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soil, $ 150,057; mechanical labor,
$32,500; stocks and money at in-
terest, $ 18,030; deposits in sav-
ings banks, $ 187,923; stock in
trade, $ 20,000; from summer tour-
ists, $ 3,000; professional business,
$ 12,000.
Churches and Schools. Baptist,
(in 1870), Rev. Jesse M. Colburn,
and Rev. John Atwood, pastors;
Presbyterian, Rev. D. C. Frink,
pastor. There are fifteen schools
in town, two of which are graded.
Average length of schools, for the
year, eighteen weeks. Value of
school houses, $ 8,050.
Hotel and Livery Stable. Co-
lumbian Hotel. H. Lynch, livery
stable.
First Settlements. Persons by
the name of Cochran, Wilson,
Caldwell, McNeil, Ferson and
Smith made the first settlement, in
1733. It was granted, by Massa-
chusetts, to inhabitants of Boston,
January If, 1736, and, for many
years, was called “Lane’s New-
Boston.” It was incorporated by
New-IIampshire, February 18,
1763, as New-Boston. Fifty years
ago the town contained 1,686 in-
habitants ; at present, (1870) 1,241.
First Minister. Rev. Solomon
Moor, ordained in 1768, died in
1803.
Boundaries. North by Weare,
east by Goffstown and Bedford,
south by Mount Vernon and
Lyndehorough, and west by
Lyndehorough and Francestown.
Area, 26,536 acres; area of im-
proved land, 15,947 acres.
Distances. Twenty-two miles
south from Concord, and nine
north from Amherst.
Railroads. Railway station, at
Parker’s, on the Manchester and
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NEWBURY.
Merrimack County. Newbury
is uneven and broken with hills,
but the soil is deep and fertile,
and produces large crops of corn,
wheat, oats and potatoes.
Rivers and Ponds. Todd’s pond,
500 rods long, and 60 wide, is the
largest body of water in town.
This pond affords a small branch
to Warner River. Sunapee Lake
lies on its western border.
Employments. The people are
generally engaged in farming. 1,
100,000 feet of lumber is annually
sawed. (See tables.)
Resources. Productions of the
soil, $81,174; mechanical labor,
$5,000; stocks, and money at in-
terest, $13,150; stock in trade,
$ 6,375; deposits in savings banks,
$ 44,555.
Churches and Schools. There is
one church of the Freewill Baptist
denomination, seventydour mem-
bers ; no pastor, at present. There
are eleven schools in town. Aver-
age length of schools for the year,
fifteen weeks.
Hotel. Sunapee Mountain House.
This new hotel was opened, for the
first time, in July, 1873. It is sit-
uated near the summit of Sunapee
mountain. From this house a fine
view of Sunapee lake and an ex-
tensive and delightful view of the
surrounding country can be ob-
tained.
First Organization. Newbury
was originally called Dantzic. In
1778 it took the name of Fisliers-
field, and derived its present name
in 1837. It was first settled by
Zephaniah Clark, in 1762.
Boundaries. North by New-
London, east by Sutton, south by
Bradford, and west by Goshen and 9
Sunapee. |
