Vermont History, Town Histories, Church Histories, Vital Records and Genealogies
White Mountain, Hotels, Inns and Taverns, (New Hampshire) $16.99
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
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.
New Hampshire Towns
History of Andover New Hampshire 1751-1906 $150.00John 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, 6×9 softbound, good condition, Christmas gift sticker on back cover.
History of Charlestown, New Hampshire, the Old No. 4, from Its Settlement to 1876 $65.00
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, 6×9 hardbound very fine condition.
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.
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, 6×9 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.
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
1871 Original Map of Madbury, New Hampshire $49.95
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 12×16 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, 6×9 hardbound, good condition.
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.
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