Boundaries. North by Gilsum
and Stoddard, east by Stoddard
Nelson, and Harrisville, south by
Roxbury and Keene, and west
by Keene and Gilsum. Area, 15,
666 acres; improved land, 7,514
acres.

Distances. Forty-six miles
south-west from Concord, and six
north-west from Keene.

Railroad. Keene station, on
Cheshire Railroad.

SCNAPEE.

Sullivan County. The sur-
face is uneven, the soil in some
parts rocky, but strong, and, when
properly cultivated, yields excel-
lent crops. Granite of the best
quality is found in abundance in
various sections of the town. It is
quarried, in considerable quanti-
ties, to supply the market in this
section of the State.

Lake, Streams and Ponds. By
far the largest portion of Sunapee
Lake lies within the limits of this
town. The surface of the lake,
contains about 4,100 acres, of
which 2,720 acres are in Sunapee.
At Sunapee Harbor is the outlet
of the lake, which is the principal
source of Sugar River, which flows
through the centre of the town.
The outlet of the lake is controlled
by a stone dam, and regulated by
gates, capable of holding or with-
drawing ten feet of water on the
surface of the lake. It has never
been found necessary to test the
full capacity of this valuable reser-
voir. From the lake, for a dis-
tance of nearly two miles, the river
has a rapid descent and furnishes
some of the finest water power in
the State, part of which is utilized
with valuable manufactories, but
much remains still unimproved.

There are three small ponds hav-
ing an area of 300 acres.

Employments. A majority of the
people are engaged in farming,
but the manufactories are consid-
erable and valuable. At the Har-
bor, about two and a half miles
from the railway station, is a fine
manufacturing village, and the
principal settlement in town. In
this village, with a few mills in
other sections of the town, are an-
nually manufactured 950 dozen
hames, 1,500 dozen fork and hoe
handles, 6,000 gross of clothes pins,

10,000 bushels of shoe pegs, 46 tons
of starch. Machine shop receipts,
$6,500, two paster shops produce
inner-soles and stiffeners to the val-
ue of $19,500. Also 1,050,000 shin-
gles, and 750,000 feet of boards and
dimension timber, 8,000 sides of
leather, 7,000 of splits and 2,500
bushels of meal and flour Are an-
nually produced. Besides, there
are other small manufactories.
The total value of manufactured
goods, is $ 117,500. There are also,
in the village, four or five stores
of various kinds, one hotel, two
churches, school-house, post-office,
and about fifty dwelling houses.
At George’s mills, there is quite a
little settlement.

Resources. Productions of the
soil, $56,475; labor, $28,300; mon-
ey at interest, $ 15,726; deposits in
savings banks, $29,989; stock in
trade, $ 6,462.

Churches and Schools. Metho-
dist, Rev. John H. Hillman, pas-
tor. There are two Union Church-
es. There are nine schools in
town. Average length of schools,
for the year, sixteen weeks.

Hotel. “ Lake House.”

First Settlements. The town was
originally granted by the name of