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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, |
