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are a source of considerable income
to the inhabitants.
Resources. Agricultural prod-
ucts, $153,112; mechanical labor,
$10,200; money at interest, $32,
560; stocks &e., $43,140; deposits
in savings banks, $120,459; stock
in trade, $37,500; from tourists,
$25,000; from College boarders
estimated, $ 50,000; professional
business, $60,000.
Churches and Schools. Baptist,
Rev. F. Merriam, pastor; Chris-
tian, Rev. J. W. Tilton, pastor;
1st. Congregational, .pastor;
2d Congregational, Rev. S. P.
Leeds, pastor; Episcopal, Rev. J.
Ilaughton, rector. There are
eighteen school districts, and twen-
ty schools in town. Two of the
schools are graded. The average
length of schools for the year is
twenty weeks. The total amount
of money annually appropriated
for school purpose, is $ 2,654,97.
Libraries. Second Social Libra-
ry Association, 700 volumes; Col-
lege Library, 20.000 volumes; So-
cial Friends Library, 9,300 vol-
umes; United Fraternity, 9,000
volumes; Society of Inquiry’s Li-
brary, 300 volumes; Philotechnics
Society Library, 1,200 volumes;
Medical School Library, 1,100 vol-
umes; Northern Academy Libra-
ry, 2,300 volumes; Thayer School
Library, 1,800 volumes; Agricultu-
ral College Library, 1,000 vol-
umes; Total number of volumes
in all the libraries in this town, 46,
700.
Banks. Dartmouth National
Bank, and Dartmouth Savings
Bank. (See tables.)
Hotels. “Dartmouth Hotel.”
There are two livery stables, with
18 horses.
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was formerly called Dresden, and
was granted by charter to eleven
persons by the name of Freeman,
and fifty-two others, principally
from Connecticut, July 4, 1761.
The first settlement was made
in May, 1765, by Colonel Edmund
Freeman from Mansfield Connec-
ticut. Benjamin Rice, Benjamin
Davis, Gideon Smith, and Asa
Parker, settled here in 1766. Dart-
mouth College was established in
1770, by Dr. Wheelock. Among
the worthy men who finished their
earthly career in this town, may be
mentioned the following: Rev.
Eleazer Wheelock, who died April
24, 1779, aged sixty-nine years.
Hon. John Wheelock, LL. D.,
President of the College thirty-five
years, who died April 4, 1817, aged
sixty-three years. Hon, Beraleel
Woodward, who died August, 1804.
Rev. John Smith, D. D. who died
April 1809. Hon. John Hubbard,
who died in September 1810. Rev.
Francis Brown, D. D., who died
July 27, 1820, aged thirty-six years.
These gentlemen were all connect-
ed with the College.
First Ministers. Rev. Eden Bur-
roughs, D.D., installed in 1772, dis-
missed in 1810; Rev. Samuel Col-
lins, installed in 1788, dismissed in
1795; Rev. Abel Bridgman, set-
tled in 1791, died in 1800. Col-
lege Church, Rev. E. Wheelock, D.
D. settled in 1771, died in 1779.
Rev. Sylvanus Ripley, settled in
1779, died in 1787; Rev. John
Smith, D. D., settled in 1786, died
in 1809.
Boundaries. North by Lyme,
east by Canaan, south by Lebanon,
and west by Norwich, Vermont;
area, 27,745; improved land 21,798
acres.
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