Libraries. Conference Semin-
ary Library, 1,183 volumes; Tilton
Social Library.

Banks. Citizens’ National Bank,
and Iona Savings Bank. (See
tables.)

Hotel. “ Dexter House.”

For first settlement and first
ministers, see Sanbornton.

Boundaries. North by Sanbom-
ton, east by Belmont, south by
Northfield, and west by Franklin.
Area of improved land, 8,612
acres.

Distances. Eighteen miles north
from Concord, and seven south
from Gilford.

Bailroads. Boston, Concord
and Montreal Railroad passes
along the eastern border of the
town. Stations at Tilton and East
Tilton.

TROT.

Cheshire County. Troy is a
small township and now ranks as
a manufacturing town. The sur-
face is uneven, but the soil yields
fair crops, when properly culti-
vated.

Employments. Manufacturing is
the most prominent business in
town, although there are some
very good farms well tilled. There
is one blanket manufactory, annu-
ally producing 60,000 horse blank-
ets, valued at $ 112,000. Tubs and
pails are made to the value of $ 40,
000, meal and flour to the value of
$ 6,000. Lumber, $ 4,400; besides,
leather boots and shoes, nest box-
es, blacksmiths and other trades.
The total value of goods of all
kinds annually manufactured is
$245,000.

Resources. Productions of the
soil, $ 31,875; mechanical labor,
$ 48,300; stocks, and money at in-
terest, $ 17,500; deposits in savings
banks, $ 59,803; stock in trade,
$ 27,270.

Churches and Schools. Baptist,
Rev. Jonathan Herrick, pastor;
Congregational, Rev. L. Bingham,
pastor. There are six schools,
average length, for the year, twen-
ty-one weeks. Troy High School,
Mrs. L. B. Wright, preceptress.

Hotel. Monadnock House.

The village in this town is very
pleasant, and has a business ap-
pearance so common to the small
manufacturing villages in Chesh-
ire County.

First Town Organization. Troy
was taken from Marlborough and
Fitzwilliam, and incorporated Jan-
uary 23, 1815.

First Minister. Ezekiel Rich,
installed in 1815, dismissed in
1818.

Boundaries. North by Marlbor-
ough, east by Jaffrey, south by
Fitzwilliam, and west by Rich-
mond and Swanzey. Area of im-
proved land 5,666 acres.

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

Railroad. The Cheshire Rail-
road passes through nearly the
center of the town, in a northerly
and southerly direction.

TUFTOTBOKOUGH,

Carroll County. The soil of
this town is various; the surface
in some parts is even, in others
more rough. There are some very
finely cultivated farms, pleasantly
located near Lake Winnipiseogee.
Several arms of the lake reach far
into the interior, and from the crest
of the hills, present a succession
of beautiful views to the spectator,
some of which are unsurpassed in