town, —the First National, and
Newport Savings banks.

Libraries. Newport Social Li-
brary, 400 volumes; Hon. Edmund
Burke’s private library, 6,000 vol-
umes; besides several other pri-
vate libraries with over 1,000 vol-
umes each.

Hotels. Newport House, and
Phenix Hotel.

First Settlers. Ezra Parmelee,
then about twenty-one years of
age, in company witli Dea. Jesse
Wilcox, and his two sons, Jesse
and Phineas—Samuel Hurd and
Jesse Kelsey, came, early in the
month of June, 1766—occupied the
lands to which they were entitled,
built their camps, and commenc-
ed the actual settlement of the
town. These men were from old
Ivilingworth, Connecticut. Some
years later, John McGregory, (fath-
er of the late John McGregory, M.
I).,) Joel McGregory, and Deacon
Daniel Chapin, made a settlement
in the north-western section of the
town. Joel McGregory died a few
years since, aged one hundred and
one years. A son of his is now
living in town, between eighty and
ninety years of age. Newport has
been the birthplace and residence
of many prominent men and wom-
en of this country, Mrs. Sarah J.
Ilale, was a native of this town.
The town was incorporated Oc-
tober 6, 1761. Hon. Benjamin
Giles, long a resident, and highly
respected, built the first grist-
mill, in 1768. Captain Ezra Par-
melee settled on the Unity road
about one mile south of the vil-
lage, and built his bam soon af-
ter coming to Newport. This barn
is now (1873,) standing and in
good repair. It is safe to say that
it has been built, and been in use,
over one hundred years. The cov-
ering boards are fastened to the
timbers with strong wooden pins,
which clearly shows the scarcity
of nails in those early days of the
settlement. A few rods from the
barn, stands an apple tree, which
is quite as old. Captain Parmelee
brought it from Connecticut, over
one hundred years ago.

First Ministers. Rev. John
Remelee, ordained in 1783, dis-
missed in 1791; Rev. Abijah
Wines, settled in 1785, dismissed
in 1816. Congregational and Bap-
tist churches were established in
1779.

Boundaries. North by Croydon,
east by Sunapee and Goshen, west
by Claremont, and south by Gosh-
en and Unity. Area, 25,267 acres;
improved land, 18,533 acres.

Distances. Forty miles north of
west from Concord, and about thir-
ty-five miles north from Keene.

Railroad. Concord and Clare-
mont Railroad passes through the
town in an easterly and westerly
direction.

NEWTON.

Rockingham County. New-
ton is a small township bordering
on Massachusetts. The surface is
broken but the soil is deep and fer-
tile, and yields good crops of grain
and grass. The farmers find a
ready sale for their produce at
Haverhill, Massachusetts. Nearly
one third of Country Pond lies in
this town, and it is the only body
of water, of note.

Employments. The employ-
ment of the inhabitants is about
equally divided between farming
and mechanical labor. 1,000,000
feet of boards &c., and 180,000
shingles, are annually sawed; and