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NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.

fessional business, $ 50,000; depos-
its in savings banks, $ 197,520;
stock in trade, $ 61,875.

Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational, Rev. Selah Merrill, pas-
tor; Catholic, J. T. Sullivan,

priest; Episcopal, — -. There

are six school districts, and eight
schools, in town; average length,
for the year, thirty-one weeks;
amount of money annually appro-
priated for school purposes, $ 3,
354.50; average amount appropri-
ated for each scholar, $
11.11.

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Banks. Salmon Falls State
Bank, and Salmon Falls Savings
Bank. (See tables.)

IAbrary. Salmon Falls Library,

1,000 volumes.

Hotel. Franklin House.

Boundaries. North by Somers-
wortli, east by South Berwick,
Maine, and south and west by Do-
ver. Acres of improved land, 2,813.

Distances. Forty miles south-
east from Concord, and two miles
east from Dover.

Railroads. Boston and Maine,
and Portsmouth, Great Falls and
Conway Railroads pass through
Rollinsford.

ROXBVBY.

Cheshire County. The sur-
face of this small town is uneven,
rising in considerable swells, and
affording excellent grazing land.
The soil is fertile, and, when prop-
erly tilled, produces fine crops.

Streams and Ponds. The north
branch of Ashuelot River, forms
the boundary between this town
and Keene. Roaring Brook, on
which are several valuable mead-
ows, waters the south part, and
furnishes a few water privileges.
Roaring Brook Pond is on the east
side of the town.

Quarry. One of the largest gran-
ite quarries in the State is in this
town. At present, it is being ex-
tensively worked, and, no doubt,
Avill be a valuable resource of
wealth. Estimated value of stone
quarried, the present year, (1873,)
$ 150,000.

Employments. Aside from the
quarry business, farming is the
principal employment of the
people.

Resources. Agricultural prod-
ucts, $ 27,427; mechanical labor,
$38,000; money at interest, $ 4,360;
deposits in savings banks, $
19,088.

Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational, Rev. G. L. Nims, pastor.
There are three schools; average
length, for the year, nineteen
weeks.

First Organization. Roxbury
was formed of a part of Nelson,
Marlborough and Keene, and in-
corporated, Dec. 9, 1812. Joseph
Ames, Esq., a celebrated artist,
and portrait painter to the Pope of
Rome, was a native of this town.

First Minister. Rev. Christo-
pher Page, Congregational; in-
stalled in 1816; dismissed in 1819.

Boundaries. North by Sullivan
and Harrisville, east by Ilarris-
ville, south by Marlborough, and
Avest by Keene. Area, 6,000 acres.

Distances. Fifty miles south-
west from Concord, and five east
from Keene.

Railroads. It is live miles to
Keene Station, on the Cheshire
Railroad. The Manchester and
Keene Railroad, Avhen built, Avill
pass through this tOAvn.

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Gkafton County. The surface
of this
tOAvn is uneven, but the soil
is generally fertile. There is


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