First Ministers. Rev. John Gib-
son, installed in 1639; Rev. Joshua
Moody, settled in 1671, died in
1697; Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, set-
tled in 1699, died in 1723; Rev.
Jabez Fitch, settled in 1725, died
in 1746, Rev. S. Langdon, D. D.
settled in 1747; dismissed in 1777;
Rev. Joseph Buckminister D. D.
settled in 1779; died in 1812.

Second Church. Rev. John Em-
erson, settled in 1715, died in 1732;
Rev. William Shurtleff, settled in
1733, died in 1747; Rev. Job
Strong, settled in 1749, died in
1751; Rev. Samuel Haven, set-
tled in 1752, died in 1806.

Boundaries. North-west by
Newington, north-east by Piscat-
aqua River, which separates it
from Kittery, Maine, south-east
and south by Rye, and west by
Greenland and Newington. Area

9,000 acres. Portsmouth, includ-
ing Kittery, Dover, and Exeter,
was an independent republic until
1641. It then, with Exeter, placed
itself under the jurisdiction of
Massachusetts, until 1679, when
New-Hampshire was formed in-
to a separate province. It was
incorporated with its present
limits, May 28, 1653. It was incor-
porated as a city, July 6, 1849.

Distances. Fifty-four miles
north from Boston, and four hun-
dred and eighty-nine miles north-
east from Washington, D. C.

Railroads. The railroad facili-
ties of Portsmouth are very good.
The Eastern New-Hampshire, has
its terminus here, and connects
the city with Boston. The East-
ern connects with the Portland,
Saco and Portsmouth Railroad,
which leads to Portland, and from
thence to all sections of Maine;
the eastern section of New-Hamp-
shire is reached by the Great Falls
and Conway Railroad, which forms
a junction with the P. S. and P.
about twelve miles from Ports-
mouth. The Portsmouth and Con-
cord Railroad connects it with
Central New-Hampshire and the
western and northern sections of
the State.

The Portsmouth and Dover
Railroad is now (1873,) being
built, and will be open for travel
the coming autumn.

It AN IlOLPH.

Coos County. This town is
situated at the northern base of
the White Mountains. The sur-
face is uneven and broken with
hills, and of its area of over 26,000
acres, only 1,400 are under any
improvement. The lumber busi-
ness is an important branch of
resource to the people.

Rivers. Branches of Moose and
Israel’s Rivers are the principal
streams, and afford some water
power.

Employments.. Farming and
lumbering is the principal employ-
ment, of the people. 1,000,000 feet
of lumber, of all kinds, are annu-
ally sawed. In seasons of good
potato crops, quite a quantity of
starch is manufactured.

Resources Productions of the
soil, $ 18,401; mechanical labor,
$ 4,000; deposits in savings banks,
$ 111 ; from summer tourists,
$ 2,000.

Schools. There are three schools
in town; average length, for the
year, nineteen weeks. The aver-
age attendance, in proportion to
the number of scholars, is larger
than that of any other town in
the county, viz. 81 per cent.

Hotel. Wood’s Hotel.