First Minister. Rev. Joseph
Willard; installed in July, 1794;
dismissed in 1822.

Boundaries. North by North-
umberland, east by Killkenney,
south by Jefferson, Whitefield and
Dalton, and west by Guildhall and
Lunenburg, Vt. Area, 23,480
acres; area of improved land, 15,
394 acres.

Distances. One hundred and
thirty-seven miles (by railroad)
north of Concord.

Railroad. The White Mountain
extension of the Boston, Concord &
Montreal Railroad passes through
this town in a northerly and south-
erly direction.

LANDAFF.

Grafton County. The soil of
this town is very fertile, and the
farmers are well rewarded for
their labor. There are many fine
farms under a high state of culti-
vation, producing excellent crops
of wheat, corn, oats, barley and
potatoes. But one town in the
county produces as many potatoes
as Landaff.

Rivers and Mountains. The wild
Amonoosuck passes from south-''
east to north-west, through the
southerly part of the town, and the
Great Amonoosuck passes through
the north-w^resterly extremity.

These rivers afford some of the
best water privileges to be found
in the county. In the east part
is Landaff Mountain, in the centre
Cobble Hill, and in the west Bald
Hill, which are the principal
elevations.

Minerals. Veins of Magnetic
iron ore have been discovered in
Cobble Hill.

Employments. A large portion
of the inhabitants are engaged

in agriculture and lumbering.

2.950.000 feet of boards &c.,

880.000 shingles, and 450,000 clap-
boards are annually produced.
Also 344 tons of potato starch are
annually manufactured, valued at
$44,200 using 75,000 bushels of
potatoes in its manufacture. Two
hundred tons of lime is annually
made, valued at $ 1,600 and 45,800
pounds of maple sugar manu-
factured.

Resources. Productions of the
soil, $ 163,537; mechanical labor,
$ 18,100; stocks and money at in-
terest, $26,150; deposits in sav-
ings banks, $ 759; stock in trade,
$ 16,350; professional business &c.,
$ 10,000.

Churches and Schools. Metho-
dist Church, Rev. Joseph E. Rob-
bins, pastor; Union society at Lan-
daff centre, Rev. Albert Gordon,
pastor. There are ten schools in
town; average length for the year,
seventeen weeks.

First Settlements. Landaff was
granted January 3, 1764, to James
Avery and others, but the grantees
failing to comply with the condi-
tions of the charter, it was declared
to be forfeited, and was then grant-
ed to Dartmouth College. After
the revolution, on the ground that
the adjudication of the forfeiture
was irregular the original grantees
set up their claims and several
cases were tried by the court, and
finally the claims of the grantees,
were sustained.

Boundaries. North by Lisbon,
east by Lincoln, south by Benton,
and west by Bath. Area, 29,200
acres; improved land, 14,071 acres.

Distances. Ninety-five miles
north-west from Concord, and
twelve north-east from Haverhill.

Railroads. The White Moun-