town; average length of schools for the year, thirty-three weeks.
Hotel. Bracket “ Hotel.”
First Settlement. Greenland was originally part of Portsmouth, and was incorporated in 1703; one hundred years ago there were more inhabitants in the town than at the present time.
First Ministers. Rev William Allen, the first minister, was or- dained July 15, 1707; died Septem- ' ber 8, 1760; Rev. Samuel McClin- tock, D.D., ordained in 1756; died in 1804. He was a chaplain in the revolutionary army, and very ac- tive in the cause of his country.
Boundaries. North by Great Bay and Newington, east by Ports- mouth and Rye, south by North Hampton, and west by Stratham; area 6,360 acres; improved land, 5,839.
Distances. Forty miles south- east from Concord, and five west from Portsmouth.
Railroads. The Eastern, and Portsmouth and Concord railroad pass through a portion of this town, affording excellent railroad facilities to the inhabitants.
GREENVILLE.
Hillsborough County. Green- ville is a small township taken from the northern section of Ma- son, and includes within its limits “ Mason village.” The surface of the town is iineven, but the soil is productive and produces excellent crops, the farmers finding a home market at Mason village for all their surplus productions. |
Rivers. Souhegan River passes through the northwestern part of the town and affords some fine water power, about one-lialf of which is improved. The town has voted to exempt from taxation for a term of years any new manufac- tories which may he erected. With this inducement held out, there is a prospect that the whole water power will he improved w'ithin a short time.
Employments. The people are largely engaged in manufacturing, although there are many fine farms under a high cultivation. There are annually manufactured 3,524, 400 yards of cotton goods, valued at $617,100; lumber mills annu- ally sawing 700,000 feet of lum- ber ; furniture manufactory annu- ally making 700 sets of furniture; besides various small manufacto- ries. The Columbian Manufac- turing Company are building another large mill which will go into operation in a short time. The total value of goods annually manufactured is estimated at $ 655,800.
Resources. Productions of the soil $37,682; mechanical labor, $108,200; deposits in savings banks, $35,800; from summer tourists,$2,500; stock in trade, $42,800.
Village. The village of Green- ville is situated on the Souhegan river, and is one of the pleasant- est villages in the State. There are several large cotton mills, an extensive furniture manufactory, lumber mills, blacksmith, tin ware, shoe shops, and various other mechanical works. There are eight or ten stores of various kinds, two churches, a large school house with graded schools, bank, hotel, insurance, telegraph, post office, two physicians1 offices, and about 100 dwelling houses.
Churches and Schools. Congre- gational, Rev. George F. Merriam, |