church value, $ 33,000. Grace
Church, (Methodist) Rev. T. L.
Flood, pastor; members, 300;
church value, $50,000; Baptist,
Rev W. II. Eaton, D. D., pastor;
members, 184; church valuation,
$ 16,000. St. James, (Episcopal,)
Rev. George W. Brown, rector;
communicants, 100; church value,
$ 40,000. St. Bei'nard’s (Catholic,)
Rev. D. W. Murphy, priest; mem-
bers, 1,600; church value, $ 10,000.
The Baptist society is now build-
ing a new church edifice, (1873).
Total number of churches, 7;
number of members, 2,850; church
valuation, $223,000. There are
eleven school districts, and thirty
schools in Keene. Number of
scholars, 1,190; average length
for the year, twenty-nine weeks;
annual amount of money appropri-
ated for school purposes, $ 14,978.
14. The schools in this town stand
as high as in any town in the
State.

Keene Natural History Society
was organized in 1872, and has
met with eminent success in col-
lecting illustrative specimens of
the several departments pertain-
ing to the natural sciences. The
interest in this enterprise is grow-
ing rapidly and its members have
already a museum consisting of
numerous objects exemplifying the
mineral, and animal kingdoms, in
their various phases, together with
rare and curious works of art.

Libraries. Keene Public Libra-
ry, 3,000 volumes; A. S. Carpen-
ter, M. D., (private), 800; D. H.
Woodward, Esq., 500; Rev. E, A.
Renouf, 1,000; Messrs. Wheeler
and Faulkner, Esqs., 450; G. B.
Twitchell, M. D., 1,000; Mrs. Ing-
ersoll, 1,200; Gen. James Wilson,
700; Rev. W. O. White, 1,800; C.

S. Faulkner, Esq., 500; George
Cook, Esq., 800; J. H. Elliott,
Esq., 500; Rev. J. A. Leach, 2,700;
Samuel W. Hale, 500; D. W. Gil-
bert, 400; I. F. Prouty, 400; Gen. S.

G. Griffin, 800; C. T. Buffum, 400;
Rev. G. W. Brown, 900; Dr. H. II.
Darling, 600; Rev. W. II. Eaton, I>.

D., 900; C. C. Webster, Esq., 500;
Rev. D. W. Murphy, 400; G. II.
Tilden & Co., 600; Horatio Colony,
Esq., 800; Julius N. Morse, 500;
Hon. T. M. Edwards, 500; and
Samuel Dinsmore, 500. Total
number of volumes in libraries of
400 volumes or more, 24,150.
There are at least six Sunday-
school libraries, ranging from 500
to 1000 volumes each.

Hotels. Cheshire House, Eagle
Hotel, and American House. To-
tal value of hotels in the town,
$ 170,000; total number of arrivals
for the year, 24,300.

Livery Stables. There are four
livery stables, with fifty-nine hors-
es, valued at $ 12,000.

Banks. Cheshire National, Ash-
uelot National, Keene National,
Cheshire Provident Institution for
Savings, and Keene Five Cent Sav-
ings Bank.

Newspapers. New-Hampshire
Sentinel; Cheshire Republican.

First Settlements. Keene was
originally granted by Massachu-
setts, under the name of Upper
Ashuelot. The first settlement
was commenced about the year
1734, by Jeremiah Hall, Elisha
Root, Nathaniel Rockwood, Seth
Heaton, Josiah Fisher, Nathan
Blake, and others. It was incor-
porated under its present name,
April 11, 1753, in honor of an Eng-
lish nobleman, Sir Benjamin
Keene.

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