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Ambros, (Bap.) ordained in 1782,
dismissed in 1795.
Boundaries. North by New-
London and Wilmot, east by Wil-
mot and Warner, south by War-
ner and Bradford, and west by
Newbury. Area, 24,300 acres; of
improved land, 8,673 acres.
Distances. By stage and rail-
road, thirty miles north from Con-
cord.
Railroad. The Concord and
Claremont Railroad passes through
the southern border of the town
near Warner. Five miles to Brad-
ford station.
SWANZEV.
Cheshire County. The sur-
face of this town is diversified,
consisting of hills, valleys and
swells of upland. The soil con-
sists of three varities, in about
equal proportions, interval plain
and upland. The first named
yields excellent crops of grass; the
plains produce corn, rye and other
grains in abundance, and the
strong and deep soil of the upland
affords good pasturage, orcharding
and woodland.
Rivers and Ponds. Ashuelot
River, the principal stream, passes
through Swanzey in a south-west
direction, and empties into the
Connecticut at Hinsdale. The
South Branch River unites with
the Ashuelot about a mile north
from the center of the town. Great
Pond and Lock’s Pond are the
principal bodies of water. Hypon-
eco Brook formerly afforded ex-
cellent trout fishing. |
Employments. Agriculture is a
lucrative employment, the excel-
lent soil affording the farmers am-
ple returns for their labor. Manu-
factures are carried on to a con-
siderable extent, the facilities for
this branch of industry being su-
perior, writh a good prospect of
the enlargements of old, as w'ell
as the erection of new manufac-
tories.
The Stratton Mills Company
manufacture, annually, 76,400
yards beaver cloth. * A blanket
factory, manufacturing 28,000 yards
blanket cloth, a matress factory,
making $ 15,000 worth matresses.
Also 210,000 packing and candy
boxes, 32,400 buckets, 305,000 pails,
39,600 toy pails, and various other
small articles, are annually made.
Total value of goods, annually
manufactured, $ 351,000.
Resources. Productions of the
soil, $ 93,081; mechanical labor,
$ 88,400; stocks, and money at in-
terest, $ 17,750; deposits in savings
banks, $ 98,038; stock in trade,
$ 13,100; from summer tourists,
$800; professional services, $25,
000.
Churches and Schools. Baptist
Church, Rev. E. J. Emery, pas-
tor; Congregational Church, Rev.
Charles Willey, pastor; Univer-
salist, Church, . There are
thirteen schools in town; average
length, for the year, nineteen
weeks; value of school houses $ 10,
400.
Library. School District Libra-
ry, in district No. 9, 450 volumes.
Hotels. West Swanzey Hotel,
and Elm House.
Mt'st Settlements. Massachusetts
first granted Swanzey, in 1733, to
sixty-four persons. The state di-
visional line being settled, it was
granted by New-Hampshire, July
2, 1753. Until its being granted
by the latter State, it was called
* Recently burnt, but will probably b«
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