Bow, N. H.,

Merrimack euTT'-wvas originally
laid out nine miles square,' hompr^
hending a great portion of the ter-
ritory now constituting Pembroke
and Concord. It is bounded N. E.
hy Merrimack river, which divides
it from Pembroke, S. E. hy Hook-
sett, S. W. by Dunbarton, N. W.
by Concord and a part of Hopkin-
ton. The soil is very uneven and
hard, but productive when well
managed. There is but one pond
of any size, called Turee pond.
Turkey river empties into the Mer-
rimack at Turkey falls, near the N.
E. part of Bow. About a mile be-
low are Garven’s falls, now passable
by locks on Bow side. Bow canal
is situated on the Merrimack, 3
miles below Concord; the perpen-
dicular measurement around which
it is carried is 25 feet—its length
1-3 of a mile. It passes through
a ledge of granite, and is for the
most part imperishable. Its cost
was {§13,860 ; and about $2,000 of
its first income were appropriated
towards clearing channels through
Turkey falls, &c. Pop. 1830,1,065^

Samuel Welch, the oldest native
citizen of _Naw Hampshire, died in
Bow on the 5th of ApriI7 T823, at
the age of 113 years. He was born
at Kingston, Sept. 1st, 1710, where
he spent the early part of his life;
he lived subsequently a while at
Pembroke; but for 50 years preced-
ing his death he resided at Bow,
in an obscure corner, and steadily
cultivated his little farm, till the
frosts of a century had whitened
his locks, and the chills of a hun-
dred winters had benumbed his
frame. His life was marked by no
extraordinary vicissitude—he was
never in battle, or in any public
service ; he was a man of industry
and temperance.

Bowback Mountain.

See Stratford, «7V*. II.

Bowdoin, Me.

Lincoln co. This agricultural
township is bounded on the S. E.
by Bowdoinham, and S. by Tops-
ham. It was incorporated in 1788,
and lies 17 miles W. from Wiscas-
set, 37 N. N. E. from Portland, and