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General New Hampshire New Hampshire Towns
New Hampshire Maps to 1900 -An Annotated Checklist
$11.95 (out of print)
By David A. Cobb
New Hampshire Historical Society (Dist. by the University Press of New England 1981
106 pages 9 x 6 softbound, as new condition, >NH>GGB
David Emerson
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1996
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) The White Mountains attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every
year, all fascinated by the natural beauty of the area and awestruck each season anew by
what the region has to otter.
Adventurous city—dwellers began arriving almost as soon as carriages and dirt roads
could carry them. As the number of visitors has increased with each passing year, one of
the most telling barometers tit change in the White Mountains has been the hostelry. This
wonderful visual history reveals the history of the hotels, inns, and taverns in the White
Mountains, and explains their impact on the area from the mid-nineteenth century to the
late twentieth.
Travel was an adventure in the mid-nineteenth century—not for the weak of
heart—and travelers would generally find accommodations in taverns on stage routes or
in local farmhouses, The arrival of "steel roads" made the region much more
accessible, and large, opulent hotels were built to cater to the rich and famous while
more modest country inns provided a quieter environment for artists and writers seeking
sanctuary from the cities. Some of the most fascinating images here portray the opulent
lifestyle that was enjoyed amidst the forests and falls of the mountains and capture a
sense of serenity that was not to last.
Ford’s invention can he said to have created the White Mountains that we know
today—ever beautiful but increasingly difficult to experience in their pure
simplicity. This book will prove a lasting authority on the history of White Mountain
hotels, inns, and taverns, hut is also an invaluable reminder of the need to preserve the
natural beauty and the tremendous heritage of the White Mountains for generations to come,
128 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new
Grand Lodge of New Hampshire 1941 $15.00
New Hampshire: 1941
Proceedings of the M W Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honorable
Fraternity, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New Hampshire.
161 Pages, softbound, fair condition, covers faded, one corner creased
Morning
Star Index of
Maine & New
Hampshire Obituaries 1826-1851
$65.00
David Colby Young & Robert Taylor compilers
1982
(From the Introduction) This is an index of Obituaries of Maine & New
Hampshire Published in the Morning Star. No effort made Index any State
other than Maine and New Hampshire. If other states are included it was
done by accident. When MS is used it means, Morning Star, a free will
Baptist Church weekly newspaper…..
The Morning Star, first appeared at Limerick and, Maine May 11, 1826. In
1833, by a vote of the Baptist conference, it was moved to Dover, New
Hampshire.
(See the free Baptist cyclopedia by Burgess & Ward-1889)
Here is an example entry:
Abbot, Zoranda, w/o Benj. F. Abbot, d/o Mark & Huldah Wiggin of Tuftonboro,
d 7 Aug. at Ossipee., NH 43 yrs. 7 days
about 200 double pages, 9x12 hardbound, good condition, dark cover has
spotting on it.
Abstracts of Strafford County, New Hampshire Inferior Court Records
1773-1783 $17.95
Laura Penny
Privately printed, 1983
(from the introduction) “The inferior court records of Strafford County, New
Hampshire contain a wealth of genealogical information about the residents
of one of New Hampshire's original counties. Along with names and
occupations, the abstracts contain places of residence (including many
residences in Maine and Massachusetts), and numerous family relationships
are spelled out. The records are abstracted from a microfilmed copy of the
original book and include the page number from the original volume. Some
entries listed only the month and day of the court date. The year was
determined by looking back to the announcement of the court session and then
the year was added to the entry in brackets. The capital letter "L" is
representative of the symbol for the British pound; the small "s" represents
the shilling; and the small "d" represents pence. Spellings of certain words
or names may vary throughout the text but an effort has been made to spell
names just as they were written in the original volume.”
180 pages, 9 x 12 softbound, good condition, covers have some light
smudging.
More books below
Carl M. Stearns, M.D.
Springfield, Vt.: Hurd’s Offset Ptg.; 1974
(from the foreword) “This book, on the early history of medicine in
Sullivan County, is a tribute to a great tradition of past American life,
the beloved country doctor. It was fittingly written by a dedicated
physician who lived and practiced with some of these doctors as well as
lived to see the new era of American medicine, specialization, creep in
and finally dominate even his own small town and hospital in Claremont.
We, in this section of New Hampshire, are fortunate to have our past
generation of doctors so recorded for our local history. It is not only a
warm and fascinating account of their individual lives but is complete in
essentially successfully recording factual information and pictures on
almost every doctor who practiced here since the settlement in our area
nearly 200 years ago. Dr. Lyman Brooks, Dr. Nathaniel Brooks, Dr.
Claggett, Dr. Fitch, Dr. Cain, Dr. Young and Dr. Jarvis are only a few of
those whose lifetime service as country doctors has now been recorded for
us to read and enjoy. And to think that Acworth, Lempster, Washington and
Springfield had their own doctors at one time!”...
197 pages; hardbound, with illus. d/j.; illus. with b/w photos; good
condition, edge wear to Dust jacket. Signed by the author.
Manchester Historic Association Collections – Volume VI – Early Records
of Londonderry, Windham and Derry, New Hampshire 1719-1745 – Volume II
$35.00 (out of print)
Edited, with introduction, notes, an index, by George Waldo Brown
Baltimore: Heritage Books 1992 reprint, 1911
A complete and exact transcript of the records of the clerks relating to
the homestead boundaries as recorded in the town books, volumes one and
two comprising volume two of the printed records of the town.
384 pages, 6 x 9 southbound, cover has some bends and creases.
Cemeteries Around Lake Winnipesaukee $15.00
Glenn A. Knoblock
Dover, New
Hampshire: Arcadia Publishing
Cemeteries Around Lake Winnipesaukee, a photographic study, reveals
the compelling history of the region from the time when Native Americans
first inhabited the lake’s shore to the 1900s. These cemeteries are some
of
the oldest cultural and archaeological remnants of the past around the lake,
and their scenic locations and gravestones and monuments provide a tangible
link to the past. Through the author’s collection of photographs, readers
can see the final resting places of people as diverse as early settlers,
ministers, doctors, Revolutionary and Civil War veterans, drowning victims,
and even a controversial author. Readers will also discover the art and
business of gravestone carving and learn about some of the region’s early
practitioners in this unusual art form.
Historian Glenn A. Knoblock is the author of eight previous books,
including Arcadia Publishing’s Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire
Seacoast and Portsmouth Cemeteries. He has lectured extensively on the
subject of old cemeteries.
128 Pages, 6x9 softbound, very good condition.
History of the Monadnock Lodge, No. 145. I.O. of O.F.
$45.00
Jurisdiction of Massachusetts from it's organization, Aug 21, 1867 to and
including its tenth anniversary, Aug 21, 1877
Compiled
by C. B. Smith
Lawrence, Mass: Daily Eagle Steam Print, 1878
Table of Contents:
Odd Fellowship
History
Biographical Sketches
Monadnock
Statistics
Extracts for official Reports
Membership April 1, 1878
193 pages, 6x9 hardbound, good condition, edge wear, corners bumped. inside
front cover has a tear on the seam and the corner of the page is rubbed.
New Hampshire Towns
History of Andover New Hampshire 1751-1906 $150.00
John R Eastmon
Concord, NH: 1910
Table of contents:
EXTRACTS FROM TOWN RECORDS INTRODUCTION
EARLY HISTORY
Sketches of the First Purchasers of the Grant from Mason
Charter for Township Concession to Settlers
Penalties for Non-payment of Assessments The Enabling Act
The Settlement
The Government by the Proprietors Town Meetings
Township Officers, 1773 to 1779 Petition for Incorporation Act of
Incorporation Proprietor's Records
Dates of Proprietor's Meetings Officers of Proprietor's Meetings
EARLY
SETTLERS
Tag Payers in 1779
Partial List of Tag Payers in 1782-83 List of Tag Payers in 1785
Location of Families 1788
List of Those Paying a Minister Tag of One Pound or More in 1788
List of Tag Payers in 1789
Location of Landholders and Residents, 1799-1800 Clearing of Farms
Houses of Early Settlers
NOTES ON WEATHER, STORMS, FRESHETS, ETC. DIVISION OF THE TOWN
DIVIDING THE TOWN INTO SCHOOL DISTRICTS RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CHURCHES
The First Meeting House
Contest over the Location of a
New meeting House , Construction of First Meeting House
Abstracts from Town Records Concerning a Site for a New Meeting
House
settlement of Rev. Josiah Badcock Expenses
for Ordination Exercises The
New, or Second, fleeting House Floor Plan of Second Meeting House
Dismissal of Rev. Josiah Badcock Minister and Parsonage Lots
The First Congregational Societies Subsequent Congregational Societies
Early Sunday Schools
Free Will Baptist Organization Christian Baptist Church Free Will Baptist
Church Baptist Union Society
First Calvinistic Baptist Society The Christian Church
The Methodist Church
The So-Called "Unitarian" Society The Universalist Society .
The Union Meeting house at the Centre Dedication of the Union Meeting
House Accounts for Building Union Meeting House Subscription for Pews
Christian Church at the Centre, The Unitarian Society
The Church at West Andover Revivals
Ministers in Andover Baptizing Localities . Roman Catholic Services
SCHOOLS
Public Schools, The Literary Fund, The Tyler School, School Teachers
The Noyes School
The Academy at the Centre
List of Teachers and Students at Andover Academy
Highland Lake Institute .
STOREKEEPERS
BLACKSMITHS HARNESS MAKERS STAGE COACHES PRICES OF FOOD, LABOR,
ETC. IN 1777 DEPRECIATION OF PAPER CURRENCY TAVERNS AND TAVERN KEEPERS
The Proctor House Drinking and Temperance
ANDOVER SOLDIERS
The Louisburg Campaign The French and Indian Wars The American Revolution
The War of 181214
The War of 1861-65
The War with Spain, 1898
ROADS
The First Road in Andover The College and Other Roads Roads in 1790
The Fourth New Hampshire Turnpike The Grafton Turnpike
The Northern Railroad
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
POUNDS PAUPERS TRAMPS
TOWN OFFICERS
Moderator, Town Clerk, Representative Selectmen
Superintending School Committees Justices of the Peace
STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS
VOTES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS VOTES FOR GOVERNOR
POST ROADS, POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS ANDOVER IN THE STATE MILITIA
Training Days and Musters MILLS, MANUFACTURES AND INSURANCE The First
Mills
Boimey's Mills Cilley's Mills Hosiery Mills Tanneries
Potash Manufacturing Brick making Miscellaneous Manufactures Hame Factory
Lumbering
ANDOVER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY MARRIAGES IN ANDOVER
DEATHS IN ANDOVER Index to List
List of Deaths; by Rev. Josiah Badcock Extracts from Diary of Rev. Josiah
Badcock List of Deaths; by W. A. Bachelder
List of Sudden or Accidental Deaths LIST OF BUILDINGS BURNED IN ANDOVER
CEMETERIES
RECORDS FROM CEMETERIES
Cilley Cemetery on Morey Hill, Dudley Family Cemetery, Durgin Cemetery,
Old Cemetery at the Centre, New Cemetery at the Centre, Swett Cemetery,
Taunton Hill Cemetery,
Philbrick Family Cemetery on Taunton Hill, Boston Hill Cemetery,
Lakeside Cemetery at East Andover, Lakeview Cemetery at East Andover,
Old North Church Cemetery at East Andover, Marston Knoll Cemetery,
Cilley Hill Cemetery, Flaghole Cemetery, Sawyer Cemetery, Simonds Cemetery,
MASONIC FRATERNITY IN ANDOVER
List of Officers of Kearsarge Lodge LOCATION AND TOPOGRAPHY OF ANDOVER,
Mountains,
Hills,
Rivers and Brooks Ponds
PHYSICIANS IN ANDOVER
ANDOVER MEN WHO HAVE PRACTICED MEDICINE ELSEWHERE
LAWYERS IN ANDOVER MINISTERS IN ANDOVER BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
First Five Settlers Later Residents
AUTHORS
COLLEGE GRADUATES POPULATION OF NEW BRETON Census of 1850 MISCELLANEOUS
Number of Churches, School Houses and Business Centres in Town
Brief Notes on Weather Large Stock in Town Sheep-raising
First Stock in Town
First Carriages and Carpets Tasks in Spinning and Weaving Felling Trees
Pew Owners in North Church
Andover Members of a Salisbury Church
Money Raised and Appropriated for Soldiers and Their Families, 1861-'65
Fraternal Societies Since 1875 Anecdotes
Hunters' Tales
SHARES, LOTS AND RANGES AS LAID OUT BY THE PROPRIETORS
Maps
At end of Volume
450 pages, hardbound, some wear.
Small Town Tales A Brookline NH Boyhood
$7.50
Sidney Hall, Jr.
Brookline NH: Hobblebush Books,1997
These vivid sketches of small-town America in another era and of Mr.
Hall's eccentric and marvelous family have been collected from his
popular newspaper column, "A Brookline Boyhood." They are so rooted in
place and time that they uncannily evoke the reader's own past.
Award-winning southern novelist and poet Fred Chappell calls this a
"wonderfully enjoyable book of reminiscences and speculations. Small
Town Tales preserves memories the way happy farmwives preserve peaches
and strawberries. The results are equally wholesome and delicious.
Sidney Hall's work is a rare treat!"
184 pages, 6x9 softbound, good condition, Christmas gift sticker on back
cover.
History of
Charlestown, New Hampshire, the Old No. 4, from Its Settlement to 1876
$65.000
Embracing The Part Borne by Its Inhabitants in The Indian, French and
Revolutionary Wars, and the Vermont Controversy. Also Genealogies And
Sketches of Families,
By Rev. Henry H. Saunderson.
Charlestown: Town of Charlestown, 1985 reprint of the 1876 edition.
Table of contents:
Illustrations., Frontispiece, Main Street-South., Buildings., South Parish
Church, St. Luke's Church, Residence Of Sherman Paris, Stable And Pavilion
Of Sherman Paris. , Residence Of George Olcott, Town Hall, Landscapes, Main
Street, North Great Meadow, North Charlestown, Up the River From Peter A.
Evans, South Charlestown, Plumbago Falls At H. Metcalf's Mills. , Village
Plot, Portraits., Rev. J. Crosby, D. D. , Henry Hubbard, Ralph Metcalf,
Horace Metcalf, Simeon Olcott, George Olcott, William A. Rand. , Enos
Stevens, Dr. Samuel Webber , Levi Willard.
CHAPTER I.
Circumstances connected with the granting of No. 4, by Massachusetts Bay,
and matters preliminary to its settlement.
CHAPTER II.
Settlement of No. 4—Provisions for its Defense—The anticipated War between
England and France begins—Defense of the place till the close of 1746, when
the Settlement is deserted for the Winter.
CHAPTER III.
Circumstances that led Massachusetts to send a company of Rangers under
command of Captain Phineas Stevens to re-occupy the fort at No. 4, in the
month of March, 1747. The place bravely defended against the attack of Gen.
Debeline, and other events and transactions of the War to the Peace of Aix
la Chapelle.
CHAPTER IV.
History of Charlestown, from the nominal Peace of Aix la Chapelle till the
Spring of 1757, when it became a military station under the supervision of
the Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's forces.
CHAPTER V.
History of Charlestown from the Spring of 1757, to the Conquest of Canada,.
CHAPTER VI.
The Rangers—Their Character, Training, Duties and Hardships. Their Indian
Enemies—Results of the Conquest of Canada—Desire for immigration—Town
affairs from 1753—Town Meetings—Progress of Population—Names of Settlers
before 1776, Page 89.
New Developments in the Controversy—Governor Chittenden writes to General
Washington—General Washington's reply—Session of the Vermont Assembly at
Bennington—Various Documents laid before them, by Governor
Chittenden—Meeting of the Assembly with the Governor and Council in joint
Committee—Resolves—Acts of the Assembly—Dissolution of the Union and
results.
CHAPTER VII.
Charlestown in the Revolution—Last town meeting warned in his Majesty's
name—Measures taken by the town — Citizens patriotic—Representation at
Bunker Hill—The town a depository of Military Stores, &c.— Officers from
Charlestown in New-Hampshire regiments—TiconderogaFears of an invasion by
Connecticut River Towns—Charlestown the place of rendezvous for the Soldiers
of General Stark—Battle of Bennington and scenes following.
THE VERMONT CONTROVERSY.
CHAPTER VIII.
Origin of New-Hampshire Grants—Territory claimed both by New-York and
New-Hampshire—Appeal to the king—Decision in favor of New York—New York
legislation excites the settlers, who take measures to form a new
State—Legislature meets at Windsor—Sixteen towns from east side of the
Connecticut River, petition to unite with the new State—Union
formed—Dissolved—Various complications—Congress takes up the Controversy.
CHAPTER IX.
Proceedings of Congress adverse to the interests of Vermont—Governor
Chittenden and Council take the offensive—Congress fails to make its
decision and postpones the subject indefinitely — New
complications—Movements for a new State—Conventions at Walpole and
Charlestown—Convention from Charlestown adjourned to Cornish—Matters till
the new union of towns east of the Connecticut River with Vermont.
CHAPTER X.
Legal provisions for the towns east of the River—Session of the Assembly
at Charlestown—Rejection of the Resolutions of Congress, of the seventh
and twentieth of August—Various matters to the close of the Session.
CHAPTER XI.
Collision of authorities, and proceedings of New-Hampshire and Vermont
growing out of it.
CHAPTER XII.
New Developments in the Controversy—Governor Chittenden writes to General
Washington—General Washington's reply—Session of the Vermont Assembly at
Bennington—Various Documents laid before them, by Governor
Chittenden—Meeting of the Assembly with the Governor and Council in joint
Committee—Resolves—Acts of the Assembly—Dissolution of the Union and results
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
CHAPTER XIII.
Importance attached to the Christian ministry by Massachusetts and New
Hampshire—Provision for settling a Minister in their Charters, money raised
and Committees appointed for securing preaching, and various matters to
1754. Call given John Dennis—Council for his ordination at Northfield, Mass.
Ministry short—terminates in a year and a little over four months.
CHAPTER XIV.
Ancestors of Mr. Olcott and the Olcott family—Bulkley Olcott—His
education—Settlement in Charlestown—Church re-organized at the time of his
settlement—His usefulness—Honors conferred upon him—His family —Account of
his death—Dan Foster and the history of the Church till the incorporation of
South Parish.
CHAPTER XV.
Incorporation of South Parish—By-laws of—Measures for settling a pastor—Rev.
Jaazaniah Crosby called and settled—His character and life—Burning of his
house—Death—Register of his family—Colleague pastors and others to April,
1876..
CHAPTER XVI.
History of the Evangelical Congregational Church—Of the Episcopal Church
from its organization in the town, and the Methodist Church in the village.
CHAPTER XVII,
History of the North Parish and Methodist Episcopal Church at North
Charlestown.
GENEALOGIES and Historical Sketches of Charlestown families—Introduction.
HISTORICAL MISCELLANY.
Original Grantees of, No. 4, Page Original Proprietors of No. 4, Land Owners
in Charlestown in 1754, New-Hampshire Charter, Names of the Grantees of
Charlestown, Revolutionary Patriots, Soldiers in the War of 1812. Soldiers
in War of Rebellion-First Regiment New Hampshire: Cavalry, Members of Third
N. H. Infantry-Members of Fifth N. H. Infantry, Members of Sixth N. H.
Infantry-Members of Seventh N. H. Infantry-Members of Ninth N. H. Infantry,
Fourteenth N. H. Infantry, First Regiment N. H. Volunteer Heavy
Artillery-Physicians, Clergymen born in Charlestown -Lawyers who have
practiced in Charlestown -College Graduates, The Old Jail, Chronological
Table of Marriages in Charlestown from 1751 to 1850, Chronological Table of
Publish-meats, Town Officers from the organization of the Township under the
New Hampshire Charter to 1876, Lists of Purchasers of Pews, Banks in
Charlestown-Second Bank, The Third Bank-Robbery of the Connecticut River
Bank, Cheshire Bridge, Ferries-Boating on the River, The Turnpike-Masonic
Lodges, Faithful Lodge, Romantic Incidents in the courtship and marriage. of
Cynthia Hastings and Sophy Grout, two Charlestown girls of the olden time,
Bears and Bear Stories, Deer Reeves-Fish Culture in Charlestown, The Great
Elms and other Trees, An Incident in Church, Common Schools in Charlestown,
Other Schools, Mrs. Gilchrist's School-Mrs. Pratt's School-Ride to
Wentworth's Ferry-Wolf Hunt, The First Stove-Lights-Flax,
Potatoes-Cemeteries, Public Bequests, Tax Payers in Charlestown in 1792,
Citizens of the North Parish of Charlestown in 1810-Citizens of Charlestown
in 1812, Table of number or value of Horses, Neat Stock &c., for the years
specified-Census of Charlestown, as returned to Gov. Wentworth, by the
Selectmen, December 14th, 1773, Street Lights-Libraries-Boot and Shoe
Manufacture-Charlestown Boot and Shoe Co.-Names applied to different
localities, What did our Grandfathers and Grandmothers eat P What did our
Grandfathers drink ?-Town Hall-Post Rider, Corrections and Emendations-Then
and Now, Index of some of the important subjects and names of persons
contained in the first 207 pages,
726 pages, 6x9 hardbound very fine condition.
The Granite Monthly - Concord NH Anniversary 1765-1915 $15.00
Concord, NH: May & June 1915 Vol. XLVII Nos. 5&6
150th anniversary issues with lots of photographs of places and leading
citizens
Table of contents:.
Concord's 150th Anniversary
The Professional Life of Concord
Capital City Banks
The Business Section of Concord's New Bridges
Capital City Women
The Concord and Portsmouth Turnpike
In Tulip Land
The Sewel Hoit Homestead
316 page 7x10 softbound magazine, covers have wear on edges and spine has
some tears, good condition
Marriages Dover New Hampshire 1820-1876 $35.00
1988
(from the Introduction) in 1894 under the auspices of the Dover Historical
Society, the earliest surviving vital records of Dover were published by
John Scales and Fred E. Quimby under the title of Collections of the
Dover New Hampshire Historical Society. In 1977 this was reprinted
under the title of Vital Records of
Dover, New
Hampshire, 1686-1850 .
John Scales’s gravestone in Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, calls him
schoolmaster, editor and historian, with dates 1835-1928. He was the author
of Dover's standard history, but it was journalism that tied his name to
that of Fred E. Quimby, 1857-1933, as the joint publishers of the Daily
Republican and the Dover Inquirer. Together, they issued the volume noted
above, but Fred Quimby continued the marriages through 1876 in the pages of
the city of Dover's annual report: Marriages: 1820-1859. 1901, PP.
276-305, 1860-1867. 1902, PP. 276-308, 1868-1869. 1904, PP. 345-356,
1870-1876. 1925, PP. 310-317, Marriage Intentions 1824-1840. 1926, PP.
314-342.
The above pages are reproduced. With Index added. Even this does not
contain all of the Dover marriages for the period, but all that were
returned to the City Hall.
John E. Frost
To the User
This establishes the marriage and concise format. After finding the
marriage record here the user will find that the original record usually
contains additional information. With few alterations, the Index follows
the spelling given in the published Quimby transcript in the annual reports
of the city of Dover.
Hampton, NH - A Century of Town and Beach 1888-1998 $45.00
Volume III
Peter E. Randall
Hampton, NH: Town of Hampton 1989
Map on inside front cover of Hampton in 1892 with houses and owners names listed.
(from the end flaps) The farming town which Joseph Dow and his daughter Lucy, described in
their excellent History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire, published in
1894, is no more. In its place is a growing residential community and a resort which is a
center for tourism in New Hampshire and New England. This book is the story of the changes
and growth which transformed Hampton from that rural village of a few hundred residents
into today's hustling town of about 12,000 people.
Even as the Dows were completing their two volume history, the .Winds of change were
blowing through this ancient town. The most noticeable breezes perhaps were along the
seashore where the Hampton Beach resort community was mainly a collection of old fashioned
hotels. The construction of the Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway, the Casino,
and the wooden Mile Bridge across Hampton River changed both the Beach and the Town
forever. Most of the old hotels were burned or torn down and were replaced new larger
buildings, and by acres of cottages, rooming houses and, later, motels.
The street railway brought hundreds of thousands of visitors to Hampton Beach boosting the
resort into one of the largest tourist centers in New England. From a Beach dominated by
men named Lovell, Whittier, Cutler and Dumas, the resort was pushed along by others named
Ashworth, Ring, Dudley, White, and Dineen.
From the trolley era through the coming of the automobile, the Beach grew, despite fires,
erosion and savage ocean storms which finally led the Town to deed over the beach front to
the State in exchange for a mighty seawall.
The rest of Hampton changed more slowly than did the Beach although the farms which dotted
the town gradually went out of business as farmers and their wives traveled out of town to
work. Hampton's shopping center, little changed since the turn of the century, was
dominated early by men named Lane, Cole, and Towle.
Community growth was slow until after World War IL Returning servicemen and immigrants
from Massachusetts fueled a period of growth which made Hampton one of the fastest growing
towns in New Hampshire. Former farms became housing developments as the rural village
became a residential community.
The development of a water company and a sewage treatment system, the establishment of
police and fire departments, a public library, controversies over the use of publicly
owned land and the granting of liquor licenses, riots, discrimination, storms, the use of
the salt marshes and the advent of conservation as a community issue, and the growth of
schools, churches, and community organizations are all part of the story of Hampton from
1888 until 1988.
886 pages, hardbound, dust jacket, very good condition, some marks on the page
edges. buy both volumes for $80.00 saving $10.00
Hampton NH Vital Records and genealogy 1889-1986 $45.00
Volume IV
Edited and compiled by James K. Hunt, Jr. with additional chapters by William Teschek and
William H. Jones.
Hampton, NH: Town of Hampton 1988
Table of contents: Genealogy of selected Hampton families, English origins of the founders
of Hampton from County Norfolk, England, Hampton Cemetery Records, Vital Records of
Hampton, 1889-1986 - Births, Deaths, Marriages.
681 pages, hardbound, very good condition. buy both volumes for $80.00
saving $10.00
When my
World was Young (Littleton, NH)
$12.50
Norman H. Kinne
Bradford: Fox Publishing, Second edition, 1980
(from the preface)
"I began writing stories of the olden days of my childhood around
1960 and have been added by spells ever since. But most were written by
the fireside, and the winters of the 77-78 and 78-79. Some tales were
graded attacks and move to the restricted files.
The stories are 96% true, 2% fiction and 2% filler. Hattie Bagley,
one of our good citizens of Pattenville, said that she always told the
truth unless a lie would do better.
About half of the stuff is been published in the "Littleton
Currier", mostly through the winter of 78-79. The response from the
readers had encouraged me to have the same printed in a book. Hope you
enjoy it, get a few laughs, and absorb some history of Wes Littleton, by
one who was there. If you like this book, I would be most happy to hear
from you. If not-silence is golden"
175 pages, 6x9 softbound, good condition.
The History of Keene, NH, 1732-1904.$54.50
Gen. Simon G. Griffin.
Table of contents: Sketch Of The Author, The Massachusetts Grant.
1732-1740, Town Sovereignty And The Old French And Indian War. 1741-1749,
The Return Of The Settlers And The New Hampshire Charter. 1749-1754, The
Last French And Indian War. 1754-1760, Habits And Characteristics Of The
Indians., Town Affairs. 1760-1774, Revolutionary War. 1775, Revolutionary
War (Continued). 1776-1777, Revolutionary War (Concluded). 1778-1783, The
New Hampshire Grants. 1741—1782, Town Affairs. 1784-1800., Pioneer Life.
1736-1816, Town Affairs. 1801-1810, War Of 1812. 1811-1815, A Peaceful
Decade. 1816—1825.., Town Affairs. 1826-1840, Railroad And Industrial
Development. 1841— 1860, Keene In The Civil War. 1861-1865, Town
Affairs. 1866-1874, Miscellaneous Facts And Events, Biographical Sketches,
Town Officers, City Chronology 1874-1904., Sesquicentennial Celebration,
Additions And Corrections, General Index, Index Of Maps And Illustrations
Heritage 1980 (1904) reprint
792 pages, illus., maps, index, hardbound. new.
Vital Statistics of the Town of Keene, New Hampshire $60.00
Frank
Whitcome. City Clerk
Keene, NH: Sentinel Publishing Company 1905
Compiled from the town records, First Church and Family Records, the
original Fisher Record and the Newspapers.
Birth Records 1742-1877
Marriage Records 1753-1854
Death Records 1742-1881
268 pages, 6x9 softbound, fair condition, covers are chipped, ragged and
faded.
Littleton, New Hampshire $16.99
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1995
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) Littleton New Hampshire, is listed number eleven in Norman
Crampton’s One Hundred Best Small Towns in America, and it does indeed
have a great deal to offer. Situated between two major rivers in the heart of the White
Mountains, it was incorporated in 1784 but it wasn’t until the nineteenth century
that the incredibly striking natural beauty of the surrounding area was discovered by the
outside world.
With the development of photography in the mid-nineteenth century the grandeur of
Littleton’s mountain scenery Soon began to attract photographers to the area, and
their images of the mirror-like lakes, winding rivers, dense, dark forests, and craggy
mountains began a tourist boom that continues to this day.
Littleton’s extraordinary contribution to the world of photography means that the
history of the town is preserved in a wealth of fascinating material, Arthur March has
selected from the five thousand photographs in the Littleton Area Historical Society
collection to create this tribute—a tribute to the people who have made Littleton the
proud and prosperous community that it is today, and to the photographers who have frozen
time with their lenses so that we might better understand our past.
128 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new
This maps shows house locations and the names of the owner. Insets of
Centre Strafford and Farmington Village; Centre Strafford Business
Directory.
Reproduced from the 1871 Atlas of Strafford County by Sanford & Everts.
Hand colored 12x16 map in good condition, not a reproduction.
Manchester NH on the Merrimack $37.50
Grace Holbrook Blood
Manchester, New Hampshire: 1948
Table of contents:
Nature and the Past
War-Whoops and Wigwams
Surveys and Settlements
Cross-Currents
The Revolution Reaches Derry field
Derry field's Man of Destiny
Derry field's Pioneer of Progress
The Genesis of Manchester's Mills
Preface to a City
Emergence of a City
Expansion of a City.
Manchester and the Civil War
Mid-Victorian Manchester
Manchester's Mauve Decade
Manchester and the New Century
The City That Would Not Die
Today
353 pages, 6x9 hardbound, good condition.
Record of a Century - Franklin Street Church, Manchester, NH
1844-1944 $12.50
Elsie Daniels Fairbanks
Manchester: privately printed 1945?
Illustrated.
Table of Contents: The
Founding 1844-1849, the Early Years 1849-1866, William Jewett Tucker
1865-1875, the Middle Years 1875-1894, Burton Wellesley Lockhart 1894-1921,
the Interim 1921-1923, the Church of Today 1923-1944.
111 Pages, 6 x 9 hardbound, good condition, some light staining on covers.
The History of Monroe, New Hampshire, 1761 - 1954 $75.00
Frances Ann Johnson
Littleton, NY: 1955. 1st ed. Illus. endpaper maps.
Table of Contents: PART ONE: MONROE'S SETTING AND GROWTH: Chapter One: A Connecticut
Valley Town, Chapter Two: Originally Part of Lyman (1761 - 1854), Chapter Three: Monroe as
a Separate Town (1854 - 1954)
PART TWO: MAKING A LIVING IN MONROE: Chapter Four: Farms and Forests, Chapter Five:
Industries and Other Business Places, Chapter Six: Arts and Crafts, Chapter Seven: Travel
and the News
PART THREE: LIVING TOGETHER IN MONROE: Chapter Eight: Houses of the Past and Present,
Chapter Nine: Churches and Cemeteries, Chapter Ten: Schools and Libraries, Chapter Eleven:
The Grange and Other Organizations, Chapter Twelve: Records of Military Service Chapter,
Thirteen: Good Times, Humor, Special Events, Chapter Fourteen: Monroe at the Century Mark
PART FOUR: THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN MONROE: Genealogy Records
AT THE BACK OF THE BOOK: Chapter Titles and Pages, Key to Illustrations Committees who
helped gather material for this book Index
638pp. Hardbound, a few scratches on back cover, good condition
Greenough's Nashua & Hudson Directory 1933 19.95
Boston: W. A. Greenough, 1933
Male and Female Inhabitants over eighteen years old, Buyers' and Sellers'
Directory, Governmental Directory, Householders' Directory and Street
Directory, Complete Classified. Business Directory Containing Associations,
Business Firms, Clubs, Fraternal Orders, Societies, Incorporated Companies,
Institutions, Manufacturing Establishments, with New Map, Etc.
286 pages, good condition, covers faded, corners bumped.
Mirror to
America: A History of New London, New Hampshire, 1900-1950
$35.00
James Duane Squires, Ph.D.
1952. Evans Printing Company, Concord, N.H.
Table of contents:
262 pages. 6x9 hardbound, Appendices, 278 pages. Very good condition, some
spots on outside page edges.
History of the Town of Peterborough, Hillsborough
County, New Hampshire $125.00
Albert Smith
Boston, 1876.,1st ed. Rebound, Illus. with portraits, folding map.
History of the Town of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
With the Report of the Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration in 1839; An
Appendix Containing the Records of the Original Proprietors; and a
Genealogical and Historical Register. 360 pages of town history and 375
pages of genealogy.
Table of contents:
CHAPTER I. GRANT AND LAYING OUT OF THE TOWN IN 1738,
The Objects of History.—Characters of the First Settlers. — Use of Town
Histories.—Scanty Materials for the Same.—Decrease of the Early
Families.—Town had its Origin in a Spirit of Speculation.—Petition to
Massachusetts Legislature. — Petition Granted. — Act became a Law in 1738.-
Grantees Admitted, Survey Made, 1738. — East Mountain not Included. —
Starting Point. — Report of Surveyor. — Accepted and Town Granted. —
Grantees Selected. — All Falls into the Hands of Four.—Their Character and
Object.—First Meeting and Drawing Lots.—Proprietors' Meeting in Town,
1753.—Surveys in Town, 1738.—A Farm to each Proprietor of 500 Acres. —
Masonian Proprietors Quit-claim their Right, 1748, by Agreement. —
Conditions.—Early Surveys of Little Value.
CHAPTER II. ACCOUNT OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH,
Character of Early Settlers.— Intelligent.— Stern Presbyterians.—
Persecutions.— Emigration to Ireland. —Their Hardships. — History of the
Scotch-Irish. — Irish Rebel-lion and Confiscation. — Second Rebellion. —
Repeoplin from Scotland. —Principally about 161o.— One Company from London.
— Prosperity. — Persecution of Presbyterians in Scotland. — Claverhouse sent
against them. —Contest from 1670 to 1688.—Presbyterians Rush to Ireland. —
Ulster County Prosperous. — Exactions of Government.— Advance of Rents.—
Emigrate in great Numbers.—Beginning Eighteenth Century.— Landlords
Alarmed.—First and Second Emigration.—Settled in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Tennessee, &c. — Character of these Men. — Number of Descendants.— Service
in the Revolution. — All Loyal. — Their Perseverance.
CHAPTER III. SETTLEMENT,
Uncertainty as to the Early Settlers. — Names. — All came to Town. — Time of
Settlement. — How Fixed.—Petition.—Time of Centennial.—Small Party,
1742.—Morison and Russell, 1743. —Visit of Indians to their Camp. — Their
Theft. — Return to Townsend. —Frontier Line. — Danger of Settlement. —
Causes that Retarded the Settlement of the Town.—No Permanent Settlements
till 1749.—After Close of War of 1744 and the Quitclaim of the Masonian
Proprietors.—Tardiness to Comply with it.—Causes.
CHAPTER IV. PETITION FOR INCORPORATION, 1759,
Name of the Town.—How Obtained.—Early Method Naming Towns. — Account of Earl
Peterborough. — Not on Proprietors' Records till 1753. — Petition for
Incorporation. — Town Charter. — First Meeting. — Record of Town Meetings. —
Entire Loss of Town Papers. — Materials for Early History Sparse.
CHAPTER V. EARLY SETTLEMENTS AND EARLY SETTLERS,
No Permanent Settlements till 1749.-All Residences before Temporary. —Great
Increase from 1749 to 1759. —Causes. — Not Checked by the War of
1754.—Reasons.—Loyalty of the First Settlers, and Disasters to them.—The
First Settlers of the Town. of Town to be Released from his
Support.—Dismission. — Settlement Rev. David Annan. — His Ministry. —
Complaint of Elder Moore. — Dismission. — Calls to Rev. Abram Moore and to
Rev. Zephaniah S. Moore, D.D. — Ordination of Rev. Elijah Dunbar. — His
Ministry.—Causes of Dismission. —The Different Ministers in Congregational
Unitarian Society.—Presbyterian Society.—Formation of New Society.—Methodist
and Baptist Societies. — Catholic Church.
CHAPTER VI. HOME LIFE,
Home Life. — Apparent Austerity.— Fun and Humor. — Daily Family Worship. —
Industry of all. — Hard Condition of Women. — Effects of Bible. —
Intelligence of Settlers. — How Obtained. — Diet. — Wild Game. — Fish. — No
Luxuries. — Articles Used. — Abundant. — Mode of Dressing. — Probably
Insufficient. — Poor Dwellings. — All Attended Meeting. — Inconveniences.
CHAPTER VII. HOME MANUFACTURES,
Home Manufactures. — Flax preceded Wool. — Wolves Common.—Process of
Preparing Wool.—Articles Manufactured.—No Machinery but Home-made, Cheap,
and Rude. —Was a Business.—Prices. — Flax Culture a Great Business. — Flax
Crop Profitable. — Process of Preparing Flax. — Great Skill. — All Families
Engaged in Manufacture. — Decline after Revolution.—All now Passed Away.
CHAPTER VIII. AMUSEMENTS AND SOCIAL HABITS,
Difficulties of the Subject. — The Use of Spirit.— Its Dangers not known. —
Its Excess an Abuse.—Wrestling an Amusement. — Quoits. — Social Gatherings.
— Mode of Recreation. — Spirits used Freely. — Conversation Useful and
Instructive. - Various kinds of Recreations. —Raisings, Huskings, Log-rollings,
Quiltings, Apple-parings, and Parties to Destroy Wild Game. —Trainings and
Musters. — Election Days. — Horse Racing and the Horse Jockeys. — Bowling
Alleys.
CHAPTER IX. ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS,
First Meeting-houses. —Rev. John Morrison. — His Scandalous Ministry
according to a Petition from Inhabitants
CHAPTER X. EDUCATION,
Schools before Incorporation. — No Money Raised from 1760 to 1772. — The
Sums Raised and Expended for this Purpose to 1790.—Five New School-houses
Built in 1790. —Agents Appointed for Schools. — Long Struggle to Obtain a
School-house in No. 1.— Description of the New School-houses and Mode of
Warming. — Districts Defined and Numbered.—The Old School-houses Re-placed
in 1824 by Seven Brick School-houses.—Peterborough Academy. — High School.
CHAPTER XI. LIBRARIES AND TOWN LIBRARY,
Social Library, 1811.— Another Started by Dr. Abbot. —Union and Phoenix
Libraries. — Peterborough Ministerial Library.—Town Library Established in
1833.—Edwards' Definition of a Town Library.—Correspondence with
Commissioner of Education. — The Claims of Salisbury, Ct., and Castine, Me.,
Considered. — First Proceedings of Town in Relation to its Library. — First
Appropriation. — First Library Committee. — Appropriations made since 1833.
— Various Aids and Donations. — A Fund of $1000 Raised by Rev. A. M.
Pendleton.—Names of Donors of Money and Books. — Number of Books, March 1,
1876
CHAPTER XII
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY,
College Graduates. — Lawyers. — Those Educated as Lawyers, and Settled
Elsewhere.—Clergymen.—Physicians.—Those who became Physicians, and Settled
Elsewhere.
CHAPTER XIII. MUNICIPAL,
The Record of Town Meetings.— List of Moderators.—Town Clerks. — Selectmen.
— Treasurers.— Representatives. — Committee of Safety.
CHAPTER XIV. MILITARY AFFAIRS,
No Records of the Military. —Efficient Military Training. — French and
Indian Wars. — American Revolution. — Association Test.— Men who Served in
the Revolution. — At Battle of Bunker Hill. — War of 1812. —The Late
Rebellion. — Men in Service. — Soldiers' Monument.
CHAPTER XV. PAUPERISM,
Few Paupers Early. — Increased by the Revolution. — Jean Culberson. —
Warning out of Town. — Lydia Peram. — Widow Mary Swan. — Margaret Caldwell
and New Boston. — A Cow Lent to Jona. Barnett. — Dr. Young Aided. — William
Powers. — Selling Paupers at Auction. — Poor Let Out on Contract. — Purchase
of a Town Farm. CHAPTER XVI. HIGHWAYS,
Legislation on Roads in Town Meeting.—Roads Poor before Incorporation. — A
Road Cut and Cleared by Proprietors from Meeting-House to New Ipswich in
1738.—Object of Incorporation to Improve the Roads. — The Roads in Town.
CHAPTER XVII. MANUFACTURES,
Bell Factory. — Phoenix. — Eagle. — South. — North. — Union Manufacturing
Co. — Paper Manufacture. — Woolen Manufacture. — Peg Mill. — Stone Grist
Mill. — Basket Shop. — Manufacture of Barometers and
Thermometers.—Manufacture of Hand-Cards for Cotton and Wool. —Machine Shop
and Foundry.—Marble and Granite Works. — Briggs' Manufactory of Portable and
Patent Piano-Stools.
CHAPTER XVIII. Topography,
Situation of the Town, etc.— Village.— Little Waste Land at First.— East
Mountain Added. — Uneven in its Surface.—Best Portions of It.—
Forests.—Letter of S. J. Todd, Esq. — Forests Destroyed and Land
Deteriorated. — Small Growth of Wood now. — Game has all Disappeared. —
Climate not Materially Changed. — Salubrious. — Longevity Increased. —
Causes. — Rivers. — Contoocook. — Nubanusit. — Brooks. — Arboreal Products.
— Wild Fruit. — Wild Animals. — Insects Injurious to Vegetation. — Putnam's
Grove.
CHAPTER XIX. CEMETERIES AND BURIALS,
Three Cemeteries in Town. — The Little Cemetery. — Old Cemetery. — First
Burials in It. — Gravestones Neglected. — Village Cemetery, 1833, with Two
Acres. — Its Gravestones and Monuments. —Pine Hill Cemetery, Purchased 1867,
Dedicated July 4, 1869.—First Burials in Town. — Customs at Funerals. —
First Hearse. 1802. —Second Hearse in 1868. —A Sexton Appointed by Town.
CHAPTER XX. MISCELLANEOUS,
Town Hall. — Monadnock Railroad. — Masonry. — Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. —Banks. — Newspapers. — Temperance. — Casualties. — Town Clock. —
Fire Engines.— Surplus Revenue. — Osgood Gratuity. — Post-Office. —
Population.
CHAPTER XXI. CONCLUSION,
Difficulties of the Work. — Changes in Town. — Number of Families Left or
Extinct.— Present Descendants.—Comparative Merits of the Descendants with
their Ancestors. —Character of the Adopted Citizens. — Number and Character
of the Professional Men.
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN 1839,
APPENDIX,
GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL REGISTER.
INDEX..
360 pages, 375 pages, rebound, some pages are loose but all present.
Inscriptions on Gravestones in the Two Old Cemeteries on the East
Hill in Peterborough, N.H. $45.00
Peterborough, NH: Circa 1909
68 page pamphlet, sticker on front cover, corners worn, some tears on back
cover and spine.
They Came To Fish, 2 Volume boxed set (Portsmouth, NH)
$45.00
Ray Brighton
Portsmouth: Revised edition, 1973
A look at Portsmouth's 350 years of history; it's local and worldwide involvement's
and the people concerned. Volume 1 is the history and volume II is the
footnotes.
Table of contents:
The Early Arrivals
They Came To Fish
The Masonian Claims
Moving into the 18th Century
The Wentworth Dynasty
French and Indian Days
The Eve of the Revolution
War Breaks Out
The War for Independence
Return to Peace
Looking Inland
The Great Fires
Prelude to War
The War of 1812
Aftermath of War
Portsmouth Becomes a City
The Glorious Days of the Clippers
The Return of the Sons
The Civil War
The Age of Frank Jones
Moving Toward the 20th Century
A New Century Dawns
The Red Lights are Turned Off .
An Era Ends The First World War
The Roaring Twenties
Portsmouth Marks Three Centuries
The Terrible Thirties
The Second World War
A Generation of Upheaval (1945-1972)
Appendix 1. Portsmouth's Mayors
Appendix II. Portsmouth's City Managers
Appendix III. Portsmouth's City Marshals
Appendix IV. Portsmouth's Fire Chiefs
Appendix V. Portsmouth's Postmasters
Appendix VI. Portsmouth's Major Fires
Appendix VII. The USS Constitution Timbers
Bibliography
Index
Vol 1, 380 pages, Volume 2, 503 pages, softbound. good condition, chip
on box. covers are faded, spines have some ceases on them. Sparsely
illustrated with B&W photography.
Around Portsmouth, NH in the Victorian Era $15.00
James Dolph and Ronan Donohoe
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1996
Images of America Series.
The art and business of photography arrived in Portsmouth in 1840. Beginning with the sale
of daguerreotypes and progressing to the creation of studio cards and stereoscopic views,
photography studios prospered and grew throughout the latter half of the nineteenth
century. Among the most successful of these studios in the Portsmouth area were those
operated by the Davis brothers—Lewis and Charles—from 1856 to 1903.
The Davis brothers began by creating and selling portrait photographs, and their business
evolved over the years to include the sale of stereoscopic views. The Seacoast’s
healthy tourist market demanded stereopticon images of Portsmouth, New Castle, Rye, the
Hamptons, Kittery, York, and the Isles of Shoals, and the Davis brothers responded with a
large and varied select ion of such images.
This new photographic history of Portsmouth in the Victorian era, based upon the
Portsmouth Athenaeum’s collections of Davis brothers stereopticon images, showcases
the achievements of these artists in a lively and accessible format.
Authors James Dolph and Ronan Donohoe are proprietors of the Portsmouth Athenaeum who have
studied the history of Portsmouth and its environs for many years. Their knowledge of and
affection for the area are evident in this remarkable new work, which will surely appeal
to resident and visit or alike.
128 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new
Invoice and Taxes of the Town of
Ringe New
Hampshire Taken April 1, 1929 $12.50
No author.
Peterborough, N.H.: Transcript Printing Co., circa 1929.
List of Ringe, N.H. taxpayers with their addresses, property holdings, and
tax assessments for 1929.
48 pages; pamphlet; good condition.
The Lower Mount Washington Valley - Albany - Tamworth - Ossipee (NH)
$16.99
Jean Ulitz and Mabel Hidden
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1996
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) "The Lower Mount Washington Valley became the
gateway to the entire valley in the 1700s. Settlers saw both the scenery and the
possibilities of the deep and steady rivers for water power and travel, the timber for
homes, the rich earth for planting, and the abundance of food in forests and streams. The
early years were not easy, and men and women faced the challenges of the wilderness: hard
work, fierce wildlife, possible injury, and loneliness. Seeking companionship, families
bonded together and created a sense of community amidst the mountains and valleys of New
Hampshire’s expansive north country.
This collection of photographs, many never before published, graphically illustrates the
beauty of the area, the strength and character of its people, and the simple and practical
lines of the early homes, mills, and one-room schoolhouses. It depicts the gradual changes
that took place over a century of life, from the 1850s to the 1950s. Tough, strong men and
women, the early settlers often became landowners of substance. They left a legacy of the
same qualities to their descendants, many of whom are still living in the Lower Mount
Washington Valley.
Jean Ulitz, retired Tamworth librarian, and Mabel Hidden, president of the Tamworth
Historical Society, have put together and co-edited several works of local history. Their
affection for the Valley and knowledge its history are evident in this remarkable tribute
to the area’s past"
127 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new
Penacook, NH: Penacook Bicentennial Committee, 1976
Lots of nice photographs.
70 page pamphlet, very good condition
Sliptown: The History of Sharon, N.H. 1738-1941 $35.00
H. Thorton King Jr.
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965
Table of contents:
Prologue
Acknowledgements List of Illustrations
The Name, Sliptown, The Masonian Proprietors, The First Settler, The
Roads,
Taverns & Town Meetings, The Meeting-Houses, Schools & School Days, The
Farming Families, Over the Mountain to Cunningham Pond, Of Bagley
Corner,
of Tarmany Hill, Who Were Blacksmiths, The Laws House, North & South of
West Hill, The Mills, The Forests Hills, Brooks, & Pastures, Itinerants,
Folklore in Sliptown—and Music, The Homing Recreationalists, Reunions,
Two fold out maps in the back.
Notes on the Text Appendix
Index
233 pages, 7x8 hardbound, very good condition, dj.
Tamworth NH Recollections $10.95 (out of Print)
Compiled and edited by Mabel Hidden and Jean Ulizt
Tamworth, NH: Tamworth American Revolution Bicentennial Commission 1976
This book is based on interviews with some of the older residents of Tamworth.
Table of contents: I didn't know that! by Mabel Hidden, As the mill wheel turns by
Isabelle W. Bookholz (Carroll County Timber Cooperative write-up by Whipple Farnum), Up
before breakfast by Kate Thompson, Pastimes to remember by Martha B. Alt, Peddler's packs
and country stores by Ellen E. Eldridge, Bell, book and ruler by Jean Ulitz, Cry fire! by
Kate Thompson, Tamworhties by Jean Roff Smith (Miss Greg write-up by Charles Thompson;
Helen Hidden write-up by Mabel Hidden, Village photos. Fold out map of one room
schoolhouse locations.
114 pages spiral bound
History of the Town of
Wolfeborough New Hampshire $ 19.95
By Benjamin Franklin Parker
Wolfeboro Historical Society 1988 (Reprint of the 1901 edition)
This History of Wolfeborough, New Hampshire, was published in 1901 and has long been out
of print. Few copies are to be found today, three quarters of a century later. The author,
Benjamin Franklin Parker, died in 1900, not living to see the fruit of his labors in
published form.
No one could have been better qualified by position and experience than Benjamin Parker to
write this detailed and well rounded history of our town. He spent most of his life here.
He attended the local academy. He was a member of the Superintending School Committee, and
a teacher in School District No. 2. He was a trustee of Brewster Free Academy. He assisted
his brother who edited the Granite State News. He was a businessman and a selectman of
Wolfeboro. He was deacon and clerk of the Baptist Church at Wolfeboro Falls, and a man of
staunch Christian character. Married, and the father of eight children, his was a
well-rounded, full, busy, constructive life.
Through Parker's diligent efforts we get many accurate details of the life of Wolfeboro
from colonial times down to the turn of the Twentieth Century. Behind the passing events
Parker has done much to show the quality of life in this old New England town, as it built
its schools and churches, and as its citizens engaged in agriculture, industry, and
mercantile activities.
From the description of Wolfeboro's mountains, hills, meadows, valleys, lakes, ponds, and
islands in Chapter 111, to the whimsical duties of bog-reeves in Chapter XI, to the saga
of the Meetinghouse in Chapter XIX, to the portrayal of the splendid benefactions of John
Brewster to his native town in Chapters XXV and XXVII, to the story of the town mills,
hotels, banks, stores, and other business enterprises (from the first gristmill in 1771 to
the numerous summer boarding houses of the late 19th Century) described in Chapter XXX, to
the old time customs of the town as spelled out in the final chapter, the "Parker
History" is a delight to read, and is an invaluable source of information about this
oldest summer resort of America.
Eight pages of pre 1900 life have been added to this edition.
599 pages, softbound (New Book)