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NEW-L0ND0N.

lumber, machine work, &c., are
manufactured, to the value of $ 72,
400 annually.

Resources. Productions of the
soil, $ 92,995; mechanical labor,

$ 19,100; money at interest, $ 12,
450; deposits in savings banks,

$ 85,128; stock in trade, $ 24,048;
from summer tourists, $
6,000;
professional business, $ 15,000.

Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational, Rev. T. S. Robie, pastor;
Methodist, Rev. Jacob F. Spauld-
ing, pastor; Baptist, no pastor;
There are thirteen schools in town;
average length, for the year, twen-
ty weeks.

New Ipswich Academy was in-
corporated, June 18, 1789. Apple-
ton Academy is the name of the
literary institution there, at the
present time. John Herbert is the
Principal.

Library. New-Ipswich Libra-
ry, 1,000 volumes.

Bank. New-Ipswich Savings
Bank. (See tables.)

Hotels. Clark’s Hotel, and Ap-
pleton House.

First Settlements. New-Ip-‘
swich was originally called Ips-
wich Canada, and was settled pri-
or to 1749, by Reuben Kidder,
Archibald White, Joseph and Eb-
enezer Bullard, Joseph Stephens
and eighty others. In 1750 it was
granted by the Masonian proprie-
tors, and incorporated September
9, 1762. The town sent sixty men
to Bunker Hill. Twenty-six men
gave up their lives in the great re-
bellion of 1861 to 1865.

First Minister. A Congrega-
tional Church was gathered in
1750. Rev. Stephen Farrer was
ordained in 1760, died in 1809.

Boundaries. North by Sharon
and Temple, east by Greenville ;


and Mason, south by Massachu-
setts, and west by Rindge. Area,
20,860 acres. Area of improved
land, 9,620 acres.

Distances. Fifty miles south-
west from Concord, and eighteen
south-west from Amherst.

Railroad. By stage, twice a day,
to Greenville station, three miles
distant, on the Peterborough and
Shirley Railroad.

NEW-LONDOIV.

Merrimack County. The
principal settlements of this town
are formed on three large swells
of land. The soil is deep and
good. In some portions of the
town, the land is rocky, but
there is very little not capable of
cultivation. There are many fine
farms which clearly show they are
cultivated by practical farmers.

Ponds and Streams. Sunapee
Lake separates New-London from
the town of Sunapee. Little Sun-
apee Pond, one and one-half miles
in length, and three-fourths of a
mile in width, lies in the west
part, and empties into Sunapee
Lake. Near the centre of the
town, are Harvey’s and Messer’s
Ponds, which are the principal
sources of Warner River. Pleas-
ant Pond, in the north part, is
nearly two miles long and one
wide. There are some elevations
in this section of the town, but
they can hardly be considered
mountains. The elevated location
of the town, together with its lake
and ponds, afford some very de-
lightful and attractive scenery,
which has caused many tourists to
visit here, through the summer
months. One of the most flour-
ishing institutions of learning in
the State, is located here.





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