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shop, §4,000; besides blacksmith
and shoe shops, harnesses, photog-
raphers, tailors, carpenters, ma-
sons, and a few other trades.
The total Capital invested in
manufactories of all kinds is
§ 597,000, employing 252 males and
105 females, who annually receive
for their labor, $158,000. and an-
nually produce manufactured
goods to the value of $741,400.
There are two lawyers, five physi-
cians, one dentist, and various oth-
er professions.
Resources. Productions of the
soil, $ 136,784; mechanical labor,
$ 158,000; stocks and money at in-
terest, $84,598; deposits in sav-
ings banks, $65,135; stock in
trade, $ 81,142; professional busi-
ness, S 42,000.
Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational, Rev. Elijah Harmon,
pastor; Methodist, Rev. Anson C.
Coult, pastor; Universalist, Rev.
Mr. Foster, pastor; Catholic, -
. There are twenty-three
schools, three of which are grad-
ed. Average length of schools, for
the year, eighteen weeks. Num-
ber of scholars—girls, 301; boys,
290. Total value of school houses,
$ 18,300. Total amount annually
appropriated for school pui’poses,
$ 3,338.65. There is a public high
school, having two terms* a year.
The town appropriates $ 1,000 an-
nually for this purpose.
Library. Washington Library
Association, 1,200 volumes.
Banks. Winchester National
Bank, and the Ashuelot Savings
Bank. (See tables.)
Hotels. Winchester House and
Ashuelot House. |
First Settlements. Winchester :
was originally granted by the Gov- :
eminent of Massachusetts under j
the name of Arlington. July 2,
1753, it was granted by New-
Hampshire to Josiah Willard, who
settled here in 1732. In 1746, the
town was sacked by the Indians,
and the church edifice was burned,
with all the private residences,
and the inhabitants were obliged
to seek safety in older and more
secure settlements. They did not
return to resume the settlement
for nearly five years. In the sum-
mer of 1756, Josiah Foster and his
family were taken prisoners by
the Indians,
Efforts were made at one time
to locate Dartmouth College in
this town, but (the project was
abandoned, owing to the powerful
opposition made by Josiah Wil-
lard, the principal landholder.
First Ministers. Rev. Joseph
Ashley, Congregational, ordained
in 1736, dismissed in 1747; Rev.
Micah Lawrence, ordained in 1764,
dismissed in 1777; Rev. Ezra Co-
nant, settled in 1788, dismissed in
1806.
Boundaries. North by Chester-
field and Swanzey, east by Swan-
zey and Richmond, south by War-
wick, Massachusetts, and west by
Hinsdale. Area, 33,534 acres.
Area of improved land, 13,964
acres.
Distances. Sixty-five miles
south-west from Concord, and
thirteen south-west from Keene.
jRailroad. The Ashuelot Rail-
road passes through the town, in a
south-westerly and north-easterly
direction, giving it good railroad
facilities.
WI\PHAM.
Rockingham County. The soil
is generally good, yielding fair
crops of corn, oats and hay.
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