vocations, with agriculture on one
side and manufacturing, trade
and professional business on the
other. 1,100,000 yards of flannel
are annually manufactured; 700,000
clapboards, 1,500,000 shingles, and

4,220,000 feet of boards and dimen-
sion timber sawed, $5,000 worth
of leather tanned, 300,000 stero-
scopic views made, $ 12,000 worth
of machinery, 1,500 dozen scythes,
$4,000 worth of churns, 160 tons
of starch, besides various other
mechanical works heretofore
mentioned. The total value of
all kinds of goods annually man-
ufactured is about $ 576,000.

Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $226,145; manufactur-
ing labor, $ 98,000; carpenters,
masons, &c., $ 18,000; stocks, &c.,
$65,700; money at interest, $81,
920; deposits in savings banks,
$ 13,876; stock in trade, $ 76,575;
from summer tourists, $ 30,000;
professional business, trade and
transportation, $ 100,000.

Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational Church, Rev. C. E. Milli-
ken, pastor, members, 150, church
value, $6,000; Methodist, Rev.
George Beebe, pastor, members,
150, church value, $ 7,500; Freewill
Baptist, Rev. E. Gilford, pastor,
members, 60, church value, $6,000.
There are twenty-one schools in
town, five of which are graded.
Average length of schools for the
year, twenty weeks; total amount
annually appropriated for school
purposes, $4,052.80; value of
school-houses and school lots, $40,
000. There is a high school which
gives the scholars of this town
excellent school advantages.

Prof. F. Hutchins, Principal.

Libraries. Littleton Village
Social Library, 1,036 volumes;

C. W. Rand, 550 volumes; Wm.
J. Bellows, 550 volumes; Charles
Hartshorn, 500 volumes; James J.
Barrett, 500 volumes; Dr. H. L.
Watson, 450 volumes; Dr. T. E.
Sanger, 425 volumes; Rev. C. E.
Milliken, 400 volumes; James R.
Jackson, 400 volumes.

Newspaper. White Mountain
Republic, G. C. Furber, Editor
and Proprietor.

Hotels. Thayer’s Hotel and
Union House; arrivals the past
season, 4,500; hotels valued at
$32,500.

Banks. Littleton National
Bank, and Littleton Savings Bank.
(See tables.)

First Settlements. In November,
1764, the territory including Little-
ton, was granted under the name
of Chiswick. January 18, 1770, it
was granted under the name of
Apthorp, and included Dalton. In
November, 1784, it was divided
and the towns of Littleton and
Dalton incorporated. Capt. Na-
than Caswell came to Littleton
about 1774, and was the first per-
manent settler.

First Church. A Congregational
Church was organized in 1803.
Rev. Drury Fairbanks settled here
in 1820.

Boundaries. North-west by
Concord and Waterford, Vermont,
north-east by Dalton, south-east
by Bethlehem, and south-west by
Lisbon, Lyman and Monroe. To-
tal area, 36,000 acres; area of im-
proved lands, 17,637 acres.

Distances. One hundred miles
north-west from Concord, and
thirty north from Haverhill.

Railroads. The White Moun-
tain Railroad passes through the
south-east portion of the town.
The inhabitants expect that the