but was not satisfactory, and a surveyor
was appointed to lay out the plantation in one hundred and twenty-five lots of sixty acres each, in
ranges from Salmon Falls River to the Harrington line. Each share was to consist of one lot, and the
location of that assigned to any individual proprietor was decided by a veritable " drawing of lots," it
being governed by chance entirely. The drawing was begun in Cocheco, December 13, 1727, and
The comparatively small size of the lots left by far the larger
finished the next day at Oyster River.
portion of the granted tract undisposed of and December 17, 1730, another drawing was held, each lot
The land then divided included a large part of
consisting of at least two hundred and forty acres.
the territory now in Milton and Farmington, and also a level tract which was called Norway plains on
account of its being covered by Norway pines. A considerable portion of this tract was left common
and is now the site of Rochester village, this fact putting one in mind of the biblical saying, " The
stone the builders rejected has become the corner stone of the temple."
The first settler was Captain Timothy Roberts, he established himself in Rochester, December 26,
1728.
The proprietors held their last meeting June 28, 1784, at which time the town clerk became
proprietor's clerk, all documents were placed in his custody, and the office was vested in him and his
successors forever.
it was then that the first conand one wounded and captured.
For several years thereafter the town suffered considerably from the Indians, but when the Revolution
broke out she was in a position to render great service to the cause of freedom, and made a record of
which she may well feel proud. The same may be said of her Civil War record, for she furnished
two hundred and seventy-three men, and paid in bounties the sum of $64,914 responding promptly
June
27, 1746, is a
memorable day
in
the annals of Rochester for
certed Indian attack upon the settlement was made, four
men being
killed
;
to
all calls
for aid.
Since the close of the Rebellion the town has gained wonderfully in wealth and population and
her best friend can wish her no greater good than that the promise of the past and present be justified
by her
future.
�Leading Business Men of Rochester,
Ths Rochester Loan aad Banking
Co., Rochester,
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N.
jH, The Hi)chester Loan and Banking Companj' was incorporated in 18S7 by virtue of a special charier given b}'
the New llampsliire legislature, and is under the direct
supervision of the banic commissioners, but the extensive
use whicli has already been made of the facilities offered
is not the result alone of the legal safeguards afforded (o
investors, but of these safeguards combined with the
prestige given by the high business and social standing of
those idenlifled Willi the company, the officers and directors being known throughout the State as solid and representative business men, as will be readily agreed after
reading the aniie.xed list of names
Hon. Edwin Wallace, president
Sumner Wallace, vice-president John
L. Copp, cashier; directors, Edwin Wallace, Rochester,
Hon. Frank Jones, Portsmouth, N. H. G. W.
N. H.
Wattles, Carroll, Iowa
Sumner Wallace, Rochester, N.
H.
Charles B. Gafnev, Rochester, N. H.
I Salinger,
Rochester, X. H. C. F.Caverly, Rochester, N. H. The company has a capital of $100,000, paid in, and as a recent
sworn statement .showed a surplus of .fSO.OOO and a total
absence of bad or doubtful accounts and protested or
overdue paper, the financial condition of the enterprise
must be conceded to be exceptionally sound.
Briefly
stated, the advantages oflered by the corporation are as
follows
Receives deposits subject to check
pays five
acts
per cent, interest (free of taxes) on savings deposits
:
;
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;
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;
:
;
;
as trustee for individuals and corporations, and ottiicially,
under appointment by the court of this or other States, as
financial agent
offers for sale choice and conservative investment securities paying a snk rate of interest. These
securities are in the form of debenture bonds, bearing six
per cent, interest, payable semi-annually at the bank.
They are issued in series of $100,000, and in denominations of $100. $200, $.500 and $1,000
each series being
entirely separate from the others and secure.l by an equal
amount of real estate first mortgages on improved property worth at least two and one-half times as much as the
amount of the loan. These mortgages are duly trans
ferred to trustees, who hold tbem in trust for the benefit
of purchasers of the bonds, whicli run ten 3'ears but may
be redeemed in five should occasion require. Well informed investors regard these debentures as being practically as good as government bonds, and say that the claim
of tUe company, that its aim is absolute security to the
purchaser and the prompt payment of principal and interest, is fully justified by the facts.
At all events, these
bonds are largely held by banks, insurance and trust companies, educational and benevolent institutions, trustees
and guardians, as well as by private individuals, and the
demand for them is constantlj' increasing. But few corporations have entered the business field under more favorable auspices or with brighter prospects, judging either
by its past experience or future outlook. Its affairs will
continue to have the same energetic, enterprising and conservative management which has gained for itself that
high standing which is a guarantee to all the holders of its
securities that their interests will be protected to the
fullest extent.
The officers of the company whose names
have already been given are men of wealth and experience, and are large holders of its stock, which is a suffi•cient guarantee that the affairs of the company will be
faithfully administered.
;
;
N. H.
E. G. & E. Wallace, manufacturers of Leather, Boots
and Shoes, Rochester, X. H. The enterprise conducted
by Messrs. E. G. & E. Wallace well deserves very prominent mention in an}- review of Rochester's representative
industries, and its history has that peculiar interest which
always attaches to the story of an undertaking built up to
Operations were
vast proportions from small beginnings.
begun away back in 1845, by Mr. James Bodge who was
succeeded by Messrs, Onion & Richards, the present firm
assuming control in 1854. Both partners are natives of
—
Berwick, Me., and both have served as representatives,
Mr E, Wallace having also served as senator. They are
identified with other important enterprises besides the
one under consideration, and rank with the most widely
known and influential business men of Xew Hampshire.
When Messrs. E. G. & E. Wallace assumed control of the
business it was confined to the tanning of leather and even
that was carried on on a small scale, whereas now,
although the firm tan only for themselves, they operate a
tannery having a capacity of 1200 sides per week and find
The manufacture of
that not a bit too large at times.
medium and low price boots and shoes is very extensively
carried on, the total capacity of the shops being 4,000
The plant of machinery in use is not only
pairs per day.
very elaborate but is of the most improved type, and it
comprises not only machines for the carrying out of the
various processes incidental to shoe manufacturing but
also for the production of boxes and lor the doing of
machine repairing, etc., for the firm make their own bo.xes
and repair their own machinery as well as tan their own
The premises utilized include one shop containing
stock.
three stories and a basement and measuring 170 X 3.5
with an ell 65 X 35 feet, another shop of the
dimensions of 120 X 50 feet, and four stories and a
basement in height, a very large tannery, a commodious
storehouse, and many outbuildings of varifire proof
ous sizes. A 150-horse engine is located in the centre
of the works and pjwer is transmitted in four direcEmployment is given to about 750 assistants, and
tions.
we need hardly add that the annual product is of very
feet,
amount and value. The boots and shoes made by
concern are very favorably known among consumers
trade, they ranking with the most uniformly
durable and comfortable goods in the market. No trouble
is spared to keep them fully up to the standard in their
several grades, and they are supplied at the lowest market
rates, the most extensive orders being filled at very short
great
this
and the
notice.
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D ENTI ST
No.
5
K-
McDUFFEE'S BLOCK.
ROCHESTER,
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N. H.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF ROCHESTER.
H.—
r. E. Wallace &, Co., Hardnare, Rochester, N.
a stransier in Koehester who had no knowledge of
the fact thai it is one of the most important trade centres
in the State and distributes cxids over a very wide extent
of country would he very liable to guess pretty near the
trulh after inspecting ihe establisliment conducted by
Co for this concern do an
Messrs. F. E Wallace
extremely large business, and its magnitude is indicated
by the size of the premises occupied and the extent and
The premises comprise three
variety of the stock carried.
floors and a basement, measuring 30 X 100 feet, together
addition and a three-story storehouse 40
with a two story
feet square, and the stock includes full assortments of
hardware, agricultural tools, paints, oils, varnishes, glass,
harnesses, horse fiirnishings, etc., the productions of the
leading manufacturers being represented and the lowest
market rates being quoted on all the articles handled.
Despile the magnitude of Ihe business orders are assured
prompt and careful attention, for employment is given to
from three to six assistants, and the members of the firm
exercise close supervision over the many details of tlie
service and thus maintain it at a high standard of effiThe partners are Mr. F. E. Wallace, a native of
ciency.
Vermont, and Messrs. E. G. and E. Wallace, both of
whom were born in Berwick, lie. The junior partner
has served as town treasurer, and both his associates have
held the position of representative, all three gentlemen
being very widely and favorably known not only in business but also in social circles, while the enterprise with
which they are identified is one of the most truly repre-
Even
&
,
sentative in this section of the State.
Dodge's Hotel, J. Thorn Dodge, Proprietor, Central
Square, Rochester, N. H.— Dodge's Hotel is so truly one
of the " instiluiions" of Rochester that those who know
the town must of necessity know the hf tel also, and it
would be well if every city and town had a public house
at which guests would be made so thoroughly comfortable
This hotel has been carried on by the
as they are here.
Dodge family for many years, and the pre.sent proprietor,
Mr. Tl. Thorn Dodge, has fully maintained its high reputation since assuming control, lor he gives the service very
careful personal supervision and is always ready to do
anything in reason to further the comfort and happiness
of his guests. Dodge's Hotel is very conveniently located
in Central square and is a commodious and well-arranged
The
structure having accommodations for about seventy.
sleeping rooms are light, airy and pleasant, the beds and
other furnishings are very comfortable and well kept, the
entire house is thoroughly heated during the colder
months, and in short the appointments, conditions and
management are such as to make Dodge's Hotel a very
The
desirable place to put up at at any time of year.
bill of fare is varied, the quality of the food is excellent
and the quantity abundant, and the cooking is 'Satisfactory
at all
times.
There
is
teams being furnished at
uniformly moderate rates.
an excellent livery connected",
all hours, at short notice and at
L. B. Moulton, Contractor and Builder, E'm Street,
Rochester, N. H.— The work of the contractor and builder
may be said to precede that of nearly every other trade,
for houses and stores must be built before they can be
occupied, and no surer index of the commercial prosperity
of a community is known than that aiforded by the condiWe have, therefore, given
tion of the building industry.
this branch of trade considerable prominence in this book,
and take pleasure in mentioning among the most reliable
contractors and builders to be found in this town 5Ir. L.
B. Moultfm. This gentleman has been engaged in business
in Rochester and vicinity for twenty seven years, and is
well known throughout the trade for the thorough character of his work and the conscientious manner in which
The premises utilized are
all agreements are carried out.
located on Elm street and all necessary facilities are at
hand to give prompt and skillful attention to orders for
6E
building of all descriptions. The shop is located over a
blacksmith shop where Mr. Movdton also attends to arriage repairing and wheelwright work, and also the filing
From one to six men are employed according to
of saws.
Mr. Moulton is very moc crate in his prices,
the season.
and by using honest maierial and insisting upon honest
workmanship he has gained a high and well-deserved rep(
utation-
Harrison Scule, Iron and Brass Founder
Castings of
kinds made at short notice Foundry near Boston &
Depot, Hocliesler, N. H.— The manufacturing
establishments located in Rochester and vicinity are so
man}' and varied that there is a wide and increasing field
for the operations of the enterprise conducted by Mr. Harrison Soule, he carrying on a very thoroughly equipped
brass and iron foundry and being prepared to make castMr. Soule was born in.
ings of all kinds at short notice.
Middleboro, Mass., and has been identified with his present enterprise since 1879, during which time he has won,<
a high reputation for turning out uniformly accurate work
and for filling all orders, large or small, without undue
The premii^es utilized are located near the Boston
delay.
& Maine depot and are 33 X tiO feel in dimensions,
exclusive of an engine and boiler room, cmtaining a
Mr. Soule employs three
twelve horsepower engine.
competent assistants and gives personal attention to the
no defective work being knowingly
filling of orders
allowed to leave the shop. The charges made are uniformly moderate, and in short there is abundant reason
for the wide popularity of this most useful enterprise.
all
;
;
Maine
Hdvirard
Davis, Wholesale Confectioner, Cocheco
Experienced and enterprising
Block, Rochester, N. H.
grocers, apothecaries, variety store keepers and many
others that could be mentioned find that it pays to carry a
stock of first class confectionery, for aside from the profits
made on its sale it attracts custom to other departments of
their business, and verj' desirable custom too, for those
who appreciate high grade confectionery are almost invaDealers
first class goods also.
to obtain confectionery that will give the best of
would do well to place a trial order wiih Mr.
riably large buyers of other
who wish
satisfaction
Edward Davis, carrying on operations in Cocheco Block,
Market street, for he does an exclusively wholesale business and is prepared to furnish thoroughly satisfactory
This business was
goods at the lowest market rates.
founded in 1878 by Messrs. C. A. Davis tt Co., and came
under the sole control of the present proprietor in 1883.
He is a native of Albion, Me., and is very widely and
favorably known in trade circles his siraighlfoi ward and
enterprising methods having gained him many friends.
Every order is assured prompt and painstaking attention
and the goods are exceptionally uniform in quality and
;
may
confidently be guaranteed to prove as represented.
David Hayes, dealer in Coal, Wood, Hay, Ice also
Cement and Fertilizers; Central Square, Rochester, JS.
H. — The business now carried on by Mr. David Hayes was
founded several years ago under the firm name of D.
;
Hayes & Sou. Mr. Hayes is a native of New Hampshire,
and has been in business in Rochester for over twelve
years, and is too well known here to need extended personal mention. Mr. Hayes has an office on Central square,
and handles coal, wood, hay, ice, cement and fertilizers at
wholesale and retail, carrying a large stock and having
It is hardly necessary to say that he is
storage capacity.
in a position to quote ibe very lowest market rates on both
orders, and to guarantee that the quality
large and small
of product should be up to'representations in every
Employment is given to five assistants, and
respect.
despite Hie large l)u-<iness done all orders can, and will, be
given immediate and careful attention. The business is
given the personal attention of the proprietor who has the
The svstem
interests of his patrons in view at all times.
of delivery is unusually good, thus avoiding all unnecessary delays, and the goods furnished are strictly first cla-'^s.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF ROCnESrEll
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N. C. Phillips, dealer in Fresh and Salt Fish, Oysters
and Clams. Central Square, Rochester, N. H. There is
hardly a physician of any note but wliat will agree that it
would be well for the health of tlie community as a
whole if more fish and less meat were consumed, for although meat is a valuable and healthful article of food,
still it is hurtful when eaten to excess, and three families
out of five do tmquestionably consume too much of it.
—
The
residents of Rochester are very fortunate as far as the
is concerned, for our local markets are supall seasons with an abundance of fresh and salt
water lish of all descriptions. Among Rochester's dealers
in these products we take especial pleasure in calling attention to Mr. N. C. I'hillipi. doing business on Central
square, for he not only carries an aUractive stock of thoroughly reliable fi-h, oysters and clams, but he quotes
prices as low as the lowest and caters to all classes of
trade, making it a point to show uniform courtesy to
every caller.
Mr. Phillips is a native of Swampscott.
Mass., and founded his present business in 1884, quite an
extensive wholesale and retail trade is now carried on.
Mr Phillips employs only competent assistants, and all
orders are given prompt and painstaking attention, and
every cure is taken to handle only such articles as will
prove just as represented.
fish
supply
plied at
I. A. Collins, Photographer, Hanson Street, Rochester,
N. H.— Probably in no branch of the arts have more
improvements been made during the recent vears than in
the art of photography, and the aviditv with 'which inventions of latter days have been availed o"f bv the profession,
is a convincing proof of the spirit of enterprise, which has
been a distinguishing feature of those interested in this
most available of all arts. Business in this line was begun
at the place mentioned at the head of this article in 1S81
by Mr. .1. C. Whittimore, who was succeeded in 1884 by
the firm of Lampson
Smith, who managed matters untU
the present proprietor, Mr. I. A. Collins, became possessor
of the premises. He is a native of Vermont. The appliance and apparatus used are of the best, and comprise as
perfect an establishment of the kind as can be found in
this section.
Nothing but the very best work is here executed, while the prices are very moderate.
Great care
and attention is paid to each individual in regard to proper
light, position and other surroundings, which are very
•«S3ential in the making of a pleasing as well as a correct
picture.
Mr. Collins has also half of the store on the
street floor where he manufactures and sells picture frames,
and also sells mouldings and pictures. He emplo3's only
thoroughly experienced assistants, who give polite attention to all callers.
&
O. A. Hoyt, dealer in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
Fancy Goods. Hosierv, Ribbons, Laces. Underwear, etc.
Hayes' Block, Central Square, Rochester, N. H.— An
•estiblishraent which stands very high in the estimation of
the residents of Rochester, is that conducted by ilr. O. A.
Hoyt. and located in Hayes' Block, Central square. This
establishment was opened by the present proprietor in
1882.
The premises occupied comprise a spacious store,
80 X 80 teet in dimensions, which contains a stock of both
foreign and domestic dry goods, and fancy soods, hosierv,
ribbons, laces, underwear, etc., which would not suffer bv
comparison with a similar stock offered by any first-cla.s"s
dry goods house. Those who wish to examine all the
latest novelties in dress goods, etc., will save time and
trouble by going direct to this popular store.
The stock
IS given close and painstaking attention,
and will be
found to be complete in everv detail. Low prices rule,
lor the maxim, "quick sales and small profits," is fully
carried out, the result being that the assortment is constantly in process of renewal, and is composed exclusively
of fresh and seasonable goods. Employment is given to
from four to six competent assistants," and everv caller
may depend on receiving immediate and courteous attention, goods being cheerfully shown on application.
Mr.
Hoyt IS a native of New Hampshire, and very well and
favorably
known
in Rochester.
S. Stringer, manufacturer of Soda and Mineral
Waters,
Belfast Ginger Ale, Laeer. Tonic, Ginger. Pineapple'
Rotit Beers, Rochester, N. H.— The development of the business conducted by Jlr. S. Stringer since
its foundation in 1884, is due to the honorable
business
methods of the proprietor. He is a native of Portsmouth,
N. H., and well and favorably known in Rochester. The
premises utilized by him in his business are located on
Hanson street, and are of the dimensions of 50 x TO feet
and are well equipped with all the necessary facilities for
carrying on the business.
Mr. Stringer is a manufacturer
and wholesale dealer in soda and mineral waters, Belfast
ginger ale, lager, tonic, ginger, pineapple, birch and root
beers, and customers may be sure of getting first-class
articles when dealing with this bouse.
Refined cider bottled for family use, and soda in syphon bottles may
be
obtained here, and soda fountains are charged to order
Mr. Stringer employs three competent and reliable assistants, and as he gives the business his own personal supervision, all orders are sure to receive prompt and jjainstaking attention. He is prepared to furnish his soods in
quantities to suit, and is also prepared to give prices on
Birch and
same which cannot
C. A. Davis,
fail to
prove satisfactory.
Manufacturing
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Confectioner,
Cocheco
Block. Rochester, N. H.
While it is a demonstrated fact
that pure confectionery is not only harmless but beneficial, it is also a fact that impure or carelessly made
confectionery is an excellent thing to leave alone", and hence
when buying candies of any kind it is good policy to take
some little pains to pa'ronize a reputable dealer. One
sure way to get first class confectionery at the lowest
market lales is to place the order with Mr. C. A. Davis
doing business in Cocheco Block, for he is a manufacturer
as well as a wholesale and retail dealer, and has won an
enviable reputation for integrity and enterprise since
beginning operations here in 1-77. Mr. Davis is a native
of Belfast. Jle., and has had long experience in the confectionery business, being thoroughly conversant with it
in every detail.
The premises utilized by him have an
area of 1700 square feet, exclusive of a basement and
a
spacious store-house, and his manufacturing facilities are
such as to enable him to fill the largest orders at short
notice.
A complete and attractive stock is constantly
carried, and as the confections are skillfully made from
carefully selected material they give uniform satisfaction
even to the most fastidious.
Charles M. Bailey, manufacturer of and dealer in Stoves
Kitchen Goods, Furnaces and Hot Water Heating,
Tin Roofing and Tin Shingles a Specialty, .Job Work
done at short notice, Market Street, Rochester, N. H.—
The establishment conducted by Mr. Chas. M. Bailey on
Market street was founded abo"ut ten years ago by Jlr.
Chas. E. Ricker. who was succeeded by the present proprietor in 1836.
This gentleman is a nalive of Littleton,
N. H., and is thoroughly experienced in his present business.
The premises occupied consist of three floors and
basement 30 x 100 feet in dimensions and two spacious
store-houses, where an extensive manufacturing and retail
business is done.
The stock handled includes stoves and
kitchen goods, pumps, lead pipes, sheet lead and zinc, all
of which are offered at market rates, and the tin, wooden,
glass and plated ware and table cutlery sold at this establishment has an enviable reputation for general excellence.
Furnaces and hot w^atar heating apparatus are made a
specialty of, as is also tin roofing and tin shingles, and all
kinds of tin ware is made to order at short notice. Mr.
Bailey has another store in Pittsfield, N. H., where he
carries on an extensive trade in coal, flour and grain, in
addition to the class of goods handled here.
He is prepared to do all kinds of job work at short notice, having
every facility at hand for the proper executi<m of such
work. Employment is given to five competent and reliable assistants, and low rales are quoted on both labor and
aiid
goods.
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF BOCHESTEB.
indeed a " bargain" store and no mistake, the proprietors
being very close buyers and giving tin ir custcmiers a gen-
A. S. Parshley, General lusurance, Rochester, N. H.—
general iusurauce agency carried on by Mr. A. S.
Parshley at Rochester was^'estahlished by him in 1870. A
very large amount of insurance has been placed through
this agency during the past twenty years, and its record
The
for efficient service and prompt and satisfactory settlements of lire losses is one of which those responsible for its
imanagement have everv reason to be proud. The proprietor. Mr. Parshley, is a "native of Stafford, N. H., and has
long since become thoroughly identitied with the interests
He is a
•of Rochester, and is now cliairmau of selectmen.
pushing, energetic business man, and has been very suc-
cessful inphicing insurance in a manner which has given
He represents
entire satisfaction to all parties concerned.
a goodly list of strong stock and mutual companies, and
the most favorable rates.
is prepared to write policies at
Two thoroughly experienced assistants are employed, and
all communications by mail are given immediate and careThe following list shows the nature of the
ful attention.
Stock comservices Mr. Parshley is prepared to render
Inpanies, assets— .Etna, Hartford, Conn .$10,071,510
surance Company of North America, Philadelphia, $8.National.
Auglo"Nevada, Cal., $'3,569,553;
731,160;
London, Lancashire, Liverpool,
Hartford, $2,443,937
Eag .$2,104,080 Phffinix Assurance Corporation, LonSun Fire OfHce, London, $1,956,331;
don, $1,966,132
Providence Washington, Providence, R. I., $1,164,983
New Hampshire, JLanchester, X. H., $1,588,817 Peoples'
Manchester, $623,593 Granite State, Portsmouth, N. H
Portsmouth Fire. Fire
Mutual companies:
:$456,673.
Underwriters, Fitchburg, Cheshire Co., Concord & H. M.
.& T. Mutuals. Also National Life Insurance of Vermont.
Mr. Parshley also deals in real estate, will negotiate the
purchase or sale of same, negotiate loans or take charge of
^he renting of property.
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W. Emerson &
Co., Druggists, Main Street, Hayes'
The position of the pliarmacist
and responsibilities of both the
professional and business man. and as is always the case
it thus involves peculiar fitness and the combination of
rare and opposite characteri-tics of mind, which we sel•dom find in one individual, in order that the duties and
To the fact that these con•cares may be properly met.
editions of scientific knowledge and business enterprise
;have been exceptionally well filled, is chiefly owing to tlie
marked and increasing success which the establishment
Co. in Hayes' Block
now conducted by E. W. Emerson
E.
Block, Rochester, N. H.
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>unites the requirements
&
on Main
street.
This establishment was founded by Mr.
erous share of tlie benefits thus derived. The busine.^s
was founded by Mr. E. N. Thorn who was succeeded by
The firm is composed of H. M.
the present firm in 1889.
Hoyt and Mrs. N. F. VVallace. both of whom are natives
of Rochester, their store is of the dimensions of 65 X 20
feet and a fiae stock of imported and domestic dry and
fancy goods is carried, and also ladies' furnishings. Four
competent and relial)le assistants are constantly employed,
and prompt and courteous service is the rule of the house,
and our advice to those who wish good articles and do not
care to pay fancy prices is to give this establisliment an
early call.
J. H. Meserve & Co., manufacturers of and dealers in
Mouldings, Window Frames, Doors, Brackets, Stair l?ails
and Boxes, Planing, Sawing, Turning. Scroll Sawing, etc..
Lumber. Shingles, Clapboards, Glazed Windows, and
Builders' Finish, A'utumn Street, Rochester, N. H.^
Jlessrs. J H. Meserve & Co. have an extended reputation
for furnishing mouldings, window frames, doors, brackets,
stair rails and other house fini.sh, lumber, shingles, clapboards, etc of standard quality in quanties to suit at positively the lowest market rates, and not only is this reputation thoroughly well-deserved but it is the natural and
inevitable consequence of the facilities enjoyed and the
methods pursued by the firm, these facilities and methods
enabling all honorable competition to be easily met. The
business was founded in 1876 by Mr. .7. H. Meserve, the
Mr. Meserve is
present firm name being adopted in 1888.
native of Ruchester and is associated with Mr. George H.
McDuffee a native of Minnesota. The firm buy and clear
timber land and are very extensively engaged in the manufacture of moiddings, window frames, doors, brackets,
stair rails, and boxes, besides doing planing, sawing, turnThe premises made use
ing, scroll sawing, etc., to order.
of are located on Autumn street, and comprise a two-story
mill measuring 50 X 106 feet, besides several commodious
,
The
plant of machinery in use is of the
is very complete, enabling an
immense amount of work to be turned out and reducing
Power is furthe expenses of production to a mininuim.
nished by one fifty and one forty-horse engine and employstorehouses.
most improved type and
ment is given to from fifteen to thirty assistants. A large
stock of lumber, shingles, clapboards, glazed windows and
builders' finish is constantly carried and orders can be
filled without delay, the very lowest market prices being
quoted to both wholesale and retail buyers.
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S. F. Sanderson, who was succeeded by G. N. Shaw
Co., and so continued until the present tirm assumed conThe premises are of the dimensions of
:trol in 1889.
18x85 feel, and are fitted up with all necessary facilities
and stocked with a complete assortment of pure drugs and
Also books, stationer}',
'first-class druggists' sundries.
Two reliable assistants are emtoilet and fancy goods.
ployed, and special attention is paid to the prescription
department, which is managed with unusual accuracy.
Mr. Emerson is a native of New Hampshire, and is one of
our most successful and popular pharmacists. He has
had thirteen years' experience, having been in the business
eleven years in Farmington, N. H., and has justly earned
the esteem and appreciation of his fellow citizens.
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M. Hoyt
&
Co.,
Crescent
Bargain
Store,
Imported and Domestic Dry and Faucy Goods, Ribbons,
Gloves, Hoisery, Trimmings and Ladies' Furnishings, No.
4 McDuffee Block, Rochester, N. H. "All is not gold
that glitters," according to the proverb, and no doubt
there is not one of our readers but what has learned from
sad experience that all is not "cheap "that is claimed to
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Ids so.
Indeed, the word "cheap" has a very elastic
meaning, and it mav be so used as to convey precisely
•opposite ideas at different times, but ta'ke it in the sense
-of "below the regular rates." or synonymous with the
'word " bargains," and it applies very forcibly to the estab-
lishment conducted by Harry M. Hoyt & Co at No. 4
HMcDuffee Block, for the "Crescent Bargain Store," is
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R. Frank Tibbets, dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, Spectacles, etc.. Fine Watch Repairing
and Engraving. No 16 JNIain Street, Wentworth Block,
Among the best known and most reliRochester, N. H.
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able establishments of the kind in Rochester is that now
conducted by Mr. R. Frank Tibbets at No. 16 Main street,
Wentworth Block. This enterprise was started by W. J.
Lewis, who was succeeded by tlie present proprietor in
1882, since which date it has gained a well-earned reputation for the excellence of its wares, and the fidelity with
which orders entrusted to it are filled, hence its business is
With the advanceprosperous and steadilj' increasing.
ment of any community in wealth, intelligence and culture, the fine arts of decoration and adornment prosper,
and the skill and taste of the jeweler is brought more conTwenty years ago
stantly and generally into requisition.
it would have been impossible to have found customers
for that class of goods, which are now really in the greatThe premises utilized by Mr. Tibbets are of
est demand.
the dimensions of 40 X 20 feet, and the slock carried comfinest grades of watches, and a beautiful selecprises the
tion of jewelry, also silver and plated ware, spectacles,
Fine watch repairing and engraving is done here in
etc.
the most thorough manner, and at very reasonable prices.
competent assistant is employed, while the proprietor
gives his personal attention to the business; he is a man of
judgment and sound business principles and of superior
taste in the selection of his stock.
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�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF ROCHESTER.
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3. G. Morrill & Co., Groceries and Grain. Nos. 63
and 0.5 JIain Street, Odd Fellows' Block, Rochester,
N. H, By a careful examination of the commercial
facilities
enjoyed
by
the
merchants of
Roches-
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we are led to maUe special reference to
the house of Messrs. J. G. jNIorrill
Co. as a representative one in the line of groceries and grain.
Its rank has
been secured by enterprise, energy and reliable business
methods. It is located at Xos. 63 and 6.5 Main street, in
Odd Fellows' Block, and was opened to the public by this
firm in 1884. The premises occupied comprise a double
store and basement, 60x60 feet each, with an L 1.5X60
feet, and a storehouse 22x60 feet, giving ample accommodations for the large s-tock that is constantly carried, and
for the prosecution of the business upon an e.xlensive
scale.
Kven the most casual observe r. upon visiting this
house, cannot fail to be impresse<l wilh the extent, system
and completeness of the establisbment, and it may be
safely asserted that in quantity, quality, freshness' and
variety the stock carried here has no superior in this section.
In the line of family groceries the firm ileal in the
finest
teas, the purest coffees and spices, the leading
brands of tiour, sugars, syrups and molasses, canned
goods in great variety, preserves, sauces and table delicacies of the most desirable kind.
The stock of grain is
always large, choice and complete, received direct from
the hands of the producer, and sold, both at wholesale
and retail, at the lowest market prices.
Goods are
promptly delivered, and customers are assured complete
satisfaction, not only in the character of the goods, liut in
manifest advantages in terms iind prices. The tirm is
composed of Messrs. .1. G. ilorrill, a native of Maine.
C. F Claverly and J L Swain, both natives of Rochester,
and well and favorably known in this communily.
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A. V. Sanborn, Furniture. Undertaker, Floral Designs,
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Hanson Street. Rochester, N. H. The business conducted
by Mr. A. V. Sanborn on Hanson street is one of the best
managed of its kind in Rochester.
Operations were
begun here by the present proprietor in 187y. He is a
native of Great Falls, N, H and is one of the best known
and most highly esteemed of all our resident business men.
The premises made use of comprise a store 35 X 60 feet in
dimensions, and three floors above, each measuring 50x60
feet.
Mr. Sanborn is an undertaker and dealer in furniture, general goods and floral designs, he carrying a heavy
stock, and being in a position to fill orders at very short
notice, and the stock on hand is so arranged as to make
examination very easy.
Coffins. casketsT etc
will he
supplied at very moderate rates, and the assortment is
sufficiently varied to allow all tastes and circumstances to
be suited. Three assistants are employed, and they are
thoroughly experienced and reliable. The entire charge
of funerals will be undertaken if desired, and every commission will be promptly, faithfully and intellisrently exe.
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cuted.
Cascade House, A. A. Hayes, Proprietor, Rochester,
N. H. The Cascade House is just such an establishment
as the majority of travellers like to come across for its
proprietor pays more attention to comfort than to style,
and the consequence is that his guests obtain most satisfactory accommodations at most reasonable figures.
Of
course it is hard to define just what is meant by " style,"
for what may seem very stylish to one man niay appear
—
quite the opposite to another, but generally speaking, the
that charge the hrghest
rates for the least satisfactory service.
Jlr.A. A. Hayes'
house has become known as a most excellent place to "get
a good sul)Stantial meal and a comfortable room for very
little money, and there is not a similar establishment in
this section deserving a more liberal patronage.
The bill
of fare is always exlensive, and at all times cf year the
supply of substantials and delicacies is sufficiently abundant and varied to allow of all tastes being suited. The
premises are located on Railroad avenue" and are well
fitted up, and sufficient help is employed to prnmpthattend to the wants of all patrons.
most "stylish" hotels are those
Geo.
W. Sayward,
Rochester, N. H.
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Dining Rooms, Hanson Street,.
might seem at first thought easy-
manage a restaurant, but there is no man whohas had much occasion to patronize these places but what
to
will say that the really good ones are a small minority.
Why, is not for us to state; we have our own theories on
the subject, but our readers want facts raiher than theories,
and are naturalh" more interested in learnirg of one good
dining-room than in hearing the reasons why a half-dozen,
are not good.
Therefore we will hasten to call Iheir attention to the dining-rooms, conducted by Mr. Geo. W. Saj'ward and located on Hanson street, for this gentleman isone of the few who know how things should be done and
spares no pains to attain satisfactory results.
Mr. Sayward was born in Maine, and opened bis present place of
business in 1886. The premises can accommodate twenty
guests and are nicely fitted up wilh all the necessary facilities.
But after all the main point to be considered in an
establishment of this kind is the food, and here Mr. Sayward comes out strong, for he supplies his customers wiih
the best the market allnrds, and takes measures to see that,
it is properh' cooked and prompti}' and coiirteously served.
Ice cream is served at all hours either by plate or quantity.
Employment is given to from two to four assistants. Theprices here are very moderate, and a trial of the accommo
dalions will result in another call.
Mrs. M. A. Richardson, dealer in Millinery. Hair and.
Fancy Goods Hair Work of every description made toorder No. 2 McDuffee Block. Rochester. There is oneestablishment in particular which the ladies of Rochester
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and vicinity speak very highly of, and that is the one conducted by Mrs. M. A. Richardson at No. 2 McDuilee
Block. 'This enterprise was inaugurated in 1871 by thepresent proprietress, and has been under her skillful management since that date. The premises occupied consist
of half a store and are well titted up the stock on hand
being displayed to excellent advantage.
It comprises
millinery of every description and also hair and fancy
goods, and bears evidence of careful selection in every
department. JIrs, Ricbardfon is a native of Maine, and
has a large circle of friends and patrons in Rochester.
She displays excellent taste both as a milliner and hair
worker. She manufactures hair goods of everj' description, and the general appreciation of the results she attains
is shown by the large patronage enjoyed.
Seven assistants
are employed on an averflge and all commissions are
promptly executed, and uniformly moderate charges,
made. Everj' thing offered for sale here is guaranteed to
prove strictly as represented in every instance and the service is prompt and courteous at all times.
E. P. Sleeper, Meat, Vegetables, and Cannfd Goods,
Odd Fellows' Block, Rochester, N. H. An accommodating spirit and a determination to do the fair thing in every
transaction are powerful aids to success in every businessenterprise, and the}' have not failed to exercise their usual
effect in the case of Mr. E. F. Sleeper, who carries art
business in Odd Fellows' Block, Rochester. Business was
started here by Mr. J. S. Gilman, who was succeeded by
Mr. J. N. Varnej', who gave place to the present proprietor during the current year.
This gentleman is a nativeof Barnslead, N H.. and is well known in this community
as an enterprising and reputable merchant, who neglectsno honorable means to extend his business operations.
Mr. Sleeper's store is of the dimensions of 22 X 50 feet,,
and he claims to have one of the best slocks of meat, vegetables and canned goods in Rochester, and certainly the
assortment he exhibits of these goods is admirable, not
only for its completeness, but also for the standard character of the articles composing it.
A competent assistant
is given employment, and everything is so arranged as to
permit of the prompt and accurate filling of orders, andthose who want superior meat, etc at low prices should
certainly patronize the establishment conducted by Mr. E.
F. Sleeper, in Odd Fellows Block.
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF ROCHESTER.
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McDuffee, Teacher of Instrumental Music, No. 9
McDuffee Block, Rochester, N. H. That a person may
be a most execrable musician and at the same time an
excellent teacher of music, may seem to be a paradox to
J.
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such of our readers as have never given the matter special
thought but it is as true in the teaching of music as in
that of arithmetic or language, that personal mastery of
;
the subject does not necessarily involve the capacity to
make its details plain to others. Of late years this fact
has come to be generally appreciated, and the result is that
teaching has been elevated to the dignity of a profession,
being no longer considered merely a mechanical occupation which might be successfully followed by anj' one
having the necessary technical knowledge.
The born
teacher never loses interest in even the primary principles
of the art he or she may teach, and it is this exhibition of
interest
this ever free enthusiasm
which inspires tlie
most unresponsive pupils to exert themselves, and which
wins complete success in many a case which would otherwise have resulted in utter failure. Those who are at all
conversant with the methods followed by Mr. J. E.
jNlcDuilee need not be reminded how noticeable is the
interest which he takes in the progress of each of his
pupils, and it is hardly necessary to add that this genuine
personal interest has much to do with the success this
gentleman has met with.
He is considered by good
-lutbority to be one of the best teachers of instrumental
music in New Hampshire, and the record he has made
here proves that judgment to be well founded.
His rooms
are located at No. 9 McDuffee Block, where full information concerning hours of tuition, terms, etc will be given
upon application.
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Edwin W. Standley, dealer in Choice Groceries, Tea,
Coffee and Spices, Uocliester, N. H.
Such of our readers
seeking for an establishment where there may
always be found a large and complete stock of groceries,
wlifre the service is prompt and courteous, tlie goods relialile and the prices low, may very prolitably visit the store
conducted by Mr. Edwin W. Standley on Elm street, for
here is just the combination they are looking for.
Doubtless many who read these lines will not need to be told of
the fact stated, for ilr. Standley's establishment is already
well and favorably known throughout this vicinity, and
the extent to whicli it is patronized, affonls the best possible proof that the inducements offered are appreciated.
Tbe proprietor is a native of Falmouth, N, H. He began
operations here in 1883 as successor to Mr. Walter Standley who established the business here in 18?8.
The store
occupi'd Is 50 X 70 feet in dimensions, and the stock
carried is a very well-selected one, comprising choice fam-
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as are
ily groceries, teas, coffees, spices, etc., flour
quite an assortment of crockery
ment
is
and grain, and
Employ-
also offered.
given to four assistants, and the promptness and
accuracy displayed in the tilling of orders might be profitably imitated by many establishments less extensively
patronized, for two order and delivery teams are constantly
employed in this work
Mr. Standley is in a position to
quote bottom prices, and does so every time. A very
large exchange trade is carried on in farmer's produce of
every description.
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Holt
Morrison, Machinists and Pipers. Particular
attention paid to .Job Work. (Connected with Soule's
Iron and Brass Foundry.) Opposite Union Depot, Rochestee. N.
The firm of Holt
Morrison was formed in
1890. but the business is not of such late origin as this
would indicate for it was founded in 1888 by Messrs.
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Barry & Morrison, :\Ir. Barry being succeeded by Mr. J. H.
Holt, who is a native of Biddeford. Me., Mr.
N. Morrison being a native of Wolfboro, N. H. Both these gentlemen are thorough mechanit s and have an excellent idea of
the needs of steam users and manufacturers in general, so
the service they offer is both intelligent and comprehensive
and is a distinct benefit to the manufacturing interests of
this section.
The firm are machinists and pipers and con-
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stantly carry a
good stock of
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shafting, hangers, pulleys,
pipe and fittings, engines, boilers, pumps and blowers
thus being in a position to fill orders at very short notice.
Pumps and blowers are specialties with this concern and
will be furnished in any desired size at, the very lowest
market rates. Particular attention is paid to job work,
and as the shop is very thoroughly fitted up and is connected with Soule's iron and brass foundry, almost any
work of their kind can be successfully undertaken, and
carried out with very little delay, employment being given
to six competent assistants.
The shop is conveniently
located, opposite the Union Depot, and has an area of
between 1.500 and 2000 square feet.
Joseph Pleury, Drugs and Jledicines, Orange Block,
Rochester, N, H.
It may seem a strange assertion to
make to say that the carrying on of a large number of
drug stores argue well for the public health, but there is
ground for tlie statement for the simple reason that many
drugs depend greatly upon their freshness for their effect,
and the existence of a large number of drug stores has
the result of causing each dealer to carry but a comparatively small stock of any one article, the consequence
being that physicians can depend upon having their prescriptions tilled by the use of ingredients much fresher
than would otherwise be possible— a fact which we commend to the consideration of the few who think that now
as formerly every doctor should compound his own medicines.
Mr. Howe who conducts this store is prominently known throuhout this vicinity, having been the postmaster here fot' about five years. The premises are 75x22
feet in dimensions, and contain a fine assortment of all
that is usually to be found in a first-class drug store.
Three assistants are employed, and great care and attention is given to the compounding of physicians' prescriptions.
Mr. Fleury is a native of Suncook, N. H,, and
opened his store here in 1889. He is a well known business man and the proprietor of a fine clothing establishment in his native town. Many residents of Rochester
can testify to the merits of his pharmaey, and a careful
examination of tbe methods pursued will convince any
one of the value of such an establishment.
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Rochester Shoe Co., Rochester, N.
There is every
reason to believe that shoe manufacturing is destined to
becoriie one of the most important of
Hampshire industries, for many extensive eslablishments have been
New
opened in this State of late years and the results attained
have been so favorable as to have attracted the attention
of shoe manufacturers throughout the East. The Rochester Shoe Comiiauy began operations in 1884, the proprietor, Mr. F. W. Breed, being a resident of Lynn, and one
ol the best known manufacturers in that " City of Shoes."
He also carries on a factory at Athol and another at Marblehead, Mass.. and his productions are shipped to all
parts of the country and held in high favor by both consumers and the trade. The Rochester factory is three
stories and an attic in height and 46x150 feet in dimensions, and is fitted up throughout with the most improved
machinery
employment being given to from 2."i0 to 300
assistants, and the capacity per day being about 2500 pairs
of ladies' and misses' shoes in medium and cheap grades.
The Boston oftice is at No. 286 Devonshire street, and the
facilities are such that tbe heaviest orders can be filled at
comparatively short notice and at the lowest market
;
Mr. I. L. Witherell is superintendent of the
Rochester and Athol factories, and to his close and skillful
rates.
supervision the uniformity of merit so noticeable in the
several grades produced at these establishments is to a
great extent due.
Some idea of the importance of Mr.
Breed's plants for shoe manufacturing may be gained
from the fact that his three factories have a combined
capacity of 125 sixty-pair cases per day. I\Ir. Breed is
very prominently known in New England, being one of
the World's Fair commissioners for Massachusetts for the
Chicago Fair, under appointment from President Harri-
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF ROCHESTER.
66
proprietor "The Glolie " Crockery
Store, Market Street, Rocliester, N. H.
the establishments to which general consent has accorded the leadership in their special line is that conducted
by Mr. Wilder B. Neal on Market street, and "The
Globe" variety store, as it called, has no reason lo avoid
comparison with any similar enterprise in Rochester. We
make this assertion advisedly, and after a careful review
of the subject may add without egotism that we have had
exceptional opportunities to form an adequate opinion regarding the comparative standing of anj' eslablishment of
tlie sort mentioned.
The enterprise was established in
1884 by the present proprietor who has shown from the
first that he would not be content with any second place
in his line of business.
Mr. Neal is a native of Farmington, Me., and is widely known and highly esteemed in
this communitv, because of his honorable business methods and the enterprise at his popular store. The premises
used are 19x80 feet in dimensions. Crockery, tinware
very
and toys of all descriptions are largely dealt in.
fine and large assortment of crockery and glassware is
carried from which to select, and we need not inform those
who have patronized thi.s store that all goods are sold at
the very lowest rates, but to those who have not we will
say no greater bargains are to be found in Hochesler, and
certainly no such stock of goods from which to select.
specialty is made of picture framing, which is done to
order at short notice and at very reasonable rates.
Wilder B. Neal,
and Variety
Among
A
A
P. L. Chesley, Hatter, ]\Iarket Street, Rochester, N.
H. Among those doing business in Rochester none is
better known than Mr. F. L. Chesley, who is town clerk
and has a large circle of friends, by no mean.* confined to
any particular section The establishment now conducted
by Mr. Chesley was founded by Sir. James Smith, who
was succeeded by F. H. Orr, who gave place to C. H.
Chase about 1878, the present proprietor assuming control
—
of the business in 1883.
The premises utilized are
located on Central squar.-, and are about 500 square feet
in size, where a fine stock of all the latest styles of gents'
hats is constantly kept on hand as well as a very complete line of gents' furnishings.
Mr. Chesley's gootls are
perfectly reliable, and are, in fact guaranteed to prove as
represented.
So that no fears need be entertained that
anything bought of him will not prove satisfactory, and
the purchaser can well feel sure that all he buys will be
sold at prices as low as the lowest.
The services of a
courteous and well informed assistant are employed, and
castomers are assured polite treatment and honorable
dealings.
H. Bumham's Ladies' and Gents' Oyster and Dining
Charles W. Hoyt, Clerk; Cigars and Tobacco;
Oysters constantly on hand 9 Hanson Street, Rochester,
S.
Rooms;
;
—
N. H
Considering that Mr. S. H. Burnham has been
engaged in feeding the public for about twenty years it
would be strange if he didn't understand the business by
this time, and as a matter of fact we believe he does know
about
there
be
known about
for his establishment at No. 9 Hanson street, is as satisfactory a place for
a hungry man (or woman eilher, for that matter) to visit
as we have ever had the good fortune to find.
Meals may
be had at all hours, and we are sure that even the most
fastidious will find no reasonable cause for complaint at
the food, the cooking or the service, for all are first-class,
and quantity is looked after as well as quality. Accommodations can be made to seat fifty guests, and six competent
assistants are employed.
Oysters are constantly kept on
hand and can be served in any desired form cigars and
tobacco are also carried, and every thing is .sold at very
moderate prices. Mr. Burnham is a native of Farmington, N. H.
he began operations here in 1861. In connection with his oyster and dining rooms, he also carries on a
bakery, and is prepared to cater to parties, etc., at short
notice and very reasonable terms. Mr. Chas. W. Hoyt
acts as clerk for the restaurant, for which position he is
all
is to
it,
;
;
indeed, well adapted.
Mansion House. N.
to the
F.
Ham,
Dramatic Profession
;
Reduced Rales
Sample Room Con-
Proprietor.
First-class
nected Heated by Steam Electric Bells. Main Street,
Rochester, N. H. The Mansion House was originally
opened by Mr. L. H. Wtntworth in 1867. Several changes
were made in the management, when Messrs. Cotton &
Ham took the management of it in 1887. During the year
Mr. Cotton retired, and Mr. N. F. Ham assumed sole control of the house, and the Mansion House has never been
more skillfully and liberally conducted than has been the
;
;
—
He is a native
case since Mi-." Ham became its proprietor.
of New Durham, N. H.. and is one of the few men who
have a " natural gift" lor hotel keeping, for it is only such
men that are able to so manage as to make their guests
While at the same
feel perfectly at home and at ease.
time maintaining that order and propriety essential to the
conduct of a really first class house. The house is located
on Main
street.
It is
out with electric
heated by steam and is fitted throughThe beds and other furnishings
Employment is
in every particular.
bells.
are strictly first-class
given to from eight to ten competent assistants, and the
service, at the table and elsewhere, is prompt, intelligent
and courteous. The house has accommodation for sixty
gives special attention to the cmsine,
Mr.
guests.
and the bill of fare is varied enough to suit all tastes,
while the best the market afibrds is placed before the
There is a' finely
guests at all seasons of the year.
equipped sample room connected with the hotel. The
terms to all are very moderate, while reduced rates are
given to the dramatic profession, and all strangers visiting
Ham
Rochester may avoid much annoyance by putting up at
the house.
good livery stable is connected with the
hotel, where first class livery accommodations can be had
at moderate charges.
A
Wm.
Bell, Dry Goods and Groceries, River Street,
Generally speaking, it is safe to say
that it always pays for a business man to keep faith with
his customers, and, although there are some who believe
differently, and think that "sharp practice" is profitable
and " smart," the success they generally meet with is not
pronounced enough to prove their position. The enviable
reputation held by the establishment conducted by Mr.
Wm. Bell on River street could never have been built up
by questionable methods, and the projirietor may well take
pride in maintaining an enterprise which has so good a
name in the community. Mr. Bell opened his present
store in 1879, since which date his business has increased
to such proportions as to require the enlargement of his
store
in connection with which he uses a roomy storeHe carries a fine stock of staple and fancy grohouse.
ceries, and also dry goods, which have been carefully
selected and are of a qualitj- which renders them acceptThe prices on all goods are
able to the most fastidious.
below the average. Only capable assistants are employed.
Orders are promptly and carefully filled, and every caller
is assured immediate attention and courteous treatment.
Rochester, N. H.
—
—
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF BOCEESTER.
07
ized by him in carrying on his business is of the dimen
sions of 60
25 feet in which a tine stock is to lie seen,
consisting of stoves, furnaces and ranges, and tin, iron,
Mr.
glass and wooden ware is handled in great variety.
Cooper is prepared lo (|Uote the lowest market rates on all
goods dealt in. and to guarantee everything to be exactly
From one to three expeas represented in every instance.
rienced assistants are employed who are courteous and
Roofing and furnace Wr^rk is
l>ronipt in all respects.
given special attention, and repairing of all descriptions is
—
X
done
most thorough manner and
in a
facilities for
i;ives all
doing such work being
work
his
own
at small prices, llie
first class.
Mr. Cooper
personal supervision.
Rochester Steam Laundry, George F. Willey, Jr proCorner Main and Arrow
prietor.
All Gooils C. (). D.
sometimes hear pcple say
Streets, Rochester, N. H.
Ibey can't afford to send their clothes to a public laundry,
,
— We
butin the majority of such cases if the matter were accurately figured out it would be found that as a matter of
fact, they can't afford to have their washing done at liomi',
Everybody knows how " washif they did but know it.
day " upsets the average family, making a vast amount of
rxtra work, causing everybody to feel uncomfortable and
lining the house with steam and bad odors, and many
know
that physicians trace
many
a case of serious sickness
"economical" practice, which thus saves laundry
and gives the doctor a chance to make a dollar.
I'hose who patronize a laundry have one solid satisfaction
all events, they know just what this washing is costing
iliera, and that is much more than can be said of those
who consume fuel, hire help and expose their families to
sickness, and after all don't attain half such satisfactory
results as are assured to all sending their goods to a firstlo this
liills
il
class public establishment, as, for instance, the
Rochester
Steam Laundry, located on the corner of Main and Arrow
TiLTON
(S:
Krhards, Sole Agents.
&
Richards, Watchmakers and Jewelers, No. 3
McDufEee Block, Uociiester, N. H.— The establishment
located at No 2 McDuffee Block, occupies a prominent
It is one of
position among similar houses in this town.
the most complete and attractive stores of its kind in
reliable stock of goods embracing
Rochester, and curries a
a fine variety of watches, clocks, jewelry, and optical
goods. The store (or rather tlie half store, as part of it is
devoted to the sale of fancy goods, etc.) is 20 X 80 feet in
dimensions. The proprietors, Messrs. G. H. Tilton and F.
I. Richards are both natives of Rochester, and ire very
well known and highly esteemed gentlemen. They began
operations here in 1888 as successors to Jlr. M. H. Osgood,
who had then carried on the business for about twelve
The firm conduct their business on a high plan of
years
honor with fair representation of all goods, and one price,
They have always tried to carry on
that the very lowest.
business to the satisfaction of their patrons, and from the
amount of patronage now enjoyed it is fair to presume
they have succeeded. Special attention is paid to the
repairing of watches, jewelry, etc., and the most intricate
job will be satisfactorily performed in a workmanlike
manner at exceedingly moderate rates. Special attention
given to fitting glasses and spectacles to impaired vision.
A good line of optical goods in stock.
Tilton
Leroy G. Cooper, Stoves, Furnaces, Ranges, Repairing
Roofing and Furnace work.
of all kinds done to order.
Tin, Iron, Glass, Japan and Wooden Ware, 44 Market
Street, Rochester, N. H.— The establishment conducted
by Mr. Leroy G. Cooper at No. 44 Market street, has only
been in operation a short time, but during that time has
proved entirely successful as is only natural as the proprietor has spared no pains to completely satisfy all those
—
who have
question
is
given him their custom. The gentleman in
a native of Parsonsfield, Me. The store util-
The
proprietor of this popular enterprise, Mr.
George F. Willey, Jr., is a native of this town, and has
carried on business here 8in,ce 1885, and has built up an
extensive and desirable patronage, which is steadily
The business has increased to such proporincreasing.
tions that the old quarters occupied recently on Central
Square could not accommodate it and the proprietor was
forced to provide new quarters with greatly increaseii
facilities for doing the work, both in room and improved
machinery, hence the present site, formerly known as
Cole's estate, was obtained, and a new two-story building,
00x40 feet, was built, with a fine basement under the
whole. This building has been fitted up and new machinery added to the plant before in use at an expense of about
$7000. It includes a steam dry room of ten racks, and as
family washing is to be a specialty, a mangle for that purpose has been put in. Agencies in nearly every town in
the State are being established, the capacity being suflicient
for any amount of work, and everything is reduced to a
With these
system, so that errors are thus obviated.
increased facilities in room and latest improved machinery,
streets.
Mr. Willey is enal)led to do first-class work and quote
very low prices. All work is guaranteed, to the satisfacEmployment is given to from twelve
tion of customers.
to fifteen assistants, and the largest orders can be filled at
the shortest notice.
The
block opening on Main
office
is
in front of the
brick
street.
WORCESTER & GREENFIELD,
Books, Stationery and Fancy Goods
ROCHESTER,
N. H.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF ROCHESTER.
This concern has a well-earned reputation for
furnishing machinery that fully bears out all claims made
figures.
concerning
it, and manufacturers throughout this section
naturally appreciate such a policy and place a large proportion of their orders with Messrs. Clark & Furnald.
The company give particular attention to repairing, and
are in a position to guarantee satisfaction in this important department of their business, not only as regards the
quality of tlie work and the charges made" hut also in connection with the promptness with which orders are filled,
as the facilities available are such as to obviate all unnecessary delay.
The premises made use of are located in
Jlechanic Square and comprise a machine shop occupying
two floors of the dimensions of 30x60 feet, together with
a spacious foundry.
Employment is given to from six to
twelve experienced assistants.
All sizes of pipe and fittings are constantly on hand and will be furnished in any
desired quantities at the lowest market rates.
&
Hofmann
Wolf, Ladies' Furnishing Goods. Kid
next to Post-Office, Rochester, N. H.— The
most successful buyer is the one who discriminates the
most sucessfuUy between "goods cheap" and "cheap
Gloves,
etc.,
it is just such a buyer who will find the most
admire in the assortment of ladies' furnishing goods,
fancy goods, .small wares, etc., offered by Messrs. Hofmann & Wolf, for these gentlemen carrv on business on
the " quick sales and small profits " system, and both the
goods and prices combine to form a powerful argument in
goods," and
to
Rochester Foundry and Machine Co. (successors to
E. Clark.) manufacturers and dealers in Engines.
Boilers, Feed Pumps. Shafling, Hangers, Pulleys, Shaving
E.xhausters, Mill JIachinery, etc., Mechanic Square, Rochester, N. H.— The Rochester Foundry and Machine Company was organized in 1887 to continue the business
founded by Mr. Charles E. Clark in 1880, the proprietors
being Messrs. C. E. Clark and J. C. Furnald, the former a
Cbiis.
favor of patronizing this store. The residents of Rochester are too intelligent not to perceive the force of an argu-
ment of this kind, and the natural result is that this store
is becoming a popular resort, and is gaining in favor daily.
The firm in question is made up of 5Iax Hofmann and
Benny'iWolf. they began their present business here in 1889.
in use are located on Hanson street, next
door to the post-office. The firm give personal attention to the business and as a result, all customers are sure
The premises
The goods dealt
guaranteed to be strictly as represented.
of being promptly and politely served.
in are
J.
M. Humphrey, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and
Repair-
—
ing and Telephone Exchange, Rochester, N. H. Every-'
body ought to have a reliable watch for time is money
nowadays and no one can afford to waste his own or anybody else's time, in business hours at all events, and one
of the first things to do if you would avoid such waste is
to get a watch that can be entirely depended upon.
Don't
say you can't afford it, for dependable watches are sold at
such low figures at the present time that they are within
the means of all.
If you doubt this fact call at the establishment conducted by Mr. J. M. Humphrey, on Main
street.
He can show you a full line of reliable watches in
gold and silver cases, and is prepared to name prices that
will compare favorably with those quoted by any other
dealer.
ises
ware and
prices on
in,
optical goods,
all
occupied are about
reliable assistants
native of Duver and the laller of Exeter.
The company
are manufacturers ot and dealers in engines, boilers, feed
pumps, shafting, hangers, pulleys, shaving exhausters,
mill machinery, etc., being prepared to furnish these and
kindred commodities at short notice and at moderate
and so is jewelry,
and Mr. Humphrey
The premsquare feet in size, and two
Clocks are also largely dealt
silver plated
names low
the goods he handles
3.iO
are employed.
Particular attention
is
given repairing, the work being done in a skillful and
painstaking manner, and orders being filled at short notice
at
moderate rates. Mr. Humphrey is a native of Boston,
and began his present business during the current
He has also a telephone exchange located in his
Slass.
year.
store.
,
�-««SW«?J«^
^jiOH 'MUtMnvitt^
)
;g^.>flt
Eyk
Biiiu's
\'iew
Farmington.
OP'
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF FARMINGTON
AND
The
history of Farmington
is
POINTS OF INTEREST.
ITS
quite devoid of those romantic and exciting features which figure
Portsmouth and other early
so prominently in the story of the settlement and development of Dover,
Farmington was not incorporated until very near the opening of the present century,
Indian troubles had ceased and nearly a score of years after the colonies had fought for
and won their independence. Thus the annals of the town record peaceful progress rather than "hair
breadth 'scapes 'mid flood and field," and those who are interested only in accounts of war and
adventure must turn to the history of Rochester to find such tales relating to Farmington's territory,
settled towns, for
long after
for the
by
all
town was
originally a part of Rochester and during the years
the hostile Indians
who
from 1745
to 1749
was overrun
terrorized that settlement.
territory was decided upon April 20, 1730,
up that portion of their grant of land which had not
previously been disposed of, into lots of not less than two hundred and forty acres each. The lots
were drawn December 17, 17.'iO, the territory affected comprising the greater part of that now included
The first settler came to Rochester in December, 1728, and it was not
in Milton and Farmington.
until seventy years afterward that that portion of the township which is now Farmington had a
sufficient number of inhabitants to warrant its being set off from the parent town, Farmington being
incorporated December 1, 1798. The first town meeting was held March 11, 1799, and Aaron Wingate
was chosen moderator Jonas C. March, town clerk and Ichabod Hayes, Ephraim Kimball, and
David Roberts were chosen as selectmen. At that time the office of constable was considered very
desirable, and hence with true Yankee shrewdness the townspeople voted " that the privilege of being
a constable in said town of Farmington the present year shall be sold at vendue to the highest bidder,
and the purchaser to give bonds to the satisfaction of the selectmen for the faithful performance of
It is evident that our forefathers did not hold to the modern maxim, " the office should
his duty."
He was granted
seek the man." Ensign Samuel Knowles bought the position of constable for §21.25.
The first recorded division of what
when the Rochester proprietors voted
;
is
now Farmington
to cut
;
�niSTORICAL SKETCH OF FARMIKOTOK.
70
a tavern license the
same year, and so were four others
and licenses to retail foreign distilled spirituBenjamin Rnndels, and Eiezear Pearl.
Farmington's territory was made about 1770 near the point now known as
ous liquors were granted to Joseph Holmes,
The
first
settlement
in
Lakeman
;
&
I\rarsh,
and that was the center of what little business there was, among those settling there
from 1770 to 1783 being Benjamin Furber, Samuel Furber, Richard Furber, Samuel Jones, Benjamin
Chesley and Paul Demeritt. Other settlers in various parts of the town were Joseph Leighton, Levi
Leighton, Moses Home, Caleb Varney, and Judge Wingate. The first school-house was built about
1791 and was located at Merrill's Corners; the first meeting-house was erected on Robert's Hill,
about two miles south of Farmington village, near the birth-place of Henry Wilson.
As its name indicates, Farmington was long a distinctively agricultural community, and, indeed,
farming is still extensively and successfully carried on, for much of the town is fertile although its
surface is very hilly and in parts mountainous.
In the southwestern portion is located Blue Job
Merrill's Corners,
:
Main Stkekt, Farmington, N.
H.,
looking South.
Mountain, so called because it was once owned by Job Allard and is one of the Blue Hill range.
There is a wide-spread and beautiful view from its summit, ranging from the White Mountains to the
ocean, ships off Portsmouth harbor being plainly visible to the naked eye.
The town is well watered,
Mad, Ela, and Waldron rivers. The Cocheco River rises in
and enters Farmington near the northern corner of the township, flowing soutlieast
across its entire width.
Farmington village is situated on this stream, between it and the Ela River,
which also rises in New Durham and empties into the Cocheco just below the village. West Farmington is located in the northwestern part of the town and Merrill's Corners in the southwestern part.
Mad River is well named, for it is a typical mountain stream, and when swelled by heavy rains or
the effects of a sudden thaw, dashes turbulently along, overflows its banks and seems possessed by a
mad desire to sweep everything before it. Sometimes a storm lasting but two or three hours will
cause it to rise many feet, move boulders weighing thousands of pounds and destroy everything in
the principal streams being the Cocheco,
New Durham
its
path.
�msTORICA L SKETCIt OF FA RMINO TOA\
71
The other rivers are much more reliable and there are some valuable water powers in town. The
outlines of Farraington are very regular, in that respect resembling those of the adjoining town of
Strafford and forming a decided contrast to the "crazy patchwork" shapes of New Durliam, Middleton
and Milton, which bound Farmington on the north and east. Rochester bounds it on the east and
south, and Strafford on the south and west, New Durham also forming a part of its western boundary.
The business of the town is principally centered at Farmington village, the site of which is situated
on what was known in bye-gone days as the "old John Ham farm." The first frame bouse to be built
The village is on the line of the Dover & Winniat this point was erected in 1781 by John Roberts.
pesaukee Railroad, a branch of the great Boston & Maine system, and as the adjoining town of
Rochester is a great railroad center, direct communication with all parts of the country is enjoyed by
Farmington business men. The completion of the Lake Shore Railroad, extending from the terminus
at Alton Bay to Lake Village, gives direct connection with
Montreal Railroad, and adds very materially to Farmington's transportation facilities.
Shoe manufacturing is the principal industry of the village and has given rise to various tributary
Shoe making,
industries, the most important of which is the manufacture of wooden and paper boxes.
of the
Dover and Winnipesaukee Railroad
the Concord
&
or rather the production of what was then
known
as "
Natick
sale
work," was begun
in
Farmington
in
1836 by Elijah H. Badger. The product was called Natick sale work from the fact that it consisted
brogan manufacentirely of brogans, and the town of Natick, Mass., at that time led the country in
Mr. Badger failed to make his enterprise profitable and in about a year left town but the
turing.
about this
shoe industry was not abandoned, Martin L. Hayes, a native of Farmington, beginning it
time on a vei-y small scale. His business steadily grew and he became the largest shoe manufacturer
;
New Hampshire. Mr. Hayes was no believer in that "dog in the manger" policy which seems to
actuate some men, on the contrary he used his best endeavors to get other manufacturers to come to
Farmington, and did not hesitate to give substantial aid to such enterprises as seemed calculated to
advance the interests of the community as a whole. Nor did his public spirit stop here. He manithe
fested it in many different ways, and to him more than to any other one man, is the existence of
in
beautiful shade trees which add so much to the attractiveness of the village due, for he not only
persuaded his fellow townsmen to plant trees, but set them the example by placing many shade and
Some of Farmington's present business men are noted for their public
fruit trees on his ow'n grounds.
by the memory
spirit, and who can say how much they have been encouraged in their good works
which Martin L. Hayes left behind him? It is true that "the evil that men do lives after them," but
" the good is oft interred with their bones."
Good is mere nearly immortal than evil
it is not true that
and the effects of good deeds remain, although doubtless in many cases the doer of them is forgotten.
Shortly after Mr. Hayes began operations, George M. Hening came from Natick to Farmington
many
and engaged in the same line of business. He also was a man who lived for others as well as for
The success
himself, and worked hard and efficiently to promote the best interests of the co.amunity.
From small beginnings
attained here in shoe manufacturing soon began to attract outside capital.
the trade has grown to its present magnitude.
The first wax-thread sewing machine ever used for shoe work in New Hampshire, was brought
He is now superintendent and manager of
to Farmington by Mr. Cloutman about the year 1855.
producthe factory of Wallace, Elliott & Co., in this village the establishment being devoted to the
three and four
tion of ladies', misses', and children's fine boots, and affording employment to between
Altogether there are five large shoe factories in Farmington and one heel factory,
hundred hands.
;
employment to about one thousand two hundred operatives of both sexes.
Farmington shoe manufacturers learned the business in Natick, being drawn to
went to
that town by the fact that the late Vice-President Henry Wilson, a native of Farmington,
Natick in 1833, commenced business for himself in 1838, and soon became a prominent manufacturer
and
this industry affords
Many
there.
in
of the early
Some of the young men from Farmington lived with his family part of the time they stayed
among them being Martin L. Hayes, whom we have before had occasion to mention. He
birth-place,
life-long friend of Henry Wilson, and deeded to the town of Farmington the latter's
Natick,
was a
marking the spot on which the house had stood by a great boulder weighing about twelve tons and
"Henry Wilson, vice-president U. S. A., born here February 12, 1812."
inscribed
:
�HISTORICAL SKETCa OF FARMINOTOK
T2
Like
all
other prosperous manufacturing villages of large population, Farmington contains
well-stocked stores and a very extensive retail trade
is
carried
on at
all
Some
times.
many
of the stores
are very spacious and are handsomely fitted up, presenting a very attractive appearance, especially in
make liberal use of the gas furnished by a local
company, which was incorporated in 1886 with a capital of §60,000. This gas is made from naphtha
and is of a very superior quality the bright, white light it gives at once attracting the attention of
The
one accustomed to the dingy yellow flame, characteristic of gas made in the ordinary way.
service thus far has given excellent satisfaction and the facilities offered by the company are being
very generally availed of.
Hon. J. F. Cloutman is president Hon. C. W. Talpey, treasurer and
Hon. E. T. Wilson, manager.
There are two banks in town
the Farmington Savings Bank, chartered June, 18G8, and the
Farmington National Bank, organized, July, 187'J, with a capital of §100,000.
Many representative
business men are identified wiih one or both of these institutions, and as a natural consequence both
the evening, for the more enterprising store-keepers
;
;
;
:
Central Square,
F,vi;mixi, iu.n, >..
11.
An idea of the standing of the
managed and enjoy the entire confidence of the public.
Savings Bank and the opportunity offered for remunerative employment in Farmington may be
gained from the following: May 1, 1882, the deposits amounted to §212, 552. 83 ; September, 1890,
are well
— a gain of some 300 per cent,
in about eight years.
have been looked after by the Faruiinr/ton Neics, published
This is a handsome and well-edited weekly, has a circulation of about 1,500
by J. E. Fernald & Son.
and a good advertising patronage, and is a credit to the town and to its managers.
Farmington has had its ups and downs the same as every live community has its prosperity has
been checked by fire, by national business depression, and by other causes from the effects of which no
town is exempt, but on the whole progress has been steady and at times rapid and, considering the
advantages of location, the ability and resources of local manufacturers and merchants, and their high
they amounted to $646,628,44
Since
March
14, 1879, local interests
;
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confidence in the future of the community, there seems good reason to believe that confidence justified
not only from a sentimental but also from a sternly practical standpoint.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF FARMINGTON.
Sanitine
Remedy Company,
Hemedy
Proprietors of
Blake's
Cough Balsam, etc., Albert Garland, Secretary and Manager, Farmington, N. H.
There are two ways of estimating the
value of a remedy, the first is to see if the claims made
concerning its mode of action and efficacy are in accor'Vearetable
for t'onstipalion, Blake's
—
with common sense and known physiological
the second is by investigation of the results attendBy a combination of these methods
ing its practical use
the actual status of any remedy mny be readily and accurately determined.
Let us apply them then to a preparation in which the residents of Farmingtou have reason to
be particularly interested for it is manufactured here by a
dance
truths
witli
identified some of the
of this section of the State.
which are
prominent business men
most
We
refer to Blake's Vegetable Remedy, formerly known as
Blake's Sanitine, and supplied to the trade by the Sanitine
Remedy Company, the sole proprietors. The full name
of this medicine is " Blake's Vegetable Remedy for Constipation," and the claim is made that it will cure constipation, whether recent or chronic, and that it is therefore
of great value in the treatment of dyspepsia, kidnej' and
liver diseases, piles and headache, and will remove moth
patches and pimples on the face and do away with " that
tired feeling," which is so common, especially among the
gentler sex.
No well-informed person, and particularly
no experienced physician, will deny that constipation or
costiveness is the cause of a host of diseases and hence if
Blake's remedy can cure constipilion its great value in the
treatment of many serious disorders must be admitted.
But can it? Read the following testimonials and judge
for yourself:
Lynn, JIass.
Sanitine Remedt Co. I have beeu troubled with constipation all
-mj life. I wag advised to take Blake's Remedy, and it has cured me.
—
MRS. W.
K.
EATON.
SonTH Bkewick. Me.
Sanitine Remedy Co.— For three years I have suffered the tortures
of obstinate constipation have used every known remedy, and have
;
failed to tiud relief or even benefit nntil I took your valuable constip.a*
tion cure— Blake's Remedy. I have taken three bottles previous to
Uarch, '88, and consider myself cured, having taken nothing since that
time. I cannot speak too highly of it, and earnestly recommend it. It
is truly wonderful.
G. WHITEHOUSE.
JAMES
Certainl}' there is no mistaking the meaning of these letters
but perhaps some of our readers may desire direct
proof thit Blake's Remedy can cure some of the specific
diseases we have mentioned.
Here it is
;
:
Farmington,
G^wfe— For ten years
I
IN".
H.
have suffered from malarial poisoning and the
obstinate constipation.
The
disease progressed so rapidly that
kidneys were diseased. I consulted many physicians of repute,
*inong them my old army surgeon of New Jersey. I took almost everything, bat the disease gained upon me. and I was obliged to give up my
'bnsiness to my sons. I have taken Blake's Remedy four months, and
I feel like a new man. 1 feel justified in «aying that it is the most
wonderful remedy I ever saw. I would most earnestly recommend it to
'Comrades who are suffering from malaria, or anvbody else who is
•Buffering from diseased liver or kidneys.
ALONZO NUTE.
my
^y
MRS. GEO. HOLDEN.
Cape Elizabeth, Me.
Sanitine Remedy Co,— I have been troubled with bloody piles for
forty years and have tried almost every kind of medicine without
receiving any help until 1 took Blake's Remedy, which has entirely
cured me, and I cannot sav too much in its praise. Yours truly,
;
company
most
Derrt Depot. N. H.
I have been troubled with sick headache uud bad feelings in my
stomach I have taken Blake's Remedy and it has cured me.
MRS.
A
SARAH
R.
welI-know.n lady of Wolfboro, N. H., wiites
I
me
have
tried
GOULD.
:
almost everything for moth patches that have troubled
seemed to do any good. My face was
for a long time, but nothing
literally
covered, and
1
felt
ashamed
to
go
—company.
into
While
riding one morning, I noticed your advertisement "Blake's Remedy
clears the complexion "—and bought a bottle. Since then I have taken
six bottles, and my skin is clear and smooth.
The Sanitine Remedy Co. have received several thousand
just such testimonials as these and to print them all would
require an entire book the size of this one, but " a word to
the wise is sufiicient," and we will only add that these testimonials are not signed b}' people living on the other side
of the continent but come from points near at home, and
that the company will forward the original of an)^ testi-
we have presented to any person doubting its
If additional evidence of the company's
faith be wanted it may be found in the standing of
the men ideiitlQed with it, the officers and directors being
monial
authenticity.
good
as follows
president, John F. Ooutman vice president,
Jared P. Tibbetts secretary and treasurer, Albert Garland
directors, Chas. W. 'Talpey, John F. Cloutman,
James B. Edgerly, Asa A. Hall, Dwight E. Edgerly,
Albert Garland, Jared P. Tibbetts. Mr. Cloutman has
served as State senator, Mr. Garland is one of the Farmington selectmen and is a first lieutenant in the State
militia, Mr. Talpey has been State senator and is treasurer
of the Farmington Savings Bank, Mr. James B. Edgerly is
cashier of the Farmington National Bank, Mr. Hall has
been deputy sheriff and postmaster, and Mr. Dwight E.
Edgerly has beeu representative and is county commissioner.
The company was formed in 1888, but Blake's
Remedy has been on the market four years and is kept in
stock by all the Boston and Portland wholesale druggists
and by retail druggists throughout the country who sell it
for .^1.00 per bottle or six bottles for |5.00, and report a
very extensive and rapidly growing demand for it. The
company are also proprietors of Blake's Cough Balsam,
which is warranted equal to any in the market. It is
agreeable to take and is perfectly safe besides being economical to use for the dose is small, the bottle large,
and the price is but 35 cents. The balsam is sold by all
druggists and is steadily gaining in popularity as it quickly
cures coughs, colds, bronchitis and all diseases peculiar to
the throat and lungs.
All correspondence should be
addressed to Sanitine Beynedy Co.. Farmington, N. H.
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF FARMING TON.
A. F. & H. O. Waldron, manufacturers of Wooden and
Paper boxes, and dealers in Lumber, Farmington, N, H.
It is, of course, important for tlie manufacturers of any
article to be prepared to fill orders promptly and accurately and at tlie lowes-t market rates, but this is particularly the case with those engaged in the production of
boxes, for the competition in this branch of industry is so
close and keen that only the providing of an exceptionally
—
ensure success in it. It is evident
that Jilessrs. A. F.
H. C. Waldron thoroughly appreciate
this condition of affairs, for although they have long been
efficient service will
&
successfully engaged in the manufacture of boxes they
have recently materially improved their facilities and
hence can now fill their steadily increasing orders even
more satisfactorily and promptly than ever before. Both
wooden and paper boxes are manufactured, a s-pecialty
being made of those adapted to the wants of the shoe
trade, and the firm are prepared to furnish shoe cases and
cartons of superior quality at bottom prices, and to fill the
most extensive orders at very short notice, for they utilize
an elaborate plant of the latest improved machiuery,
including a machine for which they own the right witiiin
a radius of twenty miles of Farmington, and can furnish
product to customers within that territory.
This
its
machine turns outa carton made without scoring and with
double lieads, it being not only tnuch stronger than any
previously oflfered but also neat in appearance, wliile it
can be furnished at a figure considerably below that
quoted on cartons made in the ordinary manner. The
box factory is run by botli water and steam power so that
orders can be filled without undue delay at anj' season of
the year. The entire plant covers more than an acre and
comprises, in addition to the box factory, a large lumber
mill in which whole logs are sawed out and lumber and
builders' materials of all kinds are manufactured, t-pacious
storage sheds, offices and a commodious yard. A large
force of assistants is employed, and every department of
the business is so thoroughly systemized that the expense
of production is reduced to a minimum and all orders can
be filled promptly, accurately and at the lowest market rates.
George W. Bailey, manufacturer of and dealer io
Hardware, Stoves. Tinware, Woodenware, Paints, Oils,.
Varnishes, etc.. Steam, Gas and Water Piping and Plumbing, 14 Central Street, Farmington, N. H.— One of themost truly representative establishments of the kind to befound in this section is that conducted by Mr. George W.
Bailey, at No. 14 Central street, for this is a recognized
headquarters for hardware, stoves, tin-ware, wooden ware,
etc., and is also very widely and favorably known in connection with the doing of steam, gas and water piping and
plumbing, and the handling of paints, oils, varnishes andi
kindred goods. The proprietor is a native of Manchester,
N. H and has been identified with it since 1887. it having
been founded a number of years previous to that date.
Under the present management the busine.'s has largely,
increased and as the available facilities have increased correspondingly Mr. Bailey is better prepared than ever to fill
orders promptly, accurately and at bottom rates. The
premises have an area of .5000 square feet and contain
improved tools and machinery for the manufacture of tinware of all kinds to order, and for the doing of steam,
,
Carleton
&
Bennett,
Merchant Tailors, dealers in
Ready-nade (Jlothing, Hats, Caps and Gents' Furnishings,
Farmington, N. H. It is difficult to see what greater
inducements could be offered to those in need of clothing,
etc., than are extended by the firm of Carleton & Bennett,
for these gentlemen are not only first-elass merchant
—
but are also large dealers in ready-made clothing,
and gentlemen's furnishings, so they are admirably prepared to cater to all classes of trade, and well
deserve the extensive patronage their enterprise receives.
It was inaugurated in 1877 by Mr. F. C. Tilton, he being
succeeded in 1884 by Messrs. Tilton & Furber, and the
present firm assuming control in 188.5. The partners are
Messrs. E. E. Carleton and J. P. Bennett, the former
being a native of Farmington and the latter of Northwood,
N. H. Mr. Bennett is the present representative of Farmington in the legislature, and is prominently identified
with local business interests, he being a trustee of the
Savings Bank and a director of the Gas Company in addition to his connection with the enterprise now under consideration.
The firm utilize good-sized and conveniently
fitted-up premises and carry a large and complete assortment of foreign and domestic fabrics for gentlemen's wear
besides a fine stork of ready-made clothing, hats and furnishings.
The facilities for the doing of custom work in
a superior manner at short notice are excellent, employment being given to from five to eight experienced assistants and the business being so systemized that every order
assured immediate and painstaking attention. The
is
charges made are as low as is consistent with the use of
suitable materials and the employiuent of skilled labor,
and this applies to the ready-made as well as to the custom
department, for the firm haudle no goods made only " to
sell," their policy being to deal only in such articles as can
safely be guaranteed to prove as represented, and to furnish them at prices in trict accordance with the lowest
tailors,
hats, caps
market
rates.
A
gas-fitting, plumbing, etc.
specialty is made
of tin-roofing, the best of material being used, skilled helpsatisfaction confidently guaranteed.
The
stock of hardware, stoves, tin-ware, etc., is large and complete and includes conking and heating stoves of the latest
design, made by leading manufacturers.
Reliable paints,
oils, varnishes, etc., are sold here at bottom figures, and in
fact whatever is bought from Mr. Bailey will be found toprove just as represented and will be furnished at the low-
water and
employed and
est
market
rates.
Fellov^ of the N. H. Dental Society.
Member
of the N. E.
Dental Association.
FARMINGTON,
N.
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�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF FARMINGTON.
Blake's Pharmacy, CentTal Street, Farmingtou, N.
Altliough one may uot be prepared to assert that every
dispensing chemist shouUi also be a practical physician, it
still remains a fact that no man making a business of the
handling of drugs and chemicals c^n know too much
about them and about their effects upon the human system, and as this is the popular conviction it is not surprising that the public should manifest a preference for such
pharmacies as are carried on by a medical practitioner.
What is popularly known as "Blake's Pharmacy " is an
excellent example of an establishment of this kind, it
being a well-stocked drug store conducted by W. P. Blake,
M. U., a prominent practicing physician. Tlie premises
are located on Central street, and we need hardly say are
fitted up with all necessary apparatus, etc., for the accurate and prompt compounding of prescriptions, such
orders being tilled at the lowest rates consistent with the
use of the best obtainable ingredients. Fancy and toilet
articles, druggists' sundries, etc., are well represented in
the stock, and sufficient assistance is employed to ensure
prompt attention to every caller. Dr. Blake is a native of
Barnstead, N. H., and has carried on this store since 188G.
Dr. Blake is assisted by his wife, who is a registered
pharmacist, and the only lady registered in the Slate.
Special attention is given to the compounding of prescriptions, and the service is maintained at the highest standard of reliability and efficiency.
II.
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D. E. Edgerly, Dry and Fancy Goods, Groceries and
Provisions, Flour and Grain of all kinds. Shoo Tools and
Findings, 16 Main Street, Farmington, N. H.— "A repre"
sentative enterprise conducted by a representative man
is about as short a description as can be given of the
undertaking with which Mr D. E. Edgerly is identified,
but despite its brevity no one acquainted with the facts
will quesiion its correctness, for certainly a business
which has been honorably and successfully conducted for
thirty-five years in one commiuiity is entitled to be called
representative, and certainly the same title may properly
be applied to one who has been and is so prominent in
business and public life as the gentleman in quesiion.
Mr. Edgerly is a native of Gilmanton, N. H., and has
carried on his present business since 1880. it having been
founded by Mr. Charles VV. Wingate a quarter of a century
before that date. The present proprietor has served two
years as State representative, and now occupies the posiThe premises made use of
tion of county commissioner.
have an area of about 1800 square feet, and are located at
No. 16 Main street. They contain a large and very varied
stock, for it includes not only a complete assortment of
dry and fancy goods, etc., but also a full line of staple and
fancy groceries, provisions and flour and grain of all
An extenkinds, together with shoe tools and findings.
sive business is done but as employment is given to two
assistants all orders are assured immediate as well
efficient
Mr. Edgerly quotes the lowest
as careful attention.
market rates on all the commodities he handles, and we
need hardly say that articles bought at this representative
store will prove just what they are claimed to be in every
respect.
F.
J.
Hanson, manufacturer of Boot and Shoe Heels.
—
The great industry of
Central Street, Farmington. N. H.
boot and shoe manufacturing in New England has developed other very important enterprises which are tributary
An important example of this is found
to that business.
at the factory of Mr. F. J Hanson, where he manufactures
boot and shoe heels on a very extensive scale. Mr. Hanson
has had long experience in this business but started this
factory in 1885. and has developed a prominent Industry in
Farmington.
The
factory
is
a three-story structure
30x60
and is furnished with steam power, and is equipped
good plant of machinery adapted to the manufacture
of heels for boots and shoes, and employment is given lo
from forty to fifty hands. A ready market is found for
the product among the numerous boot and shoe factories
feet,
•with a
of New England, as the standard quality of the work
turned out is not excelled by any manufacturer.
M
Berry
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manufacturers of Men's and Boys'
Shoes, in Kangaroo, Dongola, Calf. Grain, Buff and Veal,.
Farmingtou, iS'. II. Sample Room, 57 Lincoln Street,
Boston. Mass. At Sample Room Wednesdays and SaturJ.
&. Co.,
days.— Ever_v ordinarily well-informed person knows that
shoe manufacturing lias become one of the most important
of New Hampshire's indvisiries, and there is every reasou
to believe that it is destined to rapidly develop far beyond
present' proportions, lor the conditions are favoratile lo'
bring about that result and the progress made during the
past decade shows what may reasonably be expected in
Among our New Hampshire shoe
the decade to come.
factories are some that will compare favorably as regards,
equipment and the quality of the goods turned out with
any in New England, and it is not necessary to go outside
of Farmington to find proof of this statement, as any competent and unprejudiced judge will admit after inspecting the establishment and the product of Messrs. J. M.
its
Berry & Co., who manufacture full lines of men's and
hoys' shoes, in kangaroo, dongola, call, grain, buff and
This firm is coni-tituted of Messrs. .f. M. ami
Arthur R. Berry, both of whom are natives of Farmington
and have had l<uig and varied experience in shoe mamiThey founded the-r present business in ViHH
facturing.
with a capital of only .$5000, and sold their goods lo only
one house, but since have enlarged operations, having
capital of $20,000. and now sell direct to the jobbing
trade; they have an intimate acquaintance with the wants
of consumers and the trade, and as a natural consequence
they have fitted up their factory with the latest improved;
machinery throughout and are prepared to furnish footwear that will hold its own, in comparison with any of
similar grade in the market, in every detail of material,
The factory is a four-story
style, fit and workmanship.
structure, having a total floor-space of nearly 18,000 squarefeet, and as the plant of machinery is correspondingly
extensive and employment is given to 100 experienced
assistants the capacity of the establishment is sufficiently
great to ensure the prompt filling of all orders, especially
as the business is so carefully systematized and supervised
Jlessrs.
as to obviate all confusion or unnecessary delay.
.J. M. Berry & Co., wholesale directly to the jobbinij trade
position to quote bottom prices on all their
and are in a
various styles. They maintain a sample room in Boston,
at No. 57 Lincoln street, where a full line of their producA member of the firm is at the
tions may always be seen.
sample room every Wednesday and Saturday and dealer*
who wish to handle shoes Ihat will sell on their merits,
yield a fair profit and build up a permanent trade would
do well to call and investigate
veal.
ii.
J.
F.
Saflford,
Watches and
.Jewelry, Silver
Ware,
etc.
Fine Watch and .Jewelry Repairing a Specialty. Barker's
Block. Farmington, N. H. If the average resident of
Farmington were asked to point out a thoroughly reliable
jewelry store, the chances are all in favor of his directing
the inquirer to that conducted by Mr. .1. F. Saflord, In
Barker's Block, for this business was established in 1867.
and has been so managed as to be well and favorably
known to practically every resident of this section. The
proprietor is a native of Rockland, Me., and served three
years in the army during the Rebellion. Probably not
one of our local business men is more generally known and
hence extended personal mention would be quite superfluous, but for the benefit of strangers in Farmington we
may say that Mr. Safford's business policy is as simple as
it is admirable, it being to give honest value for cash
A good stock of watches, jewelry,
received every time.
silver ware, optical goods, etc.. Is constantly carried, the
productions of the leading manufacturers being represented and many late and attractive novelties being shown.
Particular attention is given to the repairing of fine
watches, jewelry and optical goods, and optical work an<t
the furnishine of scientifically made optical goods are
leading specialties, so that those wanting anything in the
line of eye-glasses, spectacles, etc., would do well to give
Mr. Safford'^a call. All his work is fully guaranteed and
uniformly moderate charges are made.
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF FARMING TON.
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J. E. Fernald & Son, Publishers and Proprietors of the
Parminglon News. Weelily; established 1879. Corner Main
and Central Streets, Farminglon, N. H. There is little or
nothing to be gained by enlarging npon the benefits
bestowed upon a community by a well-conducted local
newspaper for these benefits are so obvious that those who
are incapable of appreciating them of their own free will
and by the exercise of their own judgment would probwbly
not be convinced by any reasoning even if it were supported by many practical examples. But happily but very
few of our Farmington readers belong to this class, and in
proof of this assertion we need refer only to the general
support given to the Fdrmiiigion News since its establishment, in 1879, for this liandsome weekly is a welcome visitor in many homes, it having a circulation of 1400 copies.
It also has quite a large advertising patronage and this is
not to be wondered at. for the business men of this section
have a well-earned reputation for enterprise and shrewdness and hence can readily see the advantages of advertising in a paper which circulates among the very people
they wish to reach. The News is owned and published by
Messrs. .1. E. Fernald & Son, and as we have said was
established in 1879, but the enterprise of which it may be
said to be the outcome was inaugurated a score of years
before that date, Mr. J. E. Fernald beginning operations
—
as a job printer in 1859.
The firm carry on a tinelyequipped steam job printing office in connection with the
Neios.nnA are prepared to'undertake the finest work in
that line and to guarantee satisfaction, not only as regards
the quality of the work and the lowncs of the prices, but
also the promptness with which even the largest orders can
be filled. The partners are Messrs. J. E. and G. W. Fernald, the former a native of Sanford, Me.,
and the latter of this town. Mr. .7. E.
Fernald is one of the oldest and best
known business men in town. Close
attention is given to their printing and
publishing enterprise and they propose
not only to fully maintain but to heighten
if possible tlie high reputation gained by
years of faithful and intelligent
Mr. G. W. Fernald is also a civil
engineer and surveyor and was recently
engaged in the survey for York Beach
Extension by the Boston & Maine Railroad Company.
eleven
work.
Roberts & Co., Steam Grist-Mill, 70 Central
Farmington, N. H. It is unnecessary to dwell
"H. W.
Street,
—
upon the importance of being able to purchase grain,
flour, feed, etc., in any desired quantities at the lowest
market rates, for the advantages derived from an enterprise which has for its object the furnishing of an abundant and dependable supply of these staple commodities at
bottom prices are so obvious as to be understood by every
memlier of the community.
Therefore it goes without
saying that the establishment conducted by Messrs. II. W.
Roberts & Co., is popular throughout this vicinity, for
this is a finely eq lipped steam gristmill and the proprietors are in a position to meet all honorable competition in
their line of business
filling the most extensive orders at
short notice and always quoting prices strictly in accord
ance with the lowest market rates. The mill is a twostory structure of the dimensions of 30 X 40 feet, and is
fitted up with improved machinery driven by a twentyfive horse power steam engine, the boiler-room being an
annex 17 X 35 feet, thus orders can be filled wiih equal
facility at all times of year.
It is conveniently located at
No. 70 Central street, and employment is given to two
efficient assistants.
Mr. Roberts is a native of Rochester,
N. H. and has been connected with his present enterprise
since 1889, during which lime he has built up an extensive
patronage which is still steadily increasing.
;
,
A. E. Carter & Co., Furniture Dealers, Curtains,
Carpets and Bediling. Upholstering a Specialty. Roberts
Building, Main Street, opposite Opera House, Farmington,
N. H. The experienced and wise buyer of furniture,
carpets and other houseliold goods does not seek so much
for the concern that announces it is prepared to sell the
cheapest as he does for a house which lie feels he can
thoroughly depend upi<n, but of course if he can find a
concern that combines fair dealing with bottom prices, so
much the better for him and that is just the kind of a
concern we introduce to our readers when we call attention to the establishment conducted by Messrs. A. E.
Carter & Co.
Doubtless many of them know this already,
for the enterprise to which we have reference was inaugurated in 1881 and has held a leading position almost from
the beginning. It was founded by Mr A. E Carter, a
native of Maine, who in 1890 became associated with Mr.
H. O. Mooney, a native of New Hampshire, thus forming
the existing firm.
The premises utilized are located in
Roberts Building, on Main street, opposite the Opera
House, and comprise four floors, each of which measures
23x48 feet, and every available inch of space is occupied
by the heavy stock of furniture, carpets, curtains, bedding
and other house furnishing goods that is constantly carWe don't propose to describe this stock in detail
ried.
first, because we haven't the room and second, because it
is so frequently renewed that before the description would
reach our readers it would be out of date, but the stock is
always complete, always contains the latest fashionable
novelties and is always made up of goods made for use
and not simply to sell, and guaranteed to prove precisely
Callers are assured prompt and polite
as represented.
attention, and the prices quoted by this well-equipped
concern are as low as can be named on goods of equal
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merit.
�LEADINO BUSINESS MEN OF FAR MING TON.
J. P. Tibbitts, Famishing Undertaker, Carriage and
Sleigli Maniif;.cturer.
Job Wtirk, Varnisliing, Painting
and Repairing. Farniinglon, N. II. Sncli of our readers
—
as are natives of Farmington or vicinity, or have lived for
an}- length of lime in that section, will not need introduction to'jMr. J. P. Tibbitts. for he was born in this town
and has carried on the business with which he is now identified for a full score of years, beginning operations in
1870.
He is a furnishing undertaker and also a carriage
and sleigh manufacturer and repairer, being prepared to
do job work, varnishing, painting, etc. in a superior
manner at short notice. Jlr Tibbitts furnishes a large
proportion ol the coffins, caskets and other funeral goods
used in this vicinity, it being generally understood that he
is in a position to till orders very promplly and to quote
The
the lowest market rates on articles ol this kind.
premises utilized by him comprise two floors of the
dimensions of 20x60 feet, and are fitted up with all necessary tools and oiber facilities to carry on the several
departments of the business to the best advantage. The
carriages and sleighs made at this .shop have a well earned
reputation for strength and durability, for Mr. Tibbitts
uses selected material in the doing of custom work and
also in repairing, and the workmanship is always equal to
the best in ever}- respect.
,
Thomas Pride
&
Son, Granite Works, Farmington,
I'here is no question but that granite is by far the
N. H.
best material for cemetery work, especially in our New
England climate with its great and sudden ehanges of
temperature, and other characteristics which have a most
distinctive effect upon marble and other soft stones.
Granite cemetery work is not only more durable but also
more handsome than that made from any other material
and indeed its advantages are so many and so pronounced
that it now leads all other kinds in the favor ot the public.
A Farmington concern which has a liigh and well deserved
reputation for the production of artistic and thoroughly
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cemetery work at moderate rates is that of
Thomas Pride it Son, who began operations here in 1885.
Both members of the firm are Maine men by birth, and
they not only know what the public want but spare no
first-class
pains to supply that want and to thoroughly satisfy every
customer. They liave an almost endless variety of designs
for monuments, tablets, headstones, etc., embracing all
grades of work from the most simple to the most elaborate,
and suited to all tastes and pur.'^es. Emiiloyment is given
to three assistants, and orders will be filled at ver}- short
notice, and at prices as low as the lowest in every instance.
C. H. Pitman, Book. Card and Job Printer. Office over
Breen & Berry's, Central Square, Farmington, N. II. It
is safe to say that practically everybody in Farmington
and many who are not residents of the town know Mr C.
H. Pitman, or " Pit, the printer," as he is familiarly called,
for he is not only active and successful as a business man
but alf^o holds the position of town clerk and has done so
for several terms, while he is as prominent in social circles
as he is in business life.
Mr. Pitman is a native of BarnBtead, N. H., and has carried on operations in Farmington
for about ten years.
He is agent for some of the leading
life and accident insurance companies, and is prepared to
furnish such insurance to practically any desired amount
on the most favorable terms, and to give prompt and careful attention to every commission jilaced in his hands.
—
But this does not explain why he is called "Pit. tlie
printer," and those who wish satisfactory information on
that point should place an order with him for job printing
of any sort, for he is prepared to furnish posters, flyers,
dodgers, bill heads, letter heads, note heads, statements,
envelopes, receipts, tax bills, milk bills, business cards,
address cards, wedding cards, and in fact anything in the
job printing line at short notice and at very low prices.
Work will be done in black, colors or gilt and it will be well
done too, for 3Ir. Pitman has the experience, facilities, skill
and disposition to attain results equal to the best. His
office is over Breen & Berry's. Central Square, and every
order is assured immediate and painstaking attention.
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WaUace,
Elliott
Co., manufacturers of Ladies'
Misses' and Children's Fine Boots J. F. Cloutman, SuperThose who
tendent Central Street, Farmington, N. II.
are aware how extensively the shoe manufacturingindustry is carried on in Farmington will readily believe
that the firm who carry on the largest shoe factory in
town must operate a very elaborate and extensive plant
and such is in fact the case, the establishment in question
being one of the largest and best equipped of the kind in
the State. But large as it is it by no means compiises all
the firm's resources, for the proprietors, Messrs. Wallace,
Elliott & Co., also operate factories at Haverhill and
Stoughton, Mass., each of which turns out distinctive lines
of goods, so that the firm are exceptionally well picpartd
to cater to all classes of trade and it is not surprising that
their business extends to every State in the Union and
their products are accepted as the standard wherever
introduced.
The Farmington factory is located on C'entral street, and is made up of two thoroughly made brick
One of these i.s five
buildings connected by an arch.
stories in height and 165 X 40 feet in dimensioris, and the
other measures 11,5 X 70 feet. The plant of machinery in
use is of the most improved type and includes an engine
of thirty horse power with boiler sixty hor,-e. As employ;
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ment
is given to from 300 to -100 assistants it is obvious
that the annual output must be very large in amount, and
it is very great in value from the fact that it is luade up in
a large degree of fine goods.
This factoiy has beeu
devoted to the production of ladies', mi>ses' and children's
fine boots exclusively until during the current year they
have added men's, boys' and youths' calf, buff, splits and
A full line ot each is manufactured,
including the latest fashionable novelties, and among the
leading specialties are bright dongolas. kid and French
kid.
From the selection of the material to the completion
of the last process incidental to manufacture no trouble is
spared to attain the best possible results as regards all the
essentials of shajieliness, stj-le, ease and durability, and as
the best obtainable mechanical facilities are provided,
skilled labor employed and careful supervision exercised
nothing is wanting to ensure the production of goods that
will sell on their merits everywhere and give the best of
Messrs. Walsatisfaction to both consumers and dealers.
lace, Elliott & Co., began business something more than a
score of years ago, and for more than eighteen years they
have employed Hon. J. F. Cloutman as superintendent
and manager. Plis exceptional fitness for those positions
is so conclusively proved by the results attained that no
eulogy of his ability is necessary, but it is but just to state
that no one identified with this great enterprise has worked
harder to develop it to its present magnitude.
dongola goods.
George W. Lane, Jeweler, No.
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6
Main
Street,
Farming-
N. H. Among Farmington's business men are found
a good many examples of financial success won by the
energetic pursuit of honorable industry and honorable
business methods, and the}- afford a valuable object lesson
to encourage young men starting in business life at the
foot of the ladder, for some of those above referred to
ton,
commenced under most discouraging circumstances and
surroundings.
Among the young business men of Farmington who are making the creditable effort to build up a
successful business and gain an honorable livelihood upon
the merits of their work aud enterprise, mention should
be made of Mr. George W. Lane, whose place of business
located at No. 6 Main street, where be is prepared to do
kinds of watch and clock repairing and cleaning in
and all work is guaranteed to give entire
satisfaction.
lie also deals in clocks, and is prepared to
give his patrons the benefit of very low prices. All kinds
of repairing and engraving of jewelry will be done at
Umbrellas and
short notice in a workmanlike manner.
parasols will be repaired, and keys made and fitted
promptly when ordered. Mr. Lane solicits a share of the
patronage of the pub ic with the determination to render
a service in return that shall be favorably appreciated by
every patron.
Mr. Lane commenced businws during the
current year, and is a native of Lewiston, Maine.
is
all
first-class shape,
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF
Wilson House, E. T.
Coltou, Proprietor
H. S.
Cotton, Clerk and Manager FarmingtoD, N. H.
It is said that " experience is the best teacher,"
and no doubt such is the
ca-ie in the sense that those
wlio are so taught have
to remember their
[[j reason
lesson, but tlie teacliings
of experience are sometimes prettj- hard to endure so the wise mau profits by the experience of others and thus saves himself
much unnecessary discomfort. For instance, one way to
learn what hotel in any given place offers the best accommodations is to put up at all of them, one after the other,
bnt such a course is manifestly foolish, the sensible mode
of procedure being to patronize that one which is highest
recommended, and those who would do this in Farmington would go at once to the Wilson House,— and they
would never have reason to regret doing so either. This
hotel is owned by Mr. E. T. Cotton, wlio'is also proprietor
of the Langdon House in Portsmouth. He is a native of
Bromfield, Jle., and so is Mr. H S. Cotton, who officiates
as clerk and manager of the Wilson House, and deserves
uo small share of the credit for its popularity, for he spares
no pains to secure the comfort of guests and maintains the
service at a high standard of etficiency in every department. The building is pleasantly located and commodious,
it comprising three stories and a French-roof, and containing thirty-two coiufortable beds and other accommodations
in proportion.
The dining room has seating capacity for
seventy-five, and employment is given to nine assistants,
so that even when the house is fuU the service is prompt
and satisfactory. The building is heated by steam, being
thoroughly comfortable in the coldest weather. An abundant variety of excellent food is provided at all seasons,
and the cooking will coiupare favorably with that done in
many pretentious city hotels at which the terms are much
higher than those of the Wilson House, for the prices
quoted here are very reasonable, special inducements being
held out f.ir regular boarders, although transient trade is
also accommodated at very low rates.
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Amasa W. Shackford, Photographer, Shackford Block,
Central Street, Farmington, N. H.— If improved apparatus and reliable chemicals and unbounded self-confidence
•were all that is necessary to make a first-class photographer the country would be full of such, for about every
tenth man you see nowadays practices photography for
fun or for money and can talk to you by the hour about
"negatives," and
many other things
but when it comes
"exposures," aiid "developing," and
of which you know little or nothing,
to putting theories into practice the
photographer, amateur or profe-ssional, cannot
seem to make a very excellent showing. The fact is. long
experience and considerable natural ability are absolutely
essential to the attainment of thoroughly sntisfactory
results in photography and an illustration of this may be
bad by comparing the work turned out hv Mr. Amasa W.
Shackford with that produced iiv other photographers
who might be mentioned, for Mr. "shackf.)rd has been in
the business for more tlian thirtv years and of course is
thoroughly familiar with it in eveVy detail
He was born
in Barnstead, N. H., and considering his long and honorable business career it is hardly necessary to'sta'e is very
favorably and almost universally known throusrhout this
section.
His rooms are located on the third floor of
Shackford's Block, Central street, and are heated by
steam and very thoroughly fitted up in everv wav. Photography in all its branches is carried on, "orders being
filled at short notice and at uniformlv moderate rates,
while the results attained are such that "it is perfectly safe
to fully guarantee satisfaction to all wlio may place orders
at this popular studio.
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FAIi.\flNGTON.
Farmington Savings Bank, Farmington, N. H. — Of all
the many instituions which the progress of civilization
has developed there is not one more admirable than the
savings bank, for the operations of this are distinctly and
entirely beneficial in their effects upon individuals, upon
communities and upon the nation itself. The most valuable feature of such a bank is that it helps the people by
giving them the means to help themselves, and as this
assistance is not at all of a charitable nature, but is a
purely business transaction, the proudest have no reason
to refuse it, while those who are too willing too depend
upon others are not injured by it in the least. Those who
avail themselves of the help of such a bank are encouraged
to form industrious and frugal habits
thej' are encouraged
to deu3' themselves the gratification of injurious and
expensive tastes they are encouraged to provide for the
future b)' making the best possible use of present advantages, and in short, their character is strengthened and
improved in many ways and they profit morally, mentally
and physically by their connection with the institution.
Of course, we have reference to a savings bank which is
soundly established and ably managed, and the residents
of Farmington and vicinity need not go away fnmi home
to find an institution of this Kind, for the record the Farmington savings bank has made since it was chartered, in
1868, entitles it to a leading position among the most
sound and progressive savings banks of the State. And
we are happy to say that the facilities it offers for the safe
and profitable investment of small sums are generally
appreciated and largelj' availed of, a late statement show
ing deposits of $646,628.44. The same statement showed
that there was a surplus of $32,789.48 and a guaranty fund
of $24,000, so it will be seen that the bank is conservatively managed, but an even more satisfactory proof that
the interests of depositors will be ably and faithfully
guarded is that afforded by the standing of those identified
with the institution, as the following list of officers will
show president, H. B. Edgerly
vice president, Levi
Pearl
treasurer, Charles W. Talpey.
Trustees Charles
W. "Winsate, John H. Barker, Cha"rles W. Talpey. Jonathan R. Hayes, James B Edgerly, E. T. Willson, G. A.
Jones, Alonzo Nute, Levi Pearl, George N. Eastman, J.
F. Cloutman, H. B. Edgerly, E. P. Nute, D. E. Edgerly,
J. P. Bennett, B. P. Chesley.
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Roberts <& Peavey, Druggists and Stationers. Wall
Paper, Paints and Oils. Ariists' Materials, Weekly and
Daily Newspapers and Periodicals, 21 >Iain Street, Farmington, N, H.
The firm of Roberts & Peavey was formed
in 1889, but the enterprise carried on by this concern is of
much earlier origin, its inception dating back some twenty
years as operations were begun about 1872 by Mr. A. C.
Newell. This gentleman was succeeded in 1879 by Messrs.
Emerson & Garland, they giving place in 1885 to Messrs.
E. W. Emerson
Co., who were succeeded by Messrs.
Roberts & Avery in 1887, the present firm assuming control two years "later.
The partners are Messrs. W. W.
Roberts and W. L. Peavey, both of whom are natives of
Farmington, and are too well known here to need extended
personal mention. Their store is located at No. 21 Maia
street, and has an area of 1.500 square feet, affording ample
room for the carrying of a heavy and exceptionally varied
stock which comprises not only a full line of pure drugs,
medicines and chemicals, and such other articles as are
usually found in a first-class drug store, but also an
attractive assortment of wall papers, paints and oils,
artists'
materials, fashionable and business stationery,
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weekly and daily papers, periodicals, etc. Employment
is given to two assistants and callers may depend upon
receiving prompt and courteous attention at all times,
while the prices quoted are always in strict accordance
with the lowest market rates. The drugs and medicines
handled are of the best quality obtainable, and as great
care is exercised to ensure the nicest accuracy in the compounding of prescriptions it is natural that an extensive
trade should be done in this important department.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF FARMINOTON.
&
Co., dealers in General Merchamiise,
Among those old-established and representative enterprises which are known to
John H. Barker
rMain Street, Fanniugtoti, N. H.
everyone
at
all
—
acquainted with
Farniington
and
its
resources, that conducted by tlie tirm of John H. Barker
Co., deserves prominent nnd favorable mention, for this
•has been carried on for fully thirty years, and is to day
one of the best managed and most reliable and popular
general stores in this section of the State. Operations were
begun in 1860 by Mr. John Barker, father of the present
proprietor, in company with his son, Mr. J. H. Barker,
has been sole owner since his father retired, in 1880.
Mr. J. H. Barker is a native of Wolfboro, and, of course,
&
who
ds widely known in business and social circles in Farmington andvicinity. The premises utilized comprise one tloor
and a basement, each S.") X 50 feet in dimensions, and tliey
•contain about as varied a stock as it is possible to conceive
of, for this is a "general store" in the full sense of the
term and includes everything to be found in a first class
country store. The assortment is as carefully selected as
it is varied, and every article in it is guaranteed to prove
as represented, while the prices quoted will bear the
•severest comparison with those of other dealers in goods
•of equal quality.
A. Nute &
Farmington, N.
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E. T. Willson, dealer in Groceries, Four, Grain, Crockery.
Paints and Oils, Shoe Findings and Hardware. 8, 10 and
12 South Main Street (Talpey's Block), Farmington, N. H.
The establishment conducted by Mr E. T Willson at
Nos. 8, 10 and 13 South Main street, Talpey's Block, is a
thoroughly representative one, for not only is the enterprise itself a leader in its special line but the proprietor is
a representative business man, he having done much to
advance the interests of this town and now holding the
position of State senator. Mr. Willson is a native of
TTork, Me., and has carried on his present business since
1882, it having been founded in 1870 by Mr. C. W. Talpey.
The premises occupied are very spacious and contain a
heavy and carefully chosen stock comprising staple and
fancy groceries, tiour and grain, crockery and hardware,
paints and oils, shoe findings, sporting goods, including
guns, rifles ammunition, fishing tackle, etc., the assortment
as a whole being one of the most complete and desirable
an the country. Both a wholesale and retail business is
•done and every order, large or small, is assured immediate
and careful attention, for employment is given to four
•competent assistants and every facility is provided to
enable commissions to be promptly and accurately exeUnder these circumstances it goes without saying
icuted.
'that Mr. Willson is in a position to meet all honorable com(petition by quoting the lowest market rates on goods of
(Standard and dependable quality.
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manufacturers of Mens' Shoes,
is no establishment in town
— There
radical have been the changes in machinery and in methods since this enterprise was inaugurated but the management of it has been steadily progressive, and to-day the
establishment is a fine example of a modern shoe factory,
both as regards its equipment and the quality of the work
produced. The main structure is four st<iries in height
and 110 X 32 feet in dimensions, and there is a twostory
addition measuring 75 X 32 feet, and another one story in
Fower is furnished by a
40 feet in size.
fifiy-horse engine, and employment is given to 250 assistThe annual product is very large in amount and
ants.
consists of men's shoes, these being manufactured for
Bailey of Boston. The firm is
Messrs. Potter, White
constituted of Mr. Alonzo Nute and his sons, Messrs.
height and 100
&
Son, manufacturers of Lasts and Sole
Ii. S. Flanders
Patterns, Farmington. N. H. As the manufacture of
shoes lias long been the industry in which Newboots and
England is more largely engaged than any other section of
•the Union, we would naturally expect to find in the New
England States many of those enterprises which are tributary to this great branch of manufacture, such, for instance,
.as that conducted by Messrs. L S. Flanders & Son, manuThis concern are well
facturers of lasts and sole patterns.
and favorably known in business circles, for the undertaking they carry on was founded nearly twenty years ago
and has developed to a point where they wholesale to
Operations
manufacturers throughout New England.
were begun in 1873, by Messrs, Haynes & Flanders, the
present firm being formed in 1885 and consisting of Messrs.
L. S. and A. W. Flanders, both of whom are natives of
Concord, N. H. Mr. L. S. Flanders served as representative in 1877-8 and has long been one of the most prominent
of our local business men. The concern utilize spacious
and well equipped premises, employ experienced assistants
and are prepared to furnish lasts and sole patterns and
upper patterns of all kinds, in any desired quantities, at
the lowest market rates, all orders being assured immediand painstaking attention.
Sons,
11.
clearly entitled to be classed as representative in the
full sense of that much abused word than that conducted
by Messrs. A. Nute it Sons, and its claim to .such a title is
based not only on a long and honorable record, on a very
high present standing and on prospects of the brightest
description, but also on the powerful influence the enterprise has exerted in developing the interests of this town
and section, and on the standing in the business and social
world of the men identified with it. This undertaking
was founded many years ago, at a time when shoe manufacturing on a large scale in New Jlamp^hire was a new
and somewhat hazardous experiment, and the success it
met with had much to do with the present standing of
Farmington as a shoe manufacturing centre. Many and
more
X
&
The prominence of these genNute.
tlemen deserves more than a mere mention of their names
E
P.
in
this
and A.
1.
consideration.
The
senior
member
of the firm,
Hon. Alonzo Nute, began his connection with the boot
and shoe business when sixteen years of age, going to
Natick. Mass., for this purpose where he remained for six
years, about two of which he was in the emjjloy of VicePresident Henry Wilson and lived in his family. Return'ing to Farmington be liegan the manufacture of boots and
shoes which has developed into its present large proportions
and become one of the most important plants in the town.
When the war of the Rebellion came in 1861 he went out
as quartermaster of the Sixth N. H. Regt., and later was
placed on the staflf of Genl. R. C Hawkins of the Ninth
N. J. Zouaves. He is the present congressman from this
having long been prominent in public life. He is
vice-president of the Farmington National Bank and is a
trustee of the Savings Bank, as is also Mr. E. P. Nute,
who at one time represented Farmington in the legislature.
Mr. A. I. Nute holds the office of l]ank C(m)missioner.
But although men of affairs as well as of business the
members of the firm give the enterprise in the management of which they are associated close personal supervision, and steadily maintain the enviable reputation it has
district,
held so long.
Mrs. L. A. Small, Millinery and Fancy Goods, Central
Street, Farmington, N. H.— Although by no means every
lady has that combination of taste and skill which is essential to the attainment of satisfactory results in millinery
work, there is no reason why every lady should not know
where to place orders for such work in the full assurance
that they will be satisfactorily filled, and many residents
of Farmington and vicinity have found by experience that
Mrs. L. A. Small is admirably qualified to meet all
demands made upon her for fine custom millinery work at
Jlrs. Small was born in Alton, N. H.,
all times of year.
and has lieen identified with her present business since 1808,
so we need hardly add that she is thoroughly familiar with
She carries a largeand well-selected stock
it in every detail.
of ribbon^i, laces, velvets, feathers, flowers, trimmed and
untrimmed hats and Ijonnets, besides some fancy goods,
but particular attention is given to order work, 'and as Mrs.
Small attains results equal' to he best, is moderate in her
charges, and is prepared to execute commiss-ions at short
notice, it is natural that her establishment should be a proI
nounced favorite with
ladies
throughout this section.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF FARMINGTON
so
Dr.
N. H.
J. E. Nichols, Dentist, Barker's Block, Farmington,
Americans have the unenviable reputation of possessing the poorest teeth of any nation in the vporld, and
"Whether this reputation be deserved or not it is certainly a
fact that in this country poor teeth are the rule and perfect
ones the rare exception. Just why this is the case has
never been satisfactorily explained, although numberless
explanations have been offered, most of which were much
more remarkable for their ingenuity than for their conclusiveness.
The blame has been laid on our climate, on our
food, on our nervous temperament as a people, and on our
mode of living, as well as on many other things too numerous to mention, but no one of these has been demonstrated
to be the prevailing cause although doubtless most if not
all of them have their effect in bringing about the present
condition of things. The truth is, individual cases of
defective teeth are the result of individual causes, that is
to say, each of us can by observation and the exercise ol
common sense learn how to keep his own teetli in good
order although none of us may be able to assign just cause
for the national characteristic.
But it is necessary to
' start fair," in the first place and the only way to do this
for those whose teeth are not perfect is to visit a competent dentist and have them put in order,
after which
intelligent care will preserve them in that condition.
Of
course there is no lack of competent dentists in a country
which is conceded to lead the world in dental science, and
among those located in this vicinity. Dr. J. E. Nichols is
entitled to prominent mention, for he is a thoroughly
skillful and very gentle operator and has all necessary
mechanical facilities for the practice of his profession in
accordance witli the most approved methods. Dr. Nichols
is a native of Ashby, Mass
and located in Farmington in
1889, his office being at the corner of Central and Main
streets, in Barker's Block.
He has already built up an
extensive practice, and as his work is always thoroughly
and durably done and his charges uniformly moderate, it
is not surprising that his service should be in steadily
increasing demand
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Frank E. Farwell, Market, Central and Main Streets,
Farmington, N. H. No review of the mercantile enterprises of Farmington which omitted to make prominent
mention of the leading meat markets could be regarded as
complete, for not only are these important in and of them-
—
l)ut also because of the fact that they make the town
desirable as a place of residence than would
otherwise be possible, insomuch as they tend to reduce the
expense and increase the enjoyment of living by furnishing
nourishing and palatable food at the very lowest rates.
Not one of these establishments is more worthy of commendation and patronage than that of which Mr. Frank E.
Farwell is proprietor, for he caters successfully to all
classes of trade and has an unsurpassed reputation for
giving full value for money received. He was born in
this State, and succeeded Sir. W. I. Nutter in the owner-
selves
much more
ship of the enterpiise to which this notice refers in 1888.
The store is located at the corner of Central and Main
and is sufficiently spacious to accommodate a complete assortment of fresh, salted and corned meats and
such other commodities as are usually found in a first-class
market. Mr. Farwell employs two assistants, and spares
no pains to ensure prompt and courteous attention to
every caller, small and large buyers being treated with
equal consideration and all goods being sold strictly on
their merits, so that complete satisfaction can be safely
guaranteed.
streets,
E. E. Downing, wholesale and retail Bakfr, and dealer
Faiminglon, N. H.— The
en by Mr. E. E. Downing certainly
deserves prominent mention in a review of Farminglon's
most valuable an<l popular business underlakings, for no
in Groceries, 28 Central Street,
enterprise carried
,
establishment
in
Ibis
town or
vicinity
is
more favorably
known in connection with the sale of family food
Mr. Downing is a wholesale and retail baker and
supplies.
dealer in
groceries and is prepared to furnish bread, cake and pastry
of the best quality in quantities to suit at bottom prices.
Staple and fancy groceries are also largely dealt in, &
heavy and varied stock being carried and no pains being
spared to supply goods that rfill give unifoim satisfaction
at prices as low as can be named on articles of similar
grade. Mr. Downing is a native of this town and is very
widely known here in both business and social circles.
He was formerly a member of the firm of Downing <&
Schlenker but for some time has been sole proprietor of
the business with which he is now identified.
Spaciousand well-equipped premises located at No. 28 Central
street, are utilized, and employment is given to four
assistants.
Callers are assured prompt and polite attention, and all orders, large or small, will be carefully and
accurately filled at short notice and at the lowest markets
rales.
StraflFord House, Frank H. McAlpine, Proprietor
Good
Livery and Boarding Stable connected Farmington, N. H.
is by no means an agreeable task to recommend a.
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hotel to a man unless you know what his tastes are, for
some individuals go in for " style " alone and will put up.
with comfortless accommodations and poor service as long
as they know they are in a "high-toned" house, while othersput comfort before style and don't care how exclusive and
aristocratic a house isaslong as it is home like and respectable. But in recommending the Strafford House to our readerswe will avoid all possible misunderstanding by saying at
the outset that this hotel is run on the assumption that the
public want pleasant rooms, comfortable beds, an abundance of good, substantial food and prompt and polite
attendance, and that they don't want to pay fancy prices
but are willing to pay a fair amount for homelike accommodations. The Strafford was furnished new throughout
in 1889 and consequently the beds are of modern style,
comfortable and roomy, and the toilet facilities, etc.. are
convenient and complete.
The dining room will seat
thirty six guests, and the table is bountifully supplied at;
all seasons of the year, while the cooking and service
are excellent.
The proprietor of the house is Mr. Frank
H. McAl])ine. This gentleman does all in his power tosecure the comfort of guests and is very popular among the
patrons of the house, who speak in the highest terms of hisreadiness to furnish any desired information and to makethings as easy and pleasant as possible for strangers in
town. There is a good livery and boarding stable connected with this hotel, and those desiring teams for business or pleasure purposes can obtain them without delay
and at very reasonable figures.
Frank Pearl, dealer in Choice Family Groceries, Dry
and Fancy Goods, Farmington, N. H. If any of our
readers who have "kept house" for any length of time
have never experienced difficulty in getting dependable
groceries at fair prices, they have been far more fortunate
than the majority of us are, or else have exercised unusual discrimination in the placing of ordeis, for it isunquestionably an easy matter to obtain first class groceries at moderate rates provided you know what establishment to patronize; while it would be absurd and unjust
to claim that that carried on by Mr. Frank Pearl is the
only one in this vicinity at which such goods may be had,,
it may still be truthfully asserted that the inducements he
offers are unsurpassed, and hence those dissatisfied with,
—
their present service would best serve their own interests
by favoring him with a trial order. Mr. Pearl is a native
of Farmington and has conducted his present business
He occusince succeeding Mr. C. W. Wingate in 1887.
pies one floor and a basement, measuring 30 X 35 feet, and
his stock includes not only a full line of choice family groAll orders are
ceries but also dry and fancy goods, etc.
assured prompt and careful attention, and although low
prices are quoted, no trouble is spared to furnish goods
that will give the best of satisfaction to every reasonable,
customer.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF FARMIN6T0N.
Dealer in
J. Wesley Locke, Livery and Sale Stable.
Carriages and Harnesses, Crowley Street, Farmington, N.
H. The establishment conducted by Mr. J. Wesley Locke
is of interest both to those who wish to hire and those who
wish to buy horses and carriages for Jlr. Locke not only
carries on a first-class livery stable but also deals largely in
horses, carriages and harnesses, and is prepared to give
Seme of our
big value for money received every time.
readers who have never had dealings with him ma}' think
this latter (-talement somewhat exaggerated, but let thtm
remember thai "the proof of the pudding is in the eating,"and not definitely make up their minds on the matter
until Ihey have given Jlr. Lccke a call and found out for
themselves what he is in a position to do, and we have no
fear but what they will then agree that our assertion is
correct,
itr. Locke is a native of Dover, N. H., and
Spacious
opened his present establishment in 1889.
premises located on Crowlej' street, are utilized, and from
eighteen to twenty horses are always on baEd, together
with a number of stylish and easy riding vehicles, so that
livery teams of excellent quality can be furnished without
delay, and as the charges are moderate the public make
extensive use of the faciliiies provided.
Lack of space
forbids our making extended mention of the sale business
but suffice it to say that Mr. Locke is always in a position
to sell you a good horse at a fair price and that when you
buy of him you can safely depend upon getting an animal
that will prove as represented, while he can furnish carriages and harnesses at as low prices (qualitj' considered)
as an y dealer in the State.
Hayes
&
Sons, Shoe Manufacturers, Farmington, N.
H. Not the least among the marvels of the present day is
the almost nominal price at which a pair of boots or shoes
honestl}' made from good material can be bought, and it
is, in one sense of the word, an industrial paradox, that
the more complete and costly the plant employed in manufacturing operations, the less is the expense of production.
The factory conducted b}' Messrs. L Hayes & Sons
on Grove street in this town, is a three-story building,
most convenient in construction and equipment. It having the form of a hollow square affords light and well-ventilated rooms, and is heated by steam which also furnishes
the power for the machinery, which is of the most
approved pattern. Employment is given to from 200 to
250 hands. The product reaches quite large proportions,
and is composed of full lines of men's, boys' and youths'
—
and A calf shoes. The goods
are distributed in the market through Messrs. John S.
Fogg & Co., of Boston, and are sold mostly in the Southern and Western States.
The business was established
about 1878 and has from the first been attended with
phenomenal success, in that it has had a continued and
healthy growth and development, and has acquired an
excellent reputation for its manufactured goods.
The
firm is composed of Mr. Israel Hayes and his son, E. W.
Hayes, while F. C. Hayes, another son, is clerk. Each of
these gentlemen are too well and favorably known in business and social circles to require any extended notice in
this review.
Jlr. Israel Hayes had valuable experience in
the shoe manufacturing business in Nali<k, Mass., as did
also a number of Farmington manufacturers, returning to
Farmington to establish this enterprise.
fine calf,
P
calf, veal calf
Mrs. E. H. York&Co.,Millineiy and Ladies' Furnishing
Goods, Farmington, N. H. There is reallv but one way
which to estimate the comparative standing of such an
enterprise as is conducted hy Jlrs. E. H. York & Co., and
that is to make a personal canvass of such members of the
community as would naturally be in a position to offer a
competent and an unprejudiced opinion of it, and the
result of such a canvass would be to give this undertaking
the leading position it deserves, for there is not one of a
similar nature in this section more thoroughly popular or
—
in
more generally known.
has been so
efficiently
It was established in 1880, and
managed that for some years this
establishment has been regarded as the headquarters for
the doing of fine millinery work
particular attention
being given to such orders, although millinery and ladies'
furnishing goods are quite largely dealt in and the latest
novelties in Ihce lines are constantly in stock.
But
custom woik is made a specially of and such care and
skill are shown in adapting means and methods to individual cases that those who have experieneed diflicully in
obtaining millineiy suikd to iheir needs should by all
means make trial of the service heie offered. Oidcis are
promptly filled, and moderate charges aie made in every
;
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,
instance,
W. F. Thayer, dealer in Stoves, Tinware, Pumps, Sheet
Lead, Pipe, Kitchen Furnishing Goods, etc., Faimington,
—
N. H. The difference in price between a stove that
embodies all the latest improvements and one that contains
but few or none of tht m is but small, comparatively speaking, but even if it were ten times as much as it is it would
still be true economy to pay it, for a strictly first class
modern stove is fo economical of fuel and is so easy tomanage and so certain in its operation that it will soon pay
for itself when it displaces a stove made in accordanceOf course, in order to be sure of getting
the best possible stove for the least poesible money you
must deal with the right party, but the residents of thisvicinity need have no difficulty on that score for Mr, W.
F. Thayer is prepared to furnish the latest types of cooking and heating stoves at positively bottom prices, and tO'
guarantee that they will do all that is claimed for them if
with old ideas.
Mr. Thayer is a
used in accordance with directions.
native of Gray Corner, Me., and needs no introduction to
our Farmington readers, he having carried on his present
business here for ten years and being chief engineer of the
fire department.
He utilizes very spacious premises, comprising one floor of the dimensions of 134 X 22 feet, and
another measuring 60 X 22 feet, and carries a heavy and
varied stock of stoves, tinware, pumps, sheet lead, pipe,
kitchen furnishings, etc. Every facility is at hand for the
doing of job work in tin, brass and sheet-iron, and special
attention is given to tin roofing, such work being promptly,
In fact, all
skilfully and durably done at moderate rates.
orders of whatever nature are assured immediate and careattention, for employment is given to six competent
ful
assistants and no trouble is spared to fully maintain the
enviable reputation so long associated with this representative enterprise.
J. E. Fernald, dealer in Groceries, Hardware, Shoe
Findings, Paints. Oils, Glass, Books, Stationery, etc., etc.;
Steam .Job Printing Office connected with the Store:
Farmington, N. H.— Mr. J. E Fernald is a native of Sanford, Me., but is certainly a Farmington man by adoption
at least, for he has carried on business here for a third of a
century, and has been and is very active and successful in
promoting the best interests of this town and section. He
served en the board of selectmen, for the past eleven years
has held his present position of town treasurer, while at
one time he officiated as postmaster. In ctmpany with
Mr. George W. Fernald, his son, he owns and publishes
the Fiirmwgton Netes. and also carries on a thoroughly
equipped steam job printing office. Mr. Fernald deals in
groceries, hardware, shoe findings, paints, oils, gla.ss,
books, stationery, etc., carrying a large and complete stock
and utilizing piemises of the dimensions of 4G^ >< "^M
feet.
He founded ihis business in 1857 and it has since
become so generally known to the purchasing public
throughout this vicinity as to render extended mention
of it quite superfluous.
The people know that the goe)dsbought at this store will prove just as represented they
know that the stock is varied enough to allow all tastes
and purses to be suited they know that the lowest market
rates are quoted on all the commodities dealt in, and they
know that all orders, large or small, are assured prompt
and careful attention, and knowing these things it would
he strange if they did not give the enterprise hearty and.
continuous support, which, as a matter of fact, Ihey do.
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�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF FARMINOTON.
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P. E. Mooney, dealer in Coal and Wood, Pressed Hay
and Straw. No. 3.5 Nor'h Main Street, Farmington, N. H.
—Mr. F. E. Mooney is very generally and favorably known
in Farmington and viciniiy, for not only is be a native of
tbat town and lias a large circle of friends tbere, but be
carries on one of tbe most popular of Ibe local establisbmeats, be being extensively engaged in tbe sale of coal
and wood, pressed hay and straw, clapboards, sbingles,
latb, lime, cement, bair and brick, besides conducting a
first-class
And
livery stable.
this
stable
is
first-class in
tbe full sense of tbat often misused word, for Mr. Mooney
maintains eight good horses, has some stylish and easj'
riding vehicles and in fact can furni.sb you with a rig that
will give the best of satisfaction and appear well in any
-company. Teams may be had at very short notice and
the charges are moderate every time. Orders for coal and
wood, pressed bay and si raw are also assured immediate
and painstaking attention, for ample shed room for storage
purposes is available and a targe stock is constantly carried, while employment is given to three assistants, and
the facilities for prompt and accurate delivery are excellent.
The lowest market rales are quoted and equal care
is given to the filling of large and small orders.
'
Charles H. Berry, Fruit, Confectionery, Ice Cream,
.Main Street, Farmington.
The business carried on
by Mr. Charles H IJerry was established for some years
and passed through the bands of several proprietors before
—
etc.,
say that
as
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M
came
into bis possession, in 1885, but it is onh" fair to
it was never so well managed and popular before
has been and is under tbe present management. Mr.
Berry is a native of Strafford, N. H., and has a large circle
of friends in Farmington and vicinity, many of whom be
has made by his straightforward business methods and the
accommodating spirit be shows in the carrying on of his
enterprise
The premises utilized by him are located on
Main street, and contain a soda fountain and other facilities for tbe carrying on of the extensive trade in soda and
ice cream which is enjoyed during tbe proper season.
A
good stock of seasonable fruits is also always on band to
select from, together with choice confectionery, cigars,
tobacco, etc. These goods are carefullj' chosen and will
suit tbe most critical, but the prices are uniformly moderate, being in fact as low as can be named on articles of
equal merit.
it
P. M. Frost, Dry and Fancy Goods, Cloutman Block,
Farmington, N. H. In these days of sudden and frequent
changes in fashion and shar]) and intelligent competition it
is no eas_v matter to carry on a really first-class dry and
fancy goods store, for tbe stock of such an establishment
must of necessity be large and varied, must be so frequently renew-ed as always to include the latest fashionable novelties, and tbe goods of which it is composed must
be sold at a narrow margin of profit in order to be disposed
of as rapidly as is necessary.
Consequently first-class
stores of this kind are not common, and as tbat of which
Mr. P.
Frost is proprietor is thoroughly first-class it
naturally follows that it enjoys a very large share of the
patronage of residents of this section. This business was
founded in 1878 and is under the direct management of
Mr. F. B. Frost, son of the owner. The premises utilized
have an area of 1200 square feet and contain as full and
desirable a stock of dry and fancy geods as can be found
in this section of the State, but we don"t propose to
attempt to describe it for tbe simple reason that it is replenished so frequently and largely that any description of it
would soon be " out of date." Suffice it to say that it
comprises full lines of staple articles as well as many of
the latest and most attractive novelties, and tbat the goods
are in every instance guaranteed to prove as represented
and are sold at positive!}' bottom figures. Callers are
assured prompt and courteous attention, employment
being given to four experienced assistants.
it
G. A. Jones &. Co., Fm-niture, Carpets and Room
Paper, No. 12 Central Street, Farmington, N. H —Those
wishing to purchase anything in the line of furniture, carpets or wall paper, if they have had much experience in
the buying of such goods, will seek a bouse that carries a
large and varied stock, that caters intelligently to all
classes of trade, and tbat has a well-earned reinitation for
sound integrity. Such houses are to be found in every
business centre, and one of them right here in Farmington
is that of G. A. .Jones
Co carrying on operations at
No. 13 Central street, where premises having an area of
4500 square feet are utilized
The business has been conducted by the present concern since 1887, succeeding Mr.
E. B. Small who had conducted the business for over a
score of years. Tlie management of this house for enterprise and fair dealing is not surpassed by that of any
house in the country. Mr. Jones is a native of Farmington, and is so well known here in both business and social
•circles as to make extended personal mention quite unnecessary.
He has striven from the first to build up the
enterprise on the sound basis of perfectly and permanently
satisfied patrons, and that he has succeeded, the present
standing of the undertaking fully proves.
The very
latest fashionable novelties in furniture, carpets and room:paper are constantly on hand to select from, and all tastes
and purses can be suited from the stock, as it is kept complete in every department.
The prices are as low as the
lowest, quality of course considered, and sufficient assist-
A
ance is employed to ensure
attention to everv caller.
,
prompt
and
painstaking
W.
A. Elliott, Ice Cream. Fruit, Cigars, etc.. Central
Street, Farmington, N. H.
It is no easy task to successfully carry on such a business as is conducted b}' Mr. W.
A. Elliott, for nearly all the articles dealt in by him are
—
of a nature that renders it necessary to continually renew
the stock if it is to be kept in an attractive condition, and
to exercise great care in the choice of tbe goods he offers
the public.
That be has succeeded in accomplishing this
task so far is proved by the popularity of his establishment, and this popularity is evidentlj' destined to steadily
increase, for he spares no pains to continually improve
the service rendered, and has considerably extended the
business since assuming control of it in 1889.
Mr. Elliott
carries on a large ice cream trade during the warmer
months, his store, which is located on Central street, being
conveniently fitted-up as an ice cream saloon, and the
service being very prompt and satisfactory, while the cream
is strictlj' first-class and the prices are moderate.
Confectionery, fruits, tonic beer and other light drinks, cigars,
tobacco, etc., are also dealt in, a well cbosen stock being
carried and all callers being assured immediate and courteous attention.
M. W. Small, dealer in Groceries, Grain, Crockery,
Glass-ware and Farming Tools, 10 Central Street, Farmington, N. H.
It is a very heavy and varied stock that is
offered by Mr. M. W. Small, and as be deals in such indispensable commodities as groceries, grain, glass-ware,
crockery, farming tools, etc., it is natural that a very
extensive business should be done, especiall}' as the goods
uniformly prove as represented and are sold at the lowest
market rates. Mr, Small was born in Raymond, Me., and
has been identified with his present establishment since
1877, during which time it has become one of the most
generally and favorably known stores of tbe kind in this
town and vicinity. The premises made use of comprise
one floor of the dimensions of 20 X 70 feet, and a basement having an area of 3000 square feet, the latter being
specially devoted to the handling Of grain, feed, flour, etc.,
as this is one of the most important departments of the
business.
The service at this popular store is remarkably
prompt and efficient, much more so than that offered at
many establishments doing a much smaller business, for
employment is given to four competent assistants and no
trouble is spared to ensure immediate and careful attention to every caller, orders being accurately delivered at
—
short notice.
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OV FARMINOTON.
83:
emploj'cd, commends this store to all wishing to have
especially as the charges
prescriptions compounded,
made are uniformly moderate. Toilet and fancy goods
are well represented in the stock, many attractive novelthe most
ties being offered, together with trusses of
approved make, and a full line of fashionable and business
stationery, pocket cutlerj' is also dealt in to a considerable
—
extent, and all tlie articles handled are guaranteed to prove
as represented and are offered at the lowest market rates.
This establishment has made itself known throughout this
region as manufacturing chemists. Star Synteretic, Star
cough balsam, Star liniment, Star cordial and Star
being
among
the best
& Oo., Druggists and Stationers, 37 Main
Farminston, N. H. The business conducted by
& Co., -would be worthy of promiuent
mention on account of its age alone, even if it had no
other thing to recommend it to notice, for this is cue of
the oldest established enterprises of the kind in the State,
it having been inaugurated in 183T by Dr. D. T. Parker.
But its claims to notice, far from resting entirely on its
.antiquity, is based very largel3' on its present standing,
for under the management of the existing firm, who
began operations m 1889, this enterprise is one of the most
reliable and useful of the kind of all those carried on in
The proprietors are JMr. H. P. Fall and Dr.
this vicinity.
H. P. Wheatley, the former being a native of Farmington,
while the latter was born in Brooktield, Vt. Both give
P. Fall
.'Street,
—
Messrs. H. P. Fall
close personal attention to the details of the business, and
the advantages gaiued by having a physician connected
"with a pharmac}- are certainly too obvious to require men
tion.
The firm are drugsists and stalioners and carry a
Tery large and complete stock requiring the occupancy of
two floors, each of which measures 18 X 50 feet. The
assortment of drug:*, medicines and chemicals is not onlj'
extensive but is made up of goods selected from the most
reliable sources, which (act. combined with the facilities
'Sot handling provided and the thoroughness of the system
pills,
of their productions.
C. W. Jenness, manufacturer of Wood and Paper
Boxes Job Sawing, Planing, and Mill Work of all kinds;
Timber, Boards, Sheathing, Moulding, etc., kept on hand;
Lumber sawed by portable mills; Farmington, N. H.
The manufacture of wood and paper boxes is one of the
important industries of this section and it is also one of the
most promising for the demand for boxes is steadily and
rapidly increasing and some of our local manufacturers
show great enterprise in catering to this demand, the natural result being that Farmington is becoming a prominent
One of the most entercentre for supplies of this kind.
prising and successful of those engaged in wood and paper
box making is Mr. C. W. Jenness, who is a native of
Rochester. N. H., and began oiieraiions in this town in
1878.
The premises utilized by him have an area of 5,000
square feet _and are fitted up with improved machinery,
driven by two steam engines of forty and fifteen horsepower respectively. Every facility is provided for the
manufacture of wood and paper boxes and the largest
orders can be filled at short notice and at low rates, but
the business is by no means confined to this, it also including the doing of job sawing, planing and mill work of all
kinds, and the sale of timber, board.?, slieathing, moulding,
Mr.
etc., a large slock of which is constantly carried.
Jenness operates two portable mills, and in short is thoroughly well prepared to do business on a large scale and
to successfully meet all honorable competition, as is showa
by the steady development of his enterprise during the
;
'.""H.
known
past twelve years.
�LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF CONCORD.
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The trade of thie
Harness of America.
house extends to every part of the inhabited globe where
American or English enterprise has gained a foothold.
the Standard
THE COIVCORD
1IARXE8!«,
MADE ONLY BY
The
firm took the highest award at the Centennial in 1876,
awards at Sidney in 1879, and was the only party
receiving two awards at the Melbourne exhibition of 1880.
Their harness also took the first prize again at Melbourne
in 1888, and have always taken the highest awards when
Barnum
Bailey are heavy
placed in competition.
patrons of this company's productions, and are using a.
complete outfit in all their departments of harness made
by this firm. While express and coach harness are a
prominent feature, j-et a specialty of the house is tlie making of fine harness, including fine carriage harness, coupfe,
rockaway, gentlemen's light driving and business harness
'I'he customer can have his
of all sorts and descriptions.
taste gratified in every respect, and, in point of style, they
are surpassed by none.
Tlie following editorial article, taken from the Coach
and l<addlerii Journal, published in New York City, showshow the trade look upon the goods manufactured by thisfirm
"George H. Emery, senior member of the firm of
James R. Hill & Co., Concord, N. H., paid a flying visit
to this city last week for the purpose of buying stock forthe firm, whose business is steadily increasing, notwithstanding their factory is located in a citj- that of itself*
The value of
offers little inducement to business visitors.
a good reputation, honorable and square dealing, wasnever made more apparent than it is with the house of
'The Concord Harness,' their trade mark being an imperturbable barrier to rival houses, and especially to that classwho have not the ability to invent new styles themselves,
and can onl}' copy and imitate others. There are such
houses in the trade, and their reputations in this respects
This house is among the pioneers and in.
are well known.
the advance ground in getting up new styles, and probably
there has been more copying from 'The Concord Harness"
than all others in the country, as it seems to be the ne plvf
ultra of some harness manufacturers of the class we have
mentioned to say they can make as good a harness as the
Concord Harness,' made hx James K. Hill & Co. It was
Mr. Emery who first conceived the idea of making a standard harness, and obtained for his house their trade mark,,
which consists of the words The Concord Harness,' andl
special
JAMES
R.
HILL & CO.,
&
ESTABLISHED
1840.
:
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James R. Hill St, Co., the only makers of the " Concord
Harness" ant) collars, are probably as well and favorably
known as any other house in this countr}' as makers of
the celebrated and world-renowned "Concord Harness,"
and the firm's business forms no small portion of the man-
The founder of
commenced business, in a
ufacturing industry of the capital city.
the house, Mr. .James H. Hill,
bis indomitable energy and
small way, in 1840, and by
perseverance, attending strictly to business and making
good work, soon gained for him a good reputation
throughout the State. And as the railroads pushed out
into the far West, necessitating connecting lines by staging, those who had used his harness in the East, wanted
them in their new enterprises, and so as time rolled on, the
business
was
increased.
In 1851, the present senior part-
ner of the firm, George H. Emery, entered the employ of
Mr. Hill as an apprentice, commencing at the very foot of
the ladder, learning
all
the details of every part of the
was placed in charge of the manufacturing department, and, in 1865. was admitted to equal
partnership with Jlr. Hill and J. E. Dwight, the son-inlaw of Mr. Hill, and since that time, the practical management has rested on his shoulders. On the decease of
Mr. Hill, in 1884, Mr. Emery and jMr. Dwight purchased
the heirs' interest, and the business has since been managed under the same firm-name in 1888, a stock company
was formed continuing the same name, Mr. Emery
becoming president and general manager and Mr. Dwight
treasurer.
A word in regard to the workshops which are
very extensive, although the stranger passing by on JIain
street would not see the immense workshops in the rear.
The building located on North Main street, comprises a
three story building and basement, 40 X 125 feet, with a
three-story and basement building connected in the rear,
40 X 160. and a collar shop building, two stories in height,
25 X 60 feet. The company has recentlv opened a store in
Boston at 30 Sudbury street, 61-03 Portland street. Employment is given to from 100 to 150 skilled workmen,
according to the season. The company does an exten.eive
wholesale business, the largest probably of the kind in
New England. No concern in the country gives more
genuine value for every dollar received. The quality of
the work manufactured by this concern stands unrivalled,
being acknowledged not only to be the best to be had, but
trade, and, in 18159,
;
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'
later date, another in which music is made toappear, the significance of which has been a puzzle tomany, as it was to us, to know what music had to do with:
asked Jlr. Emery for the meaning, whoa harness.
Why, what is music but harmony, and what is
said
harmony but a concord of sounds ? And in our harness
we combine harmony in their proportions, one strap with
another; hence they are 'Concord Harness.' There is nodanger of the good name of the house being sacrificed
under its present management, as both members of thefirm have had a long and practical experience, the senior
from 1851. and the junior from 1865. Knowing how and
what to buy is an attainment reached by comparatively
He isfew, but Mr. Emery is prominent among that few.
looked upon bj' the New York harness leather manufacturers as one of the most competent judges of harnessWhen David Moffat, the
leather that visits this city.
acknowledged leader in the manufacture of harness leather,
He is a
says, as he did to the editor, of Mr. Emery
thorough and critical judge of harness leather he knowsHe knows good leather at sight, and, in
all about it.
it is useless to offer him
buying, selects only the best
an}thing else. lie bu\'s close, but he buys good stock
onl}-.'
It speaks volumes in praise of tlie buj'er, and givesassurance to those who buy The Concord Harness that
they will get harness made of good stock and in a workalso, at a
We
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;
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;
;
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manlike manner."
No higher endorsement can be had. The use of thefirm's trade mark, "The Concord Harness," is not limited
to any one style of harness, but is and alw-ays has been
applied and used by them for every description of harness,
of superior quality of stock and workmanship, meaning:
that the puichaser should become accustomed to reljr
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LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF CONCORD.
AMERICA.
;upon the quality of any harness sold him under this name,
«nd while the motto, which is original with this house,
(altliougli it has been copied by others) " Not how cheap,
but how good." when applied to the quality of " The Concord Harness," is wholly true yet, if a cheap harness is
wanted, it can be obtained of them in any style desired, at
prices lower than the lowest. Aside from the inauufacluing of harness, the firm carry a line of all kinds of goods
carriage and stable furnishings,
belonging to the trade
horse clothing, trunks, travelling valises, and all sorts of
saddlery hardware generally. On seeing the firm's trade
mark, where the music is made to appear, the poet has
furnished the following verses, which state the facts very
III.
I.
Come,
Make
In Afric's sunny clime,
Australia's land sublime.
O'er Europe's plains.
O'er Asia's boundless ground
In fact the world around,
drivers, let us sing,
the welkin ring
With songs of praise.
Praise for the harness fine,
Made in the bci^t design.
Beauty in every line,
;
all
Strong in
is
" Concord Harness " found,
Where men draw
ways.
all
reine.
IV.
II.
;
•clearlv
" Not
how cheap, but how
Long has our motto stood
good,'
!
!
Of no fair test afraid,
by druft or pou.
:
So, with harmonious voice,
Proclaim the peoi)le'8 choice,
From near and far.
Shout, to the heaveus blue
Shout, men of every hue
Shout, for (he "Concord '' true
Before all men.
Surpassed by none e'er made.
No matter what the grade.
Concordia
!
Organized 1845
INSUR/1NCE
\VILLL\M
Crowe LL
fit
H.
BEERS, :PRESIDENT
M^Kellar GenI Agents-
CHASE'S BLOCK 15N0.MAIN
the lawyers call the " burden of proof,' 'is now
thrown on the man who is not insured, for such a revolution has occurred in public sentiment within a decade or
80, that a man who can be insured but neglects to take out
a policy, is regarded as careless and selfish unless he can
prove the contrary to be the fact. Really the only question for a sensible man to consider is where he can place
his insurance to the best advantage, and we can aid pow-^rfully in an entirely satisfactory solution of that i)j' directing our readers' attention to the facilities offered by the
York Life Insurance Company, whose State agency
for New Hampshire is in Room No. 4, Chase's Block, 1.5
No. Main St., t^oncord. Here may be found Messrs. Crowell
<fc McKellar, who are the general agents for New HampThey
shire, and control sub agents throughout the State.
established their agency in April, 1889, and have already
written a great many policies, for they are in a position to furnish the highest type of insurance at the lowest
market rates. The New York Lite is one of the strongest
and most extensive life companies in the world, and the
magnitude of its operation is most significantly shown by
the record of a single year (1889)
What
New
INCOME .\CCODNT.
From
"
policy-holders
interest, rentals, etc
Total income
$24,.585,921.10
4,.'577,.34.5.14
29,163,'266.24
DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT.
§6,2.52,095.50
Death-claims and endowments
Dividends, annuities and purchased insur5,869.026.16
ance
12,121,121.66
Total paid policyholders
These figures are impressive and would be even more so
were it not for their magnitude, which prevents their
Ijeing
income
For instance the total
entirely comprehended.
for the j'ear of 1889. over twenty-nine millions of
ST.
CONCORD. N
H.
appreciated, but its significance
becomes evident when it is learned that it .amounts to
nearly cme-fifth of the total income of all the life companies.
Look for a moment at the summary for the 45year8'
business.
Received from policy-holders in premiums,
premiums for annuities, $15,846,595.06
$207,679,689.43
Payments to
Tola! from policyholders, $223,520,284 49
policy-holders and their representatives with assets now
held as security for policies in force exceeds the amount
Interest,
received from policy-holders, $10,871,375.31.
death- losses paid, $.50,040,257rentals, etc., $.52,868,069.94
60
interest and rents exceed death-losses paid. $2,827,812.34.
Assets, $105,053,600.96; surplus, $15,600,000.00.
Wm. H. Beers, the president, has been connected with the
Co. from its infancy, advancing step by step from clerk to
cashier, actuary, vice-president, to his present position.
First vice-president, Henry Tuck second vice-president,
and actuary liulus W. Weeks, have all
A. H. Welch
reached; their present positions by advancement step by
step.
With such an administrative staff of officers, the
company have and are always advancing the interests of
its policy-holders and when we consider the fact, that the
amount of its endowment and annuity policies is larger by
more than forty millions of dollars, its forms of policies
and the results more satisfactory than any other company,
it speaks volumes for the executive ability of its officers.
The New England Branch, located at Boston, Mass., comprising the New England States, excepting Vermont, is
under the supervision of Major Ben. S. Calef. one of the
oldest and most prominent life underwriters of Massachulate insurance commissetts, with Hon. D. P. Kingsley
Messrs.
sioner of Colorado as inspector of agencies.
happy to give full and detailed
McKellar will be
Crowell
information upon application, and will gladlj' furnish the
actual results of policies which have matured and been
settled in 1880, and mail communications will be promptly
and carefully attended to.
dollars,
is
too
huge
to
lie
;
;
;
;
;
;
&
—
—
�Popular Loans
loans to avoid
are
for
— there
is
always a better use
may
not have the whole of
money.
A
short crisp sentence
the truth in
truth
the
to
it
;
but
it
is
mind than
reader's
more
likely to carry
a
of the
circumstantial
statement.
Competition for loans in the west results in lendwe all know
ing too much, and lending too much
what that leads to.
—
Western spirit is one of great cheerThere is no such word as "fail" in the
The Westerner promises anylocal vocabulary.
Rate per cent has no
thing, mortgages everything.
lend him money enough.
terrors for him, if only you
When a dozen lenders bid' for his loan the one
perhaps that
that bids most is the one that gets it
Keep out of the dozen.
loan is a good one.
How ? By looking ahead instead of behind by
by
seeing the present condition of things at least
The
tvpical
fulness.
—
;
;
using your eyes instead of
even
of
opinion,,
lenders,
lean
even of lenders,
\
on
ir,
our ears.
others.
always
late.
not you.
But this is
For you there is this one maxim
you can trust; and trust him.
for us,
We
The majority,
The current
:
Choose a lender
have a primer designed to meet the wants,
man or woman
money to lend no matter how little or much.
Shall we send it ?
The Kansas City Investment Company..
the real wants, not the whims, of a
—
with
E. Holmes, President, Treasurer, and Western Manager, Kansas
Willis G. Myers, Vice-President and Eastern Manager, Portsmouth.
Edward
Kansas
City, Missouri.
Portsmouth,
New
Hampshire.
Omaha, Nebraska.
Hartford, Conn.
Office
John
Jeffries
City.
&
Sons, Boston.
Beloit, Kansas..
Toledo. Ohio.
Dallas, Texas..
�INDEX TO BUSINESS NOTICES.
Dover Five Cents
S;iviiigs
Bank
DoTe, \ itl-Mi l;iiik
liank
Farnn,
liank
Great
.11
I'.aiikingCo
Roelie-;.'
Savin£s Bank for tlic County of Strafford.,
Strafford National Bank...r
Somersworth Savings Bank
IN',
-
i
i
'
I
32
32
78
& Co
Berry, J. M.
Hanson, F. J. (boot and
Hayes, I. & Sons
Nute, L. M
Nute, A. &Son8
Rochester Shoe Co
65
Books
E
34
67
22
26
30
Contraccora and Builders.
61
25
..
18
A
rriaee and Sleifch Manufncturers.
A
36
20
77
21
Sm^ll.M. W..
Standley.
Berry, Charles
Davis, C. A
Davis, Edward
Itlfrs.
and Dealers.
W
Edwin
Sleeper. E. V
Spencer, A. B
Tash, E. S.
Co.
Willson, E. T
A
James W
James R. A Co
H
82
62
Webber, A. H., Mrs
Dentists.
Garland. Albert
74
49
22
23
80
_..
Guttman, J
Hayes, W. W. & E. A. Shorey
Hayes. Fred H
E
Nichols. J.
Rowe, Dr
Taskcr, C.
60
21
18
W
Young, A. J
Dry and Fancy Goods.
William
Dearborn, Thomas H.
66
Bell,
& Co
16
& Hobson
Dumas, John A
46
47
75
82
63
62
68
23
E
Frost, P.M..
Hoyt. Harry M.
Hovt, O. A
A Co
Hofmann.A Wolf
Nealley, B. Frank
Parker, A. E
Wimpfheimer & Co
Bl.ike,W.
Emerson, E. W.
Fall, H.
1".
W
&
A Co
A Co
Peavcy
Sanitine Remedy Co..
Tufts, Charles A
Doors, Sash. Blinds,
Frost, E.
Home,
H
etc.
S. P.
J. H.
28
63
63
JohnC
53
Meserve,
Nutter,
17
44
76
63
83
65
64
45
46
46
78
73
24
& Co
Plenry. Joseph
Grant, L. E
Ham, P. C
Provenchcr, Z.
Preston, J.
Roberts
.
Drucreists.
P
& Co
A Co
Mansion House
Sayward, Geo.
Strafford House
Wilson House
W
61
21
44
48
53
66
64
80
78
Hardware.
Geo.W
Foot A Snell
Fernald, J, E
Seavey, J. Herbert
Tibbets. E. A. A Son.
Wallace, F. E. A Co
A
74
25
81
17
W
60
Laundries and Dye Houses.
The (Dan Guilfoyle)
Dover Steam Laundry and Dye House
Rochester Steam Laundry
City Laundry.
Lumber and Box lUannfaeturers.
Converge A Hammond
Home, Jesse R
W
Jenness, C.
Waldron, A. F.
A
H.
C
•iS
Son
,v
19
I'aiis
.
47
64
79
81
M.A.Mrs
.Mrs
,V.
Jj.
York, E.
A
11.
Mrs
Co.
Man u fact n rers.
Dover Trunk l.'actorv
i-.
.! M.rliM... Works
Dover K
.
Flandii
Holt ,\
,1
III
lli'l-nr
Foye,
-;
Machine Co
ii.a.ir)
A
A
B.
I.
Sons
(tanners)..
Collins,
79
65
S3
26
68
20
35
Marble and Granite.
29
27
77
Langmaid..,
Thomas A Sou
Pliotostraphers.
LA
Drew, A,
30
34.
61
29'.
.\lilU
Stovuns isand paper)..
H
S.
Etter,
uhI
I.
I
U,...i<.h
A
.
..
.11
II
ai.ieliiuist)
iliricks)
\^
-
...
:iiiilsolepattems)
'
.
n t,iiii-i-i
...
1.
n..
.1
I
^.1
.\
'A
(.
George
Pride,
-
',-.
\1.
62
33
P
B
Amasa
Shackford,
51
W
78-
Pnints, Oils, etc.
A Co
Folsom, J. B.
Tibbets, E. A.
A
17
Son
Steam and Gas
W
Bailey, Geo.
Harriir.an, James
45
Fitters.
W.,
A
Morrison
Perkins, Walter T
Holt
74
53
65
30
Sewing Machines, Pianos and Orstans.
Lothrop, D.
White, H. L
A
Co
39
16
Stoves and Furnaces.
Baty, John
Bailey, Chas.
Bailey, Geo.
23
M
6'i
W
74
67
G
Cooper, Leroy
John T
2.'{
Hodsdon, Daniel
46
W. F
81
Tailors and Clothiers.
Carlton A Bennett.
Dover Clothing Co
1
74
15
Duffill,Tho.s.
P
44
Jeneau, A. B.
McClellan. C
A Co
50
20
22
Taff,
W
Edw.
H
Rines, Walter
17
Undertakers and Embalmers.
32
27
Parker, G.
Pattee, S. E
77
3,
c
l;..i...M
61
Livery and Sale Stables*
Canney, H. E
Jenness A Harvev
Locke. J. Wesley
h.r)
36
76
62
47
.V
Mi.al..
Hill,
24
35
85
63
28
F
!•
'.
Thayer,
61
H.
'
81
19
Son
J.
Butterfleld. G.
M
1.
a3
26
86
48
24
65
>.h)rc...
'llTiv...
I
:
:'
45
Crawford, Tolles A Co
Crowell A McKellar
Parshley, A. S
Wendell, D. H
Beacham,
iiacturer)
:
.
.
76.
I'.nvlnti.ct)
r
\v,
•
'
Williams,
66
64
Dodge's Hotel...
Excelsior Dining Rooms (A. E. Ashby)
Great Falls Hotel
Granite State Hotel
Grant's Hotel
Bailey,
Dorr
Edgerlv, U.
T
u
66
Millinery and Fancy Goods.
Rvr.ir'
Sawyvi
Wiggin
Hotels and Restaurants.
82 Burnham. S. H
49 Cascade House
W. A
Elliott,
Peaslee, J.
61
.
i
i
'[,\:v.\,-t<
A,
11.
Ri" li.
Soul.,
28
84
17
..i
iii|.|
i:
18^
fiO
47
o. Igrist-mill)
Stringer, S. (mineral waters)
Tasker, W. H. (u|>holstery)
51
Harness Manufacturers and Dealers.
Hill,
Roberts,
Harriiii
28
48
82
65
64
54
24
79
Hartford,
Confectionery
Eamsdrik
18
M
II
II
•
27
]9
i-'i
.
Rackl..vv Vaii.
64
Roberts. J. Frank
Roy. N.
31
64
Pitman, c
.\
f
28.
24 J
80
Farmiuijlon Xews)..
.
i
22
80
.'....
S,,,,
i
45
50
H
A Co
16
H
Tibbitts, J. P
Wonhen, H. A
31
19
31
Wolcott
Pearl, Frank
Pierce, D. C.
82
36
Randlett, J.
44
26
54
48
J.-
W
Marin, O
Mellen, Chas.
Nute
76
V
on
23
W. C
Morrill, J. G.
Co
ai
Merrow, J.
Morgan, Thomas
26
82
Co
4li
Knox. Orrin
Le Gro, JohnS
61
Clark A Aldrich
Jones, G. A. & Co
Morrill. E., Furniture Co
Drew. Richard
A
&
Hus.^ey. F. A. ihiik.ri
Morton, C. 11. ii
k l.m.;i
Horne,G. W. .V c, ,l„„i,.
..
Kansas City Iti\. im.
51
M
Mclntire, John.
Carpet and Furniture Dealers.
A
27
C
S.
48
Mooney,F.E
Sanborn, A.
81
49
49
Hanson, H.
Hanson, N. E
Hayes A Hodgdon
Henderson. C. T
James A Sons
I.eavitt,
Coal and Wood.
Gandette, A..
Hayes, David
Mathes, Valentine
Pattee, H,
E
Gorman, P
Killoren. A.
B
Rooney &Burnham
80
20
75
80
Guilmet, Peter
Hurd A Grant
Home,
51
&
E.
feed)
Downing, E. E. (baker)
Dover Navigation Co
Lewis,Edwin
37 McDaniel.V.
23 McUuffee.J
AT. A Co
Downing
111
Brewster, H. L. (electrician)
Chick, Anson (picture fra ing)
City Employment Bureau
Chesley, F. L. (hatter)
Fernald, J. E.
79
50
49
47
el
Beacham, C. S. A Son illcuir and
Boston Five and Ten Cent Store
Bennett, M. P. (junki
21
O.L
Cllurliuck,
Chicoinc. M.
mill Stationery.
Shaw. Walton R
Winslow.J. H
Carter. A. E.
Blake, Chas. F
chtirbuck, O. Howard
Farwell, Frank
Fernald, J.E
Martin, John
Page, W. P
A
Bickford.J
Dearborn, H. E
Edgerly, D. E..
Boot and Shoe Dealers.
Trickey, C. H.
Groceries and Provisions.
Co
Barker, John H. A
Belleville & Daigle
60
33
34
W
Monlton. h.
22
18
79
66
Willson. E,T..
Ncal, W. B
77
Worcester* Greenfield
Cnockery.
Spurliii,
81
53
79
Wallace, Elliott & Co
Wallace, E. G. & E....;
Wentworih, Geo. B. & Co
Woodbury Brothers
Smith, C.
anil
Morrill.
as
25
43
75
75
siioe heels)
OlaSH
W. A
Thomas
f.O
62
47
Son
Ware
-13
Boot ami Shoe MnniifaclurerH.
'.
A
Smith
Mi
Fish and Oysters.
C
Phillips, N.
27
29
67
A
Faunce, A. D.
(ilidden,
Son
John A
Spencer. A. B
Sanlxjrn, A. V
Tibhltts,J. P
Ward, A.
N
16
54
64,-
77
30-
Watches and Jewelry.
Bacon, Chas.
Folsom, E.
E
W
Hodsdon, Chas. E...
Humphrey, J.
54
83
74
45
33
W
M
Lane, Geo.
Tibbets. R. Frank
Tilton A Richards
Safford, J.
F
26
45
36
68
77
63
67
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�GAZETTEER
STATE OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THREE PARTS
IN
CONTAININOf
1.
A comprehensive Geogi-aphical and J
Statistical
view of the whole State, con-
veniently disposed under separate heads.
description of each county, town,
2.
or location in the State ; also of its lakes,
rivers, ponds, and mountains, with many
other subjects of topographical dstail, alphabetically arranged.
A
,
Topographical and Statiitical tables
arranged ; shewing the
course and distance on a direct line from
Portsmouth, Concord, Boston, and Port*
land. Also, the number of miles by the
roads as commonly travelled.—Number of
cattle, horses, kc.
3.
1 alphabetically
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COMPILED FROM THE BEST AT7TE0BTTIES, BT
^.LIPHALET MERRILL
AND THE LATE
EXETER
PRINTED BY
C.
NORRIS
FttrNEl^A;^ PiERBILL, Esd
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& CO. FOR THE
ia-17.
AUTHORS,
�New-Hampshire
District, ss.
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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GEORGE
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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
;
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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.
:
;
;
;
�GENERAL VIEW.
15
—
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
;
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
;
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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.
All
tives
;
A
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Senate.—The senate
27
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
;
'
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
:
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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33
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
:
shall think reasonable.
Permanent and honourable salaries shall be established
for the justices of the superior court.
by Iaw»
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a4
—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.
—
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
�GENERAL VIEW.
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
—
—
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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51
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.
—
:
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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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.
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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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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
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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— 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.
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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
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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
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Clinton vice-president.
1806 June 16th of this year was
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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
—
—
—
;
—
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.
�GENERAL VIEW.
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.
�GENERAL VIEW.
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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GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSHffiE.
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
;
;
—
�GAZETTEER OF NBW-HAMPSHIRE.
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.
A
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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.
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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-
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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-
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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
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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
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
no
Ensign Robgun might
charged by his side, so
alternative.
bins desired that his
be
left
that if the
enemy should
re-
121
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
�CAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
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
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIEE.
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,
:
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
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
127
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-
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
�GAZETTEER OF NEW-H AMPS HIRE.
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
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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
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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.)
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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
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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-
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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
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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-
�GAZETTEKU OF NEW-IIAMPSIIIKE.
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
�GAZETTEER OP NEW-HAMPSmRE.
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
�214
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.
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do.
63
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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
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85
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IN 40 AV 100
90
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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
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25
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N 10 W
60 N 39 W
167 NlSiW
103 N 32 W
86
51
53
60
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Dublin
Cheshire
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Coos
Dunbarton
HiUsboro' 54
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do.
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Coos
Durham
Epsoni
Coos
Exeter
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Strafford
10
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W
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N
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49
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do.
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107
Grafton
95
do.
44
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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
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do.
HiUsboro
59
55
Greenhmd
124
80
73
73
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80
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81
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HilLsboro' 55
44
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Hamp.stead
Rocking.
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36
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95
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67
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57
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Goirstown
G.'sr.en
Gosport
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Hancock
Hanover
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Hebron
Henniker
Hillsboiough
Hinsdale
Hoidern^ss
Holhs
Hopkinton
Jaflrey
JtSei'.soit
Grafton
9
3
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�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
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7
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50
30
W
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W
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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
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20
do.
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64!N 16 \\ 82
Grafton
165
Lyman
132|n 17
Lyme
do.
971 N 26 VV 126
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HiUsboro' 48iN 43
58
Madbury
Strafford
52:n 8 E 67
Manchester
HUlsboro' 43iN 23 \\ 4S
64iN 57 \V 76
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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
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do.
35 83i S
Nottingham West HUlsboro' 30|n 34
105' 81
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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.
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�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
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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
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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
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Courtesy of
C.
^ . Peaiiee
32 Central Street
Farmington, N. H.
&' Son
funeral
U4omei
Robert Peaslee-Director
16 Main Street
Meadow Street
Union, N. H.
Sanbornville, N H
Telephone: 755-3535
on ^unerai
School St.
Alton, N. H.
Tel. 875-3311
^J4ome
��For families and relatives, the period of time between a death and
the tlnal disposition is a period of considerable confusion.
Few people have ever had the personal experience to know exactly
what has to be done at a time like this. It is for this reason that your
funeral director stands willing to grant you all the necessary counsel
and guidance needed during the next few days.
It is his wish in presenting you with Guidelines that it might offer
some assistance during this period of uncertainty.
The purpose of this book is to provide informative guidelines and
basic factors to be considered in the making of funeral
arrangements. Expressed thoughts found in the succeeding pages
are derived from extensive physiological studies of grief therapy, and
are in no way meant to influence a family's personal request.
Copyright©! 970,1st Edition
Copyright©! 973, Revised Edition
Copyright©! 978, Revised Edition
Guidelines Publications
P.O. Box 245
Stamford, New York, 12!67
�T A B L E O F CONTENTS
Page
Banks, Safe Deposit Boxes
Cemetery Plot
Guidelines
Monuments of Memorials
Certificate of Death
Cremation
Etiquette of Acknowledgment
Flowers and Other Memorials
Forms for Record Keeping
Automobile List
CheckHst of Future Obligations
Friends Who Called at the Residence
Friends Who Assisted
Memos
Pallbearers to be Asked
Record of Flowers - Mass Cards
and Memorials Received
Record of Food Received at the Residence
Record of Telephone Calls and
Telegrams Received
Relatives and Friends to be Notified
Sympathy Cards Received
Record Gifts of Food Sent to Your Home Unmarked
Funeral
Calling Hours
Children Attending the Funeral
Cost
Experience of Value
Presence of Body
Public or Private
Insurance
Legal Aspects of Death
Selecting A Lawyer
Social Security
Applying for Benefits
Benefits
Veterans
Benefits for Survivors of
When Death Occurs Far Away
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�THE FUNERAL,
AN E X P E R I E N C E OF V A L U E
No man is an island. His death touches and affects his world of
relatives, friends, and associates in a direct and forceful way. In
arranging a funeral it is well to consider the feelings of others who
shared in or benefited by the life of the deceased. For sorrow shared
is sorrow diminished.
The funeral is a ceremony of proven worth and value for those
who mourn. It provides an opportunity for the survivors and others
who share in the loss to express their love, respect, and grief. It
permits facing openly and realistically the crisis that death presents.
Through the funeral the bereaved take that firm first step toward
emotional adjustment to their loss.
A funeral is an unique event in the life of a family. No two are
exactly alike. It should also be remembered that the funeral of every
man, famous or unknown, rich or poor, can be equally important for
those bereaved he leaves behind.
The funeral is one of the few personal events and ceremonies to
which none is invited but to which all should be able to come. In a
very real way, the funeral not only recognizes that a death has occurred, but it also is testimony that a life has been lived.
T H E PRESENCE OF THE BODY
A funeral with the body present gives identity and purpose to the
service. With the body present, a climate for mourning exists which
makes the sharing of sorrow natural. Without the body, expression
of sympathy may be forced, empty and unnatural for many people
and makes the acceptance of death difficult for others.
The funeral is a rite of separation. It confirms the reality of death.
This, psychiatrists say, is a necessary beginning toward healthy
adjustment to loss.
There are some who want to deny that a person has died and that
such a person's life on earth has ended. The presence of the body in
the casket actualizes the fact of death. Viewing the body serves to
reverse the process of denial while it promotes the acceptance of
reality.
P U B L I C OR P R I V A T E F U N E R A L
A public funeral gives the community a chance to offer its support
and share the sorrow of the immediate family of the deceased. An
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�outstanding pastoral psychologist has written that "the funeral and
the varied events that surround the ceremony are for those who live
on."
A private funeral limits those who may attend. It arbitrarily shuts
out relatives, friends, associates and acquaintances who sincerely
want to bring comfort to the bereaved.
C A L L I N G HOURS
Funeral practices vary. In some areas the greatest number of
people pay their respects to the deceased and to the survivors by
attending the funeral service. In other places, the largest number
call at the funeral home or at the mortuary while the body is lying in
state. Some do both.
Sometimes attendance at the actual funeral service is not possible
because of the hour or day when it is held, but many people will want
to pay their respects during the so-called visitation period which may
be referred to as, calling hours - visitation - a wake - or a shivah.
Having the body lying in state with members of the family present
encourages sharing the experience of death and mourning. It is
gratifying both to members of the family and to those who care
enough to call.
F L O W E R S AND O T H E R M E M O R I A L S
Many persons wish to express their sympathy by sending flowers
or some other memorial in addition to extending their condolences
in person. Others do this because they cannot be present at the
visitation or service.
Those who wish to demonstrate their feelings should be able to do
it in the way they prefer. Flowers, for example, have a message all
their own. They add beauty to the casket setting and to the funeral
service. It is considered proper for the family to suggest a certain
memorial, but it should not be done in such a manner that any other
form of expression is excluded.
EXAMPLES:
(Good) In remembrance of Mary Jones those that wish may make
contributions to the building fund of the John Doe Hospital.
(Poor) Please omit flowers
No flowers
Send no flowers
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�CHILDREN ATTENDEVG T H E FUNERAL
Authorities agree that it is not only correct to permit a child to go
to a funeral but, from approximately the age of seven, the youngster
should be encouraged to attend. The child needs to participate with
his family in offering his last respects to the deceased as well as to
express in his own way love and devotion. To shut him out of this
experience is to deny him a significant and meaningful life experience that can have important consequences for his future
emotional development. If the child is unwilling, however, he should
not be forced to attend a funeral or made to feel guilty because he
"let the family down." In any event, children should not be spared
knowledge about death.
THE CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Your funeral director has the responsibility of seeing to it that all
the required statisitical information about the deceased, as well as
the place of interment or cremation, is placed on the original certificate of death.
He then in turn refers this official document to the deceased's
attending physician for his certification.
This certificate now becomes a permanent record with the
registrar of vital statistics in the town, village, or city in which the
death occurred.
The registrar, for a nominal fee, will issue to you certified copies
of the original death certificate which you and-or your attorney will
need for the following estate settlement purposes:
1. Insurance claims of all kinds
2. Veterans Administration benefits
3. The sale or transfer of real property
4. The sale of transfer of stock and bond certificates
5. Banking transactions
6. Motor vehicle registration transfers
7. Others
INSURANCE
Sometimes the mere word "INSURANCE" can be looked upon as
being complicated, but the filing of an insurance death claim is a
relatively simple procedure. The following steps should be taken by
the beneficiary of a deceased's insurance policy:
1. Contact if at all possible the InsuranceCompany's local office or
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�agent in your area. If you are successful, they will handle the death
claim for you. CAUTION: Do not surrender the insurance policy
without an authorized receipt.
2. If there is not a company office or agent in the area, this claim
may be processed by mail.
3. Write a letter to the home office of the insurance company whose
name appears on the face of the policy. State the name of the
deceased, the date of death, and the policy number of the insurance contract. C A U T I O N : Do not send the policy in to the
company.
4. Enclose with the above letter, one certified copy of the original
death certificate.
5. Within a two or three week period the named beneficiary should
receive the face amount of value of the insurance policy.
6. The next of kin of the deceased should always check all other
possibilities of insurance claims including unions, fraternal and
other organizations the deceased belonged to that may offer a
death benefit.
T H E L E G A L ASPECTS O F D E A T H
The earthly possessions, known as the estate of the deceased, must
be distributed after his death. Any assets that are left must be used
to pay any debts, and any balance left must be lawfully distributed
after payment of estate or death taxes. If the deceased owned or
operated a business, the business must be administered and
maintained in an orderly manner or must be liquidated.
In order to accomplish this process of distribution, legal
proceedings are necessary to decide how any property should be
distributed and who is to be in charge of this distribution. Because
of the technical nature of these proceedings and all the complications involved in settling the estate and distributing the assets,
it is advisable that a lawyer be consulted.
Some, not all, of the major matters to be considered are listed
below:
1. Did the deceased have any property? Is there any real estate,
stocks, bonds, bank accounts, personal items, or other types of
property? Is this property held in the name of the deceased, or is it
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�held jointly with someone else?
2. Did the deceased leave a Will? Where is the Will located? What
are the provisions in the Will regarding the distribution of the
property? If there is not a Will, what is the state law regarding the
distribution of the property?
3. If there is a Will, who was appointed the Executor of the Estate?
If there is not a Will, how can proceedings be brought to appoint
an Administrator? If a court is to appoint an Administrator, who
is the court to appoint?
4. Are the assets of the deceased subject to any state or federal estate
or death taxes? If the assets of an estate are less than approximately
$127,000.00, or $250,000.00 if there is surviving spouse, the estate is
not generally subject to the federal estate tax, but smaller estates are
often subject to State death taxes (the law varies from state to state).
Is a certificate of payment of taxes necessary to clear the title of any
Real Estate?
5. Is the deceased the sole owner of an automobile or trailer, or is
the vehicle owned by the deceased and another person? Does this
vehicle become part of an estate?
6. Is the deceased a sole proprietor of a business, in a partnership
with another person, or a member of a corporation doing business
under an assumed name? What are the provisions of the partnership or corporation contract in the event of death of one of its
members?
There are many other considerations that often arise, but a
competent attorney should be able to advise of any matters not
discussed above.
BANKS-SAFE D E P O S I T B O X E S
Because all banks are subjected to state and federal statutes
governing their operations, it is very difficult to satisfactorily define
the banking rules and regulations in any one given area. General
banking law also undergoes constant change from time to time
which makes it impossible to pin point local procedure in the event
of death of an owner of an account or safe deposit box.
It is recommended that the bank that holds an account or safe
deposit box of the deceased be contacted directly to find out the
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�necessary steps to take for the release of their contents. Although it
may not be absolutely necessary, generally the services of a competent attorney is desirable to handle these matters.
SELECTING A LAWYER
The basis for selecting a lawyer for legal guidance and professional
advice should be made on past experience or of a personal acquaintance
nature. He should be selected for reasons of trust, confidence, respect
and the ability to effectively settle an estate in a reasonable length of
time. In the event you do not have any previous experience with a
lawyer, a close friend, your employer or even your funeral director
will be able to recommend a competent attorney to you.
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
When a person who has worked under the social security law dies,
some member of his family should get in touch with the social security
office. If you cannot come to the social security office because you
are housebound or hospitalized, write or telephone and a social security
representative will arrange to visit you.
Long delay in filing an application can cause loss of some benefits,
since back payments for monthly cash benefits can not be made on a
retroactive basis. Cash benefits to survivors arefiguredfrom the amount
of retirement or disability benefit of the deceased.
In most cases a lump sum death benefit is paid to the dependent
of a worker under the social security program. An application for a
lump sum death payment must usually be made within 2 years of the
worker's death.
Monthly payments are also paid to dependents when a worker
dies. These dependents are:
1. Unmarried children under 18 or between 18 and 22 if they are
fulltime students.
2. Unmarried children 18 or over who were severely disabled before
they reached 18 and who continue to be disabled.
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3. A widow, regardless of her age, if she is caring for a child under
18 or disabled and the child gets payments based on the worker's
record.
4. A widow 60 or older even if there are no children entitled to
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�payments.
5. A widow 50 or older (or dependent widower 50 or older) who
becomes disabled not later than 7 years after the death of the
worker or, in the case of a widow, not later than 7 years after the
end of her entitlement to benefits as a widow with a child in her
care.
6. A dependent husband or widower 60 or over.
7. Dependent parents 62 or over after the worker dies.
8. Others: Social security benefits are subject to constant change.
For this reason, if any question of elegibility arises, contact the
social security office.
SOCIAL S E C U R I T Y P R O C E D U R E
F O R APPLYING FOR B E N E F I T S
As many as possible of the following items should be obtained
prior to your visit to the Social Security office. Do not delay contacting the office because all of the items are not available.
1. Deceased's social security number.
2. Record of deceased's earnings, if any, in year before death.
Income tax return W - 2 is satisfactory.
3. Record of deceased's earnings, if any, in year of death. Approximate wages for that year and name of employer.
4. If deceased was drawing social security, what was done with the
last check? Was it cashed? If not, the Social Security Administration will reissue it to the family.
5. Approximate amount of funeral expenses.
6. Birth record of children under 23 years of age.
7. Marriage record of widow. (Not necessary if husband is survivor).
8. Social security numbers of those above (wife and children.)
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�NOTE: Under the law and regulations, social security records are confidential. Information from your record may not be disclosed without proper authorization.
BENEFITS FOR SURVIVORS OF VETERANS
State veteran counselors and veteran service agency directors provide
specialized counseling on benefits available to the survivors of veterans
and servicemen, under the different programs established by local,
state, and federal laws.
Your funeral director may be able to offer guidance in making application for one or more of the following benefits:
BURIAL ALLOWANCE: An authorized federal government burial
allowance up to $300.00 is provided by the Veterans Administration to
the widow, children, parents, or any person who pays the funeral
expenses of an eligible war-time veteran, or certain peace-time veterans.
Claims must be filed within two years of permanent burial or cremation.
PLOT OR INTERMENT ALLOWANCE: Public Law 9343, enacted
June 18, 1973 provides for payment of an amount not exceeding $150
as a plot or interment allowance, in addition to the $300 basic (nonservice connected) burial allowance, only when the veteran is not
buried in a national cemetery or other cemetery under the jurisdiction
of the United States Government. Burial in a State, County or Municipally owned cemetery does not bar payment of the plot or interment
allowance. If the cost of the grave, mausoleum space, columbarium
niche or any other place of final disposition has not been paid, the plot
or interment allowance is applicable thereto up to $150.00. If the
amount unpaid is less than $150.00 then the balance between the unpaid amount and $150.00 can be applied to other funeral and burial
expenses, whatever they may be. If there are no unpaid plot, grave,
mausoleum, columbarium niche or other place of disposition expenses,
the entire $150.00 may be used for other expenses, including those relating to the funeral, cremation, interment receptacle, transporation
and the like.
IN SERVICE DEATH BENEFIT: Public Law 9343 also provides that
when a veteran's death is service connected, burial and funeral expenses
may be paid in an amount of $1,100.00 and is in lieu of the $300.00
basic burial allowance and the $150.00 plot interment allowance.
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�TRANSPORTATION: Transportation costs, when payable, are in addition to the non-service and service connected benefits.
A BURIAL FLAG: This is available for draping the casket of a wartime veteran, a veteran discharged or released because of a service connected disability, or a veteran who has served at least one enlistment.
The flag is presented to the next of kin following burial.
BURIAL IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES: This is available to any veteran of a war-time or peace-time service whose last period of service
(other than for training) terminated honorably. Reservists who die
while performing active duty for training, an eligible veteran's wife,husband, widow, widower, minor children, and under certain conditions,
unmarried adult children are also eligible. U.S. citizens who served in
time of war in the Armed Forces of an Allied Government may also be
eligible. All expenses incident to the grave site and actual interment are
provided without charge. Application should be made at the time of
the veteran's death.
HEADSTONE OR MARBLER: The government will furnish, free of cost
a headstone, or marker to be placed at the unmarked grave of a member
of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Confederate States of
America who died in service or whose last discharge was honorable. The
next of kin has a choice of four different markers or headstones at the
time application is made. Upon application, a monetary reimbursement
is now available to families wishing to purchase a monument or marker
other than the one provided by the Veterans Administration.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT L I F E INSURANCE: It should be
determined first if the veteran carried this insurance as a result of an
option after leaving actve duty. Application and information for filing
claims for U.S. Government life Insurance should be obtained from
the nearest Veterans Administration office. Forms may also be obtained by writing to the Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
20420.
DEATH PENSION: A (Non-Service-Connected Death) pension is payable to eligible unremarried wodows and minor children of deceased
war-time veterans, depending upon their income and, in some instances,
net worth. Minor children may be eligible even though the widow has
remarried or is ineligible because of income. A widower, under certain
conditions, may also be eligible.
DEPENDENCY & INDEMNITY COMPENSATION: This is payable
to eligible widows, unmarried children under 18, children 18-23
if attending approved schools, certain helpless children and.
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�dependent parents, for veteran's war-time or peace-time serviceconnected death after 1-1-57. Annual income of parents is an
eligibility factor. The widowerof a female veteran may qualify if heis
incapable of self-maintenance and was, at the time of her death,
permanently incapable of self-support due to physical or mental
disability.
D E A T H G R A T U I T Y : (Six Month's Pay of Deceased) is payable to a
deceasedveteran's spouse or children (parents, brothers, or sisters, if
designated by the deceased). Veteran's death must have occurred
while he was on active duty, active duty for training or inactive duty
training, or as a resuh of a service-connected cause within 120 days
after discharge. In no case will the amount be less than $800 or more
than $3,000.
G O V E R N M E N T SHIPS H O U S E H O L D E F F E C T S : When a
serviceman I dies on active duty, his dependent surviviors have one
year to arrange for shipment of their household goods, at government expense, to any destination they choose. The property may
include one automobile, if death occurs outside the continental
United States. The shipment is authorized from the last duty
location or from wherever the household effects may be stored. The
government also will pay storage costs for up to six months, in
connection with the shipment.
A D D I T I O N A L A L L O W A N C E : In some areas of the country at a
particular state or county level there is an additional death
allowance for the next of kin of a deceased veteran. It is advisable to
check with your funeral director or local Veterans Administration
office for a local clarification.
Note: A widow visiting a Veterans Administration office should have
with her as many of the following documents and facts as possible.
Do not delay contacting the office because all of the items are not
readily available.
1. Veterans Discharge
2. Veterans G . I . Insurance Policy if covered
3. Marriage or divorce certificate
4. Birth certificates of minor children or crippled children
5. Amounts of all Life Insurance
6. Amounts of all savings accounts, checking accounts, stocks,
bonds, etc.
7. Expenses of deceased's last illness
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�8. Record of Social Security Payments
9. Certified copy of death certificate
iO. Copy of funeral statement
GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING A C E M E T E R Y PLOT
In the brief period between death and burial, cemetery plots and
graves are sometimes purchased by a family without careful thought
and often without a personal visit to the cemetery and later found to
be inadequate or undesirable.
Quite often persons buying cemetery plots in haste will not buy
enough graves, or they will purchase many more than the family will
ever utilize in future years. To avoid mistakes and to meet the
present and future needs of your family, the utmost consideration
should be given this decision.
When purchasing a cemetery plot, one should ascertain whether
the cemetery meets the requirement of the family's religion.
One should also determine just what restrictions, if any, the
cemetery might enforce in regard to the kind of outside burial vault
to be used and the type of monument or memorial to be erected.
Buying a cemetery plot for investment purposes is considered an
unwise practice. The majority of cemeteries retain the right to
repurchase a plot at the original price. For this reason, even though
the lot may have increased in value, there is rarely a profit realized
by the purchaser.
MONUMENTS OR M E M O R U L S
Within a very short time from now, you will be called upon by one
or more retail monument dealers, suggesting that you purchase a
memorial from them.
One should take particular care during this after period of
emotional strain to avoid the hasty purchase of memorials that are
of questionable quaHty or are priced beyond their means.
To give all cemetery plot owners general protection, most
cemeteries retain the right to approve the type of memorial to be
placed on a grave site. Some cemeteries have restrictions on size and
design of memorials, while others require that only a flush-with-theground bronze plaque be placed.
After determining if any cemetery restrictions prevail and
deciding just what your individual needs and desires are, H reputable
retail monument dealer should be contacted.
The quality, material, design, and craftsmanship of a memorial
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�you are going to have erected permanently deserves very careful consideration.
WHAT DO FUNERALS COST?
In the realm of everyday living, you are constantly confronted with
the age-old question: HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? This holds true
whether you are purchasing an automobile, a house, a boat, television
set, or even something as small as a loaf of bread. You should likewise
be concerned with the question of cost in making funeral arrangements.
Funeral costs are no secret, but often are misleading by not being fully
explained at a time when it is difficult for families to understand.
Whether a funeral home uses a system of charging one price for the
complete funeral based on the casket selected, or they itemize their
charges individually, there are four basic factors that constitute the cost
of funerals. These are merchandise, professional services, use of funeral
home facihties, and cash expenditures.
MERCHANDISE: Merchandise may include such items as the casket
selected, the outside burial case or urn, clothing provided by the funeral
home, and memorial folders and-or acknowledgment cards.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Professional services are the personal
services of your funeral director, and the arrangements and supervision
conducted by himself and his staff of personnel.
USE OF FUNERAL HOME FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT: There
is a vast amount of cost involved on the part of your funeral director
in providing and maintaining a funeral home facOity capable of
satisfying the requirements of each and every family he serves. It is for
this reason the Funeral Home Facilities and Equipment category is
a pertinent factor in the cost of a funeral.
CASH EXPENDITURES: Cash expenditures that are occasionally
advanced to the family as a courtesy of the funeral home may include cemetery and crematory charges, clergy honorariums, church
offerings, limousines, flower cars, newspaper notices, certified death
transcripts, flowers, professional pallbearers, gratuities, etc. In certain
instances a state law or local policy may prohibit a funeral home from
extending a family cash advances.
In determining funeral expenses, consideration should be given to
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�the assets of the deceased. Insurance, veteran benefits, social
security, and other resources is the basis for a family's ability to take
financial responsiblity for a funeral of a loved one.
QUESTIONS MOST F R E Q U E N T L Y A S K E D
ABOUT CREMATION
Q. Do we need a casket for a cremation service?
A. Since a cremation funeral service is the same as any other, the
casket is used in the same manner and for the same purpose. For
health and esthetic reasons, most crematoriums require that a
casket or some form of combustible container be used.
Q. Is a funeral director necessary?
A. His services are exactly the same as for other forms of care, and
his services are needed for the first call, embalming, casket
selection and conducting of the service.
Q. What authorization is required for cremation?
A. Specific requirements vary with the different states, but as a
general rule written instructions from the family and a permit
from the local health authorities are required for the protection of
the family, the crematorium and the public.
Q. What are cremated remains or cremains?
A. They are recognizable skeletal fragments of the human form
which weight from 6 to 12 pounds for adults, depending upon the
size of the individual. On the average they occupy about 175 cubic
inches of space. They are not "ashes" or "dust".
Cremation is not disposition; it is only a method for preparing the
remains for memorialization. They are still human remains, and
should be placed in a dedicated place such as a columbarium,
mausoleum, family plot in a cemetery or other places where they
will receive continuing care. In rare instances a deceased will
request that his cremains be strewn over a designated area. This
practice is by far not the most common, but is permitted by law in
some areas of the country.
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�W H E N D E A T H OCCURS F A R AWAY
Because of temporary employment transfers, vacations, etc., a
death occasionally will take place far away from the deceased's
home. The distance factor automatically necessitates your home
town funeral director to call upon the professional services of an
associate at the place of death. He will direct the person called to
prepare the deceased for transfer, file all required permits and
authorizations, and make the necessary arrangements to have the
deceased transported home by funeral coach, airplane, or train
depending on the distance involved and the most effective mode of
transportation available. These additional services will be
reflected somewhat in the total funeral statement a next of kin will
receive at a later date.
MEMOS. .
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�FRIENDS WHO ASSISTED
(Before, During & After The Funeral)
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OF CARS ON T H E D A Y OF T H E F U N E R A L . T H E S E TWO PAGES A R E D E S I G N E D
TO A I D B O T H YOU A N D HIM WITH T H E S E A R R A N G E M E N T S .
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You w i l l w a n t to keep a record of f l o r a l a r r a n g e m e n t s . Moss cards and other
memorials sent by your r e l a t i v e s and f r i e n d s . The f o l l o w i n g pages w i l l a s s i s t you
in the a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t of a l l of these e x p r e s s i o n s of s y m p a t h y .
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N O T E : If you number a l l the cards off the f l o w e r s given to you by your funeral
d i r e c t o r , and l i s t them a c c o r d i n g l y on these pages, you may then refer to
one p a r t i c u l a r card that has a m u l t i p l e l i s t i n g .
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�E T I Q U E T T E QF A C K N O W L E D G M E N T
We hope the following suggestions will prove helpful in
acknowledging the various expressions of sympathy you receive
during your bereavement.
The acknowledgments you receive from your funeral director
should be sent within ten days or two weeks after the funeral. In
order to give your expression of gratitude a more personal touch, a
few words may be written on the inside of these Acknowledgments.
This tends to make the recipient feel that one's thanks are as personal as if they had been expressed verbally.
C L E R G Y - Send a personal note (not a printed Acknowledgment)
thanking him for his consolation. If an offering is sent it should be
sent separately from the note.
E X A M P L E : Dear Mr. Smith or Dear Father Smith (not Dear
Reverend or Dear Rev. Smith). My husband and I wish to thank
you for the consolation you gave us during our most trying times.
Your comforting words during the funeral service will help us
tremendously.
B E A R E R S - (including honorary but not professional). Include a
message of thanks for their time and services in the
Acknowledgment.
E X A M P L E : Thank you for your kindness in acting as a pallbearer
for Father. Being one of Dad's closest friends made this very
meaningful to us.
L E T T E R S - - Replies may be brief, and written on an
Acknowledgment. At a later date you may feel more like writing a
longer note to particular persons sending letters.
E X A M P L E : Thank you for your kind words of sympathy. It is so
nice to have friends like you.
T E L E G R A M S - A few words on an Acknowledgment if you wish
is sufficient.
E X A M P L E : Your telegram was most appreciated.
F L O W E R S - A personal message may be written on the
Acknowledgment if you wish.
E X A M P L E : The vase of Roses you sent for Dad was beautiful.
M E M O R I A L S - Treat the same as flowers.
E X A M P L E : The contribution you made to the community hospital
in Dad's memory was greatly appreciated.
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�SYMPATHY CARDS - If there is a personal message on the card and
you feel you should answer it, you may do so on an Acknowledgment.
It is not necessary to acknowledge a plain sympathy card.
E X A M P L E : Your comforting words during this time were most
helpful.
E X P R E S S I O N S O F S Y M P A T H Y F R O M AN ORGANIZATION
- Send an Acknowledgment to the President or Secretary of the
organization and include in the message reference to the other
members.
E X A M P L E : Dear President Jim: The vase of Red Roses sent for
Dad by the members of the Nowhere Rotary Club was greatly
appreciated.
E X P R E S S I O N S O F S Y M P A T H Y F R O M AN UNORGANIZED
G R O U P - When a group of neighbors, employees, etc., send an
expression of sympathy, send an Acknowledgment to everyone listed
on the card.
F R I E N D S WHO V O L U N T E E R E D S E R V I C E S , CARS, OR
SENT F O O D - A personal note on an Acknowledgment is
satisfactory.
The following are suggestions of classifiednewspaper-typethankyous oftentimes used in addition to regular Acknowledgments.
C A R D O F THANKS
The family of Charles M. Smith wish to thank their relatives,
friends, and neighbors for their kindness during their recent
bereavement.
C A R D O F THANKS
The kindness and sympathy shown to us by our family and friends
during this time of sorrow will always be remembered by the family
of John J. Doe.
C A R D O F THANKS
I wish to express my sincere thanks to all my relatives, friends,
and neighbors for all their kindness and sympathy during the illness
and death of my beloved husband John Doe. Special thanks to Rev.
John Smith and the Nowhere Funeral Home.
Mrs. John Doe
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�C A R D OF THANKS
We wish to express our deepest gratitude to all our friends and
neighbors for flowers, food, cards of sympathy, and memorials sent
at the time of the loss of our wife and mother Mary M. Smith. A
special thanks to the Smithtown Hospital staff. Dr. Jones, Rev.
Brown, and the Green Funeral Home. It is such a comfort to know
so many people share our loss.
The Family
PALLBEARERS TO BE ASKED
L I S T T H E P A L L B E A R E R S OF YOUR C H O I C E A N D A L T E R N A T E S FOR THOSE
WHO MAY B E U N A B L E T O S E R V E . YOUR FUNERA L D I R E C T O R W I L L WANT
TO KNOW YOUR S E L E C T I O N S , A N D W I L L ASSIST IN T H E S O L I C I T A T I O N OF
THEIR SERVICES.
DATE THANK
YOU SENT
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�CHECKLIST OF FUTURE OBLIGATIONS AND
APPOINTMENTS
NAME
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Doctor
Hospital
Nursing Home
Clergyman
Cemetery
Funeral Director
Registrar (Town C l e r k )
Lawyer
Social Security O f f i c e
Veterans A d m . O f f i c e
Florist
Motor V e h i c l e Bureau
Insurance Company
Banks
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�RECORD OF FOOD RECEIVED AT THE RESIDENCE.
RECORD EACH GIFT OF FOOD RECEIVED BY INSERTING DONOR'S
NAME IN NUMERICAL ORDER AND PLACING A CORRESPONDING
NUMBERED STICKER ON DISH
Nos.
Date
D e s c r i p t i o n of Food Sent Thank You
and Kind of Container
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��" G o placidly amid the noise and haste and remember
what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible
w i t h o u t surrender be on good terms w i t h all persons.
Speak y o u r t r u t h q u i e t l y and clearly; and listen to others,
even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
A v o i d loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the
s p i r i t . If y o u compare yourself w i t h others, you'" may
become vain and bitter; for always there w i l l be greater
and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy y o u r achievements as well as. y o u r plans. Keep interested in your o w n
career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of t i m e . Exercise caution in your business
affairs for the w o r l d is f u l l of t r i c k e r y . But let this not
blind y o u t o what virtue there is; many persons strive
for high ideals, and everywhere life is f u l l of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign a f f e c t i o n . Neither be
cynical about love; for in the face of all a r i d i t y and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take k i n d l y
the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the
things of y o u t h . Nurture strength of spirit to shield y o u
in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself w i t h
imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle w i t h yourself.
Y o u are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and
the stars; y o u have a right to be here. A n d whether or not it
is clear to y o u , no d o u b t the universe is unfolding as it
should. Therefore be at peace w i t h G o d , whatever y o u
conceive h i m to be, and whatever your labors and
aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace w i t h
your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful w o r l d . Be careful. Strive to be h a p p y " .
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1970 Guide Lines Booklet C.E. Peaslee & Son Funeral Home
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A C.E. Peaslee & Son Funeral Home Guide Lines booklet. The booklet has thirty four pages and begins with explanations about funerals, presence of the body, calling hours, flowers and memorials, certification of death, insurance, and finally the legal aspects of death.<br /><br />Size:5.5" x 8.5"<br /><br />Condition: Very Good. Some minor wear.<br /><br />FHS-Kyle Leach
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C.E. Peaslee & Son Funeral Home
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Circa 1970
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Circa 1970
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Donated by Ann (Linde) Ordway
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Donald Adams Marble Obituary
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Donald Adams Marble obituary. May 26, 1931 - November 27, 2023. <br /><br />Don marble's obituaty reads:<br /><br /><em>Donald Adams Marble, 92, stepped into heaven on November 27, 2023.</em>
<p><em>Born in</em> <em>Athol, MA on May 26, 1931, he was the seventh child of Louis and Gertrude (Ward) Marble.</em></p>
<p><em>A graduate of Athol High School, he earned his degree in pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston in 1954. Married that same year to Shirley Cone, also of Athol, he served in the US Army for three years, being stationed for a time in Germany. After leaving the Army he continued to serve in the reserve and formally began his career as a pharmacist. The young couple moved to Manchester, NH, and Donald worked for a pharmaceutical wholesale company where he had the opportunity to work in pharmacies across the state filling in for owners on vacation. It was through this experience that he met Wilfred (Twink) Osgood in Farmington, NH, and in 1965 he joined Mr. Osgood as a partner in Osgood’s Pharmacy and ultimately became its sole proprietor. Donald served the town of Farmington for fifty-three years as a respected member of the business community, as a deacon and a warden at the First Congregational Church, as a member of the local Kiwanis chapter, and in supporting various causes through the pharmacy. For twenty-five years he managed the Interfaith Food Pantry overseeing food pickups, distribution days, and the keeping of financial records for the organization.</em></p>
<p><em>An avid skier, he took advantage of the ski areas in NH, primarily Gunstock, and in the summers, he took his family to cottages at Merrymeeting Lake in New Durham, NH, and Wells Beach, ME. The family found time to visit the numerous attractions and historical sites of New England, and enjoyed travelling to see family members in Maine, Massachusetts, and Ohio. As their children grew, he and Shirley visited them as they moved across the country. Always known for his quick smile, helping hands, patient demeanor, and generosity, Donald moved to Bedford Falls Care Facility in 2018.</em></p>
<p><em>His ability to interact with anyone was a gift that graced the lives of many for his empathy had no bounds. Though he did not suffer fools, he always sought to understand them, and he looked for the good in everyone. He was a servant leader long before the term was poplar for his goal in life was to care for his family and his fellow man. His word was as good as gold, and he could find humor in almost every situation –some of which he instigated! That twinkle in his eye now lights a star in heaven.</em></p>
<p><em>He is preceded in death by his wife Shirley, his parents Louis and Gertrude, and his siblings: Kingsley, Henry (Ward), Kathryn, Jane, Robert, and Richard. He is survived by his children Lyndon and Janice Marble of Manchester, NH; Dwight and Sharon Marble of Rochester, NY; Scott and Holly Marble of Colorado Springs, CO; Laura and Keith Lambert of Portland, OR; seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, nine nieces and nephews, more than twenty grand nieces and nephews, and numerous great grand nieces and nephews.</em></p>
<p><em>Calling Hours will be Thursday, December 7, 2023, 5:00pm-7:00pm at Peaslee Funeral Home in Farmington, NH. A funeral service will be held Friday, December 8, 2023, 1:00pm at First Congregational Church of Farmington. A graveside service will take place Saturday, December 9, 2023, 11:00am at Jones Cemetery in Orange, MA.</em></p>
<p><em>In lieu of flowers the family requests that contributions be made to the First Congregational Church of Farmington in Donald’s honor. </em><br /><br /><br />This is a digital file and does not reside in the physical museum collection.<br /><br />FHS- Kyle Leach<em><br /></em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>
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C.E. Peaslee & Son, Inc.
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November 27, 2023
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November 27, 2023
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C.E. Peaslee & Son, Inc.
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