'small) joiners’ planes, stoves, steel hammers, pistols, and bowie knives. Total annual amount of manufac- tures, about. $200,000. See Reg- ister.
Amity, Me.
Washington co. Township No. 10, first range of townships from the east line of the state,—about 100 miles N. E. from Bangor. Incor- porated 1836. Population, 1837, 130. This town has fine soil for wheat.
Amonoosuck Rivers, I. H.
Upper and Lower. The Upper Amonoosuck rises in the ungranted lands north of the White Mountains, and passing N. E. into Dummer, approaches to within a few miles of the Androscoggin; ■ thence turn- ing abruptly to the S. W. it pursues /that direction and falls into Connec- ticut river near the centre of North- umberland. Its whole length is about 50 miles. The valley of tbe Upper Amonoosuck ijr* or 8 miles in breadth, and more than 20 in length : it is scooped out with great beauty, the surface gently rising to the summits of the mountains on the N. The Lower Amonoosuck rises on the W. side of the White Mountains, and after running a course of 50 miles, falls into the Connecticut just above Haverhill, by a mouth 100 yards wide. At the distance of two miles from its mouth, it receives the Wild Amo- noosuck, a stream 40 yards wide, and, when raised by fresbets, very swift and furious in its course. The waters of the Amonoosuck are pure, and its bed clean; the current lively, and in some places rapid. The valley of the Lower Amonoosuck is about half a mile in width, and was probably once the bed of a lake, its S. W. limit being the rise of ground at its foot, over which the waters descended in their course to the Connecticut. There is a fine fall in this river about 6 1-2 miles from the Notch of the White Mountains, where the de- scent is 50 feet, cut through a mass of stratified granite. |
Amoskeag Falls & Village, N. II.
These falls are in the Merrimack river; between Goffstown on the W. and Manchester on the E. The whole fall of the river, within the distance of half a mile, is 54 feet, producing a great hydraulic pow- er. A company, with a large cap- ital, have commenced forming ca- nals and erecting buildings for man- ufacturing purposes on a very ex- tensive scale. Their plan provides for 37 mills, each containing 6000 spindles. Two canals, 2 factories, a number of dwelling houses, ma- chine shops, &c. are now nearly completed. The canals are each a mile in length, and will, when com- pleted, be equal to any works of the kind in our country. The village is in Goffstown, 16 miles below Con- cord and 18 miles above Nashua; delightfully situated on the banks of these majestic falls. Amoskeag is already a place of considerable business, and must eventually be- come the mart of large manufac- turing operations. The vicinity of these falls was much frequented by the Indians. The Sachem Wono- lanset resided here. The tribe un- der him was sometimes molested by tbe Mohawks, who carried terror to the hearts of ajl the eastern In- dians. In time of war between these hostile tribes, the Indians liv- ing in the neighborhood of the falls, concealed their provisions in the large cavities of the rocks on the island in the middle of the upper part of the fall. They entertained an idea that their deity had cut out these cavities for that purpose.
Andover, Me.
Oxford co. This town was incor- porated in 1804. Population, 1837, 551. It lies about 30 miles N. W. from Paris, 61 W. N. W. from Au- |